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• Re: '81 Engine work
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Fri, 23 Jun 95 10:21:00 PDT
  ...Just buy telescope > pushrod tubes and put them in. That is the easiest way to do it. > > I know that they are available for...
• Fridge Viewer
  Historical mailing list - Scott Semyan
  Tue, 8 Sep 1998 13:56:40 -0700
  >> I pushed the glass cover for viewing the fridge pilot light in about >> inch in my newly purchased 87 Westy while giving it the...
• vanagon rear hatch
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 24 Dec 2015 06:06:49 -0800
  ...on one of the van I have to push the hatch to get it open and it stays halfway if I don't keep...
• Master Cylinder brake light switch....
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Mon, 22 Apr 1996 10:05:25 -0700 (PDT)
  ...How interchangable/swap-able are the switches in the master cylinder??? I was checking my connection out and one of the push-on stubs...
• Re: Looking for correct name or terminology f or a push-pull
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Mon, 2 Dec 2013 13:26:28 -0800
  ...but when reducing heat you are pushing that wire back in.. the geometry of the heater temp lever and that control cable is very...
• Re: brake hissing?
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sun, 30 Oct 2011 23:43:32 -0400
  ...When idling, if I push in the > brake medium-far, I hear nothing, but pushing down *hard*, I hear the > hiss. It seems like...
• Re: 81 westy stove issue
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:14:59 -0800
  ...On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 6:51 PM, Peter Young <pyjme@aol.com> wrote: > Yes, I know you have to push the knob...
• Re: how to remove and install a radio? ('85 vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Thu, 8 Feb 2001 19:20:06 EST
  Jason, If it's a stock radio, just pop out the ashtray from above and push the spring tabs on the sides towards the...
• Re: Thechnical clutch question....(the answer may help many to save some$$$)
  Historical mailing list - Benoit
  Wed, 6 Apr 2005 09:17:50 -0400
  ...On some of the van i work on the bearing is to dificult to push in. I wonder if some kind of air pocket...
• Eating ignition switches - yucky
  Historical mailing list - Dustin Fitch
  Mon, 31 May 2004 19:35:27 EDT
  ...What I do know is that the engaging pin that pushes out from the lock cylinder and into the plastic switch when you put...
• Vanagon Pedal Assemblies Failing!!!
  Historical mailing list - VW Master
  Tue, 25 May 1999 09:32:54 -0700
  Listees, ANyone else have the Clutch Push Rod area fail on their Vanagon?? We did a van in our shop last week that the...
• Re: [A] 73 1700 push rod tube question ...
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Thu, 2 Feb 1995 10:30:39 -0800 (PST)
  ...DC -- > I think the Muir stretching method for push-rod tubes was meant only for the earlier Type I tubes that have the accordian...
• Re: Clutch hard to push in
  Historical mailing list - TBill
  Tue, 7 Oct 1997 23:56:24 -0700
  Todd Last wrote: > > I've noticed that for a hydraulic clutch, my Westy's clutch pedal is very > hard to push down. It is...
• Re: Black oxide finish on stainless steel
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 22 May 2007 23:32:31 -0400
  ...The new black plastic came with push pins which I "Pushed out" and discarded as I prefer using the screws. The only rusty screws...
• Re: engine pushing exhaust into coolant system
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 1 Dec 2007 21:16:39 -0500
  ...engine pushing exhaust into coolant system What is the best way to find out which cylinder is leaking exhaust into the coolant system? thanks...
• Re: Brake Problem , 82 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:28:28 -0800
  ...will > be ok for the first push of the pedal but not if I let up and push > again > right away. The pedal stops...
• Re: Push Rod Orientation
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 24 Mar 2013 12:56:17 -0700
  ...I *look* down each push rod tub with a minilight to make sure it's in the middle. Check the rocker arm screw faces...
• Re: Not the usual trip odometer problem
  Historical mailing list - Michael Vickey
  Sun, 15 Aug 2004 18:59:00 -0400
  ...If the speedometer was being held in tightly against the cluster housing, you should not have been able to push the reset button in...
• Re: Have you ever broken a clutch by push starting a vehicle?
  Historical mailing list - John Mosley
  Sun, 25 Nov 2007 03:14:50 -0500
  ...Have you ever broken a clutch by push starting a vehicle? >Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 02:04:50 -0600 > >Is this a syncro...
• Re: Mellow Yellow got hitted
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:02:15 -0400
  ...Walk outside and find that a >Pontiac Bonneville smacked into the rear corner of a 1975 VW bus parked >at the curb, pushing that...
