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• Re: What motor specs do you have/ was Turbo muffler
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Wed, 1 Aug 2001 07:49:30 -0700
  ...The piston pins are larger diameter on the turbo with a larger compression distance to make a stronger piston at high boost/temps. -Dana...
• Re: Knock & Ping?
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Mon, 6 Mar 2006 21:53:49 -0500
  ...Knock & Ping? > On Mar 3, 2006, at 11:43 PM, Michael Diehr wrote: > >> 1. Running a mix of 89 & 91 octane gas >> 2. it...
• Re: [Fwd: Re: Wind]
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 19 Oct 1999 12:51:43 -0700
  Tyrone/Joel You're screwed! Actually, I have never done this, but I have heard you must not pull the jugs off the pistons...
• RE: Reconditioned rods
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 10 Aug 97 02:24:35 UT
  ...The piston pin bushing is replaced. If the are doing it right, the also replace the rod bolts and balance the set, total weight...
• rebuilding engine
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Kimmons
  Fri, 12 Jun 1998 09:34:13 -0500
  ...Also, removing the wrist pins from the pistons was a problem. I had to "invent" a tool that worked like a charm. If your...
• Re: '82-2.0 teardown. help me find the knocking please
  Historical mailing list - B.J.R.
  Mon, 1 Jun 2009 19:50:25 -0700
  ...Bishop and Lone Pine one September and started knocking. I drove it home to Boulder. Teardown revealed the noise was piston slap. The cylinders...
• Re: 112HP @ 4800RPM on a stock WBX?
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Fri, 24 Mar 2000 21:51:52 -0500
  ...You could probably get a similar effect in a regular 2.1 by using 1.9 pistons though you'd have to check pin...
• Re: burning smell - brakes or tire?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 9 Jul 2013 00:22:09 -0400
  ...A small punch will easily knck those pins out and back in. There should be silencer plates between the pads and pistons and an...
• Re: engine assembly
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Mon, 26 Jan 2004 07:54:48 -0500
  I don't have much experience on the bench installing pins I use a stand and I can spin the block so the rod...
• Re: Head gasket questions
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Sat, 25 Jul 1998 20:15:51 -0700
  ...First, with the piston you are working on at TDC, pull the >| > cylinder out like you are going to remove the wrist pin. >| >| Did...
• Re: Subie engine prices
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:43:34 -0600
  ...Cam/crank seal, cam plug, piston pin > access port behind flywheel. > > http://www.benplace.com/subaru25/25inside1.WMV > > Ben > > > -- John Rodgers Clayartist and Moldmaker...
• My bus engine(again)
  Historical mailing list - Matt Bushore
  Tue, 1 Nov 1994 12:19:50 -0600
  ...lifters worn, heads needed redone, needs new wrist pin bushings, and of course new pistons and cylinders. So basically, my question is, rebuild this...
• Re: Fwd: Re: Knock & Ping?
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sat, 4 Mar 2006 07:14:45 -0800
  ...So, maybe I have piston slap, bad injector, and a clogged coolant pipe too? Maybe i should just push the thing off a cliff...
• Big, Bad Smoke
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Sun, 19 Feb 95 23:04:21 PST
  ...a holed piston B. a broken ring land. If it's A, there would be 0 compression in the affected cylinder and the engine...
• Re: New-Spark-Plugcebo Effect
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 21 Aug 2012 19:28:54 -0400
  ...The projected tip brings the flame front closer to the piston and can increase the propensity for knock and ping. This can also increase...
• Re: Ping/Knock/Detonation
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 20 Jan 2007 13:00:06 -0800
  ...While pinging, you working at busting rings, > > melting > > pistons, and burning valves or even cracking heads. This is where > > EGR could > > be helpful but...
• Re: Pilot Bearing...Out!, Another Question
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 Feb 95 8:11:20 MST
  ...DO NOT USE THE HIGH COMPRESSION PISTONS. I did this last year on a rebuild and after 3000 miles melted #4 piston (The one...
• pistons shatter 91 wasterboxer
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
  Wed, 10 Dec 1997 13:08:40 -0800
  ...The damage has been caused to the bottom end of the pistons. Maybe those gudgeon pins walking may have started it off. Here I...
• Teves vs. Girling brake calipers
  Historical mailing list - kmcdaniel
  Mon, 23 Sep 2002 20:49:32 -0500
  ...I have a 1985 GL with a frozen inner piston on my driver side front caliper. FLAPS can sell me two Girling calipers for...
• Re: Need advice inner cylinder sealing ring
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Tue, 4 Apr 2000 20:54:13 -0700
  ...and piston kit installed. > Today when I looked at it, I noticed that the mechanic > must have slipped with the piston pin reamer, and...
