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• Re: Tapping sound
  Historical mailing list - Ken Korn
  Mon, 7 Jun 1999 22:39:43 -0500
  ...All that needs to come out is the rocker arms and shaft for the cylinder involved, the pushrod, and pushrod tube for the lifter...
• Re: pushrod tube fix
  Historical mailing list - Charles Michaux.
  Thu, 22 May 1997 10:50:00 -0400
  ...remove valve cover, > remove two bolts holding entire rocker arm/shafts assembly and pull out the > pushrod in the leaking tube. Rip out the...
• Re: Can Type IV heads be removed while engine in van?
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Sat, 2 Aug 2003 19:01:59 -0400
  ...When you pull the motor, you end up doing other maintenance that you can't do any other time..............rear seal, tranny input shaft...
• Re: AMC heads (part 2)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 1 Nov 2006 11:08:13 -0600
  ...the cylinder assembly is all one piece - including rocker bosses for the valve rocker shafts. Cleaning that combination of steel and aluminum was a...
• Re: WBX Nightmares
  Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
  Sun, 13 Aug 2000 09:07:18 -0500
  ...A set of ratio rockers will yield you more bottom end power, too. A stock '88 1.8L I-4 is about 90 to...
• Re: WBX Nightmares
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 14 Aug 2000 12:21:47 EDT
  ...Rockers $119.95 CB Performance 1534 R/A Pads $4.95 CB Performance 1642 Rhino Feet $32.95 CB Performance 1643 Solid Rocker Shafts...
• 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...
• Various Upgrades for Lilleyed WBX - here you go
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Wed, 2 Feb 2005 15:39:35 -0800
  ...Rockers $119.95 1642 Rhino Feet (Porsche 911 style valve adjusting screws) $32.95 1643 High Performance Rocker Shafts $31.95 1534 Rocker Arm...
• Re: Merry Christmas and a Vanagon question for you
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 26 Dec 2001 07:35:09 -0500
  ...I use a lever type that uses the rocker shaft as a fulcrum. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon...
• Re: Ceramics in VW engines.
  Historical mailing list - Dylan Spurgin
  Mon, 31 Mar 2003 16:18:53 -0600
  ...rebuilder mechanic to apply ceramic >coatings on Cylinder Heads, Exhaust Ports, Rocker Shafts, Piston Tops, >Piston Sides, Valve tops and stems, Cylinder Bores, Lifters...
• Re: Hydraulic lifters
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Berg
  Sun, 8 Sep 2024 13:12:45 -0400
  ...Remove rocker shaft and pushrod. Rip pushrod tube out. It will need to be replaced with a spring loaded type after replacing lifter. The...
• Re: Why adjust valves?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 20 Jun 1996 11:33:59 -0700 (PDT)
  ...then the outer pushrod end, then the rocker socket, the rocker bushings on the shaft, the rocker tip, the valve tip, the valve keepers...
• Re: 2.1 L push rods
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 8 Feb 2015 11:20:00 -0500
  ...Put the rocker shaft in without push rods and use a lever to operate the valves to check for free movement. A stuck one...
• [Fwd: Re: 88 Syncro; erratic idle, missing, vibrations...
  Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
  Mon, 8 Jun 1998 20:14:56 -0700
  ...Need to pry the rockers a few times to get them to move. The rest of the valves are fair to good. The technician...
• hotlava@interpac.net... Parts cost...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sun, 13 Aug 2000 23:11:01 EDT
  ...Rockers $119.95 CB Performance 1534 R/A Pads $4.95 CB Performance 1642 Rhino Feet $32.95 CB Performance 1643 Solid Rocker Shafts...
• Re: Any Fiat Spider owners out there?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Fri, 5 Oct 2001 16:08:03 -0500
  ...The Rocker arm shaft bolts were hollow, they broke, I put a Ford drip oil system inside the valve cover and booted it out...
• Re: Engine Advice Needed-Valve lifters and adjusters.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 26 May 2014 08:40:16 -0400
  ...Normal operation requires that oil actually goes through the lifter through the push rod the lubricate the rocker shaft and some of that sprays...
• Re: Ceramics in VW engines.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 31 Mar 2003 17:18:06 -0600
  ...rebuilder mechanic to apply ceramic >coatings on Cylinder Heads, Exhaust Ports, Rocker Shafts, Piston Tops, >Piston Sides, Valve tops and stems, Cylinder Bores, Lifters...
• Replacing pushrod tubes
  Historical mailing list - Keese, Brian W
  Thu, 17 Jun 1999 13:33:52 -0500
  ...the Bentley, I removed the pushrod tube shields, the valve cover, rocker shaft and pushrods. Pretty easy. I found myself at the part where...
