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• Re: EXT pushrod tube replacement
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:24:55 -0600
  ...did it last week. > > I'm sure it can help a few, I hope. > > http://www.benplace.com/pushrod_tube.htm > > Have fun. > > Ben >
• Re: Re: tiny push button, etc....)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 18 Apr 1997 08:51:54 -0300 (ADT)
  ...Oh - the little button on the Handbrake activates the Brake Warning >Light when the Handbrake is in use - push the button (which happens when...
• 84 water cooled vanagon pushrod tube seals
  Historical mailing list - Ely Kumli
  Sun, 12 Apr 1998 01:37:17 -0700
  Does anyone know if I can easily replace the pushrod seals on a water cooled 84 vanagon? Also, how do I remove the rear...
• Re: Rectangular headlight question
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 31 Dec 2004 06:17:14 -0600
  ...decides to manually push the van around in the shop and uses the glass of the light as a push point. Has happened to...
• Re: Westy closet mods?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:46:50 -0800
  ...One of those push on push off types works, or now, with all the LED stuff the Dot Light or the bigger/better/cheaper...
• Hittin the road..
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 16 Jun 2007 15:30:35 -0700
  ...Man I can't wait to get that starter in Boston ! I have been pushing this thing 9 days! I surely will win the...
• Re: Lifter adjustment... How can I tell if they are really hydraulics?
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:26:20 -0700
  Unless there are telescoping push rod tubes that are much better than the ones I tried before don't do it. There will be...
• noisy lifters
  Historical mailing list - John Lunetta
  Mon, 7 Oct 2002 20:02:24 -0400
  ...I used wheel bearing grease to hold the push rods in place during reassembly. Make shure the push rods are seated firmly in the...
• Re: Tire trivia
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Wed, 23 Mar 2005 00:30:28 -0500
  ...physically, the tire contact patch pushes back on the ground, which by newton's 3rd law, "action = reaction", pushes forward on the tire, hence...
• Re: Renting a tow-dolly for vanagon core-HELP!
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Wed, 14 Feb 2001 23:36:16 -0800
  ...Guys from rental place helped me load it, they pushed dolly toward Vanagon instead of pushing Vanagon on the dolly. > phil stanhope wrote: > > > > Im...
• oil coming out of sensor
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Hartman
  Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:13:28 -0800
  ...Secondly, I just removed the heat shield over the driver side push rods. Between the two center push rods is what I assume is...
• 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: Pesky Oil Leak
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Sat, 26 Jun 2010 11:21:24 -0400
  ...Mixed the JB Weld and pressed it well into the hole area and surrounding grooves in the push rod tube. It looks like it...
• Re: push rod tubes dilemma
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 18 Mar 2013 13:14:05 -0400
  ...push rod tubes dilemma Hello to all...looks like new push rod tubes will be need to be replaced on my 85 westy..any...
• Re: Radio security code input ??
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 3 Aug 2001 10:12:23 EDT
  ...Turn on the radio Push and hold AM/FM Band Selector and Scan simultaneously until 1000 appears (may be several seconds). Now push the...
• Re: 6 mils of lash...
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 1 Feb 2000 00:03:59 -0600
  ...It has the obvious major function of transmitting motion from the > cam to the pushrod; it also supplies oil to the hollow pushrod to...
• Re: Problem with push rod tube seals?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 22 Jun 2016 09:57:33 -0700
  ...I'll bet the old pushrod tubes are the problem, not the seals. They may get less malleable as they age, and after stretching...
• Pauter 1.4 Rockers & Chip Avail.
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Sat, 22 Dec 2001 08:02:43 -0800
  It looks like we may have an extra set of the Pauter 1.4 rockers, pre-cut chromoly push rods, clip on valve covers...
• Re: Ignition Kill Switch
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 4 Nov 2004 17:50:28 -0600
  A push/pull circuit breaker could also be used. John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Richard A Jones wrote: > An alternative is a switch in...
• tip on taking dents out of pushrod tubes
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Mon, 9 Jul 2007 16:11:43 -0300
  I managed to take some minor and major dents out of some pushrod tubes by using a Gray brand 14mm socket and tapping it...
