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• Re: Lifter adjustment... How can I tell if they are really hydraulics?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:49:19 -0700
  Not true on WBX engines. True on aircooled. Mark John Bange wrote: >> I'm sorry, I forget. It may well be that you have...
• Re: Syncro spring lengths
  Historical mailing list - J. Andersen
  Sun, 20 Sep 1998 20:35:09 -0700
  ...If you have access to a hydraulic press and a dial indicator you should be able to do as Jim suggested and get the...
• reverse power steering
  Historical mailing list - Myron Lind
  Sat, 8 Jun 2002 11:13:29 -0400
  Hello to all power steering/hydraulic gurus I am trying to find a power steering pump that runs the reverse direction as the motor...
• VWC-022-109-309 - HYDRAULIC LIFTER from cip
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Fri, 24 Feb 2006 14:41:47 -0800
  I have a bad lifter that leaks down & start tapping tried adjusting so I am going to get some new lifters cip has a...
• Hydraulic valve adjustment question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:21:14 -0500
  Bentley says set valves on number 1 cylinder, then rotate 180 and do the next cylinder. Somebody let me know if the rest of...
• Re: Hydraulic valve adjustment question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:23:01 -0500
  And what if a lifter is not firm? What's the procedure for a squishy one, which was fine a few nights ago before...
• Re: 52 degree Inline 4 hydraulic lifters leaking down
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:19:04 -0700
  ...52 degree Inline 4 hydraulic lifters leaking down > > > > > > > > > > Hi all... > > > > > I have an 82 diesel converted to inline 4 with CIS injection about > > > ten...
• Re: [Syncro] Rusty power steering lines
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Thu, 22 May 2003 07:17:03 -0700
  ...A local hydraulic shop matched the bent pipe, then welded my old ends on for around $60 if I recall, including a section of...
• Re: electric or hydraulic power steering
  Historical mailing list - Tom C
  Sat, 19 Mar 2022 11:57:08 -0400
  ...electric or hydraulic power steering > > > > Sorry got the full > > List on gowesty gonna see if I can source this stuff. Thanks > > > > On Fri, Mar...
• Re: electric or hydraulic power steering
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 19 Mar 2022 19:34:39 +0000
  ...Re: [VANAGON] electric or hydraulic power steering Looks like there is a high pressure hose too 319.00 from pump to long metal line...
• Re: VWC-022-109-309 - HYDRAULIC LIFTER from cip
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Fri, 24 Feb 2006 19:24:16 -0500
  ...VWC-022-109-309 - HYDRAULIC LIFTER from cip >I have a bad lifter that leaks down & start tapping tried adjusting > so I am going...
• Re: transmission? - whiring sound w/clutch pedal
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 2 Sep 2003 14:03:41 -0400
  ...While you're screwing around with the transmission you might as well flush all the old crud out of the hydraulic clutch system. :) David...
• Re: Using a 4 speed engine in a automatic?
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir H. Desai
  Sun, 30 Nov 2003 10:54:25 -0500
  ...run hydraulic line to the front 3. get a set of pedals 4. get all the shifter hardware 5. get the front tranny mount...
• New lifter valve adjustment schedule?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sun, 5 Jun 2005 21:33:40 -0500
  Is this in the Bentley? I had the lads at the local shop drop in new hydraulic lifters all 'round when the engine was...
• Re: brake light switch failure?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Tue, 16 May 2006 23:20:16 -0400
  The brae light switches (there are two for redundnacy) are hydraulic. What are your fluid levels and brake pressure like? Chris On 5/16...
• Re: VW's Hydraulic Crusher
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 8 Feb 1995 12:59:45 -0400
  ...There is no real feedback on a hydraulic press, so you can get very high loads rapidly without feeling it. The PSI gauge is...
• Re: Adjusting Valves
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 24 Feb 95 10:20:02 CST
  ...how come you're adjusting valves on a 2.0 liter? all the two liters i know about have hydraulic valve lifters and don...
• Re: Bleeding clutch system--what gives?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sun, 18 Jun 2000 23:09:32 EDT
  ...Meanwhile, the >bad threads had damaged my hydraulic line, so had to pull that and >get the threads cleaned up. > >OK. Hydraulic line back...
• Clutch can only go half way ...
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Wed, 14 May 2014 16:30:03 -0700
  ...Put new master, new slave, blown the hydraulic line out. Took the transmission out to see if there is anything in the clutch area...
• Re: Gear lube
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 28 May 2001 19:39:16 -0500
  ...galleries of the engine after shutdown, which in turn keeps the hydraulic lifters on the WBX engines pumped up so you don't get...