• Re: 2.1 L push rods
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 9 Feb 2015 23:12:23 -0600
  ...Put the rocker shaft > in without push rods and use a lever to operate the valves to check for > free movement. A stuck one...
• Update: I recently started assembling my engine, and FOR the love of GOD!! Could someone help me???
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Bartnicki
  Tue, 16 Oct 2001 03:31:09 -0400
  ...Is #1 on the passenger side front or rear? I started adjusting my rocker arms as the Bentley called for, but when I went...
• Re: Ecu Chip & Rocker Info/ New Dyno results.
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Thu, 10 Sep 1998 12:04:30 -0400
  ...I assume you mean that you removed the drive shaft and turned the vehicle into 2WD for the purpose of this test. Or are...
• Re: No Spark '90 2.1 UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Mon, 2 Nov 2009 16:42:00 +0000
  Hi All, Keep in mind, that with hydraulic lifters you may or my not have any free play at the rockers! I always remove...
• Re: what the vw waterboxer offers?? Lilleys & aircooleds
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sat, 2 Jun 2001 00:01:37 EDT
  ...counterweighted cranks, balancing, stronger valve train parts that eliminate weak weaker parts (solid rocker shafts, stronger valve spring retainers, roller tip rocker arms, etc...
• Re: HP Digijet ECU
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Tue, 10 Sep 2002 11:22:18 -0600
  ...The motor in my '85 has been recently rebuilt, it now has 1.25 ratio rockers on solid shafts, the S&S header from...
• Re: Should I rebuild the bottom end? Questions & photos.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 7 Sep 2010 00:01:53 -0400
  ...Yes, Vanagon connecting rods can and do fail along with the cam shaft and cam bearings. But I would not just say that at...
• Re: Hydraulic lifters
  Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
  Sat, 21 Sep 2024 14:47:18 -0700
  ...the lifter, and the push rod through the rockers as that is how the rocker-shaft is lubricated. > > Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing...
• Re: 81 Vanagon makes loud ticking noise near center of engine?
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Thu, 30 Dec 1999 18:56:03 -0500
  ...You just remove the rocker-arm shaft for the offending lifter, pull the push-rod tube out through the head, remove the lifter through...
• Re: Distributors revisited
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 8 Nov 1994 17:02:16 -0800
  ...cam shaft, and you won't be able to easily slip the feeler gauge between the rocker adjuster and the valve shaft.) Remember that...
• 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...
• 125 HP Wasserboxer Ghia (non-transplant for Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Dec 1995 10:33:34 PST
  ...of the standard hydraulic tappets), chrome moly pushrods and bolt-up rocker shafts. The engine is topped off with a pair of Dellorto 45...
• 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...
• FS - 1984 Vanagon Engine (Rebuilt 2.1L), Stand, Hoist, & Parts
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Sun, 10 Apr 2011 21:33:00 -0700
  ...It was rebuilt to a 2.1 L engine using a new crank shaft, pistons, new heads with high ratio rocker arms, and other...
• Re: clarify .006 on lifters
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 8 Jan 2002 23:40:27 -0600
  ...I've found (mid life engines) that if everything fails; simply remove the rocker / shafts assemblies and reinstall them if the lifters just can...
• Re: Any Fiat Spider owners out there?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 5 Oct 2001 16:12:54 -0500
  ...I'm sure I paid too much for it. > The Rocker arm shaft bolts were hollow, they broke, I put a Ford > drip oil...
• 28.8 MPG
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 31 Aug 2004 15:47:38 -0700
  ...This is with a modified WBX engine.Cam, crank, ECU chip, ratio rockers, exhaust, intake, etc. PS When I first put my modified engine...
• Re: Engine swappers: How low can your engine go and keep you going?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 8 Jan 2001 23:49:27 EST
  ...Counterweights added to stock crank Lightened flywheel Full balance Pauter aluminum roller tip and 1.3 ratio rocker arms Cromoly cut to fit push...
• Vanagon 1.9L seized
  Historical mailing list - Scott Maurer
  Wed, 11 Sep 1996 22:38:48 +0000
  ...concern of the impact the cyl #1 valve damage (the rocker assembly shaft was bent and the push rod loose to the side under...
• Re: No Spark '90 2.1 UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Mon, 2 Nov 2009 07:53:34 -0800
  ...This kind of thing happens when one had the distributor shaft out and it was installed in the wrong cycle. Visually they are both...
• Top Overhauls
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 14 Dec 2002 16:18:01 -0600
  ...The cylinders, pistons, rod ends, rings, valves, guides, seats, rockers and shafts, all mike and components adjusted by replacement or repair to bring back...
• Hollister Hills Syncro Event - It was Great!
