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• Re: cranky clayartist and his crummy crappy cranks
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 3 Apr 2011 11:31:41 EDT
  the knurled spline for the window crank knob is the same on all manual crank window volkswagens, even thru the late 90's. any...
• 1.9L Crankcase, crankshaft FS
  Historical mailing list - Karen Olson
  Mon, 8 Dec 1997 12:34:25 -0500
  We are moving and I have a 1.9L crankcase and crankshaft FS. Scott Maurer (503) 281 4362. Portland, OR
• Fw: OEM or Flaps window crank
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Wed, 28 Aug 2002 11:39:59 -0600
  ...As a bonus the Jetta cranks had a thicker spacer that allows the crank to miss our aftermarket speakers. Note the Jetta cranks require...
• Re: "Heavy Duty" Window Cranks
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Fri, 29 Apr 2016 16:49:20 +0200
  ...Any 80s Audi crank fits and looks/feels/is much sturdier then the Vanagon crank. Regards Raimund Am 29.04.2016 um 13:35...
• 1.9L Crankcase, crankshaft FS
  Historical mailing list - Karen Olson
  Tue, 9 Dec 1997 14:28:42 -0500
  ---------- $50 for the crankcase (It is in good shape, just needs cleaning. It had oil sludge inside when I disasssembled it.) $25 for the...
• Slow Cranking Initial Start
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 4 Feb 2002 11:03:49 -0500
  If my '85 Digijet stalls after the first initial start, it sometimes will crank much slower and is difficult to re-start. It cranks...
• Re: Crummy Window Cranks!
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 3 Apr 2011 12:35:04 -0500
  Never had a problem with Vanagon window cranks. How do they fail? mcneely ---- John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET> wrote: > I busted another window cranks...
• Re: vanagon DIESEL vs Gas crankshaft
  Historical mailing list - Derek
  Thu, 10 Jun 2004 00:13:50 -0700
  Hi Shawn, I don't mean to disagree about your DIESEL vs Gas crankshaft advice... but "I think they are", as advice, without being...
• Re: Window Cranks, getting them off
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Sat, 13 May 2000 10:36:06 -0600
  Marc Perdue wrote: > How do you get the window cranks off? Marc, Gently pry the plastic cover off the big round end of the...
• jalousie window crank replacement
  Historical mailing list - Stan Shapiro
  Sun, 26 Aug 2018 10:24:43 -0700
  I want to replace the crank in a 1977 bay jalousie window. I don't want to do a total rebuild, I just want...
• Re: Wont start
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 26 Nov 2012 04:57:09 -0500
  ...f) Engine cranks slowly/irregularly, continuing, lights dim abnormally. g) Engine cranks slowly/irregularly, continuing, lights don't dim abnormally h) Engine cranks normally...
• Re: Window Crank Extenders
  Historical mailing list - Dave
  Wed, 21 Jul 1999 23:02:23 -0500
  ...cranks that use a screw through the axis of the crank base. The bug extenders I had were made by Rocky Mountain Motorworks which...
• crank crank THUD
  Historical mailing list - Gina
  Wed, 8 Mar 2000 22:41:06 -0500
  ...Turn the key, crank crank crank...no start...huh? no fuel? no Way...I did notice that the fuel pump hums so quietly all...
• window crank handle recommendation
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 22 Aug 2013 11:59:47 -0400
  Hi listers, I read the recent crank handle thread with interest. Recently while doing sound improvement work on my doors I removed the cranks...
• Crummy Window Cranks!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 2 Apr 2011 21:37:01 -0500
  I busted another window cranks today. I's sick to death of crummy cranks. Can anyone point me to an alternative to the typical...
• Re: WTB:window crank spacers for speaker clearance
  Historical mailing list - Mark Upton
  Mon, 15 Feb 1999 11:19:02 -0500
  Ron, I know you know the $3.00 Bug window crank works on the Vanagon too.Mark -----Original Message----- From: The Bus Depot <ron...
• "Heavy Duty" Window Cranks
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Fri, 29 Apr 2016 11:35:45 +0000
  Hi, It seems that every year I have to order new window cranks for my 87. The common problem is the knob on the...
• Re: Need window cranks
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Sun, 19 Jul 2009 04:13:43 -0700
  ...For years, I used the aftermarket cranks in my '82 Rabbit. They last maybe a year. I figured, for two bucks, what the heck...
• CrankShaft from 1.9L Engine $30
  Historical mailing list - Karen Olson
  Tue, 4 Oct 2005 11:39:53 -0600
  ...This crankshaft came out of a 1984 Vanagon with a seized engine that was replaced ten years ago. I am no expert. The engine...
• I stand corrected.
  Historical mailing list - Rachel Cogent
  Sun, 22 Jul 2001 11:37:35 -0600
  ...4 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 Camshaft Crankshaft Crankcase Front of Engine (Flywheel & Gearbox) Rear of Engine (Crankshaft Pulley) Crankshaft & Camshaft Gears...
