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• Re: Advise me on a radiator change...
  Historical mailing list - Dieseldoofus
  Thu, 21 Sep 2017 10:13:21 -0500
  ...Take the fan and shroud off after dropping it. Install is the reverse. > > Alan > > > > On Sep 20, 2017, at 6:05 PM, Abel Longoria...
• Re: Another Vanagon Burns Up
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Pearson
  Fri, 1 Apr 2005 08:22:43 -0700
  ...The magnesium fan shroud caught fire and > the local fire dept gave it a few shots of pure oxygen with a side of > O2...
• Re: converting an 81 AC Vanagon to water cooled
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 8 Dec 2007 11:21:48 -0800
  ...top mount method changed > > > drastically in 1983 when the > > > radiator and fan shroud changed. The 83+ top > > > bracket can be removed from > > > a donor...
• Chains and whips was Autosock
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:45:40 -0800
  ...Same with changing a tire or a fan belt. Gitchaself some and put em on. Then the vagaries of what hooks to where and...
• SingleCab for Sale/trade 3000.00 obo
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Apr 1995 10:55:03 -0400
  ...6v parts in working condition (gen, gen stand, fan and shroud, lamps, bulbs, 6v turn sig indicator, NEW battery, etc.etc.) Recently purchased a...
• Re: Has anyone saved a burnt engine?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 16 Apr 2003 22:20:56 -0500
  I didn't save an engine but I had first hand experience tearing a burnt 81 Air Cooled down after the magnesium fan shroud...
• Re: Hello out there!
  Historical mailing list - t
  Wed, 13 Dec 2000 23:49:35 -0800
  ...a > weed): > > -I need to bang out the fan shroud on the radiator so the fan will > turn > -I think the heater box is...
• Re: converting an 81 AC Vanagon to water cooled
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 8 Dec 2007 11:29:56 -0800
  ...top mount method changed > > > > drastically in 1983 when the > > > > radiator and fan shroud changed. The 83+ top > > > > bracket can be removed from > > > > a donor...
• Re: Electrical puzzle
  Historical mailing list - Julianna Thoennes
  Thu, 14 Jun 2018 15:01:33 -0700
  ...Turns out I had something small stuck up under the brake handle, and I couldn’t see it till I took the shroud off...
• Re: Advise me on a radiator change...
  Historical mailing list - joe kallo
  Thu, 21 Sep 2017 15:19:13 +0000
  ...Take the fan and shroud off after dropping it. > Install is the reverse. > > > > Alan > > > > > > > On Sep 20, 2017, at 6:05 PM, Abel Longoria...
• Re: tiico conversion vs. other I4 conversions, ?GTI vanagon
  Historical mailing list - VW Caravelle
  Thu, 3 Jan 2002 22:09:42 +0800
  ...I fancied the Audi in line 5 as an alternative but all the postings here seem to suggest that a Tiico conversion with a...
• Re: 3a conversion questions
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Tue, 1 Nov 2005 00:04:28 EST
  ...For the turbo Audi, I used a G60 throttle body and intake shroud casting. Did some smoke experiments with the boroscope and found a...
• Re: Engine Overhaul Questions
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 22 Jan 2003 09:29:30 -0600
  ...Circlips in my oil pan, Pinched end play shims, bound fans against shrouds by leaving out the spacer .............. it is a learning process. You...
• Re: '66 bus w/ flickering oil light
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Apr 1994 08:17:04 EDT
  ...If what I read was correct, then you had it bolted to the fanshroud inside the engine. Bad idea. You are justrobbing Peter to...
• Re: converting an 81 AC Vanagon to water cooled
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 8 Dec 2007 11:33:26 -0800
  ...top mount method changed > > > > > drastically in 1983 when the > > > > > radiator and fan shroud changed. The 83+ top > > > > > bracket can be removed from > > > > > a donor...
• $50 Engine: the rEaL deal
  Historical mailing list - Joseph F. Fournier II
  Fri, 1 Sep 1995 08:29:25 -0500 (CDT)
  ...I also got the heat exchangers, fan shroud, 009 distributor with new cap and rotor, misc engine tin, coil, and manifold. 8) It's...
• Get 80-83 Air Cooled before they go to Ebay
  Historical mailing list - Bill Minor
  Thu, 15 Aug 2002 22:55:09 -0500
  ...each. #18) Three Bosch 65 AMP alternators with squirrel cages and fan shrouds. $65.00 each. #19) Two Alternator mounting brackets $12.00 each...
• 21/SingleCab Pt III (very long)
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 29 Jul 1995 23:31:20 -0400
  ...Carb mount nuts are loose, the fan shroud is itsself loose and as I shake it back-N- forth I note the backing plate...
• Re: Compare & Contrast: Diesel Westy vs. 2.1 WBX Westy
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 14 Jun 2003 17:24:03 -0700
  ...For example I've heard that > Diesels burn starters, that early watercooled engines had radiator/fan > shroud problems, that diesels don't have power...
