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• Re: horsepower increase
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Tue, 18 Nov 2003 07:38:07 +0000
  ...Ratio rockers help with lift too. For those who can afford it; install a 2.0l inline 4 and start modding. 145 hp is...
• Re: The writings of Gene Berg and ETC.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sat, 22 Jul 2000 16:06:55 EDT
  Mark <<The obvious ones are the balanced crank and ratio rockers, but what else? I would also add counterweights to your crank. should cost...
• Re: Headlights Still Out
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 15 Oct 2012 16:44:41 -0700
  ...highbeam. > All four marker lights and turnsignals work normally. > > The dashboard rocker switch is new and correct for 1983 (I just > replaced it today...
• 90 vanagon Cam and lifter issue
  Historical mailing list - Charles Hokanson
  Wed, 24 Nov 1999 12:38:09 EST
  ...Pulled the valve covers and found that the rocker arm adjusters for the exhaust valves on #2 and #4 were disintegrating (from slapping against...
• Fair price for 85 Westie?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Ferguson
  Wed, 15 Jan 2003 01:27:21 -0800
  ...with a recently refurbished AVP 2.1 litre engine with ratio rockers. Also, new water pump, battery, and radiator. Almost everything on the van...
• Re: Ecu Chip & Rocker Info/ New Dyno results.
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Thu, 10 Sep 1998 12:04:30 -0400
  ...I have Chips and I'm waiting for 10 sets of Rockers from Gene Berg. * >or so of these kits have been spoken for...
• Re: FI mixture adjust?/ Running Rich
  Historical mailing list - David R. Paterson
  Mon, 8 Feb 1999 07:20:31 -0500
  ...I have a rebuilt 2.1 with 1:2.5 ratio rockers, is there anyway that these could be causing the problem? And if...
• Re: Finding TDC (dumb question?)
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Wed, 6 Feb 2002 23:39:08 +0800
  ...Finding TDC (dumb question?) I'm planning on adjusting the rockers on my '81 (w/ hyd. lifters) in the next day or so. I...
• Why do I have four bent Intake valves?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Ensing
  Thu, 7 Apr 2005 04:00:36 EDT
  ...the Intake tubes are mangled : ( so I pulled the covers and rocker assembleys and all the intakes are hung open and frozen in the...
• Re: So wha-da-ya call a Vanagon with no legs? (Frayday humour)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 9 Feb 2008 09:57:11 -0800
  ...The rockers near the > rear trailing arm where rusted through so the body was "on its' way > out". It was a cool van though...
• Re: AMC heads (part 2)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 1 Nov 2006 11:08:13 -0600
  ...that the cylinder assembly is all one piece - including rocker bosses for the valve rocker shafts. Cleaning that combination of steel and aluminum was...
• Re: 1991 Syncro for sale
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Fri, 4 Jul 2014 06:37:13 -0300
  ...in-line - and with the power port low - just above the rocker panel. Roy On 04-Jul-2014, at 04:51, Ben wrote: > Did...
• Re: Here's one to rack your brains
  Historical mailing list - Brad Snyder
  Wed, 10 May 2000 16:10:51 -0400
  ...Of course, I made it easier for her to reach and maintain that speed by installing Volks-Motorsport's chip and rocker kit. We...
• '87 Syncro Weekender For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Joe Kearns
  Tue, 23 Jan 2001 17:11:40 EST
  ...1987 syncro GL / Weekender with 130k ,it has a rebuilt motor / new heads and 1.25 rocker arms at 102k and new new head...
• Re: Traveling/Camping With a Baby
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Mon, 17 Oct 2005 14:34:01 -0400
  ...She did not sleep in the car, your arms, in the baby carrier, the bouncer/rocker, the swing, etc. Even today you have 1...
• Re: Noisy lifters, rockers, at startup, etc (long)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sun, 8 Aug 2004 16:26:25 -0700
  ...My air cooled, at 200K, is starting up with clacking lifters/rocker arms way > too > often. Circumstances only allow me to drive it three...
• Hydraulic Lifter Adjustments
  Historical mailing list - vanagonvw
  Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:49:34 -0600
  ...They were not open at all, based on the ability to pull the rocker arm back off the stem, on both of them. Not...
• Re: WBX Nightmares
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 14 Aug 2000 12:21:47 EDT
  ...CB Performance 1919 Racer Spacer $4.95 CB Performance 1665 1.25 Rhino Rockers $119.95 CB Performance 1534 R/A Pads $4.95...
• Re: Need ECU and Chip Info
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Sat, 3 Nov 2001 23:44:31 -1000
  ...glad they did so. (lilley being the exception since he ratio rockers >whatever they are) Mark... I can't believe you just wrote that...
• Re: '60 Tranny problem
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 2 Mar 1996 00:58:14 -0500
  ...by the was there is virtually zero rust on this baby, like a small hole 5mm in one of the rocker panels. if it...
