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• Re: Tranny Whinning in 84 Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Buese Thomas
  Sun, 18 Sep 2011 16:41:22 -0600
  ...also a main > shaft > bearing or gear carrier housing problem. Continued operation with a > bad > pinion bearing will destroy the ring-pinion adding considerably...
• Re: Wheels, once and for all....
  Historical mailing list - Jim Davis
  Tue, 3 Nov 1998 02:34:29 EST
  In a message dated 98-11-01 16:19:11 EST, Westys4evr@AOL.COM writes: > The main problem with using 14 inch wheels on...
• Re: Could it by Blow by revisited and questions answered
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Mon, 19 Mar 2007 23:35:44 -0400
  ...Tech stuff about what i'm trying to say here: -Some gasket and o-ring are failling: leak on the ground, including main crankshaft...
• Re: Major oil leak ...
  Historical mailing list - David Hally
  Thu, 8 Feb 2007 20:16:33 -0800
  ...There is a large copper washer/seal ring behind the adapter as well as the seal ring behind the sender. My 24mm deep socket...
• Re: oil pressure diagnosis.
  Historical mailing list - Bill MacLachlan
  Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:20:20 -0700
  ...Their analysis was that oil use was due to sludged up rings not moving right. Therefore they replaced rings and con rod bearings. Shops...
• Re: What happened?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 26 Apr 2002 10:50:31 -0700
  ...O" ring > >seal. > > > >Here is the advice given to me by those of you who know more than I know. > > > >"Replace the main seal...
• 87 Vanagon Need New Engine in So. Ca. 2.1L Help??
  Historical mailing list - Alan
  Wed, 18 Aug 1999 00:07:13 -0700
  ...The first is to repair #3 for $1200.00 or the second is while repairing #3 re-ring the others and valve job, main...
• Re: OXS and Battery Light? Van Dies.
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Fri, 17 Dec 1999 12:27:56 -0500
  ...They bead blasted the case, painted the field plates (correct term?) red, trued the slip rings (where the brushes contact the armature), installed two...
• Re: VW supplied reman. 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Sat, 20 Jan 2007 11:30:22 -0700
  ...rings stopped the oil leakage > > from > >the oil drain plug. The oil drain plug still leaked, as did the front and > >rear main seals...
• Re: Manual Trans question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 5 Oct 2012 23:13:27 -0400
  ...an indication of a worn main roller bearing or the gear carrier housing is shot. Worn hub or ring teeth can add to the...
• Re: NEED HELP W/ THERMOSTAT HOUSING
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 5 Oct 2005 12:59:56 -0700
  ...are probably original. > > I want to replace the housing, thermostat, o-rings and any hoses that are > attached to it. > > Any hints or help...
• Re: Overfilling the oil issues
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Wed, 25 May 2011 19:36:22 -0400
  ...O Ring > seal? >>> >>> I have been looking at the samba for over an hour, seems like a lot > people have this rear main seal...
• Re: Phrydae Question: Anyone Know Stephen's Auto Haus?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:28:27 -0700
  ...he then revealed the van was now in the main 48 with owner having moved to mainland ... bottom line ... stephans ... reasonable and knowledgeable people...
• Re: On more trip.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 3 Jan 2017 14:15:33 +0000
  ...If it really needs main bearings it most likely also needs to be align bored. Otherwise yo end up with a rebuilt engine that...
• Re: Leaky Rear Heater - anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 4 Aug 2001 12:37:31 -0700
  ...Be sure to replace any o-rings you encounter while in there. More often than not, it is the o-rings that are the...
• Re: Automatic transmission questions
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 28 Nov 2005 07:13:12 -0800
  > > > Does anyone know anything about the 010 being in the Vanagon? > > I guess my main question is whether the Forward clutch and Direct/Reverse...
• Re: diesel vs gas vanagons
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sat, 13 Mar 2004 16:18:24 -0500
  ...to the cooling system), leaky front or rear main seals, excessive blowby due to worn rings (which can force oil out through the dipstick...
• Re: 2wd transmission noise question
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Sat, 28 Jan 2006 12:43:10 -0500
  ...The experts that are working on mine first drove the van and thought my grinding sound was caused by worn synchro rings, then opened...
• Re: sad engine fire victim, 88 Wolfy
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 1 May 2008 22:23:49 -0700
  ...life guess on is the > plastic distribution bits that make the ring main, like that bulkhead > fitting on the firewall (scary how old they...
• Re: some guidance please, 86 autotrans troubles
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:17:43 -0700
  AH-HA! Someone else has had their band spring open! The main difficulty with re-installing the piston and its' pushrod is that the...
