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• Re: Push covers/enging tins
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:28:18 -0400
  ...with Bob Hoover - http://bobhooversblog.blogspot.com/2006/11/vw-engine-paint.html BTW, it applies to both valve covers and push rod tubes.
• Re: Proper Brake Pedal Feel/Travel?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:50:07 -0800
  ...I hear a "whoosh" (possibly same sound?) when I push pedal down. I assume (ed) this was a normal noise of booster. Regardless, he...
• Leak at oil pressure relief valve and pushrods
  Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
  Sun, 11 Aug 2002 18:55:08 -0400
  ...My '87 Westy is missing the plate cover for the pushrods - should I be concerned about this? One of the pushrods also has a...
• Was Re: Push rod tubes
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Mon, 6 Mar 2000 08:48:03 MST
  ...Sun, 5 Mar 2000 11:58:53 -0500 > > > How can I replace the push rod tube seals without disturbing the heads? > > I thought I...
• Re: Collapsable Pushrod Tubes?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Wed, 21 Oct 2015 11:52:56 -0400
  http://www.vanagain.com/shop/collapsible-pushrod-tube-025109337/ Ken On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 10:53 AM, Tyler Hardison <tyler@seraph-net...
• Collapsable push rod tube
  Historical mailing list - James B. Morris
  Fri, 14 Aug 1998 09:59:07 -0500
  I will be changing one pushrod tube this weekend on my newly aquired 87 GL (if the part arrives frome BD today or tomorrow...
• 2.1 pushrod
  Historical mailing list - Mark Seifert
  Mon, 22 Mar 2004 19:10:38 -0800
  I am currently rebuilding my 2.1 waterboxer, and I have a bent pushrod. Anyone know where I can find a new one? I...
• Re: Backup light switch
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Mon, 7 Feb 2005 08:41:40 -0800
  ...It seems that if you push in on the top space contact of the backup light switch, you can cause it to become a...
• Re: reverse (manual) shifting
  Historical mailing list - Matthias Kuster
  Thu, 7 Jun 2007 09:17:40 -0700
  ...The shifting has improved vastly, but >> the push down feature is still missing, I can shift into reverse >> without pushing down. I obviously had...
• Re: Looking for correct name for a push-pull cable
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 5 Dec 2013 04:47:20 +0000
  Turns out the push pull cable I was asking about has a few names: (1) Bowden cable Like our HVAC controls - appears to be...
• Re: Have you ever broken a clutch by push starting a vehicle?
  Historical mailing list - Kai Mei
  Sun, 25 Nov 2007 23:44:41 -0500
  I always push started in 3rd or 4th, on other vehicles... I had to do it a couple times in the vanagon and chose...
• Push-in fasteners for rear hatch panel
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 12 Aug 2015 22:24:19 -0400
  ...http://www.clipsandfasteners.com/Push_Type_Retainer_GM_Ford_Chrysler_p/pas1860-25.htm
• Rockers & push rods Gene Berg 1:4
  Historical mailing list - sanford schulwolf
  Tue, 19 Mar 2002 10:37:07 -0800
  Hello does anyone have a extra Gene Berg 1:4 ratio rocker with cut push rods they would like to sell. It looks like...
• Cruise Control Inductive Pickup: sit on hole, or in hole of Speedometer?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 7 Sep 2011 15:52:54 -0700
  ...ears where screws pass through push past face of black plastic? It would take a little effort to push it in, so am thinking...
• Re: heads off--now some questions
  Historical mailing list - Mike Blotz
  Tue, 3 Dec 2002 13:31:33 -0700
  Really--I cant speak for VW's--but i have seen bent pushrods on corvairs. very similar to the wasser boxer valve train--meaning...
• Re: Patching pushrod tube?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Wed, 13 Jul 2005 09:44:13 -0400
  ...Patching pushrod tube? Hi I have a leaky pushrod tube (was hit by something, got a blow, is cracked in the middle). I tried...
• Re: Head gaskets
  Historical mailing list - "Paul Lindsay,Summit Resources/Triad Sportswear"
  Fri, 14 Jul 2000 13:56:01 -0600
  ...head gasket, left side valve cover gaskets push rod tube seals they also said my rear shoes had <1% of shoe left - not true...
• Re: dont pusy our trip meter while driving!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 23:21:24 -0500
  At 09:56 PM 1/25/2001, Karl Wolz wrote: >David, what are you saying? That it is OK to push while moving, or...
• Re: lifter replacement
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Wed, 14 Apr 2004 13:19:59 -0700
  ...I already ordered two push-rod tubes and 2 lifters from Ken. I think only one lifter is bad, but I bought a spare...
