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• Re: ISO : rocker arm shaft carrier
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sun, 8 Sep 2013 18:30:49 -0700
  ...I have dozens of spare push rod tube sealsas well, and push rod tubes On 9/8/2013 6:17 PM, MICHAEL H wrote...
• Berg Vs Pauter Ratio Rockers: comments please!
  Historical mailing list - Forhan, Thomas
  Fri, 14 Dec 2001 12:27:50 -0500
  ...Slight for Berg since it has so many fewer moving parts Pushrods: Berg:Pushrods .26 inches shorter than stock required Pauter: set is $70...
• Re: hydraulic problem
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Sun, 25 Nov 2001 15:01:02 -0500
  ...the spring on that valve doesnt move, > what moves is the bottom half, what i would call the push rod, if this > thing has...
• Have you ever broken a clutch by push starting a vehicle?
  Historical mailing list - Clint Kolda
  Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:36:17 -0800
  ...Then we decided to push start it. Like a dummy I had parked on a slight hill so we had to go up before...
• Re: Instrument cluster.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 12 Jun 2002 13:11:15 -0400
  ...Anyone know how to fix them? Should I just try to >locate a used instrument pod? You have to push in firmly on the...
• Vanagon beat up by 4 wheel drive pick up
  Historical mailing list - Lloyd McClelland
  Fri, 25 Apr 2003 02:09:18 -0700
  ...went back its was rear end pushed 6 feet side ways all the body panels + slider are pushed in looks like it was rammed...
• Re: Auto Trans Throttle Rod
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Wed, 3 Sep 2003 07:10:24 -0400
  ...Pushed them sideways against the spring with great force, then pinched the rod with them to keep them from being pushed off the rod...
• Re: Where's rear wiper switch on '87 GL
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Thu, 21 Nov 1996 23:25:44 -0800
  ...on my '85 you push the lever toward the dash till get >>adequate washer fluid on the rear window, then let the lever go...
• Re: rear window wiper
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 9 May 2001 04:08:11 -0700
  To activate the rear wiper and washer, push the control stalk away from you and allow it to return (it's spring loaded). The...
• Re: Loud metallic knock from engine??????
  Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
  Wed, 12 Jul 2006 18:59:03 +0200
  ...I can replace the hy-lifter without pulling more than the pushrod tube, valve train, pop new hy-lifter in, put incollapsible pushrodtube, replace...
• Bleeding clutch system--resolved?
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Mon, 19 Jun 2000 18:07:02 -0700
  ...Boot torn in one small hole where push rod pushed through it. Action: Removed smunched boot from MC. Cleaned boot. Repaired hole created by...
• Re: Leaking Woes
  Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
  Mon, 3 Jan 2005 12:59:25 -0500
  You don't need to remove the heads to change the pushrod tube seals on the vanagon engine. The tubes can be removed through...
• Push rod tube seals, '81 van
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Bebb
  Sat, 28 Jun 1997 20:01:25 +0100
  Hi all, The push rod seals on my '81 van are leaking oil. It doesn't seem too bad a job to replace them...
• Re: So thar I was (Engine wouldn't start)
  Historical mailing list - Don Spence
  Thu, 6 Dec 2007 10:38:23 -0700
  Early Triumphs (probably MGs too) had a rubber covered push button on the solenoid so it could be operated manually. Helpful when testing compression...
• pushrod tubes
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Brobst
  Sun, 7 Dec 2003 20:31:22 -0500
  I think I still have some from a 1.9L. How many do you need? Send me your address. Tom Brobst
• Re: How hard can you push a Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew G. Martin
  Wed, 9 Apr 2003 22:44:03 -0700
  ...Granted it wasn't a Westy but I pushed it hard to make my appointment in Spokane. I don't recommend this kind of...
• Re: Heidelberg Radio Install Problem
  Historical mailing list - Phil S.
  Thu, 12 Jun 2003 11:31:02 -0700
  ...I pushed it in flush then and ran a flathead screwdriver through the ashtray hole.....this way i could bend up the metal tongues...
• Re: stopping a slight oil leak?
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Wed, 10 Jul 2002 21:44:17 -0400
  Hi Matthew, For around $25 you can get a collapsible pushrod tube and new seals for either end. You must remove the engine tin...
• interesting problem ... solved
  Historical mailing list - John Y. Hung
  Thu, 20 May 1999 13:12:48 -0500
  ...So, I push started again, and the engine fired right up! Shut off the engine after recharging the battery ... it would not restart. Push...
