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• Re: VW T5 California Camper
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Sun, 8 Jul 2007 13:08:04 -0600
  ...Is there an option for a roof rack or to attach > one? The roof is electrically/hydraulically elevated > and can handle a 50Kg additional...
• Re: transaxle being rebuilt
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 9 Jun 2008 12:10:11 -0700
  ...Be sure to change clutch hydraulic fluid any time you are in that area. the later 12 point CV screws are much better than...
• Re: looking to buy good power steering hose from reservoir to pump, p/n
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:31:54 -0500
  ...The local hydraulics place near us has them for example. But, making a complete soft hose from pump to rack is extremely loud, this...
• Mark Stephens engine for '66 bus
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Mar 1996 15:54:28 -0700
  ...1295 + $100 core + $97 shipping Bill said they have tried various hydraulic lifter setups and they haven't found any that they consider satisfactory...
• Re: Aaaaargh! Brake failure (long)
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Tue, 18 Apr 2000 15:31:18 -0700
  ...firm pedal, that is a sign of air >in the brake hydraulic system, how did you bleed the brakes? Did you flush the >lines...
• Re: Power Steering Pump Squeal
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 4 Nov 2005 08:02:50 -0800
  ...under the murderous strain of trying in vain to compress more hydraulic fluid into a fully extended steering rack-- and it gooses the idle...
• Re: Roof rack for kayaks on 91 Vanagon Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Sun, 16 May 2010 22:33:26 -0230
  ...I've got hydraulic struts now, that works better. Joy On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 8:39 PM, gneiss9 <gneiss9@gmail.com> wrote...
• Engine Overhaul Questions
  Historical mailing list - John Tullier
  Tue, 21 Jan 2003 18:53:37 -0800
  ...How dreadfully important is it that the hydraulic tappets be reinstalled in the same place from which they were removed?...cause if it's...
• EV brake vibrations, summary
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Mera
  Wed, 26 Nov 1997 10:45:29 -0800
  ...rotors, pads, hydraulics, tires, whatever. I don't have ABS (anti-lock break system), rather dual diagonal braking circuits with load sensitive braking. I...
• Re: diesel gas conversion - fifth day
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 5 May 2002 21:38:42 -0700
  ...don't waste your money getting custom lines made up! Most hydraulic shops sell brass sleeves that have semi-barbed fitting on it that...
• Re: End of Diesel Vanagon Saga
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 14 Jan 2005 16:25:23 -0800
  ...Anyway it is finally up and >>> running well now and after replacing almost every hydraulic unit on the >>> vehicle, the brakes and clutch are...
• Re: Power steering component differences
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 5 May 2006 08:56:53 -0700
  ...You can also have a good hydraulic shop make new hoses for you instead. The hose method is easier when compared to retrofitting the...
• Re: Clutch Adjustment ?
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:32:40 +0000
  ...must at least check the fluid level for the very nice hydraulic clutch > mechanism that vanagons have. > > be like working on tail lights that...
• Re: pushrod tube fix
  Historical mailing list - Charles Michaux.
  Thu, 22 May 1997 10:50:00 -0400
  ...once underway you are committed. > There is no adjustment of the hydraulic valve lifters BTW (hasn't been since > 1978). I hope this mechanic...
• Re: Need info on overhead A/C
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 22 Nov 2004 07:38:58 -0500
  ...I am wondering if an A/C repair shop or an hydraulic hoses place could do that? > >Has anyone ever attempted such installation? > >Thanks...
• Re: refrigerator update
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Fri, 30 Jun 2017 18:21:38 -0700
  ...take the old ferrels off without ruining them." On to Kaman Hydraulics at Inland Pacific's recommendation. The desk salesman took one look, walked...
• Re: A curious part
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 3 Apr 2003 08:31:36 -0600
  ...from a popular > > vendor and was surprised by one of the hydraulic > > cylinders. On one side of the casting appeared the > > logo of "FTE...
• Re: Clutch diagnosis/opinions please!
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Fri, 28 Jan 2000 14:27:22 -0500
  ...If there is a lot of freeplay, > then the problem is in the hydraulic system. > > Karl M > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Carrington, Tom <tcarrington@RELITECH...
• Re: Clutch diagnosis/opinions please!
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Sat, 5 Feb 2000 12:34:53 -0800
  ...If there is a lot of freeplay, > then the problem is in the hydraulic system. > > Karl M > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Carrington, Tom <tcarrington@RELITECH...
• Re: limited slip on ice and snow
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Sun, 4 Nov 2007 20:00:18 -0800
  ...ABS sensors for > wheel speed and used a very high pressure hydraulic system to direct the > traction to whichever wheel needed it...Great for...
• Re: Mushy brake pedal question
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Mon, 13 Mar 2000 23:00:47 -0800
  ...Add the fact that those brake shoes are nearing their limit, and you don't have to look any farther into the hydraulic side...
