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• Re: propex heater problems
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:26:24 -0800
  ...The rocker switch turned toward the flame is the position for heat. The other side is fan only. Mine has a red and pale...
• Re: seam rust, how to prevent?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 28 Oct 1998 00:24:57 -0800
  ...VW uses it too, the rockers on my mom's '94 Vento (Jetta) has bodycoating on them. PerL 88 Syncro >
• Re: Digifant ECU Chip source located...$260 or less...
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Sun, 13 Aug 2000 20:20:37 PDT
  > >Mark, > They (Volks Motorsports) seem to sell this only with a set of rockers. > I tried several times >to buy only the chip and...
• Corrosion Eliminator?
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 23:58:24 -0600
  ...This is the stuff I spayed into the back of the rockers in my seams, outside of my seams, and into my front and...
• Re: Valve adjust after head job
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Wed, 2 Oct 2013 13:41:15 -0700
  ...4? > > What's the trick to keepin the pushrods in the center of the lifter while > getting them onto the rocker assembly? > > Thanks!! > -craig
• Wasserboxer Performance
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Fri, 27 Feb 1998 17:41:13 -0500
  ...Ported Big Valve Head ($369 ex., Mark Stevens High Performance 805-822-5678), 1.25 Ratio Rocker Arms, Exhaust Header; (picture does not appear...
• Re: Engine management
  Historical mailing list - Lance LeBaron
  Fri, 14 Jan 2000 04:39:50 PST
  ...Fast German Auto chip and rockers > >Lawrence, just a few thoughts. > >I relate more to aircraft engines but I think the principles apply. > >In...
• Re: WINDOW SWITCH FRUSTRATIONS
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 6 Apr 2006 23:42:24 -0400
  ...The fella that does the > mobile power window service says the rocker buttons continually pop > out of the switch allowing the electrical contacts to...
• Re: Aircooled lifter noise (UPDATE)
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Wed, 27 Feb 2002 09:47:39 -0800
  ...Have you pulled the valve cover and tried to rock the rocker arms back and forth. if there is slack you can feel it...
• daily driver = RUST Re: Friday Ramblings, probably long, possibly pointless....
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 14 Apr 2007 04:01:25 EDT
  ...i parted out a '91 carat a little while back that had HOLES in the rockers...holes in the dogleg steps, holes where the...
• Re: New engine won't turn - 2.1 WBX
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Thu, 31 Dec 2015 11:27:40 -0800
  Hey John, Did you also install the push rods and rocker shafts, or did it not turn at all with just the heads on...
• Re: Lifter noise - 2.1 L WBX
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Sun, 15 Mar 2015 10:44:49 -0700
  Check the rocker arm on the noisy side - I had an issue where I had excessive lifter clacking and it was actually a broken...
• Re: [Syncro] FREE syncro waterboxer core engine. NY
  Historical mailing list - Dylan Friedman
  Sun, 15 Aug 2010 20:45:08 +0000
  ...Flywheel and clutch still attached intake usable syncro headers rockers lifters......FREE. > pmail me to line up pickup. > I will hold it one week...
• Rust behind the Westy Cabinet
  Historical mailing list - Cooper, Jonathan R.
  Fri, 20 Oct 2000 10:09:21 -0400
  Well years of damp insulation and water drainage are finally starting to show as the rust at the rocker panel seam under the utility...
• Re: upper steering colmn cover w/ heated switch hole
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Wed, 10 Aug 2005 10:02:53 -0700
  ...you can pop out and then replace it with a VW rocker switch? Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@YAHOO.COM> wrote:--- JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote: > #251...
• Re: Head gaskets
  Historical mailing list - "Paul Lindsay,Summit Resources/Triad Sportswear"
  Fri, 14 Jul 2000 13:56:01 -0600
  ...you WILL need to retorque the rocker arm assembly bolts (that you took off to get the rocker arm assembly off) after about 50...
• MORE:Re: FS 2.0 l (1981) Heads
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Tue, 16 Jan 2001 10:51:40 -0700
  ...They do not have rocker arms. Will work (I think) on any 2.0L air-cooled Vanagon. >Hi Sean: > >Tell me a bit about...
• FS: 71 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Shawn
  Tue, 19 Feb 2002 21:16:59 -0600
  ...Just under the windshield and in the rockers in the middle of the bus. Wheel wells, etc. are solid. Load D tires with about...
• Re: Value of a '66 Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Fri, 15 Mar 2002 09:03:35 -0800
  ...The big issue to me would be rust. > Rocker rust is to be expected, but what does it look like under the > front > floor...
• <no subject>
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Tue, 17 Oct 2006 17:55:18 -0700
  I got my engine pulled today and have given it a good going over, and the typical leaks are there-pushrod seals, rocker cover...
