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• Re: Suddenly, no oil pressure. Disaster??
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sun, 8 Oct 2006 16:19:39 -0400
  ...This > began immediately after replacing two pushrod tubes > with adjustable pushrod tubes.I had to remove the > rocker arm to do this. The switch...
• Re: WANTED: Exhaust Manifold
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 24 Jun 2001 18:17:34 -0500
  ...square" exhaust ports on the > heads and extends down past the pushrods tubes. No heat exchanger, > mufflers, etc. required. Just the exhaust flanges and...
• The big head job
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 16 Mar 1996 00:35:30 -0600
  ...The new pushrod tubes should help with cooling as well. The hot weather here in Austin is what has me so uptight about cool...
• Re: O-Rings, was: rebuilder blames coolant for failure under warranty
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Tue, 14 Jan 2003 12:30:27 -0500
  ...told him specifically not to put rtv on the push rod tube seals............a month later, he asks me to help him with a...
• Message for Stan
  Historical mailing list - Thompson, Michael
  Mon, 6 May 2002 12:59:42 -0600
  ...I have checked the pushrod tubes again, and they all > move > easily under fairly light pressure (i.e. I can grab them between > thumb...
• Re: Running a 1.9 without any head gasket
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sun, 8 Jan 2006 14:10:07 -0800
  ...This side was only patched with RTV > /quick steel.Seems to be ok ,though. > > The problem is a pushrod tube was punctured somehow. these...
• Re: 6 mils of lash...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 8 Jan 2000 04:31:57 -0500
  ...in my engine as Boston Bob has provided me with collapsible pushrod tubes. My best gedanken-experiments convince me that this is the key...
• Decision Time
  Historical mailing list - Michael Garrett
  Tue, 3 Jul 2001 21:05:38 -0400
  ...connections, bad ball joints, bad front shocks, dry rotted tires, stained pushrod tubes (ie leaking is around the next corner) and I need belts...
• Re: what clues about engine health can I get...
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Tue, 15 May 2012 23:07:43 -0400
  ...senders, connected to port between pushrod tubes. Then use vacated spot at rear of engine (where one of the stock press. senders was) for...
• Re: Another way to drain coolant
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 18 Oct 2008 11:45:57 -0700
  ...86 > vanagon, my Bentley points to the drain plugs between the pushrod tubes as > the proper location to drain. These plugs are accessible after...
• Re: oil light question
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Wed, 1 Jan 2014 12:47:18 -0500
  ...Oil started leaking from the oil pressure switch between the pushrod tubes so I have confirmation that that switch is bad. I will replace...
• Re: Jeff Weigand, 85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Thu, 16 Jul 1998 02:14:18 EDT
  ...You'll need a valve cover gasket, four lifters and four collapsible pushrod tubes with the eight seals. I hope the dealer has a...
• '84 wolfy for sale...Re: want: 1.9L Pre 86 Vanagon Passenger - So. Calif
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 Nov 2000 10:15:27 EST
  ...new heads/gaskets, complete new S&S exhaust, all new fuel lines, water pump, starter, ign switch, tires, brakes, pushrod tube seals, a/c...
• FW: Water Pump-Oil Pressure
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Sun, 16 Dec 2012 19:50:32 -0500
  I used the port between the pushrod tubes. Taking the engine tin down was no picnic. Days of saturating the exhaust studs with penetrating...
• Re: Empty Lifter
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Tue, 9 Nov 2004 10:28:26 -0600
  ...of pouring some oil down the tube and then pushing on the >lifter numerous times with the pushrod to see if it would vacuum...
• Valve clearance not at tdc?
  Historical mailing list - Nate Saylor
  Fri, 15 Apr 2005 17:08:55 -0700
  ...Also what's the P# for the collapsable pushrod tubes at BD, I see a couple different ones each time I search?. -Nate '84...
• Re: Loud metallic knock from engine??????
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 12 Jul 2006 10:33:02 -0700
  ...lifter without pulling more than the pushrod > tube, valve train, pop new hy-lifter in, put incollapsible > pushrodtube, replace valvetrain? > > Sounds good. > > I could...
• Re: how to remove driver's side "engine tin" pushrod cover
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Wed, 20 Jul 2005 10:18:37 -0400
  ...Also pick up a tube of anti-seize compound. Home Depot also carries some metric hardware. As a last resort you may have to...
• Re: 2.1L WBX -oil pressure light flickers at idle
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Markett
  Sat, 28 Feb 2015 23:45:36 -0800
  ...But the engine was > out of service while the oil cooler seal was replaced and two pushrod tubes > were replaced on the side opposite...
• Access to coolant drain plugs? 83.5
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Reeves
  Fri, 5 Sep 1997 01:36:02 -0400
  ...coolant? On my bus the two cover plates that cover the pushrod tubes are held in place by the bottom bolts of the exhaust...
