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• corroded connections
  Historical mailing list - Sidney White
  Mon, 14 Apr 2003 13:30:54 EDT
  I recently read with great interest adding a ground wire between the alternator and body and the writer said use a #2 wire and...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Mike Boland
  Sat, 25 May 2002 18:05:09 -0500
  ...I "found" my problem the ground wire from the 3 wires coming of distribrator (ground for the ECU) wasn't grounded ( it was but...
• Why won't my engine go in?
  Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
  Sat, 5 Oct 2002 13:03:04 -0600
  ...on it, all 4 studs on the adapter line up with the holes on the bell housing, I've ground the main shaft down...
• Rotten Head Studs (and names)
  Historical mailing list - Dyer Lytle
  Wed, 8 Jun 2005 11:15:30 -0700
  ...I decided to replace all of the head studs because they were all now suspect. Getting rotten head studs out of the engine case...
• Re: Send in the Grounds...
  Historical mailing list - Pete Cassidy
  Fri, 18 Jun 1999 08:13:29 -0700
  ...I'd check the following; - Ground strap from block to chassis. - Ground strap from tranny to chassis. - Ground studs with push-on crimp connectors...
• Re: Wheel stud supplier in Vancouver BC
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 1 Nov 2006 16:53:49 -0800
  ...rear studs a few times. The ones I bought were 2.2" long. They fit a little tight and I very slightly ground down...
• Re: Subject: Portland - Seattle wheel mount recommendations?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:17:50 -0800
  re Can I press out the old studs/install the new ones myself? Is there a shop somewhere between Portland & Seattle I can trust...
• Re: Factory Alloy Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
  06 Feb 97 15:29:28 EST
  > And now I am hearing the studs may need replaced by >longer Studs? WRONG. People, listen here - I have no Idea why Cory said...
• Re: waterboxer overhaul
  Historical mailing list - Stuart
  Wed, 8 Sep 1999 17:36:43 -0700
  ...How about the studs? any corrosion? Head mating surfaces? The two things I have done are grounding the right head to the major ground...
• Re: Ground for O2 Sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 15 Sep 2000 15:04:56 EDT
  If the heads are not grounded would the spark plugs then not fire? The heads are attached to the exhaust pipes which are attached...
• Source for longer wheel bolts & studs?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:16:58 -0700
  ...The design of the wheel allows 2 threads of the rear nuts to show, so about 5-10mm longer studs are needed. At the...
• Re: Broken alternator bracket studs
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Tue, 7 Feb 2006 12:45:45 -0800
  ...we could free hand drill those studs out (this is the nerves of steel part) we ground the stud flat with a grinder style...
• Re: Why won't my engine go in?
  Historical mailing list - westydriver
  Sat, 5 Oct 2002 13:38:50 -0600
  ...on it, all 4 studs on the > adapter line up with the holes on the bell housing, I've ground the > main shaft down...
• Re: Engine rebuilds qualitygermanautoparts.com??
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 8 Sep 2005 13:33:30 -0400
  ...studs(once again, corrosion-see archives about this).If a 1.9, I would trade the new con rods for new head studs and...
• Re: Most miles on Vanagon Now tricks
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 17 Feb 2000 10:40:13 -0800
  ...Theory is this reduces electrolysis from poor grounding of the head through the studs or exhaust pipes to the case, which is grounded through...
• Re: Extra Grounds on 1.9l
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 13:33:31 -0700
  ...halves should have no problem being at the same ground potential with all the studs and surface contact between them! Maybe the left side...
• Re: Source for longer wheel bolts & studs?
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:34:33 -0700
  ...The design of the wheel allows 2 threads of the rear nuts to show, > so about 5-10mm longer studs are needed. At the...
• Re: corroded connections
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Mon, 14 Apr 2003 21:16:09 -0700
  On 14 Apr 2003 at 13:30, Sidney White wrote: > I recently read with great interest adding a ground wire between the > alternator and...
• Re: Stuck together
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 29 Mar 2003 13:26:24 -0800
  ...All 4 nuts to bolts/studs between engine and trans removed? Front transmission mount bolt removed? Shift linkage disconnected? Slave cylinder disconnected? Ground strap...
• Re: corroded connections
  Historical mailing list - shawn luft
  Tue, 15 Apr 2003 00:51:27 -0400
  ...Shawn Wright wrote: > On 14 Apr 2003 at 13:30, Sidney White wrote: > > > I recently read with great interest adding a ground wire between...
• Re: Snow tires, Police, getting stopped, etc.