• Re: Replacing front brake pads
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:53:26 -0700
  ...Best to push pistons back bleed screw open and hose running to jar to collect the old yucky fluid rather than push it back...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 6 Feb 2013 to 7 Feb 2013 - Special issue (#2013-71)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 7 Feb 2013 19:16:50 -0500
  ...How would I know if the problem >is, instead, deteriorating control flaps? And, should I care? Push the lever to the right. If the...
• Re: Re-use collapsible pushrod tubes? New o-rings available?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 9 Sep 2012 17:11:53 -0400
  ...Re-use collapsible pushrod tubes? New o-rings available? I was just cleaning up my pushrod tubes, three of which are collapsible, and was...
• Re: Gap Between Trans. Mount Bracket & Frame Is...
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:20:39 -0700
  ...I think..... ;^) > > certainly can be confusing all right. > Seems to me that if engine/trans are trying to push the forward edge of the...
• Re: Was Re: Push rod tubes
  Historical mailing list - Richard Bias
  Mon, 6 Mar 2000 08:19:47 PST
  ...Sun, 5 Mar 2000 11:58:53 -0500 >> >> > How can I replace the push rod tube seals without disturbing the heads? >> > I thought I...
• push rod seals
  Historical mailing list - Rick Koller
  Wed, 22 May 1996 13:30:45 -0400
  ...Part of my preventive maintenance chores for this year are to change out the (slightly) leaking pushrod tube seals on my 81 Westy, which...
• Re: So why have the tiny push button, etc....)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 18 Apr 1997 16:01:08 -0400 (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: 84 vanagon. Push on clutch and does not move
  Historical mailing list - Mike Ray
  Fri, 27 Apr 2001 12:17:24 -0400
  ...When this happens, the slave extends itself al the way out and the petal does not push down at all. Ironic, I would think...
• Re: Help with brakes!!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Mon, 22 Jun 1998 09:53:41 EDT
  May be a stuck caliper piston,which you can check by unbolting the caliper and pushing the pistons back in their bores.Or,something...
• Re: lighter socket mod
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Tue, 1 Apr 2003 17:33:18 -0800
  James Karukas wrote: > www.miata.net/garage/pushstart I took a Honda S2000 out for a test drive a couple of years ago and...
• Re: '91 Carat - maintenance report
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 6 Mar 2015 18:47:38 -0500
  ...Ultimately, four push rods were bent - all on the exhaust valves. It makes sense. Results of an overheat incident. The heads got hot, the...
• Re: Start problems need help on the road
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Thu, 14 Apr 2011 09:36:38 -0400
  Park on hills or in spots that you don't have to back out of (or back into them, so you can just push...
• Red goo on pushrod tube
  Historical mailing list - David Johnson
  Mon, 10 Jul 2006 17:08:14 -0600
  ...All that serves as background to this point, though - on the same push rod tube as the new leak (passenger side, #2 in from...
• Re: oil from pushrod tubes
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 1 Sep 2005 13:43:10 -0500
  There is more to pushrod tubes than just push rod tubes. There are O rings on each end. The smaller inner O ring usually...
• Re: Air Cool Pushrod Tube Install
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Sun, 21 Mar 1999 12:46:47 -0600
  ...If that doesn't work, take one of the old pushrod tubes and place the big end up against the big end of the...
• Re: Finding and Accessing the Brake Light Switch
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 25 Dec 2005 15:19:33 -0800
  ...Using a straight pin, push the pin into the wire. Push through the insulation and aim for the center where the metal is. Measure...
• drivers door lock
  Historical mailing list - marty
  Mon, 9 Jul 2001 12:35:06 -0400
  Terry Kay wrote: > The drivers door won't lock by pushing the button, and slamming the > door. > It's a saftey feature, to prevent...
• Curing wind noise
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 1 Sep 2001 01:12:23 -0700
  ...If I push up on the bottom of the top window frame, or push the weatherstripping at the source of the noise, I can...
• Re: noisy hydraulic lifter? not going away with oil change, marvel mystery additive.
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Sat, 21 Jul 2007 13:46:02 -0700
  You will have to remove the pushrod tube in order to take the lifter out. This may sound easy but removing a pushrod tube...
• Was Re: Push rod tubes
  Historical mailing list - Tim Vogelin
  Mon, 6 Mar 2000 13:09:51 -0600
  ...Sun, 5 Mar 2000 11:58:53 -0500 > > > How can I replace the push rod tube seals without disturbing the heads? > > I thought I...
• Re: Knob is not turning left even if I push it in first.
