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Re: Easy way to put cylinders on (was Re: head job)
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Wed, 9 Feb 2000 08:57:14 -0800
...With the piston pins usually very firmly bonded to the pistons, this can be even more difficult than fiddling with the rings! Zoran Mladen...
Re: Engine rebuilding resources
Historical mailing list - walt spak
Tue, 7 Dec 1999 15:42:08 -0500
...Ron at the Bus Depot even offered the loaner VW tool kit > for wrist pins and he's "just around the corner" from me...
2.1L engine tools
Historical mailing list - John
Fri, 22 Sep 2000 14:11:26 -0400
...see the repair manual) > >to remove the burrs and extract the wrist pins? > > > >John > > Have you ever tried asking VW for a special tool...
Re: Cylinder sleeves, new problem
Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
Sat, 21 Sep 2002 15:47:59 -0400
...I understand that in order to reach the > wrist pin on the piston we need to pull, requires removing the first > piston. So, change...
Re: 1.9 piston and liners (revisited)
Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
Sun, 10 Dec 2006 15:31:48 -0500
...The 2.1 piston has a different wrist pin >> location (lower) to accommodate the longer stroke of the 2.1 cranks >> >> Bob >> >> ----- Original Message...
Re: Big end rod clearance 2.1 WBX
Historical mailing list - Benny boy
Sat, 10 Mar 2007 16:58:17 -0500
...The major reason that the pin has become a press fit is that the wrist pin clip raises a ridge of aluminum next to...
Re: off with her heads
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
Wed, 23 Oct 2013 14:21:55 -0700
...because to do it the normal and more right way would involve removing # 2 piston and barrel first .( via wrist pin removal ) . then getting...
Re: NVC: 3d printed manual transmission
Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
Wed, 18 Mar 2015 21:24:01 -0400
...wrote: > Internal engine parts made of stuff not metal > Oil baffles > Wrist pin buttons > Timing chain guides > Valve stem seals-slingers > > Some day we...
Re: Double cab for sale
Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
Tue, 31 Aug 2004 23:36:32 -0400
on 8/31/04 14:47, The Shaws at mindthegap01@COMCAST.NET wrote: > Add states: "Top VW techs say either lifter or wrist pin...
Re: Auto trans interchangablibilty
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Fri, 18 Feb 2011 12:11:37 -0600
...And why did they have smaller head bolts, smaller wrist pins and why did they wear out so fast? Except for Mercedes, all diesel...
Re: Crankshaft Question ??
Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
Thu, 20 Sep 2001 21:07:09 -0400
...The difference in pistons is the wrist pin height. one way to tell what size the engine is would be to measure the oil...
84' Engine Build
Historical mailing list - Frank Miller
Sun, 2 Feb 2003 08:09:19 -0500
...My biggest challenge was getting the wrist pins out of the pistons in order to split the case. -- Frank Miller Farmington Hills, MI ------------------------------------------------------ Date...
Re: Double cab for sale
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Tue, 31 Aug 2004 23:43:09 -0700
...Double cab for sale > > Add states: "Top VW techs say either lifter or wrist pin. it has 130 comp. > on each cylinder and it...
re:My bus engine(again)
Historical mailing list
Tue, 1 Nov 94 11:27:20 PST
...the cam worn out, lifters worn, heads needed redone, needs new wrist pin bushings, and of course new pistons and cylinders. So basically, my...
Re: off with her heads
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Fri, 18 Oct 2013 08:32:06 -0500
...The worst part was pulling and reinstalling the wrist pin and clips. If there is a way to leave the piston in the engine...
Engine rebuilding resources
Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
Mon, 6 Dec 1999 23:46:40 -0500
...Ron at the Bus Depot even offered the loaner VW tool kit for wrist pins and he's "just around the corner" from me...
Re: The Adventure of the Thrown Rod
Historical mailing list - Dieter Dworkin Muller
Sat, 15 Jun 1996 15:12:58 -0600
...Pull your engine *soon* and check the wrist pins. After admiring the fact that the thing ran so long and so well without much...
Re: [SPAM] Re: vanagon engine conversions vs rebuilt 1.9 waterboxer
Historical mailing list - Marion Lathem
Sat, 16 Sep 2006 09:46:09 -0500
...he said, don't look like an engine does it..? He then showed me a rod, wrist pin and rod cap of both the...
Vanagon driving technique
Historical mailing list - Rob Campbell
Tue, 31 Aug 2004 18:45:52 -0700
...leaving out? Thanks- >es: "Top VW techs say either lifter or wrist pin. it has 130 >comp. >on each cylinder and it will do...
Re: Best source of parts for a rebuild
Historical mailing list - Chris S
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:46:17 -0400
...Also I've read about some cheap aftermarket pistons yielding lower compression due to higher wrist pin location. On 10/13/08, John Bange...
