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• Re: king and link pins (was Grendel)
  Historical mailing list
  2 Oct 95 24:21
  > Also, this is going to sound like a silly question, but what is the > difference between link ping and king pin suspensions? Or is...
• AMP Part Numbers for 25 pin Digifant connector
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 11 Oct 1999 23:43:13 -0700
  ...The 25 pin connector that is on the Vanagon Digifant I computers, is the same for the Digifant II (1989 to 1992 Golf and...
• 83.5/84 connector to 85+ panel checklist
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 2 Jun 2011 17:16:21 -0400
  ...Pin seven (clock, red) moves to pin five. Pin eight (fuel, yellow/black) moves to pin seven. Pin nine (panel power, black) moves to...
• Re: didijet tool
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 7 Mar 2007 19:16:07 -0500
  ...Pin #13 to:--------� l----------ZZZZZ---------Pin 7 for Power Supply LED Pin 13 to----------� l---------ZZZZZ----------Pin 20 for Fuel Pump LED Pin 13...
• king and link pins (was Grendel)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Janello
  Fri, 29 Sep 1995 21:02:04 -0400 (EDT)
  ...The king pin is the big one that goes up and down (actually angles in at the top a little) and the link pins...
• Re: Differences between 82 and 83 turn signals?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 12 Apr 2009 01:16:19 -0400
  ...Turn light -- same, pin 14 ALT light -- same, pin 13 Glow plug light -- different, pin 11 vs 12 -- on the '83 pin 12 goes...
• Re: aftermarket tach
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 2 Jun 2011 17:11:40 -0400
  ...Pin seven (clock, red) moves to pin five. Pin eight (fuel, yellow/black) moves to pin seven. Pin nine (panel power, black) moves to...
• Re: 83.5/84 connector to 85+ panel checklist
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 2 Jun 2011 18:24:19 -0700
  ...pin three. > > Pin four (high beam, blue/white) moves to pin two. > > Pin six (coolant temp/level, twin yellow/red) stays put. > > Pin seven...
• Re: Piston Pin
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 4 May 95 14:09:30 EDT
  ...The pin is too tight. And I didn't > > want to bang on the pin being still connected to the cranckshaft. > Don't they...
• Digijet Digitool Info
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sun, 4 Mar 2001 11:43:28 -0600
  ...Pin #13 to:--------� l----------ZZZZZ---------Pin 7 for Power Supply LED Pin 13 to----------� l---------ZZZZZ----------Pin 20 for Fuel Pump LED Pin 13...
• Re: Distributor Shaft Pin
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 8 Jun 2017 16:31:19 -0700
  I used a solid pin in my inline . when I got the parts from Techtonic Tuning to bolt my Digifant 8 valve head onto...
• Re: Pin type ignition wires
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Wed, 2 Oct 2002 19:55:04 EDT
  Hi Gang, Some suppliers have a choice of ignition wires and distributor caps for pin type or not. Is there a reason why I...
• Re: Buzzer starts, different instrument
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 23 May 2011 20:54:54 -0700
  You can disable the false alarm by bending one of the pins from the oil warning board to the side so the blue foil...
• Re: Whistling Wind Wings
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Mon, 3 Feb 2003 22:38:15 EST
  ...Since I've heard them called spring pins, tension pins, split pins, roll pins and a couple of other names which I forget, your...
• Re: Pin type ignition wires
  Historical mailing list - The Old Volks Home
  Thu, 3 Oct 2002 15:39:34 -0700
  At 07:55 PM 10/2/02 EDT, Steve Cotsford wrote: >Some suppliers have a choice of ignition wires and distributor caps for pin...
• Re: Syncro starter removal question
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Sun, 2 Sep 2001 08:27:07 EDT
  ...When removing tension pins, you need a pin punch very close to the diameter of the pin in order to successfully remove the pin...
• Re: ECU POWER SUPPLY?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 1 Feb 2004 14:21:01 -0800
  Page 24.61 of the latest Vanagon Bentley has an illustration of which pin is which on the ECU harness connector. Look at the...
• Re: Pin Insetion on Front Calipers
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 12 Jan 2020 18:23:17 -0800
  As you "tap" the pin in (not much force is needed), the loose collar gets pushed into hole along with pin; that loose collar...
• Re: repairing arm rest
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 1 Jun 2010 22:21:16 -0400
  ...I MAY not have the right name for this "pin", but in my >vocabulary, a Westy arm-rest drift pin is a metal tube...
• Re: How to adjust position of Sliding Door Rear Locking Pin
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 12 Feb 2023 14:31:50 -0800
  *"Are there any pitfalls in setting the pin higher and more inward than specification(if there is one)."* When the pin is higher and...
