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• Re: 84 engine tin
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Sun, 12 Jan 2003 18:07:28 -0800
  ...Even keep a thrown rock from crushing a pushrod tube. But important? Not on an 84. tim in san jose _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e...
• Re: collapsable push rod tube source?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Tue, 1 Jun 2004 18:15:27 -0700
  ...However, as far as the pushrod tubes go, no leaks so far. -- Craig On Mon, 31 May 2004 18:03:48 -0700, Scott W...
• Re: Loud Ticking In engine after sitting for 3 months
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 19 Dec 2005 20:34:12 -0600
  ...Buy new lifters, pull the head, pushrods and tubes and pull the old lifters out with a magnet. Replace all else. Do this when...
• Re: 2.1 WBX Push Rods. Make Sure They're Seated! Was: 2.1 wbx rocker, pushrods
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 20 May 2017 01:09:16 +0000
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• Re: timing belt?
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Thu, 22 Sep 1994 11:45:14 -0500 (CDT)
  ...much in terms of big things like the existence of valve pushrods but the EV is different. Could someone describe the EV engine for...
• Re: Help Vanagon stuck in Chico, CA
  Historical mailing list - John Patton
  Mon, 18 Mar 2002 01:12:00 +0000
  Hi Blake, I love a mystery!!! If the pushrods are centrally seated(see Bentley caution) in the lifter and rocker arm, no "adjustments" are...
• Lifter question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 9 Aug 2008 10:00:07 -0500
  ...I can stand them on end and try to push a pushrod down into them, but the valves don't move. There's no...
• Re: what are ratio rockers?
  Historical mailing list - John H. Rodgers
  Fri, 31 Jul 1998 20:12:34 -0500
  ...Now what do higher ratios do? A high ratio arm will move the valves more for an equal amount of pushrod/cam lift than...
• Re: Engine tin (was Re: Look at my crack!)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:44:28 -0700
  ...to complete the > job would do the trick. > > As for the pushrod tube shields, I have never seen a WBX without them. > It may...
• Re: Hydraulic lifters
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 9 Sep 2024 09:45:10 -0600
  ...I previously removed the rocker arm, checked the straightness of the pushrods, and carefully reinstalled the pushrods and rocker arm to make sure that...
• Re: Stinky Heat
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Tue, 14 May 2002 18:38:16 -0400
  ...The other side is I think the pushrod tubes blow oil at freeway speeds, but I think all vanagons can suffer from this malady...
• Ratio Rocker Group Purchase - Results?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Thu, 8 Jun 2006 11:06:05 -0700
  ...group purchase of Pauter 1/1.4 ratio rockers and precut pushrods, and also a corresponding group purchase of the chips from OZ. My...
• Re: Bent valve push rod
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 9 Jun 2003 17:44:10 -0700
  Measure your pushrods .............. I've got several sets of stock and a set of chrome molly. Stan On Mon, 9 Jun 2003 17:40...
• Re: Valve Adjusting
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 17 Oct 1998 20:35:45 EDT
  ...Most of the time any problems I have had doing this comes from the pushrods not being centered properly so please becareful of that...
• Re: Parts suppliers for "Half Liley"?
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Fri, 26 Oct 2001 07:36:57 EDT
  ...In the parts computer at Pep Boys they were listed for a Nissan pickup! The ratio rockers and pushrods can be sourced from any...
• Muffler Strap/Engine Tin Wanted.
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Mon, 7 Apr 2008 17:13:48 -0400
  ...I'm looking for a set of "good used" pushrod covers (tin) for a 1.9 engine. I'm also looking for a muffler...
• Re: Trip Report(Summer Trip)
  Historical mailing list - H Steven Dolan
  Tue, 13 Sep 1994 11:12:29 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Y'all can fight for top spot, but with the leaky pushrods my '78 has, I want to be Duke of Earl. H Steven...
• Re: adjusting clutch master cylinder rod
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 8 Jan 2007 20:35:15 -0500
  ...but I have failed to get my hand up to the pushrod nut. Is there a way to do this without removing the entire...
• Re: HELP: '67 Deluxe Saga - Vaporlocking?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 14 Apr 1995 12:35:57 -0700
  ...Fuel pump pushrod set-up correct? Too much or too little will definitely effect the pump. Different pushrods fit different pumps. Shim with extra...
• Re: Oil Leaks
  Historical mailing list - Scott Sullivan
  Mon, 22 Apr 2002 09:12:43 -0700
  ...The engine has had > >the following work done by a VW garage in the last 6 months: > >* All Pushrod tube seals replace > >* Rear main...
