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• Re: Front brake caliper hangup '87 Vanagon- any advice
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Wed, 7 Jun 2006 12:56:13 -0400
  ...caliper reveals that the bearings, rotor, > pads, slider pins are all fine. Retracting the caliper > piston with a C-clamp solves the problem ...until...
• Re: 80 Westy Engine Fire - Mystery Solved
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 11 May 2003 08:20:59 -0700
  ...I cite a few examples: #1) I found a wrist pin retaining criclip in my oil pan when I changed the oil after initial...
• Re: Engine Rebuild Questions
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Tue, 7 Apr 2009 17:16:26 -0700
  ...oil pressure valve > oil pressure relief piston spring > All New Lifters > New AMC Spanish Heads > Wrist Pin Bushings > Cam Shaft - Reground from Van-Cafe...
• Re: finding TDC
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 5 Jan 2000 14:03:39 -0500
  ...Once you find the midpoint >(your finger is still in the hole) curl your pinkie finger and attempt to >touch the piston crown.
• '85 in Sacramento sold-need
  Historical mailing list - Don Kane
  3 Mar 1995 10:24:03 U
  ...specific tools for removing and installing the piston pins and compressing the rings to put the pistons in the liner. Are these tools available...
• Re;Was head leak; then ring and valve. Turned into rebuild. Now,
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Sun, 25 Mar 2001 22:26:04 -0500
  ...they do make a oversize pin but I would use a small amount of lock tight to hold the dowel in place before the...
• 2200cc liners
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:39:55 -0700
  ...mail, news, photos & more. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/go?refer=1GNXIC > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/
• Re: "Extraordinarily bad engines"
  Historical mailing list - Backus, Brian G
  Mon, 30 Mar 1998 08:42:18 -0800
  ...You wouldn't believe how we got the piston pins out and I'm too embarrased to tell. I didn't believe the VW...
• More on AVP
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 16 May 1997 21:33:40 -0400 (EDT)
  ...They also replaced the connecting rod bearings, piston rings, polished the pistons, front and rear seals, pilot bearing. Leonard also rebuilt the lifters too...
• Re: waterboxer pinging
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:21:36 -0400
  ...The combination of the "wet liner" engine and the far away from the driver placement hide the pinging sound when the audible ping does...
• Re: Is this the cause of my engine compression problem?
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:37:58 -0400
  ...It's NOT the piston pin circlip that came out and scratch the wall, >>believe me, compression would be way lower than 90, i...
• FW: 1 Tristar & 1 Special Syncro FS READ!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Thu, 10 Aug 2000 10:47:41 -0400
  ...89 Tristar Syncro Metalic Blue W Aluminum Gates 5.43 Ring and Pinons 4 16" Factory Steel Wheels W 205/80/16's 4...
• Re: Vanagon Head Leaking Around The Head Nut(S)
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 14 Apr 2014 21:27:05 -0500
  ...New jugs/cylinders, pistons/rings and perhaps new rod piston pin bearings as necessary coupled with new/rebuilt heads will give you near new...
• Re: finding crack in Amsterdam, part 2
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 24 May 2016 07:59:51 +0000
  ...I told them I would need to make a tool to pull the piston pins and they showed me where they kept lengths of...
• Re: Is this the cause of my engine compression problem?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Sat, 16 Jun 2007 22:17:29 -0700
  ...due to overheating or the pin clip did not stay in the groove I have good used pistons and cylinders if someone feels the...
• Re: Timing Issues
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 29 Dec 2013 21:42:01 -0500
  ...The advance to "ping or just under method is fraught with danger. For one thing it is very difficult to hear these engines ping...
• Re: vanagon Digest - finding crack in Amsterdam
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Wed, 25 May 2016 00:38:33 -0700
  ...I > told them I would need to make a tool to pull the piston pins and they > showed me where they kept lengths of...
• Re: Clutch Pedal Click
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 2 Jul 2010 11:20:24 -0700
  Hi Neil, I have a pedal assembly out of a syncro that I removed for worn clevis pin hole.. 'one of these days' I...
• Re: Engine Rebuild Questions
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Tue, 7 Apr 2009 23:17:47 -0500
  ...oil pressure valve > oil pressure relief piston spring > All New Lifters > New AMC Spanish Heads > Wrist Pin Bushings > Cam Shaft - Reground from Van-Cafe...
• Re: cracked right side case...i'm in TROUBLE! (was crank pulley bolt...argh!)
  Historical mailing list - rpc
  Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:08:45 -0800
  ...While the piston is down insert a length of rope. Rotate the pulley until piston pushes the rope up to the head. If there...