• Re: Re-use collapsible pushrod tubes? New o-rings available?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 9 Sep 2012 19:21:07 -0500
  Back in the day, the accepted practice for rejuvenating pushrod tubes on an aircooled vw was to roll it on a table with a...
• shocks how to know if it really failed?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 25 Aug 2015 00:07:14 -0400
  ...the two front ones are much easier to depress and then stay depressed and don’t push back for a long time many minutes...
• Re: Leaking automatic transmission
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 30 Mar 2000 10:53:57 EST
  ...Either that or maybe a vent in the tranny is plugged up allowing pressure to build up inside, thus pushing past the seal. Sounds...
• Re: '85 GL manual - Draining old coolant
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 9 Apr 2008 10:38:24 -0400
  Jeff Lincoln wrote: > what is the best way to get all of the old coolant out Remove the pushrod tin. Right between the pushrod...
• Re: subject Re: Brake problem
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 3 Oct 2008 11:28:08 -0400
  ...The outboard pad wore much faster and was pushing the rotor over against the frozen pad and was wearing it only a little. Strange...
• Re: Problem with push rod tube seals?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Wed, 22 Jun 2016 14:04:00 -0400
  ...I'll bet the old pushrod tubes are the problem, not the > seals. They may get less malleable as they age, and after stretching...
• Re: bent pushrods... overheated...
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Wed, 10 May 2006 07:00:50 -0700
  ...How do you bend a pushrod? Seized >rocker arm from overheating and then non-seized cam >still pushing up those lifters.... he asked me...
• Reply blocked. Trying again.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 31 Jul 2021 23:37:53 +0000
  ...The spring on each cable end is responsible to push the lever back and properly adjusted should just come free of the push bar...
• Correction Re: Selector shaft seal questions / conformation
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 13 Jun 2021 19:03:42 -0700
  ...Now… > > Should I insert seal into tranny and then push shaft back thru? > Or > Push shaft thru then insert seal > > I’m leaning to...
• Re: Standard Vanagon Jack Base?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sun, 20 May 2012 08:11:00 -0700
  ...the van. > > When you insert the jack with the base slightly pushed under the lifting head towards the center of the van. As you...
• Carat Folding Table
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 May 1997 09:52:31 -0400 (EDT)
  ...All of a sudden, now, when I push it in to release it, it's not releasing. I've tried pushing hard and gently...
• Push Rod Shield Cover Question
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Thu, 30 May 2002 10:20:21 -0500
  I'm now at the point where Bentley says, "Remove push rod shield cover," or something like that. (I don't have the book...
• Push rods (not rubes) to change...
  Historical mailing list - zolo
  Thu, 11 Sep 2003 18:39:03 -0700
  without removing the head. Is that possible? Can I also remove the hydraulic lifters the same way? Zoltan
• Heat shield
  Historical mailing list - Dom and Diane Fraser
  Thu, 6 Apr 2006 13:45:12 -0700
  Looking for drivers side pushrod tube cover/heatshield, and muffler/exhaust straps (all of the drivers side). Dom Fraser 1985 1.9
• Re: Brake Caliper Done?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:39:16 -0700
  ...if one can push the piston back.. then flush new BF into it .. then have someone push on the pedal to move the piston...
• Re: head gasket progress
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sat, 11 Aug 2007 23:48:24 -0400
  ...Why, because those 4 pushrods are pushing hard on this side, you want to lower the pressure on that side first. I have a...
• Re: Check those fuel lines!
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Sun, 11 Apr 2010 10:47:15 -0600
  ...So air is purged out of the system rather >>than being trapped and pushed to the injectors. When a very hot engine >>is shut...
• Re: Rear windshield wiper. Problem or is this normal?
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Fri, 30 Nov 2001 13:54:39 -0800
  ...When you push the lever away from you, you both squirt washer fluid and turn on the wiper. When you push the lever away...
• Re: Stinkin' stickin' slidin' door
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 24 Jan 95 18:08:06 PST
  I also had the same problem on the sliding door that it needed to be pushed from inside to open it. The latch mechanism...
• Re: '86 Westfalia front brakes
  Historical mailing list - Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
  Tue, 20 Oct 1998 21:43:30 -0400
  ...You often cannot just "push" one back in. Use a small piece of wood against the piston to prevent damage to the seal, and...
• Re: Just picked up a 79 westy... no keys..
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 15:38:02 EST
  ...so I can push it around and > steer??/ > You have to drill a hole in the cast housing of the lock mechanism and then...
