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• posting of pictures of 15 in steel Mercedes wheels on Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Samuel L. Walters
  Sun, 24 Feb 2002 22:08:28 -0500
  ...The wheels bolted straight on with a nut found easily in a number of parts stores. 14mm holes and it worked just fine. I...
• Re: H4 Headlamp conversion
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 27 Apr 2002 22:54:25 -0700
  ...I would like some info on what is required, part number's, manufacturers of the lamps needed, suppliers---anything--- Time to toss the wimpy...
• sharing vanagon junkyard wealth
  Historical mailing list - Loretta Abbott-Kennon
  Fri, 29 Nov 2002 21:49:48 EST
  ...in contacting them they are in Irwindale, southern California their phone number is (626)357-3361 ask for Zach, I think it is a...
• plan for oil pressure gauge install- opinions wtd
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sutton
  Thu, 17 Mar 2005 07:40:11 -0500
  ...If my planned configuration works, I'll be keeping the low pressure warning light, but will have actual numbers for the rest. I guess...
• Re: V6 vanagon, with 4 speed auto tranny
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:17:35 -0600
  ...on the Zetec for > their > conversions, he had eliminated a number of engines based on (among > other > things) availability, initial cost, cost of parts...
• Cooling System Opinion
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 17 Jul 1997 06:55:10 -0400
  ...weight is attatched to the engine. I guess the metalugical deal is that since zinc's atomic number is closer to lead, the base...
• Re: Engine removal, long winded...... Seeking advice
  Historical mailing list - vanagonvw
  Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:01:01 -0600
  ...How high can you go? (ceiling height) Then, > dimension of engine WITH floor jack so you can leave it sitting on > floor jack as...
• Re: Fuel Injector Question
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 22 Jan 2011 17:00:24 -0600
  ...Your fuel injection system uses one oxygen sensor, one throttle position sensor, etc to monitor and make adjustments to the entire engine. Fuel delivery...
• Re: '84 1.9L 2-WD -- cold start problems still the same after new O2-sensor, new Temp II sensor, and new plugs
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sun, 19 Jun 2011 18:14:34 -0400
  ...Start engine w/o foot on accelerator > pedal. Engine starts and goes to around 800 rpm (instrument panel > tachometer). If slight pressure put on...
• Avoid Parts Place at all costs!! (was Re: TDI engines $1999.95)
  Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
  Sat, 11 Mar 2000 21:54:52 -0500
  ...the serial numbers down. You call and ask for shipping reimbursement, a refund, and for them to pick up their engine. They refuse. Thankfully...
• Re: V-belt replacement
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Thu, 14 Jun 2007 10:44:21 -0700
  ...And the comments about tightening X-number of bolts may be pretty basic. But then some people drive out of the campground with the...
• Re: [subaruvanagon] 1987 VW Tach - Special Request
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 15 Mar 2004 14:35:32 -0500
  ...the Vanagon and do a >voltage measurement across pin number 3 and pin number 9. Again, do >the same for the current measurement. Verify...
• Re: To rebuild or not to Rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sun, 12 Jan 2003 13:34:41 -0500
  ...I have rebuilt "normal" VW air-cooled engines myself, and would be doing the assembly myself, and this engine sort of reminds me of...
• Re: how to remove driver's side "engine tin"/ Burn, Baby, Burn.
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sun, 24 Jul 2005 03:03:03 EDT
  ...With that, a green engineer who was representing the vendor, Combustion Engineering, in this circle jerk stepped in and said no heat on a...
• Re: Power & MPG Summer/Winter Burnt piston.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 14 Nov 2015 09:38:39 -0500
  ...At that point I knew it was engine #2. The tear down was finished, an I opted to buy engine number 3 from Jim...
• Re: Diesel (AAZ) engine conversion questions
  Historical mailing list - Ron Komoroski
  Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:22:42 -0500
  ...Diesel (AAZ) engine conversion questions > My worry centres on just what precautions owners of older TD's will > have to take when running on...
• ABA into 1.9 Vanagon was coolant overflow fears and thoughts
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 12 May 2013 20:17:22 -0700
  ...Where is the documentation, > parts, etc. > for a junkyard DIY ABA engine conversion? I don't want to fabricate > everything myself and figure out...
• Getting Archive results - Super Fast Method
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Tue, 11 Jan 2000 13:03:35 -0600
  ...Engine Surges > >While bleeding air from my cooling system, I ran the engine at about 2000 >RPM by putting a dime in the throttle...
• Re: Engine Advice Needed
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 26 May 2014 08:44:42 -0400
  ...2014 1:34 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Engine Advice Needed If it was in my driveway the test would now...
