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• 2.0L Vanagon head help, please
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 23 Apr 1999 18:21:23 -0700
  ...use the standard gaskets or shims between the tops of the barrels and the heads. I also remembered that, when I asked the list...
• Microscopic corrosion on electrical contacts
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 14 Jun 2023 19:41:28 +0000
  ...back into position.  Every time I deal with some spade or barrel connector I do the same.  Light bulbs?...yes, same treatment.  Worried about...
• Re: Amateur questions: Wrong spark plugs? Coolant corrosion?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 1 Aug 2011 06:05:36 -0400
  You should be able to unscrew the barrel nut from the top of the spark plug. For the coolant leak look for a hose...
• '85 GL pressurized cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Mark Gajewski
  Tue, 11 Jul 2000 10:40:47 -0400
  ...This to me confirms that I have a compression leak over the barrels (or through the heads....to grandmother's house we go) and...
• More on rods and bolts
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 23 Aug 2000 08:24:04 -0700
  ...rebuild, but he tossed the whole wretched mess in the scrap barrel, salvaging only the flywheel and pulley. Jerry is my kind of guy...
• Re: Boston Bob? or GoWesty?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 21 Jan 2004 08:31:45 -0600
  ...The cylinder barrel and rings were always lubed first before assembly. After assembly, before the rirst run, the engine had a straight weight oil...
• Re: replacements for phosphate-free coolant
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:01:31 -0800
  ...don't even get me started ..but the way the heads sit on the barrels....determines how much that outer water gasket is compressed...
• Re: VW Canada 2.1 Reman Engine
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:08:55 -0700
  ...top to bottom.� In some cases they used oversized pistons on� barrels that had been bored out.� I have rings for those pistons if...
• Re: A question about PTO's engine picture
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:18:26 -0700
  ...on the left side of the engine, for removing pistons and barrels. And it ain't fun to work on the forward piston through...
• Re: Why gas prices can change so quickly
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:49:25 -0700
  ...They have them over a barrel sorta speaking. They also say they only sell for about 02 cents over cost per gallon and hope...
• VISA SURCHARGE (was: Parts suppliers ID'd in this list: CAUTION
  Historical mailing list - Brian Isherwood
  Fri, 9 Feb 1996 09:01:49 +0000
  ...I suggest you avoid them too - they seem to feel they > have Van owners over some kind of barrel, but they're wrong. At...
• Re: Water Cooler System Design Flaw Workaround?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:13:40 -0700
  ...the possibly thinner black o-rings at the top of the barrels rather than the green ones . Those heads might just need a normal...
• Re: Sights to see in the plains states (LVC)
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 5 Jun 2009 02:52:18 -0500
  ...birthplace,......well, yeah, I'm kinda scrapin' the bottom of the barrel now.... DM&FS At 01:03 AM 6/5/2009, Andrew Philbrick...
• Re: Coolant Overpressurization / Head Gasket Leak
  Historical mailing list - James Felder
  Wed, 13 Feb 2013 06:03:36 -0600
  ...There > was some slight discoloration on the end of the cylinder barrels where > they fit in the head. On to the next head. this...
• Re: cylinder heads for my 84 westy
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:14:23 -0500
  ...The other way is to find or make some sort of ring compressor that > > >will compress the rings to get the barrels on then...
• Oil pressure report
  Historical mailing list - radish150
  Sat, 5 May 2001 17:12:57 -0700
  ...replace). Main bearings, some copper showing, but none were toasted (replace). Barrels and pistons, nearly perfect (hone and replace rings). Replaced oil pump and...
• Re: 2.1 rebuild - new nuts for case halves-thoughts for all bolted connections.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 10 May 2011 20:37:00 -0700
  ...The small green o-rings on the barrels just below the metal rings are there to keep coolant away from those metal rings. The...
• Re: 87 Syncro axle help needed
  Historical mailing list - Adrian Bertarelli
  Thu, 6 Jun 2002 19:13:52 -0600
  ...Thank you for your help I am the kind of person to just barrel in their and get to work, this just needed some...
• Re: Octane smoctane
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Sat, 26 May 2007 11:57:02 -0700
  ...of powder in a similar length barrel. > >YMMV.. David (TDdsl82westy) > >P.S.: Better qualified List member advice is requested here. > > There are quite a...
• Re: 5-cyls in a Vanagon? Which ones? (fwd)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Apr 94 15:23:13 CDT
  ...out from van arriving at luxury hotel, windsurfers are visible > pulling barrel rolls in the background despite total absence of wind in the > plam...
• Re: Possible...Overheating
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:10:58 -0700
  ...how much the outer rubber gasket is squeased depends on the head sitting on the barrels just right .. and the 'step distance' between the...
