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• Re: First day on the list. First questions
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Sun, 5 Sep 1999 22:17:22 -0700
  ...Look REAL carefully at the studs that hold on the heads. This is where folks get into trouble. If there is ANY corrosion on...
• Re: [Re: Rough Cost of Engine Rebuild??]
  Historical mailing list - Greg Rich
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 15:44:05 EST
  ...I got new rings, all bearings, heads redone, cylinder deglazing, all seals and gaskets, waterpump, pushrods tubes, hydraulic lifters, etc. It was a light...
• Re: Engine Replacement Options
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:12:43 -0700
  ...This is a set of very critical components for a rebuild, if cylinder heads are most critical ones. I could have reused my OEM...
• follow-up rear hatch lock cylinder rehab
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 20 Mar 2011 11:34:59 -0400
  ...So I took the cylinder out and studied what was happening when I did that. 1 or 2 of the tumblers sticking up a...
• Re: How much power can a stock FI make?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sat, 17 Nov 2001 10:13:07 -0500
  ...I would not consider changing the heads studs from stock, ceramic-coated heads and pistons or counterweighing the crank. Mr. Lilley has never proven...
• Re: Clutch Question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 10 Nov 2012 20:50:11 -0800
  ...weld that bolt head on the underside.. turning it into a stud .. makes it 'way' easier to unbolt the slave cyl from then on...
• Engine Rebuild - week 3
  Historical mailing list - Mark Mages
  Sun, 24 Mar 2002 20:01:46 -0800
  ...Saturday - installed new boston engine cylinder heads. Installed the first one twice after forgetting the cylinder to cylinder head gaskets. Hooked up the fuel...
• Re: User Input: Oval's Motorsport Rebuilt Engines
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 3 May 2016 22:53:59 +0000
  ...be a broken head stud, cracked > > head, or somehow a head loose enough for coolant to get under the > cylinders > > and into the crankcase...
• Re: Possible...Overheating
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:01:52 -0700
  ...dry-fit the head to check that gab and it it's off .. >>>> get this ...*try a different cylinder head* !! >>>> ( which is true. ) >>>> but...
• Re: Overheating
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 31 Dec 2013 17:54:49 -0500
  ...The block tends to pull up "hills" around the head bolt holes which leaves "valleys" between the studs, in the very places that do...
• mean greenie Coolant pouring from tail pipe
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Mon, 29 Jan 2007 12:11:47 -0800
  ...defects in the metal Or a pulled or broken head stud that filled a cylinder up with liquid =20 (but if it did this...
• My on going log for this 78 x 90.5 engine (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Mon, 17 Apr 1995 12:39:06 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Since last log I've installed pistons and cylinders, deflector, pushrod tubes, and heads. Sealant behind head washers, three drops green on each stud...
• Re: Back on the list - Sliding door won't latch
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Thu, 14 Feb 2002 20:41:58 -0800
  ...The >plans for the future include building a subwoofer box >and new front panel (integrated) for the rear seat. >The cylinder head gaskets look...
• Re: VW supplied reman. 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 17 Feb 2007 06:28:35 EST
  ...VW heads made in Poland, new spark plugs, new flywheel, new oil cooler and filter, new oil pump and cover plate. No studs for...
• Re: coolant overflow fears and thoughts
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 9 May 2013 23:34:09 -0400
  ...Machined and welded heads with over size valve guides, yes, reground cranks, sometimes just the rod journals, not the mains, reused cylinders, re ground...
• Re: Over heating issues, hose broke
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 27 Apr 2013 01:03:57 -0400
  ...Sleeve engines take this real hard including the head studs. Look up cylinder cavitation erosion for more details. For all those studs that have...
• Hello to the list!
  Historical mailing list - Gary A. Hollenbeck
  Sat, 26 Sep 1998 09:00:05 -1000
  ...head stud. They had tried sealing the leaking head with gobs of sealant. Anyway, I think you all get my drift. The cylinders were...
• Re: User Input: Oval's Motorsport Rebuilt Engines
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 3 May 2016 17:17:03 -0400
  ...be a broken head stud, cracked head, or somehow a head loose enough for coolant to get under the cylinders and into the crankcase...
• Re: morons
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Polson
  Thu, 22 Aug 2002 22:26:19 +0100
  ...Vanagons across Europe (actually T3s or T25s) suffer *exactly the same* cylinder head gasket and stud corrosion problems as those in North America. The...
• Re: Overheating
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 31 Dec 2013 18:45:22 -0800
  ...The block tends to pull up "hills" around the > head bolt holes which leaves "valleys" between the studs, in the very > places that do...
• Re: My latest Acquisitions....
