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• Re: Stuck cylinders
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sat, 12 Nov 2011 10:25:43 -0500
  He said 'cylinders stuck in the case', not 'pistons stuck in the cylinders'. Mike B. -----Original Message----- From: HotelWestfalia Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011...
• Re: master cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 9 Dec 2008 11:43:40 -0800
  ...Back in the 1970s, > there was a crowd who bored out the cylinders and inserted a brass > sleeve. This brought the specs back to...
• Re: Question: Separate cylinders from head
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Fri, 18 Feb 2005 18:15:00 -0500
  ...put cyl. #1 at TDC, now turn the pulley 1/4 of a turn, so all cylinder will be mid way, givving you a...
• Re: Radius rod/arm sourced
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 26 May 2012 11:15:10 -0400
  ...It's called "strut bar" in Bentley. < grin > ) attached to the LCA when replacing the bushings and sleeves. You may know this, but I...
• Re: Window Crank Door Speaker Handle "FIX"?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 31 Dec 2012 11:02:40 -0800
  ...But at $34, twice > the price of the offset cranks I did get, I don't think any cosmetic > sleeve would be required -- they...
• Re: cigarette lighter struggles
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Sep 2006 11:34:06 EDT
  ...get the hard plastic tabs in the > green sleeve to let go of the metal cylinder ... and bulb holder did not > pop off as...
• Re: Engine out--won't come apart. Need heads!
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:35:44 -0400
  ...Pry that sleeve out of there, even VW made it easy for us,, just look carefully. I'm so bad.... Ben On Sun, 22...
• Re: cylinder heads for my 84 westy
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:41:53 -0500
  ...I have new AMC heads listed on my _Vanagon Items Forsale_ >(http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/sales.htm) webpage > Cylinder head, >1.9/2...
• Re: Help: Green cylinder O-ring question.
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Wed, 24 May 2000 06:29:49 EDT
  ...The flat metal rings between the heads and the cylinder sleeves do 100% of the combustion chamber sealing. Let me know if you hear...
• Re: New owner questions
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 24 Nov 2012 09:50:37 -0800
  ...worn down to the metal sleeves) on my 2WD '88. This van was > purported to have 138K KM's. For the most part I...
• Synchros
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 10 Sep 1994 08:39:48 -0400
  ...Too thin a shim, the gasket would leak water into the cylinder and/or compression into the coolant. Major bummer! I had to buy...
• Re: Delrin for Shift Linkage Bushing?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:20:09 -0800
  ...A delrin type sleeve replacement should work fine but might > need more frequent lubrication. The plain sleeve replacement might last long > enough for our...
• On with its head! (Replacing right head on an '87 2.1 l)
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:48:18 -0500
  ...That implies getting all 4-cylinder sleeves out!!!" I know what the answer is if you are wearing your official coveralls and have the...
• Re: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Wed, 16 Oct 2013 18:22:03 -0700
  ...I go out, pry, tap, bang, shout, and scrape the skin off my > fingers, but no, that cylinder sleeve is well jammed into that...
• FW: Cylinder Sleeves Quick Question
  Historical mailing list - jeff crane
  Wed, 19 Apr 2000 18:49:42 -0400
  ...You will > be amazed how much junk is left in the crosshatching when you wipe out the > cylinder with a rag. > > Hope this helps...
• Re: Roadhaus....partial solution for helping!
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Thu, 6 May 2004 15:11:36 -0400
  ...Even the core as been change, so i also rule out a bad sleeve matting surface, remember, always the #1 going out in flame...
• RECOVERED! - diesel westy in Montreal
  Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
  Mon, 17 Oct 2005 13:30:33 -0400
  ...There was a sopping wet sweatshirt left in the van and my long-sleeve t-shirt is missing. It was raining hard that night...
• Re: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Michael
  Fri, 18 Oct 2013 22:18:47 -0400
  ...Slim so it still could fit between cylinders and block. >> >> Was a pain, but do able. >> >> Alistair >> >> >> >>> On Oct 18, 2013, at 5:46...
• Re: disaster... again!
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Mon, 20 Aug 2007 22:42:49 -0400
  ...cylinders/pistons >out to extract the broken stud and found a broken ring on one side and a >huge crack in the sleeve near...
• Re: On with its head! (Replacing right head on an '87 2.1 l)
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Fri, 24 Aug 2007 23:54:13 -0400
  ...That implies getting all > 4-cylinder sleeves out!!!" > >I know what the answer is if you are wearing your official coveralls >and have the...
• Re: Worn Clutch
  Historical mailing list - Jim Henry
  Sun, 17 Sep 2000 12:04:38 +0000
  ...The problem turn out to be the sleeve that the throwout bearing rides on was bent or damaged and the bearing was not fully...
