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• Re: Leaking thermostat housing
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Wed, 8 May 2002 11:53:57 -0400
  ...Leaking thermostat housing Hi List, I just went outside on this lovely Colorado morning to have a cup of coffee and marvel at my...
• Re: Air Conditioning... Add another evaporator?
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Tue, 9 Jul 2002 15:25:13 -0700
  >1Anyone out there who has removed/revamped their front heater blower motor >housing please advise me on this one: >Any reason why I can...
• Re: Follow up question on Instrument Cluster request
  Historical mailing list - Steve Coseo
  Mon, 11 Sep 2000 12:09:17 PDT
  One can indeed swap instruments into a new plastic housing. I did it very recently. Just be careful, go slow, have some jeweler type...
• wheel bearing housing
  Historical mailing list - brady
  Wed, 11 Aug 2010 06:23:12 -0700
  So on that wheel bearing housing...Anyone on the east cost going to the 19th Annual Connecticut Bug-A-Fair Terryville, Connecticut this coming...
• Re: ok.. last time for 84 auto trans into an 89 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 24 Mar 2004 16:45:45 -0500
  ...no bushing in the bell housing. Larry A. <snip> You are correct, Larry. The starters for automatics are different and not interchangable with those...
• Re: Transmission housing corrosion and (separate question) asbestos ;~(
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 14 Jan 2004 23:27:13 -0500
  ...Would this be at the risk of warping the > housing? Be careful. It wouldn't surprise me if, like the old Beetle transmissions, this...
• Re: more trouble with metal pipe to thermostat...
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Sat, 12 Nov 2005 07:53:28 -0500
  ...The pipe is trapped behind the crank pulley, but there's enough room to pull it free of the thermostat housing. Bill
• Re: Cooling System Project (Parts/Application)
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:18:59 +0000
  ...I also have the hardware for the thermostat housing in stock and I can sell it to you with the new housing. You can...
• Fw: Re: 87 westy ac refrigerant
  Historical mailing list - Roy Olynick
  Thu, 13 Feb 2003 09:52:25 -0600
  ...The problem with AC air not reaching the front cabin area relates to the large, leaky, cavernous overhead AC housing. Although the AC fan...
• Re: 2.1L engine failure - Update #2
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Thu, 3 Jun 2010 12:34:55 -0700
  ...The auto trans bell housing is not a separate bell housing. it's the main body of the auto trans. I have one here...
• Re: Transmission housing corrosion and (separate question) asbestos ;~(
  Historical mailing list - Herr Wibo Fichten
  Thu, 15 Jan 2004 23:23:59 -0400
  ...Transmission housing corrosion and (separate question) asbestos ;~( > Corrosion on trannys where salt/anti icing stuff is used is all too common. > There are many...
• Re: COOLANT SYS. LEAK
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 Nov 1995 08:50:25 -0600
  ...Anyway, this supplimental/auxiliary >>heat exchanger has a black plastic housing, and includes what appears to be >>a white plastic bleeder valve. My leak...
• Re: Thermostat housing differences, syncro and non-Temp 2 sensor plug
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 21 Apr 2013 19:35:28 -0400
  ...Thermostat housing differences, syncro and non Ditto on the 'yes' .. it's the red/yellow wire that is the temp gauge sensor wire. Connect...
• Re: 87Syncro Overhead Fan/AC Fuses Melted
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Thu, 18 Jun 1998 06:42:08 EDT
  ...Can I just remove the old fuse housings from their wires and get a couple of make shift 20amp fuses and housings from NAPA...
• Re: coolant temp send wire
  Historical mailing list - S_J_ WACKER
  Mon, 29 Jun 1998 17:45:52 -0700
  ...Just below this housing is another housing for the temperature sensor and there is a two-wire connector there, but no way to connect...
• Re: WTB 1.9 thermostat housing
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 30 Sep 2007 05:54:07 EDT
  ...friend I think I might destroy the housing in the process anybody have a good housing for 1.9 they want to sell ? TC...
• Re: conflicting cooling problem data...(this one is for the true experts...)
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 24 Jun 2006 18:26:52 -0700
  > My 3M tells me > the hottest pipe from the water pump to the thermostat housing is only > 196F Is that the large-diameter metal...
• 85 T-STAT HOUSING HELP...
  Historical mailing list - Richard Bias
  Sat, 27 Jan 2001 13:41:55 -0500
  ...My 1.9L Upper Thermostat housing has a cracked flange! P/N 025 121 117. Can someone please tell me how to get one...
• cold draft from fresh air vent
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sun, 22 Oct 2000 11:16:17 -0700
  ...fresh air vent flaps in heater/vent housing not sealing shut due to decomposition of foam seals 3. detached fresh air vent ducts at...
