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• Re: Does a worn pressure relief valve cause Oil pressure buzzer?
  Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
  Sat, 5 Oct 2002 16:13:42 -0400
  ...I love Motor Honey for worn out motors though. Bringing your ideas to life, G. Matthew Bulley Bulley-Hewlett Business: www.bulley-hewlett.com...
• Re: VW concept van at MotorTrend Car show in San Jose
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Fri, 9 Jan 2009 15:51:41 -0500
  ...VW concept van at MotorTrend Car show in San Jose http://www.motortrendautoshows.com/conceptcarindividual.jsp?value=1343 I'll be at this event...
• Re: pancake vs. up-right
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 26 Aug 1995 19:15:00 GMT
  D >> How would I spot a pancake motor vs. an upright motor if i was looking D >> at the crank case broken down and...
• WTB: Running air-cooled Vanagon motor
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Sun, 22 Dec 2002 18:08:15 -0800
  I have a Canadian visitor who arrived in his '81 camper with the motor blowing smoke and leaking oil out of every seal. Anyone...
• subie motor wtb NVC
  Historical mailing list - Brien Dews
  Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:21:20 -0400
  Friends, I am in need of a 2.2L Subaru motor for a 1996 Legacy with an automatic transmission. This is for a Subaru...
• Re: How can I lubricate a front heater blower motor?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 14 Sep 2012 20:04:40 -0700
  This might help but first image shows motor apart: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=280285&highlight=motor Neil. On Fri...
• Electric VW Pick up truck
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  6 Nov 1995 16:09:39 -0800
  ...Power - (20) 6 volt golf cart batteries, all in series, 5 under hood over motor, 15 in box at rear end of pickup bed...
• Re: Hankook RA08 Failures?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 24 Jun 2015 11:59:09 -0700
  ...I'd also stumbled upon motorcycle web pages discussing bead seating re: car VS motorcycle tires on motorcycle rims. A lengthy diatribe here on...
• Re: WTB - Good Used Power Window Motor
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Mon, 22 Aug 2005 12:56:06 -0700
  Tim, The motors are the same for driver & passenger side. The VW part numbers are different, but the Bosch part number is the same...
• Electric window motor rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Gilles H Turmel
  Sat, 6 Jul 2019 18:10:19 -0400
  Hi, Does anyone has the coordinates of the person that rebuilds electric window motor? Best regards. Salutations Gilles Turmel
• Motor Trend Truck of the Year (1980) Article/Pics
  Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
  Wed, 17 Feb 1999 23:39:34 -0500
  Just finished the site. See it at http://home1.gte.net/pdooley/motortrend.html
• needing power window motor
  Historical mailing list - dawn
  Fri, 4 May 2001 18:57:54 -0700
  anyone have a power window motor that works for sale .I need one to fit a 91 vanagon Darrel
• 87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Sidney White
  Wed, 29 Jan 2003 15:54:04 EST
  I need also 3 electrical parts: front blower/heater/ ac fan motor, 3 sp fan switch, rear windshield wiper motor. Sidney
• Diesel Motor Mounts
  Historical mailing list - Rex Merriweather
  Mon, 17 Nov 2003 21:41:24 -0800
  Has anyone come up with an alternative to the expensive rubber replacements VW has for the Vanagon Diesel motor mounts?
• Re: Rear windshield wiper
  Historical mailing list - Peter Cassidy
  Wed, 24 May 2000 10:58:54 +0100
  >Someone recently described how to do this motor swap - within the last >couple of weeks. > >Somehow, I think it's that chap who works...
• Re: Loose motor
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 31 Dec 2007 13:08:36 -0800
  ...Now, this motor has always seemed a bit "loose" in the van, ever since I bought the already-done conversion about 30k thousand miles...
• Re: '90 Window regulator motor stuck
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 9 Sep 2010 23:43:26 -0400
  It take a little effort but the motor can be changed without removing the regulator. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon...
• Weird engine meltdown... Attn: Bob MacD and Jake Raby
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 25 Aug 2004 20:39:15 -0700
  ...Good friend had a motor with 43k original on it. Swapped motors. New old motor has 120 +/- on all four. Old old motor sits...
• Re: Alternative to deck lid raising
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Tue, 18 May 1999 09:20:17 -0700
  ...Shape a piece of sheet metal into an >inverted "bowl" to fit the opening and cover the motor. Weld this bowl in >place on...
• Front Heater Fan Motor Lube?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 22 Jan 2020 14:41:57 -0800
  Sometime in the past, on a Vanagon list somewhere, Karl Mullendore post a hack for lubricating the front heater fan motor. It consisted of...
• Re: engine rebuild in FL
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Mon, 10 Apr 1995 08:17:01 -0500 (CDT)
  On Mon, 10 Apr 1995, Richard Smith wrote: > Put a hydralic jack under the motor. Unbolt the rear motor mount Unbolt > the motor from...
