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• rebuilt master brake cylinder??
  Historical mailing list - Peter
  Wed, 13 May 1998 14:10:47 -0600
  rebuilt master brake cylinders?? Fellow Syncronauts! I wanted to hear from any of you that have installed rebuilt master brake cylinders. What has been...
• Re: Lapping cylinders to heads?
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Sun, 23 Mar 2003 19:48:39 -0800
  I most likley am overstating it about lapping in the cylinders but the only one I ever had leak was the one that I...
• Clutch master cylinder replacement on 85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
  Tue, 25 Jan 2005 09:57:45 -0800
  DON WROTE: >> I recently replaced my clutch slave cylinder and was told that usually the clutch master cylinder is not far behind. The problem...
• head stuck to cylinder tricks
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Sat, 17 Dec 2005 16:21:55 -0500
  ...also what is the consensus on the bottom cylinder o-ring are most people changing that or leaving it to chance? jonathan
• Re: How to remove front door lock cylinder?
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:10:45 -0700
  ...How to remove front door lock cylinder? > > > > I'm in the process of troubleshooting a locking problem on my '82. I have > > the door...
• damaged pistons/liners
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 01 Apr 1996 15:55:43 -0500 (CDT)
  Hi all, In doing the heads and (sorta) top-end overhaul on my 85 vanagon, I pulled the pistons and cylinders to find nicks...
• 1.9l Head torqueing. Was: 1.9l TD swap
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Sun, 23 May 1999 20:12:36 -0400
  ...Always replace cylinder head bolts. (They are stretch bolts) When performing repairs, carefully remove seal/gasket remnants from the cylinder head and cylinder block...
• Tricks to getting cylinder barrels back on?
  Historical mailing list - Rob Scott
  Sun, 4 May 2003 20:25:18 -0700
  ...When I removed the head, the cylinder barrels were stuck on so tightly that I had no recourse but to remove the cylinder barrels...
• Re: Manual trans replacement
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:57:25 -0700
  ...Re: [Syncro] Time to change out the slave cylinder... � � Well, I did the nasty deed and replaced the slave cylinder yesterday morning.� Not all...
• Re: master cylinder problem thoughts?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 4 Feb 2015 19:13:32 -0800
  ...master cylinder problem thoughts? I am on my second new master cylinder First was a beck-arnley and it squirted back into the reservoir...
• Re: YABT: Yet another brake thread... :-(
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:04:52 -0700
  ...I'll grab a new cylinder locally today, > and I've ordered the rest from Autohausaz, as they have ATE cylinders, and a > good...
• Re: refilling disposable propane cylinders (the correct way)
  Historical mailing list - Scott B.
  Fri, 3 Nov 2000 18:49:13 -0800
  ...Then screw on the Coleman > cylinder (or Ace hardware cylinder, whatever). They end up 90 degrees to > each other. I tip the 10 pound...
• Re: Brakes-
  Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
  Fri, 25 Apr 2014 09:01:02 -0700
  ...While bleeding the system, they may have damaged the master cylinder/seal by pumping the pedal too deeply and "cleaning" the master cylinder bore...
• Re: "Remote" Propane Tank Usage
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:01:46 -0700
  ...The 2001 version of the same code states that horizontal cylinders are exempt from an overfill protection device (OPD) retrofit as long as the...
• Re: cylinder hone question
  Historical mailing list - Don Deitke
  Wed, 21 Jan 2004 20:31:01 EST
  To rebuild a horizontal engine such as Bug ,Bus , Air Cooled Vanagon or Water Cooled 2.1 you should get a New piston & cylinder...
• Wanted 2.1L Cylinder head
  Historical mailing list - Erik Feddersen
  Sun, 25 Jun 2000 20:20:04 -0400
  Hi, Anyone out there have a rebuilt or new 2.1 cylinder head that they want to sell? I'd consider a whole engine...
• Where's Cylinder # 1?
  Historical mailing list - Wognacious
  Sat, 22 Jan 2005 17:12:21 -0800
  OK, I now know how to hookup the timing light for 12V but I'm not sure which cylinder is #1 for hooking the...
• just replaced the Brake Master Cylinder, now what?
  Historical mailing list - gary goldey
  Sun, 5 Nov 2006 08:37:47 -0800
  I just replaced a very worn out brake master cylinder on my 1984 Vanagon... First I bench bled the new cylinder, theni quickly installed...
• rusted on exhaust cylinder pipes?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Goldey
  Sun, 23 May 2004 13:46:55 EDT
  what is the best way to disassemble rusted on exhaust cylinder pipes? g. 984 passenger Vanagon "Squeaky Fromme" 1972 VW 1600cc Baha bug "The...
