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• Source for clutch hydraulics
  Historical mailing list - Jim Stout
  Tue, 30 May 2006 18:34:41 -0500
  ...Unfortunately, the "S" shaped hydraulic pipe that attaches to the slave cylinder was a casualty of war. In fact, it looks like much of...
• Re: Aircooled lifter noise
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sat, 26 Jan 2002 14:24:41 -0500
  no lifter conversation is complete without my two cents thrown in I have posted on my web site Boston Bobs history of hydraulic lifters...
• 2 Power Steering Lines...which is high pressure one?
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Mon, 30 Aug 2004 06:45:12 -0700
  ...I'd like to have some hydraulic hose fitted in for now...and eventually replace both lines with it.(Don't have the $ to...
• Re: Questions About Buying Diesel Westi
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 9 Feb 1997 18:57:42 +0000
  ...I would not say any > >wrong, but there should be hydraulic lifters. > > COMMENT: I believe that later VW diesels had hydraulic lifters. Too late...
• Re: Clutch Cable
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 11:10:18 -0800
  At 3:28 PM +0000 3/16/00, Phil Marston wrote: >I think 1600 Aircooled vans were clutch cable & 2000 Aircooled vans were >hydraulic...
• Vanagon side door electric/hydraulic lift for sale...
  Historical mailing list - JordanVw
  Sat, 2 May 1998 04:50:50 EDT
  electric/hydraulic lift or wheelchair lift, for the side sliding door of the vanagon. fits any vanagon. battery powered w/ remote. can be used...
• Hydraulic leak!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Brancolino
  Wed, 14 Nov 2001 06:33:02 EST
  Just found a hydraulic fluid on the driver side floor. My guess its the clutch master cylinder I'm checking fluid level, beaks and...
• Boston Bobs history of vanagon hydraulic lifters and the bentley book
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sun, 17 Jun 2001 17:06:20 -0400
  ...This note says, in part That there is a problem with hydraulic lifters becoming air bound and that preloading Hydraulic valves should be considered...
• Re: Hydraulic leak!
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
  Wed, 14 Nov 2001 04:03:59 -0800
  ...Hydraulic leak! > Just found a hydraulic fluid on the driver side floor. My guess its the > clutch master cylinder I'm checking fluid level...
• Re: hydraulic lifters
  Historical mailing list - Phil Marston
  Fri, 4 Feb 2000 10:00:35 -0000
  I thought the hole for the hydraulic tappets was bigger than that for the regular ones (please correct me if I am wrong). If...
• Re: wierd brake stuff :-(
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Fri, 30 Jan 2004 09:34:47 -0700
  ...wierd brake stuff :-( > > > >Except on early air-cooled Vanagons, the clutch is also > >hydraulic. It shares the same hydraulic reservoir as the > >brakes, located...
• Re: adjusting Hydraulic Valve lifters
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 27 Aug 2002 17:22:03 -0500
  ...article on my web site called Boston Bobs history of the hydraulic lifter > Bob Donalds > > clarence wrote > Need to adjust my lifters, 2.1...
• Re: Brake hydraulic pressure
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:07:37 -0700
  ...Brake hydraulic pressure > Does anyone have a feel for how much hydraulic pressure is in a > Vanagon's brake lines during hard braking? > > Mike
• Re: power steering rack without hydraulic fluid?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Wed, 9 Jun 2010 15:35:58 -0700
  ...power steering rack without hydraulic fluid? hey, I need a good used PS rack , got one ? Scott www.turbovans.com
• Re: Mushroomed out valve adjusters
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Mon, 24 Jan 2005 17:38:39 -0600
  ...Yes it does apply to the hydraulic lifters, that's what mine are. Michael Knight '77 Westy Deluxe, "el Verde" '85 Vanagon GL, nameless
• I-4 conversion: power steering lines
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Luft
  Mon, 30 Jan 2006 18:13:15 -0500
  ...Take your parts to a hydraulics shop ask them to fabricate one for you. I paid about 75$ to get mine done, works great...
• Re: Rusted hydraulic clutch lines
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Fri, 15 Jul 2011 22:38:50 -0700
  dear tom can these be manufactured in a hydraulic shop what they do is cut off your good ends and swedge on high pressure...
• RE: Clutch problems: 1st, 2nd, ...
  Historical mailing list - CAP'N HOOK, THE SOFTWARE PIRATE
  Mon, 28 Nov 1994 08:40:43 PST
  ...That oil stuff you see leaking is brake/hydraulic fluid, which should be forcing the slave cylinder to disengage your clutch. Time for a...
• Type 1 hydraulic lifter needed
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 13 Jun 1996 21:00:32 -0700
  ...He has seven, yes, counted them twice, seven CB Performance hydraulic lifters. Seven will not quite do it. CB Performance discontinued them about a...
