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Re: Vanagon salvage hopefully (long)
Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
Tue, 1 Jul 2014 11:03:51 -0400
...I remove the engine cover and don't see anything obvious, no > rods sticking out of the crankcase or oil covering everything. I do...
Re: rebuilding shifter linkage
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 11:38:16 -0800
...I also may try adding some > damping to the shifter rods and see if that makes any difference. > >>> > >>> -Mark > >>> > >>>>> On Jan 31, 2025, at...
Re: borescopes anyone was Re: dumb dumb blue paper shop towel in crankcase ..duh
Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
Thu, 14 Sep 2006 13:21:23 -0600
...stratton motors :-) ) and knew all about pistons, cylinders, crank shafts, connecting rods, valves, etc. I personally run an engine on diesel, but what's...
Engine Tests Interpretation ?
Historical mailing list - Christopher M. Smith
Wed, 11 Dec 1996 14:21:23 -0800 (PST)
...I replaced *everything* in the case, including push rods, tubes, hyd lifters, heads (remanufactured, from GEX in L.A., Cal), oil pump, air flow...
Re: rebuilding shifter linkage
Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
Tue, 18 Feb 2025 07:40:31 -0800
...A test drive showed that the noise I was hearing through the shifter is now mostly gone. I'm calling this project complete, I...
Re: Cleaning/Checking Cylinder Head Question Follow Up
Historical mailing list - JRodgers
Wed, 5 Feb 2014 22:11:10 -0600
...steel components like crankshafts, rods, etc, and is called a magnaflux test whereby a magnetic field is passed through the metal while it is...
RE: Body Work 2
Historical mailing list - Tom Carrington
Mon, 05 Feb 96 18:39:29 -0800
...I usually end up burning holes right through the metal. Even better is MIG (Metal Inert Gas) welding for the thin stuff. A MIG...
Re: Questions about crossing the border into Canada with rebuilt engines to show and maybe sell
Historical mailing list - Marshall
Sat, 8 Dec 2001 14:35:08 -0600
...Im bringing in propane industrial > engines mostly new brazilian parts and some rebuilt parts german cranks and > cams rods. does it matter used or...
Fwd: Please advise: great trip but engine melt down
Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
Sun, 5 Oct 2008 19:02:17 -0700
...After a couple of days in NYC, > we meandered down through D.C., Amish country, Shenandoah Valley, > then west to relatives in MO. The...
Various Upgrades for Lilleyed WBX - here you go
Historical mailing list - Chris S.
Wed, 2 Feb 2005 15:39:35 -0800
...I think that the Berg set ($400) includes push rods. The other sets you need to add cut to fit Chromoly push rods. These...
Re: off with her heads- Doing them at 80K intervals.
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 6 Oct 2013 22:15:47 -0400
...com> <phishman068@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Pour some ATF into the cylinders through the spark plug holes. That > helps loosten the cylinders. The , with the...
Re: rebuilding shifter linkage
Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
Sat, 15 Feb 2025 12:04:45 -0800
...Lastly I replace the shifter knob and run through the gears again. >> > >> > Anyone should be able to access the recording at this link: >> > >> > https...
Re: Spooked!
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 3 Jun 2011 18:31:52 -0700
...or specifically the bottom end ? I was searching for some diesel AAZ connecting rods ( anyone got a set for sale ? ) last night and stumbled...
Re: Vanagon salvage hopefully (long)
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 1 Jul 2014 10:48:49 -0400
...I remove the engine cover and don't see anything obvious, no rods sticking out of the crankcase or oil covering everything. I do...
Re: HELP!!! Oil Pressure Buzzer On!!
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 15 Aug 2007 00:12:53 -0400
...The low pressure switch is the one near the push rods. The switches operate differently. The high pressure switch is normally open, closing and...
Re: WBX bashing
Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
Wed, 31 Jul 2002 16:01:08 +0100
...They've got longevity, reliability, reasonable > power, and a design that appears to have been thought through properly. > Witness: > - a real head gasket > - a...
Hiya...still running in Raleigh, NC!
Historical mailing list - NBM$0609 at RALVM8
28 September 1995, 08:39:24 EDT
...c) hole put in interior roof- grrrrr....my friend tom was putting up the curtain and stuck the rod through the material covering the...
Re: Use this for fire safetey... AND eliminate the fire hazard...
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Thu, 5 Aug 2004 14:02:53 -0500
...rods burning at the same time. When you look at the fire you can close your eyes and still burn your eyeballs right through...
Re: Rubber parts on Vanagons
Historical mailing list - J. Walker
Thu, 08 Sep 94 15:34:55 CDT
...and i wonder if armor-all would help any? i've tried putting it on the cv-joint boots and tie-rods and ball...