• Re: Shaft comes out ...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:39:43 -0500
  ...to the main shaft and a splined coupling that transfers the power. The coupling is held in place with a snap ring. The stud...
• Installing a rebuilt engine. Does anyone have a list describing the order to reattach items?
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Mon, 2 Sep 2002 11:32:23 -0500
  ...It just slides in with a rubber o-ring around it. While I have these pipes off should I use steel wool and knock...
• Re: oil leak update
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Mon, 20 Aug 2001 00:13:36 -0700
  ...Also (MUCH worse case) there is the possibility that movement in the main bearings is allowing the flywheel to rub against the rear main...
• Re: FS Air Cooled Parts and Full Engines
  Historical mailing list - mike boland
  Wed, 26 Mar 2003 00:30:56 -0600
  ...CV Series Short block, 5K on mains. 5K Cylinders honed, new std rod >bearings, new std bore rings, new lifters, new cam, new Melling...
• Re: Working on 091/1 Manual Transmission
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Thu, 5 Jul 2007 19:34:28 -0700
  ...separated from > the > main case of the transmission. > > The gear carrier has all the guts on it except the large ring gear. > I tend...
• Re: Thermostat problem??
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 29 Mar 2000 08:08:35 -0600
  ...I have had so many thermostat failures that I replace mine every 18 months or so as a matter of preventive maintenance. For me...
• Re: tranny swap
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 15:04:58 -0500
  ...Brad Jeffrey Stangeland wrote: >hey all, > > > >>#1) Pull the flywheel, install a flywheel O ring, >>Flywheel felt seal, >>Pilot bearing and Front main seal...
• Re: sad engine fire victim, 88 Wolfy
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Sat, 3 May 2008 11:28:07 -0700
  ...usually admittedly where the ring main pierced out through the firewall. In fact finding a nice clean rust free ring set was a real...
• Re: speaking if clutch slave failure
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 14 Sep 2004 16:30:50 -0500
  ...2) Install tranny main input drive shaft seal. (Behind the throw-out actuator arm). 3) Flywheel to crank O Ring. 4) New soft steel...
• Re: How long to do a valve job and replace the seats?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 27 Sep 2000 14:55:35 -0500
  ...Valve stem/guide wear, valve face/seat errosion, and cylinder/ring/ring lands wear. In the aircraft industry, on the average general aviation airplanes...
• Re: Clutch job... done properly
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 5 Nov 2007 16:29:33 -0800
  ...done properly I'm about to have the rear main seal, throwout bearing, plate, pilot bearing, pressure plate, flywheel o-ring and felt ring...
• Re: Rear heater - sweet smell
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:07:22 -0700
  ...o ring. or -take heater out and plug hoses or - go under van and remove "Tees" that deliver to heater, joining the main heater...
• Re: Reply to: To use Thermostat or not?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 24 Jul 1996 17:34:36 -0700
  What I always maintained was that VW's are cheap cars. They did not get that way by VW putting any extra bits on...
• R-134A retrofit (JC WHIPME content)
  Historical mailing list - Don Record
  Fri, 9 Apr 1999 06:30:47 EDT
  I purchased a 87 Westy in January and have since resealed the heads and the other expectec vanagon "maintenance". The PO said the AC...
• Re: Winters in the van...a woodstove?!
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Fri, 15 Nov 2002 08:50:55 -0500
  ...The chimney went out through an insulated ring set into a hole in one of the back doors --- and there were brackets on the...
• Re: Oil leak...
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:40:50 -0600
  ...There is an o-ring at its base, and this does go bad and require replacing. At least mine did, and I have been...
• Low compression, 88 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Bill Wedenoja
  Sat, 17 May 2003 13:19:20 -0500
  ...I use it mainly for long trips. Commuting would be another matter. So my question is, should I replace the rings and pistons or...
• Re: Head machined or my way ...
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Sat, 21 Jul 2007 19:16:23 -0700
  ...The relationship between those two places....where the rings go, and the bottom main face... determines how much the head squeezes the 'water retention...
• Re: Clutch removal - Oil seal
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 8 May 2010 14:16:33 -0700
  ...any sign of ream main oil seal leak ? if not, you could consider leaving the RMS like it is. the pilot brg though .. that...
• Re: <no subject>
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 17 Oct 2006 22:30:24 -0400
  ...The main bearing bolts should have a washer with seal at the nut end. Even without, oil leakage means the case is no longer...
