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• Re: new engine for our Vanagons, maybe only on Fridays
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:09:02 -0800
  We had a pair of 12cyl Fairbanks Morse 2 piston/cyl vertically opposed Diesels running on JP5 jet fuel in our 378ft Coat Guard...
• Re: MYT (Massive Yet Tiny) Engine
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 6 Feb 2010 12:47:39 -0800
  ...Further reading (was news to me): "Swing-piston engine" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing-piston_engine Neil. -- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0...
• How to check for loose main bearings
  Historical mailing list - Timothy D.F. Maddox
  Mon, 5 Sep 94 23:56:14 EDT
  I have the engine out and pistons/cylindars off. Any suggestions how to check the main bearings with our cracking open the case, I...
• FW: Re: Rebuilt 2.1 Running Rich
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Camealy
  Thu, 22 Jan 2004 23:12:44 -0500
  ...Rebuilt 2.1 Running Rich Did they install New Piston & Cylinder Kit or Just RINGS ??????? ~~~ Don It was new bearings, crank, pistons, rings, cylinders...
• Re: Early vs. Late brake comparison / lower balljoints
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Wed, 1 Feb 2012 20:05:32 -0800
  Now you can further upgrade to Jaguar four piston brakes Sent from my iPhone On Feb 1, 2012, at 7:30 PM, "Chris S...
• Autostop Valve Problem Solved - Repair proceedure
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Sat, 2 Sep 2000 07:39:18 -0400
  ...The piston is lubricated with some sort of "jelly" which has apparently hardened after time and the piston was unable to close completely. To...
• Re: EV piston slap
  Historical mailing list - Jeff DeLeeuw
  Sun, 28 Jul 1996 18:54:29 -0700
  ...My dealer replaced the pistons at no cost. After replacing the pistons, the loud, metallic, "diesel" like sounds went away. I am not the...
• Re: Wanted: ONE Piston Ring (or: Bonehead move #27 today)
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Tue, 24 Apr 2007 07:44:44 -0400
  ...ONE Piston Ring (or: Bonehead move #27 today) > I'm embarrassed. > > Does anyone have a single, new, second compression ring > for a 2.1...
• 81 rebuild - balance or not?
  Historical mailing list - Matt Goike
  Tue, 16 Apr 1996 14:34:21 -0400
  ...my motor is being rebuilt w/ heads from mark stephens, new bearings, and mahle piston/cylinder sets. i asked the mechanic about balancing, he...
• Re: Piston question...
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Tue, 16 Sep 2003 15:51:54 EDT
  ...Aluminum Alloys for Pistons..." When did they stop using Brazilian rain forest hardwoods for pistons? Oh that's right, these are NOT from Brazil...
• Need Advice on WB Piston replacement
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 May 1999 17:55:05 EDT
  ...Then I looked at the piston. It has a nice chunk out of it like someone took a bite out of it and the...
• Re: Looking for a single 2.1 piston/cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Mark Vermillion
  Tue, 24 Dec 2002 11:42:46 -0500
  ...Looking for a single 2.1 piston/cylinder > there's usually a number after the + marking inidcating its weight.. > > At 08:42 AM 12...
• Re: Those sticky head (video)
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Sat, 31 Jan 2009 10:28:35 -0500
  ...Those sticky head (video) I've haded a new video in my "pistons video page" With all that talk about head being stuck to...
• Piston liners
  Historical mailing list - radish150
  Tue, 8 May 2001 20:23:11 -0700
  ...The piston liners have sort of a flat bar on one side, and two little nubs on the other side. I did not pay...
• Re: Audi 100/200 callipers PHOTOS
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 11 Feb 2004 06:59:49 EST
  ...My brake setup uses the one piston caliper, but the two piston version should fit also with only litle modification of the adaptors. 290x25mm...
• Re: another brake saga
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:51:55 -0400
  At 10:01 PM 3/23/2009, neil N wrote... >Obviously the reason the RH piston travels before LH piston is due >this gap...
• Re: Need Automatic Transmission
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Sun, 1 May 2005 21:01:55 -0700
  ...Putting in the 2nd gear band piston, the band slipped down and the piston shaft missed the little indentation it's supposed to sit...
• Re: another brake saga
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:01:24 -0700
  ...Obviously the reason the RH piston travels before LH piston is due this gap. The RH shoe is not returning properly. Are the return...
• Re: pumping up new shocks
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Fri, 13 Sep 1996 22:28:06 -0700
  >Anyway I took one of the Cofap shocks out of the box to inspect it and >moved the piston in and out to see...
