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• Re: 2.1 hydraulic lifter rebuild kit available?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 26 Oct 2012 11:24:28 -0500
  ...2.1 hydraulic lifter rebuild kit available? > > I see hydraulic lifters for the 2.1 priced about $20 each. That's a lot of...
• Re: hydraulic lifter adjustment questions (sorry)
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 23 May 2012 11:07:22 -0700
  ...BTW, on old V-8s and some other engines with the cam in the block you could adjust the hydraulic valves while the engine...
• Supporting the pop top to remove the frame
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Fri, 14 Aug 2015 13:57:22 -0700
  ...Harbor freight has a great little hydraulic table lift <http://www.harborfreight.com/500-lb-capacity-hydraulic-table-cart-60730-10041.html> that would...
• Re: Clutch
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 10 Sep 2011 11:46:41 -0700
  One must, or really should, always at least bleed the clutch hydraulics when installing a new clutch in a vanagon. It's not a...
• Re: What is fair # of hours to fix a clutch slave cylinder?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 13 Sep 2000 21:48:06 -0700
  ...What is a fair number of hours to charge for this repair? I'm assuming they'd also have to bleed hydraulic system as...
• Re: > Every vehicle you see on the road ( including your's) has steel
  Historical mailing list - John Wallace
  Mon, 2 May 2005 14:55:38 -0400
  ...Then he just used the special crimping tool they have and installed them on the hydraulic hose. The other one is the low pressure...
• Re: hyd valve adj. & gas
  Historical mailing list - westydriver
  Thu, 12 Sep 2002 15:02:46 -0600
  never heard of adjusting valves on hydraulics jimt On Thursday, September 12, 2002, at 02:24 PM, Clarence J Falarski wrote: > Hello all: > > 1990...
• Re: Solid Lifters
  Historical mailing list - Michael Brenner
  Tue, 23 Sep 2003 21:20:34 -0700
  Fellow Listerines, I think I may of read somewhere that you can change out the hydraulic lifters in a 1.9 waterboxer, for solid...
• PS line replacement
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Fri, 13 Jan 2006 15:09:42 -0500
  ...You'd take them to your friendly neighbourhood hydraulic shop and have them attach the correct tubing to the fittings. (the tubing is very...
• Re: 1981 Vanagon Clutch Hydraulic Cylinder Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Tue, 18 Apr 2023 00:51:46 +0000
  ...This reduced the drip rate of the fluid > while the hydraulic fittings were disconnected. > - I thought the master cylinder replacement was tricky until I...
• Hydraulic lifter valve clearance settings on a 1600 aircooled
  Historical mailing list - Phil Marston
  Tue, 11 Jan 2000 13:10:33 -0000
  ...When I recently re-built my engine I followed the Haynes manual when adjusting the tappets and pre-loaded the hydraulic tappets by getting...
• Re: Power Steering Pump - high pressure line
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 11 Sep 2006 07:58:35 EDT
  ...Remove the old one, take it to an industrial hydraulic shop that repairs hydraulics of tractors, backhoes and such. They can install a new...
• Re: Consensus wanted....OK to drive with power steering belt detached for awhile???
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 1 Sep 2004 22:14:28 +1200
  > Well, it isn't consensus (yet) but at least a BTDT answer >(not on a vanagon, but hydraulics are hydraulics... up to a point...
• clutch pedal travel
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 8 Jun 2019 14:12:57 -0700
  ...What does this means? 1 - worn clutch? 2 - bad slave or bad master cylinder? 3 - air in the hydraulic system and needs to be...
• Re: subject tire jack suggestions for 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:34:06 -0700
  10 ton hydraulic bottle jack. On 6/18/10 8:01 PM, "Bobby Brown" <bobbybrown1@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > Had a blowout today on the...
• Changing WB lifters with the engine in the van
  Historical mailing list - garyes
  Thu, 13 Aug 1998 17:28:14 -0700
  Has anyone out there changed hydraulic lifters with the wasserboxer engine in the van. My 84 Westy is clacking ( I think at least 3...
• 84 vanagon. Push on clutch and does not move
  Historical mailing list - puzerewski
  Fri, 27 Apr 2001 11:58:45 -0400
  ...Brakes have plenty of pedal, so I know it is not a hydraulic issue. Adam Puzerewski 81 westy 74 beetle 73 Transporter (new!!!!!!!) Vanagon...
• Diesel-Adjust the hydraulic clutch-SOLVED
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Fri, 9 Nov 2001 17:55:40 -0700
  Solved (I hope!) Sprayed WD40 on linkage in back and seems Gnormal so far. BUT- what is that grease (Zerk) fitting in the shifter...
• Re: Stop calling hydraulics "Master" and "Slave" you sickos
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 1 Dec 2003 07:32:57 -0600
  Yeh, real men don't have floppy disks anyway, they have hard drives!! Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Tanja Bomb wrote: >>I'll...
