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• Re: auto tranny questions
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Thu, 10 Sep 1998 12:55:28 -0400
  ...fluid? The oil seal appears to >seal the converter from the final drive. Bentley does indicate that the >torgue converter itself is filled with...
• Re: cracked AMC heads question
  Historical mailing list - Chris Lisica
  Mon, 10 Sep 2007 06:31:40 -0700
  ...Thanks for any > > >advice/input/feedback/links/etc..... > > > > > >-- > > >Chris > > >88 Vanagon GL (daily driver) > > >87 Westfalia (in progress) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Chris > 88 Vanagon GL (daily driver...
• Re: Hi; I'm New
  Historical mailing list - Tony Demille
  Mon, 26 Jun 2000 16:00:44 -0600
  ...Hi; I'm New > > Hi all, > > I've known about your mailing list for some time and I finally decided > to join. Actually I...
• Re: Transmission FAQ From Germany Machine Translated
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 22 Feb 2001 19:40:26 -0700
  ...Final drive Behind the clutch bell is the case of the final drive with the differential. It concerns here a winkeltrieb, whereby the small...
• Re: Transmission FAQ From Germany Machine Translated
  Historical mailing list - John Pronk
  Fri, 23 Feb 2001 04:34:18 -0000
  ...Final drive Behind the clutch bell is the case of the final drive with the differential. It concerns here a winkeltrieb, whereby the small...
• Re: Front Heater Core Shutoff
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Fri, 24 Jun 2011 09:54:08 -0400
  ...It is installed in the heater hose near the driver's side driveshaft. I made it out of CPVC because it was cheap. I...
• Re: Syncro de Mayo gets shout out on Car Talk from "Brigitte"
  Historical mailing list - Bill Shawley
  Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:14:11 +0000
  Ahh I was listening to this at work then a drive came in and tried to yack my ear off, I turned the radio...
• Re: LED Tail Lights
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 9 Nov 2012 12:36:59 -0800
  ...They do it to all makes and > models. > They are just stupid inconsiderate drivers that don't have a clue. I've > had idiots...
• Getting Discouraged
  Historical mailing list - Mark Baker
  Tue, 28 Feb 2006 07:57:31 -0800
  So I thought that I finally got my '87 Vanagon GL on the road last night. Spent the Winter changing belts, oil, plugs/points...
• Re: I want a bigger diesel turbo in it ...
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Thu, 26 Jan 2017 15:17:45 -0800
  ...Of course >> no matter what you choose, the trans will need upgraded 3rd-4th gears if not >> a taller final drive. > >
• Same old Issue - RPM hunting
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 5 Oct 2010 13:18:23 -0500
  OK, at long last I finally have all 3 of my Vanagons running. I got the last of the injectors back this past Friday...
• Re: Syncro
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 08 Apr 94 01:25:09 EDT
  ...I am composing a detailed technical letter to Steyr-Daimler-Punch tonight about adding the diff lock to the front final drive unit. They...
• Wear Index
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Wed, 9 Nov 94 10:32:01 PST
  ...I have the top gear ratios, final drive ratios and engine strokes for the '68 - 79 buses in my Bentley manual. What I would...
• 97 EV/Winnie Sightings
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
  Mon, 30 Dec 96 17:34:34 UT
  ...Didn't take a test drive (had the baby and didn't want to swap out car seats) but with the VR6 it should...
• Re: Limited Vanagon content: using reverse running transaxles
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 23 Nov 1998 19:18:23 -0800
  ...Rather than reversing the engine, simply flop >the final drive, or, if the tranny case won't allow this without a lot of >machining...
• Re: A/C outlet temperature
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Mon, 17 May 1999 06:58:16 -0400
  ...With an ambient temperature of about 78 deg I measured an outlet temperature of 50 deg at the outlet above the drivers seat. This...
• FINALLY!! Intermittent stalling mystery solved. Thanks all!!
  Historical mailing list - steve selin
  Fri, 15 Aug 2003 13:12:47 -0400
  ...BUT I replaced the sensor and have driven 1500 miles w/ no problems (yet??). After a while I realized that it only stalled out...
• vanagon bucks, stalls, stays dead
  Historical mailing list - marc milobinski
  Wed, 31 Aug 2005 06:59:23 -0700
  ...On longer trips it might give one slight little hesitation but recover right away and drive fine for weeks. Last night it started to...
• Re: [Syncro] Anybody interested in having Burning Van in SF first week
  Historical mailing list - Ethan Esterline
  Tue, 31 Jan 2006 21:19:07 -0800
  ...I've finally got my van running with a 1.8t & > will > let folks take it for a test drive if they like. It...
• Bus pays off at drive-in movie!
  Historical mailing list - Mike White
  Wed, 8 May 1996 11:00:34 MST
  ...But seriously, me and a bunch of friends loaded up in the Pioneer and went to the last remaining drive-in theater in town...