• Re: repairing arm rest
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 1 Jun 2010 15:11:29 -0700
  If you drive out the pin with a longish 1/4 inch diameter bolt just free of the inner bit, keeping it in the...
• Re: repairing arm rest
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 1 Jun 2010 16:52:21 -0500
  ...DMc ---- Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > I think this is called a spring pin, rolled pin or split pin. Spring > pin is...
• Re: How to adjust position of Sliding Door Rear Locking Pin
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 12 Feb 2023 14:42:54 -0800
  ...the locking mechanism could be worn, or the pin is worn too >> ot the pin can move by itself a bit.) >> >> On Sun, Feb...
• Re: How to adjust position of Sliding Door Rear Locking Pin
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sun, 12 Feb 2023 17:20:59 -0500
  Thank you, Dan and Doug.  I had already marked correct position so that is how I knew that the locking pin had slipped down...
• Re: Arm rest problem....removing the pin?!?!
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Wed, 6 Aug 2003 10:37:17 -0700
  I am not sure, but I believe the hole through which the pin goes is tapered. I know that the pins I have removed...
• Re: Need barrel pin for armrest
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Mon, 3 Mar 2008 13:04:24 -0800
  Hi SJ, These guys are called 'Mills' pins or Roll pins. You can use a 1/4-20 x4" bolt to drive out the...
• Re: wing window
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Thu, 9 May 2013 08:49:04 -0400
  Regarding the tiny pin (drift?) that holds the handle to the pivot. I had a pin that continually worked out on the drivers side...
• Re: [Syncro] 2/4WD option
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Mon, 1 Nov 1999 11:22:35 -0500
  ...Little Pinions Set, four little pinions, for locking differential, rear, $380, 094 598 081 A #2. Little Pinions Set, two little pinions, for non...
• Re: Reinstalling wrist pins
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sat, 10 Mar 2001 08:22:31 -0500
  Karl the wrist pins are very hard and they dont often scratch or distort although they do tend to accumulate varnish between the piston...
• Re: Eurospec problem
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 13 Oct 1999 21:57:57 -0700
  ...I have a Digifant pin-by-pin check list but it >> won't work here due to the swap. Use the Bentley book and...
• Re: Anyone ever see a pinion shaft break just behind first gear?
  Historical mailing list - paul guard
  Mon, 8 Aug 2016 14:29:26 +0000
  ...I've seen welded pinion shafts break. I suspect (without seeing it) that you may have a cut & spliced pinion shaft. Welding is done...
• Re: How to adjust position of Sliding Door Rear Locking Pin
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 12 Feb 2023 11:38:25 -0800
  One way to do this... - loosening the pin enough so it can move, but no to much. - one person stays inside with a thin...
• Re: wing window
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Thu, 9 May 2013 08:54:57 -0500
  I had a pin that kept coming out, I put locktite on it and that did work. FWIW some hardware stores carry roll pins...
• Distributor Shaft Pin
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 8 Jun 2017 14:26:12 -0700
  ...Has anyone replaced the pin holding the distributor shaft to drive gear with an SAE equal size roll pin (split sleeve type)? If so...
• Re: Distributor Shaft Pin
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 8 Jun 2017 17:01:34 -0700
  ...On 6/8/17, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > On the Vanagon gas engines this pin is a solid, hardened pin. It is...
• Re: wrist pins/boston bob
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Tue, 1 Feb 2005 19:33:08 -0500
  Larry good to hear from you yes the double ping And the double wrist pin clips Boy I hate tring to get those out...
• Re: Floppy armrest - success!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 3 Jun 2018 16:10:02 -0700
  ...Drive the pin out that is holding the arm to the seat. This is a tough job, for a number of reasons: the pin...
• Re: wing window
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Thu, 9 May 2013 12:37:09 -0400
  Yeah, considered the locktite but just ordered some new pins since I wanted to get on to other projects. My local hardware store people...
• Spring Pins
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sat, 14 Dec 2002 09:47:01 -0800
  ...Your looing for a "spring Pin", do not get a "roll pin", very similar but the spring pin is the replacment. Next issue, the...
• Re: VW Heidelberg Radio Wiring
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Fri, 7 Dec 2001 16:54:54 -0800
  ...The diagram shows: > > Top row, top plug, left to right (looking at the back of the radio): > > Pin 1 - scratched, can't read > > Pin...
• Re: How to adjust position of Sliding Door Rear Locking Pin
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 12 Feb 2023 16:54:29 -0600
  ...the locking mechanism could be worn, or the pin is worn > too > >> ot the pin can move by itself a bit.) > >> > >> On Sun, Feb...