• Wouldn't start... mea culpa!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 Nov 1995 17:22:59 -0500 (EST)
  Hi, all I recall seeing a number of posts recently about busses not starting. Lots of suggestions on how to fix the problem. I...
• Re: Trip statistics
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 27 Aug 2015 19:44:31 -0700
  ...Phx to PNW to Glacier to PNW to Phx with several side trips. >> >> The numbers: >> 6720 miles; 152.7 miles/day; 198 miles/fill...
• Re: subaru conversion: RSA trans
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 30 Mar 2001 13:08:57 +1200
  ...I doubt there are any I5 engines from RSA now, just I5s. Andrew Grebneff 165 Evans St, Dunedin, New Zealand fax 64 (3) 479...
• Re: I broke a coupling
  Historical mailing list - Harmon Seaver
  Thu, 8 Aug 2002 10:00:06 -0500
  ...If you have trouble > getting the part you can make an orifice from brass or plastic -- a number > 54 drill is exactly right, though...
• Re: My poor MPG, O2 sensor seems okay
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:24:01 -0700
  ...It gives us great sadness. > > It has been proposed that my poor numbers might be due to a funky O2 > sensor, or crummy compression...
• Re: STP Gas Treatment
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 10 Mar 2011 23:51:11 -0500
  ...Especially the 2.1L engines with the oil heat exchanger which not only provides some cooling but also warms the oil to at least...
• Re: Diesel engine wont start
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn Ratjen
  Fri, 7 Oct 2005 10:29:59 -0700
  ...The engine went dead, and it didn=92t want to start again. = After this the fuse was gone on number 7 in the fuse...
• Re: Timing belt - Subie engines
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Tue, 19 Jun 2007 18:01:04 -0400
  ...now let see! Which engine? which year? would you do some work on a higher millage engine? (head gasket, water pump, belt...), are you...
• emissions data
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Mon, 30 Aug 2004 08:23:52 -0700
  ...No numbers for you just concepts. Most fuel :::injection engines run about the same. It is the Cat :::that scrubs out the pollutants. The...
• Re: Vanagon trivia
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:37:18 -0700
  ...lol ;) > why does my jaguar have a chevy engine > hey whats this vw engine doing in my dodge > i did have high hopes for...
• Re: flashing coolant light purpose
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:19:15 -0500
  ...is astonishing > > the number of people who just get in their vehicles and just drive, > > never ever monitoring the engine until it acts up...
• Re: Oxygen Sensors
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 3 Jul 1997 14:32:26 -0700 (PDT)
  ...If the regulator and wiring are not at fault, check the lambda sensor by measuring its voltage output with the engine running at 3000...
• Re: Advice on TD engine problem
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Thu, 21 May 2015 22:31:24 +0000
  The valve is actually located inside a small hole that feeds oil to the head of the engine. It just screws into this hole...
• Re: Coolant hose replacement
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:16:10 -0700
  ...I > typed the number into Google and discovered that it's not easy to come > by. Frank Condelli's site lists it as part...
• Re: Idle issues...
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Sat, 4 Apr 2009 21:45:53 -0400
  ...Westfalia.� I've had a > number of idle issues with my van over the years, but replaced the > engine when it threw a rod...
• Re: afordable alternatives RE: Radiator fan resistor
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 27 Jul 2013 16:52:29 -0500
  ...It would just need to have the same number of stages > for > >> correct functionality. And of course the footprint would need to match > the...
• Re: was To buy or not to buy: 87 Westy NOW: Green Coolant?
  Historical mailing list - Stones
  Fri, 31 May 2002 11:44:25 -0400
  ...So is > Prestone safe? If not, what brands are safe? What do phosphates damage in > the engine? The "blue goo", the coolant specifically designed...
• Re: What do you call this piece???
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Mon, 6 Oct 2008 10:46:03 -0400
  ...the fuel line on either side of the engine bay? > Does anyone have a part number or appropiate name? > pic for reference: > > http://i6...
• Fwd: 1988 Vanagon GL tintop
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 13 Feb 2016 16:31:01 -0600
  ...With the replacement ECU in place, the engine fired right up. However, there were two immediate problems. >> >> The engine hunted up and down rapidly...
• Re: MPG Question
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 1 Apr 2006 20:25:00 -0800
  ...If you got the number of > Vanagons wrong, maybe you got the rest of what I said wrong too! > > On 3/31/06, *robert...
• Re: Digifane without Throttle Position switch???
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:30:02 -0700
  ...I'll be firing up one of those engines, with external thermostat-controlled oil cooler too, soon. thanks ! scott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alistair Bell...
