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• Re: Vanagon diesel
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Feb 1996 00:06:26 -0500
  ...numbers over a longer period of time Beware! The injection pump, oil pan, and oil pump are unique due to excessive engine mounting angle.
• Re: round > square headlight conversion / What Bullshit.
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 4 Jun 2003 11:07:06 EDT
  ...spec for headlight aiming is based entirely on angles, without taking into account the vehicle height, so a tall vehicle's headlights may be...
• new driveshafts for raised vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 1 Apr 2011 09:17:11 -0700
  ...I've found a better solution, this German made driveshaft set up.It allows extreme axle angles using stock CV joints http://www.eathen64...
• Re: FAG or SKF wheel bearings?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Thu, 7 Aug 2008 20:13:46 -0400
  ...Given the odd angles, I don't think it can work with any unmodified "universal" set.
• Re: More trailing arm mod
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 21 Mar 2022 18:57:17 -0700
  ...The new angled spring perch might mitigate that increased angle. You picking up what I’m laying down? :-) Ab > On Mar 21, 2022, at...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon - Ford Focus Engine alternative
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:59:05 -0500
  It's to get better departure angle. We've never had a ground clearance problem, the current design suffers from decreased departure angle because...
• Re: Only ONE drive wheel?
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:52:00 -0400
  ...The issue is angle of attack and has nothing to do with the planes relationship to the ground. During a positive angle of attack...
• Audi I5 installation questions
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 22 Jan 2005 21:16:36 -0800
  ...down? If so, by how much? Does anyone know exactly what angle the I5 is mounted at the back of the Vanagon? Is the...
• Re: Useful Fuel Load
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 4 Apr 2006 14:11:44 -0400
  At my preferred gas station, my syncros sit at an angle such that the rear right of the vehicle is at the highest point...
• Car Lifts
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 24 Feb 2015 08:52:11 -0600
  ...It is a ramp built of welded angle iron - maybe aluminum - so that as you drive up the ramp to the center point and...
• Re: Tunes for the trip
  Historical mailing list - sstones
  Sun, 18 Sep 1994 22:30:36 -0400
  ...Also Bob Marley for those long stretches. > > andrew > '70 Westy(the roadside angler) > > > > > > >
• Re: Coolant Hoses
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Thu, 24 Aug 2000 17:02:05 -0700
  ...especially the ones bent at drastic angles.... My thought is that the rubber decomposes with heat... and a drastic bend just adds more stress...
• Torque Converter ATF Capacity
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 8 Jun 2005 10:41:44 -0700
  ...Do I just prop it up at a slight angle and start pouring ATF in the center? How do I know when it's...
• Re: omni engine...
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Thu, 9 Feb 2006 23:08:47 -0800
  ...It allows the engine to mount at a 50 (or is it 45?) degree angle. This is needed for the engine to fit beneath...
• Re: Strange problem in Belize
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 14 Jan 2011 15:22:06 -0800
  ...You move the gas pedal ...sensors there tell the ECU what throttle angle you are asking for, or how much power you are asking...
• Re: 84 Vaanaog weak parking brake - Sqirrel.
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Sun, 11 Jul 2010 08:42:32 -0700
  ...I stopped > when I saw that the > equalizer (Bentleys 46.11) is at quite an angle, not at > a right angle to > the centerline...
• Re: engine swap (ignorant questions) -> EV piston slap
  Historical mailing list - Scot Douglas
  Thu, 11 Dec 1997 12:51:06 -0500
  ...I have a question about the angle of the inline 5 as it is used in the Audi; do the pistons travel vertically, or...
• Re: Sound conundrum - input requested
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Tue, 19 Oct 2021 18:51:10 -0700
  ...Every time the axle rotates while at an angle the balls move back and forth in their groves. The greater the angle of the...
• Re: thoughts on a late model TDI engine into a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 10 Feb 2018 11:34:45 -0800
  ...what is the ID code on the block? Then, engine mount angle; 50 degree or 15 degree? The former typically fits the engine below...
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  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 11 Oct 2017 14:14:57 -0700
  ...but if mounted that way, it appears the injector angle, and distance from rail to intake (injector length, installed) looks the same as OEM...
• Re: Tool Suggestion? Re: Rear Trailing Arm Replacement Fun!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 20 Jan 2015 14:26:07 -0600
  ...The inboard bolt end closest to > passenger side is tough to get at with my angle grinder. > > > On 1/20/15, Jim Felder <jim...
• Do not give up on the Wasserboxer just yet, the power is there...
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 12 Dec 1998 21:23:15 PST
  ...porting of the intake and exhaust ports -3 Angle valve job on seats, 2 angle on valves -Copper exhaust gaskets -Solid rocker shafts -Aluminum...
