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• Re: [Q] Decreasing gear ratio
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Sat, 21 Jan 95 17:50:45 PST
  ...195/75-R14 are a little smaller in diameter and will push the revs up at 60 mph a bit. Dave Kautz >
• Re: CV joint repair?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Fri, 19 Mar 1999 15:22:38 EST
  ...finally broke free the vice grips slammed into one of the pushrod tubes, crushing it! Just what I needed, more work to do! Jeff...
• Re: Clutch master cyl replacement procedure?
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Mon, 12 Jun 2000 13:33:17 -0400
  ...Canada >My clutch master cylinder is leaking fluid from where the push rod >enters the top of the cylinder. Fluid is, of course, soaking...
• Here we Go Again !
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Wed, 18 Apr 2001 22:47:17 -0500
  List members, Ignore this stuff!! Someone out among us is screwing around, and they know where to push all you buttons. If all goes...
• IT'S ALIVE!!
  Historical mailing list - Chris Winesette
  Thu, 9 May 2002 09:14:08 -0400
  ...After checking the valve clearence (.006)I found that a couple of the pushrods were not properly seated. After fixing that it started right...
• Re: How hard can you push a Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Fri, 11 Apr 2003 07:59:41 EDT
  Stan said: "...between Houston and Galveston, it's 35 miles of pedal to the metal traffic." Here in the Chicago area, it's pedal...
• Re: Ignition Kill Switch
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Thu, 4 Nov 2004 15:41:47 -0700
  ...The switch-- a push in/pop out--in installed on the driver seat base, so I can reach it easily. It wasn't installed...
• Gas tank dents
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Fri, 19 May 2006 17:09:21 -0700
  I was under my '87 the other day it looks like the tank is pushed up on one side. It's not even touching...
• Re: Gas pedal push rod comes unseated
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 4 Oct 2009 08:45:10 -0700
  ...Gas pedal push rod comes unseated > > >> Oh, okay, that's the push rod that I referenced as shown on Bentleys >> 20.31 >> in my...
• Re: Manual tranny clutch adjustment,
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 15 Apr 2016 09:36:08 -1000
  ...there is an adjustment for the length of the clutch master cylinder pushrod ... but you don't want to ever have to do this...
• Re: heating project..
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Wed, 19 Apr 2017 13:06:09 -0300
  ...the hot coolant will run thru the A/C core and > the warm air will be pushed to the front the same way as...
• Re: lifter noise
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 28 Mar 2000 08:41:49 EST
  ...I removed and throughly cleaned the rocker arms and push rods (spraying through them with brake cleaner) and put it all back together. Since...
• Re: Dripping sunroof on a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Antaki
  Sat, 26 Apr 2003 12:57:19 -0700
  ...I have a 4 speed, and the shifter is stiff from 4th, pushing it up to 3rd, and also from 2nd gear, pushing it...
• Re: best mod for vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - George Mercer
  Wed, 3 Mar 2004 03:24:21 EST
  ...You can buy this linkage or learn to shift down into 1st by pushing down on the shifter like going into reverse. George In...
• Re: limping with leaking heads
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Mon, 1 Jan 2007 07:00:54 -0800
  imo, you are pushing the cooling system to the limit. expect a water pump failure at some point. this is not a good idea...
• Re: removing lifters
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 21 Jan 2004 15:33:14 -0800
  ...I assume that once the pushrods and pushrod tubes are removed I better take out the lifters before they fall out. The Bentley simply...
• Re: Brakes-
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 26 Apr 2014 08:58:52 -0400
  ...but the first > pedal-push is smooshy and close to the floor. The second pedal push > seems to "pump it up" and feel higher...
• Re: Pedal Pressure & Brake Lights
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 4 Jul 2010 02:11:01 -0700
  Thinking about it again, it seems to me that the push rod adjustment is there to provide a suitable amount of play between the...
• Bare AMC heads: Why...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 23:35:12 EST
  ...The valves would be able to close faster due to reduced valve train weight (light weight push rods and aluminum roller ratio rockers) and...
• Re: Size of the small ball in the 5sp reverse lockout?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 20 Oct 2017 17:37:32 -0400
  ...You must push down to put the plunger in a > > clear path, then it hits the "box" under tbe floor and tbere is another...
• Re: wives and vanagons...rant... LOL
  Historical mailing list - dylan
  Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:57:07 -0800
  My significant other has pushed me to lift my Syncros, add the SVX engines and make sure that the sound system has Bluetooth so...