• Re: Lifter adjustment... How can I tell if they are really hydraulics?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:49:45 -0400
  At 07:42 PM 3/23/2009, Mike S wrote: >Can this be done without removing the push rod tubes? Even then, is >there...
• 84-Push Rod Sleeve leak
  Historical mailing list - roch roch
  Sat, 22 Sep 2001 21:03:44 -0700
  ...Person said the #1 tube on push rod is leaking. Someone said I can get collaspable tube to fix as cheaper...someone else said...
• Re: Re; will it fit in the garage
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 8 Mar 2006 10:23:07 -0600
  Why push? Did you try just driving it? Larry A. Jim Morgan wrote: >Here is a novel way to get a vanagon/buss to...
• Re: BZ shelf
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:30:30 -0700
  ...to > push the top up? I just rotate the shelf as required, then place my hands flat on the bottom of it & push up...
• Re: Non-collapsible pushrod tube installation
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 5 Feb 2001 05:37:00 EST
  In a message dated 2/4/2001 2:21:55 PM Eastern Standard Time, LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: > Non-collapsible pushrod tube installation...
• Re: Push covers/enging tins
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:29:21 -0700
  ...The covers for the push rod tubes are there to protect the tubes and have nothing to do with cooling. Even on an air...
• Retorqing Vanagon Waterboxer Heads
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Wed, 16 Oct 2002 16:08:11 +0000
  ...To make sure that this is happening, rotate the engine slowly while wiggling the pushrods so the pushrod end will drop into the hydraulic...
• Re: Rear side marker light guards
  Historical mailing list - William Monk
  Thu, 23 Jul 2015 21:42:24 -0400
  ...only issue I see is that instead if breaking the lense it will just push the body in ,if push gets past shove. > > > Stacy >
• push rod tube seals
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Sun, 9 Jun 2013 20:57:18 -0700
  85, 1.9l - has a replacement collapsible push rod tube in re-usable condition. the seals need to be replaced as the block end...
• Bent push rod.
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sat, 7 Aug 1999 19:13:05 EDT
  Greetings and salutations; Has anyone had any luck straightening and reusing a bent push rods? A reminder to all; it is real easy to...
• Re: Gas spill
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 25 Aug 1997 21:49:30 CDT
  ...pull the rubber seal back away from the headliner, and push on the seal. thump it with the heel of your palm, and work...
• pushrod from auto. trans to throttle
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Tue, 13 Dec 2011 03:17:35 -0500
  ...Started looking at throttle pushrod. Loosened lock nut and moved adjusting screw in about five turns and tightened the lock nut. Engine RPMs more...
• Re: FS Type IV High Lift cam, lifters, push rods.
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Mon, 30 Dec 2002 21:52:37 -0500
  ...FS Type IV High Lift cam, lifters, push rods. >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >For sale Weber Solid Lifter Camshaft .297 lift, unknown duration...
• Re: Rear Wiper
  Historical mailing list - Dave Katsuki
  Thu, 6 Jun 2002 13:44:19 -0400
  ...when you momentarily push forward on the stalk, it goes into intermittent mode. Push again momentarily and it goes out of intermittent mode. Push...
• Selector shaft seal questions / conformation
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 13 Jun 2021 18:06:39 -0700
  ...Now… Should I insert seal into tranny and then push shaft back thru? Or Push shaft thru then insert seal I’m leaning to...
• Re: Collapsable Pushrod Tubes?
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Wed, 21 Oct 2015 09:37:16 -0700
  ...Again) < kenwilfy@comcast.net> wrote: > http://www.vanagain.com/shop/collapsible-pushrod-tube-025109337/ > > Ken > > On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 10:53 AM...
• Re: Parents are cool!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 9 Apr 96 02:50 EDT
  ...A 1970? How lucky can one get? I got a 1965 and had to push it to start! Being a student, I could push...
• Lower grille fasteners
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 28 Oct 2006 18:00:28 -0400
  I was told that the new lower grille fasteners are different from the older ones in that the new ones have a "Push pin...
• Head Welded, '80 (long) & Shop Recommendation
  Historical mailing list
  09 May 97 06:22:59 PDT
  ...When the engine was started, the cam did it's thing, and pushed on the push rod, the push rod tried to do it...
• Re: Bent valve push rod
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Thu, 12 Jun 2003 09:36:14 -0400
  ...As an example, my VW dealer was able to procure me some OEM pushrod tupe seals (type2)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! what a difference with those aflter market...
• Re: Have you ever broken a clutch by push starting a vehicle?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 25 Nov 2007 23:30:08 -0500
  ...The best gear for push starting is usually 3rd or 2nd. Dennis >From: pdooley <psdooley@VERIZON.NET> >Reply-To: pdooley <psdooley@VERIZON.NET> >To...