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 10 Jul 2011 22:02:32 -0700
  ...The usual cause of leakage from the >> cylinder area is a combination of the heads loosening and the cylinder >> barrels pounding into the case...
• Re: GEX Vanagon Engines
  Historical mailing list - Gus
  Sat, 21 Mar 2015 09:11:13 -0400
  ...heads and a better piston-cylinder set or even rings. > New heads, upgraded valves? > How is the case align bored? > Are the head studs...
• Re: 2.2 into a 1.9 case
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 7 Oct 2013 20:49:53 -0400
  ...a set of > >>>> air cooled cases could make the studs that fasten the cylinders & > >>>> heads to the cases strip. We used to install a...
• Re: Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 21 Dec 2015 10:45:45 -0500
  ...Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes >> >> I pulled the cylinders and put in the new o rings ( I had the gasket set). >> Then...
• Re: Engine Removal
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:49:00 -0700
  ...sake....i pulled the heads (some trouble with the cylinders > > trying to come out with the heads....). With the heads off it was obvious...
• Re: coolant leak story-using the warning light/gauge.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 28 Nov 2012 23:19:11 -0500
  ...While the engine is operating with the coolant level dropping the tops of the cylinders and heads go dry and heat up unevenly. Studs...
• Re: Water Wetter questions...
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 12 Jul 2015 19:00:30 -0700
  ...sleeved cylinder engines. >> >> We don’t see much cylinder damage from cavitation erosion but it is very >> >> common on the head studs. >> >> >> >> As for...
• Re: Engine Replacement Options
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:24:31 -0500
  ...It had a solid one. > The cylinder heads were 20k+ miles new (VW OEM). I bought a > set of Cofap for about $200 and...
• Re: ebay vanagon report item=1837094347
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 19 Jun 2002 23:49:07 -0700
  ...probably a low compression cylinder in there cracked high beam no overt head leaks but the heads are likely original and have some chalk...
• Re: 2WD Beach Driving
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:36:51 -0600
  ...all new bearing, rods, > > pistons, cylinders, heads, wires, exhaust, cat, hoses fuel/coolant.  I > > sanded and painted all of the inside steel that fades...
• Re: [WetWesties] Reflections on working on a waterboxer. :-)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:38:11 -0700
  slave cylinder bolt ? if speaking vanagon .. the forward one with the bracket on it is easy. it's the aft one that's hard...
• Re: Engine Rebuild Questions
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Wed, 8 Apr 2009 14:39:23 -0400
  ...CYLINDERS BORED TO 96mm (EXCHANGE), 4 GOWESTY COPPER HEAD GASKETS --PRICE DOES NOT INCLUDE CORE CHARGES: CRANK/$250, CAM/$100 , RODS/ $50EA , CYLINDERS/$50EA...
• Re: Overheating
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 31 Dec 2013 18:19:11 -0800
  ...The block tends to pull up "hills" around the > head bolt holes which leaves "valleys" between the studs, in the very > places that do...
• Re: Click found, but my mechanic needs your help
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sun, 6 Feb 2000 10:58:26 -0500
  ...The only support is from where the pipes are bolted to the heads and from where the muffler is bolted to the frame. John...
• Re: Engine Rebuild Questions
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Tue, 7 Apr 2009 14:58:56 -0400
  ...New AMC Spanish Heads > Wrist Pin Bushings > Cam Shaft - Reground from Van-Cafe > Complete Gaskets Replacement of All seals > Piston Cylinder Kit - From Van...
• Re: Sudden head gasket coolant catastrophic leaking
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 8 Jul 2007 15:55:01 -0400
  ...With one nut on the middle lower > studs I bring the head into contact with the gasket and adjust the > push rod > tubes as...
• Engine Removal
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:13:49 -0500
  ...For curiosity's sake....i pulled the heads (some trouble with the cylinders trying to come out with the heads....). With the heads off...
• Re: Oversized main bearings?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 24 May 2012 00:18:33 -0400
  ...The head studs are also a common source of failure and should be replaced as part of any serious overhaul. There is nothing wrong...
• FW: Vanagon engineering some different perspectives.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 7 Feb 2021 17:33:24 +0000
  ...The head studs could be more robust. Except for cracked heads combustion gasses getting into the cooling system always begin with the heads coming...
• Re: GEX Vanagon Engines
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 21 Mar 2015 10:00:37 -0400
  ...heads and a better piston-cylinder set or even rings. > New heads, upgraded valves? > How is the case align bored? > Are the head studs...
• Re: oil in coolant
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 15 Apr 2021 22:55:47 +0000
  ...Driving 5 miles you have pulled studs, possibly cracked or warped the heads and damaged the seal at the top of the cylinders. In...