• Rear Brake drums, adjusting brakes
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Wed, 14 Nov 2001 22:23:35 -0500
  ...And I observed the direction to push the star wheel to move the shoes out. And this is important. And this is why I...
• Re: it's friday CST (UTC - 6 hours) - Now Physics
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:04:09 -0500
  He does push off the ground (hard), and then pull up on the 10lb bike. You can see in some of the longer jumps...
• Re: Brakes still going to the floor
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Mentzer
  Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:14:34 -0400
  ...The pedal has > pressure > but if you push hard enough (like a panic stop), the pedal goes to a > metal > stop which I guess...
• Re: Hesitation again
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reed
  Sun, 30 Apr 1995 12:59:52 -0600 (MDT)
  ...Turned out that one of connectors to the Mass Flow Sensor had gotten pushed back into the plug, causing intermittent contact. The problem appeared...
• Troubleshooting Gas Fridge
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Thu, 30 Mar 2000 19:34:37 -0500
  ...So far I assume I'm doing everything right....I noticed that when I push the ignitor button in, I do see a spark...
• RV: Thnings that go "Squish" in the night
  Historical mailing list - Erick Faith Jimenez
  Thu, 12 Dec 2002 08:17:23 -0600
  ...Check out if when you push the pedal there is a counter pumping inside the reservoir, be carefull not to remove the cap, or...
• Re: Lifter question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 9 Aug 2008 12:06:16 -0500
  ...I can >> stand >> them on end and try to push a pushrod down into them, but the valves don't >> move. There's no...
• Pinched my windows...
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 16 May 2016 12:14:24 -0700
  ...When I pushed out on it, the noise diminished, so I need some better weather stripings, but for now I "pinched" the old one...
• Changing WB lifters with the engine in the van
  Historical mailing list - garyes
  Thu, 13 Aug 1998 17:28:14 -0700
  ...I am a reasonably experienced shade tree mechanic but I have not used the "new" extendable pushrod tubes. Any comments/cautions? Thanks, Gary Schleimer
• Re: Doing those Tune-ups Myself Again
  Historical mailing list - Ray G
  Thu, 23 Sep 1999 09:38:13 +1000
  ...I always check that the leads are pushed in all the way.... and several times the bottom bolt on the Alternator has been left...
• Re: '90 Vanagon Jump Seats
  Historical mailing list - M=
  Thu, 23 Mar 2000 14:11:45 -0500
  > > Since these seats are mounted backwards, the forces of a frontal collision > push the passenger into the seatback. Thus the need for a shoulder...
• 84 vanagon. Push on clutch and does not move
  Historical mailing list - puzerewski
  Fri, 27 Apr 2001 11:58:45 -0400
  Has this happened to anyone? The dude tells me it is a needle bearing that owns it, but I have my doubts. It does...
• Re: exercise while camping
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Wed, 20 Jun 2001 09:44:02 -0700
  what about the basics, like pull-ups, sit-up and push-up? Personally, when camping I like the 16oz curls. A few a night...
• Re: Vanagons in the news...
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Mon, 7 Mar 2005 11:34:40 -0700
  ...middleeast/07syria.html > > (picture with story) Is that Chrome bumper overrider(og accessory?) for pushing aside the troops at checkpoints? Tom Buese-flame away
• Re: nice '85 single cab FS on samba
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 11 Sep 2006 08:29:41 -0500
  JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote: > > >> >> > >not the first van i've seen driving around without the pushrod tube shield >tin on.. need some? ive got...
• Re: Another Dometic Question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 10 Jul 2006 17:32:44 -0700
  ...Does anyone know which way the wires should go to the fan to have it push air up through the fins? That is, which...
• Re: engine pushing exhaust into coolant system
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 2 Dec 2007 04:25:04 -0800
  On 12/1/07, John Mosley <jamosley@msn.com> wrote: > > What is the best way to find out which cylinder is leaking exhaust into...
• Re: How To Disable Steering Wheel Lock
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Tue, 9 Mar 2010 19:06:41 -0700
  ...The premonition that I would be trapped in my 2wd, by a snow storm, was overpowering, but I pushed on. Once there, I completed...
• Re: was Still lousy gas mileage now TDI conversions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 3 May 2012 16:40:40 -0700
  ...and it's just rougher on the engine, > pushing that big box, than it is pushing a little car around. > > VW has done that...