Re: '82 diesel 1.8 conversion
Historical mailing list - pdooley
Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:46:53 -0400
...drivers could help me > > > > through > > > > this process, that would be terrific! > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Byron > > > > > > > > '82 Westy 1.6TD (rod through head...) > > > > '93 Volvo 940T (old...
Re: Clutch specs???
Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
Sun, 8 Aug 2010 17:20:47 -0400
...an 88 vanagon with a grenaded engine... #1 and #3 >> rods went through the top of the case when the owner inadvertently left >> it...
Re: AC Compressor
Historical mailing list - Bulley
Sat, 20 Nov 1999 06:51:08 -0500
...You can *help* the situation by using a Melling 150% oil pump that has been blueprinted, and running your oil through a couple big...
Re: rebuilding shifter linkage
Historical mailing list
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 11:20:16 +0000
...A test drive showed that the noise I was hearing through the shifter is now mostly gone. I'm calling this project complete, I...
Northwest Connecting Rod story
Historical mailing list - John Smith
Thu, 16 Dec 2004 01:00:19 -0500
...Top only rebuild? Full engine rebuild? It had about 125,000 miles on it already, and I just knew the rods were about to...
Re: rebuilding shifter linkage
Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
Sat, 15 Feb 2025 22:16:52 +0000
...Lastly I replace the shifter knob and run through the gears again. >> > >> > Anyone should be able to access the recording at this link: >> > >> > https...
Re: rebuilding shifter linkage
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Tue, 18 Feb 2025 10:58:21 -0500
...This got me spot-on with the 23mm as detailed in the Bentley. > > A test drive showed that the noise I was hearing through...
Re: Subaru wbx reliability
Historical mailing list - mike miller
Wed, 20 Feb 2002 09:56:45 -0800
...His best engine is "Better than NEW! Fully > spin balanced, Reman & balanced Con-rods, New camshaft & GERMAN followers, > New GERMAN oil pump, New graphited...
Re: Need Vanagon Tires
Historical mailing list - J. Walker
Thu, 22 Sep 94 08:39:45 CDT
...those little spring/brace rods are forced into the side of the tire when the 'trap-door' is closed and bolted. other than that...
Re: contemplating engine upgrade
Historical mailing list - Benny boy
Sat, 17 Mar 2007 11:37:18 -0400
...go through 3 set of heads and heads gasket, after 90kmiles he sold the westy to a friend, they had to go through 2...
Re: '82 diesel 1.8 conversion
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Sun, 19 Aug 2007 12:05:21 -0700
...drivers could > help me > > > > > through > > > > > this process, that would be terrific! > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > Byron > > > > > > > > > > '82 Westy 1.6TD (rod through head...) > > > > > '93 Volvo 940T (old...
Re: Strange diesel question
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:34:46 -0700
...I'm buidling a 1.9 NA 1Y engine code using AAZ rods and pistons .. that should make a turbo block .. and we'll...
Re: Question on rocker arms...
Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
Fri, 21 Jul 2000 02:12:52 EDT
...The gears 2 through 5 are perfect for my engines power. In fourth, I can go to 75 if needed too push it, but...
Re: Use this for fire safetey... AND eliminate the fire hazard...
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Thu, 5 Aug 2004 14:22:24 -0500
...rods burning at the same time. >When you look at the fire you can close your eyes and still burn your >eyeballs right through...
Re: oil pressure -- next round
Historical mailing list - Thomas Pfrommer
Tue, 29 May 2007 23:34:38 -0700
...They should be tight, ( touching + 1-2 turns) so that all oil >>>> flowing through has to get forced through the rockers. >>>> >>>> Dennis >>>> >>>>> From: Thomas...
Re: Poorman's Rebuild
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 14 Sep 2000 00:28:36 -0700
...Poorman's Rebuild You are a wise man to rebuild this now before a rod comes through the case, which is what happened to...
Re: Smoke after head replacement
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 8 Jan 2012 16:18:50 -0800
...I thought at > first it might be a collapsed lifter (one was squishy when I put the push > rods back in). However, I don...
Re: Syncro Front Axle Removal
Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
Sat, 14 Jun 2008 07:13:39 -0700
...Took me 5 hours per side�and I also replaced the tie rods,�brake rotors and brake pads. Good luck, Joel in Rochester with...
Re: '82 diesel 1.8 conversion
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Sun, 19 Aug 2007 17:08:12 -0700
...drivers could > help me > > > > > through > > > > > this process, that would be terrific! > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > Byron > > > > > > > > > > '82 Westy 1.6TD (rod through head...) > > > > > '93 Volvo 940T (old...
Re: Thoughts on Cracks between Valves on Heads?
Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:04:54 -0300
Wes, I have recently gone through the same thing as you. I now have 8 heads (7 VW, 1 AMC) they all came from...
Re: Spooked!
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 3 Jun 2011 20:05:09 -0700
...just tryin' to get you through the weekend. I hope it's clear I NEVER recommend a cooler t-stat as any sort of...