• Re: Clutch Play
  Historical mailing list - Mark A. Williamson
  Tue, 25 May 1999 09:44:06 +0000
  ...My guess is that the holes in the master cylinder > piston yoke is well worn as is the pin that goes through it. It...
• Re: Is THIS the "boxer" transplant we've been waiting for?
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Thu, 8 Mar 2018 15:06:20 +0100
  ...I piston engines there > is (always, usually?) a very slight offset on wrist pins so that the > compression, combined with the dynamics of the...
• Re: unclassified Compression and other topics
  Historical mailing list - Don Deitke
  Tue, 25 May 2004 18:06:18 EDT
  ...you have only 85 lbs you have major valve leakage, worn pistons, cylinders and rings // possible loose heads // with only 85 lbs. you would...
• Re: 2.2 Rebuild Questions
  Historical mailing list - Greg Baxter
  Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:37:19 -0800
  ...re both 96mm pistons, but I've read concerns that GW's pistons are the only ones with the wrist pins (?) in the right...
• Re: need advice re: rebuilding 84 Vanagon engine
  Historical mailing list - David O. Bradshaw
  Mon, 16 Dec 1996 09:58:21 -0500 (EST)
  ...Am I right? > You'll still need something to pull the piston pins with, though you can probably rig something to do this. The...
• Re: finding TDC
  Historical mailing list - Jay & Kim Schmidt
  Wed, 5 Jan 2000 13:52:45 -0600
  ...Once you find the midpoint >(your finger is still in the hole) curl your pinkie finger and attempt to >touch the piston crown.
• Re: Ping/Knock/Detonation
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 20 Jan 2007 20:39:17 -0600
  ...While pinging, you working at busting rings, >> > melting >> > pistons, and burning valves or even cracking heads. This is where >> > EGR could >> > be helpful but...
• Re: burning smell - brakes or tire?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Mon, 8 Jul 2013 20:30:25 -0700
  ...I will try the piston workout tomorrow. Aside from working it in/out, is there any stuff I should (or should not) spray on...
• Re: Clutch Play
  Historical mailing list - Jim & Melody
  Tue, 25 May 1999 12:44:53 -0600
  ...My guess is that the holes in the master cylinder > > piston yoke is well worn as is the pin that goes through it. It...
• Re: Front brake caliper hangup '87 Vanagon- any advice
  Historical mailing list - David McCallum
  Wed, 7 Jun 2006 10:56:22 -0600
  ...caliper reveals that the bearings, rotor, > pads, slider pins are all fine. Retracting the caliper > piston with a C-clamp solves the problem ...until...
• Re: clutch
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 13 Dec 2002 11:36:03 EST
  ...This might have to be done a couple of times until it is set correctly, but once the clevis cotter pin is removed it...
• Re: Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 20 Dec 2015 17:25:31 -0800
  ...I've had problems getting piston pins out of different engines, and I don't have those VW tools. They even have a reamer...
• Re: Thread locker on rod bolts?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:42:44 -0700
  ...The AAZ uses a shorter rod and a taller piston. the 1Y NA I am building ( balanced too ) will have TD rods and pistons...
• Re: Vanagon Head Leaking Around The Head Nut(S)
  Historical mailing list - Mike B
  Tue, 15 Apr 2014 04:16:54 -0400
  ...New > jugs/cylinders, pistons/rings and perhaps new rod piston pin bearings as > necessary coupled with new/rebuilt heads will give you near new...
• Re: High Octane was: what's the best kind of gasoline?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 14 Oct 2002 18:48:11 +1300
  >High speed detonation isn't pinking. You'll not hear it at full power on >many engines, but it'll damage the engine in...
• Re: Crankshaft Question ??
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Thu, 20 Sep 2001 21:07:09 -0400
  ...the only thing you would need to do is match the pistons to the crank. The difference in pistons is the wrist pin height...
• 84 head job update and questions
  Historical mailing list - Tim Spotted Wolf
  Thu, 30 May 2002 15:19:13 -0400
  ...I se in the Bentley book that I need two tools to remove and replace the cir clips and piston pins. Where do I...
• Re: vannie info on cranks and radiators needed
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Fri, 2 Jul 2010 09:20:16 EDT
  ...Hey Scott I have 2 sets of pistons here. one has a dome top and the other a flat top , the wrist pin holes...
• Uneven Brake pad wear
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Erlandson
  Sun, 19 Feb 2006 19:22:37 -0500
  ...Sure enough on the driver's side the inboard (piston side) pad was fully worn, yet the outboard still had a lot of life...
• Re: Girling vs ATE Calipers
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:20:48 -0800
  ...If you have the 80-85 with front pads held by long pins, look and see if the pins have tiny cotter pins on...
