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Oil Temp Sender and Gauge
Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 16:16:05 -0700
...During my travels I was moving at around 3800 rpm prior to climbing the bridge when the van slowly decreased eventually to a steady...
Re: cracked AMC heads question
Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:20:48 -0700
...So, in your opinion/experiences, engine performance is restored to new by buying new heads/cylinders/pistons? I'm a little hesitant to do...
Re: AMC valves, Boston Bob
Historical mailing list - VW Doka
Tue, 26 May 2009 16:48:40 -0400
...travel up and down until they break through the grooves and the valve free to move deeper inside and then operated by the piston...
Re: Bilstein Shocks Vs. Stock
Historical mailing list - Roberto Munoz
Fri, 25 Jul 2003 19:29:11 -0400
...Put another way, don't > > override the factory > > engineers. > > If Bilstein shocks and stock shocks have the same > travel distances then i dont see...
Re: Boston Bob engines - Use caution
Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
Tue, 16 Jan 2007 02:13:31 +0000
...He again suggested the problem might be >with internal pressure related either to tight piston rings or to a >collapsed engine gases recirculation tube...
Updated for sale list
Historical mailing list - W Monk
Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:12:47 -0400
...I kept it in my travel spare part kit: 12.00 VW Vanagon syndrome factory repair cable in great shape. I bought this one...
On Longevity, Displacement, Efficiency and Technology in Conversions
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Tue, 26 Mar 2002 01:58:55 EST
...But piston speeds! Fact is that a modern VW I4 will travel more than 300,000 miles at 5000 rpm with synthetic 20W50 oil...
Re: Isolating an idle problem?
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Sun, 21 Dec 2014 19:15:35 -0800
...The whole motor gets covered with dust during prolonged back road travel. On Dec 21, 2014 6:43 PM, "Dennis Haynes" <d23haynes57@hotmail.com...
Rear brakes resend due to reply getting blocked.
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 17 Jul 2021 13:51:47 +0000
...They travel over some area and once disturbed as part of the shoe replacement a future leak is eminent. Make sure to get the...
Re: Rear brake shoe replacment= crappy pedal now
Historical mailing list - neil N
Sun, 28 Sep 2008 10:32:30 -0700
...so, a seal(s) *might* have been damaged due to piston/seals travelling further than normal over old crud on cylinder wall. Cheers, Neil...
Re: Labor, 28 hours, customer say, i have no money....
Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
Wed, 8 Aug 2007 14:20:49 +0000
...http://travel.msn.com/Articles/aboutfarecast.aspx&ocid=T001MSN25A07001
Temporary Mystery Loss of Power
Historical mailing list - Brian Cirulnick
Mon, 13 Sep 1999 10:06:32 -0400
...Total travel time is about 7 hours. The next morning, it's bright and sunny and cool. I prepare the van to head back...
Re: Fuel consumption in different gears - how does the energy / fuel work?
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Sun, 25 Mar 2012 09:34:49 -0700
...But piston speeds! Fact is that a modern VW I4 will travel more than 300,000 miles at 5000 rpm with synthetic 20W50 oil...
Re: Fw: Trip report--the big apple loved my big red van
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Thu, 3 Jun 2004 20:11:41 -0500
...I couldn't detect that it > used any oil at all. > > All passengers agreed it was the best vehicle they ever saw for travel...
Fffrryyyyday Phollies ... oh, great! he's back at it again ...
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Fri, 8 Oct 1999 20:37:23 -0500
...She was different, he said, with her engine up front, Where her power went to her front wheels, And her pistons were six, upright...
Re: Labor, 28 hours, customer say, i have no money....
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Lubin
Wed, 8 Aug 2007 10:34:41 -0400
...bjp3.htm >>> >>> >>> > > _________________________________________________________________ > Booking a flight? Know when to buy with airfare predictions on MSN > Travel. > http://travel.msn.com/Articles/aboutfarecast.aspx&ocid=T001MSN25A07001 >
Re: FW: Vanagon engineering some different perspectives.
Historical mailing list - David McNeely
Sun, 7 Feb 2021 10:15:03 -0800
...Set on top of an upside down > garbage can I replaced the heads and piston/cylinders. The "Big Bore" set > going from 1,500...
Re: Isolating an idle problem?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
Mon, 22 Dec 2014 06:49:33 -0500
...The > whole motor gets covered with dust during prolonged back road travel. >> On Dec 21, 2014 6:43 PM, "Dennis Haynes" <d23haynes57@hotmail.com...
Re: I shared "Oil Cooler Vanagon Air Cooled" with you in OneDrive
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 16 Apr 2017 21:50:22 +0000
...This engine just had the top end rebuilt after a piston and head melt down. Mahle piston-cylinder set and a new pair of...
Re: 2WD Beach Driving
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:09:24 -0800
...all new bearing, > > > > rods, > > > > pistons, cylinders, heads, wires, exhaust, cat, hoses > > > > fuel/coolant. I > > > > sanded and painted all of the inside steel that fades...
