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• Re: Engine Rebuild Questions
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 7 Apr 2009 19:48:12 -0500
  ...sleeves, pistons, camshaft etc... >>> >>> I am awaiting a final parts list from him now but want to be sure I am >>> not missing anything...
• Re: cam question
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 1 Feb 95 17:47:22 PST
  ...I replaced the camshaft and the worn rocker. A few more thousand miles later the new cam and another rocker bit into each other...
• Re: 84, rich running, help request...
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 11:08:51 -0400
  ...Who did the rebuild and how much of it was rebuilt? Could the camshaft be mis-indexed? If rings were replaced, check the compression...
• Re: Replaced Diesel Engine with Honda Civic
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Fri, 20 Aug 1999 10:41:26 -0400
  ...Or does anybody make reverse-rotation camshafts and starter motors for a Honda? They exist for marine applications, etc. Always made me laugh when...
• 82 Rebuilt diesel Westy for sale
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Sun, 23 Jan 2000 13:36:11 EST
  ...With the vehicle I will also include the old block and a manifold I bought new from VW (valve broke as did camshaft), and...
• Re: Roadhaus - 2.2L Engine Install , Prelimanary Report
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Wed, 16 Oct 2002 11:22:32 -0400
  ...The camshaft is I am sure very close to stock as the fuel injection can not tolerate more duration without loosing all low end...
• Rebuild update
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 14 May 94 21:19:42 CDT
  ...The crankshaft, rods, camshaft, and case look like they are in very good shape, so I will not be opening the crank case. Ancilliary...
• Re: what are ratio rockers?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Mon, 3 Aug 1998 16:26:22 -0700
  ...The rockers can only effect how far the valves are open - and that is really only in respect to the lift on the camshaft...
• Re: FS Type IV High Lift cam, lifters, push rods.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 30 Dec 2002 21:06:26 -0600
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > > >For sale Weber Solid Lifter Camshaft .297 lift, unknown > duration. > >I don't know the part number. > >Asking $150.00...
• Re: Ignition screw ups
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:59:08 -0800
  ...WTF? Am I expected to > change the relationship between the camshaft and distributor or this a screw > up by the rebuilder? > > Nathaniel > -- Neil Nicholson...
• Re: problems after head swap in '84 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Wed, 29 May 2002 16:36:35 -0400
  ...All SOHC/DOCH engine have a notch on the main camshaft gear, not our beloved Westy. Find any kind of 1/4 dowel, wood...
• Re: A/C tranny in my na diesel!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 28 Oct 2012 10:29:26 -0400
  ...more efficient being direct injected and better flow from head and camshaft profile?? Decisions decisions!! Thanks for any info!! Velma 82diesel 1.6 na...
• RE: Vanagon-Bug Motor Parts (shared)
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Dove - VAX Master
  Fri, 2 Dec 1994 9:10:13 -0500 (EST)
  ...They use a Berg crank with type IV bearings, 100mm pistions with steel sleeves, Engle camshaft with straight cut gears, Scat type IV solid...
• Re: Oversized Oil Drain plug ?? 2.1
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 9 Nov 2003 18:19:28 -0600
  ...long and I was not sure if that would hit the >camshaft. No good part stores open today so I'll have to wait...
• Re: Roadhaus - 2.2L Engine Install , Prelimanary Report
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Wed, 16 Oct 2002 08:32:38 -0400
  ...I felt like I had 100 HP too. > > However they also increase the size of the cylinders, and change the > camshaft. Did they increase...
• Re: WBX 2.1L Engine Case - Reman
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Fri, 1 Oct 2004 20:34:45 -0400
  ...But having been around the block a time or two (pun intended) I tried a set of oversized cam bearing and installed the camshaft...
• Re: vanagon troubles
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Fri, 1 Feb 2002 06:18:27 -0800
  ...Other likely sources are the front and rear crankshaft seals, front and rear camshaft seals, intermidiate shaft seal. Some diesel owners have reported that...
• Re: GEX Vanagon Engines-where to get a good engine
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 21 Mar 2015 10:21:14 -0700
  ...New heads, upgraded valves? How is the case align bored? Are the head studs tested-replaced? Camshaft-lifters new or reground? Crank, rods, pistons...
• Re: Bottom end reassembly?
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Mon, 24 Apr 2000 17:40:07 -0400
  ...Case and other parts have already been cleaned. #2 Then I will position case (1/2 of case) sideways and grease the camshaft and...
• Re: 85 Vanagon low compression in 2 cylinders. Suggestions?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Bucchino Sr
  Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:07:02 -0400
  Worn camshaft lobes normally don't result in low compression readings. It's more likely to be worn rings Sent from my iPhone On...