78 x 90.5
Historical mailing list
Mon, 17 Jul 1995 21:40:51 -0700
...Apparently I forgot to install a wrist pin keeper (or it worked itself loose and disentigrated), allowing #3's pin to contact the cylinder...
Re: type 1 rods vs 1.9L rods
Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
Wed, 22 Mar 2006 07:48:35 -0500
...the main differance between the bug and the 1.9 rod is wrist pin size 22 verses 24 MM I have nerver measured the...
Re: Engine bearing rattle at warm restart
Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
Sat, 20 May 2006 11:40:22 -0700
...Rod bearings typically emit a higher pitched rattle upon deceleration, and I don't quite remember how wrist pins leave their telltale marks. I...
Re: Engine Rebuild Questions
Historical mailing list - VW Doka
Tue, 7 Apr 2009 14:58:56 -0400
Robert, A few comments: - Get a set of rebuilt rods (Van-Cafe has them) instead of replacing the wrist pin bushings. - Piston & Cylinder kit...
1985 Vanagon Gas Eng. - Block's stud failure - details acoming....
Historical mailing list - AAG - Larry Word
Mon, 7 Apr 2008 12:09:26 -0400
...Is there a trick to (a) removing the wrist pins that hold pistons to rod in this Vanagon engine - I've done aircooled engine...
Re: air cooled piston weight/cylinder question
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 23 Feb 2011 11:02:27 -0500
...air cooled piston weight/cylinder question I got a chance to weigh the piston/wrist pin assemblies on our digital postal scales here at...
Re: Knock Knock ?
Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
Mon, 17 Dec 2007 07:31:49 -0800
...A bad wrist > pin > bushing can also cause noises but that like a rod bearing is usually > as > load is reduced. > > Dennis > > -----Original Message...
Re: compressing piston rings in engine
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 9 Dec 2013 17:46:25 -0500
...attached. > Remove the circlip's that hold the wrist pins. > Then remove the wrist pins using a tool like this > https://www.dropbox.com...
Re: compressing piston rings in engine
Historical mailing list - Derek Burgess
Mon, 9 Dec 2013 14:37:40 -0500
...Remove the circlip's that hold the wrist pins. Then remove the wrist pins using a tool like this https://www.dropbox.com/s...
Re: Engine rebuilding resources
Historical mailing list - ThomasD. Hanlon
Tue, 7 Dec 1999 03:09:31 -0800
...Ron at the Bus Depot even offered the loaner VW tool kit > for wrist pins and he's "just around the corner" from me...
Re: Head gasket questions
Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
Mon, 13 Jul 1998 14:25:02 -0700
...First, with the piston you are working on at TDC, pull the cylinder out like you are going to remove the wrist pin. With...
Re: Auto trans interchangablibilty
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:57:14 -0800
...that's why those engines had 11mm head bolts and smaller wrist pins than the 'normal good' 12mm head bolt engines with a bigger...
Re: Cylinder sleeves, new problem
Historical mailing list
Sat, 21 Sep 2002 14:23:46 -0600
...I understand that in order to reach > the > > wrist pin on the piston we need to pull, requires removing the > first > > piston. So, change...
Re: Separating the Engine Case. Any tips?
Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:41:22 -0500
Okay, so how do I get the pistons off? I see the wrist pin has to be pulled thought the water pump hole but...
Re: Big end rod clearance 2.1 WBX
Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
Thu, 8 Mar 2007 20:23:11 -0500
...rod, 3/8" nuts, and a slide hammer to remove the > wrist pins. Worked like a charm! (Did I bend my rods doing that...
Re: diagnosis--blown piston ring?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:46:08 -0700
...pull up the barrel until the wrist pin clip is exposed, remove the clip, pull the wrist pin out, remove the piston from the...
Re: compressing piston rings in engine
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Mon, 9 Dec 2013 13:45:43 -0600
...attached. > Remove the circlip's that hold the wrist pins. > Then remove the wrist pins using a tool like this > https://www.dropbox.com...
Re: Head gasket questions
Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
Sat, 25 Jul 1998 20:15:51 -0700
...First, with the piston you are working on at TDC, pull the >| > cylinder out like you are going to remove the wrist pin. >| >| Did...
Re: Neils VanaJetta Engine "clack" Video.
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 8 Nov 2010 17:19:01 -0800
...It doesn't go away with clutch pushed in does it ? as for rod bearing, main bearing, wrist pin bushing in rod, or wrist...
Re: Double cab for sale
Historical mailing list - Vince S
Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:18:16 -0700
...Double cab for sale Add states: "Top VW techs say either lifter or wrist pin. it has 130 comp. on each cylinder and it...
Re: compressing piston rings in engine
Historical mailing list - JRodgers
Tue, 10 Dec 2013 08:29:44 -0600
...attached. >> Remove the circlip's that hold the wrist pins. >> Then remove the wrist pins using a tool like this >> https://www.dropbox.com...
