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• Re: 6 mils of lash...
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Mon, 31 Jan 2000 17:01:59 -0500
  John wrote: > > Bob Donalds wrote: > > > > John wrote: > > > > > > Hi David, > > > > > > I've seen all the industry general guide lines about storing > > > un-installed lifters in...
• Re: Lifter observation.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:25:49 -0700
  ...Lifter observation. > Greetings all, > I have noticed the lifters are most likely to clatter if the day before > the > truck was started from cold...
• Re: ATF the wonder drug
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 1 Nov 1995 09:50:50 -0800
  > On a related subject for the person experiencing lifter noise, >Stephens Machining told me ATF in the oil is excellent lifter cleaner. >Unfortunately I...
• Re: Valves lifter knocking
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 11 Jan 1999 22:40:50 -0800
  Someone a couple of months ago suggested "CD-2" lifter rebuild in a can (I don't remember exactly which CD-2 product it...
• Re: sigh..... lifter adjustments?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 1 Nov 2007 23:58:37 -0400
  The major purpose of hydraulic lifters is that adjustment is not critical. Per the book, you take up the slack and turn in another...
• Re: 87 Syncro - hydraulic lifters
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Mar 1996 21:35:33 -0500
  In a message dated 96-03-22 06:44:36 EST, MrJimmy3@aol.com writes: > >Whats the involvement on replacing lifters. I not happy...
• 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...
• Lifters pumping down at speed
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:12:40 -0400
  I seem to have the reverse of most lifter problems - my lifters pump down when cruising at a steady 60 mph and higher, but...
• Lifter pumping down at speed
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:20:30 -0400
  I seem to have the reverse of most lifter problems - my lifter pump down when crusing at a steady 60 mph and higher, but...
• Re: Aircooled hydrolic lifter problems
  Historical mailing list - Lane Cooper
  Mon, 13 Sep 1999 18:56:36 PDT
  ...I rebuilt me engine and originally put no preload on the new lifters (at top dead center). This was done so they would properly...
• Re: interesting lifter thinking?? 1.9L still a problem child (update)
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Wed, 14 Sep 2005 10:47:58 -0400
  ...The second reason is I feel the lifter has a better chance to pump out the air in the lifter if the inner lifter...
• Re: Febi Val Lifters!
  Historical mailing list - Wrenold Williams
  Tue, 7 Jun 2016 21:30:24 -0400
  OK � lifters still very noisy. Lowered the oils level as advised. Drove around a bit today and they did quiet down to normal. Sat...
• Re: replacing lifters
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Thu, 4 Sep 2003 18:05:48 -0700
  ...The only problems you may encounter are worn adjusters (~$4.00 each) and lifters that are reluctant to slide out. The lifters can usually...
• Re: Lifters don't compress ...
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Sat, 27 Feb 2016 16:35:09 -0700
  Is it possible someone replaced them with solid lifters? Pull one out. Easy to do. Z Sent from my iPad > On Feb 27, 2016...
• Empty Lifter
  Historical mailing list - Vince Jahn
  Tue, 9 Nov 2004 01:05:28 -0800
  ...Would it be ok to let the lifter bleed itself when I eventually fire up the engine (and then adjust it), or can the...
• Re: weak engine power after van sits - recently changed lifters
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Thu, 1 Jul 2004 11:12:27 +0200
  Hi Craig ! Sounds like a lifter problem ! When you replaced the lifters, did you fill them with oil during the assembly ? If not you...
• Lifter Thoughts
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 26 Oct 2001 09:22:16 -0400
  After installing new lifters and going through several adjustments, I have come to some conclusions and would like to hear any feedback from the...
• Re: clickin lifters
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Fri, 13 Jun 2003 14:07:37 -0700
  ...WBX lifters are strange animals. Sometimes I leave me van sitting for 3 days and the lifters will rattle, other times I'll leave...
• Re: Soft lifters (was: clarify .006 on lifters)
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Wed, 9 Jan 2002 18:44:11 -0700
  Well, if soft lifters never go away, then should they be replaced? I'm not too concerned about it since it seems to be...
• Re: 2.1 w/solid lifters - Frankenstein's Monster Lives!
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:17:20 -0400
  Jeff, I had no idea there existed a drop in replacement solid lifter. You may have cured one of the WBX banes , lifter leak...
• Lifter Noise
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 15 Oct 95 14:41 CDT
  ...amunro@AMUNRO.SEANET.COM(Alex Munro) >First is what sounds like lifter noise. It's one lifter and >I only heard it run for...