• Re: Strange diesel question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:10:09 -0700
  ditto that ! fwiw, ALL versions of the 1.9 have piston oil squirters, turbo and non-turbo. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zeitgeist" <gruengeist@GMAIL.COM...
• Disc brake calipers
  Historical mailing list - John Pronk
  Fri, 10 Aug 2001 05:05:46 -0000
  ...Does the later 'floating' brake caliper have any braking advantages over the early two piston fixed caliper design? Was the change purely for accounting...
• Re: Compression braking & Power Loss
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 24 Feb 2006 08:27:57 -0800
  ...It does take energy to compress that air, but most of that energy gets put right back into the system when the piston comes...
• Re: [Syncro] Has anyone heard about Overland's Audi big brakes for Vanagons 2wd & Syncro? I have this set....
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 27 Mar 2006 10:04:09 -0800
  ...He said they went to the single piston Audi caliper instead of the dual piston so that the kit can fit under 15" wheels...
• disaster... again!
  Historical mailing list - Brendan Slevin
  Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:21:29 -0700
  ...I took the cylinders/pistons out to extract the broken stud and found a broken ring on one side and a huge crack in...
• Re: Piston cylinders
  Historical mailing list - john pronk
  Tue, 29 May 2007 21:18:32 +1200
  Hi, using oversize pistons but need 2x cylinders as only have 2 good ones. Original engine threw a rod, put a hole in the...
• Re: head gasket question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 11 Dec 2006 18:51:52 -0500
  ...Then, with the hole for the wrist pin exposed, I reinstalled the piston to the rod and seated the cylinder. The reason I went...
• Re: 2.1 assemble
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:17:24 -0500
  ...I am using the AA 95.5 pistons. > I have the #1 piston and cylinder in place and there are no clearance > issues. My...
• Re: Those sticky head (video)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:18:26 -0600
  ...John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Benny boy wrote: > I've haded a new video in my "pistons video page" > > With all that talk about...
• Re: Solved &^%(^&%&^%$b wrist pin clips!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 14 May 2005 20:58:46 -0500
  ...But many's the listmember who had to pull pistons out of a waterboxer to replace broken rings and so forth, with the block...
• Re: disaster... again!
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:13:31 -0700
  A set of Cofap new liner (pistons, cyslinders and all rings) was less than $300 for me. Where did you get the price for...
• Piston Ring Compressor
  Historical mailing list - Herb Harmison
  Sun, 31 May 1998 18:16:26 -0500
  ...I did not remove the pistons but I did take out the liners. At one time, about a year or so ago, the entire...
• Re: Engine balancing
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 2 Dec 1999 09:12:11 -0600
  ...by Richard Sealey has an explaination and drawing regarding rods and > pistons on page 324. > -Dana- > > John Rodgers wrote: > > > > Can anyone explain to me...
• 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...
• H2O head gasket quest.
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Sat, 16 Mar 1996 22:44:01 CST6CDT
  ...anyway to re-install the cylinder over the piston rings without having to take the pistons off? if there is i'll replace that...
• Broken valves solved
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Tue, 31 Mar 1998 01:31:06 -0800
  ...There is a nice chunk chiseled into the #3 piston as well. I guess the valve seized and got repeatedly rammed by the up...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 17 May 2016 (#2016-150)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 18 May 2016 05:25:19 -0400
  ...I had one here some years ago that had the same problem and it got fixed by replacing the O-ring on the piston...
• HELP...any engine builders out there???
  Historical mailing list - Ward Smith
  Thu, 17 Oct 2002 14:24:50 -0700
  ...Come to find out the piston was shot. Might have been blowing-by oil and that could have been the smoke issue. There was...
• Re: Brake problem
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Wed, 1 Aug 2001 00:04:40 -0500
  Tom, Were the caliper's new or rebuilt? I've seen the pistons hang up on some poorly rebuilt calipers, simply because they didn...
• Re: Brake Pads Worn At An Angle?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 25 May 2015 09:54:23 -0700
  ...It looks the piston face near corners at > recess are contacting the pad back more than rest of piston face: > http://tinyurl.com/mpxq53t...
• Re: Big end rod clearance 2.1 WBX
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sat, 10 Mar 2007 16:58:17 -0500
  ...I hone the piston pin hole in the piston to remove the burr a scraper might help. One last note the piston needs to...
• Clutch Master Cylinder Leak
  Historical mailing list - James V
  Sun, 8 Feb 2004 15:13:40 -0800
  ...The rubber accordion boot is connected at the top to the piston but is loose at the bottom and exposes the piston when the...
