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  • Re: 86 syncro I-4 swap
    Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
    Mon, 2 Jun 2003 18:06:53 +0000
    ...WBX engine 10 years in production (some parts are not even available for them now). I-4 engine 29 years and counting. Where do...
  • Re: Paint is on!
    Historical mailing list - Jamie Fitterer
    Thu, 23 Dec 2010 20:11:56 +0000
    ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > Paint has been applied - original colour - paint code L90D. Another month > or so before she is put back together and...
  • Re: your mail
    Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
    Tue, 10 Jan 1995 10:18:10 -0800 (PST)
    ...Needs new engine. Free to good home. > 753-8111." That phone number would be 916-753-8111, including > the area code. I just called...
  • I-4 conversion begins
    Historical mailing list - John \"Shaggy\" Donovan
    Mon, 7 May 2001 19:16:57 EDT
    ...I just got a free 85 golf engine(code GX) and wiring harness, so the project to starting to make some headway, parts wise...
  • AFM adjustment - flap, slider, spring wheel voodoo question
    Historical mailing list - Chris S
    Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:00:47 -0400
    I've been trying to follow this procedure outlined in a Samba post on my '89 Digijet DJ-code WBX with an O2 sensor...
  • Re: NVC - manual on Nissan Sentra
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:28:51 -0400
    ...maintenance indicator/check engine light) your choices are to get a book to determine how to obtain and read the codes, change parts until...
  • Re: Attn: Electrical Gurus (engine conversion grounds question)
    Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
    Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:23:18 -0400
    ...TPS and ECT >>> weren't grounded. (D-oh!) Grounded them, engine runs better, but I >>> still get error codes for TPS, ECT, and CMP...
  • Re: 112HP @ 4800RPM on a stock WBX?
    Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
    Tue, 21 Mar 2000 18:48:19 -0800
    ...The engine code is given as DJ. Has anyone else heard about this engine? Jeff
  • 1,6-l. '79-'82 type 2 'pancake' engine in Bug
    Historical mailing list - Hanno Spoelstra
    Wed, 22 Jan 1997 12:30:16 +0100
    ...Who can you help me with engine codes, tips, etc.? Thanks in advance, Hanno Spoelstra <H.L.Spoelstra@WbMt.TUDelft.NL> Bloemendaal, The Netherlands
  • Re: 112HP wasserboxer in non U.S. Vanagons
    Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
    Sat, 6 Apr 2002 08:56:02 -0500
    A few years ago I bought a van in Virginia with one of these Euro 112 hp hi-output engines. The engine code is...
  • NEW 1.9 TDI and TD engines for sale COMPLETE!!
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 14 Sep 1999 14:27:26 EDT
    ...You can get either the 1.9l TD engine (Code AAZ) that was offered in Diesel VWs in Canada for several years with 75...
  • Re: 'Battery Guard' on sale this week
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:50:32 -0700
    ...Does this > >> mean you can disconnect your engine battery remotely? If so, > >> that would make a nice inexpensive theft deterrent system. > >> > >> $27.99 cdn...
  • Re: All This Talk About Inline VWConversions...
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Wed, 15 May 2013 13:30:58 -0700
    ...some pictures of one ) > the engine code is 1Y, btw. > > > though as mentioned, watch out for very rusty engines and vanagon > components from europe. > >
  • Re: Questions about DigifantII (NVC)
    Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
    Wed, 4 Sep 2002 18:23:25 -0400
    ...Any > ideas? Is > there a way to get a code out of the DigifantII ECU? The car has a > code > machine connector by the...
  • Zetec Install Pics
    Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
    Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:55:56 -0500
    ...Checked two code in OBD scanner, had 2 codes. One for a disconnected wire at coil pack and speed sensor not reading properly. Fixed...
  • Re: How to ID a 1.9 vs a 2.1 Engine.
    Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
    Sat, 26 Aug 2006 20:57:43 -0700
    ...There's a stamp on the engine case, by the oil breather tube I think. 2.1engine code starts with MV > 1.9 starts...
  • Re: 2.1L metal cooling pipe on left side of engine....
    Historical mailing list - Nigel Bennett
    Mon, 14 Aug 2000 10:34:22 +0200
    ...There's another code without the G. Nigel 89/90 syncro caravelle -----Original Message----- whats the name/part # for the metal cooling pipe on...
  • Engine size in a '64 Type 2??
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 5 Oct 94 10:30 PDT
    ...Can anyone tell me my engines size. I think that the Idiot guide has the codes, but mine's in the mail, don't...
  • Re: push rod tubes dilemma
    Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
    Mon, 18 Mar 2013 13:04:16 -0500
    ...size engine? > I've had better luck with the spring loaded replacement tubes. > http://www.jbugs.com/product/9095.html?Category_Code=vw-pushrods...
  • Re: 12 V interior fans
    Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
    Sat, 28 Aug 2004 20:29:59 -0600
    ...www.gowesty.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=VEC-209 > &Category_Code > > > > Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET> wrote: > Truck Stops, RV...
