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• Re: 2.1 Push Rod Cover Fabrication?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 29 Sep 2015 16:23:38 -0400
  ...2.1 Push Rod Cover Fabrication? hi all Has anyone fabricated these covers with residential HVAC "tin" ? Haven't really thought this through but...
• 85 Vanagon - leaking push rod tube?
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan R. Cooper
  Sun, 6 May 2001 21:37:29 -0400
  ...I took the tin off and it looks like the foremost pushrod tube is leaking. From scanning the archives this looks like a likely...
• Re: bleeding bloody brakes
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Mon, 15 Jan 2007 11:34:22 -0800
  ...As for "push/adjuster rod" (P. 46.6 Bentley) if I can find the answer in my Pmail, I'll forward it to list...
• Re: Oil leak - '91 Carat - 2'1L
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Sat, 20 Dec 2014 20:46:31 -1000
  ...Oil leak - '91 Carat - 2'1L > > Rocker cover gasket or the push rod tubes. > > Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry...
• Re: High Pressure Oil Switch Wire; Tethered to Switch. OEM? PIC
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 11 May 2012 19:03:40 -0700
  ...what is the question though ? the 'normal' low rpm OP switch is between the push rod tubes, on the left side, under the push...
• Re: collapsable push rod tube source?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 1 Jun 2004 06:46:48 EDT
  ...Push rod tube collapsible, Altrom, 070 109 337 - $25.00 CND. Price on new order may change, I'll have to verify that today...
• Re: lifter replacement
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Tue, 13 Apr 2004 22:25:06 -0400
  ...The replacement push rod tubes are in short supply. so have them in hand before you tear out the old one try Ken a...
• Push rod tube "bent wires"
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 25 May 1996 18:10:54 -0400
  ...One of those items BTW, were the push rod tubes which I hadn't thought about but were dented etc and I bought those...
• Re: Push Rod Tube Leak????
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Wed, 5 Jan 2005 11:06:18 -0600
  ...area for a while and was definately more pronounced than the push rod tube seals. I don't know what to make of it...
• Re: Push covers/enging tins
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:46:16 -0400
  ...We are talking about the push rod tube covers under the engine. These are actually stainless steel to start with only the tabs that...
• Re: Rolling Friction of a Vanagon (not a tire thread)!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 1 Jun 2009 04:28:49 -0500
  ...Mark > > > > John Rodgers wrote: >> I have a favorite spot along a certain road, and I like to see just how >> much push momentum will...
• Re: FS Type IV High Lift cam, lifters, push rods.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 30 Dec 2002 21:06:26 -0600
  ...FS Type IV High Lift cam, lifters, push rods. > >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > > >For sale Weber Solid Lifter Camshaft .297 lift, unknown > duration...
• Re: * IS AN '86 GL SYNCRO A GOOD BUY?? *
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Fri, 10 Jan 1997 19:25:00 -0800
  ...I meant "push rod seals" not "valve guides". Sorry Larry Johnson '86 Syncro Westy
• Re: throttle valve cable spring installation
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 23 Oct 2002 21:47:22 -0500
  ...Seems > like I > pushed on the rod to compress the spring. Then grabbed the end of > the rod > that was now protruding from the...
• Re: Pushrod tube cracked HELP
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
  Fri, 8 May 2009 18:57:06 -0400
  ...43 PM, Mike Collum wrote: > James Gebhard wrote: >> one of my push rod tubes has a small crack or hole on the top of...
• engine tin-85 GL
  Historical mailing list - Kim G
  Mon, 29 Oct 2001 08:37:48 -0600
  ...GL? I am looking for the two peices that cover the push rod tubes. One goes on each side of the engine. thanks, kim...
• Push covers/enging tins
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:19:45 -0500
  Hey all - Are the push rod covers (or engine tins whatever you want to call them) the same for 1.9 and a 2...
• Re: tie rod removal...
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:57:59 -0400
  ...florian@gmail.com>wrote: > Hmm, tried to get the tie rod ends pushed out this morning from my syncro > to > no luck. seems one...
• Re: Help - clutch-master/slave cylinder? gone in Edmonston New Brunswick
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 1 Jun 2009 19:58:04 -0700
  ...you might need to adjust that push rod length ..and always lube the cheap metal-to-metal pivot point where the push rod clevis...
• Re: Gas pedal push rod comes unseated
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 3 Oct 2009 13:17:24 -0700
  Oh, okay, that's the push rod that I referenced as shown on Bentleys 20.31 in my OP. It had somehow pulled out...
