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• Re: Symptoms of Blown Headgasket on Non-Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 18 Sep 2005 08:03:16 -0700
  ...engine would run rough from the leaking cylinder's charge blowing out on the compression stroke. If it's LOUD and the car continues...
• Re: Timing tips for Idiots
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:43:54 -0700
  ...If the piston is at TDC with a valve open you know it's at the top of its exhaust stroke, not compression stroke...
• Re: Valves adjustment in Bentley
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:39:56 -0600
  ...And, on the Compression Stroke? JC... On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 3:26 PM, pdooley <psdooley@verizon.net> wrote: > You just want to...
• Transport without breaking camp..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:27:29 -0700
  ...Only drawback is the fuel capacity is small, limiting range to about 100-125 miles..Two stroke.. Don Hanson
• Measuring engine RPM based on Hall sender/coil signals
  Historical mailing list - tinker man
  Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:44:15 +0300
  ...How is engine RPM related to ignition pulse frequency? The motor is a 4-stroke, 4-cylinder, where every cylinder gets a spark once...
• Re: Electric Water Pump
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:17:33 -0800
  ...Just ask Ford power Stroke owners that have replaced engines.
• The much maligned 1.9 head on 2.1 engine
  Historical mailing list - Roger&Zoe Ann Banker
  Fri, 22 Oct 1999 20:08:45 EDT
  ...The 2.1 engine has the same diameter pistons, just a longer stroke, so the top end is the same. If you do something...
• Re: Subaru 2.5 issues
  Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
  Mon, 26 Oct 2020 08:06:15 -0700
  ...Cylinder wear @ > 180k miles if the engine was well-maintained - even if that meant pouring more oil through it than a 2-stroke. Of...
• Friday NV
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 24 Oct 2014 09:47:29 -0500
  Dear Volks, Since my stroke, I find I need a therapy device that is not generally available and maybe someone here who is into...
• Re: Wife is done with Vanagon and camping!
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Sun, 30 Jun 2013 15:37:39 -0400
  ...WOW - maybe theres something wrong with me but now 73, a stroke victim and, through my own stupidity, broke my back in two places...
• Re: TDC ?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Diebolt
  Tue, 28 Jan 1997 21:58:44 -0500
  ...All of this >corresponds to the end of the compression stroke (both intake and exhaust >valved closed and the pison has moved from the...
• Re: Thermostat install Question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 2 Aug 2001 16:47:02 -0400
  ...water. Opening begins approx 85C 185F. Opening ends approx 105C 221F. Stroke minimum 8mm 0.315 in." They don't explain how you get...
• Re: Was Ottinger, now Porsche 3.0
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 4 Feb 2004 20:47:23 +1300
  ...7 & 3.2), using the 1.9 > > and 2.1 bores & strokes. They suffer all of the problems of the VW > > wasserboxer they are...
• Re: 82 compression test
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 25 May 1999 14:34:59 -0400
  ...There are variations on this theme (wet, dry, hot, cold, record the first stroke v. final pressure, etc.) but all of them are done...
• Re: Getting rid of tailgaters,was: Strobing Reverse Lights -- bright light
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 31 Dec 1999 12:12:54 +0100
  ...I was driving behind a stinking, smoking, two-stroke Wartburg with way too much luggage and 5 people. At the first sign of a...
• Re: Oettenger 2.5L Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 29 Oct 2000 23:49:05 +1200
  ...I'll stick with the FAT Performance stroker crank plan >then. Any bigger pistons available for Vanagons? Seeing as wasserboxers have >removable cylinders, I...
• Pictures of SD 508 innards
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 18 Oct 2006 11:37:15 -0700
  ...The stroke is very short and the pistons are big,here onm the 508.The crankshaft looks like a slice of cheese.It rotates...
• Re: Brake light switch replacement
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:15:57 -0800
  ...Brake light switch replacement > "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> said: > >> Try not to stroke the brake pedal more than about half or 2...
• Re: Lost coolant cap?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 10 Jan 2018 11:17:24 -0800
  ...90 TinTop > > jen 🐰 949 2907897 📞 > Good words to you. 📝 > Make every stroke count! 🎾 > >> On Jan 10, 2018, at 06:56, Jim. Felder <jim.felder...
• Re: POR-15
  Historical mailing list - Dominique Cormann
  Thu, 5 Oct 2000 20:16:52 -0400
  ...The brush strokes themselves were still present in the layer or POR-15. The lines in the strokes were the area that didn't...
• Re: Cleaning pop top flocking?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 7 Jun 2015 17:00:12 -0700
  ...Remember to stroke the nap in one direction at the end (aesthetics count). I used a product only available from janitorial supply houses. It...
