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Re: Diesel conversion
Historical mailing list - Dave Rogers
Wed, 4 Aug 2004 19:42:56 -0700
...I wasn't terribly impressed with the early type lV engines but when the 2000 cc engines came out & had hydraulic lifters I thought...
Re: Oil over fill concern
Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
Sat, 1 Feb 2014 21:00:53 -0800
...In > the extreme since these engines have horizontal cylinders the bores can fill > with oil pushing past the rings and hydraulically lock an engine...
Re: Size of allen wrench for final drive?
Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
Thu, 24 Oct 2002 12:07:41 -0400
...Each gear is applied using multi-plate friction clutches, hydraulically applied. Some howm you need to find some one who knows what they are...
Re: Brake question......
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:13:12 -0700
...I just believe in a high quality Dot 4 brake fluid, and change it twice a year, including clutch hydraulics. Scott www.turbovans.com...
Re: WBX oil pressure with/without cooler
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 14 Sep 2005 23:57:53 -0400
...I suspect that the hydraulic valves are the big difference here, and they often clattered when the engine was started after sitting a spell...
Re: Jack Stands
Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:55:26 -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: Replacing the master cylider
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Sat, 10 May 2008 19:44:56 -0700
...They are the hydraulic component that will leak first. Changing fluid helps prolong their life. I only use german ones. No Mexican or Brazilian...
Re: Clutch pedal goes only halfway
Historical mailing list - Skip
Wed, 9 May 2012 00:06:49 +0000
...Second, build a "pressure bleeder" and pressure bleed all of the brake and clutch hydraulics. Any wisdom, experience, fact, or humor? I need all...
Re: women and standard gearbox
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Fri, 5 Jan 2007 14:46:24 -0800
...It has a brake lock, and with the hydraulics front and rear down, as they should be when parked, the scraper blade at the...
Re: The red or the blue
Historical mailing list - John Scheckel
Mon, 21 Jun 2004 15:42:50 -0400
...I know the > Koni is a hydraulic shock and the Bils are gas & > that's about all I know. > > What say you O' oracles...
Re: valve lash adjustment
Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
Wed, 29 Aug 2001 08:04:36 -0400
...After all, they are hydraulic lifters and designed to make up the difference. I had replaced all my lifters, that's why I did...
Re: What's wrong with my 1.9 WBX engine?
Historical mailing list - M. Jade
Mon, 31 May 2010 18:59:00 -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: air cooled engine alternatives
Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
Fri, 13 Dec 2002 09:48:13 -0600
...I still need to buy my hydraulic clutch and slave cylinders. It can be done with a cable ala stock Baywindow VW van but...
Re: Transmission Woes
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 5 Nov 2011 23:24:25 -0700
...good call on deal with it soon if it is a pilot bearing gone south ( and not hydraulics or some other thing going on...
Re: Vanagon a/c
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Thu, 28 Jun 2012 09:24:24 -0700
...AI put up |> a stack of wide wood blocks, mounted a hydraulic jack on top with a |> wide flat of plywood on top. Then...
Re: Grey oily spots on rear hatch
Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:01:55 -0800
...and if it's stock 82 it's not hydraulic lifters...though someone could have put a hyd lifter engine in.. it's easy...
Re: white clouds out of the exhaust
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:34:10 -0700
...blocked oil > pressure relief valve- high oil pressure- hydraulic lifters- open valves- > no > compression. Nothing to do with the parts I paid for. > > #3...
Re: "91 Subie Vanagon back on the road
Historical mailing list - JOHN LAUTERBACH
Sat, 17 Apr 2021 22:03:56 -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: air conditioning
Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
Sat, 24 Jun 2006 16:57:19 -0500
...I > think you can go to a place that makes up hydraulic hoses.I would > make them > all a couple of inches longer that...
Re: Aircooled lifter noise
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sat, 26 Jan 2002 20:52:14 -0600
...in the Bentley, Hayes, Tom Anderson manuals. (exception being those stinking hydraulic lifters that are nothing more than solid lifters with a tiny cushioning...
Re: Vanagon woes!
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Mon, 2 Nov 2009 08:07:20 -0600
...the 2.1L WBX engine - which you probably have - all > have hydraulic lifters and they periodically will leak down. They do it > in a...