• Re: Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 21 Dec 2015 09:50:51 -0600
  ...Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes > >> > >> I pulled the cylinders and put in the new o rings ( I had the gasket > set). > >> Then...
• Re: Looking for Subaru conversion info
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 30 Mar 2000 08:32:32 -0800
  ...cast-in cylinders and cooling passages in the case, conventional large head gasket sealing surfaces (no o-rings or rubber gaskets!), counter balanced crank...
• RE: waterpump replacement & cooling problems
  Historical mailing list - Tom Brunson
  Sun, 29 Jun 97 01:51:05 UT
  ...Kip - your highway problem may be a small leak between a cylinder & head. Highway cruising can let enough gas come through into the coolant...
• Re: Engine Removal
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:26:56 -0700
  ...sake....i pulled the heads (some trouble with the cylinders > trying to come out with the heads....). With the heads off it was obvious...
• Re: Preventive Maintenance?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 1 Apr 2000 11:17:37 -0700
  ...Nothing? The fuel pump, alternator, AFM, coolant lines, > master cylinder, power steering pump, headlight switch, ignition switch? > > More generally, I think it would be...
• 1.9 to 2.1 conversion(long)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 23 Jun 1998 19:13:05 EDT
  ...Pistons & cylinders, and the 2.1 heads. Actually the one list member was correct in saying you can use 1.9 heads, they are...
• Re: Water Wetter questions...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 12 Jul 2015 21:01:05 -0500
  ...sleeved cylinder >> engines. >> >> We don’t see much cylinder damage from cavitation erosion but it is >> very >> >> common on the head studs. >> >> >> >> As for...
• Re: FW: Vanagon engineering some different perspectives.
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 7 Feb 2021 20:25:00 -0800
  ...The head > studs could be more robust. Except for cracked heads combustion gasses > getting into the cooling system always begin with the heads coming...
• Re: Calling Doktor Tim! Question regarding the D.M. and Head Gaskets (Friday)
  Historical mailing list - T.P. Stephens
  Fri, 22 Oct 1999 08:32:39 -0700
  ...regarding brake components and >>oil filters, I was wondering what the vaunted Teutonic engineers were thinking >>when they designed our beloved waterboxer cylinder heads...
• Fire Investigation Type IV engine
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 3 Aug 2002 21:45:33 -0500
  ...I thought that these studs possibly reached red hot in normal use, I see now I was wrong on that assumption.) I'm not...
• Re: Coolant Flush and Fill
  Historical mailing list - John
  Sun, 3 Oct 1999 14:18:45 -0400
  ...1.00, it's a good alternative to the ~$1,000 cylinder head reseal / replacement cost. SPECIAL NOTE: Don't buy the complete Prestone...
• Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer Checking engine grounding1
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 11 Nov 2015 06:56:54 -0800
  ...plenum, > and the cap nuts on the studs have sealant under the flange. This leaves > the cylinders, exhaust system, and push rods to complete...
• Re: Good local mechanic worked on my 85
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Wed, 12 May 2010 19:15:42 -0500
  ...The very minor was a lengthwise split about 2 > > inches > > > > from > > > > the head and extending for about an inch and a half. That was...
• Re: air cooled piston weight/cylinder question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 22 Feb 2011 13:08:41 -0800
  ...pistons and cylinders are not the weak parts. > The heads will likely fail long before much wears with the pistons and > cylinders and rings...
• Re: Starter Motor Sudden Failure: Normal?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 14 Dec 2012 01:07:29 -0800
  ...stud: 12.8 Battery posts + clamps, and starter 30 connection are > clean. Solenoid connection is fairly clean. (certainly not corroded) > Turning key dims headlights...
• Re: Fire Investigation Type IV engine
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 17 Aug 2002 19:17:43 -0500
  Not a big stretch, this fire happened in Texas so it had 115 degrees (f) head start. Stan On Sun, 18 Aug 2002 00...
• Report on first engine removal
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 4 Aug 1996 21:20:12 -0400
  ...jammed up on the lower retaining studs. And the rear of the engine was stuck under the rear of the engine compartment! Couldn't...
• Re: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Thu, 7 Nov 2013 18:35:22 -0800
  ...that tightening the head would have cured that - quite likely! > However, the same cylinder had a broken piston ring - but that could have > been...
• Dead diesel diagnosis/postmortem
  Historical mailing list - Dan Snow
  Thu, 16 Aug 2001 22:19:24 -0700
  ...own head, and I wonder if bronze shavings made their way upstairs. That would be bad. 4) Anything else? Daniel Snow PhD Student UC...