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• Re: temp gauge not working right...
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Mon, 13 Aug 2018 12:44:49 -0400
  ...if it's so then I will add a flat braided copper ground to > the housing... > > thanks again > > dan >
• Re: Looking for some more 1.9l Vanagon Thermostat Housings
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Tue, 21 Mar 2017 17:57:19 -0400
  ...really do collect the worlds right square headlights, 1.9 > thermostat housings, and distributors! Lol. > > I'm all out, you've gotten all of...
• Coolant sensor O ring
  Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
  Wed, 27 Jan 1999 11:37:28 -0500
  ...Now, I am not a Physics major, but I see that the thermostat housing is lower than the radiator, and I don't want...
• Parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - Bill M
  Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:20:10 -0400
  ...New in box high beam light housing no longer available from dealer or parts places. Part number 533 941 062 right side 86-91...
• Re: Two Inch Coolant Hose
  Historical mailing list - Amy Miner
  Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:29:57 -0400
  ...Is it > possible they replaced the thermostat housing (looks new) and forced the 2 > inch piece on to the wrong thermo housing? Or does...
• rear speakers 82 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Thu, 4 Nov 2010 20:56:50 -0500
  ...I've been looking at the plastic housings that the speakers are in and wondering if/how they can be removed. There are three...
• Billet aluminum thermostat housings
  Historical mailing list - mario
  Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:29:46 -0800
  ...I asked what they were and they handed me a beautiful BILLET thermostat housing that will fit a 2wd or syncro. I am really...
• Re: Diff lock in a 2wd
  Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 04:01:59 +0000
  ...You can use the housing from a Syncro transaxle, or what I did, is have a block welded on to the side of the...
• Re: changing thermostat on 1.9l
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 5 Nov 2005 18:28:11 -0500
  ...I removed the two bolts, that stick straight down, which are on either side of the housing and removed the lower part that the...
• 83.5: R+R front heater box/fan housing
  Historical mailing list - Forhan, Thomas
  Tue, 1 Dec 1998 14:33:21 -0500
  ...The Bentley shows how to disassemble the housing (actually, I might replace it with another one that's hanging around here), but its not...
• Wanterd: tachometer and plastic instrument cluster housing
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Michael Gronski
  Thu, 10 Aug 2000 14:22:56 -0400
  I'm trying to get a hold of a tachometer and plastic instrument cluster housing for my 1980 Westy. I believe it is a...
• Re: URGENT: Need bell housing in Ontario!
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Tue, 6 May 2003 19:47:35 -0400
  ...The bell housing on my tranny is > totally rotten and corroded, it has holes in the top you can stick your > hand in. The...
• Re: WTB 1.9 thermostat housing
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sun, 30 Sep 2007 14:10:08 -0400
  If you can remove the housing from the engine(I bet you can), use a torch to remove the 10mm bolts.Those 10mm bolts...
• Rear trailing arm/wheel hubs/bearing housing same for all years?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 23 Nov 2007 12:57:52 -0800
  ...Are the rear trailing arms, wheel hubs and bearing housings the same for an 81 and 85 Vanagon? Thanks! Neil. -- Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air...
• Heater core conversion
  Historical mailing list - David Luddy
  Wed, 27 Dec 2000 10:02:59 -0500
  Hello Listees! I've successfully installed a front heater (housing, core and fan) into the rear of my '86. The housing needed some of...
• Re: 83-85 vanagon rear bleeder screw housing mod or repair?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 26 Nov 2012 21:47:47 -0800
  ...83-85 vanagon rear bleeder screw housing mod or repair? So I have become aware that the coupling where the hoses attached at the...
• Re: Question - Rear stub axle
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 8 Aug 2011 05:58:15 -0400
  It is highly unlikely that the housing itself is damaged beyond repair. The usual cause of failure for the axle or flange hub is...
• RE Bentley Thermostat housing torque values
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Tue, 19 Nov 1996 08:39:14 -0500
  ...Note that the same 10 nm = 61 pound feet" value appears at the "thermostat housing" "specification" under "Water-cooled Digijet and Digifant" further down...
• Re: odometer quirkiness
  Historical mailing list
  08 Jul 97 09:38:33 PDT
  ...And still ANOTHER failure mode is that the shaft itself slides in/out of the metal housing. I tried several ways to prevent this...
• (1) Knocking CV's (2) Ignition Switch Housing
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 26 Oct 2023 15:28:59 -0500
  ...I would appreciate any input on this issue. (2) Replaced ignition switch housing with new because the steering column shaft was loose in the...
