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• Re: Clutch problems
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Mon, 8 Nov 2004 10:13:16 -0600
  ...I keep planning to send one into one of those cylinder restoration places and get it sleeved in brass or stainless. Has anyone ever...
• Re: Help.
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 10 Jun 2008 06:03:57 EDT
  ...My piston sleeves are stuck to my heads, really stuck. Has anyone seen this before? and what do I do? Shawn, very common occurrence...
• Re: parking brake adjustment frozen
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 26 May 2011 17:10:10 -0700
  ...Maybe the PO crushed the nut with ViceGrips? If it breaks, or you cut it, could one weld a sleeve + thread back on to...
• Re: Syncro Driveshaft help/input needed
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Tue, 12 Oct 2010 22:43:47 -0700
  ...The sleeve bearing you ordered from Texas is > also likely one of mine, as I sold 3 to Simon. You'll find that the...
• Re: Transmission input shaft play?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 6 Nov 2012 22:40:42 -0800
  ...There is a gear/sleeve that slides over both, but my guess is that even with that gear, there's still enough play to...
• Test for Bad Head Gasket....Please advise
  Historical mailing list - Rich Blake
  Fri, 27 Sep 2002 20:15:57 -0700
  ...This is how he was able to identify the precise cylinder sleeve and head gasket that was leaking. I saw the parts he later...
• Re: AMC Cylinder Head Question
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:18:41 -0800
  ...I really feel that it is the sleeve that connects the driving shaft coming into the bell housing with the main shaft in the...
• Re: Loud and heavy popping noise up front
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:40:58 -0700
  ...Could it be a that a radius arm has worn through rubber/metal sleeve and is banging on the subframe? Neil. On Sat, Jun...
• Re: Window Crank Door Speaker Handle "FIX"?
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Mon, 31 Dec 2012 16:25:59 -0500
  ...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: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Wed, 23 Oct 2013 08:19:18 -0700
  ...and one >> cylinder. i thought i would try moving the pistons, and, well, the stuck >> one slid right past the end of the sleeve...
• Re: Stuck cylinders
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sat, 12 Nov 2011 12:35:06 -0500
  There is no way to remove the rods and/or the pistons before removing the cylinders. My idea is to put the piston at...
• Re: Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 20 Dec 2015 12:21:34 -0800
  Yeah, how did you do that? The Bentley shows sleeve is installed over the piston, then the assembly is inserted over the rod and...
• off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Sun, 6 Oct 2013 12:17:49 -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: [Fwd: Re: Wind]
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 19 Oct 1999 14:05:10 -0700
  ...1.) how and with what do you use to > > reinstall the > > cylinder sleeve over the piston/rings while working in such > > a small area...
• Re: Tools for engine overhaul on 85 waterboxer
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 23 Apr 2004 02:23:17 -0500
  ...I had to put all my cylinders in twice because >> >> >of > > >>this mistake. You have to put the rear cylinders in first (closest to...
• Re: Water Wetter questions...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 12 Jul 2015 20:02:38 -0400
  ...This can be especially beneficial in our sleeved cylinder engines. We don’t see much cylinder damage from cavitation erosion but it is very...
• Re: rebuilding a 2.1 engine. tips, suggestions wanted
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Mon, 21 Feb 2000 17:58:41 EST
  ...be aware of? >The sealing surface between the head and the cylinder sleeve looks >good, no >damage, but I was advised that I would...
• Re: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 6 Oct 2013 17:31:30 -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...
• Re: Clutch repairs, was "Is mechanic on the level?"
  Historical mailing list - The Henrys
  Sun, 31 Jan 1999 10:51:28 +0000
  ...His examination of the whole system showed that all the parts you mentioned required replacement and, probably most important, the clutch "guide sleeve" was...
• Re: Transmission input shaft play?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 8 Nov 2012 19:49:42 -0800
  ...There is a gear/sleeve that slides over both, but >> my guess is that even with that gear, there's still enough play to...