• Re: uh-oh
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:27:57 -0800
  ...This is determined by the 'step distance' or relationship between where the metal rings on top of the barrels sit ( like the outer circumference...
• Re: Volkswagen, Sanyo to Develop Hybrid Car Batteries
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Wed, 28 May 2008 20:45:31 -0700
  ...The price of crude oil has doubled in the past year and reached a record $135.09 a barrel on May 22. ``There will...
• Re: Diesel vs. Gas
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 1 May 2005 23:00:52 -0400
  ...He said that now with >prices being over $50/barrel it was economically feasible to extract the >oil from the shale oil fields. And...
• Replacing Fuel Valve Cable
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Jul 1995 21:41:28 -0700 (PDT)
  ...It is attached to the valve by a barrel clamp justlike the one that holds the throttle cable to the carb or the heater...
• Re: VANAGON digest 496
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 16 Jun 95 13:47:20 EDT
  ...a up-close-and- personal look at the insides of the barrels of a sawed-off shotgun. He yelled again, this time slow and...
• Re: Swap Plans-215ci V-8, 1.8 project available
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 5 May 1998 07:40:17 -0400
  ...They are made of aluminum > and one even has a 4 barrel manifold. Around 1970 or so, British Leyland > bought the rights to the...
• Re: Repost: Research done, now your opinion...
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Thu, 14 Mar 2002 15:44:31 -0500
  ...when I did the heads last time I > >had the cylinder barrels out and they looked good, no scratches or gouges > >and the honing...
• Re: old, old gas Q?
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Wed, 2 Jun 2010 21:31:16 -0400
  ...tank. > * Disconnect the return from the tank, point hose into a barrel/container > * Repeatedly turn key to on (not start), let fuel pump get...
• Re: Vanagon carb needed, with waterboxer manifolds
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 25 Aug 2005 11:01:41 -0500
  ...I modified a standard Air Cooled Vanagon intake plenum and mounted a little single barrel Weber Carb on it to run on my test...
• Re: 84 Vanagon Intermittent Smoking
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 5 Jul 2009 22:53:31 -0500
  ...After my engine failure, and the engine was torn down, I saw how the cylinder barrel was scored. I suspect there had been some...
• Re: Using American engines for Vanagon swap - Rover V8
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 23 Mar 2002 13:17:17 +1200
  ...The factory 4-barrel carb was a poor one with smog gear removed... on corners it suffered total fuel-starvation and cut completely! I...
• Re: How Cold Is It? (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 24 Jan 2003 13:07:58 -0600
  ...on the inside of the cabin, even with the old steel barrel stove glowing cherry red hot. As I did every morning, I went...
• Carry Warning Triangles
  Historical mailing list - P.J. Kenny
  Thu, 23 Feb 1995 20:28:28 GMT
  ...One lady, who happened to be standing at the rear of the car when I came barrelling towards them said that her life flashed...
• Re: Oil dipstick pushed out of the tube
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 3 Oct 2008 20:07:52 -0700
  ...great oil control, >> 'specially on a many-miles engine. >> How many miles on the pistons/barrels/rings, anyway, on this one ? > > -- > 1991 Vanagon GL
• Re: 85 Vanagon starts hard
  Historical mailing list - Terry Tan
  Fri, 7 Apr 1995 09:30:55 -0400 (EDT)
  ...coolant losses, didn't one member mention leaks into the > cylinder barrels due to poor O-rings as causing rough startup and idle until...
• Re: Coolant Overpressurization / Head Gasket Leak
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:10:19 -0800
  ...There >> was some slight discoloration on the end of the cylinder barrels where >> they fit in the head. On to the next head. this...
• Re: Fwd: gas out (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Rubatoguy
  Thu, 1 Apr 1999 21:08:16 -0800
  ...oil cartel has decided to > >>>>> > > > > slow production by some 2 million barrels > >>>>> > > > > per day to drive up the price. I have decided > >>>>> > > > > to see...
• Various Upgrades for Lilleyed WBX - here you go
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Wed, 2 Feb 2005 15:39:35 -0800
  ...We supply our barrels or bore out the used German barrels in our machine shop. We charge $16 to bore and hone each barrel...
• Re: EFI to Carbs
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Thu, 28 May 1998 08:41:01 -0700
  ...I have a 2 barrel progressive carb and after this > weekend's trip I will have run 5 tanks of gas through it and...
• Tyres
  Historical mailing list - James T.
  Wed, 7 Nov 2001 21:28:30 +0000
  ...Then realized what it was and dropped it in trash barrel. Kind of weird for a moment. Anyaway, got steel deck lid for engine...