• MYSTERY wires
  Historical mailing list - Jean-Guy Savoie
  Wed, 27 Sep 2000 11:54:54 -0300
  ...It APPEARS to go into the crankcase at the juction with the passenger side cylinder bloc, but that can't be right. I can...
• Re: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 6 Oct 2013 16:52:52 -0500
  ...when the cylinder sleeves are un-stuck. > > > > The rubber seal (looked like a thin rubber band) around the end of the > > sleeves were badly...
• spring cleaning (for sale)
  Historical mailing list - dave bowers
  Sat, 12 Jul 2003 11:34:34 -0700
  ...3 brand new pistons & sleeves for a 2.1L waterboxer. These were left over from a cylinder replacement on a 1988 GL. The repair...
• Re: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Sun, 6 Oct 2013 17:17:43 -0400
  ...when the cylinder sleeves are un-stuck. > > The rubber seal (looked like a thin rubber band) around the end of the > sleeves were badly...
• Re: To those '83-'85 Vanagon folks
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Sep 94 16:37:26 EDT
  ...The only > problem is head gasket leaks between cylinder sleeves and heads, happened > at approx 34K, 66K, 102K miles. I have communicated with you...
• Re: spark plug blow out
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 30 May 2002 16:14:50 +0000
  ...I think I need a helicoil or a new sleeve? Can >the cylinder head be >removed with the engine in the bus? >anyone ever...
• Re: Stuck Cylinders
  Historical mailing list - Schmidt
  Sun, 22 Oct 2000 19:56:37 -0700
  ...Last week I querried about how to replace cylinders onto pistons when the cylinders insisted on coming off with the heads. Most responses were...
• Re: To Buy or Not to Buy?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Oct 94 11:21:43 MDT
  ...The sleeves the links run through rust to the lower arm and the links themselves will rust to the sleeves. If this happens, the...
• Oh happy day!
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 3 Apr 2009 20:37:37 -0700
  ...No cracks and arm looked ok. "whew". (Likely it was just the sound of the metal sleeve rubbing on the arm as it moved...
• Re: Stuck cylinders
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Fri, 11 Nov 2011 18:20:22 -0800
  ...Stuck cylinders >I just can't imagine what would be wrong that some judicious beatings with > a rubber mallet could not cure. Could you...
• Re: Was fuel leak? Now: appropriate route for fuel lines
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:46:17 -0800
  ...The sleeves were > secured to each hose with a small cable strap. > > My point: the fuel hose showed no signs of reaction of wear...
• Re: Trouble getting WBX piston out
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 3 Oct 2012 20:47:00 -0400
  You need to get a little creative and maybe even have someone machine a sleeve for you. A 3/8" threaded rod and nut...
• Re: [Syncro] Cylinder sleeves, new problem
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 22 Sep 2002 06:14:40 -0700
  --- s_j_wacker@JUNO.COM wrote: <snip> we read in the Bentley that hairline cracks between the valves or valves and spark plug holes...
• piston fit and the Boston Bob school of cylinder preperation
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Fri, 7 May 2004 15:57:54 -0400
  ...WBX cylinder does not wear as fast as its air-cooled counter part due to the fact that it is a wet sleeve (its...
• Re: spark plug blow out
  Historical mailing list - Bob Allen
  Thu, 30 May 2002 22:57:18 -0400
  ...I think I need a helicoil or a new sleeve? Can the cylinder > head be removed with the engine in the bus? anyone ever...
• New heads
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 5 Oct 2002 05:49:39 -0600
  ...When we pulled the first head, we inadvertently pulled one of the cylinder sleeves out too far and in trying to put it back...
• Re: Stuck cylinders
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Sat, 12 Nov 2011 09:07:24 -0800
  ...Stuck cylinders > He said 'cylinders stuck in the case', not 'pistons stuck in the > cylinders'. > > Mike B. > > -----Original Message----- > From: HotelWestfalia > Sent: Friday, November...
• Re: Does overheating = piston ring damage? And a new ?
  Historical mailing list - Antaki
  Wed, 8 Dec 1999 16:28:37 -0800
  I have also heard of the cylinder wall cracking if run too long w/o coolant. After all, they are just thin sleeves. This...
• Re: 84 vanagon. Push on clutch and does not move
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 27 Apr 2001 12:12:59 -0400
  ...I think your mission is to find out whether the pedal is stuck mechanically, or the slave cylinder is extended as far as it...
