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• Re: 0 psi comp on #1! ;-( questions for you guys!
  Historical mailing list - Paul Archibald
  Tue, 4 Mar 2003 11:31:20 -0800
  ...and yes the rings along with a quicky hone of the barrels makes sense while it's apart..now to determine what the actual...
• Re: e-bay trim rings...blocked by seller! Now: other vendors?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 16 Feb 2008 10:25:59 -0800
  ...I have old Chevy stainless beauty rings on my van. Very nicely made. On Feb 16, 2008 3:56 AM, Jeffrey Lubin <visionwizard@verizon...
• Re: piston rings----the good, the bad and the ugly
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Sat, 30 Mar 2002 06:49:50 -0500
  Tony, > I've heard that Deves rings are the choice of rings, second only to German > > The 2.2L kits have Grant rings which...
• Re: Hog Rings - the mystery
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 21 Nov 1995 15:23:13 -0800 (PST)
  ...Starbucks? And let me tell you what ELSE > she had hog-rings in! > > Thom > -- > > No comment till I speak to my lawyer. > Thom Fitzpatrick...
• Re: NVC: Friday......$52 cupholder!!!
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 8 Feb 2008 18:45:46 -0800
  But it's got Adapter Rings! Two of them! $52 for a cup holder with adapter rings? Oh I'm there! --- ;^) Neil. On 2...
• Re: Rebuild or Sell??
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 14 Aug 1996 13:03:50 PDT
  ...If so, beware of rebuilds involving just rings & top end work. My uncle spent $2600 on new heads & rings on his '88, only to...
• Re: AVP Engines
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 11 Jul 2003 08:58:41 -0700
  ...Didn't know abut the rings and the rebuilder says he's been using the same rings for years. Oh, well, I'm going...
• Re: Ideas on installing E4-lights
  Historical mailing list - John Langowski
  Thu, 1 Jul 1999 21:25:03 -0500
  ...The retaining rings snug up fine. I didn't see any difference in fit compared to the stock lights I removed. John 84 Westy...
• VW Diesel Piston sets for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 16 Feb 2000 22:53:39 EST
  ...One set of Mahle new 1.6l Normally Aspirated Diesel Pistons and Rings standard size. $250 One set of Kohlbenschmidt pistons and rings for...
• VW Diesel Piston sets for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 16 Feb 2000 22:53:39 EST
  ...One set of Mahle new 1.6l Normally Aspirated Diesel Pistons and Rings standard size. $250 One set of Kohlbenschmidt pistons and rings for...
• '83 air cooled - horn button problem
  Historical mailing list - Marc
  Tue, 18 Mar 2003 13:00:17 -0500
  Looks like I have the dreaded worn horn contact rings in my steering wheel. My horn only works when I'm turning. I popped...
• O-ring seal material
  Historical mailing list - Wolfgang Ziegler
  Wed, 10 Sep 2003 23:34:35 -0400
  Hi list, About 2500 miles after I installed a new clutch and replaced most cooling hoses and O-rings, a small leak developed at...
• Piston Perforation
  Historical mailing list - Jon B. Kanas
  Tue, 25 May 1999 21:36:58 -0600
  ...The the rings remain intact longer as they are made of a harder metal. The rings smash the heat-softened piston ridges between the...
• Re: Water Cooler System Design Flaw Workaround?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:25:22 -0400
  ...But if you take into account the very small area of the sealing rings compared to the area of an I-4 head gasket...
• Re: GoWesty Hitch
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:02:50 -0700
  ...The GoWesty hitch also connects (besides just the tow rings) to the engine rear support bar with a heavy piece of metal. Rob becida...
• Re: Mobil 1 synthetic 20W50?
  Historical mailing list - Harmon Seaver
  Mon, 2 Sep 2002 11:38:41 -0500
  I don't know why it would blow by the rings unless they were pretty worn. I use it in my '81 aircooled 2...
• Westy roof-rack spider bungee net
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sun, 26 Sep 2004 11:07:39 -0700
  ...SO! I decided to use rings at each bunge junction to allow the bungee cord to slide around from any tight places to loose...
• Re: Some dometic notes
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 30 Jun 2019 12:16:51 -0700
  ...the OE rings might well have been fine, but I installed new Viton O rings on those corrugated pipes but was never absolutely certain...
• Re: 2.1 rebuild - hone lifter bores?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 7 Jul 2011 13:40:11 -0500
  On this point - when you hone a cylinder barrel, you wear away metal, making the bore bigger - BUT - you install new rings and the...
• Originally: JLP rebuilt wbxr engines in Denver
  Historical mailing list - M. Jade
  Sun, 6 Feb 2011 20:36:20 -0800
  ...Can I use the new cylinders and the new rings out of this new 1.9L liner set and install them on my 2...
