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• Special Thanks...
  Historical mailing list - Steven Dodson
  Mon, 24 Mar 2003 16:36:34 -0800
  ...Also wanted to thank those who started and maintain the List, hats off to you all. Well, I just finished rebuilding Cyls 3-4...
• Re: Engine installation book times
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 9 Aug 2007 08:33:54 -0400
  ...Level A Mechanic. > >Includes replace rings, main and rod bearings, crankshaft and cam shaft. >Remove cylinder ridge, grind valves and tune engine minor". > > > >Air...
• Re: Top Overhauls
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 15 Dec 2002 15:12:15 -0600
  ...The 2.1 engine rarely has any main > bearing issues to speak of other than the main bearing bore distorting > due to excessive loads...
• Re: Gas Tank Blowing Fuel Out When Filled
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:16:31 -0700
  ...ring slip out of place, there's the filler neck grommet on the side. and there's the plastic Y fittings in the main...
• Re: Wasserleaker Head Job - What am I getting myself in for
  Historical mailing list - Frank Miller
  Thu, 25 Nov 1999 13:44:46 -0500
  ...Improper and/or inadequate maintainence for >desired result and/or combined with non-spec coolant. > >But while I was in there, I found that...
• Re: Nominations are now open: Top 10 Ugliest Parts to Fail
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 2 Sep 2009 12:28:06 -0700
  ...Possibly no one mentioned plastic main coolant pipes where the metal insert starts sliding out of place, and you get a nice leak there...
• Re: 2.5L 120HP waterboxer.....that runs on 91 octane......90mm stroke by 94mm bore....and pases smog...hmmm?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 15 Mar 2002 22:45:56 -0700
  ...12 SCAT NUT CHROMOLY GLAND NUT 30 REAR MAIN SEAL 4 TEFLON BUTTONS 15 MAHLE MAIN BEARINGS 30 KOLBENSCHMIDT BEARINGS 20 KOLBENSCHMIDT ROD BEARINGS...
• Re: Windage, Ullage, Oil Temps
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 28 Mar 2002 10:27:19 -0600
  ...The first is to maintain contact > between > the oil pickup and the oil by restraining the oil from moving to one > side of > the...
• Volkswagen tool list for 1963-1967.(long)
  Historical mailing list - Eric Oster
  Thu, 16 Feb 1995 16:10:12 -0800 (PST)
  ...Tool Number Tool name VW 106 "T" handle wrench, 10 mm VW 109 Ring wrench VW 112a Special wrench 36mm with guide plate VW...
• Re: Syncro trans input shaft guide sleeve
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 13 Jun 2021 14:36:20 -0700
  ...The input shaft is supported by a splined coupling at the main shaft and the pilot bearing. In the bell housing there is the...
• Re: VW Canada 2.1 Reman Engine
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:51:14 EDT
  ...I have rings for those pistons if needed. They came from Micahel Tivis (?) who is on this list. In general they are good rebuilds...
• 5 spds FS
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Tue, 26 May 1998 10:37:50 -0300
  ...Likely the diesel version could be rebuilt into a gas suitable version, but you'd need the correct pinion shaft + ring gear, likely get...
• Re: The Meaning of Life
  Historical mailing list - Richard Bias
  Fri, 21 Jul 2000 14:44:54 GMT
  ...That is for >a clutch disc that I burned (responsibility taken) one >temp sensor o-ring (.59) and the fuel tank rebuild. > >Now the...
• Re: One more try for advice- ilde and running problems
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:23:55 -0600
  ...Stock 2.1 engine, > recent head gasket, front and rear main seals, clutch, and ring job. > > After the van sat for over a year...
• Re: FS: All manner of Vanagon/Westfalia key blanks
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:01:55 -0700
  ...Still do, but now that I own a couple of them onmy key ring, I realize they're a PITA, taking up valuable picket...
• Re: Engine out--won't come apart. Need heads!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:15:23 -0700
  ...all very good - be interested in hearing about your main bearings and journals. and an oil analysis might have flagged those cam bearings by...
• Stove Repair
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Heil
  Sun, 9 Jan 2005 11:14:25 -0800
  ...Then knocking counter clockwise line up the knotches in the rings. Remove screw in spreader assembly base. Remove base and locking ring. Remove screw...
• Re: Best Practices for Engine Rebuild Break In Process
  Historical mailing list - Doug Noganav
  Wed, 6 May 2009 13:29:34 -0700
  ...This will help seat the rings and > define the > carbon ridge at the top of the piston. > > 5) Maintain and regularly check the coolant...
• Re: Bottom end reassembly?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 24 Apr 2000 15:22:13 -0700
  ...It is just a plastic thread that you place on the crank journals (everything dry, split main bearings only obviously), torque to specs, then...