• Re: mechanic time
  Historical mailing list - John P. Flaherty
  Wed, 7 Apr 1999 16:52:20 -0400
  ...mechanic time >bad ground in engine compartm,ent > >At 07:07 PM 4/5/99 -0400, you wrote: >> >> Well, that's it. I finally...
• Re: 1981 Vanagon...Need Advice
  Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
  Sat, 28 Aug 1999 23:57:55 -0400
  ...Search the archives for fuel line replacement and count the number of vans that have burned due to leaky fuel lines. > -----Original Message----- > From...
• Re: '82 diesel water pump belt adjustment woes
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Mon, 11 Feb 2002 06:06:47 -0800
  ...engineers figured out how to adjust the water pump fixed solidly to the block with a single belt. But removing the correct number of...
• Re: alternative carburetion of FI 2.0 Liter vanagon engine???
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee, Vanagon Racks
  Wed, 7 Sep 2005 22:50:46 -0600
  ...I converted a Vanagon to propane a number of years ago. Depending on the where you live and the price of LPG, it can...
• Oops - Forgot to include the Westy's year
  Historical mailing list - samc
  Sat, 25 Nov 2006 19:58:18 -0500
  ...and the one drawing I've seen of the engine shows the part number as 21 which is either correct of part no. 21...
• Re: 87 Westy Engine/Trans removal Day 1 - or Boy, do I miss my 67 Westy!!!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:16:09 -0700
  ...87 Westy Engine/Trans removal Day 1 - or Boy, do I miss my 67 Westy!!! Hi, Today I started to drop the engine and...
• Re: Rad Fan isn't working properly
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Thu, 8 Apr 2004 12:40:31 EDT
  ...Check the part number on the switch you took out . I believe the stock switch is part number 321 959 481D while the "cooler...
• Re: Hiccups, static electricity, wireharness.
  Historical mailing list - Modl6971
  Mon, 18 May 1998 02:39:08 EDT
  ...55 mph the engine starts stalling for about a microsec. at the time. This could go on for about a minute or two and...
• Correct Tire Pressures
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Wed, 15 Jul 1998 20:55:42 EDT
  ...About two years ago I converted my diesel to a �90 1.8L/8V Digifant gasoline engine, significantly increasing my ground speed. Approximately 8...
• Re: More electric drama.
  Historical mailing list - Jeremy Stovin
  Sat, 14 Jul 2018 15:54:44 -0700
  ...So turning off the charging source such as the engine do not expect this type controller to immediately disconnect. There are a number of...
• Re: Thinking swap? Engine options are only half the story...What ...
  Historical mailing list - Sebastian Hill
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 19:09:03 -0700
  ...try hobby engine) > >The WBX is a combination of best of both the T1 and T4 engines. > >And what I have USED is PROVEN...
• Re: Oil Pump Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 24 Nov 2000 14:10:29 -0500
  ...The pump can be replaced with the engine in the Van. It is easiest if you remove the muffler and the rear engine mount...
• Re: Engine is being flooded with fuel. Help??
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 23 Jul 2004 10:53:20 -0700
  ...same part > number on them and it didn't help. What turns the relays on and off? > Where is the engine grounded to the...
• Re: Rough running till warmed up
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Tue, 21 Aug 2007 08:39:22 -0700
  ...Idle setting has an implication to engine gas mileage. But engine performance will suffer if the idle was set to too low. I made...
• Re: Westfalia rental (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Mon, 17 Apr 1995 12:31:47 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Do you >>have a phone number to contact a Westfalia rental place? We would be >>needing one for about a week. Thanks in advance...
• Re: Pulling engine/transmission together? Speaking of jacks or jack accessories
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 30 Apr 2017 02:06:07 +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: gasoline price time capsule
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 3 Sep 2005 11:14:10 -0700
  ...ending with an even number could fill up on an even day , and plates ending with an odd number could fill up on days...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome TSB 92-02: Also Applies To Digijet ?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 21 Jun 2017 17:03:47 -0400
  ...24 Number: 92-02 Date: April 30, 1992 > >> Subject: Vanagon Drivability Complaints Model(s): All Water Cooled > >> Engine Vanagons SUPERCEDES TECHNICAL BULLETIN 24-92...
• Re: EPA and Vanagon Emissions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 29 Jun 2012 11:41:07 -0700
  ...100 is a very fast even number. 120 km/hr does not automatically mean much to most of us 'Murakins.' and psi ...man are...
• Re: ?? SA Engine Conversion ??
  Historical mailing list - Charles McGehee
  Fri, 15 Jun 2001 10:45:36 -0700
  ...So, if the Micro Bus takes off, maybe the EV's days are numbered. The price reduction which is supposedly coming would suggest that...