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• Re: New-Spark-Plugcebo Effect
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 21 Aug 2012 16:53:13 -0700
  ...The projected tip brings the > flame front closer to the piston and can increase the propensity for knock > and ping. This can also increase...
• Re: Windage, Ullage, Oil Temps
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 28 Mar 2002 10:27:19 -0600
  ...the block, Teflon buttons on the wrist pins, full floating wrist pins (lightened), short skirt forged pistons, light weight aluminum roller lifters, chrome molly...
• Sorry if old mail/Corvairs & VWs
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Sep 1995 17:24:52 -0700
  ...sorry) -rvb "The list price of a VW cylinder, piston, rings and wrist pin assembly for the 1500 is approximately $25.000 compared to...
• Re: Cylinder hone -conclusion?
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Fri, 23 Jan 2004 00:41:40 -0500
  ...The reason for the offset piston pin is to transition the piston from one side of the cylinder to the other as the piston...
• Re: Easy way to put cylinders on (was Re: head job)
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Wed, 9 Feb 2000 12:06:21 -0500
  ...Then you are faced with the task of getting them over the rings, or removing the pistons. With the piston pins usually very firmly...
• Need advice inner cylinder sealing ring
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Tue, 4 Apr 2000 18:09:10 -0700
  ...Today when I looked at it, I noticed that the mechanic must have slipped with the piston pin reamer, and a small chip is...
• Re: Help stuck caliper slide pin
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:26:39 -0800
  ...The caliper > bolts into these "pins". I have the single piston Girling calipers on the > 86 and up vans. The pads are not held...
• Re: dragging caliper
  Historical mailing list - Aaron
  Sun, 14 Aug 2016 17:41:40 -0700
  ...There are two main spots where corrosion can cause a caliper to seize up; the piston itself and the caliper bolts or pins that...
• 2.1L Rebuild Progress - Week 2
  Historical mailing list - Mark Mages
  Sun, 17 Mar 2002 14:24:51 -0800
  ...I screwed something up installing the last piston nearest the water pump. The wrist pin does not turn freely on the crank arm - pretty...
• Re: WTB: Caliper Guide Pins for Vanagon Girling Calipers (was Audi 200/5000)
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:06:56 -0800
  ...guide pins today. I am good to go as they say. Same local VW place can get me the rebuilt Audi dual piston calipers...
• Re: wrist pins/boston bob
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
  Fri, 4 Feb 2005 12:45:20 +1100
  ...circlip had broken ??? allowing the pin to move. > Gradually the hole elongated resulting in the bottom of the piston skirt > smashing , hence the small...
• Re: dragging caliper
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 15 Aug 2016 19:49:52 -0400
  ...There are two main spots where corrosion can cause a > caliper to seize up; the piston itself and the caliper bolts or pins that...
• Re: Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 21 Dec 2015 09:50:51 -0600
  ...Jim On Monday, December 21, 2015, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > A slide hammer to pull the piston pins out is not a...
• Part # needed, Calling all ETKAphiles
  Historical mailing list - Imua Camper Co.
  Wed, 30 Aug 2000 08:33:16 -1000
  ...in the Power steering rack and pinion assemble. Seems I damaged the seal for the work piston- the one you are supposed slide carefully...
• Re: rebuilding engine removing the wrist pins
  Historical mailing list - Peter Zendzian
  Sat, 13 Jun 1998 19:02:05 -1000
  ...removing the cylinders from the heads. >Also, removing the wrist pins from the pistons was a problem. >I had to "invent" a tool that...
• waterboxer overhaul
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn Ratjen
  Wed, 8 Sep 1999 16:02:02 -0700
  ...Piston pins are not easy to remove due to the high sidewall of the block. Tip: I used a 6" long 3/4 bolt...
• Re: YABT: Yet another brake thread... :-(
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 31 Mar 2010 06:19:48 -0400
  ...The aftermarket kits usually have the wrong hold down pins and retainers. Wheel cylinders from the dealer can be hit or miss. You want...
• Re: 84 head job update and questions
  Historical mailing list - Tony Thompson
  Sat, 1 Jun 2002 12:51:02 -0300
  ...the piston bases so that errant >> >parts > >>don't zing off into the interior of the engine. I found the wrist pins >> >very > >>difficult...
• Re: Automatic transmission leak - fixable?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 5 Dec 2011 06:03:40 -0500
  ...You have to be careful that the band is properly seated on the piston pin and the adjustment screw. Seals are 003323525A, 010323487C, and...
• Re: Ping/Knock/Detonation
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Sat, 20 Jan 2007 12:05:28 -0800
  ...While pinging, you working at busting rings, > melting > pistons, and burning valves or even cracking heads. This is where > EGR could > be helpful but...
