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• Re: A/C - what it the purpose of the vacuum check
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 5 Jul 2011 00:22:52 -0400
  ...A/C - what it the purpose of the vacuum check What does this vacuum check do for the system in terms of servicing the...
• Re: Vacuum Leak
  Historical mailing list
  13 Dec 96 10:27:11 PST
  Finally found one source for vacuum grease. VWR Scientific has an on-line catalog available. Probably available in other scientific/lab supply catalog/suppliers...
• Need Vacuum hose connector part
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Tue, 31 Aug 1999 09:56:39 -0400
  Hey folks, I discovered why my van wouldn't idle with the AC running--a step down connector for a vacuum hose has broken...
• Re: Vacuum Line Routing
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 19 Feb 2000 13:21:28 -0800
  ...Left side of distributor vacuum canister to attachment at rear of throttle body Ride side of distributor vacuum canister to attachment at front of...
• Re: Vacuum Powered Coolant Changeout
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Pearson
  Thu, 16 Jun 2005 14:13:36 -0600
  ...The mechanic said they have a vacuum coolant changer whereby they draw out the coolant and then backfill with fresh coolant. Said it would...
• Re: '88 Vanagon Cruise Control question
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Mon, 5 Mar 2012 09:57:46 -0500
  >> ...Check it with a vacuum tester and if it doesn't hold vacuum then adjust it until it does and you are golden. If...
• Re: Charcoal Cannister Purpose
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:12:45 -0700
  ...The purge valve is operated by engine vacuum: if this fails, the gas tank makes popping noises as the air gets sucked out of...
• Bosch distributor #
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 23 Mar 1996 09:13:18 -0800
  ...Can someone give me the Bosch number of the vacuum advance type distributor. A friend can order the part wholesale but doesn't know...
• Re: Doing a 1.9l to 2.1l swap
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 4 May 2000 08:32:24 -0700
  Ken, One more thing on swapping the throttle body, you will need to follow the later type vacuum line routing, the later type throttle...
• WTB: bracket for Syncro vacuum switch for rear transmission
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 15 Dec 2000 09:59:49 -0500
  Dear Listees, I'm looking to purchase the bracket that holds the vacuum switch for a Syncro rear tranny. (No one seems to have...
• Vacuum gauge install help needed
  Historical mailing list - Tarheel
  Thu, 19 Jul 2001 06:55:45 -0400
  Volks, I want to install a VDO vacuum gauge in my 81 vanagon........ anyone done this, and where did you t-in and run...
• vacuum leak at breather tower?
  Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
  Mon, 9 Jan 2006 09:16:12 -0500
  ...Since the breather tower is plumed to the air intake system couldn't this be a source of a vacuum leak? Thanks, Jake 82...
• Re: 2.1l vacuum readings?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 21 May 2009 22:51:20 -0500
  ...I thought that a perfect vacuum was about 14.7 psi. :-) Maybe you're thinking inches of mercury? Larry A. On Thu, May 21...
• Re: cruise control troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Wed, 6 Feb 2008 14:39:33 -0500
  ...It works at first and then it's ability > falls off quickly, in less than a minute, as if it is losing vacuum. I...
• Looking for T fitting from aux air reg to vacu valve
  Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
  Sat, 7 Jun 2014 12:33:52 -0400
  Started replacing the various small vacuum hoses on the 85's 1.9 and being ham fisted I snapped the plastic T fitting that...
• Post gas tank/system reseal - vacuum in gas tank
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Thu, 29 Sep 2011 07:18:07 -0700
  Hi, Obviously my gas tank reseal and replacement of gas lines is working great because now my gas tank builds up a vacuum while...
• Re: Bentley - Page 24.24b -- Question -- vacuum oriface(?)
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Sun, 5 Oct 2003 22:23:17 -0700
  Is the point of the oriface to reduce the amount of vacuum whatever is at the end of that hose sees? In a dynamic...
• Re: A/C woes....
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Wed, 6 Aug 2003 06:35:39 -0400
  ...to leak and failed under pressure but not vacuum! The system would hold a vacuum just fine but would leak out the freon charge...
• Fuel Hose?
  Historical mailing list - Garrett Adams
  Wed, 7 Jun 2000 21:29:17 -0700
  ...5mm fuel hose (fabric covered) 7mm fuel hose (reinforced rubber) 3.5mm vacuum hose (fabric covered) 12mm vacuum hose (fabric covered) The 5mm hose...
• Re: Audiovox ccs100 cruise control
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 25 Jul 2006 12:17:55 -0400
  ...it's not magnet or vacuum. It uses vacuum no matter how you > hook it up. The choice is magnets on the CV or...
