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• Re: Lifter adjustment... How can I tell if they are really hydraulics?
  Historical mailing list - Jerry
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:01:58 -0500
  ...I'm in the throes of another "Vanagon Experience". > Headlight adjusters; slave cylinder... speedometer, headlight switch, > etc. Up to now I thought I would...
• Re: Clutch Chatter
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:28:20 -0800
  ...My 83.5 Westy had the cylinder head syndrome when it was at 30k+ miles. The previous owner had a dealer worked on it...
• Re: Stuck Head
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 10 Apr 2006 12:58:53 -0700
  ...on cylinders > > sticking to the head, but that is not my problem (yet). > > > > I backed off the head nuts. However, the head wouldn't...
• Leak Down Testing
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Sun, 31 Dec 2006 12:47:33 -0500
  ...the alternator center nut ~ Turn engine Clockwise // Once you find Number 1 TDC // Insert your test hose into number 1 cylinder then connect your...
• Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer Checking engine grounding1
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 14 Nov 2015 09:21:15 -0500
  ...But there is already a huge amount of torqued down metal to metal contact between the heads and the block and the cylinders so...
• Re: Re-use Used Steering Coupling Disks? (PICS)
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sun, 16 Nov 2008 10:37:51 -0500
  ...Steel lock-plates that go around both ends and are bent up to the bolt head and nut 'wrenching-flats' after tightening, like the...
• Re: Hydraulic lifters
  Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
  Sun, 8 Sep 2024 08:31:49 -0700
  ...Cooper wrote: >> I'm dealing with noise emanating from the LH cylinder head on my 1987 vanagon with the stock 2.1 engine. I...
• Re: Click found, but my mechanic needs your help
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sun, 6 Feb 2000 10:58:26 -0500
  ...head > or nut as the case may be. This is a common practice in the aviation industry > because you certainly don't want nuts...
• Re: Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 21 Dec 2015 10:45:45 -0500
  ...Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes >> >> I pulled the cylinders and put in the new o rings ( I had the gasket set). >> Then...
• Re: Coolant mystery
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 19 Jun 2016 00:37:18 -0400
  All failures of combustion gasses getting into the coolant from the cylinder to head seal start out due to the suds failing to hold...
• Re: 81 Clutch Slave Cylinder Removal
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Mon, 6 Aug 2001 11:19:36 -0700
  ...From the engine compartment he put the nut on as I, from underneath, with needle nose pliers pushed the bolt up. If I had...
• Re: Upper Control Arm Nut Grade Matter?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:08:57 -0700
  ...Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote: > > > >>> Bolt 251 407 053 A cheese head bolt, M12x1.5x105 - says up to 24-C-117944 >>> also use 251...
• Re: adjust parking brake?
  Historical mailing list - Fred Porter
  Thu, 7 May 1998 13:35:43 -0600
  ...nut holding the lever cable under tension. Then back off the adjusting wheel (i made that tool by bending a used up flat head...
• Re: stripped oil drain plug
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Fri, 27 Jan 2006 19:47:37 -0600
  ...in the process of having a heli coil installed in my cylinder >> head to take >> care of stripped spark plug threads. I have searched...
• Re: Exhaust Leak- Temp. Fix?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 16 Apr 2004 14:13:23 -0500
  ...The joint where the header pipe meets the flange on Cylinder #1 is > pretty much gone, cracked at the seam. I'd thought I...
• Re: Two bolts to mount the alternator bracket to the engine block are just plain missing!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:52:31 -0800
  ...engine >> ........... >> kinda above the right cylinder head............ >> but I know you know that ! >> >> ( main trans to engine nuts or bolts are 19mm hex wrench...
• Re: Whoa! H6 subie & Dieselboxer
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 5 Sep 2007 23:39:54 +1200
  ...Toyota van nut � Opinions stated are mine, not of the University of Otago "There is water at the bottom of the ocean" - Talking Heads
• Re: Head gasket fun
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Sat, 11 Nov 2023 14:42:15 -0500
  ...to use this on used > heads, what about new ones? Also, for the final torque on the head nuts, is > it 37 (Bentley) or...
• finding crack in Amsterdam, part 2
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 23 May 2016 23:26:57 -0700
  ...Alas, once the head came free there was a visible crack all the way through the cylinder wall itself, making the cracked head the...
• Re: Head stud testing
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 21 Mar 2015 15:07:27 -0500
  ...Head stud testing > > The Vanagon head stud application is a bit unique. Due to the different > materials in the case, heads, cylinders and the...
