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• Re: Valve Noise
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 17 Nov 1996 23:31:28 -0400 (AST)
  >The valves in my 83.5 waterboxer tend to be really loud on cold start-up. If this is happening overnight and you parked...
• Re: Turning off rear heater
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:54:29 -0500
  ...When I > extended the hoses, I put in metal shut-off valves. A quick twist on each, > heat off. And back on in the...
• Re: Stove & whine
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 5 Jan 2013 17:38:13 -0800
  hi Dave, for sure it's safer to drive with the propane tank valve off. On ferries ...like in British Columbia ( and maybe Washington...
• Re: AMC heads (part 2)
  Historical mailing list - benoit
  Tue, 31 Oct 2006 22:39:38 -0500
  ...In that training we were taught that the > intake valve was cold, the exhaust valve was hot, and that told the > tale. Exhaust valves...
• I drove Boston Bob's big valve motor! Report
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Fri, 26 Apr 2002 05:18:47 -0400
  ...for me to road test his "big valve" 2.1L engine. Now, I have installed and driven TIICO conversions, so I feel that i...
• Re: cracked AMC heads question
  Historical mailing list - --------
  Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:01:01 -0400
  ...If this crack should be to deep the valve seat could fall out. This will (i've seen this) break the valve, then, break...
• Re: Post winter storage sticky valve noise
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Sat, 11 Apr 2015 18:24:24 -0400
  ...The engine started up fine, but it > now > > >has a sticky valve type sound on the driver side of the engine. This > > >noise was...
• Saggy Westy Rear - Air Lift Suspension
  Historical mailing list - Dave Arthur
  Fri, 5 Jun 2009 20:45:43 -0300
  ...I did not connect them together, each has a separate valve. I believe the maximum air pressure in these is 25 psi and minimum...
• Diff Lock Stuck On!!!
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:56:50 -0400
  ...Today I was working on fixing the driveline vibration and finally got around to hopefully fixing the diff lock. The diff lock has never...
• Frydaye Follies - BMW question
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 1 Jul 2011 22:15:19 -0500
  ...I suspect this is the expansion valve acting up, but don't know for sure. I have been told that is where the valve...
• Re: Tapping Noise from engine with unknown history
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 6 Jun 2005 14:42:10 -0400
  ...From what I can tell from here, I would start the van up and drive to a Pep Boys or, similar, and allow the...
• Re: Engine Rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 13 Oct 1998 12:38:18 -0700
  ...My father's name is Bob Lilley...But he did not play for Dallas. >Questions, >1) If coating the valves, will the valve stems...
• Re: 84 Vanagon Intermittent Smoking
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 5 Jul 2009 22:53:31 -0500
  ...have a stuck valve. Mine sure wasn't. I recall distinctly that for a while, every time I would drive around a clover leaf...
• Re: Engine Dies (was: air-conditioning for a '71)
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Fri, 27 Sep 1996 08:12:20 -0700 (PDT)
  ...In fact I had checked the valve clearances and > changed the oil (which I do at 3000 mile intervals AND within a > couple of...
• Re: Front heater never shuts off
  Historical mailing list - ron johnson
  Sat, 25 May 2024 09:10:17 -0700
  ...Pinch off >>> the hoses with harbor freight hose clamps so you don’t lose coolant. >>> Lower the whole valve assembly to the driveway and...
• WTB: 81 Federal Emissions Parts
  Historical mailing list - Melissa Mourkas
  Tue, 7 Aug 2001 08:51:55 -0400
  ...Catalytic Converter Silencer(muffler) Tailpipe Crossover Pipe EGR Valve Pipe(connects to heat exchanger on driver's side) EGR Filter EGR Valve Threaded Adjuster...
• Re: [DIESEL] [Diesel] Injector Pump is leaking...
  Historical mailing list - Milo
  Sat, 20 Oct 2001 13:25:43 -0500
  ...The cold start lever seal is an easy driveway fix. > Fuel valve > block is a job for the pros. > > Looks like I've got...
• Sources - No V-gon Content
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 25 May 2003 17:50:02 -0500
  ...I need to source hydraulic cylinders - the double action type, where hydraulic fluid extends the ram, then by way of a control valve changes...
• 1,6TDSL changing engine drive belt
  Historical mailing list - Juha Koivisto
  Mon, 9 Aug 1999 13:41:02 +0300
  Hi folks! I surf through archives but don't found any comments or tips about changing the drive belt of 1,6 TDSL engine...
• 85 Vanagon - leaking push rod tube?
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan R. Cooper
  Sun, 6 May 2001 21:37:29 -0400
  ...I need? How do I do it? Driveway job? Haynes appears to make me remove valve covers and go from there. The last thing...
