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• Wear Index
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Wed, 9 Nov 94 10:32:01 PST
  ...gear x stroke of the engine - giving the linear distance travelled by a piston and rings per mile. I agree this is very crude...
• RoadHaus - Reflections on 2003
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Sat, 7 Feb 2004 09:04:21 -0700
  ...Since then we have traveled 38,000 miles. Along the way: Tow truck rides = 3 Engine rebuilds = 4 Three = 2.2L design piston replacement...
• Re: Neils Brakes: "What Me Worry?" (WAS: pedal feel)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:21:25 -0800
  ...One > difference I can think of is that my 'pedal travel' issue is more frequent, > ie: pumping the pedal to reduce travel is required...
• Re: Mono Tube vs Twin Tube Shocks (dampers)
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 14 May 2020 17:59:26 -0700
  ...Since the shock > is the suspension travel limiter this damages the top of the shock piston > and bottom of the end cap. This extension...
• Re: burning smell - brakes or tire?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Mon, 8 Jul 2013 20:30:25 -0700
  ...back and forth.. > 'exercise' the piston this way ..back and forth, back and forth until it > can travel smoothly up to half an inch...
• Re: engine swap (ignorant questions) -> EV piston slap
  Historical mailing list - "L-Soft list server at Vanagon List (1.8c)"
  Thu, 11 Dec 1997 12:31:19 -0800
  ...Try HELP. >>>>> the pistons travel vertically, or is there some angle set from >>>> Unknown command - "THE". Try HELP. >>> Unknown command - "UNKNOWN". Try HELP. >> Unknown...
• Re: engine swap (ignorant questions) -> EV piston slap
  Historical mailing list - "L-Soft list server at Vanagon List (1.8c)"
  Thu, 11 Dec 1997 15:52:42 -0800
  ...Try HELP. >>> >>> >> the pistons travel vertically, or is there some angle set from >>> >>> > Unknown command - "THE". Try HELP. >>> Unknown command - "UNKNOWN". Try HELP. >>> >>> >> vertical...
• RE: Tuning Problems
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Apr 1994 17:28:08 EDT
  ...When the cylinder is at the top of the travel, alot of rotation means little up-n-down travel. It is real hard to...
• Fwd: Need help!
  Historical mailing list - Ron 'Coyote' Lussier
  Wed, 11 Aug 1999 17:48:08 -0700
  ...I rebuilt the engine with new heads, pistons, etc. two >months ago. I had the fuel injection system double checked, and it seems >to...
• Re: Friday engine conversions
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:08:07 -0400
  ...not internally > balanced. > True boxers have separate journals and therefore paired pistons travel in > opposite directions and balance forces. > > I just learned this myself...
• Re: Fuel consumption in different gears - how does the energy / fuel work?
  Historical mailing list - Roland
  Sun, 25 Mar 2012 14:58:13 -0700
  ...The inertial losses > from reversing the pistons' direction of travel, the frictional losses from > scrubbing the piston rings up and down in their bores...
• Re: Roadhaus - Need Engine / Update
  Historical mailing list - The corruptor
  Thu, 6 May 2004 13:54:55 -0400
  ...Sounds fun to me!!! 12 packs of beer per night just for me is a good deal.... "What the hell is that piston for...
• Re: Clutch problem - input needed
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sat, 9 Jun 2007 11:47:31 -0700
  ...problem? > > And does anyone know how much the slavecylinder-piston should be able > to travel? > > /JJ > -- Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia. http://web...
• Re: Auto trans - 2nd gear brake band adjusting screw
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 10 Mar 2011 11:24:09 -0800
  ...I am sure that you don't > want to adjust it too much because this will stop the piston from > traveling all the way...
• Re: AMC valves, Boston Bob
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 26 May 2009 09:56:39 -0700
  ...travel up and down until they break through the > grooves and the valve free to move deeper inside and then operated by the > piston...
• Re: Is this the cause of my engine compression problem?
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Sat, 16 Jun 2007 16:49:23 -0700
  ...Found excessive leak in my #1 cylinder through the piston rings into the crank case. I could feel a strong flow or air coming...
• Re: variable brake pedal travel
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 1 Nov 2004 13:00:02 -0700
  ...If they are >> loose then as you drive they can wobble and compress the caliper piston. >> This will cause you to have to pump...
• Re: Clutch Slave Cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Sun, 30 Sep 2007 14:54:43 -0700
  ...Somehow, while detached from the clutch arm, the piston had slid past its normal travel point. It could be that someone stepped on the...
• Re: 6 mils of lash...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 31 Jan 2000 20:53:48 -0500
  ...the gallery into the inside of the lifter at all travel positions. The piston is is inside, sitting atop a spring. It has two...