• '56 Kombi - Plans
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Tue, 1 Nov 1994 10:31:10 -0800 (PST)
  ...For $650, this baby comes with a NEW AS21 case, NEW heads, NEW P/C, NEW oil pump, NEW Bearings, seals, etc. It seems...
• Preparations for Rough Roads
  Historical mailing list - Jeanne Maly
  Sun, 16 Apr 2000 15:00:20 -0700
  ...ENGINE Inserts for intake air cleaner K&N Air Filter 2 engine oil filters Set of engine gaskets Gaskets for cylinder head cover Oil...
• Re: Pesky Vanagon exhaust system.....
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 24 Apr 2011 10:49:23 -0700
  ...break off any studs that screw into the heads or anything .. >> but for the nuts and bolts ....tighten them very firmly by hand. >> >> always...
• Re: Valve Adjustment during head installation?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 20 Jun 2002 12:35:44 -0500
  ...You can't mix the heads, they should be the same. #2. Loosen the adjusting nuts about two full turns. #3. Start the engine...
• She runs!!!!! Finally
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Wed, 16 Oct 2013 22:44:08 -0400
  ...I pulled the heads and replaced them with a better used set, changed the main seal, and freshened up every nut, bolt, and part...
• Re: What to replace in a rebuild?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 29 Aug 2004 18:24:18 -0500
  ...Consider using new rod nuts and crank case nuts and washers, new head bolt nuts and washers are a good idea too. Clean all...
• Re: Clutch Chatter
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Neu
  Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:22:21 -0800
  Thanks David, I had the cylinder head thing happen too. I ended up buying a long-block 2.1L from a Southern California junkyard...
• Re: Hydraulic lifters
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 9 Sep 2024 09:45:10 -0600
  ...Cooper wrote: >>> I'm dealing with noise emanating from the LH cylinder head on my 1987 vanagon with the stock 2.1 engine. I...
• Re: rear brake needs
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 8 Sep 2002 20:08:22 -0500
  ...Those two little nuts hold your drums to the axle drive hubs, I think they are 10mm head. Stan Wilder On Sun, 8 Sep...
• Re: Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 21 Dec 2015 09:50:51 -0600
  ...Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes > >> > >> I pulled the cylinders and put in the new o rings ( I had the gasket > set). > >> Then...
• Re: Leak Down Testing
  Historical mailing list - Jerry
  Sun, 31 Dec 2006 12:57:59 -0600
  ...the alternator center nut ~ Turn engine Clockwise // Once you find Number 1 TDC // Insert your test hose into number 1 cylinder then connect your...
• Re: How does a leak down tester work???
  Historical mailing list - Don Deitke
  Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:11:20 EST
  ...the alternator center nut ~ Turn engine Clockwise // Once you find Number 1 TDC // Insert your test hose into number 1 cylinder then connect your...
• Re: WBX Recommendations Sought
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Thu, 29 May 2014 20:41:10 +0000
  ...WBX Recommendations Sought Start by checking the torque on the head nuts. Be careful. If you find one that doesn't tighten or twists...
• Re: Re-use Used Steering Coupling Disks? (PICS)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:00:17 -0600
  ...Steel lock-plates that go around both ends and are bent up to the bolt >> head and nut 'wrenching-flats' after tightening, like the...
• Re: vanagon Digest - finding crack in Amsterdam
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Wed, 25 May 2016 00:38:33 -0700
  ...Alas, once the head came free > there was a visible crack all the way through the cylinder wall itself, > making the cracked head the...
• Re: Broken Head Stud
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Sun, 26 Dec 2004 11:47:01 -0800
  ...Am I likely to be Asking For Trouble by pulling the head and cylinders in a poorly lit underground parking garage with no facilities...
• Re: Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
  Sun, 20 Dec 2015 16:04:39 -0800
  ...Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes > > I pulled the cylinders and put in the new o rings ( I had the gasket set). > Then...
• Re: Hydraulic lifters
  Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
  Mon, 9 Sep 2024 09:38:44 -0700
  ...Cooper wrote: > >>> I'm dealing with noise emanating from the LH cylinder head on my 1987 vanagon with the stock 2.1 engine. I...
• Re: Help diagnose Cinco
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Mon, 7 Nov 2005 07:45:04 -0800
  ...remove the valve cover on the right head. Watch the rocker arms for cylinder #1 (the one at the front of the car on...
• Re: Head gasket fun
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koller
  Sun, 12 Nov 2023 09:05:10 -0500
  ...to use this on used >> heads, what about new ones? Also, for the final torque on the head nuts, >> is >> it 37 (Bentley) or...
