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• Re: rocker arms
  Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
  Mon, 14 May 2001 20:36:57 -0500
  Hector, Reportedly, the Type 1 ratio rockers will fit the Waterboxer. Mine will be getting some within the next few weeks! Down the road...
• 1.25 Rockers
  Historical mailing list - Christopher T. Berchin
  Thu, 1 Nov 2001 22:28:49 -0500
  ...I'd imagine this has been talked about a lot, but is anyone out there running 1.25 rockers, such as the Ratio Rockers...
• Re: 1.25 Rockers
  Historical mailing list - Ed DeBolt
  Thu, 1 Nov 2001 19:31:11 -0800
  I am running 1.25 ratio rockers purchased as an option from AVP with a rebuild. does not seem to have any problems. gas...
• Re: Non-radial tires for Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 11 Jun 2012 17:11:16 -0400
  Always try to avoid rocks, tree roots, etc. when off road. The BFG AT, LT195/75-14 tire meets the Vanagon specs and probably...
• Re: High Ratio Rockers
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 31 Aug 2000 07:27:18 EDT
  ...As some of the old timers know, the Empi rockers were designed after the proto set I made in the early 60's when...
• Rockford cv boots opinions
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Sun, 22 Jul 2007 10:10:45 -0700
  ...about the rockford dura boot http://www.rockfordcv.com/Volkswagen_bootkits.htm 814-21 but here they say http://www.rockfordcv.com/PDF%20Downloads...
• coolants
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 4 Apr 2020 10:24:43 -0400
  The Rockauto April newsletter has an interesting article about coolant additives. https://www.rockauto.com/Newsletter/ Larry A.
• Rock Auto Vanagon Closeouts
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 11 Mar 2016 22:22:38 +0000
  < http://www.rockauto.com/RSS/vehiclefeeds.php?carcode=1286298&m=wc&l=en&html=true >
• CONFIRM VANAGON
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Wed, 22 Dec 1999 10:18:54 -0800
  CONFORM VANAGON Brent Christensen Restaurant Systems Group, Ez2get.com (Formerly Rock Systems, Inc.) www.rock-systems.com
• Non-radial tires for Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 11 Jun 2012 06:48:01 -0700
  ...Modern tires are generally excellent against punctures but defenseless against sidewall-attacking rocks." Do owners of 14'' wheels have any options -- other than avoiding...
• Re: The Van's a-rockin' (sorry no porn content)
  Historical mailing list - mike and becky
  Mon, 19 Oct 1998 23:28:50 -0400
  Maybe broken motor mounts? Have they been checked? Mike mac stricklen wrote: > The engine in my 80' Westy tends to "rock" back and forth...
• Re: The Van's a-rockin' (sorry no porn content)
  Historical mailing list - Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
  Tue, 20 Oct 1998 08:53:02 -0400
  The engine in my 80' Westy tends to "rock" back and forth when idling. The rocking is visible-about an inch or two-with...
• Rocker Panel
  Historical mailing list - Mike Barfield
  Sun, 23 Apr 2000 18:27:04 -0400
  Anyone know where I can find a new driver's side rocker panel for an '84 Westy? Mike Barfield
• rocker arms
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Mon, 14 May 2001 20:23:32 -0400
  I, too, am curious for the answer on the type 1 rocker arms working on the Vanagon. Anyone knows?
• Re: Bra Substitute
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 12 Apr 2002 06:33:49 EDT
  ...If the paint is coming off the rocker guard then the rocker guard is not the proper type. I like the idea of the...
• Re: Below Seat Drawer Mod
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:20:08 -0700
  I'll bet Rocky Mountain Westy is aware of the battery compartments! :) I bet if you emailed them they'd give you dimensions. http...
• FS: chrome and fiberglass bumpers and lower skirt rocker trim...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 10:07:17 EST
  ...and lower fiberglass rocker skirting trim.. -chrome front bumper w/ trim strips and end caps, complete -fiberglass front bumper -fiberglass front bumper, needs repair...
• Ratio rockers
  Historical mailing list - pronks
  Sun, 25 Sep 2005 07:10:49 +1200
  Hi, has anyone fitted 1.4:1 ratio rockers to there waterboxer? I have a chance to buy a set of Berg rockers but...
• Re: [Friday] Bolts -- Rockwell hardness translate tograde?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 8 Jul 2011 10:01:41 -0700
  Sorry Rocky, that wasn’t my intention at all. The bottom line is the bottom line. Aircraft Spruce is where you’ll find something...
• Re: What will remove "Rockguard"?
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Thu, 15 Mar 2001 23:32:10 -0600
  Thanks Terry I think "RockGuard" is probably similar to the "ChipGuard" product you describe. Sprays on either smooth or textured, depends on the air...