• Re: Bilstein b6 Syncro front shock perch spacers
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 24 Apr 2020 22:46:49 -0700
  ...As go up in height the increased angle of the tie rods will increase changes in toe angle as the suspension articulates. About 20...
• Re: syncro rollover angle
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 30 Apr 1998 17:41:32 -0700
  Steepest angle for me was getting the driver front wheel to slip into a 1+ foot rut on a very muddy logging road and...
• Re: Rubber meets the metal
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Tue, 30 Sep 1997 18:18:42 -0800
  ...In one race some cars will pound out the torsion bushing enough to add 2 or 3 degrees in the CV angle. That is...
• Re: Diesel waterpumps ( 2nd request)
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Sat, 29 Jan 2000 14:26:52 EST
  ...My 79 Rabbitt diesel has the alternator-pivot tensioning method and works fine even though it has "shallow angle contact" on the waterpump pulley...
• Re: wiper arm
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 15 Oct 2018 08:21:39 -0700
  ...it at speed and they put it there because the steep angle of the windshield...but then I don't know why only on...
• Re: cheap '89 Bluestar on CL
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Thu, 23 Jan 2014 14:07:53 -0800
  It's all about "...the angle of the dangle."😉 BenT sent from my electronic leash > On Jan 23, 2014, at 2:02 PM, "SDF...
• Re: Suggested Minimum Tools To Carry
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Sat, 20 Jul 2013 12:51:13 -0400
  It's a variable angle swing press! Jason On 2013-07-20 12:20 PM, "Zeitgeist" <gruengeist@gmail.com> wrote: > BFH FTW!!! > > On Sat...
• esp. for Eurovaners ...
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Fri, 30 Sep 94 13:02:57 CDT
  ...with the narrow angle VR6 engine and a new front end ... has been caught testing. The van will be introduced in January 1996 as...
• FS: Middle benches.
  Historical mailing list - Sorin Bejenaru
  Sun, 7 Dec 1997 18:37:28 -0500
  ...Sorin Bejenaru California Campers Specializing in VW Westfalia Camper Rentals Offices in San Francisco and Los Angleles (415)665-1558 (phone & fax) E-mail...
• Anyone wants to drive a camper from Washington DC to California?
  Historical mailing list - Sorin Bejenaru
  Mon, 31 Aug 1998 10:49:55 -0400
  ...Sorin Bejenaru California Campers Specializing in VW Westfalia Camper Rentals Offices in San Francisco and Los Angleles (415)665-7030 (phone) (818)548-4484...
• Re: [Diesel] Timing Belt Rubbing Against Edge of Pulley...
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Sat, 20 Oct 2001 13:18:35 -0600
  ...straight > edge on the rear most side, it now has an angled edge). Is this acceptable? I think you are talking about the idler...
• Re: FS: brush guard/bull bars for fiberglass bumpered vans..any ...
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 19 Jan 2002 01:28:54 EST
  ...rear bumper brace that fits entirely inside the fiberglass rear bumper, made of 1/4" thick angle iron.. no more cracked rear bumpers!! chris
• Re: Path of coolant in radiator - hoses and beverly hills tip
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Fri, 24 Jun 2005 07:14:05 -0700
  ...One goes straight down, the other is at an angle. The one that goes "down" is the radiator OUTput (return to thermostat) Remember by...
• Re: Place to mount shackles?
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Wed, 25 May 2011 08:44:24 -0400
  >> "Approach angle"? "Off-roading"?...You have me confused with someone with more courage and more brains than I. << Ya's don't have to...
• Re: uneven tire wear
  Historical mailing list - Steve W
  Thu, 24 Jul 2003 18:19:23 -0700
  ...I'm not sure which angles are adjustable but yours sounds like the camber angle. Good luck, Steve --- Fred Brittain <vanpire@CITLINK.NET> wrote...
• Re: exhaust leak, header tubes to collector on 2.1 engine
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 23 Jul 2013 21:50:02 -0700
  ...The pipe flanges are not on the same plane, rather they are angled back, like a dihedral. I tried stacking gaskets but no luck...
• Re: Diesel mounts
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 4 May 1998 21:40:37 -0700
  ...I was going to use the Kennedy adapter and get them to lean the >engine over at the stock diesel angle. > >>| You have to...
• 85 Westy - squeaking front end
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Beauchamp
  Tue, 15 May 2012 13:47:57 -0400
  ...The front end is squeaking a little bit when the steering wheel is at certain angles and usually after the van has warmed up...
• Re: Conversion? JETTA ENGINE??
