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Re: 2.1L Oil pressure problem: Rods: SYMPTOM NOT CAUSE:UNBALANCED crank the ....
Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
Sun, 18 Feb 2001 12:20:34 EST
...The rod bearing was worn at an angle (one side more than the other) and it was consistent with the location of the rod...
Tie Rod Boot
Historical mailing list - David Prendergast
Wed, 3 May 2006 09:43:08 -0400
...This seems easy enough although the bentley says to have the tie rod pressed out. It looks like an easy fix but if I...
Re: Tie rod replacement (not tie rod ends)
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:02:49 -0700
...Tie rod replacement (not tie rod ends) I have some play in the steering wheel and have narrowed it down to the ball socket...
Re: 15 Inch Steel Wheel Sources
Historical mailing list - SyncroWesty
Mon, 17 Feb 2003 09:37:54 -0700
www.tiico.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Rodgers" <j_rodgers@CHARTER.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 9:26...
Re: Power Steering Boots - hose clamp attachment
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Thu, 27 Jan 2005 06:01:37 EST
...Once the means of locking the tie rod has been lost, the tie rod is useless. All this is moot, anyway, since the rack...
Re: Runaway digital clock
Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
Fri, 4 Jul 2008 06:40:42 -0700
On 7/4/08, Rod Knutson <rodknutson2002@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Hmmmm.... here is one I can't resolve. I went to reset my digital...
Re: Fuel Consumption
Historical mailing list - Rodney Kindlund
Tue, 30 Apr 2002 10:06:23 -0700
...Not too shabby for a Wolfy with 202,000+ miles on it, eh?....Rodney --- Greg Marshall <earthboy@ROGERS.COM> wrote: > That was at about...
Re: Shifting Problems
Historical mailing list - Paul Henderson
Thu, 30 Apr 1998 08:36:46 -0400
...There are two collars that hold the rod onto the bottom of the bus. The rod slides inside these collars. Often, the rod gets...
Re: New to list
Historical mailing list - Rob
Tue, 12 Sep 2006 21:22:08 -0700
At 9/12/2006 06:14 PM, Scott Schuyler wrote: >Does anybody out there know where to buy a replacement accelerator rod >for an...
Re: FS: Wolf Brand Bra - SOLD
Historical mailing list - Rod Smith
Sun, 4 May 2003 22:33:23 -0400
...Rod. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rod Smith" <rodwreck@SE-TEL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2003 6:02 PM Subject...
Re: tie rod end removal Q
Historical mailing list - George Goff
Sun, 14 Mar 2004 11:07:57 EST
...The better tool is a tie rod end extractor. It fits around the tie rod end and presses on the stud. I can't...
Re: Need help with hatch curtain rods
Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:42:53 -0600
...But I can never remember how the ends of > the rod are bent to meet up with the screw holes in the hatch. > > If...
Re: Engine balancing
Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
Thu, 2 Dec 1999 07:08:07 -0800
The "Poor Richard's Rabbit Boolk How To Keep Your Volkswagen Alive..." by Richard Sealey has an explaination and drawing regarding rods and pistons...
Re: Tach Signal
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Mon, 24 Feb 2003 22:47:21 -0600
...On Mon, 24 Feb 2003 22:15:45 -0600 John Rodgers <j_rodgers@CHARTER.NET> writes: > Where does the tach get its signal from...
Re: Bent Tie Rod
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Sat, 3 Aug 2024 13:15:38 -0600
...Tie- Rod removal > > | > | > | > | | | > > | > > | > | > | | > VW T3: Tie- Rod removal > > > | > > | > > | > > > > > > > On Thursday, August 1, 2024 at 07:46:28 PM PDT, OlRivrRat <olrivrrat@comcast.net> wrote...
Re: Power Steering Boots - keeping alignment.
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Wed, 26 Jan 2005 07:46:44 -0600
You won't have any issues with alignment if you take a cheap dial caliper and measure from the center of the tie rod...
Re: What torque for 2.1 rod nuts?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:40:41 -0700
...What torque for 2.1 rod nuts? > Per bentley, I bought new rod nuts for my rebuild. What to I torque them > to? > The...
Re: Sliding Door Rear Support Extender
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Tue, 4 Nov 2008 06:33:04 -0600
BenT Syncro wrote: > On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 5:22 PM, John Rodgers <inua@charter.net> wrote: > > >> Is there anyone who has these...
Re: Thread locker on rod bolts?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:44:54 -0400
...Thread locker on rod bolts? I have been told that it is better to use 1.9 waterboxer rod bolts in any waterboxer engine...