• Re: Speedbleeders? Make 'em!
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 17 May 2001 23:58:51 +1200
  ...Use reasonably stiff rubber hose, block the far end thoroughly (a bolt pushed in up to the head does the trick); use a scalpel...
• Re: type IV push rod tubes leaking in 914 (Viton)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Pedersen
  Wed, 19 Feb 2003 14:35:48 -0800
  ...type IV push rod tubes leaking in 914 (advice needed) > > > > > > > Remove > > > the following, valve covers, rocker arms, wire retainer,push > > > rodss,push-rodd tubes...
• brake hissing?
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sun, 30 Oct 2011 23:42:16 -0400
  ...When idling, if I push in the brake medium-far, I hear nothing, but pushing down *hard*, I hear the hiss. It seems like...
• Re: GEX
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Aug 96 10:13:06 +0200
  David said: >What causes a valve seat to be pushed in? An answer to that might provide >insight into the question of GEX rebuild...
• [Re: Alternator regulator voltage tolerances #]
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Densford
  Fri, 4 Aug 2000 13:31:50 -0400
  ...Whenever I'm faced with an up-hill situation (need to push-start, unable to get it going up hill, nobody to help push...
• Re: drivers door lock
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 9 Jul 2001 09:46:18 -0700
  You should be able to lock from the inside, but you should not be able to push down the lock button with the door...
• Re: Hittin the road..
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Sun, 17 Jun 2007 00:24:20 +0000
  ...Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM> > RE: > > > I have been pushing this thing 9 days! I surely > > will win the Vanagon pushing contest if there...
• Re: Clutch Question
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Mon, 9 Mar 1998 09:36:48 -0500
  ...Pushing on the pedal doesn't work because I'll bet there is some fluid in that line which is trying to push the...
• Re: Push covers/enging tins
  Historical mailing list - Todd P Last
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:06:54 -0700
  ...pushrod tubes are the same for <br> 1.9 and 2.1 engines.&nbsp; In that they're just there to protect the pushrod...
• Re: Clutch pedal difficult to push
  Historical mailing list - Ben Cichowski
  Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:19:09 -0500
  ...Clutch pedal difficult to push > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > I thought I saw this topic either here or on The Samba, but I...
• Re: Weird hesitation / power loss in '85
  Historical mailing list - T.P. Stephens
  Mon, 18 Oct 1999 20:01:27 -0700
  ...Keep pushing, keep pushing, keep pushing, and when it's pretty much >all the way down, YOW! Full steam ahead! >-- Before the 3-cylinder...
• Valve adjust after head job
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Wed, 2 Oct 2013 15:17:10 -0400
  ...The lifters seem firm, pushrods are straight. Now what? Set to tdc #1 and adjust valves in just until contacting? Then turn main pulley...
• Why, not push start?
  Historical mailing list - Peg Piwonka
  Sun, 24 Aug 1997 14:39:41 -0700
  Hi there, According to my VW owners manual it says to never push start the van, even if it is a standerd trany. I...
• 91 Vanagon Idles ok, just wont go
  Historical mailing list - David Thoresen
  Thu, 5 Jul 2001 01:47:01 -0700
  ...it will idle fine, but when the gas is pushed, it goes to around 2000 rpm then just drops again. Any Suggestions? Thanks! David...
• Re: brake pad replacement
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 26 Feb 2004 13:40:02 -0500
  ...Careful when you push the piston back in ... you could push brake fluid back up and out of the fluid reservoir in the dash...
• Re: Replacing pushrod tubes
  Historical mailing list - Brad Anderson
  Thu, 17 Jun 1999 12:06:46 -0700
  ...The important part of the job, I found, is replacing the pushrods and rocker assembly so they seat well . Make sure that the rods...
• lifter replacement
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Tue, 13 Apr 2004 19:08:28 -0700
  ...lifters and a few of the spring-loaded pushrod tubes and plan to remove the pushrod, break the old tube and get the old...
• Re: Speedometer Noise
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 21 Oct 2004 15:40:33 EDT
  In a message dated 10/21/04 2:56:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time, kimbrennan@MAC.COM writes: > Push in your trip odometer button...
• Re: expandable push rod tubes
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:17:56 -0400
  ...expandable push rod tubes hi all ive not used expandable push rod tubes before for any of my air cooled cars before but i...
• Re: bent pushrods... overheated...
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 9 May 2006 21:08:51 -0400
  ...a push rod was bent and I decided the engine was toast. I just put a different 1.9 in there and didn't...