• Re: Adjusting Valves 78 Air Cooled
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 2 Feb 2003 13:26:57 -0600
  ...It had slight cold lifter noise and I made a mental note of slight clearance on the valve stem / rocker before I started adjusting...
• Re: PS Re: Headlight Switch
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:15:52 -0500
  ...c) either a rocker assembly with contacts that strike each other, or a slider with inserted contacts with very light coil springs behind them...
• Re: undercoating body work
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Mon, 1 Oct 2007 16:49:13 -0600
  ...A body shop cut > :::> out the old rocker panel and installed a new one and > :::> repainted the left side. Looks great. > :::> > :::> They also sprayed...
• Re: D ecu and ICU
  Historical mailing list - David J
  Sun, 16 Jul 2006 18:53:16 -0700
  ...To get extra air, you need to add ratio rockers (a bolt-on modification), or change the cam shaft (requiring splitting the case) or...
• RE: Strange Bus Behavior
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Tue, 19 Dec 1995 09:02:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...Is the rocker air valve also still in place in the air cleaner spout, and moving freely? Or, might also be a fuel pump...
• Re: GEX
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Aug 96 10:13:06 +0200
  ...with the Bus' low gearing, certain 'high performance' cam/lifter/pushrod/ rocker combinations can make it even worse, floating valves can do all sorts...
• Metal shavings under valve covers
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Mon, 9 Mar 1998 12:11:30 -0800
  ...clunks of metal (I think it was aluminum) littering the pushrods, rocker arms, and valve springs. Thus, I know that head needs to come...
• Re: Eurospec Conversion, Kyle
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Wed, 29 Jul 1998 02:51:47 EDT
  ...Kyle Wade >> Kyle, is the 2.0 litre motor available for syncro's? How much? Will it be better than the Chip and rocker...
• VDO Fuel Pressure sender?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 6 Oct 2004 17:46:41 -0500
  ...By rigging up two toggle or rocker switches nearby, I was going to have the pressure gauge where I could read either oil or...
• How to find a particular three-way electrical switch.
  Historical mailing list - Luke Bakken
  Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:33:28 -0700
  ...I don't care if it's a rocker, rotary or toggle switch, just that it'll mount on my dash somewhere!!! Any suggestions...
• Re: REMOVE THOSE HATCH PLUGS!! Re: Rear hatch for '88 GL - whatyears fit?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 10 Sep 2003 09:30:25 -0700
  ...Tho the rockers/doglegs/underbody of those > vans are always rust free. > > chris r San Diego JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote: > > In a message dated...
• Re: Changing WB lifters with the engine in the van
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 14 Aug 1998 17:10:50 EDT
  ...I thought maybe you could remove the rocker assembly and then put it back on without re-adjusting the valves but I couldn't...
• Re: Switched power for vanagon radio--easy solution
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 27 Jul 2000 08:14:33 -0700
  ...Simply install a DPDT (double pole, double throw) rocker switch somewhere, I put mine in the dash next to the radio. Hook up the...
• Re: Help Vanagon stuck in Chico, CA
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Mon, 18 Mar 2002 15:38:42 -0500
  ...I had no compression after I put on my rocker arms and it was because the pushrods were not possitioned correctly in the hydraulic...
• Re: Value of a '66 Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Thu, 14 Mar 2002 23:09:35 EST
  For $800 I wouldn't worry too much about the generator or the brakes but do take a very close look at that rocker...
• Vanagon Westalia luggage Rack
  Historical mailing list - Finn Runyon
  Fri, 28 Sep 2012 19:27:10 -0600
  ...How long might it take for them to quiet down? I think I adjusted the rockers well, and there isn't any slop. Any...
• Re: JT's Magic Bus Project Update
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Sep 1995 10:36:57 -0700 (PDT)
  ...it looks like it > > would be wise to replace the two floor halves, front crossmembers, and > > rocker panels. > > Ooops, I meant outriggers instead of...
• Re: OIL, What do you use?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Thu, 21 Oct 1999 10:34:10 -0400
  ...engines with dual overhead cams theres alot more oil in the rocker boxes and heads my thinking is hot heads are not a problem...
• Re: Wasserboxer and Porsche 914?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 Jan 2001 20:59:16 EST
  ...the 914 has heater channel/reinforcement rail/rocker/floor pan rust problems like the beetle. the fact that all of them were Targas (removeable...
• Re: Check out this Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Mon, 13 Aug 2001 22:49:02 -1000
  ...Wow, twice as many horses as my chip/rocker modified WBX... hard to imagine! mick hilo, hawaii
• Re: Those 20 Aussie Power Chips out there...How do you like it??