• Re: TIICO/ABA engine question
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:52:58 -0500
  ...20, > > > Chris S wrote: > > > > Folks, > > > > > > > > Does anyone know how > > > the TIICO camshaft compare the ABA cam? Does anyone > > > > have the > > > specs, like lift, duration...
• Re: Gear driven, timing belts, chains, etc. NVC
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Tue, 26 Jun 2007 11:40:33 -0400
  ...Some kinda linkage?? How about two >rocker arms, one opens, one closes, both running on the same camshaft, so >they can't possibly get...
• Re: Random Thoughts on Vanagon Maintenance
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 3 May 2014 06:57:23 -0700
  ...Even Porsche dealers refused to work on them quite often...32 valves, 4 camshafts, a serpentine timing belt turning the whole valve train that...
• Re: '82 diesel Injector Pump timing symtoms?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn & Janis Wright
  Sun, 20 Apr 1997 14:08:08 -0800
  ...out of time engine injector pump? (the flywheel TDC bump, the > camshaft notch, and the injector locking pin all line up) I've never...
• Re: From the vw news rumor mill
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 24 Dec 2004 00:46:12 +1300
  ...its SOHC (one camshaft for both banks!) 5-liter V16 openwheeler racers were legendary, and could spin the wheels in top gear at 160kmh...
• Re: Ethanol free gas
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 5 Sep 2013 23:04:41 -0500
  ...performance with the Good > Stuff...it's compression ratio, slightly improved camshaft grind and tuned > exhaust respond well to real gas without ethanol. Mileage...
• Re: Corvair and Porsche 914 Engines (Was: Towing!!!)
  Historical mailing list - '80 Westy Pokey
  Wed, 16 May 2001 13:41:48 -0700
  ...And then having to change the > camshaft anyhowz... If you're gonna do a swap.... > > Perhaps "RoadCow" is the way you want to go...
• Re: oil pressure diagnosis.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:11:49 -0700
  ...way!" (not my exclamation point) Under illustration 10.3a showing all camshaft bearing caps, it says (logically) that the bearing caps "must be reinstalled...
• Fwd: Boston Bob on Connecting Rod Bolts
  Historical mailing list - Tom Lambas
  Tue, 7 Sep 2010 19:49:11 -0500
  ...The longer stroke 2.1 cranks in combination with > the > >1.9 rod bolts can but do not always hit the camshaft > >The 2...
• 1985 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - Marion Lathem
  Fri, 18 Aug 2006 19:43:23 -0500
  ...I know it's timed right, with the camshaft. I believe It's timed right with the distributor, yet it just pops. I bought...
• Water and Air and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Jon B. Kanas
  Wed, 5 May 1999 22:47:31 -0600
  ...In many cases, we also found excessive camshaft wear when the case was apart. I suspect that the material from which the camshaft is...
• Re: Found motor for Swap,(reply, 2.0,supercharged)
  Historical mailing list - Modl6971
  Wed, 6 May 1998 03:17:36 EDT
  ...That motor ( 2.0 liter) stock is 115 HP, and with a minor chip upgrade, camshaft and/or even a supercharger from Bellevue Motorsports...
• Re: Engine Rebuild Questions
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Wed, 8 Apr 2009 00:54:03 -0500
  ...If there is no visible wear on the camshaft does that still need to > be replaced? > > 3. What is the proper break in period...
• Re: strange idling
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Sat, 1 Sep 2007 15:13:14 -0700
  ...It is a drive shaft with gear engaging with camshaft inside the distributor hole. You can see a slot from the top of the...
• Re: aligning distributor
  Historical mailing list - Tom Brunson
  Wed, 27 Aug 1997 02:49:04 UT
  ...Like all 4-cycle engines the crank turns two revolutions for each rev of the camshaft / distributor. It will line up on the timing...
• Of Interest to Air Coolers
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 17 Dec 2002 21:56:55 -0600
  ...Being a horizontal baffle, which is positioned below the camshaft and just above the surface of the oil, when filled to the maximum, a...
• Re: valve adj.: lower compression, valvetrain noise remains
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Sun, 20 May 2012 13:50:55 -0400
  ...The question to ask is whether there are any oil pressure issues or camshaft wear that is making the noise worse. In other words...
• Re: Timing Chains, Belts, Gears, etc (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sun, 24 Jun 2007 09:50:25 -0400
  ...In the case of a poor rebuilt, i have seen camshaft seized and the belt broke of jump teeth, but in that case, it...
• Re: Align-boring?
  Historical mailing list - Dom
  Wed, 15 Sep 1999 11:08:37 +1000
  ...in some other manner? > 3/ The same questions apply to the camshaft case journals. You can and must purchase bearings and journals which not...
• Re: Opinions wanted: Overhaul or Eletric?!
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 8 Jul 2023 05:23:36 +0000
  ...Engine is missing at least one rocker arm under the camshaft (visible via Oil filler opening). Where is it? Who knows. How many more...