• Re: Some basic TypeIV engine help, please
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 16 Aug 2003 12:26:48 -0700
  ...heard was the engine was leaking oil and the right-side pushrod tube oil seals had been replaced somewhere around Eureka, California. Of course...
• Re: update: Re: major problems?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 13 Jan 2003 16:38:01 -0800
  ...coolant into the cover and from there it drains through a pushrod tube into the block. The lower 4 head studs on each side...
• Re: oil consumption
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 29 May 2002 16:38:30 -0500
  ...Happens every time. > > Is there a way to discover if it is the pushrod tubes, or something > worse? > > > John > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO...
• Fw: Re: Hot Foot Syndrome...what is solution?
  Historical mailing list - Roy Olynick
  Mon, 14 Jul 2003 10:37:42 -0500
  ...bicycle inner tube work fairly well for this, too. I used some | to make seals for the clutch and brake pushrods on my '75.
• Re: Why do I have four bent Intake valves?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 7 Apr 2005 06:00:58 -0400
  ...the oil puddle forming under it !!! I pulled the pushrod shields and the Intake tubes are mangled : ( so I pulled the covers and rocker...
• Head replacement... sooo much easier the second time
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:29:06 -0600
  ...Remove the underside tin (on the sides and over the pushrod tubes). Drop the exhaust after separating the pipes from the heads front and...
• Re: what clues about engine health can I get...
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 15 May 2012 07:59:28 -0700
  ...tower (seen that before!) >> - minor oil weeping from one valve cover >> - pushrod tubes shiny, oil and rust free >> - oil pump endplay 0.004" (good...
• Re: my own coolant mystery
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Mon, 25 Mar 2002 17:51:41 -0500
  ...It's the cooling tube that you don't see, it's between the lower parts of the thermostat housing (below the Thermostat position...
• Parts Score - Evaluation
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Mon, 08 Apr 1996 20:04:24 -0700
  ...Tons on pushrod tubes, beat up engine tin, broken Super BEater turnsignal lights, etc. Cool Stuff: 3 early 60's taillights, with what I...
• Re: Repost: Aircooled vanagon acceptable oil temperature / timingproblem?
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Thu, 4 Jul 2002 18:57:50 -0400
  ...I stopped, investigated, found the problem and > replaced the offending pushrod tube at the roadside, topped up the oil > and went on my way...
• Re: VDO Oil Sender Setup
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 16 May 2012 14:13:38 -0700
  ...a flex hose connected to low oil pressure switch port between > pushrod tubes. A T-connector provides connections to the dual-pole sender > and...
• Lifter Thoughts
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 26 Oct 2001 09:22:16 -0400
  ...It had a damaged lifter due to the PO's attempt to replace a rusted out pushrod return tube. I replaced the lifter. I...
• Re: Flickering Oil Light - 2.1 L WBX
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 16 Feb 2015 17:23:26 -0600
  ...Changed two pushrod tubes that were > leaking. Put everything back in place, adjusted the valves, put 20-50 oil > in the engine, and went...
• Re: '85 GL manual - Draining old coolant
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Wed, 9 Apr 2008 12:42:13 -0400
  ...Right between the pushrod tubes, on each head, > >are drain plugs. While you have the tin off you "Might" consider using > >a hole saw...
• Another Newbie With Heads Fixed
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Mon, 24 Jan 2005 13:36:30 -0600
  ...One note I have is that my Elring seal kit came with more of the little pushrod tubes seals than the bigger ones. What...
• Re: Rear (pulley) seal on Syncro
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Mon, 28 Oct 1996 12:43:11 -0500 (EST)
  ...of the leak (it appears to > be around the seal, the pushrod tubes, valve cover gaskets and drain plug > look OK), I like to...
• Re: I win!!! the worse ever "westy part" picture...
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 16 Mar 2005 20:02:39 -0600
  ...The *TLTD* THERMAL DISPERSANT is what you'd use on engine cases, valve covers, pushrod tubes. It's also a black coating but more...
• Re: 85 westi still wiff a prooblamo
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Mon, 3 May 2004 21:58:05 -0400
  ...air flow meter checks good > fixed 4 push rod tubes and replaced 2 pushrods > adjusted timing after swapping out distributor (plastic push on > connector...
• Vanagon 1.9L seized
  Historical mailing list - Scott Maurer
  Wed, 11 Sep 1996 22:38:48 +0000
  ...bearings camshaft and bearings piston rings distributor drive gear water pump pushrod tubes flywheel crankshaft seal muffler and clamp exhaust pipe C.V. boot...