• Re: H&R Lowering springs and Koni shocks
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Wed, 12 Apr 2006 12:20:19 +1000
  ...Fully extended, they are about 2-1/4" shorter than a rear KYB shock for the Vanagon and will not have enough "up" travel...
• Re: Diesel head gasket blown?
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Sat, 20 Sep 2003 08:16:37 -0700
  ...With the head off, turn the crank to set all pistons at mid travel. Wipe a smear of grease around the perimeter of each...
• LiMBO Want Ads ... commercial stuff:
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 08 Dec 95 14:02:27 CST
  ...2 liter Cofap pistons; $325/set. Waterboxer heads w/gaskets, sealant, & lifters; $600/pair. Judson 40hp supercharger, single pulley w/oiler, complete used, all...
• Re: Engine Wear
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Tue, 19 Feb 2002 21:45:22 EST
  ...I seem to recall that engine wear is proportional to piston feet per mile. How far a piston travels in moving the car one...
• Re: 6 mils of lash...
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 1 Feb 2000 00:03:59 -0600
  ...the gallery into > the inside of the lifter at all travel positions. > > The piston is is inside, sitting atop a spring. It has two...
• Re: self-adjusting brakes?
  Historical mailing list - Will Wood
  Wed, 27 Nov 1996 22:31:11 -0700
  ...Since you're fronts are disc brakes, when you gain pedal travel (brakes working less effectively) it's a sign of one of two...
• Re: Hatchback struts
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 31 Mar 2017 14:17:27 -0500
  ...Mine has a ball socket on piston rod on the hatc= > h end and a clevis on the pressure tube attached to the chassis...
• Re: Friday question
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 6 Mar 2010 08:02:44 -0800
  ...I try, for the sake of my piston and main bearings in the little 1.8l inline vw motor I run in the van...
• Re: need new engine for air-cooled van (overheated one)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 5 Jul 2006 11:01:50 -0400
  That piston meltdown had nothing to do with driving over 45 mph during break in. This was ignition timing or maybe mixture related. The...
• FW: Cylinder Sleeves Quick Question
  Historical mailing list - jeff crane
  Tue, 18 Apr 2000 20:25:08 -0400
  ...If you see longitudinal or vertical lines along the pistons travel path in the cylinder, that you can feel with your fingernail, you do...
• Re: AMC valves, Boston Bob
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Tue, 26 May 2009 13:44:16 -0400
  ...travel up and down until they break through the grooves and the valve free to move deeper inside and then operated by the piston...
• Re: AMC valves, Boston Bob
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 26 May 2009 22:54:01 -0400
  ...travel up and down until they break through the grooves and the valve free to move deeper inside and then operated by the piston...
• Re: Clutch Question
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Mon, 9 Mar 1998 09:36:48 -0500
  ...that line which is trying to push the slave piston further than the travel will allow. Try moving the throwout bearing towards the transmission...
• Re: Friday engine conversions
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:46:54 -0400
  ...True boxers have separate journals and therefore paired pistons travel in opposite directions and balance forces. I just learned this myself. I thought any...
• Re: burning smell - brakes or tire?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 9 Jul 2013 00:22:09 -0400
  ...back and forth.. > 'exercise' the piston this way ..back and forth, back and forth until > it can travel smoothly up to half an inch...
• frozen, stuck clutch slave cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Mark
  Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:38:03 -0400
  ...Somehow, while detached from the clutch arm, the piston had slid past its normal travel point. It could be that someone stepped on the...
• turbodiesel Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
  Sun, 25 Jun 1995 22:20:44 -0700 (PDT)
  ...at Wes Lasher VW in Sacramento) told me about a Canadian traveler who stopped by in his Westfalia turbodiesel to get a new air...
• Re: Mono Tube vs Twin Tube Shocks (dampers)
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Thu, 14 May 2020 17:34:50 -0700
  ...Since the shock > is the suspension travel limiter this damages the top of the shock piston > and bottom of the end cap. This extension...
• Re: Is this the cause of my engine compression problem?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Sat, 16 Jun 2007 22:17:29 -0700
  ...Found excessive leak in my #1 cylinder > through the > piston rings into the crank case. I could feel a strong flow or air coming...
• Does GREG'S Import Motor's Suck?
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Mon, 21 Jun 1999 22:14:32 -0400
  ...One of the pistons was allegedly burned through due to detonation...but none of the others. Further, the receipt states it was the #4...
• Re: Brake Light Troubleshooting Tips?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Mon, 9 Jun 2014 05:18:12 -0700
  ...The third terminal goes to ground when the master cylinder > piston moves farther in the bore due to one or the other piston seal...