• Re: Propane powered fridge while driving (?)
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 11 Jul 2003 09:40:23 -0400
  ...the lucky ones...my fridge lights every time with about 12 strokes of the igniter. (It's probably actually lighting faster, but I just...
• Re: My Engine Has Bit the Dust
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 15 Nov 2016 13:13:53 -0800
  ...I don't like making 1.9s into 2.1s or bigger because that requires a stroker crank to increase displacement, and those can...
• Lack of power at low revs?
  Historical mailing list - HC Carter
  Mon, 16 Jun 2003 22:16:10 -0700
  ...Kind of like riding my old 2-stroke dirt bike - VERY narrow power band. I'll keep researching -but- any ideas? Thanks, HC ===
• Re: Diesels on NPR this morning
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sat, 15 May 2004 13:04:29 -0400
  ...Diesel cycle engines produce CO2 as an exhaust > component in approximately the same quantity per stroke regardless of the > fuel source D1,D2, McDooDoo...
• Re: Stripped threads
  Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
  Tue, 17 Feb 2015 14:27:03 -0500
  ...On 2/17/15 2:17 PM, John Rodgers wrote: > > OK! Stroke Brain at work here. What the devil is the deviced > called that...
• Re: Best source of parts for a rebuild
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:28:21 -0700
  ...According to the Pro Training Manual, the 2.1 simply has a 7mm longer stroke (94mm piston, so 4.7 * 4.7 * pi * .7cm...
• Re: Brakes problems
  Historical mailing list - John Jensen
  Sun, 29 May 2011 16:39:32 -0400
  ...Yes...I did stroke all the way. The good news is I have all new clean brake fluid in my system now. I'll...
• Re: Air scoops
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sat, 13 Apr 2013 20:59:33 -0500
  Colder air = more dense air which in turn requires more fuel for a stoichemtric burn = greater energy release = more power on the power stroke...
• Re: regearing a manual trans
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Fri, 4 Sep 2015 09:01:20 -0700
  ...The Waterboxer is a short stroke engine developing horsepower at higher speeds and more designed to operate at higher speeds for longer periods of...
• Re: Cool Vanagon Paint Job
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:02:53 -0700
  ...It is a car with two two-stroke cylinders, sounding like a lawn mower, the frame is steel the body is some pressed syntetic...
• Van-Again going to be closed from Jan 10th to the 21th
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Sun, 9 Jan 2011 08:20:59 -0500
  ...place where the overnight low is 71! I hope I don't get heat stroke :-) Sincerely, Ken Wilford John 3:16 www.vanagain.com
• Re: Exhaust Design
  Historical mailing list - Roger VanTill
  Sun, 14 Feb 2010 07:06:13 -0500
  ...VW designed? > > > > I have a book that helps to design 4-Stroke intake and exhaust system > lengths, inner pipe diameters, etc. > > > > All this talk...
• Re: 1.8 gas vs. 2.1 boxer
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 2 Mar 1996 01:46:39 -0500
  ...not recall the ratings, but the 1.8 has a longer stroke which helps make more torque. If it was a 2.0 liter...
• Re: cracked right side case...i'm in TROUBLE! (was crank pulley bolt...argh!)
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Tue, 31 Jan 2006 21:31:03 -0500
  i assume you want to do this on the compression stroke of the cylinder so that the rope isn't pushing against an open...
• Re: Fw: Distributor Drive Gear on 2000cc aircolled motor
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Sun, 23 Apr 2000 23:12:36 -0700
  Adam, On the Type IV VW engine, if installed correctly, with #1 piston at TDC on its compression stroke, your distributor drive should have...
• Re: Mini's
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sat, 16 Nov 2002 00:10:27 EST
  ...At that time I was driving a fibreglass Berkeley 3 wheeler replete with Excelsior 328 cc 2 stroke twin. It wasnt very solid but...
• Re: 2.1 fits right in
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 8 Nov 2005 08:39:03 -0800
  ...recomendation would be to install a rebuilt 2.1 > >>engine longer stroke and better engine over all. The stock 2.1 engine > fits > >>right...
• Re: Fw: Re: ? for our mechanical wizards
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 23 Jun 2006 13:43:03 -0700
  ...I think all we can definitively say is that it's something less than 525cc of STP air per intake stroke (given that a...
• Re: Riviera vs. Westy
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:55:40 -0500
  Stroked cranks and 104mm cylinder sets could bring these engines to 2.4L. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon...
• FS: Refurbished Type IV Case and Kolbenschmidt OEM Main Bearings
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
  Thu, 27 Feb 2003 08:23:01 -0500
  ...Build a stroker motor and get the performance of an aluminum case (with bearings) for less than a new full flow type I case...