• Re: OSX Counter
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
  Wed, 21 May 2008 18:01:12 -0700
  The last time I had this problem, it was not that the little box's thing was not pushed in to click. It was...
• Re: Poptop Raise Assists (Fryeday content)
  Historical mailing list - David Etter
  Thu, 8 Feb 2007 12:15:28 -0700
  ...pushing/pulling laterally is more biomechanically >efficient than pushing up vertically), it has some rather distinct >disadvantages that would lose far more efficiency than...
• Re: Pushrod tube wires
  Historical mailing list - T.P. Stephens
  Wed, 20 Oct 1999 20:20:59 -0700
  ...If every push rod tube end has a piece of that wire resting against the rim to hold it in place so it cannot...
• Re: VW's on TV
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 Nov 1995 15:04:24 -0800
  ...It has 4 or 5 people pushing this orange and white bus (sorry don't know what year it is) past a gas station...
• Re: trip odometer myth
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 16 Apr 2003 09:02:56 -0600
  ...Bob...who pushes his trip odo, on the go http://groups.msn.com/BobsPhotoShare OK, I've heard enough. If you push in the...
• lighter socket mod
  Historical mailing list - James Karukas
  Tue, 1 Apr 2003 21:59:37 GMT
  www.miata.net/garage/pushstart
• Strange noises from engine (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Batzler
  Sat, 17 Apr 1999 21:08:53 -0700
  ...I had a hell of a time getting the pushrods so seat properly and I noticed a little damage on intake pushrod end from...
• Re: 2.1 L push rods
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 9 Feb 2015 13:50:02 -0800
  ...and 1.6 air cooled https://www.vwheritage.com/shop/025109301/pushrod-1-9-2-1-waterboxer-1600-ct-aircooled-engines/ At vagcat.com...
• noisy hydraulic lifter? not going away with oil change, marvel mystery additive.
  Historical mailing list - retro van
  Sat, 21 Jul 2007 13:17:10 -0700
  ...The Big Green Book says the hydraulic section of the pushrod/lifter assy can be removed with engine not removed and minor disassembly. Does...
• Re: Lifter adjustment... How can I tell if they are really hydraulics?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:10:28 -0400
  ...Read what the book says about not letting the pushrod catch on the lip of the lifter when you put it back... -- David Beierl...
• Leaky pushrod tubes...who changes oil?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 4 Jul 1994 19:56:36 -0700 (PDT)
  The discussion of oil change intervals brings me to the question of pushrod tube seals fairly quickly. I seem to change my oil every...
• Fwd: no reverse ( and archive search isn't working right now)
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Thu, 3 May 2007 21:38:39 -0700
  ...I had to keep driving today, which meant any backing up had to be pushed. It;s very strange, 1st and 2nd gear are...
• Re: Push-in fasteners for rear hatch panel
  Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
  Wed, 12 Aug 2015 21:46:08 -0700
  ...http://www.clipsandfasteners.com/Push_Type_Retainer_GM_Ford_Chrysler_p/pas1860-25.htm ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www...
• Re: Replacing Front 84 Brake Discs
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sun, 25 Apr 2010 19:56:29 -0700
  ...screwdrive to > see if you can push washer below nut, not levering push, just a > lateral push with tip. > > rotate wheel as you tighten...
• CV Joint Question
  Historical mailing list - van man
  Wed, 26 Sep 2001 18:26:56 -0700
  ...There doesnt seem to be much play at all when when pushing the inner casing, the entire assembly barely moves. With my older joints...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 17 Nov 2003 - Special issue (#2003-1099)
  Historical mailing list - trooz
  Mon, 17 Nov 2003 23:34:12 -0800
  ...2) In a pinch, you can push start a vehicle with a manual transmission. To be sure, I've push-started cars with automatic...
• Re: it just stops! What do I do? - was Spare Fuel Pump Saves the Day
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 5 Apr 2013 21:08:34 -0700
  ...it's a pliers like tool with forks that wedge behind the hose and push it off. let me see if I can find...
• Re: Brake Problem , 82 Westy
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:10:30 -0800
  ...will > > be ok for the first push of the pedal but not if I let up and push again > > right away. The pedal stops...
• Late Model Dometic Refrigerator selector switch defective
  Historical mailing list - Bruno Walser
  Wed, 19 Apr 2017 06:45:22 -0400
  ...The push button selector switch for propane kept popping out. He eventually solved the problem by keeping the button in with a toothpick. In...