  Historical mailing list - davidson
  Mon, 16 Nov 1998 22:32:34 -0800
  ...Several years we have had 30 feet of snow left on the ground in May. I really doubt you get that where you live...
• Re: Extra Grounds on 1.9l
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 22:11:58 EDT
  ...halves should have no problem being at the same ground potential with all the studs and surface contact between them! Maybe the left side...
• Re: propane copper tubing 3/8" type K , rigid or soft
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 30 Mar 2017 14:44:12 -0600
  ...on both sides That is correct & the Rear Pair of Mounting Studs are Already there just waiting Patiently ~ Also there are a couple of...
• Re: Engine Cooling Fan
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 6 Aug 2013 18:32:11 -0700
  ...The larger motor has 2 threaded studs for wires to attach, power and ground, held on by nuts. If you lower the spare tire...
• Re: Wheel stud supplier in Vancouver BC
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 1 Nov 2006 18:46:18 -0800
  ...rear studs a few times. The ones I bought were 2.2" > long. They fit a little tight and I very slightly ground down...
• Re: Source for longer wheel bolts & studs?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:35:51 -0700
  ...The design of the wheel allows 2 threads of the rear nuts to show, > so about 5-10mm longer studs are needed. At the...
• Re: Battery Light
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 17 Dec 2005 06:36:01 -0800
  Don't connect either PS switch lead to ground. That is not how it works, at least not on 2.1 models. Doing that...
• Re: Friday..OT..Stuff from WalMart-like stores...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 19 Apr 2015 04:53:09 -0400
  ...Karl, my house in Providence was built in 1940 and the studs (and presumably the rest of the "dimension lumber" have the old allowance...
• Re: Source for longer wheel bolts & studs?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:04:41 -0700
  ...The design of the wheel allows 2 threads of the rear nuts to show, > so about 5-10mm longer studs are needed. At the...
• Re: Why won't my engine go in?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 5 Oct 2002 14:22:55 -0700
  ...on it, all 4 studs on the adapter line up with the holes on the bell housing, I've ground the main shaft down...
• o2 sensor questions
  Historical mailing list - Chasteen, Jonathan M. MM3 (CVN69)
  Sat, 15 Jul 2006 23:00:14 -0400
  ...I took me an hour to get the old out, an hour to remove all the old studs and 30-45 minutes to install...
• Re: '84 1.9, lower bolt on alternator mount
  Historical mailing list - john
  Sun, 7 Jun 2015 16:23:47 -0400
  ...Right now, my Vanagon is grounded until I get the part Stuart M suggested from Go Westy and have a chance to take things...
• Re: Battery Light
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 17 Dec 2005 09:54:57 -0500
  ...one of the wires from the pressure switch on the power steering pump goes to ground and is attached to one of the "Through...
• Re: Head (gasket) fix
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Sat, 4 Apr 1998 09:15:35 -0500
  ...Good idea certainly to augment the ground there, and at the same time, hell why not daisy chain it from head (stock ground location...
• alloy wheels
  Historical mailing list - james catterson
  Wed, 13 Aug 1997 06:54:14 -0700 (PDT)
  ...you must change the studs to give the lug nuts sufficient thread to grab! i paid a local shop to change the studs. the...
• Re: Water Level Lights
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 8 Jun 2001 12:18:30 -0400
  ...three studs that stick through the tank wall. > Jay '85 Westy Jay, likeliest thing is a contact problem. Pull the panel and ground the...
• Re: Where do the Big Wires Go?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 8 Nov 2004 06:14:40 -0500
  ...to travel through the case studs and/or head seals, and exhaust to make it to the original ground straps. Can we say electrolysis...
• Re: My hats off to you do it yourselfers
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 1 May 2005 09:02:37 -0700
  ...sticking out so I ground it back. 2) I dremmeled off the extra > length of > the sender's studs so they would clear better...
• Re: Stainless vs Copper exhaust nuts
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Sat, 23 Jul 2005 12:03:03 -0700
  ...Took the studs out and replaced them with SS bolts too. Washers too. Used anti seize of course with them. Grounded the whole engine...
• Re: vw tools?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:31:46 -0700
  ...Two bolts in the flywheel, with a long bar inbetween them braced against the ground. I like the one bolt option better! Neil. On...
• Re: Why won't my engine go in?
  Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
  Sat, 5 Oct 2002 15:11:48 -0400
  ...on it, all 4 studs on the adapter line up with the holes on the bell housing, I've ground the main shaft down...
• Re: Putting on tires: three hands
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 30 Aug 2012 20:00:39 -0700
  ...also ..with the wheel/tire just a little off the ground ( not like say 4 inches..more like 1 1/2 ) ..then you just...