• Re: WTB: Instrument Cluster Housing
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 8 Oct 2003 07:04:26 -0400
  ...eric Jeffrey Schwaia wrote: >Does anyone have an empty (or partially empty) instrument cluster housing >they'd like to sell/trade. It must not...
• Re: 91 Westy - Mysterious Clutch/Transmission Problem
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 3 May 2015 21:31:36 -0400
  ...The clutch slave carrier that’s connected to the bell housing may be moving because where it connects to the bell housing has corroded...
• Re: bleeding coolant system?
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Fri, 15 Jul 2005 23:30:35 -0400
  ...John, When you turn the bleed knob on the top of the thermostat housing, coolant (and any air that is trapped) flows up the...
• Re: Projektzwo Fog Lite Troubles
  Historical mailing list - Roger Stone
  Sun, 1 Jul 2001 09:27:25 EDT
  ...After pressing the housing in place (by hand) would try to pull the card out. Found a few irregular areas on the housing that...
• Re: Not the usual trip odometer problem
  Historical mailing list - Michael Vickey
  Sun, 15 Aug 2004 18:59:00 -0400
  Jeff, I suspect 2 or more of the screws holding the back of the speedometer housing were loose before or when you reset your...
• Re: Torque specs for wheel bearing housing (rear)
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Sun, 30 Apr 2017 18:45:11 -0700
  ...For cross-reference, Haynes (the manual) lists wheel bearing housing to trailing arm at 140 Nm (103 lb ft). Sounds like a match. On...
• Thermostat and radiator questions...
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Fri, 15 Jul 2005 19:29:53 -0400
  Just got a new thermostat housing for my '88 GL, complete with new thermostat. The question I have is on orientation - the ETKA shows...
• Re: 83-85 vanagon rear bleeder screw housing mod or repair?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Ley
  Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:17:47 -0500
  ...83-85 vanagon rear bleeder screw housing mod or repair? > So I have become aware that the coupling where the hoses attached at the...
• Re: Where is fan thermo-switch? 90GL
  Historical mailing list - Loretta Abbott-Kennon
  Tue, 24 Sep 2002 01:06:41 EDT
  I don't know how this happened, but the housing truly is partially melted (this is on my 2wd w/plastic housing, not the...
• leaking thermostat
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Mon, 28 May 2007 15:48:45 -0400
  I added some "Gasket Maker" to the lower thermostat housing (1.9 engine), buttoned everything back up (with a new thermostat and O ring...
• Starter adaptor project update, and a question for those using adaptor plates
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:27:56 -0400
  ...To refresh your memory, these are necessary to adapt the late-1990's TDI gear-drive starter to the waterboxer bell housing. This will...
• Re: Replacement of Temp II sensor
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 24 Aug 2013 16:51:53 -0400
  ...Sounds as though the person installing the sender didn't have an O-ring the right thickness, or else that the thermostat housing is...
• Re: Poor Hot Start Discovery - midway through solution
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 27 Aug 2012 05:52:07 -0700
  ...On the 2.1l non-Syncro the thermostat > housing is right up forward; the two senders look identical and mount > identically into the housing...
• Re: Converting Doka to Auto trans... Questions regarding late model floor ven...
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 26 Oct 2005 20:26:21 EDT
  ...This is that plastic > housing which goes between the front seats and vents rearward. I assume this > is the same for the buses as...
• Re: Rear bearings and grease question
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 16 Sep 2014 09:38:41 -0700
  ...Yup, not going to zerk the housings. And as to why a roller bearing with removable inner race in outer? I now see why...
• 1985 ignition lock cylinder install help
  Historical mailing list - Laura Mangan
  Wed, 23 Aug 2017 17:16:54 -0400
  ...Seems normal as the old one doesn't turn either now that's it's out of the housing. I attempted to put the...
• Heater housing access
  Historical mailing list - Ed Mellinger
  Thu, 26 Oct 2000 21:22:57 -0700
  ...has anyone got a simple quick way into the heater housing (front)? Or is this A Path With Many Turns, Grasshopper? My heater fan...
• > thermostat housing question...
  Historical mailing list - Tony Demille
  Mon, 13 Aug 2001 14:32:41 -0600
  is there a difference between the thermostat housing for a syncro vs. a GL? i recently put an '86 syncro engine in my '90...
• Re: water pump leak in ocean springs, MS?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:32:20 -0800
  ...That was the easy part...the hard part was that the mechanic had to mangle the thermostat housing to get the waterpump out (frozen...
• Re: 2.1 oil pump gasket question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:03:47 -0700
  ...paper > gasket > between the pump housing and the block, but not between the housing cover > and the housing. Seems I wirebrushed off a paper...
• Power Steering questions!