• Re: Advise me on a radiator change...
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Thu, 21 Sep 2017 15:21:51 +0000
  ...Take the fan and shroud off after dropping it. > > Install is the reverse. > > > > > > Alan > > > > > > > > > > On Sep 20, 2017, at 6:05 PM, Abel Longoria...
• Re: Exhausting Problem
  Historical mailing list
  22 May 97 07:56:24 PDT
  ...The upper stud then goes through a bracket hanging down from the fan shrouding, tehn a nut. Removing the bracket is optional, but doable...
• Re: [VB] Mystery oil&gas leak
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Sep 2000 00:49:22 EDT
  ...the tin forward (towards the nose of the bus) of the fan shroud, and that the line has not worned through on the tin...
• Re: converting an 81 AC Vanagon to water cooled
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 8 Dec 2007 11:39:04 -0800
  ...top mount method changed > > > > > > drastically in 1983 when the > > > > > > radiator and fan shroud changed. The 83+ top > > > > > > bracket can be removed from > > > > > > a donor...
• Re: Advise me on a radiator change...
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 21 Sep 2017 08:44:43 -0700
  ...Take the fan and shroud off after dropping it. >>> Install is the reverse. >>>> >>>> Alan >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Sep 20, 2017, at 6:05 PM, Abel Longoria...
• Re: Chains and whips was Autosock
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:15:36 -0800
  ...Same with changing a > tire or a fan belt. Gitchaself some and put em on. Then the vagaries of > what hooks to where and...
• Aftermarket Parts Opinions
  Historical mailing list - Jon B. Kanas
  Thu, 1 Apr 1999 10:18:27 -0700
  ...An individual would spend $200 to add an additional radiator, hosts, fittings and drill holes in their fan shrouds and add the cooler. Any...
• Re: Advise me on a radiator change...
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 21 Sep 2017 13:50:51 -0600
  ...Take the fan and shroud off after dropping it. >>> Install is the reverse. >>>> >>>> Alan >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Sep 20, 2017, at 6:05 PM, Abel Longoria...
• Re: Mexican Busses (I made a bit LONG)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 1 Mar 96 11:08:00 +0100
  ...lifters, oilfilter, T III like cooler location, T IV looking fan housing of sheet metal. It was available from the first Transporter in '79...
• Re: Use this for fire safetey... AND eliminate the fire hazard...
  Historical mailing list - tmiller
  Tue, 10 Aug 2004 20:11:21 -0400
  ...Like the fan shroud, tranny </pre> </blockquote> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">cases. </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Stan Wilder <a class...
• Re: Compare & Contrast: Diesel Westy vs. 2.1 WBX Westy
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 14 Jun 2003 20:34:24 -0400
  ...For example I've heard that Diesels burn starters, that early watercooled engines had radiator/fan shroud problems, that diesels don't have power...
• Re: Stripping a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:02:17 -0700
  ...here's a good one - the radiator, and especially the lower radiator mounting brackets, and the front hoses, and the radiator fan and shroud...
• Re: The pin goes in
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 1 Jan 2002 15:47:17 -0600
  ...Fan spacer or AC pulley, if you install the fan without this spacer/pulley it will bind the fan against the fan shroud. *************** [Best...
• Engine Case and bearings
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 25 Sep 2004 16:28:48 -0500
  ...Fan spacer or AC pulley, if you install the fan without this spacer/pulley it will bind the fan against the fan shroud. *************** [Best...
• Re: Chains and whips was Autosock
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Thu, 10 Jan 2013 18:58:34 -0500
  ...Same with changing a >> tire or a fan belt. Gitchaself some and put em on. Then the vagaries of >> what hooks to where and...
• Re: Mocal sandwich plate plus oil cooler equals overcooling
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:18:12 -0600
  ...been 3-4 times the size of the one in the fan shroud. If your cooler is one with the "fins around copper tubing...
• A/C Condenser R&R Notes, '87 Westphalia, US Spec
  Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
  Sun, 8 Aug 1999 04:50:20 GMT
  ...Remove the upper and lower grilles, the cardboard shrouds, and the electrical connection to the fan sensor. Push the wires back out of the...
• On the Vanagon Cooling System
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Wed, 2 Oct 2002 01:57:23 EDT
  ...3; for a standard transmission subtract 0.1; for a full fan shroud, subtract 0.2; for a horizontal flow radiator, subtract 0.2...
• Re: Rebuilding an 81 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 24 Dec 2001 13:28:36 -0600
  ...Fan spacer or AC pulley, if you install the fan without this spacer/pulley it will bind the fan against the fan shroud. *************** [Best...
• Re: Another Vanagon Burns Up
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 1 Apr 2005 12:35:19 -0600
  ...The magnesium fan shroud caught fire and >>the local fire dept gave it a few shots of pure oxygen with a side of >>O2...
• Re: Fire Extinguishers
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 29 Aug 2002 20:38:34 -0500
  ...The Type IV engines have Magnesium Fan Shrouds and Transmission Cases. Get that fire under control early even if you have to use vigorously...
