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• push rod seals
  Historical mailing list - Rick Koller
  Wed, 22 May 1996 13:30:45 -0400
  ...Part of my preventive maintenance chores for this year are to change out the (slightly) leaking pushrod tube seals on my 81 Westy, which...
• split pushrod tubes
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Tue, 23 Sep 2014 12:57:35 -0300
  ...I've opted to put in two split pushrod tubes rather than pull the engine at this time. What sort of service should I...
• Replacing Lifters
  Historical mailing list - William Collins
  Tue, 19 May 1998 08:29:03 -0500
  ...Do you fish the lifter out through the pushrod tube? Or, remove the pushrod tube and replace with a telescoping one? Before we start...
• Re: [A] 73 1700 push rod tube question ...
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Thu, 2 Feb 95 10:58:17 PST
  ...DC -- > I think that only applies to the tubes for the 1600 and you have to pull the head off to do it. Pushrod...
• Re: lifter replacement
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Wed, 14 Apr 2004 13:19:59 -0700
  ...a few of the spring-loaded pushrod >>tubes and plan to remove the pushrod, break the old tube and get the >>old lifter out...
• Re: that so called quick and dirty head replacement
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 31 May 2013 22:11:53 -0700
  ...Suspicious that the bent pushrod was from the side that had pushrod tubes replaced. If I get another year or two from the engine...
• 2.1 Pushrods- need help! (short)
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Sat, 20 Jan 2001 09:17:11 +0000
  I need to replace a lifter for cylinder #3, but can't get the pushrods out past a steel coolant pipe. Is there a...
• Re: Euro-Elec: 91 Volkswagen Vanagon, idiot lights, oil light
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Sat, 15 Jan 2000 16:57:52 -0800
  ...pressure is sensed...If a "grey"switch is put between the pushrod tubes...the system still will not work...It has been a while...
• Re: Collapsable Pushrod Tubes?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Wed, 21 Oct 2015 18:04:03 -0700
  ...Collapsable Pushrod Tubes? So now I'm curious, how different are the Type 1 tubes from the WBX? I'm just looking at the...
• Re: Collapsable Pushrod Tubes?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 21 Oct 2015 18:20:27 -0400
  ...Collapsable Pushrod Tubes? So now I'm curious, how different are the Type 1 tubes from the WBX? I'm just looking at the...
• pushrod tubes
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Brobst
  Sun, 7 Dec 2003 20:31:22 -0500
  I think I still have some from a 1.9L. How many do you need? Send me your address. Tom Brobst
• Re: stopping a slight oil leak?
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Wed, 10 Jul 2002 21:44:17 -0400
  Hi Matthew, For around $25 you can get a collapsible pushrod tube and new seals for either end. You must remove the engine tin...
• noisy hydraulic lifter? not going away with oil change, marvel mystery additive.
  Historical mailing list - retro van
  Sat, 21 Jul 2007 13:17:10 -0700
  ...Does this mean you can snake the lifter out through the pushrod tube? Havent held one in my hand so I cant tell if...
• Heat shield
  Historical mailing list - Dom and Diane Fraser
  Thu, 6 Apr 2006 13:45:12 -0700
  Looking for drivers side pushrod tube cover/heatshield, and muffler/exhaust straps (all of the drivers side). Dom Fraser 1985 1.9
• Re: Replacing pushrod tubes
  Historical mailing list - Noto-Gaudette
  Thu, 17 Jun 1999 22:56:07 -0400
  Oh *&@#...I just ordered the non-collapsable pushrod tubes on purpose, but I don't want to remove the head. I'll spare you...
• [A] 2.0L pushrod tube seals
  Historical mailing list - Tobin T. Copley
  Thu, 16 May 1996 13:19:25 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Why the difference? Which colour seal goes on which end of the pushrod tube? I was told by the VW parts guy that brown...
• Expanding pushrod tube (again)
  Historical mailing list - radish150
  Sun, 1 Apr 2001 16:21:54 -0800
  ...the UK that warned against the use of these types of pushrod tubes, saying that they have a habit of failing unexpectedly with "disastrous...
• Re: 2.1 L push rods
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Sat, 7 Feb 2015 14:56:44 -0800
  ...2.1 L push rods Finally got around to fixing my pushrod tube leak. Found there was a 4 inch crack in one tube...
• Re: 2.1 L - Bent Pushrods - slightly bowed
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 9 Feb 2015 09:20:57 -0800
  ...2.1 L - Bent Pushrods - slightly bowed Is it possible to straighten a slightly bowed pushrod and return it to service? John
• Re: VWC-022-109-309 - HYDRAULIC LIFTER from cip
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:18:47 -0500
  ...what's the difference between VW Beetle pushrod tubes and Vanagon pushrod tubes. Mike TC wrote: >>>>I have a bad lifter that leaks down...