• Re: Hydraulic Lifter Week
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Tue, 7 Jun 2005 10:10:44 -0500
  << I used to just change the oil and filter once per year, since I only drove it about 10k per year.>> Now here'a...
• Re: Transmission, Automatic, Question
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 1 May 2008 18:29:25 -0700
  > There should be a Reverse Blocker valve, actuated by > internal hydraulic pressure, that keeps the tranny from going into reverse > above about 30 MPH...
• Re: Steering Rack Hydraulic Fitting Size?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sun, 19 Oct 2008 20:50:57 -0700
  I don't want to destroy the lines. I'd like some caps that match the threads of the steering rack. -- Michael Snow 1982...
• Clutch line
  Historical mailing list - KIM BRENNAN
  Tue, 29 Dec 2020 19:30:53 -0500
  ...So, I’ve got a leak in the hydraulic clutch line. Since I’m not near my regular mechanic, I’m pondering the imponderables...
• Re: Valve adjustments
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 8 Jun 95 18:03:02 EDT
  ...is there a minimum oil pressure necessary to operate > hydraulic lifters? In other words why do lifters work at idle when > pressure is only...
• Re: REAR BRAKE SHOE REPLACEMENT
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 14 Aug 1998 08:30:31 -0100
  ...I had a special a while back on European made wheel cylinders from LPR Hydraulics (who is the actual supplier of original-equipment "dealer...
• Re: True cost of AMC heads for 1.9L and 2.1L: bare for $240 to$216!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 13:36:41 -0500
  They have chronic oil-starvation problems because the design of hydraulic lifter they use allows only minimal amounts of oil to reach the heads...
• Compensating hose clamps
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 4 Jul 2024 22:50:20 +0000
  ...The radiators/fluid coolers, (4) are on the side of the compartment with hydraulically operated fans. Nimbus Hose Clamps<https://1drv.ms/f/s...
• Re: Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 25 Feb 2014 13:38:26 -0700
  How long did you let it run? Sometimes these beasties take a couple miles to refill hydraulic lifters, and make a real racket as...
• To those '83-'85 Vanagon folks
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Sep 94 09:42:41 PDT
  ...to me? year, miles, and list of problems (for example, overheating, rattling hydraulic lifters,, frequent brake pad replacement, etc.) Thanks. Regards, James '83 Vanagon
• clutch adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Sun, 4 Jul 1999 14:40:11 -0400
  ...t want to screw it up any more than it already is? Also, where is the clutch's hydraulic fluid reservoir located? TIA, Woody
• Re: Valve adjustments/Need specs
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sun, 31 Mar 2002 12:46:50 EST
  I have the original design paper from VAG on the current generation of the hydraulic lifters. I'm sure Alistair Bell could be talked...
• Re: VWC-022-109-309 - HYDRAULIC LIFTER from cip
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Mon, 27 Feb 2006 15:06:42 -0800
  > It looks to me like the first question you need to ask is ... what's the > difference between VW Beetle pushrod tubes and Vanagon...
• Re: Low Brake Pedal, Caliper Piston Movement.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 27 Jun 2015 09:17:46 -0400
  There is nothing different about the Vanagon brake hydraulics as compared to most any car 1967 and later. The dual circuit design is to...
• Re: noisy hydraulic lifter? not going away with oil change, marvel mystery additive.
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 21 Jul 2007 14:32:07 -0700
  ...Now the rattle is more pronounced and constant, even after the > attempt described in the subject line. > > The Big Green Book says the hydraulic...
• Re: Power steering
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Fri, 15 Jan 2016 12:09:14 -0500
  Maybe replacing the high pressure steel line with an appropriate rubber hydraulic line from pump to rack offers enough resilience to adequately adsorb the...
• Update on brake indicator light
  Historical mailing list - Ed
  Wed, 11 May 2005 22:34:09 -0400
  ...So my guess is that it's something hydraulic. Ed
• Re: Is this what I think it is?
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:46:43 -0400
  ...People are not familiar with hydraulics in street hot rods and show cars ? > > Very powerful, fast acting hydraulic rams are fitted to the suspension...
• Re: Hydraulic valve adjustment question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:39:34 -0700
  ...COM> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 3:23 PM Subject: Re: Hydraulic valve adjustment question > And what if a lifter is not firm? What...
• Re: No Clutch....
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 2 Feb 2010 10:57:30 -0600
  ...I'm assuming from what you say that the clutch hydraulic system needs separately changed. Is that correct? Nothing in the owner's manual...
• Re: Lifter adjustment... How can I tell if they are really hydraulics?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:36:32 -0700
  > I'm sorry, I forget. �It may well be that you have to destroy a > pushrod tube and replace it with the telescoping kind...