  • Re: HELP!
    Historical mailing list - jimt
    Mon, 15 Aug 2005 16:37:49 -0600
    ...This book > contains a manufacturer's label that indicates VIN, body style, engine > code, paint code(s) and lists the options included with the...
  • Alarming Vanagons
    Historical mailing list - David Bogle / Architecture
    Wed, 26 Aug 1998 01:38:38 -0400
    ...Any thoughts? Also, I need to remove the coded factory radio before it is the reason the vehicle is broken into. If I remove...
  • Re: Timing
    Historical mailing list - t bill
    Thu, 11 Jun 1998 08:46:04 -0700
    ...I have an 83.5 Vanagon with 1.9 water-cooled engine code "DH". > According to the Bentley manual, (my engine code is not...
  • Re: My Digifant Opinion
    Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
    Mon, 27 Apr 1998 11:22:24 -0600
    ...Digifant I is installed on California 8-valve models (engine code RV) beginning in 1991." Now, is having #I follow #II a VW thing...
  • Racing idle in the cold (1995 2.2)
    Historical mailing list - Vincent Dow
    Thu, 10 Nov 2016 09:39:53 -0500
    ...communicated a code that we could interpret. I am thinking IACV... maybe some gack built up in it. The Check Engine Light/low choppy...
  • Re: NVC: OBDII tool recommendations?
    Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
    Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:56:50 +0000
    A cool tool to read OBD-II equipped engines that you may have converted your Vanagon to, or other ODBII engines isScanGaugeII. It's...
  • Re: Headlight improvements IMHO
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Mon, 30 Oct 2000 17:55:40 -0800
    ...David Marshal, FastForward has the best price for the Hella E-Code H-4 rectangular stock looking headlights for about $300... I'm just...
  • 87' engine questions
    Historical mailing list - Steve & Lauren
    Sun, 8 Nov 1998 01:40:33 -0000
    ...stating " VW of Canada Remanufactured Engine code DH" which by all accounts is the 1.9L engine. The engine appears to be fitted withall...
  • Re: 5 cyl. Audi, sender on flywheel doesn�t matter
    Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
    Tue, 15 Aug 2000 02:27:25 PDT
    ...to 200hp. "snip" >But in general the 2,3litre 136hp(Code NF?) engine is used, "snip" I just looked at http://64.4.8...
  • Re: fuel injection recall for '90 vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
    Tue, 31 Mar 1998 19:15:34 -0800
    ...VW of A told me the "RV" code name on the phone. > I never received a recall notice. I just found out by coincidence...
  • Re: Zoltan's Porsche engine
    Historical mailing list - Neil
    Wed, 2 Dec 2020 11:08:06 -0800
    ...50º engine mount angle? I was curious if a 924 engine might be feasible but...... 1.8T conversion? AEB (or ATW ?) code 1.8T...
  • Re: Not starting easily
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:55:59 -0800
    ...an SVX engine will likely always have a few codes set..such as will occur when the ecu does not see the right signals...
  • Re: Lost power while driving, now no start
    Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
    Tue, 14 Oct 2014 12:09:18 -1000
    ...I do > have a check engine light (it did not come on prior or during the loss of > power) to check for codes however...
  • EV "birth certificate"...
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 28 Mar 1996 06:43:51 -0500 (EST)
    ...It also contains a "UPC" bar code which is used by the various bar readers along the assembly line to track the progress of...
  • Re: -&nbsp- in e-mails
    Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
    Wed, 26 May 1999 22:51:48 PDT
    <&nbsp> is an HTML code for a "non-breaking space" character. HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the language used to author web pages. Some...
  • Re: Hella E codes
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Mon, 12 Mar 2001 18:30:45 -0800
    ...Hella E codes I am looking to buy a set of these for this months's upgrade to the 85 GL. I remember a...
  • Re: Digifant Information
    Historical mailing list - pdooley
    Fri, 1 May 2009 10:22:02 -0400
    ...It had some minimal OBD-like fault code capabilities, a "check engine" lamp on the dash, among other things. Is this correct? Allan On...
  • Re: HIGH POWERED HEADLIGHT
    Historical mailing list - Mudd Sparrow
    Mon, 26 Jan 2015 11:57:05 -0800
    ...yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> I have E-Code lights (headlamps) >> >> They won't turn on unless the engine is running. I forget if the stock...
  • Re: Rislone Ring Seal and Other Oil Pressure Thoughts
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sun, 13 Oct 2002 09:05:44 -0400
    ...Store_Code=cali& Product_Code=VDO-150-752&Category_Code=20-05 It looks to be the same as for the vanagon engine because...
  • Re: Amsoil GL-4 75W90
    Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
    Sat, 6 Jun 2020 14:27:35 -0500
    ...gear-lube-fgr/?code=FGRQ > T-EA#pills-home_0 > > > > I worked for Meritor for 9+ years, and our engineers said that Amsoil > performs...
  • site for diagnostic device?