• Re: New Motor '86 Syncro
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 10 Nov 1998 13:45:19 EST
  ...I have heard from a bunch of people that they promise motors and set up delivery times and nothing happens. My one customer tried...
• Re: need help please a/c rear blower
  Historical mailing list - Mark Cumnock
  Sat, 10 Jul 2004 22:58:28 -0400
  thanks to everyone who helped with advice...front blower motor is shot, 2nd one i will install a new one instead of a used...
• Re: Rad fan--2 or 3 wire???stumped
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 30 Apr 2003 07:14:59 -0400
  ...Eric mark drillock wrote: > No, TBD sold you the wrong fan on the 'right' fan motor. Your photo is > of 2 of the larger...
• Re: idle stablizer/its only another part (Good Info Here!)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Sat, 21 Dec 2002 12:29:05 +0100
  ...The old > part numbers are: > > 251 907 393 A for DJ motor code > 251 907 393 B for MV/SS/SR motor codes > > After...
• windshield wiper motor
  Historical mailing list - Skip Madden
  Thu, 6 Nov 2003 13:19:30 EST
  ...VW tells me that there has been no upgrade for the motor installed 19 yrs ago. I've searched the archives but find no...
• Motor mounts and Clutch chatter,
  Historical mailing list - Kevin
  Tue, 23 Mar 2004 21:33:56 -0500
  ...Also are stiff KYB shocks a cause for wearing the motor mounts. They (motor mounts) only have less then 30k on all four but...
• Old wiper motor parks, New doesn't
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Thu, 5 Apr 2007 14:05:13 -0700
  ...Old motor parks. New motor has same pinout, same colour wires (2 + ground) and looks like correct part. Wiring is **carefully** laid out, (dash...
• Re: WTB power window motor driver's side
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Tue, 3 Nov 2009 06:26:40 -0500
  ...WTB power window motor driver's side > > > Hi, > I have an 89 Westy Syncro and have to replace the power window motor on the...
• Re: '90 Carat Drivers Side Power Window Motor Wanted
  Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
  Sun, 1 Nov 2015 11:26:12 -0600
  ...I pulled the door panel and motor out to clean and lube it. > After opening it up, found that the windings on the motor...
• 20v turbo I-4 motors For Sale
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 24 Mar 1999 18:10:51 EST
  ...This is for the complete motor with turbo, exhaust manifold, and intake manifold. So if you want to smoke everyone in your town with...
• Clutch slave blues..
  Historical mailing list - Chris Smith
  Mon, 24 May 1999 09:19:37 -0500
  ...I'm sure that if I drop the motor the procedure would be simple. But since I don't have the right jack or...
• Price of parts too over haul 85 vanagon motor?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Sep 1995 00:25:39 -0400
  I found a 85 with 156000 miles on it but the motor sounds like it needs to be over hauled, its has a bad...
• Passenger side Power Window Motor
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 19 May 2022 17:40:41 -0500
  Anyone have a working one of these they care to part company with. I have a very dead motor.
• iso black framed sliding windows and power window motor
  Historical mailing list - dawn
  Sun, 6 May 2001 18:00:05 -0700
  looking for black framed sliding windows and a power window motor for drivers side. Darrel
• Westy AC Blower Motor
  Historical mailing list - Derek Krueger
  Fri, 17 May 2002 14:32:48 -0400
  Will the AC blower motor (part # 321 820 021) from a 1986 Westy fit my 1984 Westy/Wolfsburg? Thanks! Derek
• Re: Power window problems
  Historical mailing list - Rajesh Injety
  Sat, 14 Jan 2006 08:12:45 -0800
  ...if the motor moves just fine, well then you need new power window regulator.(around $150.00) if the motor doesnt work, well then...
• Re: So What's Wrong with this Syncro?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:59:37 -0700
  ...08/04/2005WAUSAUKEE, WI Motor Vehicle Dept.TITLE (Title #:05216F30176) EXCLUDED/EXEMPT09/13/2005SEATTLE, WA Motor Vehicle Dept.TITLE09/13/2005SEATTLE, WA Motor Vehicle...
• Re: Change the sssstats Joel.
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 6 Jan 1996 21:58:11 -0500
  ...I plan >on putting a gasoline Jetta/Rabbit motor in it. I will keep anyone posted >who is curious on how it goes. > >In...
• Front and rear heater motors
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Fri, 16 Jul 1999 22:32:46 EDT
  Hello What is with the Vanagon heater motors and switches? I have an 82 and an 84 GL that both had problems with the...
• Re: motor (was soft lifters)
  Historical mailing list - Bassim Dowidar
  Thu, 10 Jan 2002 21:32:16 -0800
  ...A motor vehicle, especially an automobile: "It > was a night of lovers. All > along the highway... motors were parked and dim > figures were clasped...
• Re: All 2 Speed Radiator Fans Use Internal Resistor?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 10 Feb 2013 19:02:38 -0800
  The small motor fan version has 3 integral wires, low, high, and ground. The Bentley diagram has the symbol of a resistor shown inside...
