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RE: '71 engine apart (mostly)
Historical mailing list
Mon, 23 Jan 1995 12:51:30 -0500 (EST)
...I have 2 bent pushrods. I can't be of much help here, but read on. > 2) some slight scoring (I can see it...
Re: Leaking Woes
Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
Mon, 3 Jan 2005 12:59:25 -0500
You don't need to remove the heads to change the pushrod tube seals on the vanagon engine. The tubes can be removed through...
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: Re-use collapsible pushrod tubes? New o-rings available?
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sun, 9 Sep 2012 19:21:07 -0500
Back in the day, the accepted practice for rejuvenating pushrod tubes on an aircooled vw was to roll it on a table with a...
2.1 L push rods
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sat, 7 Feb 2015 14:23:22 -0600
Finally got around to fixing my pushrod tube leak. Found there was a 4 inch crack in one tube. Upon disassembly and removal of...
Priming hyd lifters
Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
Sun, 30 Jul 2000 15:49:03 -0400
...BUT instead of trying to compress the lifer with a type 1 pushrod by hand I used a small hydraulic press to push on...
Re: push rod tubes dilemma
Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
Mon, 18 Mar 2013 13:04:16 -0500
...tubes. > http://www.jbugs.com/product/9095.html?Category_Code=vw-pushrods-pushrod-tub > es ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG...
Re: '85 GL manual - Draining old coolant
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Wed, 9 Apr 2008 10:38:24 -0400
Jeff Lincoln wrote: > what is the best way to get all of the old coolant out Remove the pushrod tin. Right between the pushrod...
[T2] 79 Bust - Engine salad surgery...
Historical mailing list - Bob
Fri, 16 Jun 1995 03:05:46 +0000
...I pulled out the pushrod and noticed it was hollow. Aren't the hollow pushrods supposed to go into motors that don't have...
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
Push rod alignment
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Mon, 18 Jun 2001 23:24:01 -0700
...Finally realized that the pushrod wasn't seated properly in the lifter. So I pulled the rocker and seated the pushrod; went to tighten...
Collapsable Pushrod Tubes?
Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
Wed, 21 Oct 2015 07:53:38 -0700
Does anyone have a reasonably cheap source for these? Everything I'm finding online now is $60 for a single tube! --t
'71 engine apart (mostly)
Historical mailing list - Dave Black
Mon, 23 Jan 1995 10:03:45 -0700 (MST)
...1) a bent pushrod 2) some slight scoring (I can see it, but can't feel it with my fingernail) on one of the...
Re: oil from pushrod tubes
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Thu, 1 Sep 2005 13:43:10 -0500
There is more to pushrod tubes than just push rod tubes. There are O rings on each end. The smaller inner O ring usually...
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...
Lifter question - in reverse
Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
Sat, 9 Aug 2008 09:04:08 -0700
...The pushrod test tells me there is still air in them, right? So how can I finish getting it out? Holding the lifters compressed...
Expanding pushrod tube (again)
Historical mailing list - radish150
Sun, 1 Apr 2001 16:21:54 -0800
Hi all, I recently got a post from a list member from the UK that warned against the use of these types of pushrod...
Oil Leak
Historical mailing list - Thomas Keefer
Thu, 21 Nov 2002 18:22:21 -0800
...Has anyone heard of a pushrod cracking?? or having a pin hole?? No visibile damage to it indicating such but it has me stumped...
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...
Re: 2.1 L push rods
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sun, 8 Feb 2015 10:00:17 -0600
...At this point I don't know what elese to do for it except to put in new pushrods and hope for the best...
Re: Re-use collapsible pushrod tubes? New o-rings available?
Historical mailing list - Jason
Sun, 9 Sep 2012 20:03:31 -0400
...Re-use collapsible pushrod tubes? New o-rings available? > > > > I was just cleaning up my pushrod tubes, three of which are collapsible, > > and > > was...
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...
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: Air Cool Pushrod Tube Install
Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
Sun, 21 Mar 1999 12:46:47 -0600
...If that doesn't work, take one of the old pushrod tubes and place the big end up against the big end of the...
Re: GEX
Historical mailing list
Fri, 2 Aug 96 10:13:06 +0200
...lifter/pushrod/ rocker combinations can make it even worse, floating valves can do all sorts of things to seats, guides, retainers and pushrods... But...
Re: 2.1 L push rods
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sat, 7 Feb 2015 16:59:35 -0600
I have no idea why the pushrods are bent. I was given the van. It had sat idle stored is someones garage for 15...
Re: Push Rod Tube Leak????
Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
Wed, 5 Jan 2005 16:36:08 -0600
...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: vanagon Digest - 24 Sep 2002 (#2002-1157)
Historical mailing list - Anthony Polson
Wed, 25 Sep 2002 12:59:54 +0100
...When refitting, offer up the master cylinder first to the pushrod, second to the hydraulic pipe and only last to the fixing bolts. [All...
'72 1700 rebuild, I laughed, I cried?
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Sun, 16 Jul 1995 22:06:08 -0700 (PDT)
...Anyone with anymore info? Also my fuel pump pushrod has been peened where it rides on the cam. Another victim of the predatory camshaft...