Re: Rear brake shoe replacment= crappy pedal now
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:34:49 -0700
...brake and clutch cylinder.. >> >> >> >> Don Hanson >> >> >> > >> > I just realized that the hydraulic cylinder I've >> replaced two times in my >> > van is really the...
Re: Cross Country Travel Tips Wanted
Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:33:59 -0600
...pressure gauge to qualify air levels in tires after repair > also useful but only if you have room and sufficient paranoia > a small hydraulic...
Re: Raising poptop with kayak on roof
Historical mailing list - Ryan Mark Shankland
Sat, 20 Mar 2004 08:48:05 -0700
...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: Which Type 2 to recommend?
Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
Sun, 25 Feb 2007 19:52:07 -0500
...s you have to grease fittings, > adjust brakes , adjust valves (except > hydraulic), and adjust your attitude. > > I sold my old bus to someone and...
Re: Brake fade on trip
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Tue, 3 Sep 2019 18:45:45 -0700
...Brake fade is when the lining get so hot they no longer provide friction even though the hydraulics or in the case of trucks...
Re: Transmission slippage - help!
Historical mailing list - Annie
Sun, 12 Sep 2010 09:05:06 -0700
...The > symptoms > can be a hydraulic problem or the clutches are just plain worn out. You > need > to get it properly repaired before you...
Re: Grey oily spots on rear hatch
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:31:10 -0500
...and if it's >stock 82 it's not hydraulic lifters...though someone could have put >a hyd lifter engine in.. it's easy...
Happy Friday, Rear brake adjustment.
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 2 Sep 2022 14:06:10 +0000
...Discs are also more consistent, weather resistant, and give better pedal feel of mechanical-hydraulic systems. That said a downside of drum brake systems...
Re: Automatic transmission question
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:42:16 -0400
...fluid system that is very shaky and old.. > especially brakes, clutch hydraulics and auto trans.. > if it's on the edge already............changing the...
Re: Proper Brake Pedal Feel/Travel?
Historical mailing list - neil n
Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:17:19 -0800
...as air in the system compresses? >> > Otherwise you are having a hydraulic pressure loss which is usually a >> master >> > cylinder problem. >> >> >> Not really. Maybe...
Re: My van is HOME!!!!
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 27 Feb 2016 00:34:45 -0500
...The hydraulic lifters properly adjusted will take care of any valve seating that goes on there and the O2 sensor will take care of...
Re: Brakes-
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Mon, 28 Apr 2014 11:39:58 -0700
...Many cars used residual pressure checks on > >> the hydraulics to counter act this effect. Also, since the cylinders > >> and the adjusters are on the...
Re: Think I have sprung a leak in my powersteering lines! Need some guidance please.
Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:54:01 -0400
...We charge $225 for our kits > but > they are all hydraulic hose which I think is superior to copper in a > couple of ways...
Road Test 1984 SA Oettinger Microbus
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Tue, 05 Dec 95 14:32:09 CST
...upper & lower Hydraulics .......... dual circuit wishbones, coils, Boosting ............ vacuum anti-roll bar Handbrake position... floor Rear .......... independent Type .......... diagonal trailing arms, coils MEASUREMENTS CAPACITIES...
Re: Bergman Trouble
Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
Fri, 01 Mar 1996 09:23:00 -0800 (PST)
...I have used his services, >especially his hydraulic cam-follower modification, with excellent results >and have had no cause for complaint. On that basis...
Re: Hung in the middle - Bumper drawings
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Fri, 24 May 2002 14:13:37 -0700
...No, not a bunch of beer cans, but possibly some sort of a valved hydraulic system, like horizontal shock absorbers between two sections of...
Re: lifter problems
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Thu, 13 May 2004 12:46:43 -0500
...giving me > some annoying problems that I need help with. > > The hydraulic lifters seem to collapse every 10 or 11 months. This > last time...
Re: Trouble getting WBX piston out
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 3 Oct 2012 21:52:27 -0400
...Do NOT fill the cap nuts with anything as that will hydraulically prevent them from going all the way down. Apply the never-seize...
Re: !982 Diesel
Historical mailing list - Frederick M. Wasserstein
Tue, 26 Dec 2000 20:53:27 -0600
...1986 or so through 1992 have hydraulic lifters with a > >cylinder block and head that are not interchangeable with older engines. > >Turbocharged models are...
Re: Retrofit Electric Pumps
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:41:28 -0800
...http://www.automotivedesignline.com/howto/165600237 They claim:" the hydraulic steering system in your car siphons off somewhere between one to three miles per...