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:18:45 -0800
  ...wrote: > As for Tiico, I have read that the actual mount angle has little if > anything to do with engine vibrations transferring to the...
• Re: interesting picture of south african syncro .. :)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
  Thu, 30 Sep 1999 16:07:41 -0400
  So THAT's the angle required to properly bleed the radiator! Michael -----Original Message----- From: John Andersen <tincat@RELAYPOINT.NET> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON...
• Re: Blind spot mirrors
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 11 Feb 2002 10:57:28 -0500
  I now sell the factory convex ("wide angle") mirrors for both driver and passenger sides for half of the original price. They are $49...
• Re: Need diesel intake elbow/water seperator, plus Rainwater (#2003-483)
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Tue, 6 May 2003 08:25:35 -0400
  ...The air intake hose for a '90 Cabriolet is $235 at the dealer!! Bill ---------------- I recently ordered that rubber hose (kind of an angled...
• Re: alt light at high RPMS
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 26 Jun 2003 01:20:01 -0400
  ...You'll want a right-angled screwdriver to go with it...even a stubby won't fit in there with it mounted, unless I...
• Re: door that magically opens
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 8 Dec 2004 12:32:18 EST
  ...Tighten with right angle driver or pop rear of door off its track at the rail notch and support free end while you do...
• Re: more friday trivia..why are accel pedals on automatic vans reinforced with metal
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:21:48 -0800
  ...Auto tranny pedal Anyone else find the angle of the accelerator pedal more comfortable on long trips than the pedal in the stick shift...
• Re: Propane leak
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 4 May 2008 20:14:26 -0400
  Troy wrote: > My original shutoff valve was at a slight angle, so decided to take it off and apply new Teflon paste Is that...
• Various Vanagon Parts For Sale in Austin, TX
  Historical mailing list - Cary Chiang
  Thu, 8 Oct 2009 14:20:21 -0700
  ...rest angle� SOLD ���������������������������������� 2 black and gray from an '86 (hard to find) $220 ���������������������������������� 2 blue and gray with adjustable arm rest angle from...
• Westy Syncro Specifications
  Historical mailing list - Zeidler HelmutNTC-Dusseld.
  Fri, 10 Oct 1997 09:07:56 +0100
  ...bank angle 22 degrees front; 19 degrees rear Water depth max 350 mm Empty weight 1,950 kg Max axle weight 1,300 kg...
• Re: Caster--was Tire Choice Question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 14 Mar 2007 11:15:34 -0500
  ...These bushings set the front > > wheel caster angle. Caster is one of the most important but > > miss-understood angle of the front suspension. Caster...
• Re: Tire Choice Question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Tue, 13 Mar 2007 20:47:10 -0400
  ...These bushings set the front wheel caster angle. Caster is one of the most important but miss-understood angle of the front suspension. Caster...
• Re: engine swap (ignorant questions) -> EV piston slap
  Historical mailing list - "L-Soft list server at Vanagon List (1.8c)"
  Thu, 11 Dec 1997 09:58:45 -0800
  ...Try HELP. >>>>> question about the angle of the inline 5 as it is used in the Audi; do >>>> Unknown command - "QUESTION". Try HELP. >>> Unknown...
• Re: charging light flickers
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 1 Apr 2013 15:14:35 -0700
  ...right angle Philips screwdriver (the kind that's about 4 inches long with right angle Philips on one end and right angle Straight slot...
• Re: Brake Caliper Torque - 200 ft/lbs??
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 2 Apr 2013 17:47:15 -0700
  ...that will give just the right angle to put a cheater bar over the end of it , outboard of the fender/body area. Turn...
• Quick product review, trouble light
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 1 Jul 2019 12:29:28 -0700
  ...The mag base and adjustable angle, the bright light, the recharge time and run time, all good. You could even use it as interior...
• Re: Advice on doing TD Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 4 May 2015 13:45:00 -0700
  ...Is the Eurospec engine mount angle 22º or ? -- Neil n Blog: Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google...
• Re: how to keep that annoying a.c. duct on the ceiling?
  Historical mailing list - Stucco
  Mon, 17 May 1999 19:31:55 -0600
  I went to my local hardware store and bought small 90 degree angle brackets and widened them to about 95 degrees. At that point...
• Re: BA6 Exhaust Pipe
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 6 Jun 2008 11:50:56 EDT
  In a message dated 6/5/08 9:47:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jmayrand@METROCAST.NET writes: > The little right angle exhaust pipe...
• Re: I4 Engine conversion
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 25 May 2008 19:02:13 -0700
  ...The "height" of the engine is determined largely by the mount angle and to a lesser degree, by the design of the carrier. (for...