• 1.9L Engine Crankcase $30
  Historical mailing list - Karen Olson
  Tue, 4 Oct 2005 11:05:58 -0600
  I have a 1.9L engine crankcase I will sell for $30. I'm cleaning out our garage in Nampa, Idaho (a Boise suburb...
• Flexing cranks and Yielding Bolts one last time
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Mon, 19 Feb 2001 19:10:49 -0500
  ...After all the 40 hp crank was much better at flexing than was the 1500 or 1600 cross drilled cranks To get around this...
• flexing cranks and Yielding Bolts one last time
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Mon, 19 Feb 2001 16:27:56 -0500
  ...After all the 40 hp crank was much better at flexing than was the 1500 or 1600 cross drilled cranks To get around this...
• Re: Window Crank Door Speaker Handle "FIX"?
  Historical mailing list - Alvaro
  Mon, 31 Dec 2012 21:08:24 -0700
  ...I was just wondering if anyone has tried window cranks from a Jetta? I just replaced one window crank on my t2' and it...
• Re: WTB:window crank spacers for speaker clearance
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 15 Feb 1999 11:40:20 -0500
  ...I'm not sure if Vanagon > window cranks are the same as Golf and Jetta cranks, but I figure they all > come out of...
• Re: Wont start
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 26 Nov 2012 08:56:04 -0800
  ...f) Engine cranks slowly/irregularly, continuing, lights dim abnormally. g) Engine cranks slowly/irregularly, continuing, lights don't dim abnormally h) Engine cranks normally...
• Re: Crummy Window Cranks!
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Sun, 3 Apr 2011 14:17:10 -0400
  ...I's sick to death of crummy > > cranks. Can anyone point me to an alternative to the typical Vanagon > > window crank? > > > > Thanks > > > > John > > > > -- > > John...
• Re; Window Crank Extenders
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Thu, 7 Dec 2000 11:12:37 -0600
  Go to Ace is the Place, with window crank in hand. Find yourself, some small washers, to stick inside the window crank, where the...
• Re: AT and high RPM
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 21 Feb 2003 09:06:30 -0500
  ...The effect is to elongater the center bearing.>>> WHY I COUNTERWEIGHTED the crank! TO Keep the crank from flexing, reducing bearing wear increasing strength...
• Re: stranded... '84 won't start (after exhuast work??)
  Historical mailing list - Agent99
  Sun, 12 Jun 2005 23:51:13 -0400
  ...Try measuring your voltage at the battery posts with a cheap digital voltmeter while you try to crank the engine. If it cranks then...
• Re: Window crank extenders
  Historical mailing list - Kris S. Seago
  Thu, 7 Dec 2000 11:19:57 -0600
  On a similar note, I have an 84 Wolfsburg Westfalia that needs both window cranks replaced. The existing cranks (standard or not) have a...
• Re: power windows to crank?
  Historical mailing list - Loretta Abbott-Kennon
  Mon, 3 Jun 2002 22:31:11 EDT
  ...in Irwindale, CA offered to trade me both crank window assemblies for my one good motor but fortunately my junk van had cranks in...
• Re: window crank handle recommendation
  Historical mailing list - J B
  Thu, 22 Aug 2013 19:40:42 -0400
  ...Also, the knobs on the > cranks seem very week and not likely to last long. My cranks are metal > covered by plastic. Are there...
• Re: window crank handle recommendation
  Historical mailing list - J B
  Thu, 22 Aug 2013 19:56:07 -0400
  ...Also, the knobs on the > cranks seem very week and not likely to last long. My cranks are metal > covered by plastic. Are there...
• Re: Flexing cranks and Yielding Bolts one last time
  Historical mailing list - John Pronk
  Tue, 20 Feb 2001 01:14:47 -0000
  ...After all the 40 hp crank was much better at flexing than was > the 1500 or > 1600 cross drilled cranks To get around this...
• Re: Seeking brown window crank
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Fri, 6 Apr 2007 16:50:27 -0400
  I don't know about the cranks, but ya gotta love a list where 13 people can chime in about brown window cranks for...
• Re: Window Crank Extenders
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 21 Jul 1999 02:56:51 +0200
  Will the window crank extenders from a Bug work? I know the cranks themselves work, I have chrome 1968 Bug cranks on my 87...
• Re: window crank handle recommendation
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Wedlake
  Thu, 22 Aug 2013 09:03:48 -0700
  ...Also, the knobs on the > cranks seem very week and not likely to last long. My cranks are metal > covered by plastic. Are there...
• Re: Brown window crank wanted
  Historical mailing list - Skip
  Mon, 19 Aug 2013 19:36:56 +0000
  ...Brown window crank wanted Darn. Broke off today. Anybody have one for sale? Thanks Jeff 85 Westfalia http://www.ebay.com/itm/VW-VanagonJetta...