• Re: 65 bus question
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 May 1996 03:23:38 -0400
  ...check for rust in front wheel wells, and the rocker panels (at the bottom on each side) windows seals replaced? look for holes under...
• Re: front parking light out
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 29 Mar 2000 20:20:44 -0500
  ...already have it up on a lift to check suspension, exhaust, rocker panel rust and such). But starting this year they're doing one...
• Oil Sump Baffle Air Cooled
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 25 Jan 2002 10:58:49 -0600
  ...Is there a way to properly remove the tiny pits in rocker arm adjusting screw contact surface so they can be reused? Stan Wilder...
• problems after head swap in '84 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Wed, 29 May 2002 09:16:44 -0500
  ...Set the valves to zero lash (rockers just touching valves). Engine would not idle, and some clatter. Reset to two turns in per Bentley...
• Re: '85 Vanagon Sunroof - DUMPING! HELP!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 10 Jul 2002 12:25:27 EDT
  ...the front drain outlets are in the rockers behind the front wheels.. the rear drain outlets are in the rear air scoop intakes.. chris...
• Re: PIC. Under Cabinet Flooring: Westfalia OEM?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 15 Sep 2012 20:29:06 -0700
  ...http://tinyurl.com/9alblls And though it looks like rust, pretty sure it's just fiberglass and glue at bottom of rocker: http://tinyurl...
• Re: 2.1L DJ-code WBX into '84 Westy - first 1900 mile trip impressions
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 6 Dec 2008 11:44:23 -0500
  ...of the ECU? Are there larger > injectors, bigger valves, higher lift rockers, higher comp or what? If it's > just the ECU, then a...
• Re: Windage, Ullage, Oil Temps
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 28 Mar 2002 10:27:19 -0600
  ...I've run AA Fuel rails and Funny cars up to the late seventies and we used aluminum rods, roller cams, lightweight rockers, bevel...
• Re: CAULK YOUR WESTY h2o/ELEC. FILL PORTS!! was Re: REMOVE THOSE HATCH PLUGS!!
  Historical mailing list - zolo
  Wed, 10 Sep 2003 14:35:08 -0700
  ...the rust that is > coming from > > the inside of your left westy side panel at the lower rocker seam (and > possibly > > along the center...
• Should I rebuild the bottom end? Questions & photos.
  Historical mailing list - Tom Lambas
  Mon, 6 Sep 2010 17:35:14 -0500
  ...The PO had headgaskets, oil pump, one head (used), a couple of lifters and a rocker arm assembley replaced. Test drive seemed fine, and...
• Re: 87Syncro,Headlights won't turn on
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Fri, 19 Sep 1997 22:41:31 -0700
  ...So then I tried jiggling the rocker switch for the >lights and found that if I moved the switch slightly back form the "on...
• broken alternator brackets
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Thu, 15 Feb 2001 00:18:00 -0600
  ...on the bracket to minimize stress on the bracket. ( I used rocker arm shims ) But spring washers work as well, they look like they...
• where to get body panels in Canada for 85 ddcab
  Historical mailing list - pedro dos santos
  Sun, 24 Mar 2002 21:07:57 -0800
  ...I need some parts that are specific for the ddcab, like the passenger side rocker panel (just under the 3rd door). All the doors...
• Re: Loctite
  Historical mailing list - Brent Weide
  Sat, 29 Sep 2018 08:28:50 -0700
  ...cover bolts, water pump bolts, oil pan bolts, drive shaft bolts, rocker arm adjustment nuts, carburetor studs. -65°F - 300°F (-54°C - 149...
• Re: what clues about engine health can I get...
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Tue, 15 May 2012 07:49:40 -0400
  Alistar, Pull the rocker arms and look for mushrooming valve stem ends. If you are not going to use the engine for a while...
• Re: Headlight Mystery (2 lamp/Halogen)
  Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
  Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:41:57 -0700
  ...There's >13.2V at the black/yellow wires X behind the instrument cluster rocker switch There's <4V between the black/yellow X...
• Re: Price breakdowns On The ECO/Rocker "KIT" and Comments about ZOOMIN!
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 15 Apr 1998 22:45:38 -0700
  At 08:28 AM 4/15/98 -0500, Mark B. Magee wrote: >If they don't make any money, they won't supply our...
• Re: RUST HOLE
  Historical mailing list - David Bogle
  Tue, 28 Sep 1999 15:14:16 -0400
  ...He uses a 3M Rocker Schutz gun with 50-60 psi, which can atomize the oil for spraying inside doors, etc. I've never...
• So what's the procedures to filling a small claims on a backyard bozo mechanic?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Danrich
  Thu, 27 Jul 2000 10:01:41 -1000
  ...the wore down my starter and battery and 2 of the rocker arm put in reverse. I also had him do a paint job...
• Re: Empty Lifter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 9 Nov 2004 06:06:53 -0500
  ...Empty Lifter Oops, I was just putting on the rocker arm assembly and positioning the push rods when I noticed that I had forgotten...