• Re: NVC Friday: Another Rocket Stove...
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 17 Jan 2014 12:49:17 -0800
  I was waiting for the hot rocks for the sauna. Stuart Subject: Re: NVC Friday: Another Rocket Stove... Very nice. But take a look...
• new CNC plasma cutter at Rocky Mountain Westy
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Thu, 25 Mar 2010 10:16:24 -0700
  Hypnotic video but then I'm easily entertained. http://www.rockymountainwesty.com/ Andrew Bainbridge Island WA
• Push rod alignment
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 18 Jun 2001 23:24:01 -0700
  Hi, I've spent the last couple hours attempting to bolt on a rocker. I thought I had it, but one of the valves...
• Re: Satellite image of fire
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:23:32 -0700
  Hey Rocky, I sure hope you're well out of the way of those fires. On 10/23/07, Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail...
• Re: Windshield de-icer in a can?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 7 Jan 2010 11:35:26 -0800
  Stupid, stupid seam rust. -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano...
• Rocker arm question
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Fri, 13 Oct 2006 08:24:21 -0700
  Will rocker arms from a 1.9 fit the 2.1 ? --------------------------------- Get your email and more, right on the new Yahoo.com
• Re: Satellite image of fire
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:07:44 -0700
  Not working for me Rocky........... On 10/23/07, Mike Rocket J Squirrel Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote: > > http://www.signonsandiego.com/news...
• Re: Rocker shaft and rocker wear question
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:51:31 -0500
  ...I still have the rocker arms w/adj screws if you want them.
• installing rocker arms
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Sun, 5 Feb 2006 01:10:26 -0500
  ...I replaced the pushrod tube seals, installed the tubes, inserted the rods, and bolted the rocker arms in place. The rocker arms on the...
• 2.1 WBX Push Rods. Make Sure They're Seated! Was: 2.1 wbx rocker, pushrods
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 19 May 2017 17:33:15 -0700
  So before removing the driver side rocker arm assembly, I noticed that a valve spring at cylinder #2 appeared overly compressed. After reseating the...
• Re: Heat for camping
  Historical mailing list - Craig Standley
  Tue, 23 Jun 1998 18:03:07 -0700
  ...No? > > (I've done the rock in the fire -- been doing it for over forty years.) > > Mark Hineline >
• Re: VW Rockton
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 28 Nov 2010 10:46:09 -0800
  ...VW Rockton > > > > Saw one of these at VW in Wolfsburg on Friday when I was having my meeting > > about NLA T3 parts: > > > > http://www...
• 86 Westie - clunking driver window, clunking side windows
  Historical mailing list - millo fenzi
  Wed, 13 Jul 2005 09:09:07 -0700
  Any bright ideas on how to solve the clunking noise my driverside window makes when rolled down? It rocks back and forth about 1...
• Rough Idle Puzzle ~ Clarification
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 6 Jun 2022 22:35:56 -0600
  1985 with 1.9L,, Idle sounds pretty smooth but eng’ does a significant amount of rocking & when rev’ed off of idle rocking goes...
• Re: 1.9L still a problem child
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sun, 14 Aug 2005 20:11:38 -0500
  E-mail message <<I need to find someone to let me borrow a tool to measure the lift of the cap on the rocker...
• Re: ReRe: Fryeday Question & MythBusters!! Naphlene
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 24 Mar 2006 14:36:33 -0500
  ...I believe they redid the rocket on a swing one. It is possible to do, if you have enough rockets and they are oriented...
• Buses at Blue Rocks this year
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Tue, 8 Nov 2011 09:16:56 -0500
  I thought I’d share my video from Blue Rocks this year: http://www.westyvideos.com/CampoutVideos.aspx Thanks Bryan
• FS: drivers side fiberglass rocker moulding side skirt cheap
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Dec 2001 12:58:04 EST
  for sale: drivers side fiberglass vanagon rocker moulding side skirt, needs repair, $65 can ship chris philly
• Re: WBX Mods Graph
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 3 Jun 2001 01:28:59 -0500
  ...The Pawter rockers > are 1.3, and I believe the original rockers that Robert Lilly had used > were 1.25, and then switched to...
• Re: Rock Auto Vanagon Closeouts
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Thu, 23 Jun 2016 16:04:33 +0000
  ...Rock Auto Vanagon Closeouts For a diesel engined Vanagon, but of ouches most everything listed here applies to all Vanagons. < http://www.rockauto.com...
• Re: REPOST! ECU CHIP AND ROCKERS UPGRADE!!!!
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Tue, 14 Apr 1998 23:44:23 -0400
  ...It's >not rocket science...more power, same basic hardware, more wear. Actually more power can also equal less lugging the engine, less overreving...