• Re: Friday engine conversions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:13:42 -0700
  ...not internally > balanced. > True boxers have separate journals and therefore paired pistons travel in > opposite directions and balance forces. > > I just learned this myself...
• Re: Auto trans - 2nd gear brake band adjusting screw
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:56:52 -0700
  ...I am sure that you don't |> want to adjust it too much because this will stop the piston from |> traveling all the way...
• Re: Diesel injection pump setting
  Historical mailing list - Veedub
  Fri, 18 Jan 2002 11:06:29 -0500
  Right, what you are measuring is the distance of travel the piston inside the pump travels before TDC. On turbo engines this is inscreased...
• Re: Heating the van (was misc.)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 30 Aug 94 19:14:15 EDT
  ...a) an annular pressure valve piston with extra strong spring (claimed 15% drop in oil temps) and b) a dial-in pressure adjuster that...
• Boston Bobs type 2-4 engine comments was <no subject>
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sun, 12 Nov 2006 23:09:50 -0500
  ...The cylinder has a taper widest at the top of the ring travel and almost no wear below the ring travel. The air-cooled...
• Clutch problem - input needed
  Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
  Sat, 9 Jun 2007 19:00:40 +0200
  ...ANY idea of what can be causing the problem? And does anyone know how much the slavecylinder-piston should be able to travel? /JJ
• Re: engine swap (ignorant questions) -> EV piston slap
  Historical mailing list - "L-Soft list server at Vanagon List (1.8c)"
  Thu, 11 Dec 1997 15:52:45 -0800
  ...Try HELP. >>>> >>>> >> the pistons travel vertically, or is there some angle set from >>>> >>>> > Unknown command - "THE". Try HELP. >>>> Unknown command - "UNKNOWN". Try HELP. >>>> >>>> >> vertical...
• Re: Mono Tube vs Twin Tube Shocks (dampers)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 15 May 2020 02:09:44 +0000
  ...Since the shock > is the suspension travel limiter this damages the top of the shock piston > and bottom of the end cap. This extension...
• Re: Is this the cause of my engine compression problem?
  Historical mailing list - ****************************
  Sat, 16 Jun 2007 21:13:41 -0500
  ...Found excessive leak in my #1 cylinder through the piston rings into the crank case. I could feel a strong flow or air coming...
• Valvoline SynPower Fuel System Treatment
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Sun, 15 Jul 2007 12:19:56 -0700
  ...It says it cleans injectors, valves, piston tops and cylinder heads. It says to restore engine power and performance. I used to never believe...
• Re: 81 Westfaila
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 7 Dec 2015 20:45:06 -0500
  ...Once the engine is established as healthy a cylinder head temperature gauge is of great importance especially for extended highway travel. Most likely the...
• Re: Removing watercooled cyl heads, engine in car
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 1 Feb 2005 23:16:57 -0500
  ...Make sure that neither piston on that side is at its lowest point of travel so that a small amount of movement of the...
• Repeated Slave Cylinder Failure
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 24 Jan 2002 09:20:25 -0800
  ...Maybe a good place to start is to measure how much your slave cylinder piston travels out when fully extended? regards gary --- doug.alcock...
• Re: Fwd: Need help!
  Historical mailing list - Pete Cassidy
  Mon, 16 Aug 1999 10:58:41 -0700
  ...I rebuilt the engine with new heads, pistons, etc. two >>months ago. I had the fuel injection system double checked, and it seems >>to...
• Re: Auto trans - 2nd gear brake band adjusting screw
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:19:10 -0800
  ...I am sure that you don't > |> want to adjust it too much because this will stop the piston from > |> traveling all the way...
• Re: How much power can a stock FI make?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sat, 17 Nov 2001 10:13:07 -0500
  ...With the aid of a flow bench I was able to increase the air flow by 20% throughout the travel of the valve. (ratio...
• Re: Lower bleeder screw question (searched archives)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 15 Apr 2007 00:48:14 -0700
  ...In fact worse. > Pedal travels too far. Rears were adjusted not long ago. > > I'm making a power bleeder and using that before taking...
• dirko sealant and bottom o-ring questions
  Historical mailing list - Mike Blotz
  Mon, 30 Dec 2002 09:59:44 -0700
  ...any tips here? i rotated the engine so the piston was at the bottom of its travel--then let the cylinder ride out to...
• Frydaye Follies - not silly enough for you?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 16 Sep 2005 23:03:47 -0500
  ...rubber booties, Bright shiny bumpers for busses' patooties, New Mahle pistons and new piston rings ... These are a few of my favourite things. Driving...
• Re: Engine Wear
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 19 Feb 2002 21:59:17 -0600
  ...recall that engine wear is proportional to piston feet per > mile. > > How far a piston travels in moving the car one mile. > > > Given same...