• Re: engine swap (ignorant questions) -> EV piston slap
  Historical mailing list - "L-Soft list server at Vanagon List (1.8c)"
  Thu, 11 Dec 1997 09:58:43 -0800
  ...Try HELP. >>>> Mitsubishi V6 engines), there is a piston pin offset that allows the >>> Unknown command - "MITSUBISHI". Try HELP. >> Unknown command - "UNKNOWN". Try HELP...
• My unexpected foray into engine work
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sun, 4 May 2008 15:24:21 -0400
  ...The toughest part is just removing the circlips (on the side the pin will be pulled towards) from the piston pins. I had 2...
• Re: 1600 Rebuild Notes...
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 4 Mar 1996 06:24:01 -0600 (CST)
  ...I feel like it > could hurt the piston, being hit against the head studs. (note excessive > amount of masculine terminolgy in engines- i'm...
• Front brake caliper hangup '87 Vanagon- any advice
  Historical mailing list - George Wietor
  Wed, 7 Jun 2006 09:08:41 -0700
  ...Pulling the caliper reveals that the bearings, rotor, pads, slider pins are all fine. Retracting the caliper piston with a C-clamp solves the...
• Re: need help with splitting the case
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Sun, 13 Apr 2003 22:02:57 -0700
  ...Rotate the engine so that the piston so that the wrist pin is aligned with the hole in the block. Using the circlip pliers...
• Re: brake pad replacement
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 26 Feb 2004 15:00:59 -0600
  ...and it pushes the plunger back before I remove the locking pins. Stan Wilder -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon...
• Clutch Pedal & Clutch cylinder rod Q
  Historical mailing list - Mark Flynn
  Tue, 24 Jun 1997 11:50:43 -0400
  ...pivot pin. At least it's not hot in the garage, no, not at all. By the way, I had new rings, pistons, sleeves...
• Info on brake caliper bolts...
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Sun, 19 Nov 2000 22:58:43 -0800
  ...bellows for the sliding pins, are the only "hardware" there is for the '86-up floating caliper.) For dual-piston Girling or ATE calipers...
• Re: '82-2.0 teardown. help me find the knocking please
  Historical mailing list - Richard Jones
  Mon, 1 Jun 2009 19:54:13 -0600
  ...Bishop and Lone Pine one September and started knocking. I drove it home to Boulder. Teardown revealed the noise was piston slap. The cylinders...
• Re: Diesel head gasket blown?
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Sat, 20 Sep 2003 08:16:37 -0700
  ...With the head off, turn the crank to set all pistons at mid travel. Wipe a smear of grease around the perimeter of each...
• Autostop Valve Problem Solved - Repair proceedure
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Sat, 2 Sep 2000 07:39:18 -0400
  ...The problem with my valve was that the piston was not closing all the way. When the valve is open, there a pinhole vent...
• Re: air cooled piston weight/cylinder question
  Historical mailing list - Joe Luther
  Tue, 22 Feb 2011 12:16:49 -0500
  ...The reason the pistons have to face in one direction (the arrow) is that the pin is slightly offset to avoid piston slap noises...
• Re: aftermarket turbo/supercharger to deisel?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Sun, 11 Feb 2001 16:38:57 EST
  ...OK..the VW TD..thicker deck on the block, bigger piston pins, thicker piston crown, oil squirters for the underside of the pistons, different...
• 87 Syncro for sale!
  Historical mailing list - Scot Douglas
  Tue, 2 Dec 1997 08:51:41 -0500
  Hello All, I just returned from my dealership here in Ann Arbor Michigan (Having the EV piston slap and an oil leak looked into...
• 82 westy brake troubles
  Historical mailing list - michael johnson
  Sat, 7 Dec 2002 19:56:22 -0800
  ...sticking piston within the caliper? Or would it be caused by the pads not freely floating on the two pins? Should these pins be...
• Tricks to getting cylinder barrels back on?
  Historical mailing list - Rob Scott
  Sun, 4 May 2003 20:25:18 -0700
  ...Can the cylinder barrels be re-installed over the pistons without requiring the use of several special VW tools to pull the wrist pin...
• Re: Help stuck caliper slide pin
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:33:41 -0400
  ...Assuming the "guide Pin" is what i think it is.... Go to any FLAPS (I used Autozone) and get a hardware set. It includes...
• Re: ENGINE FAILURE-could be caused by too lean air-fuel mixture
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 13 Mar 2002 07:55:39 -0500
  ...One consideration with WBX is that under load, you can not hear it ping until the ping is really bad. At this point, engine...
• Re: Calif. Smog Fail and Catalytic Converter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 17 Mar 2013 20:12:38 -0400
  ...bit more ping resistant as they do not have the protruding metal center electrode. Consider additional oil cooling. Keeping the pistons cooler may help...