• 78 x 90.5
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Jul 1995 21:40:51 -0700
  ...Apparently I forgot to install a wrist pin keeper (or it worked itself loose and disentigrated), allowing #3's pin to contact the cylinder...
• Re: Mystic Oil
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 26 Jun 2011 14:21:55 -0400
  ...Oil! [Half a pint per tankful for the L-head Atomic Four marine engine which is also prone to sticking piston rings] I also...
• Re: Brake problems
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 28 Jun 2002 14:17:30 -0700
  ...increase the resistance to the piston and cause the caliper to drag. Lastly, make sure the two pins that the caliper housing glides on...
• Re: Replaced Rings blowing oil
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 17 Jan 2003 09:14:20 -0600
  ...Where can I find the circlip, piston pin, and crankshaft arm positioning >tools? The local dealer won't even touch my car, let alone...
• Re: VW Engines and Reliability
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 31 Mar 2003 16:38:57 -0600
  ...OEM VW pistons are also very closely balanced if they came as an original set (I find mismatched pistons often, mostly wrong wrist pin...
• Re: New-Spark-Plugcebo Effect
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 25 Aug 2012 18:41:05 -0700
  ...My concern is > it position in relationship to the head or piston. Also those WD7t plugs > have a very large exposed center electrode that...
• Re: 50 worst cars, and the vanagon isn't one of them
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 9 Sep 2007 18:07:04 -0700
  ...Who owned a Pinto (German V6), but sold it quite quickly. On 9/9/07, joel walker <jwalker17@earthlink.net> wrote: > > Is the Vega...
• Re: Back in Action!!! 1982 Westfalia hits the road again
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Tue, 17 Sep 2002 13:36:36 -0400
  ...CS (Cheng Shing) 96mm alloy pistons were designed for the Ford Pinto, and modified for use in the Type 4. As such, they do...
• Re: finding crack in Amsterdam, part 2
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 24 May 2016 09:33:33 -0400
  ...I >> told them I would need to make a tool to pull the piston pins and they >> showed me where they kept lengths of...
• Vanago Stuff to sell
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:23:01 -0400
  ...7) New Cofap 1.9L Piston and Cylinder Set in the box, NO wrist pin clips. Wrist pins are there. $170.00 I will...
• Re: Engine out--won't come apart. Need heads!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:15:23 -0700
  ...pistons on air cooled VW engine > blocks.......... > it's exactly the right size to grab the inside of the wrist pin. > > heating the piston...
• Re: Why this type IV engine caught fire, spun the mains and ruined everything.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 8 Aug 2002 15:11:31 -0500
  ...I reached the point that I was about to use a cutting torch to melt off the 2&4 pistons to get the case...
• '84 1.9l knocking rattle left sd of engine
  Historical mailing list - Choreboy
  Mon, 8 May 2000 22:02:18 -0700
  ...be involving a smaller mechanical part (than the pistons). Is there any tests, anything to pinpoint? I consulted both the Bentley and Haynes but...
• Re: Engine Rebuild Questions
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Wed, 8 Apr 2009 01:49:40 -0400
  ...oil pressure valve >> oil pressure relief piston spring >> All New Lifters >> New AMC Spanish Heads >> Wrist Pin Bushings >> Cam Shaft - Reground from Van-Cafe...
• Re: Engine Rebuild Questions
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 7 Apr 2009 19:48:12 -0500
  ...oil pressure valve >> oil pressure relief piston spring >> All New Lifters >> New AMC Spanish Heads >> Wrist Pin Bushings >> Cam Shaft - Reground from Van-Cafe...
• Re: A/T wont drive in 3rd.Assistance PLEASE...
  Historical mailing list - raul lince
  Thu, 20 Mar 2003 14:55:10 +0000
  Hey Jeff, Well just this past weekend we had to straighten the 2nd gear brake piston. It bent because we did not remove the...
• 84' Engine Build
  Historical mailing list - Frank Miller
  Sun, 2 Feb 2003 08:09:19 -0500
  ...My biggest challenge was getting the wrist pins out of the pistons in order to split the case. -- Frank Miller Farmington Hills, MI ------------------------------------------------------ Date...
• Re: To waterboxer or not to waterboxer
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 2 Jan 2000 23:27:11 -0600
  ...He counterweighted the crank, installed carefully matched pistons and rods and had the the entire rotating assembly....crank, rods, pins, pistons, flywheel and clutch...
• Re: Head gasket leak - does retorquing work?
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Mon, 13 May 2002 15:03:26 -0400
  ...I was not in the mood to play with the piston pin and engine cylinder with the engine still in the van. (Yes, it...