• Re: Most miles on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Caston/Payne
  Thu, 17 Feb 2000 20:13:52 -0500
  ...that were removed for the H2O pump, oil breather o-ring, distributor o-ring & really flushed out the system and added fresh Autobhan coolant...
• Re: 2wd transmission noise question
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 28 Jan 2006 16:43:14 -0600
  ...If, for example, they don't replace the main bearings during >>> >>> >>the >> >> >>>rebuild, but only try to reseat them (this is typical of an...
• Engine Rebuild Pt II
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 Apr 96 21:59 PDT
  ...this, mainly through oil leaks I'm sure, but I'm not sure if it's a good idea to replace the rings and...
• Re: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Thu, 7 Nov 2013 15:48:40 -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...
• Re: Lets do Engine Rebuilding Math!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 25 Oct 2002 10:10:19 -0700
  ...2 new heads- $790 1 new set main bearings- $75 1 new set cam bearings- $9 1 new of pistons cylinder and rings- $275...
• Re: how much swarf is normal
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Wed, 19 Aug 2015 13:24:22 -1000
  ...rings' which I knew anyway . Very useful to do. Oil Analysis is actually a regular part of really good vehicle and engine maintenance. On...
• Re: 85 Vanagon starts hard
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 7 Apr 95 15:36:17 PDT
  ...I >>can't figure how this enters into the problem but thought I'd mention it.... >> >> >>-- >>Chris Getschow (getschow@an.hp.com, ringo@aerodyne...
• Re: Alternator not putting out volts 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - Bobby Brown
  Sun, 2 Aug 2009 17:33:11 -0400
  ...Gotta go > there tomorrow anyway to get some new ring connectors. > > Gregory...BIG THANKS my man. BIG THANKS to all the list members. Y...
• Thanks, Accessories, What's it worth?
  Historical mailing list - Vlach
  Sun, 10 Jan 1999 15:59:50 -0500
  ...My mechanic (who I trust better) had concerns about a wear mark inside the gear carrier housing where the main shaft pertrudes. What's...
• Re: Boston Bob's Big Valve Engine Report
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 7 Dec 2002 10:15:51 -0500
  ...Their "Gapless" 2nd ring virtually eliminates blow-by and their 1-piece oil ring reduces consumption as compared to the 3 piece ring the...
• Re: Trans oil leak into bellhousing?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 14 Oct 2003 07:03:18 -0700
  ...I once changed the one in my 82 diesel. > With its 5.86 ring and pinion, unscrewing the input SEEMED impossible, > but I eventually...
• Re: Engine Removal. Van Height Double Check Please
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 23 Sep 2017 13:49:25 -0700
  ...IIRC, these were the pistons and rings I installed: http://techtonicstuning.com/main/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_13_61_227...
• Re: Engine woes - what to do?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 23 Dec 2013 16:01:15 -0800
  ...more out of the main bearings. And when you increase the compression by doing the heads and maybe rings, the added load speeds the...
• Re: Head gasket questions...
  Historical mailing list - Fred Younger
  Wed, 22 Jul 1998 13:20:23 -0500
  ...Your mileage is not too high and supposedly the crankshaft and main bearings last longer than that. Also judging from others' comments, if you...
• Re: Deep cycle battery
  Historical mailing list - Doug F
  Sat, 15 Oct 2005 19:16:21 -0700
  ...Sometimes less is best, no cutting posts, or mods, simple clean and works. ----- Original Message ----- From: "tom ring" <taring@TARING.ORG> To: <vanagon@GERRY...
• Re: compression tests-- good enough?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart
  Wed, 23 Jun 1999 19:27:26 -0700
  Yes, all cylinders should be within 10%, and number 1 is unlikely to maintain its pressure for long, and number 4 is out of...
• My 615 mile Trip report
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 31 Jul 2000 19:12:45 EDT
  ...to 1/8th throttle to easily maintain 80 mph even up the hills. My ears are not ringing from a loud exhaust. I had...
• Re: Air bubbles in coolant 2.1 wbx
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 5 Jun 2016 00:54:29 -0500
  ...That ring will help bleed out any air in the sytem, provided there is not a fault somewhere, like a leaking head gasket. The...
• Re: 87 GL surges. . .
  Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
  Mon, 8 Sep 1997 19:04:08 -0500
  ...sensor (the one that feeds ECU) -- $12 including o-ring gasket, simple to swap out yourself -- this wonderful little doo-dad will make your...
• Re: FRIDAY for sure: Fried wire--the possible Vanagon recipes don't stop there
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Fri, 1 Nov 2013 14:00:25 -0700
  ...prepare food) and inspired the > > following Vanagon-related recipes. > > > > Jim > > > > > > > > Lo Main Coolant > > > > Cracked Clusters > > > > Lemon V-box Pie > > > > Wolfsburger Helper > > > > Hush Pump-ies...