• Re: Low Compression, Longevity of the WBX'er and $20K Vans
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Tue, 11 Sep 2012 23:46:52 +0000
  ...In cold weather > > > the > > > right cylinder head weeps a bit of coolant. But other than these > > > few > > > minor quirks, it has been very reliable...
• Re: Why We Keep Odds & Ends (bolts etc.)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 9 Apr 2011 08:55:58 -0700
  ...It has all manner of things including those fancy ovaled Cadmium plated "always replace" 10mm head lock nuts. My smaller fishing bin has latches...
• Club Hammers
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Wed, 11 Sep 2002 00:23:13 +0100
  ...the amount of room), therefore hitting the nut on it's top > >> > >> surface with the cylinder head acting as a support. >> > >> > >> Given enough room...
• Message for Stan
  Historical mailing list - Thompson, Michael
  Mon, 6 May 2002 12:59:42 -0600
  ...Yes cylinder head leaks are common and it could be leaking there but with your compression readings I doubt it. In freezing temps very...
• How to replace the brake master cylinder. - long -
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Wed, 15 Mar 2000 15:10:50 -0800
  ...brake master cylinder: Ok two brake lines off, rubber hose off, all you have left is the two MC anchor nuts. I believe they...
• Re: Moral qestion--Now diagnostics
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Thu, 18 Jan 2007 10:54:21 -0800
  ...Used Seafoam to get carbon out of cylinder > heads. Changed bad thermostat. Checked all grounds and built ground "web" to > all points in engine...
• Re: finding crack in Amsterdam, part 2
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Tue, 24 May 2016 01:05:15 -0600
  ...Alas, once the head came free > there was a visible crack all the way through the cylinder wall itself, > making the cracked head the...
• Re: Coolant mystery
  Historical mailing list - Scott - IMAP
  Sat, 18 Jun 2016 11:45:11 -0700
  ...Leakage from where the cylinders meet the heads always start out from the heads coming loose. Most test methods will no pick this up...
• Re: exaust removal woes
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Sat, 14 Jul 2007 12:04:05 -0700
  ...heads > and 2 that connected to the collection pipe (1.9L) The collection pipe > bolts > came right off, and 3 of the head nuts...
• Re: Brake line flaring tool?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Fri, 18 Feb 2005 08:41:40 -0500
  ...wrote: >While replacing a rear wheel cylinder, I had the steel line seized onto the >clamp nut, so it was twisting as I removed...
• Re: Clunk, Clunk Clunk in left rear
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 24 Aug 2003 10:47:54 -0500
  ...the whole brake cylinder with a new one. In removing the rear drums, there is a 14 mm hex head bolt that holds the...
• Re: Hydraulic lifters
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Berg
  Sun, 8 Sep 2024 13:12:45 -0400
  ...Cooper wrote: >>> I'm dealing with noise emanating from the LH cylinder head on my 1987 vanagon with the stock 2.1 engine. I...
• Re: Hydraulic lifters
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 19 Sep 2024 08:44:09 -0400
  ...Cooper wrote: >>>> I'm dealing with noise emanating from the LH cylinder head on my 1987 vanagon with the stock 2.1 engine. I...
• 25hp and 36hp Motors revisited
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 4 Jan 1996 10:16:05 -0800
  ...Redesigned cylinder heads; more fins added to aid in cooling. Vacuum ignition advance. The dynamo bracket is bolted in place as of1959, and at...
• Re: The pin goes in
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 1 Jan 2002 15:47:17 -0600
  ...Consider using new rod nuts and crank case nuts and washers, new head bolt nuts and washers are a good idea too. If you...
• Re: Leak Down Testing
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 31 Dec 2006 17:38:03 -0600
  ...the alternator center nut ~ Turn engine Clockwise // Once you find Number 1 > TDC // Insert your test hose into number 1 cylinder then connect your...
• Re: Engine Transplant Homework
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 6 Nov 1995 16:19:38 -0600
  >Hi, all you wanna-more-hp Vanagon Junkies. > >I know of a wrecked Volvo 740 Turbo Diesel >with the six cylinder VW engine so...
• Re: Mechanical/Brakes/1984 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 19 Nov 2016 13:05:31 -0800
  ...a failing master cylinder. The MC can fail without losing fluid. If it were me, I'd remove instrument cluster, nuts holding MC to...
• Re: READ THIS: How to throw a rod--update and prevention
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Mon, 21 Aug 2000 17:57:46 PDT
  Hey my PO did the head gaskets - any chance these nuts were tightened then - I have 108K miles on a 2.1 and bought...
• Re: Engine repair or replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:13:49 -0500
  ...Get the head to move off the cylinders and don't take the cylinders loose with the head or you'll really be sorry...