• Re: Auto trans - 2nd gear brake band adjusting screw
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Thu, 10 Mar 2011 17:28:52 -0800
  ...fell off and wedged into the >> pistons sidewall and inhibited the stroke. >> Service to the 2nd gear piston & seals can be done with trans...
• Ist Wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 31 Dec 2001 22:39:53 +1200
  ...It can be 2-stroke or 4-stroke; sidevalve, pushrod-ohv, SOHC, DOHC or have any other valve design including rotary valves or sleeve...
• Help, 84 Vanagon Brake Diagnosis
  Historical mailing list - Victor Valenti
  Tue, 28 Sep 1999 23:30:30 -0700
  ...a panic stop) the peddle goes to the bottom of the stroke and you can feel it bottom in the master cylinder. I have...
• Re: Black Bears vs Westy Canvas?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Fri, 29 Jul 2005 13:30:31 -0400
  ...long and torturous >bed-ridden decline of multiple cardiac arrests and >strokes caused by my cholesterol-clogged arteries, I >think I'd opt instead...
• Re: Fridge, keeps blowing out and backfires durring ignition
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:34:39 -0700
  ...I start sparking >> *as soon* as I push yellow button. > > If you spark on every stroke of the air pump starting just before you...
• Re: New Beetle Sighting
  Historical mailing list - Lowe, Brandon
  Mon, 29 Sep 1997 11:06:50 -0700
  ...My >brother, the bug nut, about had a stroke and wanted to turn around and >chase them. But alas, we had places to go...
• Looking for Vanagon Wheel Chair Lift
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Tue, 11 Nov 2003 11:17:02 -0500
  ...A friend of mine has had a stroke and his daughter has a debilitating nerve condition (she is walking less and less). Their car...
• Re: 1.9 piston and liners (revisited)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 10 Aug 2006 11:25:11 -0500
  ...The 2.1 piston has a different wrist pin > location (lower) to accommodate the longer stroke of the 2.1 cranks > > Bob > > ----- Original Message...
• OK, Swepco gear oil..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:37:37 -0700
  ...I used one of those inexpensive gear oil pumps that you screw into the container and pump by hand, stroke by stroke, right out...
• Re: Update on Waterboxer vs Transplant Power Options
  Historical mailing list - John Pronk
  Mon, 4 Jun 2001 21:16:54 -0000
  ...This is a stroked (92.4 mm) and bored version of the GX etc 1800cc engine.(81bore X 86.4 stroke) This they still...
• Re: Can't figure out the clutch
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 15 May 2014 22:41:27 -0600
  ...Gnarlodious <gnarlodious@GMAIL.COM> Maybe the clevis pin is worn out on the pedal, in which case you will never get a full stroke...
• RE: Want A List Coffee Mug???
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Fri, 08 Nov 1996 11:38:22 -0500
  ...Friday! Regarding the above, who can change hands without missing a stroke? Back to the mugs... I'd prefer the ceramic 4 Generations mug...
• Re: Vanagon numbers (measurements required)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 9 Jan 2009 19:15:44 -0600
  ...have a burning question that is not likely available at > the stroke of a key. Does anyone know the width of the dash? Not...
• Re: Some Oettinger Six info
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 30 Dec 2000 20:50:50 -0800
  ...Both engines were based on the standard 2.1 litre (four-cylinder) Wasserboxer engine, with the same bore and stroke of 94 and 76mm...
• Re: Water pump project
  Historical mailing list - PSD
  Thu, 8 Oct 2015 21:26:50 -0400
  ...Changing that pump and hoses and pipes is a mean mama! Specially after having a stroke. But I got it done. Tomorrow I will...
• Re: Auto trans - 2nd gear brake band adjusting screw
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 10 Mar 2011 06:09:15 -0500
  ...The piston has more than enough stroke to compensate for wear after the initial adjustment during assembly. If second gear is slipping you will...
• STEBRO News
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 16 Jan 1999 07:04:01 EST
  ...The automated equipment readiness, after a year's wait, is down to the short strokes. So by the 26th of January, the picture will...
• Re: wanted: 90 westy upper-bunk fwd panel and hinges
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 25 Aug 2000 11:19:52 EDT
  In a message dated 8/25/00 3:04:14 AM Eastern Daylight Time, hoss@ricochet.net writes: << through a stroke of good fortune...
• OK Diesel Dudes...
  Historical mailing list - Rachel Cogent
  Sat, 26 May 2001 20:09:02 -0700
  ...35 degrees horizontally and 1/2" vertically at the top of stroke and rear of the cylinder. Does this mean the ring is not...