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• Re: So Close to Friday
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Thu, 24 Jul 2003 21:34:10 -0700
  ...I thought they were the weirdest folks around but once again Texas pulls out the win. Mike On 7/24/03 10:18 PM...
• Re: Starter Bushing Blues
  Historical mailing list - Eric Ley
  Sun, 19 Jun 2011 22:25:38 -0400
  If you let the tap bottom out and keep turning it will pull the starter bushing right out. -------------------------------------------------- From: "John Rodgers" <inua@CHARTER.NET...
• Re: Alternator pully #%%$#@
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:41:55 -0600
  ...that has a pulley that looks like a Vanagon diesel pulley(very deep), and my 1.9 (where the replacement alt. comes from) has...
• Fyrdaye's Frantic Facts: Believe it or Don't - '88 Westy: Towing Capacity?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 3 Jun 2005 20:39:50 -0500
  ...dogs pull sleds in alaska, right? horse pull wagons round the world, and even sleds and a troika or two in russia and like...
• Re: vibrating tiico engine
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Fri, 7 Nov 2003 10:58:32 -0800
  ...BUT you'll need to purchase a new crank pulley, alternator, ac compressor and water pump pulley. OR you can go the a2 bracket...
• Re: Starter Bushing Blues
  Historical mailing list - James Felder
  Sun, 19 Jun 2011 18:01:18 -0500
  ...Is there > a method to do this without an official starter bushing puller? > > Thanks, > > John > > -- > John Rodgers > Clayartist and Moldmaker > 88'GL VW Bus...
• Re: your mail
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 Nov 95 13:55:09 MST
  ...I find that crochet hooks work well for pulling the springs back...I found this out AFTER I pulled the springs out with the...
• Re: your mail
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 Nov 95 13:55:09 MST
  ...I find that crochet hooks work well for pulling the springs back...I found this out AFTER I pulled the springs out with the...
• Re: rear brake shims
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:43:59 -0400
  Warren Lail wrote: > I wonder if those slotted pieces pull out > or screw out. They're not threaded, Warren. They just fit into sockets...
• Crank pully revisited
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Tue, 20 Jan 2004 11:53:22 -0800
  Many of you may remember that I had a main pully bolt that was stuck. Just to let everyone know, it did get removed...
• Re: Quest.on Alternator Pulley? Help Please!
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 2 Sep 2005 11:52:15 -0400
  That vanagon is just not gonna leave you alone, is it? I would take that pully up to my local vw dealer and ask...
• Re: Cops buses and profiles
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 17 Dec 1995 13:36:25 -0500
  ...The cop had to pull up beside me to get me to notice. So I pulled over, couldn't figure why. Someone had stole...
• 30mm vs. 40mm Hub on Diesel Water Pump
  Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
  Sun, 28 Oct 2001 13:21:27 -0500
  ...I've always thought the dimension referred to the diameter of the surface that the pulley attaches to (the "hub", right?), but I have...
• Re: Pulling air filter box from Dodge Caravan. Anything else worth pulling? (...
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 1 May 2008 10:32:27 -0700
  ...I figure there may be other useful >> stuff that I can pull, possibly for a great price. >> >> Anyone know of any useful bits to...
• Re: Heater Ventilation Slider Controls
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Wed, 21 Aug 2013 14:42:35 -0400
  ...I pulling pretty hard. Do they ultimately slide off if I just pull harder? Trying to remove the face plate so I scan change...
• Hooking up A/C compressor properly?
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Tue, 6 Jul 1999 23:08:04 -0500
  ...Which engine pulley does the compressor belt get placed on? The middle pulley, or the "outermost-from-the-engine" pulley? I think the two...
• Re: Tiico: Harmonic balancing pulley
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Wed, 24 Apr 2002 10:36:08 -0700
  >Has any tiico freak out there put a harmonic balancing pulley on their >tiicos (say, a pulley off of a jetta/golf/wabbit/rocco...
• Timesert install - I'm stumped
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Sat, 13 Jan 2007 13:22:14 -0500
  ...If it werer a Helicoil, it seems like it would pull through pretty easily or unthread the coil as I pulled down hard while...
• Re: westfalia to weekender
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 13 May 2005 17:28:57 -0700
  ...Mark Jim Felder wrote: > Mark, why not just pull out the support pins and pop out the whole > shelf when you need the room...
• how to pull the furnace out of an ASI Riviera?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Fri, 26 Nov 2004 13:01:02 -0800
  I'm trying to help my friend pull the entire "kitchen" out of an early 80's air cooled ASI/Riviera vanagon camper. Everything...