• Re: Fuel Pump terminal plug-in
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:44:47 +0000
  <I have the battery in and now am cranking my newly installed engine, so I want to make sure I'm pumping fuel in...
• Re: Crummy Window Cranks!
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Mon, 4 Apr 2011 07:33:29 -0700
  Thread jacker! The good cranks are easy enough to find, at least in black, but who has a line on the spacers that move...
• Re: back on the road
  Historical mailing list - Higginbotham, David A.
  Tue, 5 Apr 2011 10:39:07 +0000
  ...I did try to crank it with jumper cables last spring, but it did what Steve was describing after he put a new engine...
• Re: Failed Crankshaft seal yet again
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 3 Jan 2006 10:34:57 -0500
  ...You could be building up crankcase pressure and blowing out the seal. Check your compression and then the crankcase venting system. It could be...
• Missing window crank screws... what size?
  Historical mailing list - Dylan Kahler
  Mon, 5 Dec 2005 11:52:31 -0800
  Who knows what size screw attaches the window crank to its fitting on the inside of the front doors? I've finally purchased cranks...
• Dang window cranker
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Tue, 4 Jun 2013 13:45:10 -0500
  Hi everyone, Bought the window crank extension kit. Installed on driver's side no problem. Went to passenger side - different crank with a different...
• Re: crank crank THUD continues
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Thu, 9 Mar 2000 19:39:55 -0700
  ...The crank-crank-THUD sounds suspiciously like the response the engine makes when it's seriously out of time. If the distributor is loose...
• Counterweighted Crank
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Thu, 20 May 1999 22:11:28 -0400
  ...I will replace the stock crank with a counterweighted crank. Gene Berg makes a fantastic indexed, balanced, CW crank for chump change ($125), but...
• Crank Extenders
  Historical mailing list - Mark Kazman
  Tue, 10 Aug 1999 06:37:50 -0700
  Hi All, A few weeks ago I was reading some posts about window crank extenders. Well this week-end I was going to put...
• Re: vanagon DIESEL vs Gas crankshaft
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Thu, 10 Jun 2004 07:14:21 -0700
  ...The forces a crankshaft experiences in a Diesel engine > are often greater than those in a comparable Gas engine, so they often > require heavy...
• Re: Front door speakers and window crank
  Historical mailing list - David Garth
  Thu, 10 Nov 1994 19:23:47 -0800 (PST)
  I found some speakers which are flush and do not hit the crank. I made the hole larger and slightly moved the speaker away...
• main bearings, align boring WBX cases and more
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sun, 16 Dec 2001 12:49:52 -0500
  ...5 sets of std case / 10 crank 025 198 463 A 5 sets of 20 case / 10 crank 025 198 473 A 1 set...
• Front door speakers and window crank
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 10 Nov 1994 15:16:23 -0500 (EST)
  ...It's the window crank that makes things difficult. I was thinking of replacing the window crank with one that is just slightly shorter...
• Re: Window Crank loose and hanging?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 14 Aug 2007 00:59:35 -0700
  ...Grab the outer edge of the window crank -- the one away from the knob. You can then peel this back to reveal the single...
• Re: Crummy Window Cranks!
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 2 Apr 2011 21:43:11 -0700
  ...I's sick to death of crummy >cranks. Can anyone point me to an alternative to the typical Vanagon >window crank? > >Thanks > >John > >-- >John...
• Re: pilot bearing... do i need to replace the main seal?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 21 May 2010 20:22:21 -0700
  ...The shims control the end float of the crankshaft. They go on the other side. (Between the flywheel and the crankshaft.) The machining on...
• Re: WTB:window crank spacers for speaker clearance
  Historical mailing list - Dave Rodriguez
  Mon, 15 Feb 1999 11:08:44 EST
  ...I'm not sure if Vanagon window cranks are the same as Golf and Jetta cranks, but I figure they all come out of...
• 82 Diesel won't start
  Historical mailing list - Bill Nienhuis
  Sat, 29 Apr 2000 18:24:44 -0700
  I have an 82 Diesel that just cranks and cranks and cranks, but won't catch and start. This has happened on and off...
• vannie info on cranks and radiators needed
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Thu, 1 Jul 2010 10:31:10 EDT
  Are the 1.9L and 2.1 L crankshafts the same?? If not how do you tell the differences. What is a crankshaft worth...
• Re: update !! Help Needed DC - Baltimore Area Re: Vanagon.com
  Historical mailing list - Milo's Kitchen
  Sat, 17 Dec 2005 20:50:13 -0500
  Okay, so when it "wouldn't crank", that meant you lost the crank tool, or you were too tired to crank?. Or was the...
• Re: Window Cranks, getting them off
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cain
  Sat, 13 May 2000 12:33:46 -0400
  >How do you get the window cranks off? I want to put new speakers up >front, but don't know how the cranks come...