• re:My bus engine(again)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 1 Nov 94 11:27:20 PST
  ...lifters worn, heads needed redone, needs new wrist pin bushings, and of course new pistons and cylinders. So basically, my question is, rebuild this...
• Re: 50 worst cars, and the vanagon isn't one of them
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Sun, 9 Sep 2007 16:37:02 -0500
  ...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: What Type/brand of brake pad? + Rotor question - PICS
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:08:01 -0700
  ...silencing shims between the > piston and the pads and the top spring (the clip held down by the pad > pins) needs to be in...
• Re: HELP!! One stuck stubburn cylinder sleeve.
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 1 Oct 2001 22:51:27 -0400
  ...Figuring that #2's wrist pin was the easiest to access, I gave up and removed that head with cylinder attached. I ended up...
• Re: Who wants a set of used 2.0l P&C's????
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Thu, 28 Oct 1999 18:41:11 -0700
  ...down" rebuild can use them. > > I was carefull to keep wrist pins/pistons/cylinders together so the > established wear patterns won't be disrupted...
• Re: Head gasket leaking. Bummer.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:51:40 -0800
  ...You don't want that too small ( pinches the gasket after a while ) or too big ( won't seal after a while ) < I go...
• Re: Uneven Brake pad wear
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 19 Feb 2006 20:00:37 -0500
  ...Sure enough on the > driver's side the inboard (piston side) pad was fully worn, yet the > outboard still had a lot of life...
• Gasoline Octane rating explained
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 25 Feb 2000 09:33:26 -0800
  ...The flame continues to burn through the fuel/air mixture as the piston moves down, creating an even expansion of gasses to produce the...
• Re: High Octane was: what's the best kind of gasoline?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 13 Oct 2002 09:00:21 -0500
  ...Ping? Retard the advance > slightly. > > >No ping. No worries. > > > > Be careful. Just because you can't HEAR pinging, it doesn't mean > that > > it...
• Re: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 18 Oct 2013 08:32:06 -0500
  ...The worst part was pulling and reinstalling the wrist pin and clips. If there is a way to leave the piston in the engine...
• thanks : oil pump change in the van??
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Wed, 2 Nov 2005 22:35:09 -0500
  ...so whats the easiest way to pull the piston pin from a 1.9L out that small water pump hole?? i need to get...
• Re: Ring job?
  Historical mailing list - Vince Jahn
  Wed, 13 Oct 2004 21:20:46 -0700
  I'm ok on replacing the Cyl and Piston set if needed, but can it be done while the engine is still mounted?. Is...
• Re: Engine teardown - 2.1L WBX
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 10 Jun 2015 19:17:29 -0500
  ...new > everything are going back on. > > Right now removal of two piston pins is a problem. Any suggestions on > that. The rebuilder is very...
• Re: '86 up brake improvent on vanagon??
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:42:34 -0700
  ...They use the same pads and bolt to the same knuckles but take different rebuild kits and have slight differences in the pins that...
• 1.9l Head torqueing. Was: 1.9l TD swap
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Sun, 23 May 1999 20:12:36 -0400
  ...rotation until all pistons are approximately equally located below TDC. Place cylinder head gasket into position. To centralize place guide pins (3070) into the...
• Re: Separating the Engine Case. Any tips?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:39:08 -0800
  ...Any tips? Okay, so how do I get the pistons off? I see the wrist pin has to be pulled thought the water pump...
• Re: Engine Balancing
  Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
  Thu, 24 Oct 2002 07:31:00 -0400
  ...The crank, rods (set and end to end), pistons (set), flywheel, and fan should be both static balanced, then rotating parts spin balanced. Though...
• Re: FS: 2.1 "DJ" code 112 HP WBX New/Rebuilt
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 1 Mar 2007 19:18:58 +0000
  ...Cylinder head and piston design/cooling have a large part of detonation control. Variable cam timing is also part of it. The major ping...
• Re: lifters for new engine? - and increased stroke
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 23 Mar 2003 21:47:53 -0600
  ...Offset grind the > crank > to the match journal size, then get some custom pistons made. > > The are several companies that make pistons for the...
• Re: This may sound stupid, but... can a 1.9 be set up as a 2.1?
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Tue, 3 Jun 2003 11:45:38 -0700
  ...1.9s are >easier to come by and cheaper, and I understand that >the piston pins and crankshafts are better quality >anyway. I had...
• Re: Engine Balancing
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 24 Oct 2002 10:03:03 -0500
  ...Even if you don't plan on a professional balancing job you should have the new pistons and your rods checked. This can be...