• Re: Valve cover gasket replacement
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Fri, 14 Aug 2020 13:36:45 -0700
  ...oil leak around the valve cover on my 1988 2.1 GL vanagon > > 2wd. It’s on the driver’s side so not a...
• Re: Engine Advice Needed
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 24 May 2014 10:34:21 -0700
  If it was in my driveway the test would now be to loosen the valve adjusters a full turn on that low reading cylinder...
• Re: Setting Timing Gear
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Sun, 30 Jan 2005 15:35:41 -0600
  ...As you know the inner two lobes are for the intake valves just make sure that the #1 inner lobe has just closed it...
• Smooth idle
  Historical mailing list - Hal Horton
  Mon, 8 May 2000 20:38:43 EDT
  ...I have an '84 w/ about 600,000 miles on the all original drivetrain. I haven't even had the valve covers off. It...
• Push rod tubes
  Historical mailing list - Cooper, Jonathan R.
  Tue, 8 May 2001 09:22:27 -0400
  ...The tube cost $16 and the valve cover gasket was $3. It was very clearly a driveway job. Jonathan R. Cooper Rebecca J. Hartman...
• Re: the diameter of front heater lines?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 15 May 2007 07:04:40 -0500
  ...Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Justin & Gia wrote: > want to make a shutoff valve to put inline on the front heater for summer...
• Propane Tank/Valve service
  Historical mailing list - Scott A. Harvey
  Tue, 20 Apr 1999 09:43:11 -0700
  ...Anyway, there is the smell of propane when opening the valve to the propane tank. I don't want to work on it myself...
• Re: Re '91 Westy value F cars
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Wed, 11 Jul 2001 07:45:59 -0400
  ...I've never seen any of them drive them. > >BenT The last time I took my Ferrari in for maintenance the bill was about...
• Re: AMC heads (part 2)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Tue, 31 Oct 2006 21:46:49 -0700
  Nope, you aren't the only ones reading all of this! I learned lapping valves on old Briggs & Stratton lawn mower engines from my...
• Subaru transplant versus Ratio rockers and wasserboxer upgrades
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Mon, 25 Feb 2002 15:46:15 -0800
  ...It might be that > that van had not been set up correctly but before you flame me come drive my > big valve race camper...
• Re: idle stabilizer: valve, control unit or both?
  Historical mailing list - Wolfgang Ziegler
  Wed, 10 Sep 2003 23:30:57 -0400
  ...No power, the >valve is thight closed, with power, the valve open (No humming because the >ISCU is the solid state unit which can...
• Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - Chad Morris
  Wed, 29 Oct 2003 14:12:44 -0700
  ...To test my theory, I disconnected the hose that runs to the valve on the brake pedal. In other words, my cruise control setup...
• Re: lifter noise?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 25 Apr 2011 11:27:02 -0500
  While you are wrestling with valve problems, "a knock in the engine near cylinder #2" makes me cringe!! There are two sounds generally associated...
• Re: Mod keeps your fridge lit while driving.
  Historical mailing list - Charles McGehee
  Wed, 13 Sep 2006 15:20:44 -0700
  ...agree, that's why i turnoff valve on fuel line from tank to engine >when i drive, i don't want gasoline spilled from...
• just helpless me again
  Historical mailing list - Steve Jevne
  Wed, 25 Oct 2000 19:09:59 EDT
  Before I get to try the great ideas that were graciously given to me by list members I have to get my distributor drive...
• Re: Hot air from the dash? (how to fix it)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 14 Jun 2000 02:49:32 EDT
  ...valve on the hoses as this is easier). Test linkage and adjust if neccessary. Voila, c'est fini! Now you can happily drive across...
• Re: Hydraulic lifters
  Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
  Sat, 21 Sep 2024 14:47:18 -0700
  ...driver so I haven't driven it much of late but it seems to have quieted things down somewhat. Today, I readjusted the valves...
• Re: Computer woes?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 9 Jul 2001 08:15:29 -0500
  ...Don't forget to reconnect the stabilizer valve wire after you have done all your tests. The idle stabilizer valve is only necessary when...
• Re: 1981 2L Type IV Strainer Cleaning - Where Does the Rubber Washer Go?
  Historical mailing list - Geoffrey Toye
  Fri, 23 Oct 2020 16:29:01 -0400
  ...The goal is to reduce oil getting sucked down the valve guide > when the valve is open. > > Dennis > > Get Outlook for Android <https://aka...
• Re: Weird "idle" problem
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 16 Oct 2014 18:23:10 -0400
  ...Your symptoms do not sound like this if you're describing accurately, but rather a valve that's being actively driven to stay open.
