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• Wobble main pully
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Mon, 20 Oct 2003 07:12:42 -0700
  ...I have planned to do some timing adjustment on it and noticed that the main pully was wobbling. I don't remember ever seeing...
• Crank pully revisited
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Tue, 20 Jan 2004 11:53:22 -0800
  Many of you may remember that I had a main pully bolt that was stuck. Just to let everyone know, it did get removed...
• Need help NOW, R&R Water Pump
  Historical mailing list - smko
  Thu, 05 Jun 1997 11:14:40 -0400
  Can anyone help? Does the triple pully on the crank, center of the engin, have to be removed to replace the water pump? My...
• Re: Waterpump replacement on '88?
  Historical mailing list - John-Reed Maffeo
  Thu, 16 Sep 1999 10:53:06 -0700
  Hmmmm, I replaced the water pump on my '86 Syncro about two months ago and I >did not< have to remove any pullys. I...
• Re: Wobble main pully
  Historical mailing list - SStones
  Mon, 20 Oct 2003 10:35:24 -0400
  ...I have planned to do some >timing adjustment on it and noticed that the main pully was wobbling. I >don't remember ever seeing...
• Re: How to torque the 3 Groove Pully?
  Historical mailing list - Pat
  Sun, 2 Jun 2013 16:30:39 -0400
  ...How to torque the 3 Groove Pully? Howdy, I need to torque the 3 groove pully on my engine but I don't have...
• Need part number or dims fot alternator belt no ac on ahu motor
  Historical mailing list - Scott Greiner
  Wed, 25 Sep 2013 20:07:48 -0700
  ...We did not change the alt pully, and needed to due to belt walk out to far and got damaged. Changing pully right now...
• How to torque the 3 Groove Pully?
  Historical mailing list - Paul
  Sun, 2 Jun 2013 13:26:07 -0700
  Howdy, I need to torque the 3 groove pully on my engine but I don't have the VW 3102 tool to use. What...
• Re: V-Belt Pully Bolt
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Sun, 26 Dec 2004 17:41:33 -0800
  ...V-Belt Pully Bolt > You do know you cant reuse the con rods without replacing the > bolts and resizing the big end of the...
• Alternator story
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 11 Sep 1996 19:35:42 -0400
  ...The rebuild came with the wrong pully on it so I took the old pully off. Behold I found the problem. It looks like...
• Timing on 84GL
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Mon, 23 Sep 2002 06:19:40 -0700
  ...In the Benetley, it shows the timing marks on the pully. One (U shaped) is for the TDC and the other (V) is for...
• Re: Success + Timing question.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 29 Jun 2001 02:57:22 -0400
  At 01:39 AM 6/29/2001, Blake Thornton wrote: >First, my grooves in my pully are not the same as the pictures in...
• Re: Eurovan malf FIX
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Wed, 4 Jun 97 06:40:00 -0500
  ...On cars without AC (?) there is one less idler pully, the forward one, and a shorter belt. Try this: 1. Remove the front idler...
• FW: Alternator woes
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Fri, 16 Jun 2000 19:13:11 -0400
  ...Took the belt off > and was able to move the pully just a tad. Spun the pully and sounds > like a mild grinding. Here...
• Re: transmission change: how to turn a/c engine to get at bolts???
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 3 Dec 2005 15:59:22 -0500
  Loosen all the spark plugs.Then put a ratched on the altanator pully nut and turn the engine over.
• Splitting the case
  Historical mailing list - Chris Winesette
  Fri, 12 Apr 2002 11:37:49 EDT
  ...all) what else needs to be removed to split the case, the 3 groove pully (how is it removed) I have an automatic transmission.
• Re: Need part number or dims fot alternator belt no ac on ahu motor
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 26 Sep 2013 23:38:43 -0400
  ...We did not change the alt pully, and needed to due to belt walk out to far and got damaged. Changing pully right now...
• Re: V-Belt Pully Bolt
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 26 Dec 2004 19:01:26 -0600
  > You do know you cant reuse the con rods without replacing the > bolts and resizing the big end of the rod > > Some of us...
• Re: Waterpump replacement on '88?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 16 Sep 1999 11:30:20 -0700
  ...I did remove the > tube that runs behind the pully, but I accomplished that by > patiently working it out to the left side. > > John...
• Re: Quest.on Alternator Pulley? Help Please!
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 2 Sep 2005 11:52:15 -0400
  That vanagon is just not gonna leave you alone, is it? I would take that pully up to my local vw dealer and ask...