• Re: Trouble getting WBX piston out
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Wed, 3 Oct 2012 18:35:20 -0700
  When I did my 1.9 WBX 10 years ago ,I found that a Air cooled engine case insert for the #3 cylinder worked...
• Re: Coolant I use in my 1990 with stock 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 14 Jan 2014 20:17:03 -0500
  ...The VW is motor like a truck motor with removable cylinder sleeves and the outer gasket does nothing more than hold the coolant. While...
• Re: MYSTERY wires
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 27 Sep 2000 12:44:04 -0400
  ...It APPEARS to go into the crankcase at the juction with the >passenger side cylinder bloc, but that can't be right. David Beierl...
• Re: The root of all bubbles, low compression and evil itself? 1.9 head off...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 7 Feb 2017 18:13:48 +0000
  ...of the cylinder sleeve and it looks > corroded- but the actual head itself doesn’t…do I need to “re-sleeve” it? > > In the...
• Weird damage to a/c Compressor
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Mon, 14 Jun 1999 23:30:29 -0500
  ...Long and short of it is, the "threaded sleeve" that the "a/c hose connector threads onto" is sort of dented, and some of...
• Re: RECOVERED! - diesel westy in Montreal
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Mon, 17 Oct 2005 15:56:12 -0700
  ...No damage to the van I can see. > There was a sopping wet sweatshirt left in the van and my long-sleeve > t-shirt...
• Re: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 17 Oct 2013 09:43:59 -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: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Thu, 17 Oct 2013 15:55:57 -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 - Kevin Duvernay
  Mon, 23 Mar 2015 10:02:12 -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: Window Crank Door Speaker Handle "FIX"?
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Mon, 31 Dec 2012 15:33:37 -0500
  ...But at $34, twice > > the price of the offset cranks I did get, I don't think any cosmetic > > sleeve would be required -- they...
• Input Shaft Notes
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:35:28 -0800
  ...Easy to jamb gear sleeve against carrier. Lift gear above join where input shaft and lower splined shaft meet. Put trany in gear once...
• Re: front end reassembly: strut bar
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:18:40 -0700
  ...AM, neil n<musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> Beware that the metal sleeves are likely NLA. > > > -- > Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" > > http://tubaneil...
• Re: Head stud testing
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 23 Mar 2015 17:50:16 -0400
  ...Most get overhauled in place > > including replaceable cylinders. Engines with cylinders cast in > > block or "parent bores" are usually lower cost replaceable engines. > > Even...
• Re: Was fuel leak? Now: appropriate route for fuel lines
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 8 Feb 2013 11:59:46 -0800
  ...I didn't like that the OEM sleeves showed signs of heat damage so routed the new hoses more or less on top of...
• Re: disaster... again!
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Ensing
  Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:41:47 EDT
  ...cylinders/pistons out to extract the broken stud and found a broken ring on one side and a huge crack in the sleeve near...
• compressing piston rings in engine
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Mon, 9 Dec 2013 10:33:57 -0800
  ...the sleeve. If you've used one in this scenario, where did you locate the compressor ratchet mechanism when doing the last cylinder: top...
• Volkswagen tool list for 1963-1967.(long)
  Historical mailing list - Eric Oster
  Thu, 16 Feb 1995 16:10:12 -0800 (PST)
  ...A fitting sleeve of 19.05mm dia. is required for the tandem master cylinders of type 2 vehicles, and a sleeve of 22.2mm...
• Re: Stuck cylinders
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Sat, 12 Nov 2011 09:41:24 -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: Replaced Rings blowing oil
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 17 Jan 2003 09:14:20 -0600
  Hello Eli! Any time you pull a cylinder barrel because of ring problems, and you want good performance when it goes back together, you...
• Re: scratch on heads mating surface for cylinders
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sun, 22 Jul 2007 08:31:51 -0400
  ...Any leak into the cooling chamber means replacement of >the cylinder head unfortunately. Whenever combustion gas is leaked through >the head gaskets into the...
• Re: Roadhaus....partial solution for helping!
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Fri, 7 May 2004 13:09:21 -0400
  ...On my engines I increase the piston to skirt clearance by honing the cylinders. This is common practice on racing and industrial engines in...