• Fwd: 1986 Transporter Syncro Single Cab Pickup For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Ray Caamano
  Wed, 27 Apr 2005 00:53:46 -0500
  ...under front. > 11) Performance chip in the ECU and high ratio rockers available > > > > You can see it at this link: > >> http://homepage.mac.com...
• Re: Valve Adjustment during head installation?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 20 Jun 2002 12:35:44 -0500
  ...One full turn down from the point that the rocker arm just touches the valve stem. Option #2: Using a feeler gauge set the...
• Re: souping up the 1.9L or 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Thu, 7 Mar 2002 20:44:24 -0500
  ...a 2.1L motor rebuilt w/ > counterweighted crank, perf cam, ratio rockers, > 4) how about stroking the 1.9L or the 2.1L motor...
• got a westy? got drivers side seam rust?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 29 Mar 2003 13:24:49 EST
  ...owners out there have drivers side seam rust - on that horizontal rocker seam, or on the drivers side body, halfway up, and they complain...
• got a westy? got drivers side seam rust?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 29 Mar 2003 16:08:36 EST
  ...owners out there have drivers side seam rust - on that horizontal rocker seam, or on the drivers side body, halfway up, and they complain...
• Re: Valve adjust after head job
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Wed, 2 Oct 2013 16:52:06 -0400
  ...4? >> >> What's the trick to keepin the pushrods in the center of the lifter while getting them onto the rocker assembly? >> >> Thanks!! >> -craig >
• Fwd: [T2] $700 88 Vanagon seen FS-central NJ
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Thu, 5 Oct 2006 17:42:54 -0700
  ...year) No rust through, paint appears > original, clean wheel wells and rockers; looks like rear bumper > corner had been pushed into body where it...
• Re: Oil leak - '91 Carat - 2'1L
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 21 Dec 2014 00:57:16 -0500
  ...Oil leak - '91 Carat - 2'1L Rocker cover gasket or the push rod tubes. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry...
• Re: compression
  Historical mailing list - Scot Douglas
  Mon, 23 Mar 1998 06:54:55 -0500
  ...lifters, but it wouldn't hurt to back off the > adjusting nuts on the rockers and check the compression again. I would suggest doing...
• Re: 87' VW Westfalia - $12500
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Mon, 10 Mar 2014 11:42:07 -0400
  ...Beautiful!! > > Marc > > > > are you guys blind? someone rhinolined the rockers and quarterpanels of > this van... hideous! the rhinolining was probably done to cover up...
• Re: Pesky Oil Leak
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:17:13 -0400
  ...harder; Remove valve cover, rockers, push rod (of the offending tube) then rip out the push rod tube with vice grips, cutters. Replace with...
• Re: Question about 86 Synchro Weekender
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Feb 1997 14:47:21 -0500 (EST)
  ...black, but only the WLE version had silver ones and matching silver "rocker" panels along the sides. Regards, 87 GL Syncro 88 GL Wolfsburg
• Won't start - lifter adjustment problem?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 15 Aug 1998 20:10:12 -0700
  ...Backout adjusting screws in rocker arms so that ball shaped end is flush with surface of arm. 2. Turn crankshaft so that #1 is...
• Re: [WESTY] Canoe on poptop - too much weight?
  Historical mailing list - byard
  Sat, 10 Jun 2000 07:54:36 -0700
  ...We've currently got a 17' Mad River > Royalex canoe but the hull has a moderate rocker (curve). Thus, we can't > directly put...
• Re: Help Vanagon stuck in Chico, CA
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Mon, 18 Mar 2002 12:02:58 -1000
  ...I'll buy you all a bear, > coke, or tea someday when we meet. > > I had no compression after I put on my rocker...
• Re: 2.1 wbx Compression Test
  Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
  Fri, 5 May 2017 12:32:50 -0400
  I failed to mention removing the rocker arms... this gave me a pretty good picture of what I had going on... I agree that...
• Re: The writings of Gene Berg and ETC.
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Mon, 24 Jul 2000 10:20:13 -0700
  ...Increases power and better low end responce. > > The later T4 engine rocker arms use a 10 mm adjusting screw. Find a set of rockers...
• Re: Propex installation: lazy man's armchair plan
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Tue, 03 Dec 1996 13:20:00 -0500
  ...I've had my syncro stuck up to the rockers in mud, by the way. Ironically, most of the removal of partitions, the fridge...
• Re: Zero Compression after Head Re-torque - Valves? Overtorque?!
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford
  Sat, 28 Jan 2017 18:02:53 -0500
  ...down to 0- little to no resistance… have I put > the rocker arms on too tight? did the retorque pull the heads in too...
• Re: locating my water/oil leak
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 18 Jun 2011 07:46:29 -0400
  ...One of the ones under the rocker arms. The next is the seal under the cylinder barrels. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List...