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Re: Considering an engine swap for the past decade, but WBX just keeps going
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Wed, 26 Nov 2014 12:13:38 -0800
...the internet conversations over how many turns are required at the rocker arm screw, who knows if something as "simple" as the valve adjustment...
Re: Noisy lifters, rockers, at startup, etc (long)
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Sun, 8 Aug 2004 17:00:53 -0700
...My air cooled, at 200K, is starting up with clacking lifters/rocker arms way too > often. Circumstances only allow me to drive it three...
Re: Loctite
Historical mailing list
Tue, 2 Oct 2018 16:16:47 +0000
...cover bolts, water pump bolts, oil pan bolts, drive shaft bolts, rocker arm adjustment nuts, carburetor studs. -65°F - 300°F (-54°C - 149...
Re: engine noises
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Mon, 23 Jun 2003 18:58:34 -0700
...For all the other cylinders and the intake on #1 when you push down > on the rocker arm to act on the pushrod you...
Re: Help diagnose Cinco
Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
Mon, 7 Nov 2005 08:25:56 -0800
...remove the valve cover on the right head. >> Watch the rocker arms for cylinder #1 (the one at the front of the >> car on...
Re: Any Fiat Spider owners out there?
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Fri, 5 Oct 2001 15:37:54 -0500
...The Rocker arm shaft bolts were hollow, they broke, I put a Ford drip oil system inside the valve cover and booted it out...
Franz The '87 Westy Lives and Breathes!!!
Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
Tue, 16 Apr 2002 01:50:30 -0400
...in situ (without re-pulling the heads) and backed off the rocker arm adjustments to allow for the tight lifters. IT started RIGHT UP...
Re: Empty Lifter
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Tue, 9 Nov 2004 10:51:26 -0600
...Empty Lifter Oops, I was just putting on the rocker arm assembly and positioning the push rods when I noticed that I had forgotten...
pushrod tube fix
Historical mailing list
Thu, 22 May 1997 11:29:37 -0300 (ADT)
...remove valve cover, remove two bolts holding entire rocker arm/shafts assembly and pull out the pushrod in the leaking tube. Rip out the...
Re: Sticky or noisey Tappets
Historical mailing list
Fri, 26 Aug 94 23:06:33 ADT
...do this, then the mid '70s could be slid out after rocker arm removal. So why furchrissake do I have to pull the heads...
Re: Pesky Oil Leak
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:56:15 -0700
...you remove rocker arm and pushrod, and rip out the bad push rod tube, then you compress the spring-loaded expandable push rod tube...
Re: Was: Hydraulic lifter. Now: more accurate version of question.
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:55:50 +0000
...2nd, it will significantly throw off the rocker arm geometry which if bad enoiugh can wear the valve tip and valve guides. Adjust it...
FW: 85 Vanagon - leaking push rod tube?
Historical mailing list - Cooper, Jonathan R.
Mon, 7 May 2001 15:34:12 -0400
...once the cover is off, you can see the rocker arm assembly. held on by simple nuts and washers. remove the whole thing as...
Re: Pushrods - Their Purpose?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 3 Sep 1999 17:45:03 -0400
...The pushrods pass beneath and into the heads, where they push on the rocker arms which in turn push on the valves. The valves...
1.9l pushrod tube seals (repost from egroups)
Historical mailing list - John Haddad
Tue, 11 Jul 2000 11:54:18 -0400
...Do the rocker arms hold the wasserboxer's pushrod tubes in? Finally, I remember that there was a thread on gerry not long ago...
Engine still not start!!!
Historical mailing list - Chris Winesette
Mon, 6 May 2002 08:25:06 -0400
...PO says engine ran very well. * Both heads removed and replaced with new rebuilt heads * push rods are centered in lifters / rocker arms correctly...
Re: Paint job pricing
Historical mailing list - Jason
Tue, 13 Aug 2013 22:11:41 -0400
...He welded in a new rocker > panel (I supplied it), and primed and wet-sanded the entire vehicle. The > color was not a direct...
Re: Engine analyzer/tach recco?
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Thu, 24 Mar 2011 07:31:20 -0700
...is more for convenience, such as when checking compression or > adjusting rocker arm screws/hyd lifters. > and also starter circuit diagnosis. > > fuel pressure gauge...
Re: part # for fiberglass side skirt Jack
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Fri, 21 Mar 2003 22:13:34 -0600
...for the vans with the > > full bodykit - side rocker mouldings, have SPECIAL jacks. the arm that > > sticks into the jack hole on the van...
Re: Seized Engine? Is there something I can do? - '91 Vanagon GL
Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
Thu, 19 Sep 2002 07:55:38 -0700
Before you do anything, pull off your valve covers to see if your rocker arms look broken or strange in some other way. Let...
