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• Re: SA 5-speed transmission
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Thu, 13 May 1999 21:25:32 -0700
  ...The "pushing down to get into first" problem can be caused by a couple of things. The thing that solved it for me was...
• Re: Replacing Alt Brushes (old thread)
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Tue, 23 Apr 2002 16:56:37 -0700
  ...I had to push the brushes agains the rotor at some point to push them in but I was surprised at how easy it...
• How many miles are too many?
  Historical mailing list - David Boan
  Mon, 4 Aug 2003 14:30:53 -0400
  ...I am trying to decide when I am pushing my luck and should plan on a new engine or rebuild. I am considering a...
• Re: collapsable push rod tube source?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Wed, 2 Jun 2004 12:45:33 -0400
  ...collapsable push rod tube source? Does anyone know where I can get a few of these? I have a couple soft lifters I would...
• Re: Push covers/enging tins
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:28:10 -0500
  ...be helpful, but I mistook what you were talking about--the pushrod tin, I call it (don't flame me) for the valve cover...
• Re: Push button switch
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 30 Nov 2012 21:15:54 -0800
  ...30/2012 3:54 PM, chris and/or ruth wrote: > Re: Push button switch > Harbor Freight has them. About $11 bucks. Wired with clips...
• Re: Roadside Troubles while on Vacationing
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Olson
  Fri, 5 Jan 2007 13:52:11 -0700
  ...Luckily it was my bus and I got to drive, not push. We had to push start it for four days as we explored...
• Re: push rod tubes dilemma
  Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
  Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:25:38 -0500
  ...2013 1:45 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: push rod tubes dilemma Hmmm, those pics that GregM posted remind me alot...
• Re: central locking problem, and a tip
  Historical mailing list - Tyrone & Marilyn Greene
  Wed, 13 May 1998 19:08:29 -0400
  ...Now I cannot lock the doors with > the key, and cannot push the lock button down manually. Any suggestions? Yes, I have a suggestion...
• Re: Aircooled lifter noise
  Historical mailing list - Paul Mayfield
  Sun, 27 Jan 2002 11:05:40 -0800
  ...You're asserting that the rockers are clanking against the pushrod tips, right? that does make a lot of clatter in my old straight...
• Re: Black oxide finish on stainless steel
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 23 May 2007 06:02:03 EDT
  ...With the push pins it's a PITA. Cheers, Frank Condelli Almonte, Ontario, Canada '87 Westy, '90 Carat, '87 Wolfsburg (Forsale) & Lionel Trains (_Collection...
• Re: 87 disk brake issue
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Tue, 24 Jan 2017 02:53:45 +0000
  ...87 disk brake issue insert a flat screw driver and push back both brake pads ?
• Wanted: poptop upper strut crossbar
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 16 Jul 2016 11:03:04 -0400
  this is a shot in the dark but i need the cross bar you push up on when you raise the poptop. it can...
• Car Stereo Deal
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 9 Jun 2003 21:45:00 -0400
  I don't usually push sales but for those of you looking for a Stereo for our Vanagons check out http://shop3.outpost.com...
• Re: Van Stuff (Heidelberg OEM installed Radio)
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Sun, 9 Jan 2005 09:30:49 -0800
  ...1 push for 1, 7 pushes for 7. You can go back and forth till you get it right as long as you don...
• Re: Headlight Relay Kit Problems
  Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
  Sun, 1 Dec 2013 09:29:54 -0800
  ...Insert the small screwdriver kinda thing into that opening and compress that tab while simultaneously using your third hand to push the connector backwards...
• Re: Wiring questions
  Historical mailing list - Roger VanTill
  Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:36:30 -0400
  ...The wire from the pushrod sensor gets a male end. I guess you don't have the original wires and connector. The cut wires...
• Re: dont pusy our trip meter while driving!
  Historical mailing list - Jere & Beth Hawn
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 16:36:53 -0800
  Hi All, I understand the logic behind this issue however, I have been pushing my trip meter while the van has been moving *not...
• Re: [Syncro] Berg Vs Pauter Ratio Rockers: comments please!
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Fri, 14 Dec 2001 09:49:53 -0800
  ...I would prefer to go with the pre-cut pushrods no matter which rockers we use. > > Rocker arm tips: > Berg says roller tips reduce...
• Re: 2.1 L WBX Overheat -1991 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Mudd \"Not Jack\" Sparrow
  Fri, 20 Mar 2015 08:48:32 -0700
  ...Found split push rod > tubes. Then discovered bent push rods. Next a loud tick or clatter that > won't go away no matter what...