• Re: Vanagon gasket leaks [2]
  Historical mailing list - Fred Younger
  Mon, 15 Mar 1999 15:53:53 -0600
  ...The only odd tool / > difficult part is raising the front of the van some 15" or something > like that, I used a hydraulic lift...
• Re: Sick Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Alan Pickersgill
  Thu, 6 Jan 2000 20:36:39 -0500
  ...cross between a connecting rod about to come adrift and a hydraulic valve bled dry. Mine got me from Pennsylvania (around the Bus Depot...
• Re: HELP ! Clutch pedal mechanism adjustment access needed.
  Historical mailing list - Jim & Melody
  Thu, 20 Jul 2000 21:13:53 -0600
  ...If you take off your master cylinder (don't unhook the hydraulic line), you can reach up in there and adjust the free play...
• Re: Transporter
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Bryson
  Wed, 23 Aug 2000 20:01:16 -0700
  ...I'm also partial to hydraulic valves because I'm lazy and that means '78 or '79. Still I think you want (need) is...
• Re: Tooooooooooooo ritch a startup...com on guys!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 25 Apr 2005 22:09:49 -0400
  ...The whole idea of hydraulic lifters is to take out critical adjustment. If lifters keep clacking, you have a valve sticking in the guide...
• Re: 84 clutch, etal
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reed
  Sat, 6 Jan 2007 05:08:10 +0000
  ...so it sounds like it's time > for a new one. Hydraulics have been looked at and appear fine. > > > > Having not thought about such...
• Re: ..... Can't get first or second gear.
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 21 Feb 2014 14:09:57 -0700
  ...Will quickly check hydraulics and adjustable plate under gear > stick this morning and the agony will be over. > > And yes I can get it...
• Re: push rod tube seals
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Mon, 10 Jun 2013 23:27:16 -0700
  ...so you can feel it slide over the lip of the hydraulic lifter into the central depression. Take all the time and retries you...
• Protecting a sticker?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 3 Sep 2009 07:44:28 -0700
  ...Pilot cars, grading equipment, hulking machines bristling with hydraulic hoses and cast-iron ligaments bouncing about on huge tires, massive tank trucks. A roaring...
• Re: Leaking head hell..
  Historical mailing list - Backus, Brian G
  Tue, 7 Apr 1998 11:25:29 -0700
  ...Had to > cut and > braze the hydraulic lines, but everything is back together and running > fine. > Got the toe-in set up, and it...
• No thanks: TV's, HUDs, GPS, microwave ovens, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Fri, 5 Nov 1999 10:37:15 -0500
  ...fact TV's, VCR's, Cisco Routers, Servers, GPS, tuned-mass hydraulic damping systems, or HUD gauges... But I look forward to seeing them...
• Re: identifying some parts, 80 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 28 Mar 2000 12:35:06 -0500
  ...Inspired by the huge tuned mass dampers in sky-scrapers, the hydraulically-operated 1.5-ton tuned mass (under floor) instantaneously compensated for wind...
• GOT IT! was Re: 83.5 1.9L WB Timing
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 7 Jul 2002 13:18:44 -0500
  ...on my web site and set the valve adjusters up as it says http://www.bostonengine.com/articles/hydraulicll.htm > Good luck > B.Bob >
• loud lifters
  Historical mailing list - mark
  Sun, 21 Sep 2003 09:57:12 -0700
  ...Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Felder wrote: > The hydraulic lifters on my 90 Carat 2.1 have started making very loud > noises if...
• Re: Sticking front calipers
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Mon, 2 Apr 2007 08:04:16 -0700
  ...Proper brake jobs include servicing the hydraulics. Sticking or rubbing > brakes can also heat up and cuase failure of the front wheel bearings. A...
• Re: Poptop Raise Assists (Fryeday content)
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 7 Feb 2007 11:47:50 -0500
  ...doesn't someone on this list have a >> > hydraulic-assist-lift poptop???) >> > > > > -- > http://www.dougalcock.com
• rear hatch struts
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 02 Aug 94 10:16:41 CDT
  ...NO returns on hydraulic or electrical parts ordered in error. 20% restock fee on all other returned parts. ALL returned parts must be in...
• Re: Syncro's spare tire location and sqeeeeeze
  Historical mailing list - Jimmy Sanby
  Thu, 6 Jan 2000 10:02:50 +0200
  ...The diameter of my tyre is actually about 5 - 10 mm to big, but a hydraulic jack does a bit of persuasion. I have...
• Re: Tiico Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Koloski, John G.
  Wed, 29 Nov 2000 10:53:03 -0500
  ...a tripod (to hold the video camera) a 2 1/2 ton hydraulic floor jack (to wrestle engines around) Two jackstands (to hold the...
