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• friday dinner time/pinnacles
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 20 Mar 1997 12:57:02 -0800
  So many people cannot leave to get to Pinnacles until the end f their work day, around 5 p.m., that I propose we...
• Re: Pinned down
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Tue, 1 Jan 2002 21:13:53 EST
  ...the flywheel in position on the Crank shaft so that the pin one the back is in the correct place for the "Top Dead...
• VW Stereo Wiring Help
  Historical mailing list - Dan Snow
  Wed, 29 May 2002 13:07:54 -0700
  ...Does anyone have a source that diagrams which pins are which on the back of the stereo? It has two 8-pin plugs and...
• Re: water temp. gauge
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 9 Nov 2002 00:39:13 -0500
  At 08:11 PM 11/8/2002, Randy Charrette wrote: >There are 3 pins on the back of the water temp gauge. Does anyone...
• Archive info - Tachometer installation
  Historical mailing list - David Maurio
  Sat, 6 Sep 2003 13:14:06 -0400
  ...The other place to check is the 14 pin connector to the instrument cluster. If it has a green wire on pin 9 then...
• Re: Engine rebuilding resources
  Historical mailing list - walt spak
  Tue, 7 Dec 1999 15:42:08 -0500
  Karl, I recently bought the VW piston pin pulling tool. I found that it did not work on the pins that came out of...
• Re: Solved &^%(^&%&^%$b wrist pin clips!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 14 May 2005 20:58:46 -0500
  ...and by the way, on a wasserboxer ... > you have to remove the wrist pins and pistons first. There is no oil > pan. After the...
• [Fwd: Sender Connectors' Wires]
  Historical mailing list - Georgios A. Stylianides, PhD
  Wed, 2 Jun 2004 15:22:47 -0400
  ...Temp Sender II (blue) - it has 2 pins and the connector has 3 wires (2 white wires #10 & #48, and 1 brown). The 2...
• Re: Vent (Wing) Window handle removal
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 21 Sep 2010 16:34:11 -0700
  Brandon, You deduced correctly that the roll pin holds the locking lever. You need a suitable 'drift' to drive the pin out. In a...
• Re: '70 Clutch Cable Clevis Pin failed!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 May 1996 22:48:36 -0400
  ...pin ($2.25 separately) and grotesquely >worn lever arm ($ 15.75)- can you say Total Lubrication Failure? >The hole that the clevis pin goes...
• Re: Aux battery wiring
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 9 Jan 2002 14:39:00 -0500
  ...From there it goes internally to the wire actually going to pin 50, as well as the wire going to the starter solenoid (both...
• Re: The two throttle valve switches, redux
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:03:32 -0600
  ...They are wired in parallel and either one > will ground Pin 4. Add knowledge from the AFM which reflects throttle position. Richard
• Re: "Driving dog" pin removal
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 WBXs
  Sun, 2 Mar 2003 18:30:00 +0000
  Hi Mark, A while back I tried to remove that pin and it never budged! Regards, John _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection...
• Re: Wrist pin dimensions.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 21 May 2010 13:47:28 -0500
  ...put the allthread through the hole and the washer (on the far end of the wrist pin) and thread on the bolt. Jim On...
• Re: hey guys, this is COMPLETELY NVC, and off topic, but i need to update my summer wardrobe and was looking for some advice~
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:58:42 -0800
  ...The list is now all about pink. #4 Pink to be exact. I don't know if that is a stock Vanagon colour though...
• Re: It Begins!!!
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 21 Aug 2003 11:21:09 -0700
  You can be a butcher and cut the wires or you can be a pro and release the metal pins unharmed from the plastic...
• Ring and pinion ratio on 5 spds...
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Tu
  Tue, 26 May 1998 09:07:50 -0700
  What is the ring and pinion ratio on a 5 spd tranny that we are all talking about. I don't want some nice...
• Re: Pin stripes and sliding windows
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 17 Apr 1999 00:15:28 EDT
  ...Anyone know of a source for replacement original stuff? >> your local FLAPS sells pinstriping in rolls. remove your old stuff w/ paint thinner and...
• Re: Tach in place of clock....
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 4 Jun 1999 11:11:54 EDT
  ...just change a few of the pins around in the multipoint pin connector, and run a wire from your coil to the connector plug...
• Re: How do anti-ping additives work?
  Historical mailing list - Roger&Zoe Ann Banker
  Thu, 20 May 1999 20:29:38 EDT
  ...I missed the original anti-ping posting, so please pardon me if I am repeating someone's reply. I was taught that anti-ping...
• Re: Overheating symptoms?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 23 Mar 1996 12:18:53 -0500
  ...Use 3/4 throttle and downshift. >>LISTEN FOR PINGING - if you hear ANY at all ease up NOW or your heads >> will eat themslves...