• Re: Window rubber trim alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Sun, 20 Jun 2004 12:28:44 -0800
  ...John Rodgers <jh_rodgers@BELLSOUTH.NET> From: John Rodgers <jh_rodgers@BELLSOUTH.NET> Subject: Re: Window rubber trim alternatives To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM...
• Re: Big end rod clearance 2.1 WBX
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 9 Mar 2007 13:25:35 +0000
  ...pushes against the piston. A little oil on the threads will make it come out nice and easy. No banging, stressing the rod end...
• Re: Rolling Friction of a Vanagon (not a tire thread)!
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 31 May 2009 21:12:02 -0700
  ...Mark John Rodgers wrote: > I have a favorite spot along a certain road, and I like to see just how > much push momentum will...
• Re: Push rod tube instalation and Bentley
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 2 Nov 1999 17:26:41 EST
  ...I wouldn't replace a pushrod tube without getting the seals too (if it leaks you are going to have to pull the whole...
• Re: Hydro lifters (# of turn)
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Tue, 29 Jun 2004 10:09:17 -0400
  ...This had nothing to do with the expantion of the push rods cylinders block and heads or did it going faster miles an hour...
• Re: Reflectors on back of van
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Fri, 14 Oct 2005 12:28:43 -0800
  ...They are legal on Street Rods here in Alaska thanks to the efforts of local Rodders that pushed legislation through for special exceptions for...
• Re: 2.1 WBX Push Rods. Make Sure They're Seated! Was: 2.1 wbx rocker, pushrods
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 19 May 2017 17:58:05 -0700
  Good rule. Thanks. I did a compression test before I started the work. I loath to think what the compression will be now! On...
• John Wallace Day clearance sale
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Wed, 27 Jul 2005 19:07:44 -0400
  ...parts Febi hydraulic lifters $12 each $96 per set 2.1 Push Rod Tube Collapsible $16 each $120 per set New OEM brake calipers...
• Re: 2.1 L push rods
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Mon, 9 Feb 2015 16:43:31 -0500
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• Re: push rod tubes dilemma
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:29:31 -0700
  Yes, that's the essentially origin of the WBX engine case: 1200>1600>1800 AC to 1.9>2.1 water cooled with the...
• Re: Educate Me Please - Vanagon Shifter Operation
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Thu, 9 Apr 2009 10:18:03 -0400
  ...for the fore and aft operations, the shift lever moves the entire shift rod to the front, and to the back. when you push...
• Tapping under rear passenger wheel area
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Mon, 4 Jan 2010 00:16:50 -0800
  ...muffler, but I can't push on it and get it to move or make noise. I rode 50 freeway miles today, and nothing...
• Re: 2.1 WBX Push Rods. Make Sure They're Seated! Was: 2.1 wbx rocker, pushrods
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 19 May 2017 18:14:58 -0700
  .... and I think I see what you're getting at Mark. After doing that type or work, do a compression check before starting the...
• Re: Rear side marker light guards
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Thu, 23 Jul 2015 18:13:39 -0700
  I like them, the only issue I see is that instead if breaking the lense it will just push the body in ,if push...
• Re: Radius Rod Installation
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Fri, 14 Jul 2017 11:40:03 -0400
  ...hole the radius rod has to be centered in the opening. Not easy to do when it's being pushed down by the spring...
• Re: [A] 73 1700 push rod tube question ...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 Feb 1995 13:06:51 -0400
  ...This lets the seals move with push rod tube thermal expansion and still seal against the heads/block. DO NOT use silicone sealer goop...
• 84 1st gear shift problem
  Historical mailing list - smko
  Sat, 31 May 1997 19:54:49 -0400
  ...along the horizontal rod have play (about 1/8th inch). It feels like an adjuctment problem because if I push real hard I can...
• Re: pushrod from auto. trans to throttle - Cannot get spring back
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:13:11 -0500
  ...but I can't push the spring in enough to leave enough space at the end of the rod to put the e-clip...
• Re: Oil pressure switch color
  Historical mailing list - David
  Thu, 14 Jul 2016 10:35:54 -0400
  ...pushrod tubes and .9 on high near oil pump.... My blue one is a .3.... Dave On Thursday, July 14, 2016, John Rodgers <jrodgers113...
• Thanks for the info. Now, does ...
