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• Re: Front drivers heater - cut off valve installation guide
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 16 May 2007 10:04:16 -0400
  ...ring at the valve several > years ago but it had gotten hard so it was simply time for that one. > > Mike > Houlton, Maine > '84...
• Boston Bob engines - Use caution
  Historical mailing list - -- Dan Roberts
  Mon, 15 Jan 2007 23:09:26 EST
  ...rings stopped the oil leakage from the oil drain plug. The oil drain plug still leaked, as did the front and rear main seals...
• Re: [Syncro] Oh Shit! (Transaxle rebuild info)
  Historical mailing list - chris weddle
  Thu, 25 May 2000 10:30:10 +0000
  ...Synchronizing rings? The only parts that "must" be replaced are the 3-4 slider hub and the synchronizer rings (Brazilian synchronizer rings are $5...
• Re: New vanagon leaking coolant
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Thu, 27 Jan 2005 13:27:43 -0800
  ...I recently replaced leaking rear heater valve & "O" ring at mileage 143,497. Dealer items [Valve $45.03 part #867 819 809 B "O...
• Re: Syncro Transmissions
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 10 Mar 1996 00:45:17 -0500
  ...Secret to long life is maintenance. Maintain proper oil level and use best oil you can find, and change it often. As for doing...
• Cyl Head: Stuck = Warped?
  Historical mailing list - Brian Spisak
  Sat, 30 Nov 2002 17:56:09 -0800
  ...the same rings? Option 3: Pull the engine. Then I can rering the whole damn thing. Should I do the mains and rod bearings...
• Re: RoadHaus - Wireless Internet Report
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Mon, 16 Feb 2004 21:32:13 -0600
  ...On 16 Feb 2004 at 22:36, Rik wrote: > tom ring wrote: > > > What many of you are speaking about with WiFi is considered theft...
• diesel blown head gasket
  Historical mailing list - sean fleener
  Sat, 20 Sep 2003 22:59:40 -0700
  ...is caustic and eats the main and rod bearings never reuse old head bolts and if you do rings the rod bolts are also...
• Re: Main bearings/rod bearings/bolts
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 28 Jan 2003 07:46:15 -0600
  ...I'm tempted > to try it > again but for my concern about rod and main bearings, and I guess > rod bolts > as it's...
• Re: Overfilling the oil issues
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Wed, 25 May 2011 19:07:44 -0400
  ...O Ring seal? >> >> I have been looking at the samba for over an hour, seems like a lot people have this rear main seal...
• Bosch alternator rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Thu, 21 Mar 1996 08:29:49 CST6CDT
  ...it was still working but while the engine is torn down, i thought i'd do a little preventative maint. those of you that...
• Re: Loss of power while cruising .
  Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
  Thu, 4 Dec 1997 22:49:59 -0600
  ...MIGHT not be the problem, but it's $12 including the new o-ring and easy to DIY. Another probably cause would be O2...
• Re: stock rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Sat, 12 Jun 1999 03:08:27 -0700
  ...Prices are in $US.) Brazil (OE) P&C Set: $287 Mains (KS OE): $50 Engine Gask Set (Elring - OE): $85 Rings (COFAP OE): $22...
• Re: Does overheating = piston ring damage?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 8 Dec 1999 10:20:30 -0800
  Fuggettaboudit!! The main problem with overheating is something warping, like the heads or cylinders. When that happens she don't run no more. You...
• stock rebuild
  Historical mailing list - jimkim
  Tue, 8 Jun 1999 00:30:51 -0700
  ...funds Pistons & cylinders-$440 main-------------------$100 Gasket set------------$180 Rings-------------------$ 50 Rod Bearings--------$ 15 Valve guides---------$ 5 I know this is a short list...
• Re: head gasket question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 11 Dec 2006 18:51:52 -0500
  ...Mike Houlton, Maine '84 GL 7 pass '85 GL Westy Jason Willenbrock wrote: > Okay, > so far I am finding that the hardest part of...
• Re: Toolkit
  Historical mailing list - T.P. Stephens
  Tue, 23 Nov 1999 12:39:13 -0800
  ...Doktor Tim Maintenance Repair and Restoration of European Vehicles San Juan Island, WA
• Re: Trans main shaft pulled out!
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Thu, 4 Mar 1999 16:05:49 -0500
  ...Replace the broken stud and snap ring. > Find and remove the broken ring. Re-assemble with a new gasket and fill > the tranny with...
• Re: oil pressure diagnosis.
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:56:12 -0400
  ...The only change has been the rings & bearings. > > Raise the revs 50 rpm and the oil light is off. Shop says oil pump's...
• Re: GL-5, GL-4, Redline, Sta-Lube, Royal Purple...