• Another Type IV
  Historical mailing list - Bill Minor
  Fri, 26 Jul 2002 11:13:45 -0500
  ...Wrist pins still free floating. #10) Discoloration inside the crankcase about like coffee stains. # 11) Stains in the crankcase, carbon on piston tops and...
• Re: Power steering
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 15 Jan 2016 22:25:05 -0500
  ...When you turn the wheel the shaft actually twists and the valve directs fluid to one side of the piston in the rack. Turn...
• Low Brake Pedal, Caliper Piston Movement.
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 25 Jun 2015 20:13:48 -0700
  ...If maladjusted brake shows are causing a low pedal (it pumps up), does this initial low pedal give caliper pistons less to "push against...
• WTB: Caliper Guide Pins for Audi 200/5000 calipers
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:08:08 -0800
  ...piston Audi caliper conversion on my Syncro 16 (ML320 303mm discs). When we got into final assembly, we discovered the caliper guide pins were...
• Re: burning smell - brakes or tire?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Tue, 9 Jul 2013 08:08:49 -0700
  ...will easily knck those pins out and back in. There should be > silencer plates between the pads and pistons and an anti-rattle plate...
• Re: air cooled piston weight/cylinder question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:57:16 -0800
  ...piston slap noises more of an issue. > > The reason the pistons have to face in one direction (the arrow) is that > the > pin is...
• Re: A question about PTO's engine picture
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:18:26 -0700
  ...you access the wrist pin clips for the pistons on the left side of the engine, for removing pistons and barrels. And it ain...
• Re: Autostop Valve Problem Solved - Repair proceedure
  Historical mailing list - Imua Camper Co.
  Sun, 3 Sep 2000 09:36:13 -1000
  ...Simple... > >The problem with my valve was that the piston was not closing all the way. >When the valve is open, there a pinhole...
• Re: Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 20 Dec 2015 21:11:33 -0500
  ...I've had problems getting piston pins out of different engines, > and I don't have those VW tools. They even have a reamer...
• Re: waterboxer overhaul
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Thu, 9 Sep 1999 07:47:25 -0400
  ...Piston pins are not easy to remove due to the high sidewall of the > block. Tip: I used a 6" long 3/4 bolt...
• Re: Originally: JLP rebuilt wbxr engines in Denver
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:03:14 -0500
  ...The stroke is different and the pistons have the pin hole relocated to compensate. The longer stroke makes for more torque. It also changes...
• increasing displacement/compression on 1970cc engine
  Historical mailing list - Jason Gorfine
  Sun, 23 Jan 2000 18:13:37 -0500
  ...is there any way to increase the power without swapping engines when i do this rebuild? maybe some performance parts (cylinders, pistons or something...
• Re: Is THIS the "boxer" transplant we've been waiting for?
  Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
  Thu, 8 Mar 2018 11:09:43 -0600
  ...I piston engines there is (always, usually?) a very slight offset on wrist pins so that the compression, combined with the dynamics of the...
• Re: Brake Fade
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 11 Sep 2011 21:08:59 -0700
  ...Brake Fade >> >> >> Pistons and pins moving smoothly. >>> >>> video of wheel cylinder "pullback" syndrome. >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?**v=mQrTuwBdXxs&feature=related<http://www...
• Re: Spongy Brake Pedal
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Thu, 29 Sep 2016 13:04:31 -0400
  ...Leaks make for > sponginess because of poor piston conditions, air in the system, fluid > escaping under pressure, all kinds of reasons. Replace the cylinder...
• Re: Best source of parts for a rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:46:17 -0400
  ...Also I've read about some cheap aftermarket pistons yielding lower compression due to higher wrist pin location. On 10/13/08, John Bange...
• New vs. reman calipers (was front turn lenses '72 bus)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 Apr 1996 01:40:26 -0400
  ...A piece of the piston broke off near the sealing ring, allowing all pressure to immediately exit the caliper. $1100 of body repair later...
• Re: Help stuck caliper slide pin
  Historical mailing list - Ryan
  Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:40:30 -0400
  ...The >> caliper >> bolts into these "pins". I have the single piston Girling calipers on >> the >> 86 and up vans. The pads are not held...
• Re: cheap shipping company
  Historical mailing list - Joachim Preiss
  Sat, 22 Mar 2003 10:54:24 -0500
  ...Also, > >do I need to buy a special tool to take the burr off the > piston pin if > >there is a burr, or can...
• Re: Thread locker on rod bolts?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Lambas
  Mon, 22 Aug 2011 22:01:37 -0500
  ...The 3 singles I have are the > with-locating pin style I think., > And there are two different lengths of rod bolt used. And...