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Re: No start, no click.
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 4 Mar 2012 16:15:55 -0500
...Do this enough and you can hydraulically lock the engine as you fill the cylinders with gas. Breaking rings and bending rods is the...
Re: DJ-code WBX technical specs
Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
Sat, 20 Dec 2008 13:32:49 -0800
...adjustments spark plugs: Bosch W5DCO / W7CCO electrode gap: .7mm valve clearance: hydraulic compression: 11 - 14 bar (150 psi - 195 psi) oil pressure: 2 bar...
Re: Happy Frydae - VW Thing Question - LVC
Historical mailing list - Jack Reynaert
Fri, 14 May 2010 16:58:15 -0400
...Do you use hydraulic oil for hemorrhoids? Always a smart A _ _ ! eh! -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On...
Brake bleeder
Historical mailing list
Wed, 14 Aug 1996 12:30:23 -0700
...Works for hydraulic clutch bleeding too. Cheers! Bill
Misc parts needed and other questions
Historical mailing list - Caryl Bergeron
Tue, 7 Oct 1997 17:04:23 -0400
...Has anyone ever tried adding hydraulic lifters to make it easier? Any other suggestions? 7. We find in real hot weather the fridge does...
Re: Cheapest engine conversion
Historical mailing list - VWRuss
Sun, 19 Dec 1999 06:26:14 -0500
...You'll get the JN code 1.8 liter engine with hydraulic lifters, either a CIS-E (->'90) or Digifant ('91->), and the engine...
Re: Jack Stands
Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:38:37 -0800
...the heaviest for now. > > > > Also, has anyone used those bottle jack hydraulic types. I wonder if they could be used with the extension meant...
Re: "91 Subie Vanagon back on the road
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Fri, 16 Apr 2021 17:05:12 -0400
...six months at shops here in Macon, GA, getting repairs to hydraulic lines completed, new GoWesty plate-steel bumpers installed, and getting the rear...
Re: 090 (automatic) transmission questions
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 22 May 2016 10:44:26 -0400
...Where though? Some other thread mentions getting correct o-rings from a hydraulics parts store, what about NLA bushings? I will order pistons as...
Re: Not breathing right
Historical mailing list - Steve Blackham
Sun, 20 May 2001 19:28:30 -0600
...on fresh engines. >> >The standard 2 turns on adjusting screws on hydraulic cams may just >> need >> >to be backed off 1/2 turn until...
Re: jackstands vs. ramps
Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
Thu, 9 Nov 2000 15:02:51 -0600
...all fours, but it's got to be cheaper than a hydraulic hoist. Finding room to store all that wood,well, there's another...
Re: Power Steering issue...
Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
Sat, 15 Apr 2006 15:39:29 -0700
...steering friction, and a test using gauges to check the steering hydraulic system pressures. Other than that, the wheel should be much easier to...
Re: Pedal Pressure & Brake Lights
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 3 Jul 2010 17:17:54 -0700
...They haven't a clue that you're > moving the pedal, but they know when the brakes start to push back on > the hydraulic...
Getting a Westfalia (need other suggestion for my site)
Historical mailing list - Ben huot
Wed, 10 Apr 2002 17:32:52 -0400
...They are expensive. -Ask if the owner could start the van cold, just to hear if the hydraulic lifter are noisy (more than 1...
Re: LVC: Wheel Bearing Press Requirements
Historical mailing list - Ian X
Fri, 28 Feb 2003 04:43:05 -0800
...I have a hydraulic press(20ton). And several other rarely used tools but they are worth having around because when I want to use...
Vanagon running rough
Historical mailing list - Stew
Sun, 9 Jan 2005 21:18:33 +0000
...Started to search the net - the first thing I found was about Oil viscosity - too thin and the hydraulic tappets don't lift enough...
Re: Pending clutch replacement
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 11 May 2016 15:50:08 -0400
...Since it is a morning thing I would also be looking for fluid leaks and operation of the clutch hydraulics. Clutch chatter could also...
Re: Hanging Clutch Disc
Historical mailing list - Ian Allan
Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:09:33 -0500
...So that should take the hydraulics out of the equation. Ian > Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2008 16:41:12 -0500 > From: Edward Maglott <emaglott...
Re: AT Fluid Burping out of ATF Dip Stick Tube? Causes Trans Malfunction, 88 Auto
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 21 Jul 2006 21:02:35 -0400
...Sort of a hydraulic analog computer. >> It can be removed with the trans in the van. Disassembly and cleaning >> requires considerable care and organization...