• Re: Tapping sound
  Historical mailing list - Ken Korn
  Mon, 7 Jun 1999 22:39:43 -0500
  ...All that needs to come out is the rocker arms and shaft for the cylinder involved, the pushrod, and pushrod tube for the lifter...
• Re: Digifant timing issues- no idle -SOLUTION-
  Historical mailing list - Dan Richelson
  Mon, 3 Oct 2005 14:57:43 -0600
  ...The obvious culprit was pushrods. These things are hard to get seated properly, but they were ultimately easy to verify: when cyl 1 is...
• Clutch lever arms
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 27 May 2021 18:06:43 -0700
  ...I made it work my adding a Delrin spacer on the slave cyl pushrod. The arm looks to me like a difficult thing to...
• Re: lifter noise?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Mon, 25 Apr 2011 09:39:30 -0600
  ...pushrod or a bent valve best to do a compression check on that cylinder to rule out a bad/bent valve then check pushrod...
• Re: Collapsable Pushrod Tubes?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 22 Oct 2015 15:40:05 +0000
  No, it's a minor cause for alarm! : ) Jim On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 10:04 AM Tyler Hardison <tyler@seraph-net.net...
• Pushrod tube cracked HELP
  Historical mailing list - James Gebhard
  Thu, 7 May 2009 17:44:37 -0700
  I am leaving for a1500 mile trip in two days with the fam . I was changing the oil . When I was filling it back...
• Re: Pushrods - Their Purpose?
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Fri, 3 Sep 1999 20:15:45 -0600
  re: The regular ones can only be installed when installing the head, but you can get (more $$) telescoping tubes with an internal spring that...
• Re: Others' experience with ECU chip...
  Historical mailing list - Dave Katsuki
  Sun, 29 Oct 2000 22:06:13 -0500
  ...t put in the 1:3 ratio rockers and chrome-moly pushrods yet, so my engine is still completely stock too. (but not for...
• Re: give me that old time religion, that old time lifter
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Wed, 23 Apr 2003 14:39:42 -0700
  Does that third pushrod from the right look distinctly bent to you, too? -Damon --- gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > that old time lifter...
• Re: sticky lifter
  Historical mailing list - Fredrich Hesterberg
  Thu, 8 May 2003 00:11:16 -0500
  ...Can anyone offer any other suggestion? Is it difficult to open up the pushrod tube and replace the lifter. thanks joe 1986 vanagon buffalo...
• Water in the oil update
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Mon, 10 Oct 2005 09:05:57 -0400
  ...I found that the left side pushrod tubes were longer than they should have been. I assume this means that the head hung up...
• Re: Collapsable Pushrod Tubes?
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Wed, 21 Oct 2015 11:28:06 -0400
  I think Tyler means this type: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007OWGI1W/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_1?pf_rd_p=1944687502...
• Re: Zero valve settings
  Historical mailing list - Eric Ley
  Sun, 5 Apr 2015 08:41:53 -0400
  Bent pushrod or bad lifters Eric Ley Garage Mechanic ELM 2001 Demers Saint-Antoine-Abb�, Qc 1985 Whitey VW 2.1 Man 1985 Goldilocks...
• Re: cylinder head drain plug
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 13 Dec 2005 09:46:42 -0800
  ...Just one entry asking for torque specs on the plug.Looks ez in > the Bentley, but the access looks bad cause of the pushrod...
• Re: [syncrolist] Pauter Ratio Rockers: Installed and Working?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Fri, 19 Jul 2002 09:28:46 -0700
  ...I would advise that you verify independently that the pushrods are of the correct length. Not everyone removes the engine and heads to do...
• Re: Coolant Question
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 23:56:28 EDT
  In a message dated 9/5/2000 6:55:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time, macmillan@HOME.COM writes: > remove the pushrod shields and you...
• Re: ECU Chip Upgrade Info.
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 31 Jul 1998 07:14:46 -0700
  ...the 1.4 Rocker assy, then buy a set of Chromoly Pushrods and cut them to the correct geometry, I must say that a...
• Re: Engine tin
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Mon, 6 Aug 2001 14:23:43 -0400
  ...But while under my car and thanks to David Beierl I realized I was supposed to have engine tin covering my pushrod tubes. I...
• uh-oh
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:31:27 -0500
  ...PO said the van had recently had new heads, this claim supported by the cleanliness of the heads, brand new pushrod tubes, etc. So...