• Re: 6 mils of lash...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 8 Jan 2000 04:31:57 -0500
  ...When the spring pushes the piston out, it sucks oil into the lifter barrel through the check ball until the piston is stopped by...
• Re: '83-'84 westy striped seats for sale
  Historical mailing list - frank furter
  Wed, 10 Mar 1999 05:34:59 -0800
  ...Mark ---frank furter <wasserbox@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > > And what exactly are you doing? You couldn't just push delete too? > Why did you have...
• Re: Can't Get the Screws Back In
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 17 Nov 2000 20:59:32 -0800
  ...You may need to remove the plastic inserts and pinch the 4 tabs closer together so they will push through the holes in the...
• Re: Back-up light electrical short
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 16 Jun 2006 00:19:04 -0400
  ...You could test it with a cheap ohmmeter by selecting an ohms scale, putting one wire on each of the 2 terminals and pushing...
• head gasket question
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Mon, 11 Dec 2006 17:54:36 -0500
  ...I don't think it is all the way past the piston rings though, but it does not want to push back into the...
• Starter relay
  Historical mailing list - sstones
  Sun, 4 Dec 1994 12:31:37 -0500 (EST)
  ...Push starting would be a bad idea wouldn't it? I always thought that the Do Not Push Start warning on the visor was...
• Re: Problem with push rod tube seals?
  Historical mailing list - Scott - IMAP
  Mon, 27 Jun 2016 16:19:38 -0700
  ...I've used hundreds and hundreds of those push rod tubes over on VW oppssed engines.. and don't think I've ever had...
• Re: Brake Problem , 82 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:38:54 -0800
  ...will > > > be ok for the first push of the pedal but not if I let up and push again > > > right away. The pedal stops...
• Re: A/C problems
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 19 Nov 2014 10:58:37 -0800
  ...You just have to bend stuff or push it aside to get at the screw, bolt, adjuster, whatever. The trick is to 'know' when...
• Re: Auto shifter cable: Ideas on making it longer?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:14:25 -0500
  ...Boat cables push and pull. Automatic transmission >cables push and pull. Though maybe not on a Vanagon. I've not dug that deep >into...
• Re: Cold Start
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Oct 94 10:45:06 EDT
  ...This > trick always worked for the KG when it wouldn't start....but I have heard > that push starting/roll starting a car with...
• Re: '86 steering whines...
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Jul 1996 23:19:57 -0300 (ADT)
  ...I think the extra viscosity was enough to push old seals over the rim. The dealer fluid, Pentosin CF-11 at $35/litre is...
• Re: Oil Leak
  Historical mailing list - Scott Maurer
  Wed, 9 Apr 1997 23:36:27 +0000
  ...Does this sound like pushrod trouble to you and are these >easy to replace if I have access to a service garage??? > >The van...
• Re: '84 GL out of the woods! -Long post-
  Historical mailing list - Lee Peterson
  Wed, 7 Feb 2001 11:47:26 -0700
  ...To make the rear wiper work you push forward on the wiper lever (push away from you). If your washer is working it sounds...
• Re: parts source?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Snook
  Mon, 7 Apr 2008 11:02:00 -0700
  ...How would I do the push/pull on the wires as you suggest? Looks like I'm just getting into this... Matt -----Original Message...
• Re: propane copper tubing 3/8" type K , rigid or soft
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 31 Mar 2017 16:20:14 -0400
  ...I recommend placing something behind the knob so it can't be pushed in. d On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 4:06 PM...
• Re: 87 disk brake issue
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Tue, 24 Jan 2017 02:54:57 +0000
  ...87 disk brake issue insert a flat screw driver and push back both brake pads ?
• Transmission Noise
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Cebula
  Sat, 6 Jun 2009 04:02:09 -0700
  ...down when I let off the gas and stops when I push in the clutch.� It has about 150k on it.� Is this a...
• OXY SENSOR LITE ON
  Historical mailing list - Mike Plickys
  13 Jan 95 17:52:54 EST
  ...On this box is a button that can be pushed in to reset the O2 light. Mike Plickys 1987 Syncro
• Re: [A] 73 1700 push rod tube question ...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 Feb 95 11:57:48 EST
  These tubes can actually be stretched back to their original length (Muir describes the procedure). Better yet is to buy new ones with NEW...