Re: 2.2L EuroCars Engine vs 2.1l Boston Engine
Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
Fri, 23 Aug 2002 13:27:39 -0400
...It just got me through a 1200 mile tour of the Adirondacks and didn't miss a beat. Used no coolant and only a...
Re: Mobil1 15-50 and setting a new piston ring
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
Sun, 8 Sep 2013 18:03:14 -0700
...this 2.1 I am going through entirely right now..had about one year on a rebuild, and it was puking oil, like pushing...
Re: rod knock on ivory '84 westy
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:35:57 -0500
...it was rod right through the case. . the only two modes I've seen are very low oil pressure .... and rod through the case...
Re: [syncro.org] bad vibes
Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
Thu, 7 Oct 2004 11:25:47 -0400
...However I don't think the VC is your source of vibration. >What about front bushings, tie rods, ball joints, front cv's, there...
Re: But My Van Isn't Worth That Much!!
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Fri, 23 Aug 2002 06:35:10 -0500
...any typical Vanagon, and put it into good and proper order > throughout, it will never be worth what you have in it to anyone...
Re: High Octane was: what's the best kind of gasoline?
Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
Sun, 13 Oct 2002 16:04:22 +0100
...in an instant) c) Engine unlikely to be hot throughout, I mean hot throughout, including exhaust valves and plug electrodes 'almost' incandescent. d) The...
Re: Subaru wbx reliability
Historical mailing list - developtrust
Wed, 20 Feb 2002 10:04:04 -0800
...His best engine is "Better than NEW! Fully > > spin balanced, Reman & balanced Con-rods, New camshaft & GERMAN followers, > > New GERMAN oil pump, New graphited...
Re: Front End Suspension - 1985
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Thu, 10 Jan 2013 10:26:09 -0800
...melted and combined to make a firm paste) to the threads on the radius rod itself where it passes through the bushings and sleeve...
Re: Syntheic Oil
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Thu, 8 Aug 2002 18:25:14 -0500
...m running an RX7 oil cooler, >a Porsche Windage Tray, notched rods, I'm monitoring my oil temp with an >Audi 5000 sending unit...
Re: Low Oil Pressure
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Tue, 8 Oct 2002 08:59:53 -0500
...for a rebuild and drive carefully because engine cases with rods sticking through are not re buildable. (Something to remember ......... my Air Cooled engine...
Re: Anyone want a $1200 AAZ donor Jetta in San Francisco?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:51:47 -0700
...I just went through the *exact* thing with a very rusty 'good used' AAZ engine. The outside of the engine was horribly rusty .. and...
Re: Fwd: Please advise: great trip but engine melt down
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 5 Oct 2008 19:27:21 -0700
...or ..........you can go through the engine completely, or you can buy a rebuilt long black. The last one, assuming a quality rebuild, is...
Re: Back again needing more help to find out what size the bolts are that hold the pot top hinges to the top of the van
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Fri, 20 Jan 2017 12:29:51 -0800
...Roll out little spaghetti sized rods of the stuf and one wrap around bolt uber the head. Alistair > On Jan 20, 2017, at 11...
Re: The Adventure of the Thrown Rod
Historical mailing list - Dieter Dworkin Muller
Sat, 15 Jun 1996 15:12:58 -0600
...The connecting rod has major side-to-side play (the loose end goes through an arc several millimeters long). A little experimentation shows that...
Re: 2.1 L WBX Overheat -1991 Carat
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Fri, 20 Mar 2015 08:08:37 -0700
...It is also likely that one or both heads cracked. > Since > > the symptoms came later along with the bent push rods I bet you...
Re: oil in coolant
Historical mailing list - Ryan Cresawn
Sun, 3 Jan 2021 18:39:12 -0700
...It > should go out the cap, through the hose to the coolant tank behind the > license plate. the hole you have in the plastic...
Re: Exhaust Emissions Help ?
Historical mailing list
Wed, 6 Nov 1996 06:31:39 PST
...Smith" <csmith@clang.sdsc.edu> writes: > >Hello One & All; > >I am trying to get my 82 Vanagon (non-California version) through the >smog >emissions...
Re: Legal swaps - My experience
Historical mailing list - YauMan Chan
Wed, 27 Jan 1999 09:14:10 -0800
...I have to stand in line for about half a day while a few hot rods with hot headed owners in front of me...
Re: Subject: German quality?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 24 Aug 2013 20:37:07 -0400
...There are still inners available through the dealer. Maybe those "made in China" stickers are there to avoid the import tariffs. Dennis -----Original Message...
Re: back on the road
Historical mailing list - pat
Mon, 4 Apr 2011 17:08:38 -0400
...Mains, rods, cam bearings & heads were done and reinstalled. Beautiful when they're finished aren't they? Drained the tank of residual fuel that...