• Re: Noisy Lifter Solution, nothing great, just FYI
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 4 Mar 2006 12:21:58 -0500
  ...It must be a solvent that disolves the varnish and crud that collect in and on the lifters.And somekind of lubricant too.Hydraulic...
• Hydraulic valve lifters?
  Historical mailing list - Andy Morse
  Sat, 22 Aug 2009 11:33:43 -0400
  ...What is the gap supposed to be for my valves ijtake and exhaust and do I have hydraulic lifters? I don't even know...
• Re: Power Steering hose with new hydraulic hose
  Historical mailing list - Martine Boudreault
  Sun, 24 Apr 2005 22:03:36 -0400
  ...Power Steering hose with new hydraulic hose i've purchased the pressure and return hoses from Frank Condelli. how long would you say it...
• Re: Shifting into 1st gear
  Historical mailing list - Gordon Smith
  Fri, 7 Jun 2002 23:51:32 -0400
  ...In my case, the clutch wasn't disengaging all the way due to leaky clutch hydraulics. I believe there's also a pump involved...
• hydraulic clutch tube and fittings
  Historical mailing list - David White
  Wed, 4 Aug 2010 21:44:00 -0700
  .Can someone please guide me to a source for the fittings and steel tubing for the hydraulic clutch that is bubble flanged or tell...
• Simple Question (push rods)second time around
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Thu, 9 Dec 2004 18:15:12 -0800
  What problem would there be from using solid lifters and push-rods on a hydraulic cam. I built the engine thinking I had a...
• Sources - No V-gon Content
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 25 May 2003 17:50:02 -0500
  ...I need to source hydraulic cylinders - the double action type, where hydraulic fluid extends the ram, then by way of a control valve changes...
• Clutch rubber hydraulic line- where to purchase?
  Historical mailing list - R.Joseph Murphy
  Fri, 18 Jun 1999 07:13:56 -0700
  ...But I can't conscienciously pay what the dealer wants for the clutch's systems rubber hydraulic line. Does any one have a used...
• 78 Bus Hydraulic Lifters
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 1 Apr 1996 21:11:01 -0500
  ...I preceded to remove the lifters and confirmed that I did have hydraulic lifters. So why do I have the wrong push rods? Should...
• Re: AT Brake Band Adjustment
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Thu, 23 Sep 2004 19:43:36 -0700
  ...I'm not familiar with the specific hydraulic device in the auto tranny, but I have installed HUNDREDS of hydraulic door closers, and they...
• Re: frozen clutch or fluid?
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Wed, 30 Jan 2002 10:24:02 -0800
  ...Look at the return spring on your clutch pedal for hydraulic fluid, then at the slave cylinder.... bmc :) "Faith will move mountains, but you...
• Re: power steering rack without hydraulic fluid?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 9 Jun 2010 14:49:37 -0700
  ...power steering rack without hydraulic fluid? > Also posted on Samba > > I am preparing for a 3000 mile drive from San Diego to New Hampshire...
• Re: 84 vanagon. Push on clutch and does not move
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Fri, 27 Apr 2001 09:27:54 -0700
  As some sort of convoluted VW safety feature, the clutch always fails if you have low hydraulic fluid before the brakes. The point in...
• Re: Shocks
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 6 Dec 2002 14:49:47 EST
  It is hydraulic only shocks. The gas charged KYBs were to stiff and the rear of the van bounced when I went over a...
• Re: Subject: Re: Hydraulic Lifter Week
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Tue, 7 Jun 2005 12:27:28 -0700
  On 6/7/2005 11:52 AM Don Williams wrote: > Why would anyone want to have a week dedicated to hydraulic lifters? I > don...
• Re: Northern Hydraulics/Harbor Freight phone#'s?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 17 May 1996 22:54:53 -0500
  At 6:01 PM 5/17/96, Dave Thomas wrote: >Does any one have the phone numbers for Northern Hydraulics >and/or Harbor Freight...
• Re: Clutch Cable
  Historical mailing list - Phil Marston
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 15:28:30 -0000
  I think 1600 Aircooled vans were clutch cable & 2000 Aircooled vans were hydraulic. Phil, T25 - 1600 but with a hydraulic clutch :-) > I'm rushing...
• Re: vanagon power steering lines
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Fri, 4 Apr 2003 21:10:53 -0800
  ...I was worried about pressure, and had a hydraulic shop fabricate the hi press line from steel, and weld the original ends back on...
• Re: valve clatter
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Crooks
  Fri, 5 Jul 2002 15:43:08 -0400
  The hydraulic lifters an Vanagon engines tend to "stick" until the engine is warm and more hydraulic pressure is built up. Mine did it...
• Re: Simple Question (push rods)second time around
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 9 Dec 2004 22:05:24 -0600
  ...Some say; Hydraulic cam with solid lifters are OK. Some say; Solid Lifter Cam with hydraulics OK. It's really just not a proper...