• Liquid wrench and me made it back!!
  Historical mailing list - Timothy D.F. Maddox
  Fri, 14 Jul 95 17:57:45 EDT
  ...plugs in place of the paper hoses running from the regular fan shroud and the heater box--that is he suggested using the plugs...
• FS: 87 syncro westy weekender
  Historical mailing list - Adrian Bertarelli
  Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:24:39 -0700
  ...The brown parts i call un-obtanium) -spare power steering pump -spare radiator fan and shroud -brand new clutch kit -a known working vc...
• Re: Don't yell at me but I tried led H4
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 19 Jun 2017 18:34:52 -0700
  ...On low beam only the cup shrouded led elements are powered up. That’s half of the available elements on the bulb. And on...
• Favorite VW Junkyards & Other Strange Tales (Kinda Long Post)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Jul 1995 01:36:07
  ...An hour or so later, we had extracted the entire top portion of the engine shroud, complete with generator, fan, voltage regulator, pulley, fanbelt...
• Re: What to replace in a rebuild?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 29 Aug 2004 18:24:18 -0500
  ...Fan spacer or AC pulley, if you install the fan without this spacer/pulley it will bind the fan against the fan shroud. *************** [Best...
• The Misadventures of Vanagon Stan. Long, Long
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 19 Jun 2002 07:03:49 -0500
  ...behind the fan, you must either put it back or use a spacer because the fan locks against the fan shroud. After re-installing...
• Re: Side Air Intake Engine Cooling Question (searched)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:36:45 -0700
  ...3 coats of POR-15 and they're new!) and the fan/shroud. Engine runs within temp just fine. In fact, changing to the...
• Re: On the Vanagon Cooling System
  Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
  Wed, 2 Oct 2002 07:59:48 -0400
  ...3; for a standard transmission subtract 0.1; for a full fan shroud, subtract 0.2; for a horizontal flow radiator, subtract 0.2...
• Re: Fire Extinguishers
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Fri, 30 Aug 2002 21:05:59 +0100
  ...Fire Extinguishers > Ho! Ho! Ho! and a bottle of cheap gin is awarded to Clive. > The Type IV engines have Magnesium Fan Shrouds and...
• Re: Chains and whips was Autosock
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:25:34 -0800
  ...Same with changing a >>> tire or a fan belt. Gitchaself some and put em on. Then the vagaries of >>> what hooks to where and...
• Re: FS: 87 syncro westy weekender
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:10:24 -0600
  ...The brown parts i call > un-obtanium) > -spare power steering pump > -spare radiator fan and shroud > -brand new clutch kit > -a known working vc...
• Mad Uncle Dave
  Historical mailing list - Tom and Dana Cates
  Tue, 9 Oct 2001 18:55:01 -0400
  ...vacuum line, and there's about 18mm of clearance to the fan shroud. The tennis rackets at the ends of my wrists just don...
• Re: Fire Extinguishers
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Fri, 30 Aug 2002 14:46:19 -0600
  ...Fire Extinguishers > > >> Ho! Ho! Ho! and a bottle of cheap gin is awarded to Clive. >> The Type IV engines have Magnesium Fan Shrouds and...
• VW-HINTS FOR LONG BLOCK PURCHASE FOR A 71 DUAL PORT BUS
  Historical mailing list - Nick Pace
  Tue, 05 Sep 95 13:09:40 PDT
  ...My newly installed engine is running hot (yes, the timing, the valve adjustment, the fan output, and the shrouding is perfect) and my only...
• Re: Why this type IV engine caught fire, spun the mains and ruined everything.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 9 Aug 2002 01:08:40 -0500
  ...while the engine was cracking from being seized and the magnesium fan shroud was burning furiously the cylinders were distorted and the rings were...
• Re: [WetWesties] The Misadventures of Vanagon Stan. Long, Long
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 19 Jun 2002 08:02:48 -0500
  ...behind the fan, you must either put > it > back or use a spacer because the fan locks against the fan shroud. > After > re-installing...
• Re: Fire Extinguishers
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Sun, 1 Sep 2002 02:17:17 +0100
  ...Fire Extinguishers > > > > > > > Ho! Ho! Ho! and a bottle of cheap gin is awarded to Clive. > > > The Type IV engines have Magnesium Fan Shrouds and...
• Re: 400mm Lift to Flush
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 6 Oct 2004 13:59:18 -0400
  ...First, I need to get the shroud off >the left side engine (the right shroud is already missing). While I am >under there, I...
• Re: has anyone seen July 2003 VWT?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 18 May 2003 12:00:55 -0700
  ...Fan spacer or AC pulley, if you install the fan without this spacer/pulley it will bind the fan against the fan shroud. *************** [Best...
• Re: really... how tough IS a full engine rebuild?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 5 Feb 2003 23:26:22 -0600
  ...Fan spacer or AC pulley, if you install the fan without this spacer/pulley it will bind the fan against the fan shroud. *************** [Best...