• Re: X relay
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 6 Jul 2002 20:17:18 -0400
  ...The relay that the local foreign parts >dealer is a 4 pin relay and there's only a three pin relay behind 1-2...
• Help with instrument cluster 14 pin rewiring please.
  Historical mailing list - Kirk Hockin
  Thu, 19 Aug 2004 19:38:59 -0700
  Greetings listees! I'm in the process of rewiring the 14 pin connecter in my 83.5 wasserwesty to install the new, later-model...
• Re: Engine died, ecu quick look
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Sun, 29 Mar 2020 15:49:06 -0700
  ...On the coil there is a white plastic connector with 2 green wires to separate pins. Each green wire has a female spade that...
• Re: Disable oil pressure warning system
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 15 Jun 2014 12:05:51 -0700
  ...Mark Zeitgeist wrote: > Thanks sir! Just to be clear, it's the pin closest to the drivers door, > right? > > > On Sun, Jun 15, 2014...
• Re: help! It's pink!
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 1 May 2007 09:53:39 -0700
  ...There is > a large puddle of pink fluid on the floor just in front the back wheel on > the drivers side. Any ideas? I...
• Front brake caliper guide pins (Where to get?)
  Historical mailing list - BADASSBUS
  Wed, 12 Sep 2001 20:29:36 -0400
  I was wondering if anyone knows where to purchase new front brake caliper guide pins and boots? They are on my 87 syncro girling...
• Re: Update Re: Engine died, March 31 update and maybe ecu smoking gun?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 31 Mar 2020 16:47:59 -0700
  ...The board tested in orientation shown, the red tape and black marks refer to the pin orientation and results. From pin mark outwards, too...
• Re: Knock Knock ?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:30:15 -0800
  ...It sounds a bit like ping, but the behavior is not always ping-like: * only happens under 1/2 to full throttle under load...
• Re: pink powder
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 29 Jun 2015 15:25:24 +0000
  ...In defiance of all my years of experience, I inserted the end of > this tool and squirted what turned out to be a pink...
• Re: O2 Sensors need grounding? (was STILL BUCKING & KICKING!!!)
  Historical mailing list - William Dummitt
  Tue, 31 Oct 2000 19:38:08 EST
  ...This system is insulated from the body of the sensor - you cannot replace the pin 19 ground by grounding the sensor body. If pin...
• '85 instrument cluster in an 84, sparks when connecting to coil #1?
  Historical mailing list - Zach White
  Thu, 9 Sep 2004 04:27:12 +0000
  ...Reading through the archives, it looks like I need to connect to pin 1 on the coil. This is the pin I'm connecting...
• Re: thanks : oil pump change in the van??
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Wed, 2 Nov 2005 23:59:28 -0500
  > so whats the easiest way to pull the piston pin from a 1.9L out >that small water pump hole?? > The only thing I...
• Re: voltage stabilizer/gauges not working
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:48:03 -0400
  ...Mike J Stewart wrote: >> The voltage stabilizers on all three of my '84 models only use the outer >> pins. The middle pin is in...
• Re: OEM mud flap question
  Historical mailing list - lloyd
  Wed, 27 Jul 2016 07:37:35 -0700
  ...The pin in the mud flap I reinstalled had 1/2" sticking out of the mud flap with a tip with a flat bladed...
• Re: Disable oil pressure warning system
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sun, 15 Jun 2014 13:27:43 -0700
  ...One pin gave me such peace of mind. Thanks! On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 12:05 PM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote...
• Re: Cylinder sleeves, I HATE IT when that happens
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sat, 21 Sep 2002 14:36:52 -0400
  I use the method outlined in the Bentley; retrieving the C clip and wrist pin through the coolant outlet port in the side of...
• Re: tail gate hatch question
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:20:09 EST
  ...Has anyone ever noticed that the hinge pins wear out. Does anybody > get a little concern when they install a hatch bike rack with...
• Re: Off topic Friday question on switches...
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Fri, 16 May 2014 13:37:01 -0700
  How many gram is a pinch anyway? BenT > On May 16, 2014, at 1:24 PM, Gnarlodious <gnarlodious@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > Neither do I...
• Wrist pin removal tool
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Kimmons
  Thu, 18 Jun 1998 13:00:09 -0500
  ...I've put together plans for the wrist pin removal tool that I invented.... Anyone interested, just reply to the list and I'll...
• Does your Syncro have too few wheels? Try a Pinzgauer
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Sun, 15 Sep 2002 13:33:37 -0400
  If four wheels doesn't do it for you anymore you may wish to consider this Pinzgauer: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...