• noisy lifters
  Historical mailing list - karen brown
  Tue, 28 Sep 1999 12:33:52 -0400
  Arriving home after a hundred mile drive, I noticed a ticking sound that sounds like the lifters tapping noisily. The oil level is fine...
• Replace Hydraulic lifters with solid lifters?
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Thu, 9 Nov 2006 18:30:20 -0500
  ...Can I replace stock hydraulic lifters with solid ones? Is this a bad idea? Are solid lifters even available for the air cooled 2...
• lifters
  Historical mailing list - Mark Gajewski
  Tue, 8 Dec 1998 12:38:35 -0500
  I'm having trouble with one (at least) of my lifters on my '85 GL. If my van is parked for extended periods (say...
• hydraulic lifters ... some info/opinion ...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 04 Jan 96 20:16:26 CST
  i thought this might be of some interest to those of us with hydraulic valve lifters: from Road & Track, February 1996. Technical Correspondence ... Heavy...
• Re: lifter chatter any concerns?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 2 Jul 2015 18:18:44 -0700
  Hydraulic lifter bleed down. Usually only one lifter if a cam lobe has that valve fully open when the engine is shut down. They...
• Re: Lifters don't compress ...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 27 Feb 2016 18:32:34 -0500
  On the air cooled engines the push rod tubes and lifters are removable without pulling the heads. Dennis Sent from my Windows 10 phone...
• Re: Clacky new(ish) lifter?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Wed, 10 Dec 2003 11:16:35 -0800
  Damon, Yes a lifter can be bad from the get go! About 10 months ago, I rebuilt 3 WBX engines. All got new lifters...
• Re Re: Hydraulic valve lifter noise on '85 GL
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Thu, 8 Apr 1999 19:25:50 -0700
  The lifters need to be replaced with new ones. Don't be tempted to buy rebuilt. 022 109309 LIFTER-HYDRAULIC 1Y 21 _________ 10.00...
• Re: Solid Lifters
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 24 Sep 2003 07:16:42 -0400
  ...Even if you did the cam is not cut properly for these lifters. Eric Michael Brenner wrote: >Fellow Listerines, > >I think I may of...
• Re: installing lifters
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Sat, 3 Mar 2001 15:52:19 -0500
  Nope, AFAIK the lobes on the camshaft are designed to "spin" the lifters in their bores to make wear even out. So even if...
• Re: Lifters Again
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Mon, 13 Aug 2001 16:30:27 -0400
  Basically your lifter is a cylinder with a plunger and spring with a ball in it. The whole idea is the system is to...
• Re: Lifter adjustment VOODOO
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:07:54 -0700
  ...what is it? And why? > > > > 1 1/2 turns in from a fully expanded lifter. Because it allows the > lifter to adjust itself in...
• Re: interesting lifter thinking?? 1.9L still a problem child (update)
  Historical mailing list - pronks
  Tue, 13 Sep 2005 20:32:10 +1200
  ...The valves > remained open even when "closed" and this collapsed 2 of the lifters for > good.The lifters were gunked up before hand, but...
• More Valve Lifter Stuff
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Sat, 12 Aug 2000 17:24:08 -0400
  ...I was able to collapse the lifter very easily. I'm assuming that I have a bad lifter. I ordered a lifter and a...
• Re: chronic flat lifter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 4 Mar 2003 06:27:16 -0500
  If it happens frequently, you have a bad lifter or two. Locate and replace the offending lifter. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List...
• Re: Camshafts Hyd/solid ?
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Wed, 24 Nov 2004 00:19:56 -0500
  ...For solid cams have the OEM lifters reground NEVER us any aftermarket solid lifter with a stock OEM cam I have never seen that...
• Re: Hydro lifters (# of turn)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 28 Jun 2004 10:19:53 -0500
  ...Hydro lifters (# of turn) > list: > > interesting. but does the .006 disappear because the hydraulic lifter > pumps up, or because a film of oil is...
• Re: Noisy lifters
  Historical mailing list - Beth Young
  Mon, 11 Nov 1996 08:04:54 -0800 (PST)
  ...I've encountered noisy lifters twice on my Vanagon, both times after major engine work. The first time this happened I just drove the...
• Re: Lifter noise - 2.1 L WBX
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Sun, 15 Mar 2015 10:44:49 -0700
  Check the rocker arm on the noisy side - I had an issue where I had excessive lifter clacking and it was actually a broken...
