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• Re: Motorcycle Hitch for 1985
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 18 Feb 2005 16:47:09 -0700
  ...Not sure if the camper supplement shows a lower number or not. > > Don in Reidsville, NC > 1987 Vanagon GL Syncro (Suzie) - For Sale! > 1988...
• Re: Why am I not surprised? (charging wires)
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sat, 2 Sep 2006 11:44:08 -0400
  ...Westy, I opened the black box on the firewall in the engine > > compartment ... the one where the charging wires from the alternator run > > to...
• Re: 50 worst cars, and the vanagon isn't one of them
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 9 Sep 2007 09:16:51 -0700
  ...It should be! To this day, I can't believe Chev made, or sourced, that failure of an engine with its' piston/rings scraping...
• Re: Jonce and Sprinter
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:35:27 -0500
  ...On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 4:10 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > Yes, they are available with slides and a number...
• Re: 86 Westy Syncro oil pressure woes
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Jun 1996 09:15:59 -0700 (PDT)
  ...the engine been maintained? If it is >full of gunk, the pump inlet screen could be clogging. I've seen this a >number of...
• Re: Gasoline Grade?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 14 Mar 1997 14:16:58 -0500 (EST)
  ...the octane number. Now, in an engine that can adjust timing with the aid of a knock sensor (not any Vanagon engine, but found...
• Re: Help with Timing of Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Paul Borghese
  Fri, 13 Apr 2001 12:25:20 -0400
  ...use plug wire number one to drive your timing light; (passenger side, closest to headlight end of van) 3. timing is set when mark...
• Load Reduction Relay: what's it do?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Sun, 15 Apr 2001 20:07:25 EDT
  ...Part Number: 171 937 503 1.What does the Load Reduction Relay do? (It's mounted on top of the fuse box) 2. It...
• westy insights (may only interest old westy nutz)
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Fri, 5 May 1995 09:40:43 -0500 (CDT)
  ...i have even gone as far as to check part numbers in my westy part manuals to ensure that the aforementioned parts are interchangeable...
• Re: Lost power while driving, now no start
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 14 Oct 2014 13:45:31 -0500
  Broken timing belt? I once had one of these Subaru engines in a (hold your breath) Subaru. The engine is a non-interference engine...
• Oil Filter performance
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 5 Nov 2007 23:24:27 -0500
  ...This is a requirement for warranty for the Cat engine and Allison transmission in my motor home to allow extended drains. Back In March...
• Re: engine for sale
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Bailey
  Fri, 24 Oct 2003 09:22:26 -0500
  ...He says basically since the guy I > bought > > the engine from > > is so far away that it would cost more than what I paid...
• Re: Can I swap a 2.1 into a 1983 with a 1.9?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 16 Sep 2015 08:08:49 -0600
  ...I killed the engine at that point and have not touched it since. Can I swap both the transmission and the engine (once repaired...
• Re: Engine electrical power requirements?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:22:17 -0700
  ...I wonder how long it can power the engine?" > > That would be the ECU, fuel pump, ignition bits (coil und so weiter), > various senders...
• Re: 3.3 verses 4.3 ???
  Historical mailing list - Bike Florida
  Sun, 25 Jul 2004 09:50:37 -0400
  ...Nothing BUT JUNK! The only thing they have in numbers, and money. There engineering is JUNK! Eric 86-VW4x4 vw4x4@fyi.net 86-SS...
• Re: Watch out Westy, there is a new kid in town!
  Historical mailing list - chris and/or ruth
  Sun, 8 Apr 2012 19:48:37 -0700
  ...3 � ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I had a good look.� Especially at the standard 106L !!! engine.� I want to see that baby, and I'd like to see...
• Re: Where can this wire be found?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 26 May 2011 13:51:05 -0700
  ...97.56, current track number 29) > > be accessed from the top of the engine compartment, and if so, where the > > dickens is it? > > > > > > -- > > Rocky...
• FS 83 westy, 2.6L V6// & // UTAH Listmembers--Thanks
  Historical mailing list - kW
  Wed, 30 Sep 1998 19:30:33 -0700
  ...The person said it had a Mustang 2.6 L engine put in about 1.5 years ago. Anyone know much about this engine...
• Re: Front Blinkers are super Dim
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:19:51 -0400
  ...I seem to be getting around 9volts to >>> the blinkers while 13 volts is measured in corner marker mode with the >>> engine running. >>> >>> I...
• Re: -Now Engine Conversion - doing your own soobie wire harness
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:09:27 -0700
  ...RE: -Now Engine Conversion - doing your own soobie wire harness >> Yes, and...you're overlooking the 'knowledge factor' about having done your own harness...