Syncro Shift Linkage Update
Historical mailing list - Jon Kanas
Sun, 30 Jan 2011 16:29:09 -0700
...Here's what I found: * Boot over the ball joint where the linkage attaches to the shift rod at the transmission has disintegrated. * Boot...
78 Hydraulic Lifters Clarification
Historical mailing list
Tue, 2 Apr 1996 21:16:15 -0500
Thank you for the clarificaction on the rods. I have never seen the push rods for the later models with the hydraulic lifters. I...
Re: Coolant hoses?
Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
Thu, 21 Mar 2002 16:02:39 -0800
...Rodney Kindlund <rodney@RODKRAFTSTUDIO.COM> /or photos of the >re-routing of your hoses and the new manifold? I am >interested because I know...
Re: damaged push rod tubes vanagon
Historical mailing list - The corruptor
Sat, 1 May 2004 19:53:40 -0400
>>>>o i pulled the rocker shaft assembly and push rods to find 1 bent and one worn about 1/3 or the way through...
Tie Rod ends and Rear trailing arm bushings
Historical mailing list - email99
Tue, 29 May 2012 11:55:52 -0400
...I recently replaced my steering rack (with tie rods) and tie rod ends and I found, after alignment, the engagement of the tie rod...
Parking brake actuator rod
Historical mailing list - MacLachlan, Bill
Mon, 5 Jul 2004 11:16:42 -0700
...the threaded part of the parking brake rod sheared off whilst I was adjusting the parking brake after replacing rear shoes & cylinders. ( moderate pressure...
Tie Rod Balljoint Removal - Clarification of Question.
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Thu, 11 Sep 2003 16:51:46 -0700
...Additions to my previous post are in parentheses.) Well, no responses to yesterday's question regarding the boot on the tie rod/steering box...
Re: Website update - See trashed bearings
Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
Sat, 10 Nov 2001 15:37:08 -0500
Gene wasn't talking about wbx cranks Bob Mr lilley wrote The rod bearing wear is accelerated by the un-counterweighted crank flexing in...
Re: Death on the Road
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Thu, 12 Sep 2002 17:57:51 -0500
...John Rodgers <j_rodgers@CHARTER.NET> > >Subject: Death on the Road > >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > > >Two or three days ago Montel Williams carried...
Re: Rod Knocking....
Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
Mon, 26 Feb 2001 00:56:45 -0600
...The lifter sound is there, as is the rod knock. The rod knocking one is worth listening to just for the spoken intro.... What...
Re: Merry Christmas to All
Historical mailing list - Stephen Cebula
Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:08:29 -0800
And a Merry Christmas to you too John!! --- On Thu, 12/24/09, John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET> wrote: From: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER...
re. Gary Lee curtain rod?
Historical mailing list - Gary Lee www.vwrack.com
Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:12:06 -0600
>Anyone know how the curtain rod (bottommost mod) on Gary Lee's page was >made? http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gary2a/rack/westy/westymods...
Re: 2.1: Check rods or just top end?
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Tue, 25 Oct 2005 13:39:55 -0500
...as long as the oil pressure is good!!!! Keep in mind that the 2.1WBX has a tendency for the bolts at the rod...
Re: Old vanagon steering parts - radius rod
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 26 Jan 2005 19:33:14 -0500
If your radius rod bushings are original, they are shot. Most cases of unexplained tire waer and poor handling can be traced here. If...
Re: Tie Rod Boot replacement
Historical mailing list - George Goff
Wed, 17 Sep 2003 23:37:14 EDT
...The outer tie rod end had to be worked through the smaller end of the boot, but it was not a big deal. One...
parking brake handle spring/rod out.......restore?
Historical mailing list - Donald Pelava
Fri, 29 Apr 2011 02:09:32 -0400
Hello, I was attempting to replace my parking brake handle grip.Got the old one off, then the button/spring/rod came out of...
Re: Hydrogen power for the Vanagon Now!
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Thu, 23 Oct 2008 08:37:45 -0500
...John -Chris S wrote: > I'll file this "HHO" stuff next to the Magical Cast Iron Suspension. ;-) > > On 10/22/08, John Rodgers <inua...
Re: Big end rod clearance 2.1 WBX
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 9 Mar 2007 13:25:35 +0000
...Then, wit the 3/8 threaded rod use another nut and washer on the back of the socket and turn the nut to pull...
Re: Low Oil Pressure
Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
Fri, 11 Oct 2002 09:25:29 -0400
...The con rods are the problem with the high mileage 2.1 engines. The big end of the 2.1 rod gets smaller at...
Re: Thread locker on rod bolts?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 25 Aug 2011 19:33:42 -0400
...Thread locker on rod bolts? They're used, The ones that go with the rod with the notch looked like they had peen marks...