Re: Rear brakes resend due to reply getting blocked.
Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
Sun, 18 Jul 2021 13:41:18 -0600
...They travel over some area and once disturbed as part of the shoe replacement a future leak is eminent. Make sure to get the...
Re: contemplating engine upgrade
Historical mailing list - Benny boy
Sat, 17 Mar 2007 11:37:18 -0400
...esthetic, put a Subi, fix the front end and go travel in peace. I have decided yesterday that i'm not driving a VW...
excerpt from Electronic Design
Historical mailing list
Fri, 6 Sep 1996 17:07:31 -0700
...In fact, until a couple months ago, it was still running on the >original engine, and the original crank and pistons and cylinders >[though...
Re: I shared "Oil Cooler Vanagon Air Cooled" with you in OneDrive
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 16 Apr 2017 19:13:21 +0000
...This engine just had the top end rebuilt after a piston and head melt down. Mahle piston-cylinder set and a new pair of...
FW: auto transmission slippage
Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:16:58 -0400
...I finally took it to a recommended transmission shop and they said it was just a rubber coated piston hanging up. That with age...
Re: Master cylinder question
Historical mailing list - Scott Foss - Shazam
Mon, 26 May 2008 22:41:34 -0700
...That's 'brake fad.' In an extreme case the brake fluid can boil at the caliper pistons ( that's why brake fluid has a...
another story: Africa by bus
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Sun, 05 Feb 95 22:19:47 CST
...I crossed the sands of the Sahara, traveled the mud tracks of the Congo and pounded the rocky roads of east Africa. While planning...
Re: friday question(s)
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Fri, 1 Apr 2011 12:33:28 -0500
...Then at 10,000 miles of ownership, the engine burned a hole in a piston. The damage was so extensive I replaced the engine...
Re: Labor, 28 hours, customer say, i have no money....
Historical mailing list - David Kao
Wed, 8 Aug 2007 08:57:58 -0700
...flight? Know when to buy with airfare predictions on MSN Travel. > http://travel.msn.com/Articles/aboutfarecast.aspx&ocid=T001MSN25A07001 > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Building a website is...
FF just a little stolen humor ...
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Mon, 19 Jun 95 10:43:35 CDT
...When someone mentions buying you a ring, you immediately ask for a new set of piston rings. Your wardrobe is mainly black in order...
Re: 2.1 WBX Valve Adjustment
Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
Tue, 23 May 2017 16:33:01 -0700
...At this point, the engine runs and starts perfectly and we'll be spending the month of July traveling cross-country. Now I just...
Re: Thinking about living in my van full time for a bit
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Thu, 1 Mar 2007 23:16:16 -0800
...When I purchased it in 1996 with a blown up 1.9 (thrown rod thru the case, #2 piston in very tiny pieces, camshaft...
Re: cracked AMC heads question
Historical mailing list - David Kao
Sun, 9 Sep 2007 22:53:37 -0700
...Replace the piston/cylinder liners as well. If everything is done properly the engine will perform well over another 100k without giving you performance...
Re: Cold start oil pressure
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Wed, 12 May 2021 11:46:03 -0700
...But it will move in the end if you haven’t run out of travel in the piston. The air bubble is acting like...
Re: Low compression, more test results-busaid inying used vans! Traveling far from home!
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Sun, 9 Sep 2012 20:17:09 -0700
...Extended lugging of the engine will > always help to create those melted pistons and nasty burned valves > even with coolant temperature staying normal. Loss...
Re: Very soft brake pedal unless it is pumped?
Historical mailing list - Paul & Becky Oliver
Tue, 23 Mar 2004 23:24:51 -0600
...The only problems I > > had when doing the work below was a slightly leaking rear drum cylinder > > if the piston comes out too far...
Re: Update on starter
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 3 Apr 2011 10:05:34 -0400
...Over advanced ignition timing will try to stop the piston from traveling up as the combustion pressure is there too early. A leaking injector...
Re: Porta Potties / Heating / Radiator Bleeding / MB Vito {Long}
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Wed, 15 Dec 1999 16:54:45 -0600
...Of course 3500 miles later I melted a piston, but I really don't thaink that was realate to the air bleed job. John...
entertainment: 1956 road test
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Mon, 09 Jan 95 16:10:18 CST
...48.1 Piston Travel, ft./mi. ...... 1650 60 mph ................. 58.2 Mph @ 2500 fpm .............. 91.0 62.5 mph ............... 60.0 120 110 100...
Re: I shared "Oil Cooler Vanagon Air Cooled" with you in OneDrive
Historical mailing list - Christophe Guilbert
Sun, 16 Apr 2017 13:05:52 -0700
...This engine just had the top end rebuilt after a piston and head melt down. Mahle piston-cylinder set and a new pair of...