• Re: Rear Heater Leak
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 1 Jun 2004 13:17:44 -0400
  ...These attach to a small block that has a >valve and lever on it. The valve bolts onto the housing for the rear >heater...
• Re: Whiff of propane
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:01:56 -0700
  ...driveway and I get whiffs of propane. > I shut off the main valve and the whiffs continue. Bleed the inside > lines (open stove valves...
• Re: ETKA and the Vanagon AC system
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 7 Aug 2010 20:14:38 -0400
  ...t seem to have two valves?? > > Thanks > > John > > -- > John Rodgers > Clayartist and Moldmaker > 88'GL VW Bus Driver > Chelsea, AL > Http://www.moldhaus.com >
• Re: Automatic transmission leak
  Historical mailing list - Danny C
  Sun, 5 Apr 2009 11:47:23 -0700
  ...thing on the driver side of the tranny held on with what looks like a wire bail (like a� valve cover bail) thats where...
• Re: Gear lube
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 28 May 2001 19:39:16 -0500
  ...hydraulic lifters on the WBX engines pumped up so you don't get valve clatter on a cold startup. John Rodgers 88 GL Driver
• Automatic transmission reverse slipping?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Fri, 16 Mar 2007 21:53:30 -0700
  ...backing up a hill it slips big time, almost not driveable). All forward gears work normally. Is it just a dirty valve body that...
• Re: Noisy Valve lifters
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 3 Feb 2013 10:18:23 -0700
  ...a > week or more before I fire it up and drive it, the valve lifters have > clacked on several occasions while the engine is...
• Re: Garage near Palo Alto: in RWC, Fred's vs. the BUGgie Works
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Gentry
  Tue, 16 May 1995 00:05:46 -0700
  ...I also know and explained to them that the oil had been changed regularly and the former owner knows how to sensibly drive an...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sat, 16 Nov 2013 10:13:23 -0600
  ...to design the > circuitry and program the microcontroller to drive the idle air valve. > > > > And once a prototype is built, we will need a...
• Questions About Buying Diesel Westi
  Historical mailing list - Cetin Seren
  Fri, 7 Feb 1997 09:34:49 -0500 (EST)
  ...have someone drive it (hard), and follow behind. Too much diesel smoke may mean at the very least neglected valve adjustments. Look for signs...
• Hot floor in '73
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Fri, 22 Dec 95 13:21:04 PST
  ...When the red lever that opens the flapper valves is pulled down, a portion of the heated air is ducted to a small "grille...
• Re: Bummed and need advise about my 87 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Mon, 17 Aug 1998 12:08:07 EDT
  ...Hopefully you did not bend a valve. Drive Safely & Good Luck Ken Lewis<Kernersville,NC> On Mon, 17 Aug 1998 09:37:42 -0500...
• Re: More Oil Leaks - Any Advice Greatly Appreciated
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Sat, 19 Feb 2000 11:52:26 -0500
  ...She said her mechanic told her it was leaking oil at > the valve covers. I told her to have her mech fix the valve...
• Re: Need a/c hose for 87 Westy Gl
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sat, 11 Jul 1998 11:29:23 EDT
  ...My "expansion valve" looked >pretty >>crusty when I replaced it during the conversion to R134a. >> Any opinions ? >> >> >>Check the gagues. I don't have...
• Re: Thoughts on Cracks between Valves on Heads?
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:04:54 -0300
  ...My conclusion from all this is that there are likely many Vanagons running around with those hairline cracks between the valves. Many drivers, like...
• Re: Dead cylinder....$0.25 fix!
  Historical mailing list - Tom Naylor II
  Fri, 31 May 2002 11:23:27 -0700
  ...while running in the driveway. Number 2 unresponsive. Now, I had no unusual valve clatter, but popped the valve cover to look to see...
• Re: Starts strong Now No Start HMMM
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Mon, 21 Apr 2014 18:33:29 -0400
  ...of points. > > Lots of Noises Valves etc. Etc. > > > > let run for 30- 40 min. Drove up the drive and back a few times, > > Brakes...
• Re: Whiff of propane - found it, now what?
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Tue, 24 Jul 2007 09:57:42 -0700
  ...driveway and I get whiffs of propane. >> I shut off the main valve and the whiffs continue. Bleed the inside >> lines (open stove valves...
• Re: Idle Stabilizer Valve
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sun, 1 May 2005 12:29:27 -0400
  Dave, on the '84 1.9L, the idle stabilizer is a small plastic box-like device that is on the driver's side of...
• Slow pump up lifters any harm?
  Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
  Tue, 4 Aug 2015 10:20:41 -0400
  ...Is this slow pump up doing anything serious to the valves or drive train? Thanks for any advice. Spencer