• Re: Alternative way of reinstalling cylinder liner
  Historical mailing list - Doug in CA
  Tue, 30 Mar 2004 13:41:58 -0800
  Why not pull the piston off and put it back in the cylinder first? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Collum" <collum@VERIZON.NET> To: <vanagon...
• Re: EGR Valve removal???
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 30 Jul 1996 20:12:22 -0400
  ...This reduces the tendancy of the engine to knock, ping, and melt pistons. The control of the PFT also reduces smog by reducing the...
• Re: Cylinder hone -conclusion?
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Fri, 23 Jan 2004 02:55:10 -0800
  So in my PNW hippy way, it seems that you could both be right, just at different points in the pistons travel. One has...
• Re: dragging caliper
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 14 Aug 2016 21:31:03 -0400
  ...There are two main spots where corrosion can cause a caliper to seize up; the piston itself and the caliper bolts or pins that...
• Re: New-Spark-Plugcebo Effect
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 21 Aug 2012 20:31:11 -0400
  ...The projected tip brings > the flame front closer to the piston and can increase the propensity > for knock and ping. This can also increase...
• Re: Engine Rebuild Questions
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Tue, 7 Apr 2009 14:58:56 -0400
  Robert, A few comments: - Get a set of rebuilt rods (Van-Cafe has them) instead of replacing the wrist pin bushings. - Piston & Cylinder kit...
• Re: Knock & Ping?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 3 Mar 2006 20:47:44 -0500
  ...This engine is designed to be knocking and ping resistant so it can remain floored and revved for extended periods without meltdown. That is...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon Gas Eng. - Block's stud failure - details acoming....
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 7 Apr 2008 14:06:12 -0400
  ...engine. > > > >Is there a trick to (a) removing the wrist pins that hold pistons to rod in >this Vanagon engine - I've done aircooled...
• Re: Borrow ring compressor in SW Ohio area?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 1 Mar 2011 14:42:16 -0500
  ...Install the pistons into the bottom of the cylinders leaviing the pin bore just below the cylinder wall. Then take the assembly and install...
• Re: Proper Brake Pedal Feel/Travel?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:34:16 -0800
  ...Bible ... > it shows an exploded view of the MC. > I notice there's a primary and secondary piston. > I see a 'stoke limiting screw...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 17 May 2016 (#2016-150)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 18 May 2016 05:25:19 -0400
  ...Then you have to be careful to get the pin on the end of the piston lined up with where it goes in the...
• Re: cheap shipping company, Mass to SF. Engine Rebuild Question too
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Fri, 21 Mar 2003 20:34:34 -0500
  ...Also, >do I need to buy a special tool to take the burr off the piston pin if >there is a burr, or can...
• Re: Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
  Sun, 20 Dec 2015 16:04:39 -0800
  ...I've had problems getting piston pins out of different engines, > and I don't have those VW tools. They even have a reamer...
• Re: Kombi Problems!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Apr 1995 08:14:24 -0700
  ...or something? Didn't forget something deep in the engine like piston pin keepers or something, eh? Shooting in the dark now, Good luck...
• Re: Spongy Brake Pedal
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 29 Sep 2016 16:50:10 +0000
  ...Jim On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 11:21 AM Mark Pinnell <mark.stuart.pinnell@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > Brake pedal on my...
• Engine teardown - 2.1L WBX
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 10 Jun 2015 17:10:28 -0500
  ...Right now removal of two piston pins is a problem. Any suggestions on that. The rebuilder is very good, but this one has him...
• Re: 84 head job update and questions
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Fri, 31 May 2002 23:10:24 -0500
  ...the piston bases so that errant parts > don't zing off into the interior of the engine. I found the wrist pins very > difficult...
• Re: engine swap (ignorant questions) -> EV piston slap
  Historical mailing list - "L-Soft list server at Vanagon List (1.8c)"
  Thu, 11 Dec 1997 09:58:45 -0800
  ...Try HELP. >>>>> Mitsubishi V6 engines), there is a piston pin offset that allows the >>>> Unknown command - "MITSUBISHI". Try HELP. >>> Unknown command - "UNKNOWN". Try HELP...
• Re: waterboxer overhaul
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn Ratjen
  Mon, 13 Sep 1999 09:49:38 -0700
  ...I forgot to mention that the pistons were braced by two small pieces of wood wedged between piston and housing during pin removal. This...
• Re: Need advice inner cylinder sealing ring
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Wed, 5 Apr 2000 00:31:38 -0700
  ...I guess they had a hard time getting one of the piston pins out. But something interesting I discovered. That we here in Olympia...
• Re: Is THIS the "boxer" transplant we've been waiting for?
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Thu, 8 Mar 2018 13:32:31 +0000
  ...I piston engines there is (always, usually?) a very slight offset on wrist pins so that the compression, combined with the dynamics of the...