• 2.5L 120HP waterboxer.....that runs on 91 octane......90mm stroke by 94mm bore....and pases smog...hmmm?
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Fri, 15 Mar 2002 22:58:59 -0600
  ...90mm crank is available from Bob Demello.......fits right in too 100mm pistons? don"t know....but the barrels could go to 96.5mm...
• Re: Battered and beaten heads (graphic pix. NSFS - Not Safe For Shop)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 5 May 2016 20:07:24 -0400
  ...I start pulling the heads, (you're thinking, "Oh, here it comes, you pulled the barrel out"), nope, just missed that too. We'll...
• Re: Oil cooler discussion
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sat, 28 Jun 2003 15:43:25 -0500
  ...awesome cooler on my 79 loaf and that modified dual two barrel weber motor and it never got over 210F in the worst Arkansas...
• Re: Originally: JLP rebuilt wbxr engines in Denver
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 7 Feb 2011 06:24:51 -0500
  ...blah blah .. > but used pistons with new rings and honed original barrels ( > ??...sounds strange to me ) > > so anyone ...? > A customer is suggesting/wondering about...
• Re: Coolant mystery
  Historical mailing list - Scott - IMAP
  Sat, 18 Jun 2016 12:28:29 -0700
  ...also be careful about the barrels being stuck badly in your head/s. You want the barrels to stay on the pistons, and separate...
• Re: Bud Vases (F)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 15 Sep 1998 12:33:19 EDT
  ...As a counterexample, the accessory of a four-barrel carburetor can make a '76 Chevy go faster, so it is not CRAP, but a...
• Auto Tranny Axles
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 23 Dec 2004 10:06:23 -0600
  ...till the snow melts and get to digging in my storage barrels in the storage shed. Stan Wilder Engine Ceramics 214-352-4931 www...
• Re: Originally: JLP rebuilt wbxr engines in Denver
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 7 Feb 2011 10:19:37 -0500
  ...blah blah .. >> but used pistons with new rings and honed original barrels ( ??...sounds >> strange to me ) >> >> so anyone ...? >> A customer is suggesting/wondering about...
• Re: Lets do Engine Rebuilding Math!
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 25 Oct 2002 13:34:13 -0500
  ...I do find contest in how "bulk" rebuilders operate with a barrel of rods, rack of cases, barrel of rocker assemblies, racks of crankshafts...
• Re: gas prices going up.....more...
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 4 Mar 2005 18:02:27 -0700
  ...They of course are tied to the price on that barrel that reaches them. Demand is the ripper. Note that increase on china's...
• Re: Amateur questions: Wrong spark plugs? Coolant corrosion?
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Dann
  Mon, 1 Aug 2011 12:36:21 -0800
  ...d23haynes57@hotmail.com>wrote: > You should be able to unscrew the barrel nut from the top of the spark > plug. > > For the coolant leak...
• Re: Friday musings on the pleasures of the "old car hobby"
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 7 Dec 2012 19:47:36 -0800
  ...commented that selling a Fox was like "shooting fish in a barrel." What happened to the "people's car?" I guess it's a...
• Re: [T2] A cc'ing the heads question-answered
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 3 Mar 2003 20:02:54 -0800
  ...have a ridge cast into them that seat on the Cylinder / Barrel > and raise the head surface up from the piston. (additional accuracy, > information...
• Re: AMC heads (part 2)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 1 Nov 2006 11:08:13 -0600
  ...Aircraft cylinders are a combination of steel cylinder barrel threaded permanently into a cast aluminum head so that the cylinder assembly is all one...
• Re: Looking for Special Camping Utensil
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:14:29 -0700
  ...There were two flaps mounted on a barrel, which in turn was >>> attached to a pistol grip handle. The thing worked on spring tension...
• Re: Insurance shenanigans.
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 8 Apr 2011 11:24:07 -0700
  ...Cash on the barrel head. I'll even throw in lunch with Mike Miller! ;-) BenT sent from my electronic leash On Apr 8, 2011...
• Re: cylinder hone question
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Thu, 22 Jan 2004 02:47:33 -0500
  ...see the old hone at the top and bottom of the > > >barrels where the rings never passed over, so am I > > >just trying to...
• Re: What is it with the US? (No real van content)
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:46:13 -0700
  ...www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/story?id=45323 > http://biodiesel.rain-barrel.net/biodiesel-from-algae/ > > Karl > > Mike S wrote: > > > The article I cited...
• Re: Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 22 Dec 2015 08:48:57 -0800
  ...Check that dimension by installing the head, with metal rings on top of the barrels, but no rubber gasket. then measure that gap. I...