• cylinder heads for my 84 westy
  Historical mailing list - shawn clark
  Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:40:47 -0700
  I just pulled the heads off of my 84 westy (first time to pull heads off any car) I did it with the engine...
• Re: Broke down in BC
  Historical mailing list - Douglas Toomey
  Mon, 29 Jul 2019 02:41:53 +0000
  ...We pulled off, I listened and was able to hear it a little. We had another couple of miles to go, so opted to...
• Re: Clutch not fully unclutching?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 30 Apr 2006 15:22:03 -0400
  ...unplugged the wire from the radio (pulling the ashtray out of the dash for access) then pulling the old one out the front ... making...
• Re: pick n pull
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 2 Apr 2008 13:57:28 -0700
  ...pick n pull > found 1 westfalia at my local pick n pull. It was the same year as mine > '84. Let me know if...
• Seized Engine?
  Historical mailing list - MM
  Sat, 20 May 2006 07:58:47 -0700
  ...I had other suspicions so i pulled the plugs, and tried to turn the pulley by hand to no avail. I did manage to...
• Re: cracked right side case...i'm in TROUBLE! (was crank pulley bolt...argh!)
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Tue, 31 Jan 2006 21:31:03 -0500
  ...Not sure if your wedge on the pulley caused the broken piece, but to stop an engine from turning over remove a spark plug...
• Re: Photos of broken alternator pulley
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 22 May 2012 07:44:29 -0400
  At 06:14 PM 5/21/2012, pickle vanagon wrote: >Here are the promised photos. >http://wesandmaria.com/images/pulleys.jpg > >http://wesandmaria.com...
• Re: Iveco diesel?
  Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
  Mon, 2 Mar 1998 22:24:45 EST
  Air cooled diesels are used in Deutsch farm tractors and those tractors are real stump pullers from what I hear. They are also a...
• Re: oil tube extension
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 13 May 2005 14:23:09 -0700
  ...Pull up (but not to hard or to far, it can be pulled out).
• Re: Pulley End - Crankshaft Oil Seals
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Wed, 24 Oct 2012 08:55:19 -0500
  ...John On 10/23/2012 6:54 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote: > If the pulley is dry the crank pulley seal and o-ring is...
• Re: Differential Lock curiosity
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Bey
  Wed, 2 Dec 1998 07:35:59 EST
  ...Also the lights on the lock panels all light up, but does not change when I pull the knob out. I do feel, and...
• Motor mounts
  Historical mailing list - Kevin
  Fri, 23 Apr 2004 13:15:10 -0400
  ...I know I need to support the motor with a jack and some wood and pull the cross bar but how do I get...
• Schreeching Alternator/belt
  Historical mailing list - Stebbins
  Sat, 24 Mar 2001 19:27:21 +0200
  ...When I pore some water on the belt and pulley, the SCREECH goes away. Does this mean that the alternator is about to give...
• rear brake adjusting
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 7 Oct 2001 08:53:28 -0400
  ...I think Bentley shows taking off the monster nut on the axle, and then pulling off the hub with the drum via the puller...
• Re: '56 kombi - brakes (again)
  Historical mailing list - Richard
  Tue, 11 Jul 95 17:13:57 EDT
  ...It pulls really hard to the right the first 3 or 4 times I stop, then is fine, then starts to pull to the...
• Re: Replacing antenna?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 30 Mar 2006 21:57:28 -0700
  ...Remove the ash tray to access the back of the radio; pull the antenna cable out of the radio; tape (duct) a healthy sized...
• Re: 1982 Westfalia Diesel ( stock ) belts?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 29 Sep 2012 12:34:26 -0700
  If you look at page 19.4 of the Vanagon Bentley it shows how the pulley comes apart and where the shims go. To...
• Re: Sizes of large fastners?
  Historical mailing list - Paul
  Sat, 12 May 2012 09:29:28 -0700
  30mm fits on my crank pulley bolt, l.9L Pablo 85 Westy On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 9:11 AM, Bill M <billmonk...
• Need help NOW, R&R Water Pump
  Historical mailing list - smko
  Thu, 05 Jun 1997 11:14:40 -0400
  Can anyone help? Does the triple pully on the crank, center of the engin, have to be removed to replace the water pump? My...
• Re: Waterpump replacement on '88?
  Historical mailing list - Dave
  Thu, 16 Sep 1999 13:34:34 -0500
  I replaced my pump recently, on an 87 2.1 non-syncro, and did not remove the main pulley. I removed the connection to...