• Re: What Price Beauty?
  Historical mailing list - Jon Christensen
  Tue, 7 Nov 1995 11:29:05 -0600 (CST)
  On Tue, 7 Nov 1995 EF0JPB1@mvs.cso.niu.edu wrote: > Splittie people: > > Anyone have any idea what 15" beauty rings for old bus...
• Re: push rod tube seals
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koller
  Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:14:27 -0400
  Mike, I had to deal with a similiar scenario ( leaky O-rings in collapsible pushrod tube ) I had a new stock tube and Bentley...
• Re: Need "Retaining Rings" Lift Supports 85 Vanagon. Plus I need instructions on how to replace the lifts.
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 15 Aug 2012 00:01:35 -0600
  ...have or know of a source for the crescent-shaped > "retaining > rings" that hold on the gas support lifts for the rear door? I...
• Re: Needed Source for 14" chrome beauty trim rings
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Thu, 27 May 2010 07:59:50 -0400
  ...com> wrote: > Hello Volks, > > Anyone have sources for chrome beauty trim rings for the stock 14" wheels > on our vanagons? I am in need...
• Re: O ring making kit
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 16 Feb 2003 19:30:37 -0600
  ...Stan There are also some O rings on the cooling system of my 1.9 L WBX. I forget how many, its been months...
• Re: type IV push rod tubes leaking in 914 (advice needed)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 19 Feb 2003 16:03:37 -0600
  ...I have new o-rings and have read that I can use RTV > > > silicone to > > > help the o-rings seal. My question is: Do...
• Unreal oil consumption on diesel Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Gary A Meek
  Wed, 27 Aug 1997 00:23:25 -0600
  ...Back home, I just completed a compression test, thinking the rings must be worn or broken for some reason. The compression values average 480...
• Piston Rings, HELP
  Historical mailing list - zyno
  Tue, 9 Jun 1998 19:39:29 -0400
  ...The problem is...I went to replace the broken rings on number 4 piston when I noticed the ones I received look different than...
• Re: User Input: Oval's Motorsport Rebuilt Engines
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 3 May 2016 10:23:12 -0700
  ...The 96mm big bore sets often have the wrong rings on them, 94mm rings on 96mm cylinders. Huge ring gaps until the rings snap...
• Re: A/C -R12--R134a (O-RING QUESTION??)
  Historical mailing list - Timothy O. Crooks
  Thu, 20 Aug 1998 02:42:11 -0400
  ...how about the rest of black o-rings on the rest of > connectors you don't take apart during the conversion? > > Yi-Ruey Wei...
• Re: Need oil ring for 2.1 standard bore
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 5 Oct 2012 16:29:46 -0400
  I done enough to know the three piece rings can get hung up regardless of the type of compressor used. I have also taken...
• Re: Rings? New engine?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Mon, 28 Jun 2004 23:44:10 -0400
  ...a compression test will definitely indicate worn rings. a quick and dirty way is to use a vacuum gauage to see if engine pulls...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon Gas Eng. - Block's stud failure - details acoming....
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 7 Apr 2008 09:29:30 -0700
  ...replacing the rings you probably should hone cylinders trying to avoid piston slap - Can anyone explain this further? (6) New rings will set within...
• Re: Runaway Engine RPMs
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Fri, 11 Oct 2013 09:48:41 -0400
  ...period of 3K no-load rpm. > If it was brand new rings or something ..then yes, but on a well used > engine that's...
• '84 Vanagon with leaky rings?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Abbott
  Wed, 25 Mar 1998 17:01:35 -0700
  ...and he says this will make it look as though the rings are leaky when they aren't. Anyone have any words of wisdom...
• Re: Travel necessities
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Sat, 27 Apr 2002 17:41:04 -0500
  ...is very slippery----and just might prohibit the rings from seating-- BUT------- How do the rings seat in a new Corvette? How about in...
• Re: Removing stuck O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 3 Feb 2015 20:01:32 -0800
  yes carbon build up is bad... I use Lucas injectors/rings cleaner every other fill up the gas
• Re: Rings? New engine?
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Sat, 26 Jun 2004 20:10:12 -0700
  Yup...that would be rings. Z Blake Thornton <blake@MATH.WUSTL.EDU> wrote: I am afraid that my 84 might need some serious engine...
• Re: Standard Repair Times - Rings / Heads
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 7 Sep 2005 05:49:44 EDT
  ...I also need a new set of rings and he said this requires splitting the case, a 7.4 hour job. Obviously, now is...
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  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Thu, 23 Apr 2020 15:39:22 -0700
  ...for my 1987 2-wheel Vanagain but, the phone just rings and rings. > > Try email? He was very responsive to me by email, but...