• Re: Hydraulic lifters
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 19 Sep 2024 08:44:09 -0400
  ...I previously removed the rocker arm, checked the straightness of the pushrods, and carefully reinstalled the pushrods and rocker arm to make sure that...
• Re: '85 Westfalia Engine Dying:II
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Wed, 10 Nov 1999 20:02:24 EST
  ...It will require removal of rocker arm assembly and pushrods. Next stuff bits of rags into the tubes blocking them off. Liberally flush the...
• Re: pushrod from auto. trans to throttle
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:21:26 -0500
  ...However, any side-to-side movement in throttle pushrod >> causes engine idle to drop off. Is this normal? >> > > John, suggest you start by setting...
• quick and dirty head etc
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 23 May 2013 19:54:59 -0700
  Made some progress today and discovered one head had spring loaded pushrod tubes installed. This was the side with the oilier drips. I didn...
• Re: Oil Pressure Switch..
  Historical mailing list - Peter Cassidy
  Thu, 8 Jun 2000 10:26:27 +0100
  ...The second one is on the eft side of the block, above the pushrod tubes. The first one is the high pressure switch, the...
• 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: Spring Loaded Pushrod Tubes Needed
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Wed, 18 May 2005 09:21:07 -0500
  >From: Woodrose Dawn > I got a set for my 85 GL from JC Whitney, they are >the same ones as the 1600cc engines. I...
• Re: Wiring questions
  Historical mailing list - Roger VanTill
  Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:36:30 -0400
  ...The wire from the pushrod sensor gets a male end. I guess you don't have the original wires and connector. The cut wires...
• oil spray on startup when very cold
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Mon, 24 Jan 2005 21:53:11 -0500
  ...The only unusual oily looking place was on the driver's side where the pushrod tubes meet the case. The spray pattern on the...
• Important message issue Re: vanagon Digest - 21 Oct 2015 to 22 Oct 2015 (#2015-409)
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Fri, 23 Oct 2015 03:00:44 -0700
  ...Collapsable Pushrod Tubes? (2) ----------------------------------------------------------------------
• Re: Ball Joints/SOLD
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 3 Apr 1995 13:49:27 -0300
  ...I threw in a set of O-rings for your pushrod tubes, for those free days when you want to crawl under your van...
• Re: Timing belt change frequency?
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Sun, 25 May 1997 15:03:45 +0000
  ...I thought pushrod threads were for air suckers. -Karl (crawling back under my rock) +=================================+ | Karl and Kristina Bloss | | bloss@enter.net | | http://www.enter...
• Re: Spring Loaded Pushrod Tubes Needed
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 18 May 2005 00:29:02 -0400
  > About a year or so ago , needed a couple of these > tubes.Called everywhere, and could not find them. BD said > that they were...
• Re: oil leak: advice?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sat, 15 Nov 2008 08:38:54 -0500
  Jeff, Did you remove the block drain plugs during this procedure? If so, you must have nicked or bent one of the pushrod tubes...
• Re: Removing Lifters
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:56:33 -0700
  ...http://www.benplace.com/heads/engine_rear3.jpg > > Remove rockers, pushrods, pushrod tubes, use magnet retrieval tool to lift > out the lifter. You might...
• Re: I-4 in a 69?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 25 Nov 2001 22:39:18 +1300
  ...had to raise the deck on my 75 about 3cm to clear a carbureted 3.6-liter alloy pushrod Toyota V8. Andrew Grebneff Dunedin...
• Re: [VB] Mystery oil&gas leak
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Sep 2000 00:49:22 EDT
  ...So my guess is the pushrod tubes, can't be around the oil pressure switch because I already fixed that. It seems to loose...
• Re: Collapsable Pushrod Tubes?
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Wed, 21 Oct 2015 15:15:58 -0700
  So now I'm curious, how different are the Type 1 tubes from the WBX? I'm just looking at the online pictures and...
• Re: Engine parts needed
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Fri, 13 May 2005 13:27:01 -0400
  ...thermostat bracket thermostat cable pulley flywheel bolts lower left tin, CA model (the piece that covers the pushrod tubes) Your help would be greatly...
• head gasket progress
  Historical mailing list - Brendan Slevin
  Sat, 11 Aug 2007 18:46:17 -0700
  ...Should I use black sealant on the block, too? Also, shuld I try to pre oil the pushrods? And does anyone have the torque...
• exhaust bolts / studs... tips or tricks?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Myers
  Sun, 18 May 2008 09:11:32 -0400
  Hey Folks I will be working replacing my pushrod tins soon as part of the oil pressure gauge installation. [ 1990 2.1] i do...