• Getting windshield started
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Fri, 18 Mar 2011 10:48:11 -0400
  ...I'm trying the string trick but that string does not even think about pulling the gasket lip over the metal lip. The string...
• Re: Oil sensor question 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:24:11 -0500
  ...The pulley. Jim On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 7:47 PM, Benny boy<huotb@videotron.ca> wrote: > It's the pulley, not the...
• battering ram vs ford escort
  Historical mailing list - SpaceKommander
  Wed, 29 May 2002 08:48:52 -0400
  Looks like you can pull out most of it with a big dent puller and then cover it all with a SA grille. The...
• Re: no headlights cept pulling back on turn signal stick - 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 10 Aug 2006 07:56:29 -0700
  ...No Lights Unless Pulling up on High Beams BTDT, in my case it was the headlight switch on the dash. Everyone told me the...
• Anyone pulled a Wiring Harness?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:05:31 -0500
  Wondering if anyone has successfully pulled an entire wiring harness from a Vanagon and if so, where did you start, were you able to...
• Re: Removing water pump pulley
  Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
  Sun, 5 Dec 1999 11:45:32 -0600
  ...Removing water pump pulley I had mine on a bench at the time when I removed the pulley, so just a screwdriver into the...
• Re: repair advice needed
  Historical mailing list - tbill
  Mon, 19 May 1997 18:05:04 -0500
  David E Most wrote: > > Anyway, my '87 has been pulling to the right, and I took it one place for > a free check. They...
• Re: clutch lever
  Historical mailing list - Claudio Cella
  Sat, 6 Apr 2002 20:04:03 -0800
  ...Once the puller was installed and used it came off in moments. The puller was some sort of universal tool.................pitman arm puller(?) ..................used...
• Re: Messed up Steering column
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 07 May 1995 11:29:31 -0700 (MST)
  ...He figures it got damaged by the way he entered the Van, pulling himself in with the aid of the steering wheel. I got...
• 82 van diesel still squealing
  Historical mailing list - Rolf Pechukas
  Tue, 20 Jul 1999 12:18:33 EDT
  ...not the water pump swapped in new tensioner pulley, still squealing, not the tensioner pulley not exactly squealing actually: this is an intermittent chirping...
• Re: Parking lot encounter
  Historical mailing list - Peter Krogh
  Mon, 15 Apr 2002 17:52:27 EDT
  ...You are pulling into their travel lane. My recollection is that pulling out of a space is something like rear-ending someone. It's...
• Re: Average time to pull transmission, engine, etc.
  Historical mailing list - AATransaxle
  Mon, 26 Jun 2006 18:56:26 -0700
  I am going with Dennis's times also...min 6 to max 8 hrs of labor charge to pull a syncro trans and do...
• Re: Looking for correct name or terminology f or a push-pull
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 3 Dec 2013 06:02:21 -0800
  ...Looking for correct name or terminology f or a push-pull >> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowden_cable >> >> >> >> -----Original...
• Re: Handbrake Problem - Can't figure it out...
  Historical mailing list - dr
  Wed, 6 Aug 2003 13:56:54 -0400
  ...On my late model Vanagon, as you pull the handbrake, you feel the tension build as you pull the handbrake higher. On my 84...
• Power steering pump issue
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 4 Oct 2016 17:48:32 -0700
  The belt is wearing on the top edge, and I can see the pulley is cocked a couple of degrees from being in the...
• WTB 2.1L Dipstick Tube
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
  Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:49:17 EDT
  The alternator belt on my '87 Camper pulled my dipstick tube underneath the crank pulley this morning. Anyone have a source for a replacement...
• Re: Causes of Brake Pull at Highway Speeds? (and some trip pics)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 11 May 2013 08:52:46 -0400
  ...So step on the brakes and change all three angles at one shot and wonder why it pulls! After that radius rod mount repair...
• Re: More v belt questions
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:46:08 -0500
  ...pulley to tighten the > lower belt then use alternator to tighten the upper, can I use a one belt > set up? My crank pulley...
• '73 Type II alternators
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 2 Jun 1996 21:03:42 -0700
  ...Next alternator seems to have a longer rotor shaft as the pulley is now out of line with the crank pulley by about 10mm...
• Re: 85 westy water pump R&R w/ a/c & PS
  Historical mailing list - Pedro L. Rodriguez
  Thu, 17 Mar 2005 00:23:17 -0500
  ...Removed the main crank pulley and replaced the seal while I was there, didn�t remove distributor, AC or PS; did remove the engine...