• Clutch Hydraulics
  Historical mailing list - Chris Pittack
  Fri, 17 Jan 1997 08:55:55 -0800
  Vanatics... Anyone know if the master and slave are rebuildable? My parts guy claims they are not! He does have factory rebuilds in stock...
• Valve Tapping Sound
  Historical mailing list - Samuel Scott
  Wed, 29 May 2002 17:09:40 EDT
  ...My sense is that in my later 2.1 wasserbies, what with hydraulic lifters, there's not much that I can adjust. I am...
• Loud metallic knock from engine??????
  Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
  Wed, 12 Jul 2006 18:09:19 +0200
  ...Sound to me like a stuck hydraulic lifter, or a stuck valve.............. Any good suggestions on a quick diagnosis and fix? It is not...
• Re: Part numbers request
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 6 Sep 2005 06:16:10 EDT
  ...Best way to solve the problem is to remove that hose and take it to an industrial hydraulic shop that has the equipment to...
• Re: Radiator pipe upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Tue, 20 Jul 2004 22:51:27 -0400
  ...take them to your local hydraulic place and have them bend you some out of stainless steel. or you could have them make them...
• New Transmission Time?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
  Mon, 9 Jan 2006 07:47:42 -0800
  And for a quick technical write-up on bleeding the clutch hydraulic system, using a Mity-Vac-type vac pump, please feel free to...
• Flat lifters
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 8 Nov 1996 23:32:10 -0800
  ...If I ever do another typeI, it'll have hydraulic lifters. New ones. Besides being cheap, and making you actually look at your engine...
• Re: Found motor for Swap, need advice
  Historical mailing list - Erik O
  Tue, 5 May 1998 12:20:15 -0400
  ...I have hydraulic valves from an 86 GTI in my van and have been told by a few VW guru's to watch the...
• Re: Conversion bound folks:146 HP 2.6 liter 5 cylinder Engine for Vanagons and Smog Legal*
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 21 Jul 2004 08:00:25 -0700
  ...This is needed to accommodate the vertical mounting system used on our kits, which allows for the use of hydraulic engine mounts, thus preventing...
• Replace Hydraulic lifters with solid lifters?
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Thu, 9 Nov 2006 18:30:20 -0500
  ...Can I replace stock hydraulic lifters with solid ones? Is this a bad idea? Are solid lifters even available for the air cooled 2...
• Re: Brake master cylinder switches
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Wed, 9 Apr 2003 08:22:34 -0400
  ...There are two hydraulic circuits. Having two switches allows the brake lights to work if one circuit fails, and it should light the brake...
• Re: leaks leaks and more leaks - another source for high pressure power steering hoses
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Fri, 23 Feb 2007 13:31:36 -0500
  ...Bostig Engineering also sells a high pressure hydraulic hose to replace the corroded and maybe leaking metal hose. www.bostig.com Sam -- Sam Walters...
• Re: Power Steering Fluid and lines Questions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 30 Nov 2010 22:09:27 -0500
  ...O good local hydraulic shop with access to metric fittings can also help. You may need to brace/secure the pressure hose in places...
• Re: Brake Job $$$
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Sat, 2 Dec 2000 13:33:15 -0800
  $500 seems high, if this doesn't include hydraulic parts as well. I just did this job myself, buying my parts from BusDepot. The...
• clutch dragging... hmmm
  Historical mailing list - Robert Harris
  Thu, 11 Aug 2005 23:12:53 -0400
  A clutch/hydraulics question. About 1000 miles ago I swapped a rebuilt transaxle into my 84 Westy. I reused the old clutch kit since...
• Re: power steering leak '91 VW Vanagon GL Campmobile, 2.1 waterboxer
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Wed, 16 Feb 2011 10:46:50 -0600
  If it's just the hydraulic hose and not something worse....I know the return line can be easily replaced and can be done...
• clutch hydraulics or more serious?
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hattrup
  Sat, 20 Mar 2004 06:41:07 -0800
  ...I check, and there are no leaks anywhere near hydraulic components. There is a lot of creaking somewhere in the clutch line when I...
• Re: clutch bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 6 Mar 2008 13:59:13 -0800
  No special tools or rigs are needed to bleed vanagon clutch hydraulic systems. My 'rig' cost 50 cents, and has performed flawlessly on the...
• Re: Roof rack for kayaks on 91 Vanagon Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sun, 16 May 2010 20:15:04 -0500
  ...even the men I would ask to help usually couldn't do it by themselves. > I've got hydraulic struts now, that works better. >
• Re: Lifter adjustment... How can I tell if they are really hydraulics?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:42:02 -0400
  At 07:10 PM 3/23/2009, David Beierl wrote... >If you take off the rocker and remove the pushrod, you can fish out...