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Mon, 21 May 2001 11:00:17 -0700
  ...Tom's 1986 GL with the "pneumatic drive shaft disengager" (obviously not it's correct name!) engineered entirely from VW parts and which can...
• Re: 2.2 into a 1.9 case
  Historical mailing list - George Laubach
  Wed, 25 Jul 2012 06:48:33 -0500
  ...Not drive shaft, I should have stated crank shaft....I appreciate correct verbiage as well. As they say in the birding world, you're...
• Re: rebuilding your own heads
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 29 Dec 2003 08:43:51 -0600
  ...For overhead cam engines, there's the assembly of the valve mechansm, and for pushrod engines there's reinstallation of the rocker shaft and...
• Re: AMC heads (part 2)
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 1 Nov 2006 12:35:54 -0800
  ...the cylinder assembly is all one piece - including rocker bosses > for the valve rocker shafts. Cleaning that combination of steel and > aluminum was a...
• Re: 28.8 MPG
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Tue, 31 Aug 2004 20:37:08 -0400
  ...The shaft is tight, > seals are new and soft, no defects that I can find. > > > > PSS If you do not believe me, come and...
• Re: Vanagon 1.9L seized
  Historical mailing list - Scott Maurer
  Sat, 14 Sep 1996 20:24:02 +0000
  ...concern of the impact the cyl #1 valve damage >> (the rocker assembly shaft was bent and the push rod loose to the side under...
• Re: Dead Bus Report
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 3 Mar 1997 18:30:53 +0000
  ...a sticking carb float, as there is no wear on the rocker shafts and very little or no cam lobe wear. Crying shame really...
• Re: Hollister Hills Syncro Event - It was Great!
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Mon, 21 May 2001 11:28:46 -0700
  ...It disengages the prop shaft > for highway driving so you can save your front diff/VC > and transaxle a lot of wear and tear...
• 89 Syncro Westy Viscous Coupling/Redline
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Mon, 6 Nov 2000 22:47:13 -1000
  ...Had been driving for the past couple weeks without the center shaft in to protect the tranny, etc. from a bad viscous coupling. Sure...
• Re: singled out from the Vanagon list...sorry
  Historical mailing list - andrewbell
  Tue, 15 May 2001 22:26:21 -0500
  ...I removed the rocker shafts to see if a valve might have obviously dropped but all valves appear to be seating correctly. There is...
• Re: Climbing
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:00:43 -0500
  ...stretched exhaust valves, pounded-out case deck and thrust surfaces, galled rocker shafts, worn cam/lifters all result from running too hot for too...
• Re: 2.2 into a 1.9 case
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:39:38 -0700
  ...Not drive shaft, I should have stated crank shaft....I appreciate correct verbiage as well. As they say in the birding world, you're...
• Re: 28.8 MPG
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 31 Aug 2004 17:29:10 -0700
  ...Reduces the weight the stock spring needs to control and eliminates the need to go to heavier springs when using ratio rockers and therefore...
• Re: Hollister Hills Syncro Event - It was Great!
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Mon, 21 May 2001 15:42:50 -0500
  ...It disengages the prop shaft > for highway driving so you can save your front diff/VC > and transaxle a lot of wear and tear...
• help in digest mode, and oil pressure, cooling system, thermostat
  Historical mailing list - David Menche
  Mon, 5 Jul 2004 11:49:06 -0700
  ...Also my CV's are shot, (at least three of them) I saw that Bus Depot sells complete axle shafts, sounds like an easy...
• Re: Got a new Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 29 Jul 2020 10:43:51 -0600
  Additional Item > Inspect, Clean, Grease & If Needed & Doable Repair, the "Horns" on Front Shift Shaft in the Shift Gate Box above Spare Tire ~ On...
• Interesting 57 Single Cab--California
  Historical mailing list - Jon Christensen
  Fri, 10 Nov 1995 09:43:22 -0600 (CST)
  ...Series Case =80 Gene Berg Oil Pump =80 Gene Berg Hard Rocker Shafts =80 Gene Berg Swivel Feet Valve Adjusters =80 Solex 30/31...
• Vanagon Olympics [was: Robbed !]
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 12:15:58 -0800
  ...A bent input shaft results in disqualification. Diesel crankshaft bolt removal: ------------------------------- Remove a stuck crankshaft bolt from a Vanagon diesel engine with the engine...
• Fwd: RE: 2.1L WBX -oil pressure light flickers at idle
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 1 Mar 2015 10:42:48 -0600
  ...Taking the rocker shafts and rocker arms off to change pushrods, tubes and seal was as deep into the engine as anyone has ever...
• Re: Oil Pressure observation.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 31 Jul 2011 22:52:29 -0700
  ...Neither the Waterboxer or the inline engines use ratio > rockers or small lifters with cam shafts that are only surface hardened so > the pressure...