• New heads
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 5 Oct 2002 05:49:39 -0600
  ...We installed the new rings and then using a large hose clamp to compress the rings, we carefully reinstalled the cylinder sleeve. We could...
• Re: Replacing Oil Cooler O-ring
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 6 Dec 2011 10:09:33 -0600
  ...The old O ring didn't look bad either, as it couldn't have been more than 4 or 5 years old. BTW, our...
• Re: Transmission fluid change - 1991 4 spd
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 28 Aug 2016 15:10:52 -0400
  ...If it is the main pinion bearing continued operation will damage the ring-pinion gear set. This will significantly to the cost of overhaul...
• Re: Who throws more rods contest, was: Re: SUBIE VAN ENGINE FIRE...LISTER NEEDS HELP in PA
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:33:30 -0400
  ...Cylinder head, internal bushings, oil pump, crankshaft and bearings, tappet gear, valves & guides, pistons & rings, cylinder bores/liners, con rods, distributor drive, starter ring...
• Re: jumps out of 4th gear...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 17 Mar 2012 10:12:19 -0400
  The synchronizer rings only help to synchronize the gear with the slider for engagement. Worn Syncros means crunching going in and rarely will they...
• the other head gasket leak...
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Dec 1995 10:10:36 -0500 (EST)
  ...The coolant is usually lost out of the refill tank which is next to the main expansion tank. This problem usually starts slowly and...
• Re: Clutch/flywheel shim Q.'s
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 4 Jun 2002 07:54:51 -0500
  ...install that $8.00 front main seal, the .80 felt washer and the $1.00 flywheel O ring. I'd sure hate to pull...
• Re: shuddering clutch
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 28 Sep 2003 05:44:56 EDT
  ...release bearing > (above in "kit") > flywheel machining (maybe) > > rear main seal > flyhweel o-ring > pilot bearing > One small piece you forgot in your list...
• Re: Starter Gone?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 23 Oct 2010 15:47:13 -0700
  ...replacing the main battery cable is not 'that possible' and isn't likely to be a problem .. the ends of it yes, but not...
• Re: oil pressure diagnosis.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:55:30 -0400
  ...Shop has just replaced rings and con rod bearings because the engine they put in was burning 0.5 litre of oil every 300...
• rebuilding a 2.1 engine. tips, suggestions wanted
  Historical mailing list - Gary
  Sun, 20 Feb 2000 20:54:15 -0700
  ...Re ring only, not new sleeves and pistons. 4. New cam bearings, rod bearings. Use old main bearings. 5. Complete gasket set. 6. Should...
• Re: flywheel pilot bearing will not fit!
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Fri, 14 Nov 2003 14:45:13 -0500
  the steel ring is not avalible and I have a few but as Dennis said there is a polit bearing with a seal biult...
• Coolant/preparedness was: RE: stainless steel coolant pipes
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Thu, 6 May 2010 17:19:48 -0700
  ...of the ring and the other small hoses. I guess that's just another thing to add to the two-year maintenance cycle. Cya...
• Re: Place to mount shackles?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 25 May 2011 08:26:43 -0700
  A handy backing plate for the non-ring end could be made from a second D-ring bracket. Or just leave the ring in...
• Re: Leaking auto tranny
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:24:44 -0700
  ...It's basically a great big o-ring. Not hard to replace once the tranny is out of the vehicle, just undue 4 bolts...
• Re: Compression test results for '84 Vanagon 1.9L with rebuilt right head
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 27 Dec 2011 12:32:27 -0800
  ...It's three main wear areas of course. the heads/head gaskets are one main area ..and traditionally on opposed VW four cylinder engines...
• Looking for supplier for long grommets used on German canopies
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:52:00 -0700
  ...The main issue now is getting the right hardware. The D-rings and strap for holding the canvas when you roll it up is...
• RE: Attention all '71 Bus Owners
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Wed, 13 Sep 1995 16:41:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...My main concern is overheating. Thanks for the imput. Try a '70 single-port engine with Solex 30PICT-3 carb, stock bus muffler, generator...
• No Front AC in Westies??? Price of 87?
  Historical mailing list - Montana
  Thu, 25 Apr 2002 21:54:27 -0700
  ...new rings and new cooling hoses in '97. Clean exterior, original paint in good condition, pretty clean interior. Has receipts documenting maintenance back to...
• Re: Hydraulic Lifter Week
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Tue, 7 Jun 2005 11:12:50 -0500
  ...Oil changes are the cheapest and most redeeming maintenance anyone could possibly perform on their vehicle. I'll stick to the 2500--3000 mile...