• Got the single cab, yeah
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Mon, 25 Mar 1996 08:37:11 -0800 (PST)
  So L.S.Griffiths@physics.salford.ac.uk says: > > I finally went down to London and picked up the '61 single cab on > Saturday...
• Re: misc (mpg, transmission, driving habits.)
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 13 Sep 2008 08:45:02 -0400
  ...0.86 0.70 >>>> 5th 0.77 n/a n/a >>>> Final Drive 3.80 5.43 5.43 >>>> Tire size 225/45R17 225...
• jetta tranny to vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Michel Bertin
  Thu, 13 Mar 2003 13:13:44 -0400
  ...is wrong, since the diesel 4-speed has a very low final drive ratio. I'm suspicious that the shift points would be incorrect...
• Re: 28.8 MPG
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Tue, 31 Aug 2004 20:37:08 -0400
  ...28.8 MPG > Well, I finally got around to replacing my air plenum, throttle body, air > runner gaskets, FI seals, setting back timing to...
• Idle control issue
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Sun, 22 Jun 2014 08:15:31 -0400
  ...Interestingly, on the drive home, fuel mileage was up by 3 mpg...in fact the engine seemed to run better, stronger and quieter. Came...
• Re: Busted Down Near Tekonsha, Michigan
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 24 Nov 2011 18:10:25 -0800
  ...One is for the Auto section, > the other for the final drive. > > Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com...
• Re: Radiator Installation in an Air Cooled Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scarlett Semko
  Sat, 29 May 1999 10:58:21 -0400
  ...I want to install this in a bay window or air cooled > Vanagon that has a 4.57 final drive ratio transmission. > > There were...
• Re: aliens on this planet
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Fri, 17 Aug 2001 08:49:30 -0700
  ...Daylight Time, > paradigm@ALLEGRAPRINTING.COM writes: > > << Finally, evidence that there are aliens on this planet! > ...and they drive vanagons!!! > > http://home.earthlink.net/~jamesvogl...
• ...and now for something completely different
  Historical mailing list - Lee Roesner
  Fri, 9 Nov 2001 10:25:55 -0600
  ...I finally got my parts from Randy Beery in San Diego. No surprise - they were damaged. No help from Ebay or Beery so watch...
• transmission rebuilding..how hard
  Historical mailing list - AA Transaxle
  Tue, 1 Apr 2003 09:09:15 -0800
  ...It will take a press, the pinion nut tools (2) and the final drive cap tool for starters although some have used there own...
• Re: rear brake renewal
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 24 Jun 2003 19:25:56 -0500
  ...Finally, consider replacing the brake cylinders with new ones. They are cheap enough from Bus Depot or Vanagain.com. John Rodgers 88 GL Driver...
• Re: Automatic transmission questions
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 28 Nov 2005 07:13:12 -0800
  ...cooler/no cooler, different reverse ring gear hub splining to mate with the final drive pinion shaft, etc. All of the "wear parts" are...
• searched gripe
  Historical mailing list - Ed.
  Tue, 17 Oct 1995 13:15:38 EDT
  ...When I went out to my bus this morning the pasanger floormat was in the drive way. My interrior is nearly perfect and I...
• Re: Subie
  Historical mailing list - CG
  Thu, 16 Nov 2017 11:50:51 -0500
  ...Subie Which engine/trans did you choose and from which Subaru model(s)? Did you buy a complete donor vehicle or just the driveline...
• Re: Vanagon crash safety - Final Answer!
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Tue, 9 Apr 2002 12:39:18 -0500
  ...And of course some driver training would be a worthwhile requirement too. Most drivers out there are simply awful. Maybe with some training they...
• Re: Clean Westy at junkyard, sad, happy day, long
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 4 Jun 2001 10:12:39 EDT
  ...most cars actually get more damage on their way from the final owner to their final resting place in the junkyard than they even...
• Therein, lies a tale.
  Historical mailing list - KIM BRENNAN
  Sat, 9 Mar 2013 12:07:53 -0500
  ...first crest on the driveway (there are 2 more, with increasing levels of difficulty.) After about an hour, I finally make it up to...
• Z-tech convert
  Historical mailing list - Bob Mac
  Sun, 17 Sep 2006 18:56:56 -0400
  ...This was a drive it in sat. morning, drive it home sun. evening operation. Enough of that. Today i finally got to drive it...
• TiiCo Vibes...solution at last.
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Sun, 18 Nov 2001 11:46:13 -0500
  ...Test drive time. Turn around in the driveway, coupla heavy vibes as the rpm's dipped below 1000 when releasing the clutch. Never did...
