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• Re: Poptop Raise Assists (Fryeday content)
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Thu, 8 Feb 2007 11:51:26 -0800
  ...Yes! You will be pushing on the hinge. I never said to push > :::on the 'end' of the pole. The pole is 4 foot...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 24 Sep 2002 (#2002-1157)
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Polson
  Wed, 25 Sep 2002 12:59:54 +0100
  ...When refitting, offer up the master cylinder first to the pushrod, second to the hydraulic pipe and only last to the fixing bolts. [All...
• I push started my 84!
  Historical mailing list - Jon Christensen
  Mon, 7 Oct 1996 21:36:36 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Push, push,pushm, jump in, try 2nd, putt,putt,putt, give it some gas, flurpel,flurpel,flurpel, vvvrrrooooommm!!!! I wasn't so sure a...
• Re: Pushrod tube cracked HELP
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
  Fri, 8 May 2009 18:57:06 -0400
  ...Mark K 1986 GL/2WD/4SPD On May 7, 2009, at 9:43 PM, Mike Collum wrote: > James Gebhard wrote: >> one of my push...
• Re: Rear wiper ops- '87
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Sat, 27 Aug 2005 15:38:47 -0400
  ...If you push the windshield wiper lever away from you again and release - the rear wiper stops. If you push the windshield wiper lever...
• Re: installing rocker arms
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sun, 5 Feb 2006 11:17:28 -0500
  ...It is like the > pushrod on the far fan side is sticking up too far. The pushrod is > centered in > the depression in the...
• Re: Thechnical clutch question....(the answer may help many to save some$$$)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 6 Apr 2005 08:37:33 -0400
  ...hydrolic, so this is basically a push pull > situation...thebasket is not suppose to be the one pushing that > bearing, this bearing > should be...
• RE:My propane not Working
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 Jul 1996 21:38:08 -0600
  ...It's probably already pushed in. It needs pressure from inside the tank to push it out. Make sure the MAIN valve is turned...
• So why have the tiny push button, etc....)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 18 Apr 97 15:21:17 EDT
  ...So why have the button? Can't be just to check the light? Or is it broken and I'm suppose to push it...
• Re: Pushrod tube seals
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Tue, 25 Nov 2003 12:59:57 -0800
  ...WTB:Pushrod tube seals Anybody know of a source for a set of pushrod tube seals(WBX;eight big, eight small)? I saw a...
• Push Rod Orientation
  Historical mailing list - Bob Anderson
  Sun, 24 Mar 2013 09:21:59 +0000
  ...have just re-installed the heads and about to install the push rods and realized that I'm unsure of their original placement. I...
• Re: vanagon enema?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Redford
  Tue, 23 Aug 94 9:24:46 PDT
  ...is that 0 to 60 in 4 minutes? :) > > /martha > Actually that 2.1 liter wasserboxer will push Ruby pretty well if asked. But I...
• looking for push rods 1.9 wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - greg rich
  Tue, 21 Mar 2000 09:22:53 MST
  I'm in need of a set of push rods for my 1.9 waterboxer. I dropped my engine at a machine shop and...
• WTB:Pushrod tube seals
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Tue, 25 Nov 2003 14:54:44 -0500
  Anybody know of a source for a set of pushrod tube seals(WBX;eight big, eight small)? I saw a set for an aircooled...
• Re: Push covers/enging tins
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:51:00 -0400
  ...engine-paint.html >>BTW, it applies to both valve covers and push rod tubes. > >Don't overlook the fact that Bob Hoover's article...
• Re: Dometic-Gas Lighting
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Mon, 26 Apr 1999 16:25:28 -0700
  ...The sparker (whatever) should be pushed in five times (five sparks) or so AT THE SAME TIME that you push in the gas button...
• Re: Bent valve push rod
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 9 Jun 2003 17:44:10 -0700
  Measure your pushrods .............. I've got several sets of stock and a set of chrome molly. Stan On Mon, 9 Jun 2003 17:40...
• Re: Rear Wiper lead to no washer spray
  Historical mailing list - Adam Thacker
  Sat, 14 May 2005 20:22:21 -0400
  ...how to turn it off? push it again. yup. it's push-on, push-off. dufus, but it does work. me, i just quit...
• tiny push button on emergency brake bracket
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 17 Apr 97 13:36:15 EDT
  ...On the emergency brake bracket - the triangular piece that holds the brake lever to the dashboard - there is s very small little push button...
• Re: SV: Patching pushrod tube?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Thu, 14 Jul 2005 09:49:45 EDT
  ...I am worried about turning the pushrod tube around - I am worried that turning the pipe can create a leak at the endseals? >> That...