• Re: Klankenstinkenwagen
  Historical mailing list - Mary Beth and Chris Geiser
  Thu, 8 Aug 2002 20:02:42 -0500
  Jim, I haven't taken the vacuum pump out on the van yet, but on my old Rabbit, you pull it out by loosening...
• Re: Friday question.Re: Vacuum gauge NVC
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:16:34 -0500
  ...I have had a VDO Vacuum gauge attached to my 79 loaf and my Vanagon motors and can speak to what normal is for...
• Re: 2.1l vacuum readings?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Fri, 22 May 2009 17:40:17 -0400
  ...Ken Wilford John 3:16 www.vanagain.com David Beierl wrote: > Can someone remind me what sort of manifold pressure (vacuum) > readings I should...
• Re: no power in 4th
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 5 Oct 1995 11:23:18 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Isn't there a vacuum line(s) running from the distributer up to a small box attached to the top of the engine compartment...
• Re: 1st Most important specialized waterleaker measurement device
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Fri, 22 Oct 1999 02:03:19 EDT
  ...So far, I consistently see 1 to 2 inches of water (vacuum) in the morning, indicating the break pressure for the vacuum vent on...
• Re: vacuum and the fuel pressure regulator?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Just
  Tue, 29 Aug 2006 09:53:36 -0400
  ...Any ideas? Thanks -Rich On 8/29/06, Larry Alofs <lalofs@rcn.com> wrote: > Under high load conditions (less intake vacuum) it increases the...
• cruise control
  Historical mailing list - John Y. Hung
  Fri, 13 Nov 1998 11:25:39 -0500
  ...I need the sensor (plugs into the speedo?), electronic controller, vacuum pump, vacuum servo, throttle linkage, hoses, a couple of switches for the pedals...
• Placement of vacuum line from aircleaner to???
  Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
  Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:24:37 +0200
  ...In the proces I unplugged the 2 vacuumlines going into the filter housing - thinking "I'll remember". But I did not.......... And now I...
• Re: '87 Vacuum plumbing question
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:23:02 -0500
  ...it has a molded fitting that looks like a hard plastic vacuum > line should connect to it. I don't see this in the...
• Re: Brake Vacuum Booster Replacement Questions
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 17 Aug 2005 20:48:06 -0500
  ...Brake Vacuum Booster Replacement Questions > Hello Listees: > I can hear a vacuum hiss from under the instrument panel when I > push on the brake...
• Re: help! ('75 Fuel Injection Problem)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 Nov 95 20:52:07 -0500
  ...Hey, I just put my engine back together and noticed I had one spare small vacuum line and one spare vacuum port, but that...
• Re: Engine miss
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 11 Sep 2014 23:53:09 -0700
  ...I also recall reading something about a fail point at that vacuum line inside the ECM itself OR the part it connects to. I...
• vacuum bleeding?
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Tue, 2 Mar 2004 08:46:09 -0600
  Has anyone ever thought of a way to bleed the cooling system on a Vanagon by using a vacuum pump? Would it be possible...
• Subtle hesitation- driving me crazy...
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Thu, 15 Apr 2010 07:59:25 -0400
  ...OK, I can learn to live with the less power, my old engine had the timing at 10 BTDC and the vacuum hose disconnected...
• Re: Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
  Wed, 18 Dec 2002 08:14:30 -0500
  I had the vacuum line from the pedals to the cruise control pump or the vacuum valves themselves in the clutch/brake switch develop...
• Re: Throttle body question-Throttle switch!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 13 Jun 2014 23:15:36 -0400
  The vacuum switches do not seem to operate for full throttle enrichment. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com...
• Re: Vacuum from Brake Booster?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 14 Jun 2005 08:19:48 -0700
  ...whether > stealing vacuum from the brake booster hose is any better or worse than > stealing it from the fuel regulator vacuum hose? Do they...
• Re: cruise control
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Tue, 4 Dec 2007 16:17:58 -0500
  How does one know if it's the pump, do they just go or slowly loose vacuum. When converting to the Subie cruise you...
• Re: Cruise control issues
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Wed, 20 May 2009 12:33:37 -0400
  ...than I would check all your vacuum lines, check the ends for cracks under the fabric coating the line. A very common problem, and...
• Re: Vacuum System Parts on 1.9 - "Y's" and Constrictors...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 14 Oct 2014 13:43:19 -0400
  ...Bentley handy, but if I recall, isn't that restrictor pre >vacuum advance on distributor? According to the book it's in the control...
• Need factory cruise vacuum unit and linkage for throttle
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 7 Aug 2014 08:25:14 -0400
  I need a good used vacuum unit, the mounting parts that mounts it to the air intake and the linkage piece that goes to...
• WTB: Syncro Diff Lock Parts
  Historical mailing list - Jeff K
  Wed, 11 Dec 2002 07:30:45 -0700
  ...On a related note, does anyone know if the vacuum reservoir is the same/similar as the one used for the cruise control on...