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 29 May 2000 13:52:38 -0300
  ...Yes I push it in first but it > won't go. Is it something common? I have an other three of these units that...
• Re: lifter noise?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Mon, 25 Apr 2011 09:47:39 -0600
  Hi again that mostly involved a push rod motor i either didn't pay attention on the motor type but a compression test is...
• Re: Push Rod Tube Leak????
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Wed, 5 Jan 2005 16:36:08 -0600
  ...I changed my pushrod tubes because my hydraulic >lifter was jammed. >I changed two pushrod tubes with collapsible tubes 6 months ago. No >leaks...
• RE: Pushrod tube seal question
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Wed, 22 May 1996 10:17:39 -0700
  ...Pushrod tube seal question Hi All, Part of my preventive maintenance chores for this year are to change out the (slightly) leaking pushrod tube...
• Re: bent lifters
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 19:29:00 -0800
  ...Water boxer lifters are hydraulic and the push rod is the weak link as you pointed out. These diesel lifters were solid but the...
• Push Rod Tube Leak????
  Historical mailing list - Charlie Ford
  Mon, 3 Jan 2005 16:04:58 -0500
  ...The water appears to be coming from the push rod tube. Not a very fast leak but one that certainly needs to be fixed...
• cam question
  Historical mailing list - Dave Black
  Wed, 1 Feb 1995 16:17:56 -0700 (MST)
  Since I found a bent pushrod in my engine, I'm naturally going to replace them all. And since I fully expect all the...
• Wet weather blues
  Historical mailing list - James Flanigan
  Mon, 26 Apr 1999 00:07:45 EDT
  ...If my wife pushes me with her Chevy van, I start right up. The vanagon then starts the rest of the day. The engine...
• Re: bent lifters
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Smola
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 21:00:47 -0600
  You cannot bend a lifter, but you can bend a pushrod. this of course is the link between the rocker arm and the lifter...
• '72 1700 rebuild, I laughed, I cried?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 16 Jul 1995 22:06:08 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I had pulled the push rod tubes to peek at the cam and found the worn lifters and the cam lobes eroded. I think...
• Re: 2.1 Pushrods- need help! (short)
  Historical mailing list - Brad Snyder
  Sat, 20 Jan 2001 11:23:50 -0500
  ...The pipe springs back, so you'll have to pry on it again to put the new push rod in. Use this advise at...
• 4spd tranny trouble
  Historical mailing list - John Hurley
  Mon, 8 Nov 1999 10:03:56 -0500
  ...4spd tranny trouble here's the symptom, Backing up in my 85 westy, push the clutch in so i can stop and shift into...
• Re: dont pusy our trip meter while driving!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 23:49:10 EST
  ...That it is OK to push while moving, or that it > >is not OK? > > It's ok to push while moving. > > do as you...
• Round light grill wanted
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Tue, 18 Feb 2003 23:43:58 -0500
  ...On the weekend a friendly passerby offered to "help" me push my van out of the snow and pushed right on the grill before...
• Re: vanagon bucks, stalls, stays dead
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:04:15 -0500
  ...Look under your drives side intake tubes and you should see two white wires pinched into one push on terminal, you will also see...
• yet another oil temp. gauge question
  Historical mailing list - Linda Bartnik
  Sun, 26 May 1996 01:04:47 -0400
  ...If I recall correctly, there is another really small push-on immediately adjacent to that one. Could I wire from this small push-on...
• Re: Front Wheel Bearing Adjustment (searched)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 19 Jan 2011 15:14:51 -0800
  ...On 1/19/11, Ry <rylincoln@gmail.com> wrote: > In addition to the above step I push in and pull out on the wheel...
• Re: Loud clanking sound from exhaust - pushrod unseated?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Tue, 27 Jul 2004 14:36:54 -0700
  ...If a > > pushrod is unseated, what else should I inspect for damage. > > > > Also, do other people suspect a pushrod? The problem began while I...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 25 Sep 2004 20:48:56 -0700
  ...All that is wrong is that the push rods are not seated into the lifters. Since the push rods are horizontal in the boxer...
• Re: '85 1.9L Lifter Knocking
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Thu, 30 Nov 2000 19:08:40 -0500
  ...Grab the old lifter and slid in new one, Collapse the new pushrod tube and put it in. Put the push rod and rocker...