• Re: symptoms of a failing clutch
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Wed, 11 Dec 2002 16:41:10 -0700
  ...There is a hydraulic line going to it, whitish color. The master is up above/behind the steering column, just follow the clutch pedal...
• Re: Cable-operated clutch
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 3 Feb 2010 16:33:53 -0800
  or convert it to hydraulic clutch. I wouldn't expect that to be too hard. but you can get custom made cables if you...
• Re: Fw: Re: Hydraulic valve lifter (mis)operation
  Historical mailing list - Phil Marston
  Wed, 2 Feb 2000 14:32:07 -0000
  ...Wednesday, February 02, 2000 2:09 PM Subject: Re: Fw: Re: Hydraulic valve lifter (mis)operation > I always set the valves to zero lash...
• Re: 84 Vanagon, will not shift into gear.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 3 Sep 2007 21:37:33 -0700
  Right, and if a hydraulic system has air in it, it's not that it just 'got due' for a bleeding. If it has...
• Re: What jack?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 19 May 2012 16:56:47 -0700
  ...On 5/19/2012 4:25 PM, Paul Chubbuck wrote: > I just pulled out the 4 ton hydraulic jack from my Westy's storage...
• Re: Manual transmission grinds when shifted into into 2nd, 3rd gears
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Tue, 21 Feb 2006 17:50:30 -0500
  ...Before looking at the tranny or the clutch itself, make sure it's not a hydraulic problem: - Check the brake fluid level (hydraulic clutch...
• FS: 91 Vanagon, whlchair equipped
  Historical mailing list - Jon Christensen
  Fri, 24 Jul 1998 06:56:28 -0500
  ...AC, fully equipped, side door, Ricon hydraulic lift, power swivel driver's seat. Burgundy/gray, new tires & battery, $13,500 741-4555/891-7779...
• Re: What's wrong with that picture....
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Thu, 21 Oct 2004 11:23:33 -0400
  ...slowly seizing the rings, The coolant leak may have produced a hydraulic lock which bent the connecting rod. Liquids are not very compressible! Angus...
• I4 engine/vibrations - A few quick comments
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sun, 23 Feb 2003 19:48:00 EST
  ...Addition of a balance shaft to the engine or the use of hydraulic (actively damped) engine mounts. I have adapted the SAAB hydraulic mount...
• Re: hydraulic clutch tube and fittings
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 5 Aug 2010 11:02:32 -0400
  ...856-327-2242 David White wrote: > .Can someone please guide me to a source for the fittings and steel > tubing for the hydraulic clutch...
• Re: Clutch Got Soft
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Tue, 16 Oct 2001 18:20:48 -0700
  ...You will se a hydraulic resevior there. Make sure it is filled. If not, the first thing that goes is the clutch circuit. It...
• Re: clutch adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 19 Feb 2007 19:19:25 -0800
  ...That's not a cable, its a pipe for the hydraulic fluid that is shared between the hydraulic clutch actuator and the braking system...
• Re: 85 Vanagon starts hard
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Fri, 7 Apr 1995 19:02:12 -0500 (CDT)
  On Fri, 7 Apr 1995, Terry Tan wrote: > >From my own analysis I think there is something in the hydraulics > that is not working...
• Re: power steering
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 11 Jul 2012 23:54:01 -0400
  ...I presume that even while pulling against the hard-over wheels there's a certain amount of bypass through the rack hydraulics. Yrs, d
• Re: Get yourself a hydraulic press!
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Mon, 29 Nov 1999 17:03:40 -0700
  Gary Shea wrote: > > Excellent! I had wondered what would happen if I showed up with > just the pieces and cost them all that labor...
• Re: Whining PS Pump Problem- Need Help!
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Tue, 25 Sep 2001 10:47:26 EDT
  ...it with a line that was made up from a local hydraulic shop and the diameter of the line is a little smaller that...
• Clutch Need Adjust?
  Historical mailing list - Brian Doss
  Sun, 27 Jun 2004 20:49:27 EDT
  ...Is this just a pedal throw adjustment, or more likely something with the hydraulics? Also, I was wondering if most of you flush & bleed...
• Re: Wild -just about EVERYTHING for T1/T2/T3
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Wed, 26 Apr 2006 21:19:06 +0100
  ...cip.com main source :) > all their body panels, heater blower motors , hydraulic lifters > and that is just stuff i got in last 3 mths...
• Re: Hydraulic Lifter Adjustments
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:12:44 -0400
  At 05:58 PM 6/28/2007, Mike S wrote... >With a properly operating lifter, you could open up the adjustment >leaving a big...
• Re: power steering rack without hydraulic fluid?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 9 Jun 2010 16:44:50 -0700
  ...power steering rack without hydraulic fluid? > On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans > <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: > >> >> I wonder...