84 head replacement update
Historical mailing list - Tim Spotted Wolf
Mon, 3 Jun 2002 08:37:55 -0400
...This morning I will pull the wrist pins (thanks the many fine people who offered advice on the best and cheapest way to do...
2 engines FS in Portland: i4 conversion & wasserbxr
Historical mailing list - Matthew
Wed, 13 Oct 2004 07:54:24 -0700
...every* bushing and every bearing replaced (paid $120 just for the wrist pin bushings & labor to install them!). Includes injectors & fuel lines, throttle body...
Re: Knock Knock ?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:30:45 -0500
...A bad wrist >>pin >>bushing can also cause noises but that like a rod bearing is usually >>as >>load is reduced. >> >>Dennis >> >>-----Original Message...
Re: Saga of the missing oil was Re: Dipstick readability tip (getting kinda long)
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 26 Sep 2002 01:37:12 -0400
...The pressurized oil keeps a bunch of important moving parts (crankshaft, camshaft, connecting rods, wrist pins, bearings) from touching each other -- once they touch...
Re: Engine Rebuild Questions
Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
Wed, 8 Apr 2009 14:39:23 -0400
...ON CRANK WITH NEW BEARINGS, 4 NEW 96.5mm PISTONS WITH WRIST PINS AND CLIPS, 4 PISTON RING SETS, RECONDITIONED CYLINDERS BORED TO 96...
Re: Separating the Engine Case. Any tips?
Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:16:32 -0800
...Any tips? Okay, so how do I get the pistons off? I see the wrist pin has to be pulled thought the water pump...
Re: vannie info on cranks and radiators needed
Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
Fri, 2 Jul 2010 09:20:16 EDT
...one has a dome top and the other a flat top , the wrist pin holes are different. 1.9L P&Ls # 025 198 075...
Who wants a set of used 2.0l P&C's????
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Thu, 28 Oct 1999 17:13:49 -0700
...I was carefull to keep wrist pins/pistons/cylinders together so the established wear patterns won't be disrupted. I did a pretty good...
Another Type IV
Historical mailing list - Bill Minor
Fri, 26 Jul 2002 11:13:45 -0500
...Camshaft drive end bearing showing some wear, others like new. #9) Wrist pins still free floating. #10) Discoloration inside the crankcase about like coffee...
Re: air cooled piston weight/cylinder question
Historical mailing list - Joe Luther
Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:44:21 -0500
...air cooled piston weight/cylinder question I got a chance to weigh the piston/wrist pin assemblies on our digital postal scales here at...
Re: NVC: 3d printed manual transmission
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 18 Mar 2015 21:57:40 -0400
...wrote: > Internal engine parts made of stuff not metal Oil baffles Wrist pin > buttons Timing chain guides Valve stem seals-slingers > > Some day we...
Sorry if old mail/Corvairs & VWs
Historical mailing list
Mon, 18 Sep 1995 17:24:52 -0700
...rvb "The list price of a VW cylinder, piston, rings and wrist pin assembly for the 1500 is approximately $25.000 compared to $15...
Re: compressing piston rings in engine
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Mon, 9 Dec 2013 15:12:53 -0600
...attached. > > Remove the circlip's that hold the wrist pins. > > Then remove the wrist pins using a tool like this > > https://www.dropbox.com...
Re: 1985 Vanagon Gas Eng. - Block's stud failure - details acoming....
Historical mailing list - neil N
Mon, 7 Apr 2008 09:29:30 -0700
...sides of engine. > > > > Is there a trick to (a) removing the wrist pins that hold pistons to rod in this Vanagon engine - I've...
AVP Engine Update
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
Fri, 1 Aug 2003 15:05:28 -0700
...The pistons and cylinders were obviously replaced (with Brazilian Cofabs), however, the wrist pins slide out way too easy. There's tons of play...
Re: Tools for engine overhaul on 85 waterboxer
Historical mailing list - Mark Seifert
Tue, 20 Apr 2004 21:52:58 -0700
...I used a slide hammer to pull the wrist pins out. I pulled the clips out of the side facing the hole, and left...
Crankshaft end float.
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Tue, 21 May 2002 16:41:22 -0500
...and wear out quickly, it also binds the rods at the wrist pins and can cause piston failures, cylinder cracking and many other sure...
Toughest job on a Vanagon, was Re: Secrets of exhaust nuts
Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
Sun, 13 Feb 2005 10:49:33 -0800
...with them, at least after I made a tool for the wrist pins. With the exhaust system, I wound up putting the pieces together...
happening with home engine repair: getting the engine together
Historical mailing list - Brian Cochran
Sun, 25 Feb 2001 19:19:17 -0800
...Getting the wrist pins in went smoothly up to the last #2 pin. That was a trial. The heads/gasket install makes me an...