Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2014 14:23:11 -0400
Reply-To: Robert MacDowell <yakandhike@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Robert MacDowell <yakandhike@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Need repair shop near Santa monica
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Does anybody know a repair shop near here. I have a CV joint going bad and
need help. I'm a traveler from Pa. Thanks
On Sep 5, 2014 9:00 PM, "Automatic digest processor" <
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> There are 3 messages totalling 312 lines in this issue.
>
> Topics of the day:
>
> 1. Bilsteins shocks FS: will be @ Van-O-Rama Sunday
> 2. Flickering Oil Light at Idle (2)
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2014 16:09:10 -0700
> From: Michael Hart <mjhart853@GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Re: Bilsteins shocks FS: will be @ Van-O-Rama Sunday
>
> FS: Bilstein HD shocks (front & rear) from my Westy
> I will be at Van-O-Rama, South San Francisco this Sunday 7th if anyone is
> interested in them
>
> Mike Hart,
> Palo Alto, CA
> '87 2WD White Westphalia 'T3WESTY'
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2014 13:35:52 -1000
> From: "SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
> Subject: Re: Flickering Oil Light at Idle
>
> tell you are really neat way to install gauges.
> ( traditionally ..depending how factory looking you want to make a gauge
> installation it can be a lot of work...
> there's mounting, or making holes for the gauges...wiring, and dash
> lilluminatino for them )
>
> what i have found that works just great is 'gauge pods' ..
> I got my from John's Sport House ..or somebody's Sport House that I
> accessed via egauges.com ..like talking to them on the phone.
> Yeah..think it's John's Sport House.
>
> these black plastic pods have a pedestal ...which is very handly.
> and I want the gauges very close to my line of sight when driving ..like
> don't want to 'look down in the cockpit somewhere' to see what the OP is.
> so I put these right at the base of the windshield..
> which means the wires to them can sneak out a few inches from the
> forward right corner of the instrument cluster cover.
>
> no drilling any holes !
>
> Plus..I just stick the pedestal on with black silicone.. easy to see too.
>
> I happen to like wiring the guage illumination voltage to Ign On
> voltage' ..so they are illuminated as soon as you turn on the key.
> conenct them to '15' voltage. ( not X voltage from the key ..which is
> wipers, headlights, and other things that are not powered during starter
> cranking ) .
>
> see if you can get single gauge pods ...they make installation really
> easy ..
>
> and they're right in fronta yer nose that way right where ya want 'em.
>
>
>
> the VDO guages from egauges.com can have white, red, or green
> illumiunation. I got for the red myself.
> On 9/5/2014 12:55 PM, Ryan Perry wrote:
> > Great Advice for Sure, I definitely want to go with the 2.1. I don't
> > need to go fast, but torque up and over the mtns here (only 6k ASL)
> > would be awesome. Need to think it through and research options.
> >
> > Well for the light coming on...I changed the oil, added the lucas oil
> > treatment and changed the filter. Unfortunately no Mann, Mahle as I
> > was wanting to try out, but did get a mobile1, and it was black so
> > sounds like the concensus was ok to use.
> >
> > Went for nice long drive, maybe 15m and definitely fixed the issue,
> > got it nice and hot and went to idle...NO LIGHT! I will be looking
> > forward to a good long trip to see how it does.
> >
> > I know I am buying time till I make a decision or the engine blows up.
> > So question, Scott had a good link to that site that seems to have a
> > ton of gauges..but I am not smart enough to know particulars. Does
> > anyone have a link list for a Temp Gauge and Oil Gauge combo they have
> > purchased and liked? Even a particular set up or package from the
> vendors?
> > I would like as stock and non obtrusive as possible but know I need to
> > keep an eye on it. Maybe the steering wheel cover? A pillar?
> > Thoughts? Sure there is a ton on Samba should probably start there :)
> >
> > Either way, thanks for the guidance! All of your Friday Beers are on
> > Me! Just put it on my tab...
> >
> > Ryan
> > Asheville, NC
> > 84 Westie "Artie McPartie"
> >
> > Ryan Perry
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 5:18 PM, SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
> > <scottdaniel@turbovans.com <mailto:scottdaniel@turbovans.com>> wrote:
> >
> > Once engine miles are very high I like an OP Gauge on the rig for
> > sure.
> > I go to egauges.com <http://egauges.com> and buy a VDO electrical
> > gauge ....0 to 80 psi,
> > and the sender.