• Re: V-Belt Pully Bolt
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sun, 26 Dec 2004 20:41:18 -0500
  ...V-Belt Pully Bolt >> You do know you cant reuse the con rods without replacing the >> bolts and resizing the big end of the...
• Sand seal pullies!?!?!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 May 1996 09:07:15 -0400
  Has anyone ever heard of a "sand seal pully"? Does this require special venting of the crankcase? Thanks, ...Markus ---------------------------------- '66 "rough looker, hackjob skylit...
• Re: needed: plastic power window parts
  Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
  Tue, 16 Oct 2001 20:47:39 -0700
  ...Why couldn't they put a decent pully? That's what my window specialist welded instead of them when they failed, giving me a...
• Re: First try at a trannie only pull - questions
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Fri, 8 Apr 2005 14:36:55 -0500
  ...If they don't, you will have to turn the engine just a bit (grab a pully, etc, and tug on it) to get...
• Metalic Noise in Engine Compartment
  Historical mailing list - Ray
  Mon, 1 Nov 1999 09:00:55 -0700
  ...At least it looks like that since the pully is wobbling. Any ideas what a new pump costs and the time/skill needed to...
• Re: Very loud screech when AC compressor turns on
  Historical mailing list - Tim Kasher
  Mon, 16 Oct 2006 13:55:46 -0400
  i lubricatedd the belts and pully wheels a bit. > > i dont think it is the belts because they all spin > fine at start up...
• Re: Help diagnose Cinco
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 7 Nov 2005 10:16:42 -0500
  ...Next , I would use a socket on the alt nut at the pully to turn the engine over.Turn the engine over till you...
• Water Pump Removal
  Historical mailing list - John C. Iseman
  Thu, 4 Sep 2003 15:21:49 EDT
  ...He says he has to remove the main pully to get at one of the bolts. My Vanagon manual apperas to be silent on...
• dreded sweaky noise fix.
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Tue, 19 Aug 2003 16:22:23 +0000
  hello all seems i have found my sweak noise in the back, some might have the same and think its a pully, but found...
• Re: Battery Light
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 12 Dec 2005 12:30:01 EST
  ...rust on the pully is the major problem... chris
• Re: scary cruise control
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 11 May 1997 19:57:42 -0400
  ...For clutches they had a longer chain and instead of terminating the chain on the firewall, a u shaped pully kinda affair allowed the...
• Re: 69-96 RIP, need advice on burned up engine
  Historical mailing list
  11 Jul 96 10:39 EDT
  ...degree pully was half melted down. Thanks for the response though, you can emigine what its like, a family member lost for sure. Tim...
• Re: Crankshaft pully bolt
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Wed, 17 Dec 2003 10:26:10 -0500
  If the motor is out, use a flywheel lock such as http://www.justveedubs.com/tools.php?PHPSESSID=34784c325edf8871f6efba075fff2dfe&FormName=toolsearch&FormAction=search&s...
• goodyear belts
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Wed, 21 Apr 2004 12:39:05 -0700
  ...any feedback? also I notice a hose clamp a bit to close to my main pully belt so I tucked it in more so...
• 73 (pancake motor) twin carbs and smog parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - Robb Lightfoot
  Wed, 12 Jun 1996 20:39:55 -0700
  ...I've got the smog pump, which is frozen. :( I've got the oddball pully setup, VERY hard to find. I've got three...
• Rear Mounts
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 21 Jun 95 21:11:01 MST
  ...the carrier broke, the engine sagged enough to drag the crank pully on the carrier [couple of inches, anyway]. I would say not a...
• Re: Load screeching sound from leaving lights on?
  Historical mailing list - Blue Eyes
  Fri, 19 Feb 1999 21:15:55 -0600
  ...If it seems tight enough, give it a small belt dressing treatment to increase its coeficient of friction with the drive and driven pullys...
• Re: main seal seating (was Boston Bob Engine)
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Wed, 28 Apr 2004 23:34:22 -0400
  ...if the pully-side seal has been replaced multiple times, it has to be the case causing the problem, right (unless all those seals...
• Re: very loud Screeching noise on very cold days - turns heads
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 6 Mar 2002 23:28:30 -0600
  ...For a temporary fix, hold a block of parafin against the sides of the belt that ride in the "V" of the pully. will...
• Re: How to check if the Alternator is damaged or broken
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 17 Jan 2006 16:15:33 -0500
  ...bearing cover, so it becomes magnetic too.I suppose the front pully is magnetic also, but I cannot figure out a way to test...