• Re: Standard Vanagon Jack Base?
  Historical mailing list - Phil Menchions
  Mon, 21 May 2012 03:14:15 -0200
  ...the van. > > > > When you insert the jack with the base slightly pushed under the lifting head towards the center of the van. As you...
• STARTER FIXES
  Historical mailing list - DSTEVENS
  Wed, 7 Oct 1998 10:00:19 -0400
  ...that has a push button on top for engaging the starter with out key . Works great for ign.switch troubles or tune ups. (make...
• Clutch pedal engagement
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Brideau
  Mon, 12 May 2003 11:31:22 -0400
  ...My guess is you have a big egg shaped hole in > the linkage to your pedal which attaches to the yoke which pushes the...
• Re: Wipers
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:35:17 -0700
  ...The rear wipers are operated by push the wiper stalk forward. To turn of, push forward again. BenT vanagoncafe.com
• Re: Proper Brake Pedal Feel/Travel?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:40:01 -0800
  ...Next day, the first pedal push gets pistons back out, second push, pedal a *little* higher. Brakes have always: - Locked up causing nose dive...
• Bad valve? Lifter? Help!!! TICK TICK TICK!!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Ray
  Tue, 2 Nov 1999 11:03:27 -0500
  ...I assume a lifter or pushrod. I haven't opened or verified which valve it is. Assuming that while hand cranking the motor, I...
• Re: closing slider quietly
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 31 Jul 2020 15:29:59 -0700
  You can lean into it with your body rather than pushing with hands and avoid dents. Been doing that since 1986 and no dents...
• Re: Friday-Any Orlando camping reccommendation? Trip report
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:26:44 -0800
  ...Friday, January 20, 2012, 11:14 AM ���Pushy?� Hell, I hear that if you have a TomTom, you can purchase John Cleese' voice instruction...
• Re: oil coming out of sensor
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:41:17 -0400
  ...Secondly, I just removed the heat shield over the driver side push >rods. Between the two center push rods is what I assume is...
• Re: after the fridge is lit..
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 18 Apr 2000 14:57:19 -0700
  ...not double as the piezo electric ignitor and can not be pushed in the extra 1/2 inch to make a spark. If yours...
• rear wiper question
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 5 Oct 2000 12:06:18 EDT
  ...when i pushed the right wiper stalk forward, only the rear squirter motor came on, and shot fluid out, but no rear wiper. where...
• Re: Rear brake slave cylinders - anything to watch
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 24 Mar 2004 17:57:42 -0500
  ...Thye have the proper spring which pushes the end cups out against the shoes. This helps prevents having to push the pedal twice to...
• Re: nice '85 single cab FS on samba--now push-rod tin
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 11 Sep 2006 09:58:43 -0500
  ...nice '85 single cab FS on samba > > >> JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote: >> >>> >>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> not the first van i've seen driving around without the pushrod tube...
• Re: Heater valve
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 2 Oct 2010 14:15:01 -0700
  ...the valve movement and it's pretty stiff when trying to push the valve. Sorry, it's too funny to let it go unnoticed...
• Re: How to Steal VW Vans Quickly
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 30 Aug 94 18:12:23 EDT
  ...pieces that make it so you can't just pry the wing vent lock up out of the way and push in the window.
• Help! Cant get folding table to open !! :o)
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:45:09 +0000
  Hi All, Help! Cant get folding table to open !! :o) ( 91 Weekender ) ( OK, Multivan :o) I figure it's supposed to push in pull...
• Re: Push covers/enging tins
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:20:42 -0500
  Thanks Jim I appreciate it. I wasn't sure exactly what they were called and have heard them referred to as both. -- Thanks, Jeff...
• Rear Brake set up-The spacers
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 19 Mar 2012 21:09:25 -0400
  ...Adjust the push rod to take up the slack but do not actually push out the shoes. Now notice how the hand brake can...
• Size of the small ball in the 5sp reverse lockout?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 20 Oct 2017 14:07:10 -0700
  ...You must push down to put the plunger in a clear path, then it hits the "box" under tbe floor and tbere is another...
• Re: Syncro Sonata
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 16 Mar 2013 15:26:46 -0700
  ...and 'quiet in neutral with clutch pedal pushed in' ... (engine running of course ) that's in indication of internal transmission damage ... like noisy bearings...