• Re: Separating heads from cylinders
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 26 Aug 2001 22:42:47 -0500
  ...remove the spark plug and turn the crankshaft pulley until one of the pistons (on the cylinder head you want to remove) is at...
• Re: Coolant Overflowing
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 28 Dec 2003 08:36:15 -0600
  What color smoke? Black = Over rich mixture Blue-white = oil likely leaking past rings into cylinders when engine sits White = possibly water/coolant getting...
• Re: FS: NOS front door, sliding door, rear hatch, & ignition lock cylinder
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 17 Dec 2007 22:01:48 -0800
  ...1 rear hatch lock cylinder w/ matching ignition lock w/ 2 keys each ($40) SOLD OUT 3 ignition lock cylinder w/ 2 keys each...
• Re: Clutch cylinder rebuild kits?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 17 Jan 1997 18:12:39 -0400 (AST)
  ...Clutch cylinder rebuild kits? >X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas > >FWIW I got the rebuild kits for the clutch master and...
• RE-INSTALLING CYLINDERS?
  Historical mailing list - Russell O. Gunter
  Sat, 5 Dec 1998 09:28:52 EST
  ...Unfortunately, he extracted the cylinder sleeves for some reason. My question is this: is there a way to re-install the cylinder sleeves over...
• Clutch cylinders
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
  Tue, 29 Apr 2003 06:40:05 -0700
  I need to replace my clutch Master Cylinder (MC) soon. How do I know? The little drip on my shoe told me so. The...
• Re: Brake Cylinders
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 1 Sep 2021 21:18:50 -0600
  On 1 Sep , 2021, at 8:46 PM, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > Should the brake cylinders on the rear wheels have springs...
• WTB '80-'83 Cylinder Head
  Historical mailing list - - Jeff & Kim Prudhoe
  Wed, 4 Oct 2006 23:14:29 EDT
  Anyone with a good used air-cooled 2.0 cylinder head - square ports? I'm in need of one for the passenger side. Please...
• Re: To compress or to remove wrist pin - A Poll
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 13 Aug 2007 20:51:35 -0400
  ...Removing cylinders and pistons as one by removing the wrist pins >>> or; >>> B. Removing the cylinders, leaving the pistons and trying to >>> finagle >>> a...
• Resourceful Slave Cylinder Fix
  Historical mailing list - Jon Christensen
  Sat, 26 Oct 1996 23:39:30 -0500 (CDT)
  Hi All, My clutch slave cylinder on my 84 'Brownie Bus' pee-ed out on my the same day the snow took away our...
• re: 914/6 motor
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Fri, 3 Mar 1995 14:14:04 -0700
  > >I know that they came in both 4 and 6 cylinder variants. Does anybody know if >the 914 6 cylinder was that same as...
• take a look a jeff's pictures
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 21 Nov 2002 08:01:50 -0800
  ...Will a shop hone the cylinders? I was originally trying to not have to remove the cylinders, but to clean the area, adjust the...
• Re: Good AND inexpensive tire pump, where to find?
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Sat, 23 Nov 1996 08:59:13 -0500
  ...One VW cylinder pumping is more than anyone would ever need along with a good piece of hose, in fact maybe worth a roll...
• Re: Do-it-yerself engine rehab goings and what I've found-1.9 rod bolts..
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Thu, 22 Feb 2001 06:08:52 EST
  In a message dated 2/22/01 2:03:46 AM, rangerbrian@HOTMAIL.COM writes: << THe cylinders are at a shop to get honed...
• How bad is a scored cylinder wall? -I4
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Kennedy
  Wed, 27 Jul 2005 12:42:59 -0700
  ...The cylinder wall looks and feels perfect except for one tiny groove I can just barely feel when I run my finger over it...
• Re: new slave cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 22 Mar 2006 17:58:49 -0800
  ...new slave cylinder I got a new clutch slave cylinder yesterday - after having the master cylinder replaced last summer. It's still stiff going...
• Need Help adjusting clutch master cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Robert S. Williams, MD
  Fri, 7 Aug 1998 11:09:54 -0500
  ...I tried but just can't seem to get a wrench on the locknut for the clutch master cylinder pushrod; the rod that connects...
• Clean up brake fluid, was: clutch master cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Fri, 13 Aug 1999 13:35:21 -0400
  ...clutch master cylinder << File: ATT00001.htm >> It's time to replace the clutch master cylinder. It has been leaking break fluid on the carpet...
• Re: 1.9L WBX Compression Test Question
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:56:45 -0500
  On the cylinders with low compression, try readjusting the valves to just touching (zero lash) and retest compression. Sometimes that can really help. Ken...
• Re: another brake saga
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Sat, 28 Mar 2009 09:17:29 -0400
  Now that I'm thinking about this, I'm fairly certain that the last pair of rear wheel cylinders I installed had coil springs...