Conversions and common sense observations
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Thu, 7 Sep 2000 09:04:39 -0700
...Modern engineering has pushed this up to 2.3 or so with the use of pneumatic or hydraulic engine mounts, counter rotating balance shafts...
Re: oil pressure
Historical mailing list - Thomas Pfrommer
Sun, 6 May 2007 23:32:53 -0700
...Besides, my hydraulic lifter noise became very loud. The noise would > go away after I rev'ed the engine up and down a few...
1.9 WBX -->Tiico , my latest experience (long)
Historical mailing list - Karl M
Tue, 7 May 2002 23:19:37 -0400
...A further improvement could be to adapt the newest type hydraulic mounts, which could really cure the vibration blues forever. The rest of the...
Re: rod knock on ivory '84 westy
Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:25:21 -0800
...I noticed a loud noise from my engine > and also a significant loss in power" make it sound like more than a hydraulic lifter...
Re: Grey oily spots on rear hatch
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:46:15 -0600
...and if it's stock 82 it's not hydraulic lifters...though someone could have put a hyd lifter engine in.. it's easy...
Re: Add-on Oil Coolers
Historical mailing list
Sun, 14 May 1995 12:19:57 -0700
...eliminated all hose clamped lines, and replaced them with >High pressure hydraulic line using AN-8 (used on A/C) fittings and swedged on...
Re: maybe too much information is worse...
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 18 May 2006 00:47:06 -0400
...Before the inline engines had hydraulic lifters, those engine ran at 90 psi hot! I would not worry about excessive oil pressure until you...
Re: AC Removal
Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
Sat, 28 Jun 2014 07:55:06 -0700
...This is a >>>> PITA alone, but doable (i've used a bar stool and hydraulic jack sitting >>>> on >>>> the engine cover to prop up...
Re: "91 Subie Vanagon back on the road
Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
Sun, 18 Apr 2021 02:55:54 +0000
...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: I4 Happenings in turbovans land
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Mon, 27 Jun 2011 23:23:34 -0400
...Vibration disappeared with the use of the SAAB hydraulic motor mounts. Never had a reliability problem or a vibration problem with the SAAB units...
Re: Pending clutch replacement
Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
Wed, 11 May 2016 18:37:02 -0300
...Since it is a morning thing I would also be looking for fluid leaks and operation of the clutch hydraulics. > > Clutch chatter could also...
AW: AW: Help with diagnosis (please)
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Mon, 16 Sep 2002 09:45:55 -0700
...Upon re-starting on level ground, the starter had ahell of a job turning motor over, as if its hydraulic locked. However, once it...
Help ongoing '78 problems
Historical mailing list - John Anderson
Mon, 2 Oct 95 21:16:47 EDT
...thermotime and cold start valve all seem good by Bentley test. Hydraulic lifters were badly out of adjustment as 4 are really worn, they...
Re: [Diesel-Vanagon] clutch takeup
Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
Fri, 26 Jun 2015 18:50:26 +0000
...Vanagon]" <Diesel-Vanagon@yahoogroups.com> wrote: did you check the clutch hydraulic fluid level in the brake master cylinder Resevoir ? that would be the...
tune up
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Sat, 14 Jun 97 14:00:27 CDT
...3000 miles: - adjust valves (cold engine) <yours has hydraulic lifters so you do NOT need do do this> - check fan belt tension. - check timing...
Re: Replacing Lifters
Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
Tue, 7 Jun 2005 17:56:45 -0700
...Replacing Hydraulic Lifters >> >> Hi all, >> >> I have been away for a while, but am back to wanting to use my van a >> bit >> more...
Re: Rear brake questions
Historical mailing list - Mike
Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:26:13 -0400
...should be changed every two years.........including that for > the > clutch hydraulic system. > it's not hard to include the clutch slave in your...
Re: [Syncro] Oh Shit! (Transaxle rebuild info)
Historical mailing list - chris weddle
Thu, 25 May 2000 10:30:10 +0000
...to the job, I do have access to a 25 ton hydraulic > press, and access to a mechanic that has worked a few years...
Front end misery... but done.
Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
Wed, 23 Apr 2003 09:53:32 -0700
...I knew I was in trouble to start with when I went to dig my crummy old hydraulic press out and assemble it and...