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• Rust in lower side panel Vanagon '80
  Historical mailing list - Jan Willem Brier
  Sat, 25 Nov 2000 21:09:47 +0100
  ...There is very little if any solid material left where the rocker panel is supposed to be. The bottom of the side panel is...
• "stealth Bus" article in Hot VW's
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 29 Sep 1999 22:38:04 EDT
  ...5 speed trans -counterweighted crank -Rhino 1.25 rocker arms, and swival feet adjusters -ported AMC heads -and a baked on ceramic thermal coating...
• Re: fog light rocker switch
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 11 Aug 2000 10:55:02 -0400
  > These switches were used in Jettas, > Golfs and Rabbits...check out auto salvage yards. Most of the ones in Golfs, etc. carry a 321...
• Re: 91 Vanagon GL Top Speed?
  Historical mailing list - Filcoff, David M.
  Fri, 29 Jun 2001 13:22:37 -0500
  ...4100 rpm), 1192cc 40hp stock except for Wasserboxer 2.1l 1.1:1 rocker assemblies and it's also balanced. dave 251.org 87...
• engine ventalation theory?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Wed, 15 Jul 1998 12:25:46 -0700
  ...In doing my "research" on how increased ratio rockers will affect engine performance, I have come across all kinds of conflicting views... Some say...
• Pauter Ratio Rockers: Installed and Working?
  Historical mailing list - Forhan, Thomas
  Fri, 19 Jul 2002 11:56:56 -0400
  I'm wondering if anyone has installed the Pauter rockers with the pre-cut pushrods which were aquired as part of a group purchase...
• Re: 87' VW Westfalia - $12500
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 9 Mar 2014 23:13:16 -0400
  ...Beautiful!! Marc are you guys blind? someone rhinolined the rockers and quarterpanels of this van... hideous! the rhinolining was probably done to cover up...
• Bus for sale in UK
  Historical mailing list
  8 May 96 13:22
  ...Camper interior (homebrew, but good, 2-berth, fridge, cooker etc.) New inner and outer sills (rockers), and door steps. Blue and white, very good...
• personal to Dworkin
  Historical mailing list - Crazed Idiot
  Tue, 05 Dec 1995 0:34:53 EST
  ...I checked my Bentley book wiring diagram for the 1971 Super Beetle and it seems that the rear defogger switch is a rocker-type...
• CrewCab F.S 1989 $5000 Obo
  Historical mailing list - Scott MacPhail
  Sun, 8 Nov 1998 09:05:23 PST
  ...Standard, Good engine, Body rough, has rusr bubbles on the body and rust thru on the rocker and rear wells and the bed gates...
• Re: bent lifters
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Smola
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 21:00:47 -0600
  ...this of course is the link between the rocker arm and the lifter. A lifter is a billet piece of steel. It is also...
• Push rods change?
  Historical mailing list - zolo
  Thu, 11 Sep 2003 08:28:55 -0700
  ...Is this the same on the water cooles engines? Can I just take off the rockers and pull the push rods out? Can I...
• Re: RECOMMENDATION
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sat, 20 May 2000 08:38:40 EDT
  ...Use the T1 valve train-solid rocker shafts, Cromoly push rods and retainers, racing valve locks, racing clutch bolts, solid spacer, 1.25 rhino...
• Back safely!
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Sun, 4 Apr 2004 22:30:28 -0500
  ...afternoon I loosened all of the rocker arms just slightly, as Bob Donalds suggested, and although the rocker arms are chattering a little, the...
• Re: HELP: Heads Rebuild: No Compression
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 10 Apr 2002 13:40:20 -0400
  ...Push rods centered and rockers tightened and rockers/rods adjusted with two turns but no compression on #3 and #4 cylinders. Turned engine by...
• New Beetle question (Friday nvc)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Fri, 3 Apr 2020 17:59:07 -0500
  ...I didn’t really notice until we got a loaner 19 Golf from the dealer while the rockers are being replaced under warranty. What...
• Re: Stuff Found in Busses
  Historical mailing list - Eric Engelhard
  Mon, 22 Aug 1994 09:56:54 -0700 (PDT)
  Thom Fitzpatrick writes: > Recently I was cutting away my rusted rocker panels, and this stuff > kept falling out. The "stuff" turned out to be...
• Re: Oil Drain Plug Seal
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 4 Sep 1996 20:33:46 PST
  ...Headlight rocker switch Driver side engine shield 85 GL 60 356 coupe (almost finished!)
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - brian adams
  Wed, 8 Nov 2000 08:43:12 EST
  I have an 84 Vanagon GL--it sounds like the rocker arms are pinging against the valve covers. When I start the engine a...
• Group Chip Purchase Update
  Historical mailing list - Forhan, Thomas
  Tue, 22 Jan 2002 16:36:16 -0500
  ...If you missed earlier discussions, these chips richen the mixture and are designed for 1.3 or 1.4 ratio rockers. If you are...