    Historical mailing list - Jeff and Deb
    Wed, 24 May 2000 23:34:28 -0700
    Hi, I recall some earlier discussion on a type of diagnostic device that one can plug in line, and read diagnostic codes as you...
  • Re: [T2] Preasure Plate New $35.00
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Fri, 19 Oct 2001 19:34:16 -0500
    The EKTA says, 68-79 Engine code DF, DG, DH. It could possibly fit others, it is just a matter of checking your part...
  • Re: [Syncro] Anybody interested in having Burning Van in SF first week of Feb?
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Fri, 20 Jan 2006 09:13:53 -0800
    ...It runs nice but still > haven't been able to clear the emissions leak test check engine code so I > can take it to...
  • 87 Passenger Vanagon FS $800 in MO
    Historical mailing list - Anthony Bailey
    Wed, 12 Jul 2006 18:40:32 -0500
    ...It is a Wolfsburg edition with the weekender package, silver with gray interior, has a recently rebuilt engine, body is in good shape, complete...
  • how to HOT-WIRE a Vanagon?
    Historical mailing list - J. Harvey
    Thu, 28 Nov 2002 16:25:22 -0800
    ...I can't get the tumbler code. I'd like to be able to test the engine etc. with out having to buy an...
  • What size engine came in a '50 or '51 bus?
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 8 Oct 1995 03:54:36 -0400
    ...found what looks to be a older engine but can't figure out anything from the code. Here it is: A 90 (stamped in...
  • Re: Differeneces Between '86 & '89 2.1's?
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Thu, 6 Dec 2012 18:48:32 -0800
    all MV code 2.1 engines are the same , ( exhaust is different if in a Syncro Van ) since both have manual transmission you'll...
  • Re: E-codes w/ 9004 bulbs?
    Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
    Wed, 28 Apr 2004 19:42:11 -0400
    ...E-codes w/ 9004 bulbs? > Have you even driven with H4 lights (aka E-codes) that are correctly aimed? > I am running 90/130W...
  • VW of SA -Reply
    Historical mailing list - Jimmy Sanby
    Wed, 13 May 1998 12:12:31 +0200
    The top of the range Caravelle comes with a 5 cylinder 2.6i engine. The 2.1 was stopped in 1993 and replaced with...
  • RE:Roadtrip ends w/ BANG! Clatter..clatter....(+ 2 questions)
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 20 Jun 1996 13:29:15
    ...Is there any way to >tell if this is the exact original engine that came in my '77 >Westy? The correct engine code for...
  • Re: ECU's - don't ask me the hard questions!
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Fri, 18 Aug 2017 19:41:08 -0700
    ...On 8/18/17, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote: > do they have exact code numbers? > -- Neil n Blog: Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil...
  • AW: Questions about DigifantII (NVC)
    Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
    Wed, 4 Sep 2002 09:37:24 -0700
    ...Any ideas? Is there a way to get a code out of the DigifantII ECU? The car has a code machine connector by the...
  • Re: Question About ECU Programing
    Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
    Mon, 3 Nov 2003 07:48:21 -0500
    ...Question About ECU Programing If the digijet doesn't store engine codes, then how did a mechanic use a computer and program to find...
  • Re: Diesel transaxle codes-reply/1
    Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
    Thu, 17 Sep 1998 18:24:04 EDT
    ...Diesel transaxle codes-reply > It is my understanding that the Diesel Vanagon > that was available for one year only here in the > States (1982...
  • Re: Correct Tranny?
    Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
    Fri, 5 Oct 2001 05:40:24 -0700
    ...Correct Tranny? Volks, I am in the middle of putting a 1989 Jetta Digifant I4 engine in an 82 Diesel and from what I...
  • Re: Troubling warning lights
    Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
    Sat, 18 Aug 2018 10:19:52 -0600
    ...I'm thinking I will check engine fault codes. > > > Dave B. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> > To: ddbjorkman@verizon.net <ddbjorkman@VERIZON...
  • Re: Cooling strategies, color coded, etc.
    Historical mailing list - John Runberg
    Fri, 30 Apr 2004 00:25:45 -0400
    ...Why not? john > My Dad operated an 83 Cadillac with an aluminum block engine and heads for > 18 years without damage from using standard...
  • Re: Inside a Subi engine EJ22
    Historical mailing list - David Kao
    Sat, 14 Jul 2007 10:57:09 -0700
    ...In California, and maybe New York and some other states as well, if you take an engine from a car and put it in...
  • Re: # tachometer ideas
    Historical mailing list - Myron Lind
    Wed, 26 Dec 2001 08:57:23 -0800
    ...Now, go to www.volksweb.relitech.com/helmet/gearbox.htm and find your transmission code and ratios. Now, pick an engine speed, gear ratio...
  • Re: Does anyone know where i can buy a conversion kit to put in a 1.9 or 2.0 new vw engine in my vanagon?
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:55:24 -0700
    ...do you mean a new 1.9 waterboxer engine as comes stock in an 84 ? or a 2.0 liter inline four ABA code...