I've seen an extremely early 1.9 powered '83.5 which had extremely different and strange cooling hoses (One piece of rubber from metal pipes all the way around the engine bay to the heads!) They were clearly stock as well! Maybe that's what they meant? I've never seen it again and think it's probably very uncommon. -Craig '85GL turned WESTY BOSTIG in the back On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 5:21 PM, Rocket J Squirrel < camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote: > I was looking over the tab from my local mechanic, who I tasked with > looking for loose transmission mounts, engine mounts, CV joints, or other > things responsible for a slight "thunk" I hear when I pull my foot off the > gas (didn't find anything); and I saw that on the ticket he had identified > the "Engine Type" as "1.9 A". > > This is a 1984 AT Vanagon with a 1.9l, don't know what the "A" might mean. > Guesses? > > -- > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott > 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") > 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) > Bend, OR > KG6RCR > |
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