Re: 2.2 into a 1.9 case
Historical mailing list - George Laubach
Tue, 24 Jul 2012 21:21:28 -0500
...miles or so with satisfaction, learning as I go about timing, rocker arm adjustment, compression, and brake, clutch, and coolant bleeding, etc., etc., etc...
Re: Gas smell in Oil months after using Magical Mystery oil Please help.
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Sun, 11 May 2003 15:46:37 -0700
...years ago who never drove it) has the Berg 1:4 rocker > arms, Australian chip and 16" wheels. I've been > getting poor mileage...
Re: sigh..... lifter adjustments?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 1 Nov 2007 23:58:37 -0400
...Only concern is maintaining rocker arm geometry. Whenever adjusting them though, look at the adjuster screw tips. If worn to the valve tip replace...
Re: TDI bad camshaft
Historical mailing list - Jason
Mon, 23 May 2011 22:03:20 -0400
...You will need more than just the camshaft. �lifters, cam bearings, >>> rocker arm & bearing cap bolts (1 time use TTY). �Might as well do...
Re: Rust preventing: undercoating?
Historical mailing list - Ed Gould
Mon, 29 Apr 1996 13:37:35 -0400 (EDT)
...also, make sure they get everything; rear swing arms, inner rockers, etc.. They even got my heater tube and brake vacuume line. if that...
Parting '87 GL passenger van with blue exterior and gray fabric i nterior
Historical mailing list - Birkenfeld Jeff
Wed, 19 Mar 2003 16:00:14 -0600
...with armrests-good condition but dirty, middle front facing seat-good condition but dirty, interior panels-fair condition, engine components like heads-rockers-intake...
Re: Hydraulic lifters
Historical mailing list - Todd Last
Sun, 8 Sep 2024 00:23:37 -0700
...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: Valve Adjustment
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Fri, 6 Jun 2003 17:50:00 -0700
...One full turn down from the point that the rocker arm just touches the valve stem. Option #2: Using a feeler gauge set the...
Re: Loud metallic knock from engine??????
Historical mailing list - John Lane
Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:54:53 -0700
...I would pop the cover, wiggle the rocker arms...pushing in on the valve...if it pushes in....it's the lifter. There should...
Re: Hydraulic lifters
Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
Sun, 8 Sep 2024 08:31:49 -0700
...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 Westy - need more POWER
Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
Thu, 14 Oct 1999 18:54:31 EDT
...I saw 1.25 ratio rocker arms are available for under $100. I think I know the pluses, but what are the minuses? I...
Re: GoWesty Engine Management system
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Sat, 7 Nov 2020 10:41:16 -0800
...affordable & > considerably > > easier to install > Marco Mansi Injectors & 1.3 Ratio Rocker Arms ~ > > Check'm out @ >> https://mansispeed.com/ > > > On 6 Nov , 2020, at...
Re: Push covers/enging tins
Historical mailing list - Jeff
Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:29:21 -0700
...Push covers/enging tins At 05:46 PM 9/10/2008, Ken Wilford wrote... >Some people think you are talking about the rocker arm...
Re: To Buy or not to Buy? 86 Vanagon Westfalia
Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
Tue, 27 Sep 2005 18:12:37 -0400
...See if it has plastic cooling tubes that go to the radiater.Also see if it has cast iorn lower control arms(very desirable...
Re: More HP Stories?
Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
Thu, 25 Aug 94 9:16:56 PDT
...One thing they mention that I want to try is high-ratio rocker arms. Supposedly there are some Empi 1.4-1 arms that...
More Power to the Wasserboxer
Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
Tue, 28 Apr 1998 13:57:07 -0700
...CB Performance 1.25 Rhinos with Rhino swivel feet, solid rocker arms and spacers. (1.4 does not work well with the steep intake...
Re: TDI bad camshaft
Historical mailing list - Jason
Mon, 23 May 2011 11:39:50 -0400
...lifters, cam bearings, rocker arm & bearing cap bolts (1 time use TTY). Might as well do the timing belt while your in there if...
Pushrod removal, 2.1L
Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
Wed, 17 Jan 2001 17:53:20 +0000
...charcoal (nee cork) valve cover gasket (vintage 1987), and remove the rocker arm assembly. Out eagerly pop the pushrods, some of them slightly bent...
Re: To Buy or not to Buy? 86 Vanagon Westfalia
Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
Tue, 27 Sep 2005 18:12:37 -0400
...See if it has plastic cooling tubes that go to the radiater.Also see if it has cast iorn lower control arms(very desirable...
Re: Parts suppliers for "Half Liley"?
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Fri, 26 Oct 2001 07:02:42 -0500
...I just don't know where to get the > parts. > Ratio rocker arms? > Chromoly pushrods? > Bosh Platinum 4 spark plugs? > Please help. > Joel >> > ________________________________________________________________ GET...