• Re: Boxer engines
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 2 Jan 2002 08:32:51 -0600
  Sorry about that guys I thought the Tucker had a horozontally opposed four cylender four cylinder like the corvair six and the VW four...
• Re: Brake light switch on brake master cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:39:12 -0700
  ...Brake light switch on brake master cylinder > It looks like I have a leak from one of the brake light switches on the > master...
• clutch slave cylinder question
  Historical mailing list - most david
  Mon, 1 Jun 2009 11:19:37 -0700
  Hi.� I see a small fluid spot on the ground directly underneath the clutch slave cylinder ('87 westy).� I'm wondering if such cylinders...
• Re: Master Cylinder - Help!
  Historical mailing list - Don Spence
  Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:14:41 -0600
  Have you opened anything downstream? (like a bleeding valve on a wheel cylinder) On 16-Jul-08, at 8:27 PM, Automatic digest processor...
• Rusted hydraulic clutch lines
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Fri, 15 Jul 2011 21:34:01 -0400
  Where does one obtain the proper "bubble" hydraulic lines for the clutch? I need all the pieces from the master cylinder to the slave...
• Cylinder head gauge
  Historical mailing list - Puzerewski
  Tue, 8 Aug 2000 14:13:17 -0400
  I have a cylinder head temp gauge on my 81, and would like to know what range of temps I should know to be...
• Re: Cylinder hone -conclusion?
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Fri, 23 Jan 2004 00:41:40 -0500
  ...So fast in fact you would think you where gas washing the cylinders. This is due to the uneven cylinder surface the ring both...
• Re: Spongy Brake Pedal
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Thu, 29 Sep 2016 13:04:31 -0400
  Does a complete brake job not also include the slave cylinder for the clutch? That's assuming this is not an automatic... thanks, T...
• Re: O2 sensors brand quality difference?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 27 Jul 2014 11:21:27 -0700
  ...Yes, it only reads the gasses coming off two of the four cylinders, which still seems to work fine. I should have it beyond...
• Clutch slave cylinder rebuild/replace
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 3 Jan 1995 15:43:12 -0800
  Thanks to whomever posted about honing/polishing the bore of the cylinder when rebuilding- I COMPLETELY *forgot* that part! There's no sense in...
• [T1] Break job...
  Historical mailing list - Bob
  Sat, 17 Jun 1995 09:52:27 +0000
  ...Thanks to all who responded about my wheel cylinder question. My backing plate was so (c)rusty that it looked like the cylinders were...
• Re: Brake problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 27 May 2003 06:22:03 -0400
  ...So I change the master cylinder and I've bled the system from the furthest brake forward no change. I spoke with a local...
• Instructions for trans mount and master brake cylinder
  Historical mailing list - William Greenamyer
  Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:35:44 -0400
  I have a new trans mount and a master brake cylinder for my 1984GL with a manual trans now. Checked the Bentley and Transporter...
• Water in the oil update
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Mon, 10 Oct 2005 09:05:57 -0400
  Over the weekend, I removed the cylinders, cleaned things up, replaced all the cylinder o-rings, and put the engine back together. I hesitated...
• Re: Mushy Brakes update
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Sun, 19 Mar 2000 19:48:47 -0800
  ...I have never seen wheel cylinders "fail" because of the travel length. The pistons in the wheel cylinders are designed to push out further...
• Re: Clutch release problems- '81 Aircooled
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Mon, 28 Oct 2002 13:06:04 -0500
  ...Means your master cylinder is on the way out and you need a new one --- may as well do the slave cylinder too because...
• Re: camping furnace?
  Historical mailing list - dr
  Wed, 4 Dec 2002 13:01:23 -0500
  ...Had custom hose made > to connect cylinder to lantern. Same hose connects to heater. > Advantage of this method is portability and same capacity propane...
• Re: Stuck Head
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 9 Apr 2006 23:12:09 -0400
  ...The Heads stick to the tops of the cylinders. On each cylinder there are "Ears". They are oriented so that the ones on cylinder...
• master cylinder rebuilding?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 1 Mar 2006 15:27:39 -0500
  I can get a high quality rebuilding kit for the master cylinder really cheap. Has anyone had any success rebuilding these? My past experience...
• Re: Brake Master Cyl. replacement
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 6 Oct 2008 13:20:04 -0700
  ...be sure to get the o-ring in place that seals the master cylinder to the booster. another tip ............assuming your new master cylinder...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Will Walters
  Tue, 5 Jan 1999 13:28:59 -0500
  Hello, Can anyone explain lost compression in the cylinders to me? How does lost compression in one cylinder result in a valve job? Is...