• Re: Timing on 84GL
  Historical mailing list - The Old Volks Home
  Mon, 23 Sep 2002 16:59:36 -0700
  ...Maybe one of you can shed a little light on what is >right. > >In the Benetley, it shows the timing marks on the pully...
• Leaking crank pully seal.
  Historical mailing list
  30 May 97 10:50:00 -0700
  ...Crank pully seal is leaking - ??? will this be difficult? ***** 4. Transmission leaking at left axle flange and shifter seal. The transaxle was replaced just...
• Valve clearance not at tdc?
  Historical mailing list - Nate Saylor
  Fri, 15 Apr 2005 14:01:06 -0700
  ...but the odd thing is that when I zero passenger rear (I go by the rotor location, coupled with the marks on the pully...
• Still no idle
  Historical mailing list - Dead Head
  Wed, 15 Jan 1997 16:44:42 -0800
  ...airhead? Don't have book yet....I found timing mark on pully but don't know what to reference to while using timing light...
• rebuilt engine: what the dealer parts guy said
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 18 Aug 94 09:35:52 CDT
  ...oil dipstick crankshaft pully(s) <but flywheel IS included>, thermostat oil pressure switch and other little things like sheet metal, screws, brackets, injectors, wiring...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Scott Grillo
  Sun, 24 Nov 2002 22:04:22 -0500
  ...a Subaru engine installed (different exhaust, plastic housing visible around crank pully, etc.)The van looke very sharp, with BBS type wheels, and an...
• Re: oil mist in engine compartment. HELP.
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Sep 1995 13:01:00 -0700 (PDT)
  And Matthew Henricks thus wrote: > > apears to be comming out fron the nose of the motor right behind the > pully. it is definatly not...
• Re: Water Pump - ?
  Historical mailing list - Randy Charrette
  Sun, 28 Oct 2001 11:47:17 -0500
  loosen belt from pully and take it off. Spin the pump by hand. If its bad you will feel the grinding and/or the...
• Evap Cooler
  Historical mailing list - Timothy D.F. Maddox
  Wed, 19 Jul 95 00:05:11 EDT
  ...It came with a rope that, when the battery was dead, went around the pully and you started the engine just like a gas...
• Re: Was-Still got the Drips-Now Oil pressure switch?
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:48:44 -0400
  ...extension by removing the muffler and bending the tin around the pully a little. It was tight, but it can be done. Allan -- 1991...
• Re: Engine has to be dropped
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Mon, 27 Jan 1997 12:46:05 -0500 (EST)
  ...I tried to remove the crank pully also, thinking this would give me (snip) > drop the engine, for better access. I think the approach...
• A/C Compressor - generic?
  Historical mailing list - Rusty Zarse
  Tue, 22 Jun 2004 08:08:00 -0700
  ...What about rebuilds? My belt is not connected and I cannot even budge the pully by hand. I assume its froze up. It was...
• Re: Crankshaft pully bolt
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Wed, 17 Dec 2003 12:44:15 -0500
  ...Crankshaft pully bolt The crankshaft bolt on my 84GL (1.9 leaker) is stuck at about 1/4" of extraction. Mechanics have told me...
• Miss at idle?
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Fri, 13 May 2016 08:24:47 -0700
  ...had marked the main pully with white paint. Yes, I lubricated the felt. :-) Temp 2 sensor is < 1 year old Probably easier to start...
• Re: Help Me, Volks!
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Thu, 1 May 2008 00:16:21 -0700
  ...but the higher the torque the tighter the outside edges of the pully got on the belt the faster the machine would ride on...
• Re: Rear main seal replacement/flywheel removal
  Historical mailing list - Rod Smith
  Sat, 21 Jul 2001 23:08:16 -0400
  ...28mm?) with breaker bar on the pully bolt on the front of the engine. Have a helper hold it, or wedge it somehow while...
• Re: Stranded: Oil Buzzer???
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 20 Jun 2005 16:30:22 -0700
  ...It is the switch located by the crank pully. You can get to > it by looking down when standing by the oil filler hatch...
• Re: '87 vanagon power steering problem
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 3 Apr 95 10:48:49 EDT
  ...no leaks but had seized and belt merely spun over the pully, got a used one, Parts Place Inc. tracked it down from another...
• Re: Water Pump Removal
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 4 Sep 2003 15:43:54 -0400
  ...bolts to move. > >He says he has to remove the main pully to get at one of the bolts. > > My Vanagon manual apperas to...
• Re: Belt Noise
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 19 Dec 2010 15:06:16 -0600
  ...Let the pully side of the belt run against the parafin for a few morments - works on belts, works on seat slides. John Rodgers...