• Re: Securing the guide pin (shifter linkage)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Tue, 26 May 1998 21:46:09 -0700
  On Fri, 22 May 1998, Tom Young wrote: > [snip] > The guide pin is a large "bolt" (for lack of a better term) that bolts...
• Re: Running rich.....me too
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:47:05 -0700
  ...Then, use your Bentley to do the ECU pin test--you can check > every electronic component of the FI system (except the ECU...) from...
• Re: Buzzer starts, different instrument, FIXED
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Mon, 23 May 2011 21:51:11 -0700
  ...The pin is > the tach signal pin. With the pin bent to the side the oil circuit board > won't know what the rpm...
• Re: Distributor Shaft Pin
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 8 Jun 2017 14:32:00 -0700
  Also, I did try spreading each end of the pin but I have yet to find a reliable way to steady the work so...
• Re: Piston Pin
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 04 May 1995 13:38:19 +0600
  ...The pin is too tight. And I didn't >want to bang on the pin being still connected to the cranckshaft. > >Regards, >Vahid > The...
• Re: VW Heidelberg Radio Wiring
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Fri, 7 Dec 2001 17:07:16 -0800
  ...The diagram shows: > > > > Top row, top plug, left to right (looking at the back of the radio): > > > > Pin 1 - scratched, can't read > > > > Pin...
• Arm rest problem....removing the pin?!?!
  Historical mailing list - Markus Benne
  Wed, 6 Aug 2003 13:29:30 -0400
  I've tightened up dozens of arm rests, and the pins generally come out pretty easy. I've got an armrest now were the...
• Re: Update Re: Engine died, March 31 update and maybe ecu smoking gun?
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Tue, 31 Mar 2020 17:04:38 -0700
  No, bottom left is pin 25. Pin 25 is the ignition coil trigger from it's driver transistor. That check mark for the middle...
• Re: wrist pins/boston bob
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Tue, 1 Feb 2005 06:50:46 -0700
  Volks, Wrist pin - Failed Actually the very first engine disaster I had with the 2.2L EuroCars engine was a wrist pin failure. The...
• Re: Pin Insetion on Front Calipers
  Historical mailing list - Skip L
  Sun, 12 Jan 2020 21:12:52 -0600
  ...Do both ATE > and Girling use pins? The calipers (rebuilt) are relatively new (two > years) and I just ordered new pins from VanCafe/RMW...
• Re: voltage stabilizer/gauges not working
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:08:35 -0700
  ...These voltage "stabilizers" are commonly referred to as three-pin regulators. There is an input pin, a ground pin, and an output pin. As...
• Securing the guide pin (shifter linkage)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 22 May 1998 12:57:32 -0700
  ...So, theoretially, you use the cast-in-place "nut" on the guide pin, along with your 13mm wrench, to keep the guide pin from...
• Re: Big end rod clearance 2.1 WBX
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Fri, 9 Mar 2007 12:18:30 -0500
  A little heat also helps loosen the varnish and lets the pin slide threw the piston. The major reason that the pin has become...
• Re: Problem: While Removing from Disc Brake Pads the top Caliper Receiving Bolt Wont Slide In & Out of the Carrier - Siezed
  Historical mailing list - Ed
  Sat, 18 Jun 2011 21:09:16 -0400
  If you replace anything it needs to be the pins and the carrier. The pins just bolt to the caliper, but they slide in...
• Re: Arm rest problem....removing the pin?!?!
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 6 Aug 2003 12:02:18 -0600
  The roll pin is flanged on one end, the hole "square/straight". Takes finger gymnastics to hold the naugahyde back while holding the punch...
• VW Heidelberg Radio Wiring
  Historical mailing list - David Hunt
  Fri, 7 Dec 2001 18:30:32 EST
  ...Pin 1 - scratched, can't read Pin 2 - symbol of speaker with a plus sign Pin 3 - looks like a Y superimposed on an...
• Re: repairing arm rest
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 1 Jun 2010 16:20:49 -0500
  I think this is called a spring pin, rolled pin or split pin. Spring pin is the most common name. Jim On Jun 1...
• Re: repairing arm rest
  Historical mailing list - Jim
  Tue, 1 Jun 2010 18:48:49 -0700
  ...I MAY not have the right name for this "pin", but in my > vocabulary, a Westy arm-rest drift pin is a metal tube...
• Re: Update Re: Engine died, March 31 update and maybe ecu smoking gun?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 31 Mar 2020 17:17:10 -0700
  ...Alistair > On Mar 31, 2020, at 5:04 PM, vw_van_fan_Mark <madvws@cox.net> wrote: > > No, bottom left is pin 25. > Pin...