• Re: what clues about engine health can I get...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 15 May 2012 12:10:49 -0700
  ...see how beat up the rocker arm screws are where they contact the valve stems. the valves stems should be hard enough material that...
• Re: Oil Pressure Gauge Kit
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Perry
  Wed, 7 Mar 2018 11:09:23 +0000
  ...That is, the other between rockers takes the stock location and adds to it. That makes sense to keep packaged like that to me...
• Re: 87Syncro,Headlights won't turn on
  Historical mailing list - STEVEN G WACKER
  Fri, 19 Sep 1997 08:55:16 -0700
  ...So then I tried jiggling the rocker switch for the lights and found that if I moved the switch slightly back form the "on...
• Anyone want to get rid of their stock chip?
  Historical mailing list - John Andrew
  Sat, 7 Apr 2001 08:44:19 -0600
  ...He had the performance rocker arms and chip installed. Now he wants to go back to stock and can not find his stock chip...
• WBX Mods Graph
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Fri, 1 Jun 2001 19:01:54 -1000
  ...I have located my graph tracking performance of WBX stock, and with chip and Gene Berg Rocker mods. I will send it to whoever...
• Re: chronic flat lifter
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 3 Mar 2003 23:50:13 -0600
  ...What do you > suggest I do? Could misadjusted rockers cause the lifters to go flat? > Sometimes the tapping is so bad, it begins to...
• Re: Front heater never shuts off
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sat, 25 May 2024 17:40:16 +0000
  ...the Spring Return automatically closes valve.  I rigged up an old Rocker Switch (rear window defroster) into vacant bay on Instrument Cluster.  I even...
• 78 to 83 engine parts.
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sat, 11 Aug 2001 23:11:48 -0500
  ...I have the lifter's, and I am looking for 8 hydraulic push rods, and 2 rocker shaft's, from a 78 bus to...
• Re: Wasserboxer Horsepower Increase, an intellegent discussion
  Historical mailing list - James Cohen
  Fri, 1 May 1998 00:33:11 -0600
  ...Install 1.25 rockers. 1.40 ratio rockers may decrease reliability. Ummm, I'm not convinced that this is really worth the expense. Maybe...
• Re: OE foglight switch p/n
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Thu, 30 Oct 1997 18:05:10 -0800
  ...To the right of the Speedo, there is the 4-way flasher (rocker switch), the rear window defroster (rocker switch) and a blank where...
• Re: Bent push rod jammed into rocker and damaged valve
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Fri, 7 Aug 1998 19:09:55 -0700
  ...I found that the >| push rod for the number four cylinder intake valve had come loose and >| jammed in-between the rocker and the...
• Re: Digifant ECU Chip source located...$260 or less...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sat, 12 Aug 2000 10:51:53 EDT
  Mark, They seem to sell this only with a set of rockers. I tried several times to buy only the chip and got not...
• Re: WTB: Rocker Switch for Fog Lights
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Fri, 11 Aug 2000 07:48:47 +0200
  > there are other vw's that use this switch...rabbits..golfs, No! They look the same on the front, but they are fixed to...
• FW: 85 Vanagon - leaking push rod tube?
  Historical mailing list - Cooper, Jonathan R.
  Mon, 7 May 2001 15:34:12 -0400
  ...you don't want any dirt falling into the rocker assembly or getting into the oil and flowing down into the engine. once the...
• Re: Vanagon-Bug Motor Parts (shared)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Thu, 1 Dec 94 11:52:52 PST
  ...the Type 1 engine including cam, crankshaft, > distributor, oil pump and rocker arms." > > This sentence sounds like an outrageous assertion--hardly believeable. > > Has anybody...
• Re: Source for driver's side body repair panel?
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Sun, 13 Apr 2003 06:55:28 -0400
  Roger, I bought a '90 Westy with seam rust-through on the drivers side along the top of the rocker panel, I bought a...
• Re: Value of a '66 Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Fri, 15 Mar 2002 08:12:17 EST
  ...for only $800. The big issue to me would be rust. Rocker rust is to be expected, but what does it look like under...
• Re: saturday stumper: why do Canadian westys have the elec. outlet down low?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Sun, 23 Mar 2003 07:31:09 -0500
  >Chris (JordanVw@AOL.COM) asked - > >why do the Canadian westys have the exterior electrical outlet down low by >the rocker panel, and have a...
• Wasserboxer Horsepower Increase, an intellegent discussion
  Historical mailing list - davidb
  Thu, 30 Apr 1998 08:32:49 -0400
  ...Install 1.25 rockers. 1.40 ratio rockers may decrease reliability. 3 Balance and blueprint engine --I always do it! 4. I like the...
• Re: Odds and Ends-Before the crusher
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Feb 2002 11:33:18 EST
  ...mi 84) that did not have damage or a bondo filled lower sliding door/rr rocker/wheel arch filled area.. USE YOUR MIRRORS!! :<) chris
• Re: Low beam HELP!