• Re: CIS warm-up regulator
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 9 Mar 1999 19:25:47 -0800
  ...If you try to push up on the plate within 1 minute there should be no immedate play and with a firm push you...
• Re: trip odometer myth
  Historical mailing list - Stewart, Donna
  Wed, 16 Apr 2003 12:05:40 -0400
  ...If you push in the trip odometer button while moving, you will reset the odometer. That's it. The first thing that happens when...
• Re: Have you ever broken a clutch by push starting a vehicle?
  Historical mailing list - Clint Kolda
  Sun, 25 Nov 2007 08:24:13 -0800
  ...Have you ever broken a clutch by push starting a vehicle? > Our Thanksgiving campout started great. Thursday's traditional meal > cooked in dutch ovens...
• Re: pushrod from auto. trans to throttle
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:09:57 -0500
  ...However, any side-to-side movement in throttle pushrod >causes engine idle to drop off. Is this normal? John, suggest you start by setting...
• Re: Odo/Trip Counter
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:24:35 -0400
  ...The first thing that happens when you push the reset button is >that it moves a row of linking gears away from the counting...
• Re: That damn cooling system !
  Historical mailing list - Terry Tan
  Tue, 23 Jul 1996 01:27:11 -0400 (EDT)
  ...This occurs only when you push the engine hard e.g. over 70 Mph. The extreme pressure pushes the coolant out from the filling...
• Re: New Dash Pod/Dynamic Oil Pressure
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Sun, 31 Oct 1999 15:02:45 -0500
  ...I have to source a SS hose (or extension) with a "tee" connection > to do this because of the limited space between the pushrod...
• Re: Longevity of Conversion Engines
  Historical mailing list - Dan Snow
  Fri, 22 Mar 2002 08:35:55 -0800
  ...The engines were still in as-new condition. >to last a long time pushing around a heavy van. In my experience with VW >inline...
• Re: Cam timing
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 20 Aug 2007 10:06:54 -0500
  ...along > with the ramp geometry. > > Lift is how far the cam pushes the valve open. Measured in inches. > > Duration is how long the cam...
• Re: Jetta Power Supply relay questions (Vanagon conversion) PIC of wiring diagram.
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:37:37 -0700
  ...Yah I got myself a honking brass push button switch to install in engine bay for remote starting. > > Doesn't matter too much if...
• Re: clock-89 syncro westy
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Tue, 17 Apr 2001 17:26:05 -1000
  >Don't use an ice pick to reset your clock! A small paper-clip works and only push in as little as necessary to...
• Re: Help!, Something funny with Valve adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 6 Nov 2002 22:06:16 -0600
  ...Sometimes the push rod doesn't seat properly in the lifter socket, it will seat itself after a little use, you'll hear it...
• Re: A/C panel melted
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 30 Jun 2004 06:20:36 -0500
  I'm sure each of you have seen melted plastic on push on connectors. Lots of the time you also see that the push...
• Re: Help - Part 2
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 3 May 2014 09:27:35 -0600
  Hey Dave Will the Eng' turn by Hand or by Pushing the Van WhileInGear ~ IfSo can you try a PushStart ~ Have you thought to...
• Re: 67 generator
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 2 Jun 1996 01:18:00 -0400
  ...any ideas or problems with changing the wires, or do I have the wrong generator? - - - - - 66 and 67 buses came with push on connectors...
• Re: Ford V-6 (was: Engine conversion ?)
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 4 Jan 2000 21:18:22 +0100
  Robin Oomkes wrote: > <snip>It's a pushrod clunker, available in 2.3 l and 2.8 l > capacity, that was specific to Europe...
• Re: push start
  Historical mailing list - Ed Mellinger
  Fri, 12 Jan 2001 10:42:44 -0800
  As far as the catalytic converter goes, I think the danger would be if you pushed and/or towed and/or rolled downhill for...
• Re: Removing Badging question
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Mon, 29 Jul 2002 16:12:27 EDT
  ...There are small studs which are then pushed onto plastic grommets. That is all. You can carefully pry the emblems off. I find they...
• Re: cracked right side case...i'm in TROUBLE! (was crank pulley bolt...argh!)
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Tue, 31 Jan 2006 21:31:03 -0500
  i assume you want to do this on the compression stroke of the cylinder so that the rope isn't pushing against an open...
• Re: Wanted: '67 cargo door handle, Help removing steering wheel
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Jun 1996 09:17:42 -0700
  >and with your thighs pushing up on the >wheel, smack it good with a hammer right on the nut. Repeat as necessary. >Always worked...