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 12 Mar 2007 08:18:13 -0500
  ...Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Geza Polony wrote: > What's the best to cure a synchro ring problem that's been there since...
• Re: Shimming Main Flywheel?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 6 Aug 2005 15:23:15 -0400
  ...It is not adjustable by shimming as there is a step grove on the bottom with an o ring to keep oil from leaking...
• Re: Hard oil seals
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 15 May 2006 17:09:01 -0400
  ...Mike Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN) wrote: > I replaced my crankcase breather tower "O" ring seal and my oil dipstick > "O" ring seal this weekend...
• Re: Swap ring/pinion in diesel trans?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Weddle
  Mon, 4 Feb 2002 10:11:02 -0800
  ...Swap ring/pinion in diesel trans? > > How hard is it to change the ring and pinion in a diesel trans to something > similar to...
• Re: Help with 81 Westy please
  Historical mailing list - Erik Soule
  Mon, 16 Jan 1995 10:38:34 -0800
  ...puke yellow) that was known to be poorly maintained by the previous owner, and a ring broke at 75,000. Mine developed an oil...
• Re: no power: running lean (i think)
  Historical mailing list - Seth F Gordon
  Mon, 6 Jul 1998 19:37:57 -0400
  If your problem is the rings wouldn't you get crappy mpg and burn >oil/have blue exhaust? You'd get crappy mpg cause...
• Engine Cleaning
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Mon, 24 Apr 2000 23:32:41 -0500
  ...rings free, and keep varnish, and sludge from forming inside your engine. However, if you have a high mile engine, and regular maintenance hasen...
• Poll: How many miles on yours?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Small
  Thu, 11 May 2000 23:26:52 EDT
  ...I'm on my third set of heads and am now resealing the current heads after a cylinder o-ring (whatchamacallit) failed (thankfully a...
• Re: User friendly fuels (was you fixed it..)
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Wed, 17 Mar 2004 22:13:13 -0600
  ...maintenance when compared to reciprocating engines. And On 17 Mar 2004 at 22:57, David Brodbeck wrote: > On Wed, 17 Mar 2004, tom ring...
• Re: Boston Bob engines - Use caution
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
  Tue, 16 Jan 2007 02:13:31 +0000
  ...rings stopped the oil leakage from >the oil drain plug. The oil drain plug still leaked, as did the front and >rear main seals...
• Re: Aircooled Rear main seal
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sun, 21 Mar 2004 09:31:08 -0500
  ...Aircooled Rear main seal I have a 1982 Westy and recently replaced the rear main seal and o-ring on the flywheel. Now it...
• Help locating a certain VW scrapyard in the US
  Historical mailing list
  8 Feb 95 15:15
  ...The main point being that the scrapyard owner had about 25 Eberspacher (or however it's spelt ) petrol heaters. And since the yard was...
• RE: Help, my bus has fallen and can't get up!!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 27 Feb 1995 20:08:09 -0600 (CST)
  ...The main bearings were worn so bad that when I grabbed the fly wheel, I could pull it back and forth an inch or...
• Re: Lets do Engine Rebuilding Math!
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 25 Oct 2002 15:17:49 -0400
  ...790 > 1 new set main bearings- $75 > 1 new set cam bearings- $9 > 1 new of pistons cylinder and rings- $275 > 1 new oil...
• More 85 van parts
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Dooley
  Fri, 1 May 1998 19:28:12 -0400
  ...Intake manifold-----with throttle body, no micro switches, no injectors, has coolant pipe and fuel ring main, no pressure regulator Three groove crank pulley...
• Re: Flying without pilot (bearing)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Frisbee
  Tue, 5 Jan 1999 09:49:18 -0800
  Tim, The tranny mainshaft is slightly wobbly, but it is also wobbly on another used tranny I have. I was thinking that this mainshaft...
• Rear main seal
  Historical mailing list - brian adams
  Mon, 13 Aug 2001 12:59:59 -0400
  ...main seal was damaged so again it came out. I replaced the  crankshaft needle bearing, the flywheel felt washser and oil ring seal...
• Mystery Machine back on the road (long)
  Historical mailing list - Jeremy Speer
  Sun, 14 Jul 2002 09:08:45 -0500
  ...teeth on the ring gear, where the starter pinion slams against it, were visibly deformed. He left the original problematic main seal was still...
• Re: type IV push rod tubes leaking in 914 (Viton)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Pedersen
  Wed, 19 Feb 2003 14:35:48 -0800
  ...We had to staple the o-ring packaging on to our QA/QC work to ensure the proper o-ring was installed. Soooo...don...
• Re: '78 Westy air conditioner compressor
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 24 Mar 1996 11:24:34 -0500
  I currently have the engine out for rings, valves, etc. The air conditioning hasn't worked since I've owned it(2 years) but...