• Power Steering Line
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 9 Feb 1999 05:50:59 -0500
  ...Well, that was bit much for a steel line so I went about trying to have a hydraulic hose made up and found that...
• Re: '68 front-end into '59 Bus? Disc brakes?
  Historical mailing list
  13 May 96 13:48
  ...This is because the hydraulic system for discs means that the pads are in, almost, constant contact with the discs. In town driving the...
• Re: 83 and newer diesel carrier bars
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 16 Jul 2020 06:53:04 -0700
  ...said to work > very well: > > > http://www.foreignautosupply.com/parts-accessories/109-hydraulic-engine-cradle-mount-system-in-line-4-cylinder-conversion-tiicomk3-only/ >
• Re: 2.5 litre upgrade kit
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 31 Dec 1995 19:46:07 -0500
  ...For high performance use, type 4 solid lifters and push rods to eliminate problems with the hydraulics.
• Re: loud fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Tue, 24 Aug 1999 17:54:37 EDT
  ...Most other hydraulics engineers will tell you the same thing. Steve
• Re: Hung in the middle - Bumper drawings
  Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
  Fri, 24 May 2002 18:38:56 -0600
  ...Some cars (like my old 70 something Mercedes 280) had > hydraulic type mounts that gave some when bumped. Perhaps these can be > fitted from...
• Re: Changing auto Trans. to Manual ??
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Fri, 20 Feb 2004 02:23:18 -0500
  ...installing the hydraulic clutch assembly for a start. Whole gear shift assembly and on and on..... Talked with a mech a few years ago...
• Clutch not fully unclutching?
  Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
  Sun, 30 Apr 2006 20:17:49 +0200
  ...Could a clutch that doesnt unclutch be due to air in the clutch hydraulic line? 2:Radio antenna. How do I route the antennacable...
• Re: electric or hydraulic power steering
  Historical mailing list - Tom C
  Fri, 18 Mar 2022 22:59:19 -0400
  ...electric or hydraulic power steering > > Oh yea I've searched them all their are actually manufacturers producing > them now. I guess really I'm...
• Re: drum brake woes
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 17 Aug 2013 15:23:10 -0700
  ...The hydraulic system is bled and there > are no fluid leaks. But, the brake pedal goes almost all the way to the > floor with...
• Re: A few "new" Engine Questions: (Oil Change interval - Lifter noise)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Tue, 3 Nov 2009 10:51:17 -0500
  I just listened to the sound examples on the rattwell website http://www.ratwell.com/technical/HydraulicLifters.html I would say for almost cetain...
• hydrolic lifter adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Jutta & Christian Knust
  Sat, 14 Jul 2001 18:48:50 +0200
  Doug, check Bob�s article archive at www.bostonengine.com, he�s got a very insightful article regarding hydraulic lifter adjustment there, which particularly...
• Brake lights stayed on...
  Historical mailing list - zolo
  Sun, 14 Nov 2004 23:01:29 -0800
  ...I suspected the hydraulic switch malfunction, so I took it out, shook out the dirty oil, pushed a small diameter tool into the middle...
• Re: WTB. urgently: clutch hydraulic line that attaches to slave cylinder
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Wed, 24 Aug 2005 16:39:44 -0700
  Take the old line off and take it to a machine shop that makes hydrulic lines and get them to make you another just...
• Re: Adjusting Valves 78 Air Cooled
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 31 Jan 2003 23:53:35 -0600
  ...I adjusted the valves at .006 (Boston Bob's hydraulic lifter technique) and just by chance the same for solid lifters. Tom Wilson's...
• Re: [syncro.org] Re: Twas the Night Before
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 25 Dec 2004 13:24:50 -0700
  ...Thanks, Larry! I checked last night, and I think it is just those darn hydraulic lifters on Santa's sleigh! May 2005 be better...
• Re: Power steering
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 15 Jan 2016 22:25:05 -0500
  ...Power steering hydraulics are a bit complicated. The pump also has a flow/pressure control mechanism but the real magic is in the rack...
• Re: AGM group 41 battery choices?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 3 Jul 2013 10:36:37 -0400
  ...They may also have services like making up hydraulic fittings. Yrs, d
• Re: Question about engine storage
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:22:29 -0400
  Remove the rock-arm assemblies to take pressure off the hydraulic lifters. Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com On Mon, March 22, 2010 7...
• Re: Adjusting Valves
  Historical mailing list - David Easterwood
  Fri, 24 Feb 1995 11:40:01 -0500
  Sorry Joel, but you have been mis-informed! :) 2.0 Liter engines in 76 & 77 buses do NOT have hydraulic valves. They only came...