• Re: reinstalling gas tank
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Sun, 4 Feb 2007 11:20:06 -0500
  ...I got those two in, but the third one, the overflow from > the > filler tube, I cannot push in as it is not a...
• Re: VANAGON digest 922
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 26 Apr 1996 11:45:23 -0700
  ...There you will find a little ~3" square box with a push button. Should be an audible click when you push it. Charles Vaughan...
• 2.1 Pushrods- need help! (short)
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Sat, 20 Jan 2001 09:17:11 +0000
  I need to replace a lifter for cylinder #3, but can't get the pushrods out past a steel coolant pipe. Is there a...
• "expandable" pushrod tube?
  Historical mailing list - radish150
  Sat, 31 Mar 2001 21:13:41 -0800
  Hi folks, I have this new pushrod tube in my hand and had imagined that it would be spring loaded. It seems fused and...
• Re: lifter replacement
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Tue, 13 Apr 2004 22:25:06 -0400
  ...The replacement push rod tubes are in short supply. so have them in hand before you tear out the old one try Ken a...
• Re: Spare tire size?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:56:33 -0600
  ...push the ctrl button plus the "c" button simultaneously" Now when you push the "Enter" key, the page automatically scrolls to the next tire...
• Re: Air Cool Pushrod Tube Install
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Sun, 21 Mar 1999 12:46:49 -0500
  ...That is why they make expandable push rod tubes. The only way to insall new push rod tubes, (original, style) is to remove the...
• Re: My latest Acquisitions....
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 10 Jul 2011 20:51:24 -0700
  On Jul 10, 2011, at 6:59 PM, Jason wrote: > It just needs a heater box > and the push tube seals replaced on one...
• Re: Lifter adjustment... How can I tell if they are really hydraulics?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:42:02 -0400
  At 07:10 PM 3/23/2009, David Beierl wrote... >If you take off the rocker and remove the pushrod, you can fish out...
• Re: timing belt?
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Thu, 22 Sep 1994 13:08:41 EST
  David Schwarze loves his gear-driven cam and presumably his resulting pushrods. Notice that Porsche hasn't sold anything with pushrods since the 1976...
• Push rod tubes
  Historical mailing list - Cooper, Jonathan R.
  Tue, 8 May 2001 09:22:27 -0400
  Thanks for all of the advice on Changing my leaking push rod tube. Following the advice was easy and everything worked like a charm...
• Re: VW diesel engine available on Craigs List for $300 98K miles
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:11:15 -0800
  Like this? http://www.mrsharkey.com/pusher.htm On Dec 13, 2007 10:55 AM, VW Doka <vw.doka@gmail.com> wrote: > Why not...
• Re: Looking for correct name or terminology f or a push-pull
  Historical mailing list - James
  Mon, 2 Dec 2013 17:31:56 -0500
  ...Looking for correct name or terminology f or a push-pull > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > nothing that I know of .. > but I can...
• Re: reinstalling gas tank
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 4 Feb 2007 07:02:32 EST
  ...I installed the grommets in the tank, the crossover tube to the chassis, mounted up the tank, then pushed the crossover pipe connectors through...
• Re: Brake Problem , 82 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:00:54 -0800
  ...Same going down hill, if I push in the clutch the brakes work for one push but not after that. Any ideas? thanks, Mark...
• Re: Push covers/enging tins
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:55:42 -0500
  ...The first two hits go to an autoparts > store site with "no parts found" for a "push rod cover grommet." I'll > admit I...
• type IV push rod tubes leaking in 914 (advice needed)
  Historical mailing list - Roger Reynolds
  Wed, 19 Feb 2003 09:58:05 EST
  I'm doing a bit of work on my 914 and want to take care of the leaking push rod tubes. I have new...
• stripped hole fixed/pushrod tube questions?
  Historical mailing list - Radish150
  Sat, 3 Mar 2001 23:28:13 -0800
  Hey all, I'm about to put the head back on my 1.9 and was wondering about the pushrod tubes. Mine have "accordion...
• Brakes-
  Historical mailing list - Geneva Saint-Amour
  Fri, 25 Apr 2014 09:51:55 -0600
  ...but the first pedal-push is smooshy and close to the floor. The second pedal push seems to "pump it up" and feel higher...
• Push rod tube guards?
  Historical mailing list - John Langowski
  Sat, 11 Sep 1999 17:10:55 -0500
  Hello all, I'm looking for a new guard that protects the push rod tubes from road debris on the under side of the...
• Re: Push rod tubes
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sun, 5 Mar 2000 11:58:53 -0500
  > How can I replace the push rod tube seals without disturbing the heads? > I thought I heard somewhere about spring loaded tubes. Yes, they...