• Re: Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
  Sun, 20 Dec 2015 12:07:36 -0800
  I pulled the cylinders and put in the new o rings ( I had the gasket set). Then I had the fun of compressing rings...
• Re: Compression test - cold vs hot?
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Fri, 18 Mar 2005 01:56:34 -0500
  ...look up the the difference between the extremes for the ring and cylinder tolerances. there is a big distance there, i forget what it...
• Re: Engine out--won't come apart. Need heads!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:47:06 -0700
  would hurt to soak the bottoms of the cylinder with BP Blaster ponetrating oil. there are bumps on the sides of the barrles just...
• Re: Transmission input shaft play?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 7 Nov 2012 11:08:25 -0800
  ...There is a gear/sleeve that slides over both, ..... > Some images of what I mean (this is an air cooled, but same idea): > > https...
• Re: quick and dirty head swap-dennis' 2 cents.
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 23 May 2013 09:13:38 -0700
  ...What is critical is the seal between the heads and the cylinder sleeves. If you actually sand blasted, not glass or aluminum oxide blasted...
• Re: New owner questions
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 24 Nov 2012 09:12:13 -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...
• Re: Pressurized Cooling Sys./Cyl. Head
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Sat, 5 May 2001 08:49:56 -0400
  Gary There are also metal rings between the heads and sleeves. As I see it the metal rings seal the combustion chamber and the...
• Re: leaky head gasket question again
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Tue, 2 Apr 2002 17:27:42 -0500
  ...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: It's alive, but it gives bad head! (Fixing head leak on '87 2.1L)
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Sun, 17 Jun 2007 22:19:48 -0500
  ...under cap nuts Valve cover gasket --- Revised procedure: --- - Remove head - Leave cylinder sleeves in place - Clean and inspect Head inspection points: - No show stoppers...
• Re: Water Wetter questions...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 12 Jul 2015 20:47:15 -0500
  ...This can be especially beneficial in our sleeved cylinder engines. > We don’t see much cylinder damage from cavitation erosion but it is very...
• Re: compressing piston rings in engine
  Historical mailing list - Derek Burgess
  Mon, 9 Dec 2013 13:48:28 -0500
  ...the sleeve. > If you've used one in this scenario, where did you locate the compressor > ratchet mechanism when doing the last cylinder: top...
• Re: Was fuel leak? Now: appropriate route for fuel lines
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:15:54 -0800
  ...I made a >> stainless steel bracket for each hose >> I didn't like that the OEM sleeves showed signs of heat damage so >> routed...
• Coolant additives
  Historical mailing list - David Prager
  Wed, 1 Aug 2001 14:32:03 -0700
  ...The engine in this beast has an electrolysis based problem that causes pitting in cylinder sleeves and head gaskets that creates leaks. This pitting...
• Re: spark plug blow out
  Historical mailing list - Claudio Cella
  Thu, 30 May 2002 22:15:34 -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: cylinder heads for my 84 westy
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:22:13 -0700
  ...I have new AMC heads listed on my _Vanagon Items Forsale_ > >(http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/sales.htm) webpage > Cylinder head, > >1.9/2...
• Installing Ignition Switch - HELP!!!
  Historical mailing list - Germain
  Sat, 5 Jun 2004 21:32:53 -0400
  ...a special tool called VW420 according to Bentley ( a cylinder to push the spacer sleeve). However the following procedure do not talk about it...
• Re: Failing clutch master or slave?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 28 Jun 2021 13:36:58 -0400
  ...No issues with release bearing or bearing guide sleeve. Solution: I am replacing clutch, slave cylinder, cross arm shaft, and clutch kit today. I...
• Re: Plastic cooling pipes damaged...
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sun, 10 Jun 2001 22:44:21 -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...
• Re: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 18 Oct 2013 21:35:21 -0500
  ...Slim so it still could fit between > cylinders and block. > >> > >> Was a pain, but do able. > >> > >> Alistair > >> > >> > >> > >>> On Oct 18, 2013, at 5:46...