  Historical mailing list - zolo
  Thu, 11 Sep 2003 19:58:07 -0700
  Thanks for the good and favorable info about the push rods. Now, does any of you have some to spare for me for the...
• Manual Steering: How to Torque Inner Tie Rod End? (searched)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 16 Apr 2011 09:25:55 -0700
  ...For this inner tie rod nut: http://tinyurl.com/3tl5wl3 How does one torque the big inner "nut" to rack? I imagine most go...
• Re: It's not the way to do it ...
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 12 Dec 2016 22:16:59 -0500
  ...Then you go for a push start. > Then depending on your luck you bust a piston or bend a rod or if you do...
• Re: Hot Foot Syndrome...what is solution?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sun, 13 Jul 2003 13:54:41 -0400
  ...The reason was that hot air from under the front end > was blowing up through the hole that the rod attached to the gas...
• Bleeding the clutch.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 9 Mar 2003 09:03:51 -0600
  ...turn pushing fluid backward to the clutch master which pushes the clutch master piston back up to contact the clutch pedal plunger rod????? Is...
• Re: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sun, 6 Oct 2013 14:51:05 -0700
  ...Not a problem at all ........with engine horizontal, use the pushrods to keep the push rod tubes in place as you fiddle the head...
• Re: Front Brake Pad Replacement
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 30 Jan 2003 17:58:48 -0600
  ...Again, thanks to the List Membership!! John Rodgers 88 GL Driver John Rodgers wrote: > Can anyone point me to a web site with a...
• Re: Clutch master cyl replacement procedure?
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Mon, 12 Jun 2000 13:33:17 -0400
  ...Canada >My clutch master cylinder is leaking fluid from where the push rod >enters the top of the cylinder. Fluid is, of course, soaking...
• Re: Push Rod Tube Leak????
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Wed, 5 Jan 2005 14:27:12 -0800
  ...area for a while and was definately more pronounced > than the push rod tube seals. I don't know what to make of it...
• Re: Spongy Brakes & Travel to Yellowstone
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 20 Jun 2003 15:31:40 -0500
  ...You push once and it is a little soft; pushing >again immediately gives a firmer feel. > Ed, my 88GL had these same symptoms. After...
• Re: Loud metallic knock from engine??????
  Historical mailing list - John Lane
  Wed, 12 Jul 2006 10:28:28 -0700
  I don't think you can remove the lifter without destroying the push rod tube, hence the collapsible one, this way you don't...
• Re: lifter noise
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 28 Mar 2000 08:41:49 EST
  ...I removed and throughly cleaned the rocker arms and push rods (spraying through them with brake cleaner) and put it all back together. Since...
• Re: Clutch Pedal Click
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 2 Jul 2010 00:20:16 -0700
  ...When I installed the new clutch MC, due to newb ignorance, I never adjusted the cylinder push rod. It worked fine so.... And grease...
• Re: 1.9 Oil Leak question
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Tue, 4 May 2010 12:25:24 -0400
  ...He said it looks like > it > is leaking > "from the back maybe around where the push rod tins are" > > This lead me to believe...
• Re: Throttle Body Removal
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 5 May 2011 09:34:12 -0700
  ...push that spring on the rod back, like with a needle nose pliers, then remove that small clip on the end. then the rod...
• Odometer repairs
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Mon, 28 Jan 2002 11:41:30 -0800
  ...You need to find a way to push that cog wheel back on its spindle rod toward the screw gear by holding the other...
• Re: [A] 73 1700 push rod tube question ...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 Feb 95 11:57:48 EST
  These tubes can actually be stretched back to their original length (Muir describes the procedure). Better yet is to buy new ones with NEW...
• Re: V-Belt Pully Bolt
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sun, 26 Dec 2004 19:15:23 -0500
  ...stops the crank from turning but you can't use this push rod method undo the front bolt except with a 1/2 drive...
• Re: hydraulic problem
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Sun, 25 Nov 2001 15:01:02 -0500
  ...the spring on that valve doesnt move, > what moves is the bottom half, what i would call the push rod, if this > thing has...
• Re: Heads back on, runs OK and dies
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Sat, 29 Mar 2008 21:34:53 +0000
  ...Look down each push rod tube with a flashlight. You should see the push rod centered in each lifter. If that is true then...
• Re: tie rod removal
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Fri, 13 Jul 2007 23:24:42 -0400
  ...tighten the bolt on the puller (pusher) you'll hear a loud > bang and the tie rod will break loose. This is normal! > > > > > > On...