• Re: Hydraulic lifter wear/cleaning question
  Historical mailing list - Allen Hill
  Tue, 10 Jul 2007 07:45:38 -0500
  ...Hydraulic lifter wear/cleaning question Do hydraulic lifters wear out or do they just get dirty and not worth the labour cost to disassemble...
• Re: Transmission cooler for 86 automatic?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Desanti
  Sat, 27 Feb 1999 18:07:52 EST
  ...M12 hydraulic fitting ( I had to match the thread pitch) 2 ea. Elbows w/press on nipple on one end (These are relatively new...
• Re: Case of the disappearing brake fluid
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Sun, 28 Oct 2007 07:25:49 -0700
  ...Did you check the clutch hydraulics? They share the same fluid. Also there is a flex hose (NON hydraulic) between reservoir and clutch MC...
• engine noise - hydraulic lifter damaged?
  Historical mailing list - Darryl Carpenter
  Tue, 14 Sep 2004 14:38:51 -0400
  ...I assume the lifters are hydraulic on the '91 - is there a chance that one of the lifters collapsed? Thanks Darryl
• Re: hydraulic lifters
  Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
  Fri, 4 Feb 2000 03:52:15 -0600
  I was never happy with the hydraulic lifters. I replaced mine with regular lifters and was happy ever after. Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy...
• 78 to 83 engine parts.
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sat, 11 Aug 2001 23:11:48 -0500
  Hey all, I'm in the process of doing the valves on Clementine, and am going to install hydraulic lifter's in her to...
• Re: 6 mils of lash...
  Historical mailing list - John
  Mon, 31 Jan 2000 16:51:46 -0500
  ...Vanagon owners who are "green" to the the hydraulic lifter valve train should stay away from trying to adjust an automatic system. If hydraulic...
• Re: Clutch sticking
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 27 Jan 2000 13:44:31 -0500
  ...Mourkas wrote: >Any thoughts on the nature of my difficulties for the hydraulically >challenged? My immediate thought is that there is a mechanical binding...
• Hydraulic System Bleeding
  Historical mailing list - McComas_Glenn
  Sat, 19 Feb 2000 07:29:18 -0500
  ...He says the hydraulic systems of aircraft need to be very tight and bubble-free, and bleeding from the slave end is preferred practice...
• Slave Cylinder?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Aug 97 09:14:16 -0700
  ...On a hydraulic system, the "slave" cylinder is the one that's being driven bu the hydraulic pressure, i.e., the ones in the...
• What is fair # of hours to fix a clutch slave cylinder?
  Historical mailing list - 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"
  Wed, 13 Sep 2000 15:11:30 -0400
  ...What is a fair number of hours to charge for this repair? I'm assuming they'd also have to bleed hydraulic system as...
• Hydraulic lifter wear/cleaning question
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:53:50 -0300
  Do hydraulic lifters wear out or do they just get dirty and not worth the labour cost to disassemble and clean? Mine have the...
• Syncro clutch slave hydraulic fitting, one or two copper crush?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:08:20 -0700
  ...Does anyone know if the banjo fitting on the hydraulic hose has one or two copper crush washers for the hollow bolt? I can...
• Re: Hydraulic System Bleeding
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 19 Feb 2000 10:37:37 -0600
  ...On many small aircraft and large ones as well - (there are exceptions - airliners have hydraulicly boosted pressure systems for extra braking power ....whole 'nother...
• Re: 84 Vanagon, will not shift into gear, Solved!
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 3 Sep 2007 23:01:27 -0700
  ...If leak were at a brake hydraulic component, and this brought fluid level down below level of braided hose, wouldn't there be enough...
• Re: power steering rack without hydraulic fluid?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Wed, 9 Jun 2010 17:13:23 -0700
  ...power steering rack without hydraulic fluid? Jeff: � Now you tell us. I paid $376 yesterday. � Craig --- On Wed, 6/9/10, Jeff <vw.doka...
• Re: Solid lifter conversion.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 10 May 2003 06:58:23 -0600
  ...The reason for industry going to hydraulics inf the first place was to eliminate some problems inherent with solid lifters in production engines, i...
• Re: Brake light trouble
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 26 Apr 2001 17:33:59 -0400
  ...It is entirely possible If they're wired right then either one should suffice -- they put one in each hydraulic circuit so that the...
• Re: making a little headway but need advice
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 7 Dec 2013 17:50:27 -0500
  ...Pressure drop across an orifice, skinny pipe, hydraulic motor etc --> voltage drop across a wire, resistor, or load. An accumulator --> a capacitor. Especially an...
• Re: Solid lifter conversion.
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sun, 11 May 2003 13:41:50 -0400
  ...hydraulics eliminate this as well as maintain proper clearence > at all times, which reduces negative effects on engine operation. *tappita-tappita-tappita-tappita-tappita...
• Re: Get yourself a hydraulic press!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sat, 27 Nov 1999 15:27:55 -0800
  ...Get yourself a hydraulic press! > No serious do it yourself Vanagon owner with more than 130,000 miles on > the clock should be without...