Re: The hits keep coming
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 9 Apr 2016 16:54:47 -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: Parking brake pressure (was I've had it)
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Mon, 5 Jul 2010 10:57:17 -0500
...that are quicker to react, more sensitive to minute changes in hydraulic pressure and less susceptible to heat build up... but that are as...
On being a Vanaslob (was: sad decline)
Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
Thu, 8 Jan 2009 23:45:52 -0800
...couple of wool blankets a couple of jugs of water a hydraulic jack the much-maligned stock VW jack a genuine USSR-surplus titanium...
Re: clutch cylinders
Historical mailing list - ThomasD. Hanlon
Tue, 7 Dec 1999 03:03:44 -0800
...But as far as my new situation > goes, I don't have any experience with this kind of catastrophic failure of > a hydraulic clutch...
Re: new bearings and ball joints installation DIY
Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
Thu, 23 Oct 2003 00:51:27 -0400
...To remove the lower ball joint from the <DIV></DIV>>steering <DIV></DIV>>knuckle I had to buy a 12 ton hydraulic...
Repeat post: (was: # head gasket failure modes and emergency temporary fixes)
Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
Sat, 13 Nov 2004 17:14:36 -0800
...no timimg belt or > valve adjustments thanks to hydraulic valve lifters, > etc.), and it's a pitty a simple rubber gasket that > blows often...
Re: speaking if clutch slave failure
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Tue, 14 Sep 2004 16:30:50 -0500
...never had a hydraulic >clutch system before. Found lots of fixes in archives but not so much >a descript of the failure symptom (save...
Re: What's wrong with my 1.9 WBX engine?
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Fri, 4 Jun 2010 14:26:51 -0700
...A few times one or more of hydraulic lifters would collapse > and make clapping noise. They would recover if continued driving for a a...
Re: Gap Between Trans. Mount Bracket & Frame Is...
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:55:08 -0700
...Saw transmission rotate L/R as it should but noticed that >> transmission bracket is close to clutch hydraulic flex hose bracket on >> frame. I...
Re: VW MicroBus Concept - Detroit Auto Show
Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
Tue, 9 Jan 2001 20:53:31 -0600
...you can > > reach this from either side, and then too, a hydraulic lift so you can > look > > at your engine without moving all the...
Re: VW MicroBus Concept - Detroit Auto Show
Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
Tue, 9 Jan 2001 20:53:31 -0600
...you can > > reach this from either side, and then too, a hydraulic lift so you can > look > > at your engine without moving all the...
Re: torque wrench
Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
Sun, 28 Nov 2004 11:43:35 -0600
...My Craftsman floor jack started leaking hydraulic fluid after about a month (back when I was using it a lot while installing a new...
77 bus stalls, quits
Historical mailing list - Joel Danke
Wed, 22 May 96 11:44 CDT
...when I rebuilt the engine I installed hydraulic lifters and pushrods, so they shouldn't need adjusting). I found a loose connector to terminal...
Re: Separating heads from cylinders
Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
Wed, 29 Aug 2001 23:33:09 -0700
...The hydraulic pressure would be much greater than the 150 >psi >max likely to be available from an air compressor, and the volume of...
Re: 13 Year old Brake Fluid
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sun, 30 Mar 2003 16:25:14 -0600
...Vanagon Guru's place where we purged and bled > all the hydraulics. We ended up flushing a full quart through in search > of clean...
Re: clutch cylinders
Historical mailing list - ThomasD. Hanlon
Tue, 7 Dec 1999 03:11:25 -0800
...But as far as my new situation > > goes, I don't have any experience with this kind of catastrophic failure of > > a hydraulic clutch...
Re: Stuck in 4th - Final Answer + more questions
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Wed, 10 Nov 2004 16:54:40 -0500
...Two bolts on right frame and on left frame And the transmission mount bolt And the hydraulic line to the slave cylinder on the...
Re: Brake system overview
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 15 May 2006 21:02:34 -0400
...Should I >have to do that to bleed the brakes? I could find no hydraulic schematic >in the Bentley, but assume this is a...
found more goodies.................
Historical mailing list - Vic Ahmed
Thu, 30 Mar 2000 20:49:43 EST
...Westy Syncro (Bertha V) 16.1.6 Diesel block only for hydraulic lifter head '86 and newer Golf/Jetta (will fit Vanagon diesel) bored...
Follow up on fuel lines (long)
Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:57:47 -0400
...I also had the benefit of a large standing hydraulic transmission jack to hold the tank up and a lift to get the van...
Re: vanagon Digest - 20 Mar 2004 - Special issue (#2004-247)
Historical mailing list - Galleons Lap Photo
Sat, 20 Mar 2004 17:22:12 -0800
...If he >> >can't either, that will be useful info. >> > >> >Help!!!! Please!!!! I have a vague recollection of hearing someone >> mention >> >hydraulics to help...