• Re: Moral question
  Historical mailing list - Bostig Eng
  Wed, 17 Jan 2007 10:31:41 -0500
  ...That's really the only reason "book" numbers like alldata, mitchell, etc are useful to everyone. You have some number in mind ahead of...
• Re: Organizing Vanagon Maintenance Information
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 22 May 2003 23:07:28 -0700
  ...The one thing that I'd like to see from whom ever does your project is part numbers for items that the text addresses...
• hydraulic conundrum + parking brake actuator rod
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Mon, 19 Aug 2013 11:12:32 -0400
  ...Still, upon reassembly, it continues to weep ever so slightly (maybe one drop every couple of seconds with engine on and me pumping the...
• Re: The "Other" Vanagon Syndrome, Part II
  Historical mailing list - Harald Rust
  Tue, 30 Sep 2003 21:33:44 -0700
  ...24 Number: 92-01 Date: February 29, 1992 Subject: Vanagon Intermittent Misfire Model(s): All Vanagon Digifant Fuel Injection Engines CONDITION After driving for...
• Re: Dipstick oil level
  Historical mailing list - Jim Henry
  Wed, 7 Sep 2005 09:02:56 -0400
  I have found a number of benefits from not filling to the max level. It has been suggested here in the past that if...
• Re: hesitation
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 3 May 2005 08:49:23 -0500
  ...I can > think of a number of things that would cause this, but the fact that > the engine > never falters just seems strange. > > Any...
• Re: Engine worries return
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 29 Jul 2017 14:01:49 -0700
  ...move the intake runners out of the way, remove engine belts, loosen power steering pump bracket at head, remove valve covers and rocker arm...
• '90 Vanagon: Hose leaking antifreeze
  Historical mailing list - Don Oldenburg
  Sat, 26 May 2001 11:32:29 EDT
  ...engine connection, there's a break where the antifreeze leaks when pressured. Got the part #: 025-121-058-M (and maybe the same number...
• Re: Engine oil
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 7 Aug 2022 08:41:55 -0700
  thank you Dennis, I wonder if there's something to do with the oil grade they recommend with the RPM of the engines... On...
• Re: Oil.. Where's it go?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 18 Oct 2017 15:49:11 -0700
  ...These numbers are for traditional engines where the static oil level is below the lowest point of the crankshaft. In the basic line of...
• Re: Thinking swap? Engine options are only half the story...What ...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Wed, 6 Sep 2000 13:17:10 EDT
  >> You take this engine thing way too personally... >> and then you try to promote it to everyone else as >> the best option... Not really...
• Re: Stranded Vanagon comment
  Historical mailing list - Chris
  Tue, 31 Aug 2004 22:51:06 -0500
  ...a mutual >> friend, Ina from Ottawa. >> >> Unfortunately Ina blew her engine (The number four rod came through >> the >> case) just outside of Rapid City...
• Re: WBX bashing
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Wed, 31 Jul 2002 12:39:25 -0700
  ...100K is an arbitrarily low number for a reasonable service life of an engine. With 3K oil and filter changes, most "Big 3" engines...
• Re: Pulling engine/transmission together?
  Historical mailing list - joe kallo
  Sun, 30 Apr 2017 02:02:33 +0000
  ...Pulling engine/transmission together? > > I tried a number of times. Unless you have a lift and real good method of > dropping that assembly and...
• Re: throttle switch
  Historical mailing list - David Boan
  Thu, 14 Jan 2021 00:29:22 +0000
  ...You might find a cross via part number on it or, zoom in on the switch that GW uses for a part number. A...
• Re: Idle issue? Any update?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 23 May 2020 14:38:29 +0000
  ...cap number. b. Summer oil-change (considering 10w40 LubiMoly, as my motor has less than 90k orig. miles) At the point that engine wear...
• Vanagon got smacked :-(
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Wed, 15 Oct 1997 12:05:06 EDT
  ...I told him I don't want to involve insurance unless I have to so we traded names and phone numbers and I got...
• Re: 2.0L I4 Opportunities
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Tue, 14 May 2013 12:20:41 -0400
  ...As to the miles on the engine, I have never trusted the salvage yard numbers and always take the time to do a teardown...
• Re: Vanagon minds lend me your ears?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sun, 17 May 2009 10:25:44 -0500
  ...It just felt like someone turned engine > off. > I have been guilty of having a large number of keys on ring and I have...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Polson
  Sat, 12 Jun 2004 07:57:20 +0100
  ...This is done by developing consumables such as spark plugs, engine oil and filters that have longer service intervals and engine managament systems that...