• Re: Interpretting Compression Values- 88GL?
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Wed, 4 Jun 2003 14:56:03 -0700
  ...you have done half a test, now you need to do a wet test to determine if it is rings or valves that is...
• Re: Texas (or any) AC help
  Historical mailing list - Billy Hirt
  Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:56:34 -0400
  ...Does anyone know what I'm referring > to ? My > '85 Westy looses a charge from year to year and I have replaced O-rings...
• Re: water pump advice / Murphy's law
  Historical mailing list - Richie Chunda
  Thu, 11 Jul 2002 08:09:49 EDT
  ...I do hope that your new pump has the 2 new rubber "O" rings, if not, let's hope that your old "O" rings...
• CHEAP PARTS! 1.9L WATERBOXER PISTONS, CYLINDERS, and RINGS
  Historical mailing list - Alan Cady
  Tue, 29 Nov 2005 15:22:15 -0800
  ...But It came with rings. This made the standard (NEW IN BOX) set I purchased for the rebuild obsolete for my project, I paid...
• Re: CV boot problem repair problem continued
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 23 Aug 2016 17:16:24 -0400
  Hi Folks, I tried to use the info provided to find this tool and replacement rings or a ring assortment but kept coming up...
• Re: o-rings for rear heater core
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 18 Dec 2001 09:14:32 EST
  I have these o-rings in stock. I usually supply them with the heater core (if someone just orders a core I supply it...
• 2.0L engine - $1125
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Olson
  Mon, 20 May 1996 18:48:20 -0700 (PDT)
  In Monday, May 20, 1996 Seattle Times: '81 Vanagon 2.0L engine, 84K, new heads, rings. $1125. 206-772-8799...
• Re: Chrome Barrels-Iron Rings
  Historical mailing list - Allan Bagley
  Tue, 7 May 2002 08:10:36 -0700
  Moto Guzzi motorcycles have had chrome sylinder bores for many years. Allan Bagley 86 westy 69 Moto Guzzi Ambassador
• dirko sealant and bottom o-ring questions
  Historical mailing list - Mike Blotz
  Mon, 30 Dec 2002 09:59:44 -0700
  ...I may try again since now i have even more time to get the bottom o-rings. any tips here? i rotated the engine...
• horn ring
  Historical mailing list - William
  Fri, 14 Sep 2018 09:09:15 -0600
  ...I ordered two replacement horn rings (can't remember which VW/Vanagon mail order company.) Both rings causes the same toots. One of the...
• Re: throttle body fun
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 10 May 2010 01:25:46 -0400
  ...mind you, in the past I have used silicon o rings in rotating seal assemblies, seals that saw 121 C, I bar pressure, pH...
• Engine rebuild break-in
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 09:15:18 -0700
  Vanites, My engine uses a qt of oil every 800 miles, acts like the rings never seated. I got a rebuilt 2.1 from...
• Re: Boston Bob? or GoWesty?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 21 Jan 2004 08:31:45 -0600
  ...After honing the cylinder walls to have sufficient cross-hatching, the rings were pushed into place in the cylinder and the end-gap manually...
• Re: Runaway Engine RPMs
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Sat, 12 Oct 2013 18:36:56 -0400
  ...Everything sounds good and it still has that extra pep I felt with the new rings. I think I'll order a refurbished control...
• Stuck rings
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Thu, 14 Dec 2000 20:45:39 -0800
  I am still battling with the rings. I did pour that Marvelous Mystery Oil in the engine and gas and ran the engine now...
• Re: compression
  Historical mailing list - GMBulley
  Mon, 23 Mar 1998 09:09:24 EST
  ...The rings have only about 10,000 miles on them. Anyone out there have any suggestions. >> Bad news, whatever the cause. My guesses, somewhat...
• Re: Sudden loss of power, running rough and burning oil
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Wed, 28 Jul 2004 19:44:07 -0700
  Your best thing to do is a compression test this will tell you the condition of the valves and or rings, it takes two...
• Re: transmission question
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Wed, 18 Jan 2006 18:03:29 -0500
  ...Bad news is that it costs as much in labor to replace the synchro rings and the 3-4 hub as just the rings...
• Replaced Rings blowing oil
  Historical mailing list - Eli Secor
  Fri, 17 Jan 2003 02:11:18 EST
  ...A local shop told me that the new rings on #1 might never seat, and that I should pull the pistons & sleeve to replace...
• Re: I am almost ready to shoot my vaagon!
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 11 Dec 2000 22:05:13 +1200
  ...Too little air and too much fuel and you get incomplete burning, fouled plugs/pistons/rings etc, smoke, excessive consumption...and that hidden danger...