• Vanagon-derived Military Vehicle?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Blotz
  Fri, 14 Mar 2003 14:24:47 -0700
  ...who made the vanagon syncro in trade for the VW deisel to be used in later pinz's. if your in the us though...
• best method/chemical/tool to remove very old pinstripe material
  Historical mailing list - Bobby Brown
  Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:49:30 -0500
  Fellow listees, What best experience do you have removing the old pinstriping? Goo Gone & plastic scraper? Mineral Spirits? Razor blade? Rubber eraser wheel on...
• Re: A question about the boot that goes over the guide pin at transmission
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 8 Oct 2014 12:14:11 -0700
  It clearly goes over the flange, otherwise the guide pin is exposed when you shift to 2nd or 4th. And I cured my balky...
• Re: Noisy ring & pinion
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Mon, 30 Aug 1999 21:02:38 EDT
  Harry-- Quite a bit of the time I see a piece of "stuff" that gets pulled thru the gear sets or ring/pinion and...
• Re: Piston Pins - putting them back in?
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Thu, 14 Mar 2002 20:57:29 -0500
  ...Piston Pins - putting them back in? My friend got the pins out (amazing what a bored hippie can do with a bolt, pry-bar...
• Re: To compress or to remove wrist pin - A Poll
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Mon, 13 Aug 2007 20:02:31 -0700
  removing the pins means you will need to pess fit the pin back into the piston as you try to reinstall the piston tuff...
• Re: 2nd battery relays & the Hella in particular
  Historical mailing list - Tim Hannink
  Fri, 14 Dec 2001 04:40:15 +0800
  FWIW - the stock setup on my Wolfsburg Camper has a 10 gauge wire installed between the main battery positive terminal and pin 87 of...
• Re: Radiator Leak
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Tue, 19 Sep 2000 08:51:13 EDT
  ...It was futile because the tube was so friable that every time I pinched it off an adjacent leak would spring up. But, if...
• Re: pinch the fuel line?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:49:30 -0400
  ...Thursday, July 24, 2008 8:41 PM Subject: [VANAGON] pinch the fuel line? I need to change out the little white fuel filter and...
• Clear picture of 5sp lockout pin. 5 sp manual transmission?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 20 Oct 2017 08:04:38 -0700
  Anyone know where there's a pic or diagram of the reverse gear lockout pin and spring and how it assemblies? Bentley no show...
• Re: wrist pins
  Historical mailing list - Mark in Westminster, CO
  Sun, 30 Jan 2005 15:22:23 -0800
  ...Mechanic s= ays > that the new noise in it is wrist pins, dump it. >=20 > What are the chances it is wrist pins with...
• Wrist pin removal was Re: Wrist pin dimensions.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 21 May 2010 14:56:48 -0400
  ...hole and the washer (on the far end of the >wrist pin) and thread on the bolt. What do people do for a reamer...
• Re: Fwd: Wrist pin removal tool
  Historical mailing list - Ed Berlett
  Sat, 20 Jun 1998 11:26:49 -0400
  ...Wrist pin removal tool > Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 13:00:09 -0500 > From: Anthony Kimmons <Anthony.Kimmons@CHRON.COM> > To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM...
• Pinstripe Removal
  Historical mailing list - McComas_Glenn
  Mon, 7 Feb 2000 05:19:03 -0500
  Riley ------ You didn't say whether your pinstripes are paint or tape. Take a close look (maybe with magnifying glass) and/or check with...
• Re: New isnt. cluster/tach not working
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 26 Jan 2001 01:23:17 -0500
  You prolly have to run a tach wire to that pin...I imagine they left it out of the non-tach versions. david At...
• Re: wrist pins/boston bob
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Wed, 2 Feb 2005 17:17:25 -0700
  ...Firstly you all call them wrist pins we use the old term > gudgeon pin and yes they do come loose. > > My 2.1 was...
• 4 pin fuel pump relay(s) question.
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 8 Apr 2008 12:16:06 -0700
  ...I have another VW relay with 4 pins. Compared to the Jetta relay, they both have the same pin numbers and schematic label on...
• How to make a Syncro owner jealous
  Historical mailing list - Jim Stout
  Thu, 24 May 2007 20:39:40 -0500
  ...http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Other-Makes-Pinzgauer-Very-Rare-Steyr-Pinzgauer-Turbo-Diesel-NOT-UNIMOG_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6472QQihZ019QQitemZ290119894344QQrdZ1 ebuy item number: 290119894344 Jim Stout '82...
• Re: Calling all wood carvers/craftspeople (Vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 13 Feb 2014 11:41:15 -0600
  The reference was a metaphor, as in "the carbon fiber look of today is a statement of modernity like the pink and grey paint...