• Re: Torque Converter Oil Seal
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 10 Jun 2003 22:13:40 -0400
  Open side faces in, and install flush with the housing. Do not push it all the way in. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing...
• Re: Drivers side high headlight housing: What is the best deal....?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 11 Dec 2004 11:37:57 -0600
  ...Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Chelsea, AL Robert Lilley (WV) wrote: >Who has the best deal for high headlight housing? I finally had...
• Re: 2.1 oil pump gasket question
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:20:29 EDT
  ...Bentley, in the diagram on 17.7, show the oil pump as having a paper gasket between the pump housing and the block, but...
• Re: A/C noisy racket
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Tue, 10 Feb 2015 21:41:12 -0800
  ...Either way you have to pull the entire cabinet and evaporator housing down to get the fan motor out. You can juggle it around...
• Re: Adding gauges to a Vanagon dashboard/ Checkout Mitsubishis
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Mon, 11 Jan 1999 19:25:02 -0800
  ...The single, two and three gauge housing is all they sell for housing. My original concept was to find a Mistubishi Montero in a...
• Re: [FIX] Instrument Housing Repair
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 30 Sep 2002 00:48:56 EDT
  In a message dated 9/29/02 7:55:12 PM, wilden1@JUNO.COM writes: << I've repaired a bunch of these housings. I...
• WANTED: Tachometer plastic housing
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 12 May 2004 09:39:13 -0700
  Like the subject says, I am looking for a Vanagon tachometer plastic housing - the part that holds the electronics and bolts on to the...
• Dash Problems
  Historical mailing list - Lyle Lathem
  Mon, 7 Apr 2008 11:32:46 -0500
  ...However I found a fix when the cable housing breaks off behind the white piece that slips over the speedometer housing. I used 1...
• Leaking thermostat housing
  Historical mailing list - joseph Trussell
  Wed, 8 May 2002 08:56:46 -0600
  ...a very small antifreeze puddle...It's leaking around the thermostat housing/waterpump seam, blowing down onto the oil filter. Is this a sign...
• FS: new five-cylinder SA bell housing, external oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Westyman
  Thu, 1 Jul 2004 20:32:40 -0700
  I have an extra brand-new SA five-cylinder bell housing, complete with release bearing sleeve and cross shaft. $650. Adapts all VW-Audi...
• console filler strip installation
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sat, 10 May 2008 17:35:15 -0500
  ...One listee did this by removing the shifter handle and sliding the housing up and over. He also thought it might be possible to...
• Re: Coolant hoses most likely to fail?
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Sun, 24 May 2009 03:45:57 +0000
  ...On the Thermostat housing, I have a rusty Syncro engine that I was going to take the metal T-Stat housing off of.   But...
• Removing printed circuit from instrument cluster
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Mon, 6 Apr 2009 20:36:18 -0400
  As many of you have noted, the instrument cluster housing has a tendency to crack, break, and fall apart where the screws for the...
• To replace fresh air fan--remove dashboard?!
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mancuso
  Thu, 25 Jun 1998 07:36:03 -0400
  ...So it looks like I have to remove the dash to get the fan housing out?! Is this so? Is there any better way...
• Re: Throttle valve housing question......
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sun, 9 Sep 2001 22:08:52 -0500
  ...He stressed that the digi-jet ECU is grounded through the ECU housing, through the ECU mounting bracket, then through the screws that hold...
• 87Syncro Overhead Fan/AC Fuses Melted
  Historical mailing list - Chris Wright
  Wed, 17 Jun 1998 19:28:31 EDT
  ...1:Why did they partially melt the housings -rather- why are the housings partially melted? 2: should I be worried as to why they...
• Re: Installing Ignition Switch - HELP!!!
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Sun, 6 Jun 2004 02:10:54 -0500
  In the past I have removed the black plastic steering lock housing sleeve by gripping it with a channel lock pliers and twisting it...
• Re: temp gauge not working right...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 13 Aug 2018 07:49:19 -0400
  ...Remove and reinsert either the sender or the housing bolt(s) depending, making sure they are seeing clean metal. Or you could use a...
• Re: shifting anomaly...
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 4 Oct 2015 10:46:49 -0700
  ...I remove and inspect this housing... seeing nothing http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_1589_784/housing-for-shifter-mechanism.html I...
• Re: Temp 2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 09:11:10 -0500
  >The number that I have on my new sensor is 025 906 041A. >Do I have to change my thermostat housing to the newer...
• WTB Air Cleaner Housing
  Historical mailing list - Tom Sinclair
  Fri, 10 Sep 2004 17:01:28 -0700
  Anyone out there have an 86-91 Vanagon air filter housing? I also need the clip on the body it attaches to and the...
• Re: Exterior light bulb types
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sun, 31 Jul 2011 11:01:05 -0400
  ...It would probably melt the housing if used for any length of time, but for normal (<1 minute at a time) use, it's...