• Mystery oil&gas leak
  Historical mailing list - Flat Four
  Sun, 24 Sep 2000 23:23:23 -0400
  ...How can I fix this with ease? Can I remove the rockers and push rods and break the pushrod tubes off then install the...
• Shift Questions
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 May 1996 19:15:46 EST
  I do not have to push down the shift nob when shifting my '77 westy into reverse. What does this mean? I don't...
• Re: Rear Wiper Question
  Historical mailing list - Dave C.
  Sat, 5 May 2001 00:25:26 -0400
  on 5/4/2001 5:46 AM, Benjamin Tan at BenTbtstr8@aol.com wrote: > Push the stalk forward. That should give you a squirt...
• hydralic valves & push rod tubes
  Historical mailing list - Eric Henning
  Wed, 29 Oct 1997 11:37:13 EST
  greetings all, in practice do you really need to re-adjust hydralic valves after replacing push rod tube seals? this will be the first...
• Re: Looking for correct name or terminology f or a push-pull
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Tue, 3 Dec 2013 07:22:12 -0800
  ...Looking for correct name or terminology f or a push-pull >>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowden_cable >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original...
• Re: Leaky Transmission, the plot thickens
  Historical mailing list - Suzanne Hackett
  Sun, 7 Mar 1999 15:35:51 -0800
  ...The one that caught my attention was "pushrod tube seals." My first mechanic after buying "Geordi" wagged a bent piece of pipe at me...
• Re: Clutch pedal difficult to push
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:55:59 -0700
  ...Someone mentioned a few possible things to check as the cause for a > clutch pedal that is harder than normal to push. > > My '85...
• Re: 1.9L coolant blinky light troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 9 Jun 2011 15:36:25 -0400
  ...himself in a finger trying to do the same with a pushpin? Pushpin would be fine. He's having trouble with "hook one end...
• push start - not?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Wheaton
  Thu, 11 Jan 2001 21:58:18 -0800
  According to Bentley: "Vehicles with Manual Transmission must not be started by pushing or towing. Damage to the catalytic converter and/or other parts...
• [T2] 79 Bust - Engine salad surgery...
  Historical mailing list - Bob
  Fri, 16 Jun 1995 03:05:46 +0000
  ...I pulled out the pushrod and noticed it was hollow. Aren't the hollow pushrods supposed to go into motors that don't have...
• Re: "expandable" pushrod tube?
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Sun, 1 Apr 2001 20:34:38 -0400
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: "expandable" pushrod tube? Hi folks, I have this new pushrod tube in my hand and had imagined that it...
• Re-use collapsible pushrod tubes? New o-rings available?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Lambas
  Sun, 9 Sep 2012 15:47:05 -0500
  I was just cleaning up my pushrod tubes, three of which are collapsible, and was wondering I should re-use the collapsible ones. The...
• Re: [A] 73 1700 push rod tube question ...
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Thu, 2 Feb 95 10:58:17 PST
  ...and you have to pull the head off to do it. Pushrod tubes are cheap anyway, so you might as well get a new...
• Re: 87 GL wont start and run
  Historical mailing list - Don Record
  Wed, 10 Feb 1999 18:24:30 EST
  ...Whoever pointed out that improperly seated push rods were the culprit was right.... Some Grease Monkey (me:-) Didnt get two of the push rods...
• Re: FS: brush guard/bull bars for fiberglass bumpered vans..any interest?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 18 Jan 2002 23:30:21 EST
  ...headlights, with a push-bar in front with a space to mount your wench.. not too obtrusive looking, ...>> yes, when my wench wants to...
• Oil leak, 1.9L, '84
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Mon, 19 Aug 2002 15:22:03 -0400
  I'd drop the engine tin and look for a pushrod tube leak. You can get collapsible pushrod tubes pretty cheap (e.g. busdepot...
• Bent valve push rod
  Historical mailing list - Ed Lloyd
  Mon, 9 Jun 2003 17:40:27 -0400
  ...I traced it to a push rod tube, and ordered a collapsible replacement tube from Bus Depot, along with the seals. This weekend I...
• Re: Central Locking - can't open rear hatch
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 23 Aug 2005 20:23:31 -0700
  ...If it turns about 15 degrees, try holding it turned like that and push in the button by pushing on the key. A friend...
• Re: Poptop Raise Assists (Fryeday content)
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Thu, 8 Feb 2007 11:01:50 -0700
  ...pushing/pulling laterally is more biomechanically efficient than pushing up vertically), it has some rather distinct disadvantages that would lose far more efficiency than...
• FW: 85 Vanagon - leaking push rod tube?
  Historical mailing list - Cooper, Jonathan R.
  Mon, 7 May 2001 15:34:12 -0400
  ...so what you'll need is ... - new collapsible pushrod tube. - seals for pushrod tube, both ends. - new valve cover gasket. - socket and ratchet ... i...