Re: Question and parts request.
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Mon, 26 Sep 2011 01:07:01 -0500
...A single rod that has a bunch of holes in it to which all the other rods attach. The only rod to travel in...
Big end rod clearance 2.1 WBX
Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
Sun, 11 Mar 2007 22:33:42 -0400
...Pull one rod (#3), check it for roundness. If it's OK, put it back with new bolts and off I go. If it...
Re: Shift rod
Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
Mon, 8 Nov 2010 12:20:00 -0800
...Okay, I have a 1982 Vanagon with a 1982 shift rod front to back. The bushings in the joint between front and middle rod...
Re: fuel tanks
Historical mailing list - T Collins
Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:20:53 -0400
I think what Rod wanted was weather or not he should buy the "newer" type with the smaller nipple on the out going line...
Re: Changing Rods
Historical mailing list - GMBulley
Tue, 7 Apr 1998 17:56:39 EDT
In a message dated 98-04-07 16:35:21 EDT, bayer@SYBASE.COM writes: << Is it possible to remove the rods on a...
Re: Replacing piston rings
Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
Tue, 26 Sep 2006 16:32:21 -0700
When re-assembling my 1.9 after a complete tear-down / rebuild, I assembled the rods to the crankshaft, the crankshaft into the case...
Re: 2.1 L push rods
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 8 Feb 2015 10:15:30 -0500
...The rods can get bent trying to open a valve or a valve hang open and the rod can fall out of the rocker...
RE: Tie Rod Ends
Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
Tue, 14 Nov 1995 12:31:00 -0800 (PST)
...Your inner tie rod starts here. Inner tie rod then ends at the adjusting sleeve, which then connects to the OUTER tie rod end...
Vanagon rodent patrol
Historical mailing list - Dake Collins
Mon, 3 Feb 2014 17:57:51 -0800
Lat winter I had some rodent problems, not this year. My cat Hemingway, with the biggest feet I've ever seen on a cat...
Re: 2010 Beetle Design
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:34:05 -0600
...John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Kim Brennan wrote: > Has nothing to do with Vanagons. > > On Dec 22, 2008, at 6:04 PM, John Rodgers...
Re: What are main and rod bearing dimensions?
Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
Tue, 22 Feb 2000 09:41:41 -0500
Gary wrote: > > Can someone tell me what the main and rod bearing diameters are for a 2.1 > vanagon is? Decimal format preferred. Also...
Re: Dense Between the Ears
Historical mailing list - neil
Sun, 10 Sep 2006 22:28:26 -0400
Maybe this will help? http://www.google.com/language_tools --- John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET> wrote: > I got it to work!!!!!! Yea!!!!! > > And guess...
Re: Thread locker on rod bolts?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:11:16 -0400
According to my old version of ETKA, both engines use connecting rod set part # 025198401A. However the 1.9 uses rod bolt 113105425B and...
Re: (Rant) Need to Bitch!
Historical mailing list - Tromper
Thu, 11 Jul 2002 00:54:00 -0700
...Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf Of Rodney Kindlund Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 9:34 AM To: vanagon@GERRY...
Re: Rod Bolt Torque
Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
Sun, 23 Jan 2005 19:44:36 -0500
The torque you use depends on who rebuilt the rods some use OEM 2.1 some go with 1.9 so what bolt do...
Re: several questions about my 1984 westy
Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
Sat, 5 Aug 2006 17:11:56 -0700
John Rodgers wrote: > ...One of the reasons for the apparent weakness in the 2.1L is the rod > end bolts on factory engines were...
80-84 curtain rod cover
Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
Thu, 21 Apr 2005 11:08:36 -0400
I am interested in a new curtain rod cover, Jonathan Poole '82 Westy
Re: lifter cam Q, 1.9 to 2.1
Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
Sun, 1 Jan 2006 20:34:01 -0500
...Im not tempted to try to use them again the rod casting is the same but the bolt is differant the 1.9 rod...
Re: best tie rod ends
Historical mailing list - Eric Ley
Sun, 24 Feb 2013 18:53:31 -0500
...best tie rod ends > Both my tie rod ends are only 2 years old but ended up in bad shape after > removal because the...
Oil leak - 2.1L
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sun, 28 Dec 2014 21:05:50 -0600
...It leaks from above the push rod shield under the engine and come out below. Likely one or more push rod tube seals or...
Lo Oil Pressure-Con Rods Mainly the Problem?
Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
Fri, 9 Feb 2001 11:26:06 -0500
...Is it mostly due to the con rod bearings, or is it also main bearing wear? Would rebuilding the rods alone be worth doing...