• Re: 5 cyl status report
  Historical mailing list - Detlev Hanschke
  Mon, 22 Feb 1999 21:10:57 EST
  ...Engine KX and will have 130 hp with a custom/German camshaft 3) Which engine code did you use in Marks vanagon. Do you...
• Re: difference's between model years
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Fri, 3 Oct 2014 09:42:49 -0400
  ...Yes, the 1600 was a bit low on power and it used old > technology(carburetor, solid lifters, gear driven camshaft), but it was > dependable...
• Hydraulic Lifter Lore Is True!
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 22 Aug 2001 10:29:41 -0400
  ...I put up with intermittent clacking and was resigned to believing it just depended where the camshaft parked itself on shut down. I got...
• Re: The Banagon list (was a war..)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 6 Mar 2003 19:10:50 -0800
  ...A knock down, drag out, camshaft to the head >>war. I volunteer to be Supremo Generalissimo von Wasserboxen >>representing the water people. I expect...
• Re: OIL PRESSURE LIGHT/ALARM
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sat, 13 Jan 2001 07:32:39 -0600
  ...Is this common with the 2.1 Wasserboxer? Has anyone out there replaced the main and camshaft bearings without having to rebore the case...
• Re: 1.9L WBX Compression Test Question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 16 Dec 2011 06:11:55 -0500
  ...Two opposite cylinders having low compression can also indicate worn camshaft lobes. On the 1.9L engines the front cylinders also tend to get...
• Re: Piston cylinders
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Tue, 29 May 2007 07:19:10 -0700
  ...threw a rod, put a hole in the case, broke the camshaft in > half and two barrels ended up cracked. > Surprisingly the crank came...
• Re: 82 Diesel Vanagon - what caused cam bearing to fail?
  Historical mailing list - The Southards
  Sun, 10 Dec 2000 12:22:54 -0500
  ...If the camshaft siezed, that might explain the timing belt jumping a few teeth. Jumping a few teeth will not usually create contact between...
• Re: Waterboxer hop-up vs. swap
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Wed, 10 Mar 1999 09:43:42 PST
  ...ratio rockers, > chip work, flowed heads (and polished), maybe bigger valves, camshaft, > perf. exhaust, better intake, even lighter connecting rods for higer > RPMs and...
• Re: Ladies Crossing the US
  Historical mailing list - Jon B. Kanas
  Tue, 30 Mar 1999 10:08:29 -0700
  ...In many cases, we also found excessive camshaft wear when the case was apart. I suspect that the material from which the camshaft is...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
  Sat, 19 Aug 2006 06:37:42 -0700
  ...I know it's timed right, with the camshaft. I believe It's timed right with the distributor, yet it just pops. I bought...
• salvage yard experiences?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Wed, 23 Jun 2004 10:45:19 -0700
  ...van while I crack the case of the existing engine and check the camshaft for wear. Though, this would be further down the line.
• Don't need no steenkin TDI, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:43:24 -0700
  ...had the head off, swapped in a slightly more power-making camshaft. Now, I get 22.5 to 24 mpg (with the same load...
• For sale: 1985 GL Weekender, 1983 Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Rio Rafael
  Wed, 24 Jul 2002 09:31:22 -0700
  ...New thermostat New cap, rotor, plugs, wires New water pump\ New camshaft Rods resized and checked for cracks and new small end bushings installed...
• rod bearing clearance (again)
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Sun, 15 Jun 2003 11:13:14 -0700
  ...I'll just work on clearancing the rod/camshaft interference until i figure out why the rods don't seem right... Thanks, -Damon ===== '84...
• Re: Manual tranny shift
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 3 Mar 2016 03:25:20 -0600
  ...Could not find a New > Camshaft anywhere at any price ...had to settle for a reground. > > Lots of life left in that Van ... > like...
• Big Engine For Sale
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 7 Nov 94 14:27:57 PST
  ...365 BHP / 480 lb/ft torque @ 2800 RPM > > Norris #295 DMH Hyd Camshaft > Int: 270 deg., .490 in. lift > Ex: 280 deg., .516 in...
• Re: stumped
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:20:16 -0800
  ...The camshaft/crank timing appears to be correct; I've done this > before > with success. The timing belt slipped several years ago because the...
• Re: Source for Woodruff key
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:33:03 -0400
  ...Available > EVERYWHERE. > > > http://www.airheadparts.com/vintage-vw-parts/camshaft-rushrod/woodruff-key-crank-pulley-113105249 > -- > Jim Thompson > 84 GL 1.9 "Gloria" > 84...
• Re: Oil on the rear window!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 30 May 1997 20:12:23 PST
  ...There are no engines that > >submerge a camshaft intentionally. Too much windage causes heat build up and >foaming. Race engines run dry sump systems...