• Re: Loud clanking sound from exhaust - pushrod unseated?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Tue, 27 Jul 2004 13:01:23 -0400
  ...I may not have time to take out the pushrods until the weekend. If a pushrod is unseated, what else should I inspect for...
• Re: Why, not push start?
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sun, 24 Aug 1997 22:49:37 -0400
  On Sun, 24 Aug 1997, Peg Piwonka wrote: > Hi there, > > According to my VW owners manual it says to never push start the > van...
• Re: 2.1 WBX Push Rods. Make Sure They're Seated! Was: 2.1 wbx rocker, pushrods
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 20 May 2017 18:37:32 -0700
  ...With the following in mind (below), the "clack clack" I heard may simply have been a push rod or two seating. Today, I did...
• Re: propane copper tubing 3/8" type K , rigid or soft
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 31 Mar 2017 12:44:03 -0700
  ...The push in feature of the stove knobs is there to prevent accidental turning on of the stove burners. Alistair > On Mar 31, 2017...
• Hydraulic Valve adjustment - when is "contact"?
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Sat, 2 Apr 2005 00:45:24 -0500
  ...I tried to adjust my valves to one turn past contact but I can't decide where contact is! I push even lightly on...
• Re: Folding table "push-push" latch
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Sat, 12 Sep 2009 06:58:14 -0700
  ...Folding table "push-push" latch Specific to '89 but I suspect universal application... The latch holding the folding table into its cavity in the...
• Re: 2.1 WBX Push Rods. Make Sure They're Seated! Was: 2.1 wbx rocker, pushrods
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 22 May 2017 01:22:33 +0000
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• push rod placement 1990 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Reggie Rainard
  Sat, 5 Apr 2003 21:57:00 -0800
  ...unfortunatly the four push rods fell off the head as i was taking it off and i never labeled them. is this a problem...
• Re: Gas pedal push rod comes unseated
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sat, 3 Oct 2009 11:32:29 -0700
  ...Gas pedal push rod comes unseated To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Saturday, October 3, 2009, 12:16 PM I left Mellow Yellow downtown...
• Propane Tank Question
  Historical mailing list - Ed Henckel
  Thu, 26 Aug 1999 15:18:08 -0700
  ...During my last fill up (in northern New Mexico) the operator bugged up the push button under the red cap, saying it wouldn't...
• Re: Push Rod Tube Leak????
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Mon, 3 Jan 2005 13:53:59 -0800
  Are you sure that the leak is coming from the pushrod tube and not from the waterpump seal which is above that? Feel around...
• Re: wierd brake stuff :-(
  Historical mailing list - Richard Bias
  Fri, 30 Jan 2004 11:30:51 +0000
  ...Without this fix, the first push on the brake pedal spreads the back shoes a little, then the next quick push again spreads them...
• Re: [Syncro] Syncro Lights
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Tue, 18 Jan 2000 19:21:34 -0500
  ...There is a good chance the problem is at the pneumatic actuator (RHS of Differential) which pushes and pulls the Differential Lock shaft. If...
• Brake lights take alot of pushing to turn them on.
  Historical mailing list - Mark Carrig
  Mon, 19 Nov 2012 13:38:49 -0800
  I've noticed recently that my brakes take a good bit of pedal push to get the brake lights to light. � I didnt see...
• Re: Fridge, keeps blowing out and backfires durring ignition
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 26 Aug 2010 23:07:02 -0400
  ...I start sparking >*as soon* as I push yellow button. If you spark on every stroke of the air pump starting just before you...
• Re: a simple question
  Historical mailing list - James Creech
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 09:19:17 -0500
  ...Jim Creech > Pull towards you to activate the front washers and 3 swipes of the wiper. > Pushing forward activates the rear wiper and washers...
• Re: Locked out
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Tue, 27 Aug 2002 11:28:04 -0700
  ...None of the doors will lock if you push the lock button and shut them. Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alistair Bell" <albell@UVIC.CA...
• Re: [Syncro] Re: Freezing throttle cable temporary fix
  Historical mailing list - sam.cooks
  Thu, 5 Feb 2004 12:46:41 -0500
  ...Pulling on the linkage attempts to push the cable back into the housing. If the cable is frozen farther back down the vehicle, it...
• Charcoal canister questions
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 29 Aug 2022 21:29:01 -0400
  ...It is easier to push out then pull in. But when I push air in water comes out the bottom. Any collective wisdom on...
• Re: Temp II Sensor Release
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 29 Dec 2013 19:26:00 -0700
  JR Assuming this pertains to your 88GL2.1L ~ You Push or SqueezeDown (if you have it ConvenientlyOriented) on the WireClip & then if it TheConnector...