• Vacuum forming
  Historical mailing list - Steven Dodson - Epoch Product Design
  Mon, 3 Nov 2003 08:45:58 -0800
  Just a note on vacuum forming to folks who might not understand the full process. The process of vacuum forming itself is relatively simple...
• Re: vacuum
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 24 May 2018 23:20:38 -0600
  ...Stan Shapiro wrote: > Anyone know, or can estimate, what my manifold vacuum should be on a rapid > decel (throttle closed) from 3000 rpm. I...
• vacuum in fuel system fixed...
  Historical mailing list - John F. Gladu
  Wed, 29 Apr 1998 01:11:28 -0500
  ...new fuel tank.) It wasn't the charcoal cannister or the vacuum valve (as I would have guessed). bcnu - Grungy grungy@mindless.com (Houston...
• Re: 82 Aircooled Temp II sensor ohm's
  Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
  Tue, 28 Jun 2005 16:06:40 -0500
  I replaced all the vacuum lines on my 82 air cooled Westy. Bus Boys has a pretty nice website that shows a schematic of...
• Re: Vacuum forming
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Fri, 31 Oct 2003 10:50:53 -0800
  ...Tim --- John Rodgers <jh_rodgers@BELLSOUTH.NET> wrote: > It seems I have come into possession of a big vacuum > forming machine > that can handle...
• Brake Vacuum Booster Replacement Questions
  Historical mailing list - Cary Chiang
  Thu, 18 Aug 2005 02:22:03 +0200
  ...I can hear a vacuum hiss from under the instrument panel when I push on the brake pedal of my '90 Vanagon. The brake...
• Re: After Market Cruise?
  Historical mailing list - Jaap Nauta
  Tue, 11 Oct 2005 13:01:01 +0200
  I did install an aftermarket vacuum cruise control unit. It uses vacuum for engaging the throttle, the rest is electrical. Works great! Includes cabling...
• Just Gotta Be A Vacuum Leak!!
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 5 Aug 2008 20:36:49 -0500
  ...I am tapping vacuum from the FPR port to run both my vacuum gauge on the dash and the MAP sensor for the Haltech...
• Re: 80 Vanagon Fuel Pump Buzzing Saga - Fixed (?) but now bogging
  Historical mailing list - Tom Shiels
  Sun, 3 Aug 2003 08:43:59 -0400
  ...I doubt very much that adding the vacuum line would cause any problem. Good luck, Tom Burlington Ontario 84 Westy - beautiful condition - FOR SALE...
• Re: DEm's da brakes!
  Historical mailing list - Eric Henning
  Fri, 4 Feb 2000 08:03:06 -0500
  ...the brake master cylinder (BMC) seal leaks, the vacuum on the booster ends up pulling brake fluid thru this seal into booster where it...
• Re: vacuum servo question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 4 Jun 2003 07:17:45 -0400
  ...Make sure you clean and reseal the connection to the vacuum booster. Use a little Sylicone seal if needed. Eric Craig wrote: >Hello all...
• Re: I-4 rough idle
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 1 Mar 2004 12:19:00 -0500
  You have a vacuum leak. The increase and decrease in idle speed it classic symptoms. Eric MacLachlan, Bill wrote: >listees: >I have a rough...
• Re: idle and vacuum diagnosis
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Fri, 8 Oct 2004 15:44:47 -0700
  ...The > operation or movement of the vacuum gauge is the meat. A vibration > movement, worn guide, 2 points of movement slow, worn plugs, occasion...
• Re: Pressure Bleeding the Clutch slave/master
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Mon, 23 May 2005 11:40:14 EDT
  ...In my experience, a standard bleeder under vacuum will suck air through its threads and so it is hard to tell at what point...
• Re: Post gas tank/system reseal - vacuum in gas tank
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:35:44 -0400
  ...Post gas tank/system reseal - vacuum in gas tank Hi, Obviously my gas tank reseal and replacement of gas lines is working great because...
• Re: vacuum
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 24 May 2018 20:23:12 -0400
  ...stanshapiro.com> wrote: > Anyone know, or can estimate, what my manifold vacuum should be on a rapid > decel (throttle closed) from 3000 rpm. I...
• idle problems
  Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
  Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:01:12 -0400
  ...all idle booster and cold start valves have the vacuum blocked at the manifold<makes no difference>. vacuum advance seems tight and no leaks...
• 84 vanagon DOES NOT idle up and down
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Hosick
  Tue, 2 Apr 2002 22:51:36 -0800
  ...deal.I finally broke my timing advance vacuum line and decided to just repace all vacuum line's in the engine compartment.Voila!!!It...