• Re: Fridge maintenance
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 16 Sep 2007 10:49:12 -0700
  ...the stock air pump, and has a check valve and "O" ring to prevent any leaks. Fingers are crossed that it will help lighting...
• Berg Shifter TOP
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Thu, 11 Mar 2004 09:23:27 -0800
  ...I put mine on so long ago I've forgotten the full details but is is essential that you maintain the relative position of...
• Re: cutting hole in van floor
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Sat, 22 Jan 2005 11:33:28 -0700
  ...The pipe attaches to the floor and the furnace sits down on top of it, sealing with an o-ring. Jerry ----- Original Message ----- From...
• Re: engine efficiency, I4s, subies, etc
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 4 Nov 2001 11:59:55 +1200
  >I would also agree that the TDi should not be squandered on the 5.86 ring and >pinion of the regular N/A 1...
• Re: A/C Removal
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 3 Feb 2022 11:16:17 -0500
  ...But, if I did I would have kept it and maintained it. I pretty much use the van in warm weather and more and...
• Re: acetone again
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 6 Oct 2005 09:46:20 -0500
  ...I'd also be concerned about possible contamination of the engine oil if your rings are weak or you have a leaking injector. I...
• Re: anybody done the brakes on 1982 gas westfalia?
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Mon, 6 Jul 2015 16:54:16 -0700
  ...The flexible brake line is attached to a bracket, that's under huge nut for the main big suspension piece whose name alludes me...
• ? alt theories to blowing smoke
  Historical mailing list - Derrek Wittmann
  Tue, 06 May 1997 18:44:20 -0700
  ...Besides this one anoying habit the engine sounds really good(no rod or main bearing knock) solid like it has been taken care of...
• Re: What to replace in a rebuild?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 29 Aug 2004 18:24:18 -0500
  ...and your clutch main shaft pilot needle bearing in the end of the crankshaft. Replace the felt seal and *O* ring in your flywheel...
• put goo on gaskets or not answer !!
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sun, 2 Jan 2005 22:42:49 -0500
  ...my vws are mine and i repair and maintain them myself. this is my hobby. i know for some it is there primary and...
• Re: Expected Life of a Cat Converter??
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 15 Jan 2011 21:42:44 -0500
  ...That is the main reason that the IM 240 dyno test was developed for emissions inspection. This load (dyno) test tests the cat and...
• Re: Oil analysis on worn engine
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Wed, 5 Jun 2013 17:48:03 -0500
  ...Oil analysis on worn engine Just in case anyone is interested in what the oil looks like in a poorly maintained '85 Westy with...
• Re: mysterous oil leak
  Historical mailing list - John Scheckel
  Sun, 22 Aug 1999 22:36:23 -0700
  ...When I did my clutch I replaced the main engine > > seal. Per recommendation from multiple folks on this list I put it in dry...
• Re: Looking for supplier for long grommets used on German canopies
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:25:26 -0700
  ...getting one made locally instead. >> The main issue now is getting the right hardware. The D-rings and strap >> for >> holding the canvas when...
• Re: [Syncro] 10K update-2.3 H.O. WBX from Unique Imports
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Mon, 6 Sep 2004 22:35:18 -0700
  ...engine life upgrade, but it really only lasted 6k, not 8. Main reason for the detonation was that the 2325 (82 stroke, 95 bore...
• Re: Opinions Please
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 20 Jan 2007 14:03:16 -0500
  ...The seat may need to be ground and the valve stem shortened to maintain geometry of the rockers. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing...
• Re: Shifting problems -- pilot bearing?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 6 Apr 2016 21:35:04 -0400
  ...When the pilot bearing fails the whipping main shaft destroys this ring almost instantly. The felt seal was probably chosen due to being more...
• Re: Place to mount shackles?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 25 May 2011 07:12:30 -0700
  ...I dunno, it's probably the best idea I've seen so for for mounting a couple D-rings up front. -- RJS On Wed...
• DaBoat 2-liter update - engine work
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Sat, 7 Oct 1995 15:24:03 -0700 (PDT)
  ...There is a snap ring that goes next to the gears which was very thick and strong, and I almost didn't get that...
• Re: <no subject>
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:04:01 -0700
  ...At least > not without a lot of machine work. > > The main bearing bolts should have a washer with seal at the nut end. Even...
• still high idle and rough running at star-up
  Historical mailing list - Edward Duntz
  Sun, 30 Dec 2007 21:40:10 -0500
  ...Within the last few years I've had the head gaskets, clutch, front and rear main seals, and rings done. Water pump went, it...