Re: Speed bleeders? Not me
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:03:19 -0700
...The Power Bleeder systems do what the speed bleeders say they do..make bleeding hydraulics a one man job. The Speed bleeders have been...
Re: Home Made Bull Bars--Pipe Benders Not Needed
Historical mailing list - George Goff
Fri, 1 Oct 2004 01:33:40 EDT
...Tubing - Tubing is available as hydraulic tubing or mechanical tubing in mild steel, alloy steel or stainless with various wall thickness. Pre-formed mandrel...
Noisy Valve lifters
Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
Tue, 5 Feb 2013 09:37:46 -0800
...Ever since VW introduced the hydraulic lifter in for the horizontally opposed engine (1978 2.0 air cooled--same lifter), this has occurred. It...
Re: was: Friction, any extra wear 'n tear?
Historical mailing list - Mike
Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:22:46 -0400
...What if your clutch cable snaps, clutch hydraulics start leaking, etc? Not good. Mike B. ----- Original Message ----- From: levi hawkins To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON...
Re: Off-road style jack recommendation
Historical mailing list - Danny C.
Thu, 8 Apr 2010 15:33:59 -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: more collision damage found
Historical mailing list - pdooley
Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:21:27 -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: 090 (automatic) transmission questions
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Sat, 21 May 2016 17:19:45 -0400
...These do not come in the > kits. > > Where though? Some other thread mentions getting correct o-rings from > a hydraulics parts store, what about...
Re: BALL JOINTS...
Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
Thu, 13 Jun 2002 21:40:55 -0400
...BALL JOINTS... > > > > I have a small hydraulic press from Harbor Freight tools. I'm thinking I > can > > use this to remove and install ball...
Re: Clutch pedal goes only halfway
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 8 May 2012 19:11:14 -0700
...are you saying you are trying to bleed the clutch hydraulic system with no engine or clutch in the van ??? do not do that...
Re: Brakes- the saga continues
Historical mailing list - Mike B
Thu, 1 May 2014 09:38:52 -0400
...of inattention to > allow a bit of air to enter the hydraulics...a very very small bubble of > air anywhere in the system will...
Re: Oil Pressure Advice
Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
Sun, 7 Sep 2003 22:45:26 -0700
...I talked with a few folks and told be that the hydraulic lifters need the lubrication and will stiffen or plug up with thicker...
Re: For Sale On The Samba
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:58:20 -0800
...like how tight the CV joint screws are , or when was the last time the clutch hydraulic fluid was changed..or how safe are...
Re: Replacing the gas tank, the Bus Depot way....
Historical mailing list - puzerewski
Sat, 16 Jun 2001 15:35:01 -0400
...I did have to use a hydraulic > jack to snug the new tank in place----I placed it on one of the two tank...
Re: Automatic transmission repair guide
Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
Tue, 20 May 2003 00:10:41 -0700
...Do I need a hydraulic jack... and how many tons should it be rated for... which leads to another topic... what is the list...
Re: Winterizing Newbie Question
Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:42:32 -0700
...As a working fluid in hydraulic presses n.. As a coolant in liquid cooling systems o.. To regulate humidity in a cigar humidor p...
Re: Vanagon? Really? Gasoline vs. Diesel-again.
Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:50:36 -0800
...This is often known as > a Hydraulic Electric Unit Injector, (HEUI). On some engines these are > calibrated so tight then when replacing them the...
Re: From flickering oil light to valves clacking
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 17 Aug 2015 01:28:18 -0400
...Like the noise when the valves have >> > > temporarily lost hydraulic pressure. >> > > >> > > There was no noticeable power loss, just noisy and disconcerting. >> > > >> > > Does anyone have...
Questions about Diesels
Historical mailing list - Sean Lynch
Sun, 18 Jun 2000 19:36:58 EDT
...engines, and I'd love to put a later 1.6L hydraulic motor in, with a balancing. Second, it there a better oil filtration...
Re: Leaky valve cover tip of iceberg
Historical mailing list - Cecil Eastman
Tue, 5 Aug 2008 16:07:33 +0000
...I'm thinking I'll have to try > > Ken's replacement hydraulic lines for the rusty metal ones. > > > > Worse news: The oil leak at...
Re: "Wish in one hand, _____ in the other..." Clutch ?
Historical mailing list - Raymond Paquette
Thu, 23 Sep 2010 06:53:34 -0400
...But, since these are hydraulic, I don't know what you would adjust. Hmm Ray On 9/22/2010 12:02 PM, Don Hanson...