Re: Pushrods - Their Purpose?
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Fri, 3 Sep 1999 13:41:34 -0700
Pushrod tubes allow the oil that is pumped up to the rocker arms to drain back into the crankcase. If they don't leak...
More Valve Lifter Stuff
Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
Sat, 12 Aug 2000 17:24:08 -0400
...I backed it out again to the same adjustment as the others and pushed on the rocker arm. I was able to collapse the...
Re: Paint job pricing
Historical mailing list - Kevin Gilbert
Tue, 13 Aug 2013 16:44:15 -0400
...He welded in a new rocker panel (I supplied it), and primed and wet-sanded the entire vehicle. The color was not a direct...
Re: (reasonable) Performance Improvements for 1984 1.9L Vanagon?
Historical mailing list - Mark Gajewski
Tue, 25 Aug 1998 16:30:09 -0400
I think I heard somewhere (on the list?) that Fast German Auto in California has 1.25:1 rocker arms for waterboxers. Has anyone...
Re: So what's the procedures to filling a small claims on a backyard bozo mechanic?
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Thu, 27 Jul 2000 13:31:12 -0700
...the wore down my starter and battery and 2 of the rocker arm > put in reverse. > I also had him do a paint job...
Re: push rod tube seals
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 11 Jun 2013 03:20:04 -0400
...Note that as soon as you touch the rocker arm bolt-up you have to adjust them all, ATB. > the line drawings are adequate...
Re: 72 & 73 Camper questions
Historical mailing list - Jamie Aycock
Fri, 15 Apr 1994 01:00:25 -0400 (EDT)
...After removing the rocker arms, I've discovered > four bolts that seem to hold the head on. Are there another four under the > sheetmetal...
Re: Was: Hydraulic lifter. Now: more accurate version of question.
Historical mailing list - neil
Sun, 12 Nov 2006 13:50:58 -0500
...2nd, > it will significantly throw off the rocker arm > geometry which if bad enoiugh can wear the valve tip > and valve guides. Adjust it...
Re: So wha-da-ya call a Vanagon with no legs? (Frayday humour)
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Sat, 9 Feb 2008 00:17:50 -0800
...The rockers near the > > rear trailing arm where rusted through so the body was "on its' way > > out". It was a cool van though...
Re: Hydraulic Lifter Adjustments
Historical mailing list - David Kao
Wed, 27 Jun 2007 23:23:11 -0700
...They were not open at all, based on the > ability to pull the rocker arm back off the stem, on both of them. Not...
Re: Oxygen Sensor / Full Throttle Switch
Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
Mon, 21 Nov 94 14:25:51 PST
...Think about whats happening - the oil goes out through the pushrods, splashes around a little on the rocker arms and then drips back down...
Re: Gas smell in Oil months after using Magical Mystery oil Please help.
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sun, 11 May 2003 14:37:43 -0700
...years ago who never drove it) has the Berg 1:4 rocker > arms, Australian chip and 16" wheels. I ve been > getting poor mileage...
Re: Gas smell in Oil months after using Magical Mystery oil Please help.
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sun, 11 May 2003 22:26:15 -0600
...years ago who never drove it) has the Berg 1:4 rocker >arms, Australian chip and 16" wheels. I ve been >getting poor mileage...
Re: Upper lube
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Mon, 26 Apr 2004 09:21:16 -0500
...In addition there were kits that increased oil flow to rocker arms and special Teflon Seals (Perfect Circle) to improve upper engine lubrication. You...
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: Engine Parts
Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
Sun, 30 Oct 2005 10:11:22 -0800
...If I were to tweek my 2.1, I'd opt for different ratio rocker arms or a higher lift/duration cam, and kick...
Re: CO Adjusting Screw. PO Set it All The Way In? Base Setting?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 21 Jun 2012 23:48:28 -0700
...including compression and rocker arm screw adjustment , just in case something is off there. I see in your video that the shaft appears to...
FS: vanagon parts...parting out a few vanagons, etc..
Historical mailing list
Tue, 19 Sep 2000 13:55:08 EDT
...headlight and round headlight style -blue velour vanagon captains chairs w/ armrests, fit all vanagons -vanagon front and rear bumper trim strips -vanagon wheelcovers...
Re: Hydraulic lifters
Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
Sat, 21 Sep 2024 14:47:18 -0700
...I previously removed the rocker arm, checked the straightness of the pushrods, and carefully reinstalled the pushrods and rocker arm to make sure that...
FS (or?): '66 VW Bus
Historical mailing list
Sat, 21 Jan 1995 15:20:08
...1600cc heads(complete) with single port intake manifold, Holley Bug-Spray carb with intake manifold, high-ratio rocker arms, complete short block w/ 12...