• 84 Westy Hydaulic Lifter problem
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 16 Feb 1997 10:18:53 -0500
  I have been having problems with the hydraulic lifters loosing there oil fill on my 84 westy 1.9 liter water cooled engine.The...
• Re: 6 mils of lash...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 7 Jan 2000 18:04:21 -0500
  At 17:20 1/7/00 , John wrote: >There seems to be no end to "solutions" to getting the hydraulic lifters >adjusted correctly. If...
• '87 has noisy lifter
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Wed, 07 May 1997 21:59:27 -0700
  The 2.1l in my 87 syncro has a noisy lifter. When the vehicle sits for a few days (I drive it about every...
• Re: Adjusting Valves 78 Air Cooled
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sat, 1 Feb 2003 13:16:32 -0500
  ...In fact, it is > the same lifter used up to the '91 Vanagons. I think '76 was the only > year to get solid lifters...
• Re: lifter that doesn't stay pumped up?
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Wed, 1 Jun 2005 08:03:20 -0700
  Isn't that for a lifter that is noisy after initial startup? I have the opposite problem - quiet at startup, but then gets noisy...
• Re: Did I adjust my valves/lifters right?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Mon, 10 Dec 2001 08:03:54 EST
  ...whole IDEA of the hydraulic lifter is to avoid the noise/wear/missadjustment that you get with mechnical lifters. The camshaft profile is ground...
• Noisy Lifter - is it a lifter?
  Historical mailing list - BACCHUS761
  Fri, 13 Mar 1998 00:43:34 EST
  ...stuck lifter, I adjusted the valves to hydrolic specs, this noise can't be good, any suggestions? can you remove these lifters while the...
• Re: Why solid lifters: Performance...Why hydraulic lifters - Performance limits
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 14 May 2003 09:03:53 -0700
  ...Why solid lifters: Performance...Why hydraulic lifters - > Performance limits > > > > I was looking at the new CB Performance catalog and noticed that > they have > > performance...
• Re: Replace Hydraulic lifters with solid lifters?
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Thu, 9 Nov 2006 21:00:05 -0500
  ...Blah blah blah.... > > > > Can I replace stock hydraulic lifters with solid > ones? > > Is this a bad idea? > > > > Are solid lifters even available for the...
• Re: Lifter adjustment VOODOO
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:20:13 -0400
  ...It is as if the oil pressure is >high enough to fill the lifters, then continue to pump up the lifters to >the point...
• Re: '85 lifter noise, steering pump too.
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 16 Oct 1995 12:22:57 -0500
  Saw your note about the 85 GL-- > >First is what sounds like lifter noise. It's one lifter and I only heard it >run...
• Re: Hydraulic Lifter Adjustments
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:58:49 -0400
  ...That might open the valve until the lifter again adjusted to the new setting (maybe hours). The lifter may have sucked in air to...
• Re: Noisy lifter
  Historical mailing list - joe brown
  Mon, 7 Oct 2002 13:46:49 -0700
  ...I used some stuff specifically for noisy lifters made by Gunk or someone like that. It cured my lifter.Ran it for a half...
• Re: Why are the lifters so hard?
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sat, 5 Apr 2008 15:14:36 -0400
  ...The lifters have a non-return check ball that allows oil pressure in, but won't let it out. The lifters are basically a...
• Re: New owner of 91 Westy -- sticky valve
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Thu, 5 Sep 2002 19:22:13 -0500
  The lifters I have in my van are supposedly new. The van is not driven but 5k a year, so if I could run...
• Re: 6 mils of lash...
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Sun, 9 Jan 2000 09:35:09 -0500
  John wrote: > > Hi David, > > I've seen all the industry general guide lines about storing > un-installed lifters in certain positions and pre-filling...
• Re: Aircooled hydrolic lifter problems
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Tue, 14 Sep 1999 08:03:22 -0400
  ...I rebuilt me engine and originally put no preload on > the new lifters (at top dead center). This was done so they would properly...
• Flat lifters
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 8 Nov 1996 23:32:10 -0800
  I stand corrected, that the VW lifters should be very slightly convex when new. Life is always a learning experience -- try to learn something...
• Hydraulic Lifter Week
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Mon, 6 Jun 2005 21:44:09 -0400
  I think lifters are a timely subject because they haven't been covered super well, at least in the past five years of archive...