• Re: Vanagons in Santa Fe . . . or not
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sat, 18 Jul 2009 08:43:12 -0500
  Great to hear there's something to do/see in Ponca City, finally! That I-35 stretch is not too stimulating. I believe there...
• Re: Rear Shocks
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 28 May 2009 08:53:20 -0700
  ...I just have a few more items left to take care of and I can > finaly drive it:) > > I need to replace the rear...
• SA 5-speed transmissions and changing ratios
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Fri, 28 May 1999 07:00:53 -0700
  ...a G-gear (1st) for that 5th gear and a "direct" final drive ratio like the 4-spd? I'm curious, since I have...
• Re: nvc: anyone had/have a Porsche 944?
  Historical mailing list - ian Butler
  Thu, 22 Aug 2002 10:56:42 -0400
  ...even > VW/Porsche mag (now European Car mag) once commented that the SLC vr6 Corrado > which is faster than the 16V Scirocco is finally...
• Re: Two Automatic Transmission Questions
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Thu, 13 Oct 2005 14:25:24 -0700
  ...I need the following info, and informed opinion. (1)What is the approximate shipping weight of a Vanagon automatic transmission, with final drive assembly...
• Heading out today
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Sun, 10 Aug 2008 09:48:13 -0700
  ...a replacement ECU to finally fix its lousy idling problem, new plugs, and is presently sitting in the driveway with the Norcold refrigerator running...
• Re: Help needed: ABA conversion has spark and fuel but won't start.
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:17:51 -0700
  ...the trans was shifted to "DRIVE". During that incident, he refused to tell me what he did to finally fix the problem. He just...
• Remembering the First Bus
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Olson
  Wed, 5 Sep 2007 09:13:09 -0600
  ...Purchased in 1973 for $600, driven through three rebuilds, and finally sold for $75 in 1986, I spent all of my 20s and almost...
• Re: Stuck Driver Seat
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 9 Apr 2021 19:11:02 -0400
  ...Since the seat was snagged toward the back of its travel, only the tallest people could drive. When we stopped overnight, I finally figured...
• Re: Alternator continuous-duty rating?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 23 Sep 2012 16:37:13 -0700
  ...driver's side air intake. >> >> you can see a pic here on my old neglected website >> http://www.members.shaw.ca/albell/images/final...
• Re: "Vanagon" Or "Westfalia" Toques? (aka cap or hat)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:16:58 -0800
  ...Ya I found finally found another work for what I was looking for. "Beanies". Found these, but so far no Vanagon beanie/cap/toque...
• A/C Finally online!
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 11 Jul 1998 23:12:02 EDT
  After a some trouble we finally got my '84 GLs A/C system up and functioning on R-134a. Came out nice and cool...
• Re: Fuel Pump Kill Switch
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 13 Jan 2017 12:25:36 -0700
  ...to Hide the Switch so it is Both Convenient to the Driver and Not Easily Findable to the Thief ~ I've never added 1...
• Re: Alternator continuous-duty rating?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 23 Sep 2012 16:31:26 -0700
  ...driver's side air intake. > > you can see a pic here on my old neglected website > http://www.members.shaw.ca/albell/images/final...
• Power Widow Motor
  Historical mailing list - Brian Sherburne
  Thu, 1 Mar 2001 09:45:25 -0600
  ...A couple of weeks went by and I finally was able to pick it up. This is where it gets weird. When I got...
• Re: Oil pressure with Mystery oil
  Historical mailing list - T Berk
  Mon, 17 Sep 2001 13:36:26 -0700
  ...I put Marvel > Mystery Oil in the Vanagon two weeks ago and have not driven it much since. > Finally got around to driving it...
• Re: hard to reach seam rust .. best options
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 30 May 2006 22:33:20 -0700
  ...My driver's > side...your > passenger's side. > > Perhaps the SA ones being built locally changed sides but they would be > the exception > as...
• Re: tranny shaft play
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 8 Oct 1995 10:10:45 -0700
  ...You wrote: > >At 01:26 PM 10/7/95 CDT, Eric Baden wrote: >>I'm finally about to install a carefully rebuilt 2.0...
• Re: Road Trip
  Historical mailing list - Skip Laubach
  Tue, 17 May 2016 21:57:58 -0500
  ...PM, David Bjorkman wrote: >> >> Hi All; >> Finally on our way down Rt. 66. After a 2 day drive from Boston, a couple of very...
• Re: Fw: Sycnro Driveshaft U-joint removal?
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Thu, 13 Jan 2000 07:16:47 -0500
  ...Any tips on getting the U-joint off the driveshaft? Shaft is > > out and I have the new joint I'm dying to get...
• Re: Transmission FAQ From Germany Machine Translated
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Thu, 22 Feb 2001 22:09:08 -0800
  ...Final drive Behind the clutch bell is the case of the final > drive with the differential. It concerns here a winkeltrieb, whereby the > small...