• SV: Oildipstick marks on 2L aircooled 82 gasoline engine
  Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
  Mon, 3 May 2004 15:45:04 +0200
  ...your consumption seems to be much too severe. :( i would check underneath to make sure the valve cover gaskets and the pushrod tube seals...
• Re: Pushrod tube fix
  Historical mailing list - Michael T. DeLessio
  Fri, 23 May 1997 07:45:37 -0400
  ...removing the >Allen head bolts in the water jacket between the pushrod tubes. Refill with >water, run and dump again. Then fill completely with...
• Re: quick and dirty head etc
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 24 May 2013 09:29:46 -0700
  ...quick and dirty head etc > > Made some progress today and discovered one head had spring loaded pushrod > tubes installed. This was the side with...
• oil light question
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Tue, 31 Dec 2013 14:43:43 -0500
  ...The one near the distributor or the one down between the pushrod tubes. Which makes the most sense? Are they both connected by oil...
• Re: question of oil level (II)
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Redford
  Sun, 2 Oct 94 14:31:03 PDT
  ...expect maybe up to 1/2 pint to be in the pushrod tubes, heads etc.. But, I would think that aftera couple minutes the...
• Re: it was just a small leak on the left head in the front of the head
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Sun, 2 Feb 2003 10:41:25 -0500
  ...I had removed the pushrod > tube cover to determine that it always leaked after > shutdown on short runs left head in the front. Think...
• Re: 89 Bluestar project
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 2 Feb 2014 03:19:11 -0800
  ...by loosening all the cylinder head bolts, removing valve gear, pushrods and pushrod tubes etc and then pulling the heads off? 3� � � Is engine...
• Re: DIY Head Gaskets, (Long) Please Check!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Dec 1995 17:51:58 -0400
  ...Drain the coolant into a container, by opening the drain bolts between the pushrod tubes on each side. need 6mm Allen head screw. Open...
• 89 Bluestar project
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sat, 1 Feb 2014 19:50:38 -0500
  ...by loosening all the cylinder head bolts, removing valve gear, pushrods and pushrod tubes etc and then pulling the heads off? 3 Is engine...
• (f) Hi to Tobin & Christa, models, wieghts, etc.
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 18 Jan 1995 15:25:22 -0800
  ...I'm left with a 34 PICT 3 carb, dual-port manifold, generator, fan, selected engine tin and a two-vacuum-tube distributor that...
• Re: Cold start oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 12 May 2021 11:46:03 -0700
  ...part of a recent project, I pulled the sender between the pushrod tubes and put that with the VDO sender on a tee about...
• Re: Head sealants??
  Historical mailing list - -------------------------
  Wed, 24 Jan 2007 23:19:41 -0500
  ...benplace.com (thanks so much for that page Ben) says to use loctite 518 on the pushrod tube seals and the black cylinder O...
• Re: Replacing broken valve lifter?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 26 Apr 2001 17:18:33 -0400
  ...After a talk with the mechanic, the service >manager admits reluctantly that - yes, you can do a replacement with the >collapsible pushrod tube, but...
• Re: Rocky Mtn Westy Exhaust
  Historical mailing list - Joe Novak
  Wed, 1 Apr 2015 13:11:07 -0700
  ...It requires omission or modification of one of the > pushrod tube covers. > > The slip joint clamps are difficult to get leak-free, especially after...
• Re: Engine parts source
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Tue, 6 May 2014 18:07:47 -0700
  ...I have ordered pushrod tubes from http://www.cbperformance.com/ and I think I'd like to track down some new-and-not-$200...
• Re: Too Much Head Sealant?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:23:29 -0400
  ...I added another film of black > sealant, added some more yellow sealant under the cap nuts, left the 51813 > on the pushrod tube seals...
• Re: 76 engine dead
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Apr 95 11:11:07 MDT
  ...I replaced the seals on everything including the pushrod tubes and happened to look at the cam lobes through the ports. The cam was...
• Re: Exaust Systems
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Tue, 28 May 2002 09:33:39 -0400
  ...As far as engine tin, you should at the very least have the two bottom pieces that cover the pushrod tubes. Don't worry...
• Re: Tom Wilson Head Torquing
  Historical mailing list - Sami Dakhlia
  Tue, 26 Dec 1995 11:30:45 -0600 (CST)
  ...It helps compress pushrod tubes so torque readings won't be artificially high. Final torque sequence at B is different from initial tightening pattern...
• The Right Stuff (2 years later)
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Wed, 4 Jul 2007 13:55:41 -0400
  ...studs removed, the head was still stuck there (they always pop (pushrod tube side) out usually), this tell a lot about The Right Stuff...
• Re: VDO Oil Sender Setup
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Wed, 16 May 2012 17:39:46 -0400
  ...a flex hose connected to low oil pressure switch port between >> pushrod tubes. A T-connector provides connections to the dual-pole sender >> and...