• pushrod tube fix
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 22 May 1997 11:29:37 -0300 (ADT)
  ...To replace pushrod tubes the heads need to come off. I'd bet you'll also need a new head gasket, $30, and if...
• Re: Problem with push rod tube seals?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 22 Jun 2016 11:25:43 -0700
  Pushrod metal itself was my first thought though I was leaning toward expansion/contraction (heat cycling) causing the tube to expand and crush the...
• 84 water cooled vanagon pushrod tube seals
  Historical mailing list - Ely Kumli
  Sun, 12 Apr 1998 01:37:17 -0700
  Does anyone know if I can easily replace the pushrod seals on a water cooled 84 vanagon? Also, how do I remove the rear...
• Re: SV: Patching pushrod tube?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 14 Jul 2005 11:45:45 -0400
  Hey man, I wouldnt try to turn the tube. Like you say,a leak risk. Dont use the jb weld in the 2 tubes...
• Oil Leak
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Keefer
  Thu, 21 Nov 2002 18:22:21 -0800
  ...and it is seeping from over the topside of the second pushrod tube. I cant seem to find the source. any typical leakage sources...
• Re: 2.1 L - Bent Pushrods - slightly bowed
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Mon, 9 Feb 2015 13:07:00 -0800
  ...2.1 L - Bent Pushrods - slightly bowed No. These are tubes. You will never get them truly straight, and they will bend again from...
• Re: Leaking Woes
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Mon, 3 Jan 2005 13:11:24 -0600
  >From: "Hans Achter" >You don't need to remove the heads to change the pushrod tube seals on the >vanagon engine. The >tubes can...
• Re: oil spray on startup when very cold
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Mon, 24 Jan 2005 22:38:38 EST
  ...Maybe that is what happened, and it found someplace to spray out? Maybe the OP sensor between the pushrod tubes? Any other ideas? >> The...
• Of Interest to Air Coolers
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 17 Dec 2002 21:56:55 -0600
  ...Keith Seume advocates substituting windage style pushrod tubes, which also inhibit oil surge. These are characterised by a longer section of tube, which extends...
• pushrod tube
  Historical mailing list - radish150
  Sat, 31 Mar 2001 21:21:42 -0800
  Never mind, it was just really really stuck. It's now unstuck and the skin of my palms have very distinct little circles carved...
• Re: installing rocker arms
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sun, 5 Feb 2006 04:23:15 -0800
  ...I replaced the pushrod tube seals, installed the tubes, inserted the rods, and bolted the rocker arms in place. The rocker arms on the...
• Re: installing rocker arms
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 5 Feb 2006 09:39:34 -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...
• Re: Push Rod Tube Leak????
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Wed, 5 Jan 2005 14:46:39 -0800
  ...I changed my pushrod tubes because my hydraulic > >lifter was jammed. > > >I changed two pushrod tubes with collapsible tubes 6 months ago. No > >leaks...
• Re: 2.1 L push rods
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 7 Feb 2015 16:59:35 -0600
  ...I have already install the new collaspible pusnrod tubes and seals. Doesn't seem to be anyplace down here close by to get pushrods...
• Re: Problem with push rod tube seals?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 22 Jun 2016 18:56:07 -0700
  ...Problem with push rod tube seals? Pushrod metal itself was my first thought though I was leaning toward expansion/contraction (heat cycling) causing the...
• FOR SALE: Engine parts from 84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Brobst
  Wed, 9 Jul 2003 14:00:20 -0400
  ...Include rocker arm assembly, cover, pushrod tubes and seals and pushrods Pictures available on request Make offer if interested Thanks Thomas Brobst Accu-Sort...
• Re: Re-use collapsible pushrod tubes? New o-rings available?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Lambas
  Sun, 9 Sep 2012 20:35:54 -0500
  ...com> wrote: > Back in the day, the accepted practice for rejuvenating pushrod tubes on an > aircooled vw was to roll it on a table...
• Re: bent lifters
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Smola
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 21:00:47 -0600
  ...They sell collapsable pushrod tubes and lifters go for approx 40-bucks. good luck Malibu Tony 85 Westy 1.9 L
• Re: Patching pushrod tube? / Bandage It
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 12 Jul 2005 13:50:03 EDT
  ...In fact, park it so that the side with the leaking pushrod tube is the high side. Clean the hell out of the pushrod...