• <no subject>
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Tue, 17 Oct 2006 17:55:18 -0700
  ...What I didn't expect to find was apparent oil seepage from around one of the large upper crankcase nuts (main engine bearing?) and...
• Re: Engine Rebuild Pt II
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 Apr 1996 19:53:20 -0400
  ...this, mainly through oil >leaks I'm sure, but I'm not sure if it's a good idea to replace the rings >and...
• 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: Head machined or my way ...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 21 Jul 2007 14:08:20 -0700
  ...The relationship between those two places....where the rings go, and the bottom main face... determines how much the head squeezes the 'water retention...
• 80-83 Tranny / engine / Fuel Injection FS
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 20 May 2002 19:23:41 -0500
  ...oversize main bearings.) #8) One known flaw ...... oversize oil drain plug. This engine will require break in procedures because of the new rings. front...
• Propane Valve
  Historical mailing list - Eli Secor
  Thu, 21 Aug 2003 03:08:56 EDT
  ...Any tricks to getting around a leaking valve? (I assume it's the main valve and not an o-ring on the bleeder or...
• Re: Leak Down Test, define ?
  Historical mailing list - Dwight Mattix (Dwight Mattix)
  Fri, 13 Dec 1996 09:46:39 -0800 (PST)
  ...to a cylinder and see how much of the pressure it maintains (ring and valve leakdown). It's a great test. you can move...
• Still Leaking Losta Oil..... HELP!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Hayden
  Fri, 5 Oct 2001 07:45:04 -0400
  ...shims as per Bentley manual { .0002 } ,New o ring, felt washer, and new rear main seal. He ran it for an hour and a...
• Re: Auto Trannie Governor cap
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 2 Feb 2008 13:41:46 -0800
  If it's the governor cap on the left side, My main tip is don't let any dirt or junk fall in there...
• Re: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Wed, 23 Oct 2013 14:21:55 -0700
  ...which ring broke ? I forgot which one you said. Makes me wonder how good your piston ring grooves on that piston are . There's...
• List of stuff for sale in Vallejo
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 18 Apr 1995 18:49:22 -0700
  ...broken rings? (Burns oil badly) $250.00 AS41 Case has been overheated (300+ deg.) several times, is line-bored .020 oversize mains, cylinder holes...
• Re: Oily Oily Clutch. FW O Ring Failure? and: Problem Solved? ( clutch disk hanging up )
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 29 Mar 2016 18:53:08 -0700
  ...On 3/29/16, SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott ) <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: > reminds me of another thing. > Type of rear main seal. > black...
• Re: Lower Cylinder Seal
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 29 Nov 2004 07:43:34 -0500
  ...Mike Houlton, Maine '84 GL 7 pass '85 GL Westy
• FW: Cold Starts
  Historical mailing list - Milo's Kitchen
  Wed, 12 Nov 2003 22:22:14 -0500
  ...tom ring Subject: RE: Cold Starts I agree, I misstated, more voltage will be required to the capacity of the system. However, in the...
• Re: Unplugging Distributor?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 9 Feb 2004 17:36:47 -0800
  ...block, right? After that the main thing holding the distributor in is the "sticktion" between the rubber O-ring that fits in the grove...
• Re: How hard is it to rebuild a transmission?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 2 May 2015 09:29:35 -0400
  ...If you need to change the ring and pinion set or the main housing you will need to re-set the pinion position. Like...
• Re: CV Joint separation from axle shaft
  Historical mailing list - madsen
  Fri, 26 Nov 1999 01:11:09 -0500
  ...If the > splines and ring groove are in good order, you can just grab hold of the CV > a pull it right off. When...
• Re: Oily Oily Clutch. FW O Ring Failure? and: Problem Solved? ( clutch disk hanging up )
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 30 Mar 2016 10:11:25 -0700
  ...For the o-ring inside the flywheel I find that ones in the > engine kits are not quite right. Get it from the dealer...
• Follow-up RE: fuel lines; the injector side
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Fri, 25 Jun 1999 19:53:22 -0600
  ...It kept and maintained 80 psi with no leaks. The only other symptom I did not try was to include some vibration. The FI...
• Re: head gasket problem ?
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Sat, 22 Sep 2001 09:00:03 -0700
  ...That would mean to change the O rings on the liners. Zoltan ----- Original Message ----- From: Frank Condelli To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Sent: Saturday...
• Re: Internal cargo hooks
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Fri, 6 Feb 2004 11:49:57 -0500
  ...but I'm thinking about adding dedicated thingies such as those in the luggage rack or D rings or something. Thanks, Mike Houlton, Maine