> >
> > getting the sender connected to a waterboxer's sender hole under
> > the left head is a trick ...
> > I use a metal brake line and fittings to mount the sender on the
> > forward side of the left head.
> >
> > you may find OP at a hot idle is as low as 5 psi ..
> > or even zero sometimes.
> > lol....'mostly' all the engines ..especially older 1.9's that I
> > put a gauge on, run between 6 and 60 psi.
> >
> > a 2.1 ss a fine upgrade.
> > numerous ways to do it .
> > even if you keep your Digijet EFI ...it's very nice to have a
> > *compete* 2.1 exhaust system on there..
> > superior to the 1.9's joke system in several ways. ..
> > 2.1 intake runners, plenum, and throttle body all fit too.
> >
> > one can even run the 1.9's cooling system and plumb in a 2.1 oil
> > cooler/heat exchanger .
> >
> > Scott
> >
> >
> > On 9/5/2014 8:26 AM, Ryan Perry wrote:
> >> Thanks everybody for the help and input. Here are my next steps
> >>
> >> 1. Change Oil back to Castrol Synth 20/50 (is there anything
> else
> >> recommended that would be better?) Might drop some SeaFoam and
> consider it
> >> an engine cleaning rather than a wasted oil change.
> >> 2. Switch out the BOSCH filter for a MANN, MAHLE or NAPA or
> >> MOBILE1-M1-205 (my last one was a NAPA Gold, but want to try a
> MAN, MAHLE
> >> this go around)
> >> 3. Work on getting an Oil Gauge installed (
> >> 4. I do want to upgrade the engine, knowing its on the way out.
> Thinking
> >> of putting in an order for a Vanistan.com engine over the
> winter or finding
> >> a reputable mechanic for a rebuild (any Asheville, NC people
> have a source
> >> please let me know) Sure would like a 2.1 though...
> >> 5. Continue to enjoy my time with Artie McParty and his 192k
> engine.
> >> Fall festival season is here and I got some trips to make up
> the mountain!
> >>
> >> I consider myself lucky on this van, I am the 3rd owner and the
> second
> >> owner only had it for 6 months after buying it from an older
> gentleman (a
> >> professor at ASU from what I was told) in AZ and driving it to NC.
> Its a
> >> rust free, unmolested, clean with the original engine. With that
> many miles
> >> I consider it a blessing to have had this much fun including an
> engagement
> >> trip out west to NM, CO
> >> <
> https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/101740169475139345962/albums/5795906082007912833?sort=1>
> <
> https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/101740169475139345962/albums/5795906082007912833?sort=1
> >
> >> including numerous high passes. Made just over 4k miles in a month
> without
> >> a hick-up (well one broken belt, no biggie)
> >>
> >> Anything else to drop in that list?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Ryan Perry
> >>
> >
> >
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2014 13:36:44 -1000
> From: "SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
> Subject: Re: Flickering Oil Light at Idle
>
> ell you are really neat way to install gauges.
> ( traditionally ..depending how factory looking you want to make a gauge
> installation it can be a lot of work...
> there's mounting, or making holes for the gauges...wiring, and dash
> lilluminatino for them )
>
> what i have found that works just great is 'gauge pods' ..
> I got my from John's Sport House ..or somebody's Sport House that I
> accessed via egauges.com ..like talking to them on the phone.
> Yeah..think it's John's Sport House.
>
> these black plastic pods have a pedestal ...which is very handly.
> and I want the gauges very close to my line of sight when driving ..like
> don't want to 'look down in the cockpit somewhere' to see what the OP is.
> so I put these right at the base of the windshield..
> which means the wires to them can sneak out a few inches from the
> forward right corner of the instrument cluster cover.
>
> no drilling any holes !
>
> Plus..I just stick the pedestal on with black silicone.. easy to see
> the gauges there too.
>
> I happen to like wiring the guage illumination voltage to Ign On
> voltage' ..so they are illuminated as soon as you turn on the key.
> conenct them to '15' voltage. ( not X voltage from the key ..which is
> wipers, headlights, and other things that are not powered during starter
> cranking ) .
>
> see if you can get single gauge pods ...they make installation really
> easy ..
>
> and they're right in fronta yer nose that way right where ya want 'em.
>
>
>
> the VDO guages from egauges.com can have white, red, or green
> illumiunation. I got for the red myself.
> On 9/5/2014 12:55 PM, Ryan Perry wrote:
> > Great Advice for Sure, I definitely want to go with the 2.1. I don't need
> > to go fast, but torque up and over the mtns here (only 6k ASL) would be
> > awesome. Need to think it through and research options.