• Collapsable push rod tube
  Historical mailing list - James B. Morris
  Fri, 14 Aug 1998 09:59:07 -0500
  I will be changing one pushrod tube this weekend on my newly aquired 87 GL (if the part arrives frome BD today or tomorrow...
• Re: 2.1 L push rods
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 8 Feb 2015 10:15:30 -0500
  ...2.1 L push rods Finally got around to fixing my pushrod tube leak. Found there was a 4 inch crack in one tube...
• Re: cylinder head drain plug
  Historical mailing list - David McCallum
  Tue, 13 Dec 2005 10:35:15 -0700
  ...in the > Bentley, but the access looks bad cause of the pushrod tube. Mine wasn't bad at all. The exhaust bolts weren't...
• Re: 2.1 L push rods
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Sat, 7 Feb 2015 16:42:07 -0500
  ...Jason On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 3:23 PM, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote: > Finally got around to fixing my pushrod tube...
• Re: Lifter adjustment... How can I tell if they are really hydraulics?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:36:32 -0700
  > I'm sorry, I forget. �It may well be that you have to destroy a > pushrod tube and replace it with the telescoping kind...
• Re: noisy hydraulic lifter? not going away with oil change, marvel mystery additive.
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 21 Jul 2007 14:32:07 -0700
  ...Does this mean you > can snake the lifter out through the pushrod tube? Havent held one in my > hand so I cant tell if...
• How to remove pushrod tube shield??
  Historical mailing list - MOST,DAVID
  Sun, 27 Aug 2000 19:52:15 -0700
  ...In order to have a better look at the bottom of the head gasket, it appears that one must remove the pushrod tube shield...
• Re: Lifter adjustment... How can I tell if they are really hydraulics?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:42:02 -0400
  ...the pushrod, you can fish out >the lifter with a magnetic pickup tool. Can this be done without removing the push rod tubes? Even...
• Re: Lifter adjustment... How can I tell if they are really hydraulics?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:49:19 -0700
  ...It may well be that you have to destroy a >> pushrod tube and replace it with the telescoping kind. > > Bentley implies that a regular...
• Re: Spring Loaded Pushrod Tubes Needed
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 16 May 2005 18:39:21 -0400
  About a year or so ago , needed a couple of these tubes.Called everywhere, and could not find them. BD said that they were...
• Re: Lifter adjustment... How can I tell if they are really hydraulics?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:49:45 -0400
  ...It may well be that you have to destroy a pushrod tube and replace it with the telescoping kind. -- David Beierl - Providence RI USA...
• Waterboxer engine Parts and accessories available
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Tue, 20 Mar 2007 15:36:51 -0800
  I also have some miscellanous engine parts Collasable pushrod tubes New in Box OEM Koblenschmidt 95mm pistons come with rings Part # 90 264 620...
• Re: '81 Engine work
  Historical mailing list - Erik Soule
  Fri, 23 Jun 1995 09:50:22 -0700
  ...Even with the telescoping tubes, you have to remove the pushrods, right? And to remove the pushrods, you've got to take off the...
• Re: Push covers/enging tins
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:58:27 -0700
  ...In that they're just there to protect the pushrod > tubes, they can be made from anything. > > It might not be a bad idea...
• Re: installing rocker arms
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sun, 5 Feb 2006 11:17:28 -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...
• Re: '85 Westfalia Engine Dying:II
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 10 Nov 1999 11:25:28 -0500
  ...If there's an actual hole in a pushrod tube (very unlikely if you have the sheet-metal covers underneath) you could potentially introduce...
• Re: Oil Pressure Switch..
  Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
  Thu, 8 Jun 2000 09:20:56 -0400
  ...You just need to take off the port side engine tin and it's between the pushrod tubes for #3 and #4 cylinders. A...
• Re: How to remove pushrod tube shield??
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Mon, 28 Aug 2000 07:47:05 -0700
  , it appears that one must > remove the pushrod tube shield. However, upon inspection, it appears that > two of the four bolts involved in removing...
• Red goo on pushrod tube
  Historical mailing list - David Johnson
  Mon, 10 Jul 2006 17:08:14 -0600
  ...on a different pushrod tube. All that serves as background to this point, though - on the same push rod tube as the new leak...
• Re: 2.1 L push rods
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 8 Feb 2015 10:00:17 -0600
  ...2.1 L push rods > > Finally got around to fixing my pushrod tube leak. Found there was a 4 > inch crack in one tube...
• Re: Push rod tube instalation and Bentley
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 2 Nov 1999 14:21:55 -0800
  Can't you see that the pushrod tube with the arrow in the drawing on 15.25 is different than the other 3? It...