• Re: 25hp and 36hp Motors
  Historical mailing list - Mark Janello
  Tue, 2 Jan 1996 11:47:46 -0500 (EST)
  On Tue, 2 Jan 1996, Thom Fitzpatrick wrote: > > Whats the difference between a 25hp motor and a 36hp motor? > I mean besides the (duh...
• Re: Subaru Installs? Who's done it, or doing it?
  Historical mailing list - Lowe, Brandon
  Mon, 27 Oct 1997 11:16:52 -0800
  ...vwmaster@VOLKS-MOTORSPORTS.COM[SMTP:vwmaster@VOLKS-MOTORSPORTS.COM] >Sent: Monday, October 27, 1997 10:17 AM >To: Vanagon@GERRY.SDSC.EDU >Subject: Subaru...
• Re: '86 Valve job question - details
  Historical mailing list - Mark Gajewski
  Tue, 10 Aug 1999 16:31:52 -0400
  ...Change filter to any brand. >Refill with 1/2 & 1/2 engine oil and Automatic Transmission fluid, any >brand. >Start motor, BUT DO NOT...
• Grease for Window Regulator?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Gilbert
  Tue, 7 Mar 2000 15:55:42 -0800
  Hi Volks, Put in a new motor for the passenger side window on my 87 syncro this weekend. Motor works 'fine' with the exception...
• Re: questions about electric locks
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Tue, 9 Jul 2002 21:48:00 +0200
  ---- snipped ---- Electric locks use solenoids (linear motors) rather than rotary motors. ---- end snipped ---- My '87 GL has rotary motors... I watched them spin as...
• FS: Subaru SVX motor for $125.
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 20 Oct 2004 11:30:21 EDT
  ...the yard's price for the motor is $125 dollars. U need to pull it. whose who have helped me with info on this...
• vanagon parts FS in WI
  Historical mailing list - Root, Tim
  Wed, 8 Sep 2004 12:01:33 -0500
  ...1.9l waterboxer motor 86 vanagon auto trans. (rebuilt) also have an entire 86 vanagon, (minus motor and trans.) do have some of the...
• Re: Blower Motor Vibration Blues
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Sun, 9 Nov 2008 15:15:49 -0500
  ...I > attached spade terminals to connect to the newer-style plug on the > motor. I replaced the narrow foam weatherstripping that seats the > motor...
• Re: white smoke used motor update
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 11 Apr 2005 14:22:58 -0700
  ...white smoke used motor update > > --- mat christensen <holegatehead@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > After taking list members advise I drove the van about > 5 or 6...
• Volks-Motorsports Server Problem
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 11 May 1997 21:56:53 -0700
  ...face of the Earth:) Kyle Kyle Wade (408) 462-9424 Hm # Keeper of the Volks-Motorsports page Home Page - http://www.volks-motorsports.com
• Re: Fuel injectors needed
  Historical mailing list - Raul Cisneros
  Fri, 19 Nov 1999 12:51:25 EST
  ...I read somewhere that yellow collar injectors are for 2.1L digifant motors and blue collar injectors are for 1.9L digijet motors and...
• Motorcycle Caddy1
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Fri, 5 Aug 2005 23:03:21 -0500
  ...Do a search on Motorcycle Towing Baskets. This one was the first to show up. There are a bunch more sites covering this. Problem...
• Factory New VW Diesel Motors
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 Oct 1998 20:21:38 EDT
  ...These motors are true TD motors and have the oil squirters under the pistons so that the pistons get the extra cooling they need...
• Re: Motorworks and the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - M Williams
  Sun, 6 Aug 2000 08:43:46 EDT
  ...MotorWorks and the Vanagon > Rocky Mountain MotorWorks: has anyone bought parts from them before, good > experience? > www.motorworks.com > Dan > >>
• Re: F/ Felder industries - lighter, lamp, outboard mount
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 6 Dec 2013 12:11:42 -0600
  ...motor mount for canoe > 3. �37 evinrude outboard > > > > http://shufti.wordpress.com/2013/12/05/felder-industries-lighter-lantern-canoe-motor-mount-37-evinrude...
• Blower Motors
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Wed, 19 Dec 2012 22:02:18 -0600
  Are the front(dash), rear(under rear seat), and rear AC (high up in the back) blower motors all the same?? John Rodgers
• Re: Oil - Website Correction
  Historical mailing list - Woodcock, Frank
  Thu, 4 Jun 1998 09:41:55 +0100
  The correct website is http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~mpages/motor.htm I cut and pasted motor.gif - My apologies.
• Re: Electric window motor rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Sat, 6 Jul 2019 22:22:38 -0400
  ...Electric window motor rebuild > > Hi, > > Does anyone has the coordinates of the person that rebuilds electric window > motor? > > Best regards. > > > > Salutations > > Gilles Turmel >