• Re: F/ piston plane flypast
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:09:09 -0800
  ...F/ piston plane flypast To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Friday, November 11, 2011, 1:55 PM Just about 30 min ago, 5 plane...
• Re: found new pistons and cylinders for cheap
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly, Aircooled.Net
  Mon, 31 May 2004 11:29:04 -0600
  ...found new pistons and cylinders for cheap > hi all > not sure how good they are but new pistons and cyliders for 1.9 and...
• Re: Anyone Ever worked with or heard anything about Dave Wolfanger (DWolf) as far a mechanic work quality?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Thu, 6 Nov 2008 23:54:18 -0500
  So what Pistons are best? What's the deal with the 2.2 pistons I see available for $450? Any good? Worth it? R...
• '75 top-end rebuild (cont'd)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 3 Nov 1995 12:27:25 -0600 (CST)
  Howdy! Finally picked up the two rebuilt 2 liter heads from the machine shop, as well as the rehoned, painted barrels and cleaned pistons...
• Re: Early vs. Late brake comparison / lower balljoints
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 1 Feb 2012 21:27:02 -0500
  At 08:44 PM 2/1/2012, Jim Arnott wrote: >I guess my question would be, "Going from a dual piston caliper to a...
• Re: Rings are stuck ...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 27 May 2011 12:29:41 -0700
  re They are all cooked in solid from overheating." as stuck in sludge, or as in partially welded in place in the pistons ? in...
• Re: Head removal difficulties
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 10 Nov 1997 16:15:21 -0500
  In a message dated 97-11-10 00:15:48 EST, you write: << Do I have a prayer of getting the piston off the...
• Re: [T2] Some more on "measuring deck height"
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 13 Mar 2003 17:08:25 -0800
  ...Re: [T2] Some more on "measuring deck height" > Errr...let's talk...Haven't thought about concave pistons in awhile, so > is the deck...
• Re: KYB shock install
  Historical mailing list - William A. McKinley
  12 Oct 96 22:05:48 EDT
  ...They're supposed to provide a firmer ride when the travel of the piston gets rapid and jerky, then smooth out as the movement...
• Re: Febi Diesel Vanagon Oil Pump Quality?
  Historical mailing list - Scott
  Fri, 12 Aug 2016 14:06:26 -1000
  ...the hottest parts are the piston tops and the exhaust valves.. they can use all the help they can get. lol...ever seen a...
• CHEAP PARTS! 1.9L WATERBOXER PISTONS, CYLINDERS, and RINGS
  Historical mailing list - Alan Cady
  Tue, 29 Nov 2005 15:22:15 -0800
  ...3 VERY usable "Standard sized" Piston Cylinders for any other rebuilders out there. They do exsist now! 2. One "New in Box", "Standard sized...
• Re: Engine Rebuild Questions
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Wed, 8 Apr 2009 14:39:23 -0400
  >>>>> I was doing some research on the samba and found that GoWesty Sells a 2.2 Piston set. So I called and found out...
• Re: mileage
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Mon, 3 Dec 2007 22:04:11 -0800
  Scott, I'm referring to the spring encapusulated in the disc brake dust boot that aids in returning the brake piston. These can weaken...
• Re: interference engines.....was Re: How much would this cost
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Fri, 13 Jan 2006 17:55:40 -0700
  The valves, when open, occupy the same space as the piston top does when it is at the top of it's stroke. If...
• Re: Is THIS the "boxer" transplant we've been waiting for?
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Thu, 8 Mar 2018 13:32:31 +0000
  ...You might have to turn the rods around so the pistons face the other way to do that. I piston engines there is (always...
• Re: Head advice
  Historical mailing list - Johan Nyberg
  Mon, 2 Nov 1998 21:49:04 +0100
  ...Before removing the pistons, I tried to put the cylinder sleeves back with the pistons still on the connecting rods. It didn't work...
• Sqeaky Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Terry Aguiar
  Sat, 29 Jul 2006 23:11:18 EDT
  ...Have spinned the caliper pistons to right position according to Bently manual. Anything else I could have missed? I was told one more option...
• Re: GoWesty Auto Parts QSC piston kits
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:40:15 -0500
  ...The 96mm piston set I can do for > $299 for Vanagon list members. Just let me know. > > PS, I will gladly give anyone who...
• Re: Eurovan list
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 26 Oct 2000 11:39:19 -0700
  ...This causes me concern because piston slap is usually due to poor manufacturing tolerances between piston and cylinder. Check it out and ask the...