  Historical mailing list - Jutta & Christian Knust
  Sun, 2 Sep 2001 05:16:16 +0200
  Hi guys, my 87 Westy's power steering fluid disappears without a trace, neither at the pump, the hoses or the valve housing. According...
• Re: Looking for starter bolt for 87, 4 speed tranny
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 2 Apr 2003 12:25:35 -0500
  ...Laurence Smith wrote: > I am in desparate need for the top bolt that connects the starter > (manual tranny) to the bell housing. It is...
• Re: Bosch alternator rebuild
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Mar 1996 21:36:16 -0500
  ...Said it was critically important on these Bosch units to >bring them in BEFORE a failure due to the cost of the housings. If...
• Re: PZ lights...
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 16 Oct 1998 09:48:49 -0400
  ...No plastic housing, no wiring harness, no switch. >Are these "replacement fog lights" complete? I.e. are you talking about >just the lens or...
• Re: Where is fan thermo-switch? 90GL
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/3 WBXs
  Tue, 24 Sep 2002 04:55:49 +0000
  ...You wrote that the lower thermostat housing "melted" in a previous engine overheat situation. How can the engine still function if the coolant temp...
• Re: Parts availability
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford
  Sun, 14 Jul 2019 20:28:35 -0400
  ...Plastic housing (and clear > lens and screws) looked like new. Must have been replaced at some point in > their life. On the other housing...
• Oil Leak From Oil Pump Housing
  Historical mailing list - DELGADOAJJ
  Sun, 24 May 1998 23:13:00 EDT
  ...I traced the leak back to the oil pump housing. I read the section on removing and refitting the oil pump in the Haynes...
• Re: Instrument Housing
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Mon, 20 Dec 2004 08:38:42 -0600
  ...Jon Kanas Good Day Fellow Listers, >A recent bout of "replace the clutch master cylinder" has resulted in an >instrument housing which qualifies as...
• Re: a/c ducting - Cracked Evaporator Housing
  Historical mailing list - Yi-Ruey Wei
  Thu, 13 Aug 1998 11:58:37 -0500
  ...I don't think dealer will do the evaporator plastic-housing fix for free. It's not under any recalls. Like I said VW...
• Re: Front speakers - 85' GL
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 1 Mar 2003 18:17:35 -0500
  ...I then bent the tabs on my Infinity 3052CF speakers in order for them to fit inside the original speaker housings. I used thin...
• Re: Splitting the ventilation housing
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 6 Sep 2017 15:54:15 -0700
  ...Any suggestions on how to separate the two halves of the housing. Mine is > glued. Did you use an exacto knife or a dremel...
• removing the fan housing, engine in car?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Janello
  Wed, 13 Dec 1995 23:14:56 -0500 (EST)
  ...any of these?) My question is, can I remove the fan housing to install these parts without removing the engine from my bus ('62...
• Rear Heater Removal
  Historical mailing list - David Maurio
  Sat, 2 Aug 2003 20:30:34 -0400
  Anyone know how to remove the actual fan motor from the rear heater housing? I just got one off of Ebay and would like...
• Re: Educate Me Please - Vanagon Shifter Operation
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 9 Apr 2009 10:22:55 -0400
  ...I can see a funky little tang on the end of >the rod, and a funny little shelf in the housing, shown in pictures...
• FW: 85 Vanagon; water housing & O-ring sealing
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 13 Nov 2003 15:21:28 -0700
  LR, Check carefully for pits where the tube resides in the water pump housing and fill with JB Weld. Make sure there are no...
• WTB: Throttle Valve Housing for 1986 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jason Pufahl
  Thu, 17 Jun 2004 10:07:48 -0400
  Does anyone have a good used Throttle Valve Housing and Throttle valve switch for an '86 Vanagon GL? I am not 100% sure I...
• help with '83.5 Westy thermostat housing
  Historical mailing list - Steve Gibb
  Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:16:06 -0500
  ...this is my first post to this list and I'm hoping for some help locating both an upper and lower housing for the...
• Re: FW: Front Blower - Help! (while we're on the subject)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 Apr 2000 19:46:43 EDT
  Unfortunately the Vanagon resistor is actually up inside the blower housing and I can't really see any way to get to it without...
• Re: remove engine
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Thu, 26 Aug 1999 13:59:43 -0500
  Hi Jay, Be sure you have all 4 bell housing bolts removed, one of them helps hold on the starter. Pushing on the clutch...
• Re: Diesel Van Bell Housing
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Tue, 18 May 2004 11:41:49 -0400
  ...another option besides the diesel bell housing is an adapter plate from kenndy engineering. their adapter plates are drilled to mount at 0 degrees...