• Re: Welding a bell housing????
  Historical mailing list - The Skylight Guy
  Sat, 13 Jan 2001 23:39:29 -0800
  ...A Bell housing can be welded. It is tricky, but there are a few things you can do in preparation even if you don...
• Westy sink waterpump
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 26 Jul 95 0:29:42 EDT
  ...I couldn't get the DC motor out of the plastic housing. Maybe it's integrated into the housing somehow. Maybe it's just...
• Re: Trans ID?-reply
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Mon, 22 Jun 1998 01:58:55 EDT
  ...VW used a strange mix of a 091 bellhousing, gear carrier housing, and nosecone with a 002 style main transaxle housing. The 002s had...
• Re: NOBODY HAS THEM: tachometer and plastic instrument cluster housing
  Historical mailing list - Rennie Wible
  Sat, 12 Aug 2000 20:35:17 -0700
  ...tachometer and plastic instrument cluster housing > > > I'm trying to get a hold of a tachometer and plastic instrument cluster > > housing for my 1980...
• Re: more trouble with metal pipe to thermostat...
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Fri, 11 Nov 2005 19:59:49 EST
  ...Then slide the metal pipe to the right to pull it out of and free of the upper thermostat housing.Then deal with the...
• Re: Transmission housing corrosion and (separate question) asbestos ;~(
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Thu, 15 Jan 2004 11:21:40 -0800
  ...Transmission housing corrosion and (separate question) asbestos ;~( > Busbrats, Vanagonites, Syncronauts, lend me your ears... > > I have a project 1988 Syncro and have discovered to...
• Re: Thermostat housing differences, syncro and non
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 21 Apr 2013 09:56:48 -0700
  ...Thermostat housing differences, syncro and non > > In looking at my project, 1989 2.1 wbx, I have found a VDO temp sensor that fits...
• Re: Auto shifter cable: Ideas on making it longer?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:45:40 -0500
  ...They may have a close enough size cable/housing. If they don't have the housing fittings, they may be able to re-use...
• 85 westie spring rebuild, thermostat housing and coolant pipes questions
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Davis
  Mon, 6 Mar 2000 09:33:06 -0500
  ...My thermostat housing is leaking, does anybody have any words of wisdom on removing it, resealing it, etc? I am also going to replace...
• thermostat housing leaking
  Historical mailing list - Brian Honan
  Thu, 7 Dec 2000 22:01:10 -0500
  ...I am also leaking coolant from I believe the thermostat housing unit. Although it is only dripping out a bit and no more when...
• Throttle valve housing question......
  Historical mailing list - Chad G
  Sun, 9 Sep 2001 20:16:22 -0400
  As an attempt to remedy crap fuel mileage I took a look inside my throttle valve housing (I've done everything else I could...
• Re: Difference between a Syncro Thermostat housing and regular 2.1?
  Historical mailing list - vw4x4
  Mon, 14 Jul 2003 23:37:26 -0400
  ...Eric kevin obrien wrote: > Hello All: > > Can anyone tell me the difference between the Syncro > thermostat housing and the regular 2.1L Vanagon??? > > Are...
• Re: Right turn signal HOUSING needed
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:05:22 -0400
  ...was FULL of > water. > I now am looking for a replacement housing as the lens is fine. anyone > know > where I can get a...
• Re: Running Hot
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Mon, 6 Apr 1998 00:05:13 -0400
  ...For some reason in the Syncro, VW used an Aluminum thermostat housing and changed the hole that this disc covers. I have run both...
• Re: Dumb Question
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:02:09 -0800
  ...VW I4 typically installed using a stock DV clutch housing to mount engine at 50*. You can also use an adapter i.e. KEP...
• Re: 1984 Westfalia Automatic Transmission
  Historical mailing list - William Leslie
  Sat, 30 Jun 2007 21:12:29 -0400
  Your Westy was sitting for 5 years? Have you checked the contacts in the shifter housing? It could be a simple case of them...
• Re: Thermostat housing differences, syncro and non-Temp 2 sensor plug
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 21 Apr 2013 16:39:00 -0700
  ...Thermostat housing differences, syncro and non > > Ditto on the 'yes' .. > it's the red/yellow wire that is the temp gauge sensor wire. Connect...
• Re: AC Removal
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Fri, 27 Jun 2014 08:48:21 -0400
  ...Then while > supporting the evaporator and fan housing, remove the cabinet. This is a > PITA alone, but doable (i've used a bar stool...
• Re: replacing ignition switch
  Historical mailing list - Tyrone Greene
  Mon, 31 Aug 1998 20:11:28 -0400
  ...turn housing over and using a Reed+Prince type Phillips screw driver, remove screw that holds the ignition switch to ignition switch housing; 13...