• Re: Audi Turbo motor swap
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Thu, 9 Oct 2008 14:38:19 -0400
  ...even though actual number of problems > in any particular area are similar. > > There are also things which aren't really engine problems - timing > belts...
• Re: Plastic part for the louvered rear vents
  Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
  Thu, 6 Apr 2017 11:51:55 -0700
  ...Whether the part on ebay conforms to the >> claimed part number I can't say. >> >> Yrs, >> d >> >> On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 7...
• Re: help needed can not drive van...oil seals for Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:56:18 -0700
  ...for keeping out > water... > > does anybody have the correct seal part number and where to get them > quickly in canada? > and any thoughts or...
• Re: Vanagon longevity
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Fri, 30 Apr 1999 12:27:17 -0700
  ...he looks and runs like a 2-year old car. (New engine about 25,000 miles/40,000 km ago). Just got him back...
• Re: Power Loss
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sun, 5 Mar 2000 17:59:57 EST
  ...with engine running check output of alternator; with and without electrical consumers running. 13.8 volts is a good number. Next run the same...
• Re: Diesels on NPR this morning
  Historical mailing list - Steven Dodson
  Wed, 12 May 2004 11:42:12 -0700
  ...If you hybridized a small displacement TDI like the 1.2L Lupo engine, you'd have a runaway contender for best mileage and emissions...
• Re: Vanagon 1.9 Cat on Jetta 2.0 engine?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:56:12 -0700
  ...If you've done an engine swap that makes > your > > car > > > > pollute less, what's the problem? > > > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 5...
• Re: Head stud testing
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 21 Mar 2015 15:07:27 -0500
  ...number of turns. This is > also used for applications where the fastener is being torqued to yield > like some rod bolts. > > If the engine...
• for those who have not yet read at expeditionportal.com
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sun, 21 Oct 2012 13:23:39 -0700
  ...TDI engine out of a VW Jetta, so it has more power, and most importantly the engine produces significantly better fuel economy numbers. The...
• Re: 3.3 verses 4.3 verses 1.9???
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 25 Jul 2004 17:55:25 -0700
  ...See >http://www.fastforward.ca/VanagonSwap/AHU/ahu.jpg for a torque and power >chart of the TDI vs the wasserboxer engines. ------------- Just to...
• Trip Report and oil leakage
  Historical mailing list - David Devere
  Mon, 15 Nov 2004 16:00:04 -0600
  Hello fellow listees, As a continual service to our community I present these mind numbing numbers for your digestion just in case anyone is...
• Re: Small transmission leak--questions about dealing with it
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 11 Feb 2007 18:14:20 -0500
  ...Mike Jim Felder wrote: > After having a dry garage floor for a number of years, a tiny--one > drop per day--spot is showing...
• Re: Before I buy an engine ...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 7 Apr 1998 20:51:01 -0400
  ...Only the best of engines will provide this pressure at 2500 rpm. A real tired engine will have rod and bearing noises to match...
• Re: Transmission FAQ From Germany Machine Translated
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Thu, 22 Feb 2001 22:09:08 -0800
  ...The number of conceivable > combinations is nearly endless, for the operation from TDI engines is > however only " is enough " for transmissions of interest. The...
• Re: E-Code Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:20:16 -0500
  ...The >>> part numbers with "A" next to >>>>> them >>>>> >>> are listed as > halogen, but are still the 9004 bulb DOT spec lights. In >>>>> the >>>>> USA...
• Re: B. Bobs day at the dyno and the importance of fuel air ratio update
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Wed, 2 Jan 2002 07:57:52 -0800
  ...On those aircraft with >> engines equipped with an EGT probe mounted in each exhaust stack just >> outside the cylinder head, it was possible to...
• Re: WTB: EVAP charcoal canister
  Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
  Fri, 15 Aug 2014 01:38:16 -0700
  ...Given the noisy state parks I'm > encountering. ;) > > Heat, engine load (long grade), small tank outlet not withstanding, my Jetta engine management operates the...
• Re: FS 85 vw camper 6-cyl diesel 5-spee
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 09 Jul 1997 10:51:06 +0200
  ...The number specify the maximum total weight of the vehicle, LT 40 is specified for 4 tons. Even the 6 Zylinder seems not to...
• Re: Is it an 81 or 85???
  Historical mailing list - '80 Westy Pokey
  Tue, 13 Mar 2001 17:41:48 -0800
  ...If you've got a radiator and you're not using diesel fuel at least the engine is a 83.5 or later. The...
• Re: Distributor cap for 2.1 L--sloppy fit
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Wed, 4 Jul 2001 18:37:58 -0400
  ...After an engine install, I'm working on timing and note that the distributor cap seems to have a lot of slop in its...