  Historical mailing list - Julianna Thoennes
  Tue, 7 May 2002 09:22:56 -0700
  When this happened to me, it was the rocker switch on the dash that was the problem. Pretty easy to replace. Julianna 90 VW...
• Ecu Chip & Rocker Info/ New Dyno results.
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 10 Sep 1998 07:20:51 -0700
  ...I have Chips and I'm waiting for 10 sets of Rockers from Gene Berg. * or so of these kits have been spoken for...
• Re: Valve adjustment advice
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Sun, 13 Dec 2015 23:42:35 -0800
  ...The will have a bad rocker geometry and make for a noisy engine. If something is wrong it will need to be fixed. A...
• Busted Bumper? i'll fix it! also fiberglass bumpers/trim FS
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 21 Feb 2002 16:57:06 EST
  ...if you own a '87-'91 vanagon with the fiberglass bumpers/rocker trim, and have any cracked/munched pieces, get in touch with me...
• Re: Speaking of Just Kampers/ sill skirts
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sat, 23 Dec 2006 02:03:31 -0500
  ...The rocker panel skirts ("sill" is the British term for "rocker panel") were also of their own design, and the spoiler was genuine VW...
• Re: Jump starting without opening battery compartment?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Szpejankowski
  Mon, 15 Feb 2016 13:51:15 -0500
  I have a rocker switch that allows me to start from the secondary battery. Chris. Wysłane z iPhone'a Dnia 15.02.2016 o...
• Re: Dual Fuel Tanks
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Sat, 15 Mar 1997 17:30:05 +0000
  ...Another option is to put a long skinny saddle tank outside the frame and inside the rocker below the rear door area. This is...
• Re: [Syncro] Mufflers & Breathing
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Thu, 20 Dec 2001 08:36:15 -0800
  > Now that the Pauter rockers will be installed on my > syncro, i was wondering about mufflers that will allow > better flow without compromising low...
• Re: Need center panel sheet metal from SF Bay Area junkyard
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:56:25 +0000
  ...sheet metal behind the drivers door-- below the windows to the > rocker panel. Anyone know of a good donor in a Bay Area junkyard...
• Re: [Syncro] 1.3 or 1.4 ratio rockers?
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Wed, 12 Dec 2001 21:43:47 -0500
  ...rocker upgrade to help<br> bridge the power gap created by my larger tires.<br> <br> Robert Lilley advises 1.3 ratio rockers if...
• Re: Performance Wasserboxer: Fact or Fiction
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sun, 16 Jul 2000 13:25:30 EDT
  ...increase bottom end torque Add Rhino swivel rocker tips: eliminated valve guide wear Add Cromoly cut to fit push rods Add Cromoly valve spring...
• FS: 1960 Panel Van
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 May 1995 10:44:55 -0400
  ...No rust on rockers, Wow!! The rust demon has visited the driver side floor. Very straight body, located in Raleigh, N.C. (land of...
• '59/'63 buses for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 29 Apr 96 17:38:43 EDT
  ...both were rusted fairly well, ie, rocker panels had holes in it. the '59 was interesting, no rear windows, only windows on the back...
• city water
  Historical mailing list - Bob Berkemer
  Sun, 24 Oct 1999 06:21:47 -0500
  ...a connection here between our camper water system, internal leaks, and that lower seam rust above the rocker panel........ Bob, 84 westy Menomonie Wi
• Fridge+Stove removal question
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Sat, 24 Feb 2001 13:00:05 -0800
  I need to remove the fridge/stove to get to the interior rocker panel (body seam) so i can treat some rust. I have...
• Re: Looking for used gutless cat...
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Tue, 30 Apr 2002 11:31:57 -0500
  ...see if >it makes much of a difference with the chip, rocker, and K&N filter setup. >Does anyone have an old dead cat...
• NC body shops for dreaded seam rust repair?
  Historical mailing list - Agent99
  Thu, 8 Apr 2004 01:04:17 -0400
  I'm looking for someone to repair the dreaded left rocker panel Westfalia seam rust. If anyone has had this done in the greater...
• Bronze colour on 1.9 WBX heads
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:48:41 -0800
  ...Noticed the DS head on this 1.9 WBX I'm working on, has a copper looking colour in area behind rockers. I assume...
• Dead cylinder....$0.25 fix!
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Fri, 31 May 2002 05:51:58 -0400
  ...Now, I had no unusual valve clatter, but popped the valve cover to look to see if the rocker backed off. Nope in place...
• 80 Westy & Emmissions
  Historical mailing list - ForestDweller
  Thu, 14 Sep 2000 13:27:48 -0700
  ...Apparently, the rocker arm is frozen, caused by overheating?. Assuming I can get an emissions waiver, my emissions mechanic says I'm looking at...