• Re: Question about 2.1 cylinder and head question
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sat, 8 Jan 2005 16:17:49 -0500
  ...is normal no matter the miles this is a wet sleeve engine. The cylinders are keep at a nice constant temp because they are...
• Re: Cylinder hone -conclusion?
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Fri, 23 Jan 2004 00:41:40 -0500
  ...Cylinder hone -conclusion? > So are we all saying that if I was going to reuse > these pistons and sleeves, that I would not want...
• The BEST year for a Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Tue, 25 Feb 1997 10:48:33 -0800
  ...The sure fix was to have = the cylinders bored out and fitted with steel sleeves). I see many FS = Vanagons that say "new heads...
• Re: Tire Wear.. Now: Worn Upper Control Arm Bushings - Alignment Changes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:32:44 -0400
  ...AFAIK, the inner sleeve(s) is pinched between the frame bits; the arm and outer portion of bushing pivot on the stationary sleeve. The...
• Re: Stuck Cylinders
  Historical mailing list - Don & Christina Preston
  Sun, 22 Oct 2000 18:03:04 -0700
  ...Stuck Cylinders > Here you go-I found your answer in the archives from last year when I had > the very problem you have now...
• Re: Dealers and Vanagons, was Re: Pics Of The Blue Star
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 6 Nov 2012 13:03:13 -0800
  ...for an '86, neither 251265303C "heat exchanger" (aka heater core) or 251407097 "spacer sleeve" for the radius rod, are shown as NLA from VW...
• Re: leaky head gasket question again
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Tue, 2 Apr 2002 15:11:39 -0800
  ...After what I went through getting the sleeves >off the cylinder heads I'm sure that was the first time they had ever been...
• Re: spark plug blow out
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Fri, 31 May 2002 05:04:19 -0700
  ...I think I need a helicoil > or a new sleeve? Can the cylinder head be removed > with the engine in the bus? anyone ever...
• Re: Possibly NLA Suspension Parts
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Sun, 8 Feb 2009 15:26:18 -0800
  ...Mark neil N wrote: > Hi all. > > Possibly old info, but..... > > The strut bar/bushing spacer sleeve is NLA from VW. (so says my parts...
• Re: front end reassembly: strut bar
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:16:50 -0700
  ...http://sites.google.com/site/tubaneil2/RadiusArmHole2.jpg Strut arm made "clunk" sound when parallel parking and had worn through metal sleeve damaging strut...
• Plastic cooling pipes damaged...
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Sun, 10 Jun 2001 20:57:33 -0700
  ...Apparently, the plastic becomes brittle and fails at the ends due to the metal sleeve constantly heating (an assumption). Has anyone with similar damage...
• Syncro starter removal question
  Historical mailing list - van man
  Sat, 1 Sep 2001 15:27:28 -0700
  ...I wasnt able to 'push back' the protective sleeve, so I just cut it off. I removed the circlip (one step out of order...
• Re: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Wed, 16 Oct 2013 20:31:21 -0700
  ...I go out, pry, tap, bang, shout, and scrape the skin off my > fingers, but no, that cylinder sleeve is well jammed into that...
• Re: Head stud testing
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 21 Mar 2015 15:07:27 -0500
  ...Things like sleeved engines. It's come full circle. Ford, back in the early '40's I think, built an engine with replaceble sleeves...
• Re: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sun, 6 Oct 2013 15:12:13 -0700
  ...when the cylinder sleeves are un-stuck. >>> >>> The rubber seal (looked like a thin rubber band) around the end of the >>> sleeves were badly...
• Re: To those '83-'85 Vanagon folks
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Sep 94 14:43:56 PDT
  ...The only >> problem is head gasket leaks between cylinder sleeves and heads, happened >> at approx 34K, 66K, 102K miles. I have communicated with you...
• Re: spark plug blow out
  Historical mailing list - Richard Bias
  Thu, 30 May 2002 16:09:46 +0000
  ...I think I need a helicoil or a new sleeve? Can the cylinder head be >removed with the engine in the bus? anyone ever...
• Re: Conversion Commotion
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Thu, 11 Dec 1997 23:16:10 -0800
  ...Subaru did what everybody else does -- the cylinders are sleeves pressed into the aluminum block, and the normal composite head gasket fits between the...
• Re: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 18 Oct 2013 19:03:03 -0700
  ...Slim so it still could fit between cylinders and block. Was a pain, but do able. Alistair > On Oct 18, 2013, at 5:46...
• Re: Tire Wear.. Now: Worn Upper Control Arm Bushings - Alignment Changes
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:22:47 -0700
  ...AFAIK, the inner > sleeve(s) is pinched between the frame bits; the arm and outer portion of > bushing pivot on the stationary sleeve. The...