  Historical mailing list - Chris Radcliffe
  Wed, 3 Oct 2001 19:05:57 -0700
  ...that you have noticed? Gas mileage? Power? With or without ratio rockers? Problems? Others interested? Start a list purchase... Maybe a list vender can...
• Re: Noisy lifters, rockers, at startup, etc (long)
  Historical mailing list - Anonymous Digest
  Tue, 10 Aug 2004 11:42:13 -0600
  <Tom Young said:> >You're at the point of rebuilding that engine, pure and simple. Yea Tom, I tend to think you are correct...
• Re: Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Mon, 2 May 2005 20:49:57 -0400
  ...do that when the engine is cold...remove valve cover and push on the rocker (where the pushrod sit).. Follow those procedure: http://www...
• Re: Re; Undercoating, and Bed Liner etc.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 24 Oct 2001 11:08:12 -0500
  ...I plan to apply approximately a 1/8 th inch black coating on the front end and the rockers. On the rockers it would...
• FENDER LIPS read again...
  Historical mailing list - Chris Turner
  Mon, 8 Sep 1997 19:06:01 -0400
  ...attach? (screws? glue?) -WILL THEY come into contact w/ the fiberglass rocker trim of the late Vanagons...(NO... I CAN'T tell this by...
• Power Window Switch Repairs
  Historical mailing list - Wes Neuenschwander
  Fri, 9 Jun 2000 08:18:57 -8
  ...The basic problem with the 'sticky' switch seems to be mechanical; that is, it seems that the rocker mechanism is jamming, perhaps against the...
• Tight valves!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 13 Jun 2001 21:33:15 -0700
  ...it IS .006" of play between the valve end and the rocker, correct???? I remember some posts speaking of 6 mils, and I'm...
• Re: Looking for used gutless cat...
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Tue, 30 Apr 2002 10:20:01 -0700
  ...see if > >it makes much of a difference with the chip, rocker, and K&N filter setup. > >Does anyone have an old dead cat...
• Re: Wire Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Chris Radcliffe
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 00:48:47 -0800
  ...Don't forget a big strip of chrome down the rockers with vinyl VANAGON decals, only spelled incorrectly. Go buy a Honda, please. Jerry...
• FS: fiberglass bodykit/ground effects/bumpers etc. for Vanagons
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 Mar 2004 19:34:59 EST
  ...full fiberglass lower bodykit...all bumpers/rocker moulding/cladding whatever. fits all vanagons and campers 80-91. i put a set on my 84...
• Re: Weight Capacity
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sun, 14 Nov 2004 09:14:51 -0600
  ...The rocker panels will be scraping the asphalt clean, or polishing the tops of the wheel wells. RC ---"Typically, the Westies have room for...
• Flat lifters
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 8 Nov 1996 23:32:10 -0800
  ...Do they just wear fast (you know, racers don't really care...)? How about roller rocker arms? Do they still rotate the valves? Any...
• Bent push rod jammed into rocker and damaged valve
  Historical mailing list - James Wagner
  Fri, 7 Aug 1998 21:40:44 -0400
  ...I found that the push rod for the number four cylinder intake valve had come loose and jammed in-between the rocker and the...
• VeHickle Covers
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 30 Sep 1994 19:18:47 PDT
  As my 87 Westy Syncro has no garage to call home (at least 'till I tunnel from the street through the rockery and beneath...
• Re: Cardboard air deflectors
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 28 Oct 2000 06:20:34 EDT
  ...I did paint them both sides with rubberized undercoat/rocker guard before installing them. Cheers Frank Condelli '87 Westy & Lionel Trains <A HREF="http...
• Re: Plastic ftting on the botton of the sink drain ???
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Sat, 22 Apr 2006 08:31:27 -0400
  ...all the kitchen applicances to deal with the > rust > on the rocker panel & around the appliance outlets ... > > while gently pursuading the waste line off...
• Re: Lifter noise - 2.1 L WBX
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 15 Mar 2015 12:04:27 -0400
  ...Push the rocker arm towards the push rod. The soft lifters will be obvious. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry...
• Re: Air Cool Pushrod Tube Install
  Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
  Sun, 21 Mar 1999 23:38:19 -0500
  ...That little wire that snakes all around the rocker assembly is actually a light spring which holds the push rod tubes in place. > -----Original...
• Re: Waterboxer hop-up vs. swap
  Historical mailing list - davidb
  Wed, 10 Mar 1999 11:19:28 -0800
  ...swap versus > a nicely modified waterboxer? Looking at things like ratio rockers, > chip work, flowed heads (and polished), maybe bigger valves, camshaft, > perf. exhaust...
• damaged push rod tubes vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sat, 1 May 2004 13:14:52 -0400
  ...so i pulled the rocker shaft assembly and push rods to find 1 bent and one worn about 1/3 or the way through...