Re: engine noises
Historical mailing list - Dan Erlandson
Mon, 23 Jun 2003 22:20:50 -0400
...The pushrod seems extended a bit, enough that I can't get a feeler gauge in there... All of the other cylinders seem to...
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...
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: Valve adjustment advice
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Sun, 13 Dec 2015 17:01:07 -0800
The rocker assembly has to be removed for the pushrods to drop. The rocker has a deep cup over the rod end, and so...
Re: lifter replacement
Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
Tue, 13 Apr 2004 22:25:06 -0400
...lifters and a few of the spring-loaded pushrod > tubes and plan to remove the pushrod, break the old tube and get the > old...
Re: cylinder head drain plug
Historical mailing list - David McCallum
Tue, 13 Dec 2005 10:35:15 -0700
...Just one entry asking for torque specs on the plug.Looks ez in the > Bentley, but the access looks bad cause of the pushrod...
Re: My latest Acquisitions....
Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
Sun, 10 Jul 2011 20:51:24 -0700
...Remove the valve cover, the rockers and the pushrod. Remove the lower tin. Pliers gently on the tube and twist and pull. Out it...
Re: 6 mils of lash...
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Tue, 1 Feb 2000 00:03:59 -0600
...It has the obvious major function of transmitting motion from the > cam to the pushrod; it also supplies oil to the hollow pushrod to...
Re: '72 1700 rebuild, I laughed, I cried?
Historical mailing list
Tue, 18 Jul 1995 00:53:01 -0400
...one of the pushrods has been "grooved" about >1 1/2" from one end. It is as if it was done on a lathe...
Re: Pushrod tube cracked HELP
Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
Fri, 8 May 2009 18:57:06 -0400
...Does anyone know of an easy fix? > > There are spring loaded (collapsible) pushrod tubes that replace the > OEM > ones without having to remove the...
Re: Bummed and need advise about my 87 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Bill
Mon, 17 Aug 1998 13:21:05 -0400
...If the pushrod gets hung up on the shoulder of the lifter, you will experience your problem. It is easy to have this problem...
Re: 2.1 WBX Push Rods. Make Sure They're Seated! Was: 2.1 wbx rocker, pushrods
Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
Fri, 19 May 2017 17:40:25 -0700
My rule is always do a compression test both before and after disturbing the rockers or adjusters. Mark
Re: CYLINDER #'s and FIRING ORDER -
Historical mailing list - Benny boy
Sat, 16 Oct 2004 11:53:43 -0400
http://www.benplace.com/pushrod/tdc1.jpg Distributor rotate the other way (as oposed to picture) in normal operation. Firing order: 1432 Peace http...
Non-collapsible pushrod tube installation
Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
Sun, 4 Feb 2001 12:12:30 +0000
While in the process of shopping around town for a hydraulic lifter, pushrod tube, seals, and valve cover gaskets for my '87, I asked...
Re: push rod tubes dilemma
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:08:06 -0700
BTDT! You need a set of adjustable pushrod tubes like these: http://www.jbugs.com/product/4012BP.html?Category_Code=vw-bugpack-pushrods-t...
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: Collapsable Pushrod Tubes?
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Wed, 21 Oct 2015 08:05:28 -0700
is this OK? http://www.amazon.com/OE-Supplier-111109335-Engine-Push/dp/B007LX9WEY/ref=sr_1_10?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1445439858...
Re: Metal shavings under valve covers 2
Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
Mon, 9 Mar 1998 17:36:33 EST
Also, before you pull the heads, check your lifters and pushrods. They could have went south and you can replace them without pulling the...
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: 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...
2.1 WBX Push Rods. Make Sure They're Seated! Was: 2.1 wbx rocker, pushrods
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Fri, 19 May 2017 17:33:15 -0700
...I removed > the rockers on driver side, checked pushrod to rocker alignment, but one > push rod (lifter) now seems to be out too far...
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...
Re: Parts suppliers for Half Liley?
Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
Sat, 27 Oct 2001 14:35:47 -0400
...1628 Chromoly pushrods, $44.95 1665 Rhino 1.25 ratio rockers, $119.95 1642 Rhino feet (Porsche style valve adjusting screw) $32.95 1643...
Re: Translating
Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
Fri, 9 Mar 2007 11:20:07 -0500
Off the top of my head the first means "cylinder" and the second means either "connecting rod" or "pushrod" (as in valve lifter.) Where...
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: clutch pedal
Historical mailing list - Leon
Tue, 12 Apr 2005 14:27:21 -0700
While installing new clutch cylinder I noticed lots of free play in clevis pin pushrod.Closer look revealed worn out hole for pin. Any...
Cam and followers
Historical mailing list
Fri, 14 Jul 1995 13:52:24 -0700
...I pulled the rocker and there was wear on the cam end of the pushrod! But worse, when I pulled the pushrod out to...
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: lifter replacement
Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
Wed, 14 Apr 2004 13:19:59 -0700
...lifters and a few of the spring-loaded pushrod >>tubes and plan to remove the pushrod, break the old tube and get the >>old...
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...
Re: '85 GL manual - Draining old coolant
Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
Wed, 9 Apr 2008 09:59:21 -0500
...Right between the pushrod tubes, on each head, > are drain plugs. While you have the tin off you "Might" consider using a > hole saw...