• Re: suddenly clutch just gone?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Tue, 16 May 2006 12:39:36 -0400
  ...the bently and don't actually see a cable, just all > hydraulics. > > checked the brake fluid resivour, and it was nearly a little DOT3...
• Re: Oil Suggestions
  Historical mailing list - Brenton Tait
  Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:46:01 +0200
  ...sohc, hydraulic Type ............ rack and pinion Ignition ........... electronic Lock to lock .... 3,75 turns Main bearings ...... six Turning circle .. 10,7 metres Fuel requirement...
• more collision damage found
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:56:04 -0400
  ...I think I can borrow a hydraulic spreader or ram to push that crossmember back where it belongs. I'm not sure what such...
• Re: lifters for new engine? - and increased stroke
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 23 Mar 2003 19:59:11 -0600
  ...There are people doing crazy things with >water boxers - far exceeding these minor mods. > >It looks like i am going to stick with hydraulic...
• shifter grind after swap
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Wed, 29 Sep 2004 10:36:18 -0400
  ...I checked the Hydraulic fluid it's full in the Master Cylinder. I put in about 3.4qts of synthetic blend GL where the...
• Re: The hits keep coming
  Historical mailing list - Michael
  Sat, 9 Apr 2016 15:05:21 -0400
  ...The AT has a pump and functions using hydraulic > pressure. You are pumping ATF into the diff because a seal has failed, and > there...
• Re: Clutch sticking
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Thu, 27 Jan 2000 10:39:37 -0800
  ...Haven't checked the fluid level > yet, have not noticed any leaks. > > Any thoughts on the nature of my difficulties for the hydraulically > challenged...
• Re: Automatic Transmission alternatives..help
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 6 Feb 2001 18:52:25 -0600
  ...It is sort of a hydraulic ECU that controls the shifting, very interesting to work on. Anyway, I could be wrong, but I don...
• Re: My first trip in the hand painted westy - shifting/clutch problems
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Tue, 14 Sep 2004 00:36:03 -0700
  ...slave cylinder, 2) a leaking/bad master cylinder or 3) low > hydraulic fluid. The archives are well versed in this problem - so > please resist...
• clutch pedal adjustment procedure
  Historical mailing list - Matt Barclay
  Wed, 4 Jul 2007 20:30:36 -0700
  ...First of all, the pedal could be off because there is air in the hydraulic lines, or if the master or slave cylinders are...
• Re: Never brag (and please help get my van started...)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 10 Apr 2012 06:22:32 -0400
  ...I have seen engines get hydraulically locked. Try un plugging all the injectors or disconnecting the fuel pump and then try to start it...
• Re: Clutch Use
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Tue, 29 Jun 1999 22:37:02 -0700
  ...Not a bad skill for > anyone to learn, so that you can get yourself home when your > clutch's cable > breaks or the hydraulic...
• Re: 90+ Fox engine @ 54 degrees
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 25 Sep 2002 19:40:20 -0700
  ...Another thing is to make sure your hydraulic lifters are in excellent shape as they tend to fail when laid over at 50 degrees...
• Re: 88GL Tranny Swap - from manual to automatic
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Thu, 22 Aug 2013 14:31:50 -0700
  ...clutch pedal there > > that does nothing . > > need to remove allthe clutch hydraulics.. > > unless you want that stuff on the van doing nothing. I can...
• Re: No brake lights
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 4 Dec 2010 09:12:54 -0500
  ...It’s a dual hydraulic circuit master cylinder, so if a leak develops in a line or brake assembly to 2 of the wheels...
• Re: 1.6 litre diesel heads - regular vs turbo-diesel
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 8 Dec 1996 01:10:33 -0700 (MST)
  ...that it must be with adjustable valves..........I already have two hydraulic valve heads. gary meek sherwood park, alberta, canada 82 Vanagon GL 1...
• Porsche trans adaptor info found
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 12 May 2000 10:31:14 +1200
  ...Clutch actuation in 915 is cable; you can either convert van to cable clutch, or preferably convert the 915 to hydraulic, as I will...
• Re: Causes of rear brake soft pedal
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Paquette
  Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:37:40 -0400
  ...I didn't open the rear hydraulics this time, so > didn't > bleed anything as a result. I will do a quick bleed and...
• Re: Off-road style jack recommendation
  Historical mailing list - Matt Thyer
  Thu, 8 Apr 2010 11:28:48 -0700
  ...m probably going to replace it with a little 12 ton hydraulic lift and if I need a way out of the mud or...
• Re: Vanagon mentioned on Car Talk today
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 21 Aug 2005 16:27:01 -0500
  ...it function. > ( Clutch, pressure plate, pilot bearing, throw out bearing, clutch > hydraulics, etc.) > > Yea, I now I'm stepping on some toe's, and...