> >
> > Well for the light coming on...I changed the oil, added the lucas oil
> > treatment and changed the filter. Unfortunately no Mann, Mahle as I was
> > wanting to try out, but did get a mobile1, and it was black so sounds
> like
> > the concensus was ok to use.
> >
> > Went for nice long drive, maybe 15m and definitely fixed the issue, got
> it
> > nice and hot and went to idle...NO LIGHT! I will be looking forward to a
> > good long trip to see how it does.
> >
> > I know I am buying time till I make a decision or the engine blows up. So
> > question, Scott had a good link to that site that seems to have a ton of
> > gauges..but I am not smart enough to know particulars. Does anyone have a
> > link list for a Temp Gauge and Oil Gauge combo they have purchased and
> > liked? Even a particular set up or package from the vendors?
> > I would like as stock and non obtrusive as possible but know I need to
> keep
> > an eye on it. Maybe the steering wheel cover? A pillar?
> > Thoughts? Sure there is a ton on Samba should probably start there :)
> >
> > Either way, thanks for the guidance! All of your Friday Beers are on Me!
> > Just put it on my tab...
> >
> > Ryan
> > Asheville, NC
> > 84 Westie "Artie McPartie"
> >
> > Ryan Perry
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 5:18 PM, SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott ) <
> > scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Once engine miles are very high I like an OP Gauge on the rig for
> sure.
> >> I go to egauges.com and buy a VDO electrical gauge ....0 to 80 psi,
> >> and the sender.
> >>
> >> getting the sender connected to a waterboxer's sender hole under the
> left
> >> head is a trick ...
> >> I use a metal brake line and fittings to mount the sender on the forward
> >> side of the left head.
> >>
> >> you may find OP at a hot idle is as low as 5 psi ..
> >> or even zero sometimes.
> >> lol....'mostly' all the engines ..especially older 1.9's that I put a
> >> gauge on, run between 6 and 60 psi.
> >>
> >> a 2.1 ss a fine upgrade.
> >> numerous ways to do it .
> >> even if you keep your Digijet EFI ...it's very nice to have a *compete*
> >> 2.1 exhaust system on there..
> >> superior to the 1.9's joke system in several ways. ..
> >> 2.1 intake runners, plenum, and throttle body all fit too.
> >>
> >> one can even run the 1.9's cooling system and plumb in a 2.1 oil
> >> cooler/heat exchanger .
> >>
> >> Scott
> >>
> >>
> >> On 9/5/2014 8:26 AM, Ryan Perry wrote:
> >>
> >> Thanks everybody for the help and input. Here are my next steps
> >>
> >> 1. Change Oil back to Castrol Synth 20/50 (is there anything else
> >> recommended that would be better?) Might drop some SeaFoam and
> consider it
> >> an engine cleaning rather than a wasted oil change.
> >> 2. Switch out the BOSCH filter for a MANN, MAHLE or NAPA or
> >> MOBILE1-M1-205 (my last one was a NAPA Gold, but want to try a MAN,
> MAHLE
> >> this go around)
> >> 3. Work on getting an Oil Gauge installed (
> >> 4. I do want to upgrade the engine, knowing its on the way out.
> Thinking
> >> of putting in an order for a Vanistan.com engine over the winter or
> finding
> >> a reputable mechanic for a rebuild (any Asheville, NC people have a
> source
> >> please let me know) Sure would like a 2.1 though...
> >> 5. Continue to enjoy my time with Artie McParty and his 192k engine.
> >> Fall festival season is here and I got some trips to make up the
> mountain!
> >>
> >> I consider myself lucky on this van, I am the 3rd owner and the second
> >> owner only had it for 6 months after buying it from an older gentleman
> (a
> >> professor at ASU from what I was told) in AZ and driving it to NC. Its a
> >> rust free, unmolested, clean with the original engine. With that many
> miles
> >> I consider it a blessing to have had this much fun including an
> engagement
> >> trip out west to NM, CO<
> https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/101740169475139345962/albums/5795906082007912833?sort=1>
> <
> https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/101740169475139345962/albums/5795906082007912833?sort=1
> >
> >> including numerous high passes. Made just over 4k miles in a month
> without
> >> a hick-up (well one broken belt, no biggie)
> >>
> >> Anything else to drop in that list?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Ryan Perry
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
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>
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