Re: Thinking about living in my van full time for a bit
Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
Fri, 2 Mar 2007 08:18:25 -0500
...When I purchased it in 1996 with a blown up 1.9 (thrown rod :::thru :::the case, #2 piston in very tiny pieces, camshaft...
Re: Diesel Power
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Wed, 26 Jun 2002 20:41:52 -0500
...In all the years of abusing automobiles I've never blown an engine until I broke a piston on this Westy. I find that...
New Paulchen Rack (long!)
Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
Thu, 17 Jun 1999 21:47:21 -0700
...There is a retractable "piston" portion of the clamp, which looks like it was designed to push against the frame, but since it is...
Re: '82 diesel 1.8 conversion
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Sun, 19 Aug 2007 12:05:21 -0700
...Get better travel > answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers > - Check it out. > > > http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545469 > > > > > -- > Please send...
Re: Labor, 28 hours, customer say, i have no money....
Historical mailing list - VW Doka
Wed, 8 Aug 2007 12:31:50 -0700
...flight? Know when to buy with airfare predictions on MSN Travel. > http://travel.msn.com/Articles/aboutfarecast.aspx&ocid=T001MSN25A07001 > ____________________________________________________________________________ ________ Building a website is...
Re: My van is HOME!!!!
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 27 Feb 2016 00:34:45 -0500
...If the piston-cylinder sets were replaced you need to consider the possibility of broken rings. There is a lot of junk out there...
Re: cracked AMC heads question
Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:50:27 -0400
...So, in your opinion/experiences, engine performance is >restored to new by buying new heads/cylinders/pistons? I'm a little hesitant >to do...
Re: 1.9 Vanagon oil lite shananagons (cont.)
Historical mailing list - David Gunning
Thu, 18 May 2006 22:50:31 -0400
...Straight 30 oil is > not satisfactory for extended highway traveling. 20w-50 will have a much > higher viscosity at 212f. > > If there is a...
Re: On Longevity, Displacement, Efficiency and Technology in Conversions
Historical mailing list - Kim Howe
Sat, 30 Mar 2002 08:15:58 +0800
...So, if for example the Vanagon and a Golf had the same engine, and the same gearing, and spent most of their time traveling...
Re: Boston Bob engines - Use caution
Historical mailing list - Ron Mueller
Sat, 20 Jan 2007 11:44:21 -0600
...He again suggested the problem might > > be > >with internal pressure related either to tight piston rings or to a > >collapsed engine gases recirculation tube...
Re: Labor, 28 hours, customer say, i have no money....
Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
Wed, 8 Aug 2007 11:36:40 -0700
...flight? Know when to buy with airfare predictions on MSN Travel. >> http://travel.msn.com/Articles/aboutfarecast.aspx&ocid=T001MSN25A07001 >> > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Building a website is...
Re: Vanagon engineering some different perspectives.
Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
Sun, 7 Feb 2021 19:32:45 +0000
...Set on top of an upside down garbage can I replaced the heads and piston/cylinders. The "Big Bore" set going from 1,500...
Re: Electric Water Pump
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:55:56 -0500
...Yes, the Vanagon being under square keeps piston speeds low for a given RPM but it is working and working hard. How many modern...
Re: Friday Philosophy: On Community
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 16 Feb 2013 18:17:37 -0800
...If you put new pistons and barrels, and rod bearings, and a good valve job and head gasket job on that engine it would...
Re: cracked AMC heads question
Historical mailing list - --------
Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:16:35 -0400
...So, in your opinion/experiences, engine performance is >> restored to new by buying new heads/cylinders/pistons? I'm a little >> hesitant >> to do...
Re: VW supplied reman. 2.1
Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
Sat, 20 Jan 2007 11:30:22 -0700
...He again suggested the problem might > > be > >with internal pressure related either to tight piston rings or to a > >collapsed engine gases recirculation tube...
Re: Labor, 28 hours, customer say, i have no money....
Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
Wed, 8 Aug 2007 17:36:21 -0400
...bjp3.htm >>> >>> >>> > > _________________________________________________________________ > Booking a flight? Know when to buy with airfare predictions on MSN > Travel. > http://travel.msn.com/Articles/aboutfarecast.aspx&ocid=T001MSN25A07001 >
Re: vanagon Digest - 19 Feb 2002 (#2002-185)
Historical mailing list - vwghost
Wed, 20 Feb 2002 17:00:50 -0500
...recall that engine wear is proportional to piston feet per > > mile. > > > > How far a piston travels in moving the car one mile. > > > > > > Given same...
Re: 2.1 WBX Valve Adjustment
Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
Tue, 23 May 2017 23:22:19 -0700
...At this point, the engine runs and starts perfectly and we'll be spending the month of July traveling cross-country. Now I just...
Re: Low compression, more test results-busaid inying used vans! Traveling far from home!
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Mon, 10 Sep 2012 12:45:04 -0600
...Extended lugging of the engine will >> always help to create those melted pistons and nasty burned valves >> even with coolant temperature staying normal. Loss...