• tyre report in snow & ice - tire
  Historical mailing list - James T.
  Thu, 31 Jan 2002 04:03:26 +0000
  ...Got about 3" of icy mush on the ground. Have Agelis 61s (185 14Rs) on front and 185 14R Vredstein Transport snows with studs...
• Re: Another nice trip with NO vanagon syndrome
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Tue, 15 Apr 2003 20:47:53 -0700
  ...One end of the ground cable goes to the alternator body. I used one of the four small (4mm?) studs that holds the alt...
• Re: Alternate locations for Propane Tank
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Sat, 9 Mar 2002 07:14:32 -0800
  ...Mounts with four bolts under the chassis (mounting under the Vanagon chassis will reduce ground clearance to 5" with stock tires). Used good condition...
• Engine Ground voltage drop under load, please help diagnose.
  Historical mailing list - Christophe Guilbert
  Sun, 11 Sep 2016 22:07:30 -0700
  ...Trying to understand where my 0.5v drops come from , I checked if I had any voltage drop between the battery ground terminal and...
• Re: propane copper tubing 3/8" type K , rigid or soft
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Thu, 30 Mar 2017 16:38:06 -0700
  ...on both sides > > > That is correct & the Rear Pair of Mounting Studs are Already there just > waiting Patiently ~ > > Also there are a couple of...
• Re: disaster
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Sun, 12 Aug 2007 20:11:16 -0700
  ...Anyway. > > So I need either two head studs and nuts or a used engine case. And I'd > like either to be next door...
• Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer Checking engine grounding1
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 10 Nov 2015 19:23:20 -0800
  ...on the studs have sealant under the flange. This leaves the cylinders, exhaust system, and push rods to complete the ground connection to the...
• Re: Water Level Lights
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 8 Jun 2001 16:16:30 -0400
  ...three studs that stick through the tank wall. > Jay '85 Westy Jay, likeliest thing is a contact problem. Pull the panel and ground the...
• The DoKa is back, with a buzz !
  Historical mailing list - Mick's freeserve
  Mon, 4 Nov 2002 18:17:51 -0000
  ...Some had to be left, part exhaust salvaged from the old - syncro parts are thin on the ground. New oil and MANN filter. Noooo...
• Re: Stainless vs Copper exhaust nuts
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 23 Jul 2005 23:21:33 -0500
  ...Took the studs out and replaced > them with SS bolts too. > Washers too. Used anti seize of course with them. Grounded the whole > engine...
• Re: how much did you pay for your vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Johnson
  Sun, 8 Jul 2001 18:36:31 -0700
  ...new fuel pump (thanks Stuart MacMillan), cleaned grounds (thanks Darrell Boehler and Ed DeBolt), and redundant grounds to fix one to crankcase breather housing...
• Re: Cheap disc brake upgrade for Vanagons......
  Historical mailing list - P. Stanhope
  Thu, 19 Aug 2004 17:19:46 -0700
  ...hubs, rotors, caliper adapters, calipers, > brake pads, brakelines, > screws, shims and studs. > > The track width is not changed and the bolt pattern > is stock...
• Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer Checking engine grounding1
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Wed, 11 Nov 2015 07:42:17 -0800
  ...on the studs have sealant under the flange. This leaves >> the cylinders, exhaust system, and push rods to complete the ground >> connection to the...
• No idle when engine cold
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 20 Apr 2020 14:53:13 -0400
  ...ARP studs. All looking good. - Timing good - Temp II sensor tested good - Throttle switches work fine - tested. - Idle control valve buzzes - O2 heated sensor...
• Re: propane copper tubing 3/8" type K , rigid or soft
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 31 Mar 2017 00:13:53 +0000
  ...on both sides > > > > > > That is correct & the Rear Pair of Mounting Studs are Already there just > > waiting Patiently ~ > > > > Also there are a couple of...
• Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer Checking engine grounding1
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 14 Nov 2015 09:21:15 -0500
  ...on the studs have sealant under the flange. >> This leaves the cylinders, exhaust system, and push rods to complete >> the ground connection to the...
• Re: Putting on tires: three hands
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 28 Aug 2012 11:46:11 -0400
  ...Place butt on ground in front of said axle, lift up wheel w/ hands & hold steady w/ sides of feet while aligning wheel w...
• Re: Rear Drum removal/rear shoes replaced? (Correction)
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 8 Jun 1998 23:29:20 -0700
  ...I kept the hub from turning by wedging my breaker bar between a couple of the studs (unthreaded part) and the ground. MM