• Re: High Ratio Rockers
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Wed, 30 Aug 2000 23:27:30 EDT
  ...Add more rocker arm ratio and it takes even more. When rocker arms are properly designed to not wipe against the valve stem (such...
• Re: Group Purchase of chip and 1.4 ratio rockers
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Thu, 13 Dec 2001 08:54:47 -0800
  ...I ordered two as i am getting all the rocker stuff for me and an Austrian syncronaut 747 pilot who keeps his syncro in...
• NON-DELIVERY of: Re: Red Rock or ???
  Historical mailing list - Lotus Mail Exchange
  Thu, 2 Mar 95 13:59 EST
  ...Red Rock or ??? Delivery Failure Report Your document: Re: Red Rock or ??? could not be delivered to: CN=Brian Gapco/O=Federal-Mogul @ Federal...
• Re: Asymmetric two post lift
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Fri, 4 Oct 2013 16:57:17 -0700
  My knowledge of rock bands in kinda dated John C and John R. But, The Beastie Boys was/still is a head banger band...
• rocker panel, what's that?
  Historical mailing list - MERCER BARRY
  Mon, 09 Sep 1996 17:25:05 -0700
  ...hee said the rocker panels are shot that that a bad thing. what is a rocker panel, how much do they cost, how difficult...
• Rocky Mtn Westy
  Historical mailing list - Anderson,Chuck
  Sat, 30 Dec 2006 17:53:46 -0700
  Has anyone had any work performed by a company here in the Fort Collins, Colorado area called Rocky Mountain Westy? Thanks- Chuck Anderson '86...
• Re: Heat for camping
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 23 Jun 1998 14:20:01 -0700
  ...This will make a very noticeable difference even without hot rocks, lanterns or whatever. Peruse the archives for a more extensive discussion on Reflectix...
• Re: lifters for new engine?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 24 Mar 2003 14:39:08 -0500
  ...Combined with the light weight (used lighter rockers to avoid using heavier springs to better control the valve when using increased lift)ratio rockers...
• Re: Cv boots
  Historical mailing list - Alex MeVay
  Sat, 14 Aug 2021 20:16:41 -0400
  Gosh, though I seem to destroy everything else, the Rockford's worked pretty well for me. I went for an axle/CV joint upgrade...
• Are you ready for a Ratio Rocker arm Group purchase????
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Wed, 30 Aug 2000 23:19:48 EDT
  Pauter has offered the following prices for ratio rockers. They have 1.3, 1.4 and 1.5. Prices are direct from Pauter... Quantity...
• Re: Satellite image of fire
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:18:36 -0700
  ...It's getting a lot of hits. -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana...
• Re: FS: 1988 Vanagon GL Wolfsburg Where??
  Historical mailing list - Tim
  Mon, 4 Feb 2002 19:55:10 -0800
  Round Rock the Land of Dell > Could have sworn I put "Round Rock, Texas" after my name. Sorry for the > confusion. > > Jim >
• Re: Are ratio rockers really worth it
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sat, 15 Dec 2001 21:28:11 -0500
  Toni wrote Do ratio rockers really add a noticeable amount of horsepower to 1.9L or 2.1L? What is the increase? What about...
• Re: Electrical Connector dust boots
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 13 Jun 2010 19:13:53 -0700
  you got me before on that one rocky consider dope slap self applied, ok? :) alistair On 13-Jun-10, at 6:00 PM, Mike...
• Need help in Lime Rock CT
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Thu, 7 Jun 2012 19:29:48 -0400
  Hi, My wife and I are at Lime Rock with our Westy doing flagging for SCCA. On our way down the outer part of...
• Re: Kampers on the Rocks
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:20:28 -0400
  ...For those who missed the Kampers on the Rocks at Blue Rocks this year I have a YouTube video at: http://www.youtube.com...
• Rock Auto Closeouts
  Historical mailing list - Mark Milby
  Thu, 14 Jan 2016 10:15:43 -0500
  ...http://www.rockauto.com/RSS/vehiclefeeds.php?carcode=1286445&m=wc&l=en&html=true -- Mm
• Re: red rock canyon
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 Feb 1995 11:37:18 -0800
  Red Rock is near/in the Mojave desert. The group gathering there is slated for March 24-26, 1995. Please come! - the more the...
• Re: NVC: 2000 Jetta front bumper cover........RockAuto
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:32:24 -0600
  ...Checked some online vendors (after the recent discussion > about RockAuto) and found: > > ECSTUNING: Genuine VW/AUDI (1J5807217JGRU) $318.43 > Busdepot $317.36 > some vendors...