• rebuilt head and rocker arm clearance
  Historical mailing list - Robert Tippey
  Thu, 28 Jun 2001 23:39:51 EDT
  ...In fact, with the adjusters out the arms actually push the valves in when tightening the assembly. BTW the pushrods were definately seated in...
• Re: Vanagon Pedal Assemblies Failing!!!
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 25 May 1999 15:35:04 -0400
  ...after adjusting the pushrod due to lack of > throw. > > This wear is possibly caused by not keeping your Clutch Pedal Pushrod > adjusted to the...
• C Pillar Wiring - is this possible?
  Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
  Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:09:42 -0700
  ...Another path I might be able to take is to push wire back to the speakers in the AC housing. I can push the...
• Re: Clutch Pedal Click
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 1 Jul 2010 20:28:17 -0700
  ...something to do with the pushrod etc. I have never done it , but I have read that it's possible to cut an access...
• Re: dont pusy our trip meter while driving!
  Historical mailing list - John Fleming
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 20:34:33 -0500
  I have been pushing it while moving for the last six years??. J ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jere & Beth Hawn" <jbrschawn@EARTHLINK.NET> To: <vanagon...
• Re: Fridge won't come out...
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 11 Nov 2007 09:34:37 -0800
  ...Just push the manifold down a little out of the way, and if IIRC, one can reach around the back and push the tubes...
• RE: Attachments on Digest
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 12 Apr 1996 08:43:50 -0700
  ...Select Tools.Options menu. Select Services Tab. Select Internet Mail. Push Properties button. Push Message Format button. Turn off "Use MIME when sending messages...
• [Q]Syncro clutch
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Jul 1995 11:41:35 -0300
  ...Russian weightlifter to push in? (ah, Olga, is this politically correct?) My old '85 had a very easy clutch to push in, car like...
• Re: Smoke coming from under the Van
  Historical mailing list - Marvin Westenburg
  Wed, 11 Mar 1998 18:20:22 -0600
  ...It can be turned to act as a timer to preheat the vehicle if you push it and turn it. Mine is about a...
• Re: push start
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 12 Jan 2001 15:07:17 -0500
  ...I hear that if you push-start (the word "bump" scares me -- I hope you're talking about letting in the clutch smoothly while...
• Converting a concourse-quality '65 Bug into a fun and profitable ice-cream truck
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Fri, 12 Dec 2003 10:41:13 -0800
  ...From converted laundry vand to postal trucks, to old Ford vans, to push carts to bicycle carts. I've even seen low rider ice...
• Re: Stupid Question of the Day - Sliding Door Latches Poorly
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sun, 1 Feb 2004 14:48:06 -0500
  On Sun, 1 Feb 2004, Gerald Masar wrote: > Well, Howdy to you too! > What you are doing (pushing in the rear of door) is...
• Re: SA GRILLE
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 29 Mar 2006 01:46:44 EST
  ...they use push pins instead of the half-turn pin locks like the OE german grilles do. .. you have to push them in, and...
• Re: Increased WBX displacement
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Mon, 8 Sep 2008 08:20:14 -0700
  ...However more modern motors, Subaru and Ford included, installed instead of a modified pushrod WBX, do fit the bill. (sometimes a large bill) However...
• Collapsable Pushrod Tubes?
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Wed, 21 Oct 2015 07:53:38 -0700
  Does anyone have a reasonably cheap source for these? Everything I'm finding online now is $60 for a single tube! --t
• Re: Stove
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cain
  Mon, 29 May 2000 07:55:50 -0400
  >The knobs seem to be frozen up solid, won't move in any direction. Any >ideas? Try pushing them in before you turn.
• Re: reinstalling gas tank
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Sun, 4 Feb 2007 10:14:49 -0800
  ...I got those two in, but the third one, the overflow from > the > filler tube, I cannot push in as it is not a...
• Re: brake hissing?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 31 Oct 2011 07:50:23 -0400
  ...When idling, if I push in the > brake medium-far, I hear nothing, but pushing down *hard*, I hear the > hiss. It seems like...
• '71 engine apart (mostly)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Black
  Mon, 23 Jan 1995 10:03:45 -0700 (MST)
  ...1) a bent pushrod 2) some slight scoring (I can see it, but can't feel it with my fingernail) on one of the...
• Re: Sliding door lock stuck - Vanagon 83
  Historical mailing list - David Johnson
  Wed, 11 Feb 2004 21:34:02 -0800
  ...For > one thing, my outside handle is pushed down to open the door, and if the > door is locked it cannot be pushed down...