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  • Re: Rocker shaft and rocker wear question
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
    Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:20:36 -0800
    ...Rocker shaft and rocker wear question I have some slight galling (or small gouges) at three places on my rocker shafts and three corresponding...
  • Rocker shaft and rocker wear question
    Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
    Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:39:02 -0400
    I have some slight galling (or small gouges) at three places on my rocker shafts and three corresponding rockers have slight galling as well...
  • FS: Roller Tip Rockers (Pauter 1.3)
    Historical mailing list - Chris Radcliffe
    Tue, 8 May 2001 22:29:13 -0700
    Volks, (3rd post attempt) After much delay, I've decided not to install the roller rockers I acquired last October, courtesy of Robert Lilley...
  • Re: rocker arms. Interchangeable?
    Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
    Sat, 26 Aug 2006 19:45:06 -0400
    Ken The rockers are interchangeable and the ratio is the same. The difference is the size of the adjusting screw. WBX has 9 MM...
  • Re: Thinking about adding Ratio rockers, checkout Pauter's Roller tip rockers...
    Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
    Mon, 28 Aug 2000 22:47:49 -0000
    ...Thinking about adding Ratio rockers, checkout Pauter's Roller > tip rockers... > > > Adding the ECU chip upgrade (It is not too late...) and looking for...
  • Thinking about adding Ratio rockers, checkout Pauter's Roller tip rockers...
    Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
    Mon, 28 Aug 2000 22:01:52 EDT
    Adding the ECU chip upgrade (It is not too late...) and looking for ratio rockers? Check out the roller tip rockers from Pauter Machine...
  • Re: Thinking about adding Ratio rockers, checkout Pauter's Roller tip rockers...
    Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
    Mon, 28 Aug 2000 21:18:16 -1000
    ...I'm gonna buy ratio rockers somewhere. Mick Kalber Tropical Visions Video, Inc. 62 Halaulani Place Hilo, Hawaii 96720 ph. 808-935-5557 fax...
  • Re: Thinking about adding Ratio rockers
    Historical mailing list - Sharpe, Steven (Facilities Planning)
    Wed, 30 Aug 2000 09:48:19 -0400
    Are there any good websites that explain and have pictures of swivel tips, roller tip, ratio rockers etc. I'm a little confused and...
  • Re: 1.25 or 1.4 rocker arms?
    Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
    Sat, 27 Oct 2001 10:06:35 -0400
    I got my 1.25 rocker arms, shafts and swivel feet as a kit from CB Performance http://www.cbperformance.com/catalog.asp?ProductID...
  • 1.25 or 1.4 rocker arms?
    Historical mailing list - Joel Sell
    Sat, 27 Oct 2001 08:40:02 -0700
    ...1) I've read that the 1.4 rocker arms are good to use, but I've also read that the "ramps are too...
  • Roller Rockers: Was: ECU Chip Upgrade Info/Dennis Haynes concerns
    Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
    Tue, 28 Jul 1998 13:27:04 -0500
    Derek Drew wrote: > In fact, many cars (stock) that still use rockers are going to > roller rockers to solve the valve side loading problem...
  • Re: Thinking about adding Ratio rockers
    Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
    Wed, 30 Aug 2000 07:53:45 EDT
    ...That includes the special solid rocker arm and spacers to set the rockers up. Using standard ratio rockers you can get just the rockers...
  • Re: Rocker arm question
    Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
    Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:50:27 -0400
    the 1.9 rockers are 9 MM threads the 2.1s are 10 MM threads These both have 1.1to 1 rocker ratio. The...
  • Robert Lilley CD
    Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
    Tue, 8 May 2001 22:54:04 -0700
    ...Robert's installation instructions for the rockers are viewable at: > http://www.slip.net/~chrisr/rocker_install/ > and additional pictures of the valve covers...
  • Re: Lowering your Van- again
    Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
    Mon, 16 Oct 2000 08:58:47 -0700
    > As the bumper sticker in the '70's proclaimed: "If the van's a-rockin', > don't come knockin' !" > > Now a daze... > > If the...
  • rocker arms. Interchangeable?
    Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
    Sat, 26 Aug 2006 11:47:39 -0400
    Greetings, I was wondering if the WBX and aircooled (valve) rocker arms are interchangable. I know the valve covers are. What about higher ratio...
  • Kampers on the Rocks
    Historical mailing list - B Feddish
    Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:26:02 -0400
    For those who missed the Kampers on the Rocks at Blue Rocks this year I have a YouTube video at: http://www.youtube.com...
  • rock the rockers
    Historical mailing list - MERCER BARRY
    Tue, 10 Sep 1996 10:30:32 -0700
    Thanks for all the replies to the rocker panel questio. I think I'll leave the 77 bus at the nackers yard. I imagine...
  • VANAGON WASSERBOXER HIGH PERFORMANCE TORQUE CAM NEW WOW
    Historical mailing list - Chris S.
    Mon, 10 May 2004 20:56:55 -0500
    ...Lift with Stock Rocker .355 Lift with 1.25:1 Rocker .400 Lift with 1.4:1 rocker .448 Duration @ .050 222 Degrees (GREAT...
  • Re: Rocker shaft and rocker wear question
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:41:04 -0500
    ...Rocker shaft and rocker wear question >Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:05:46 -0400 > >My four intake valve adjuster screws are a little...
  • Re: Heat for camping
    Historical mailing list - Mark Hineline
    Tue, 23 Jun 1998 13:46:06 -0700
    Thanks to Sean and Craig for the rock-in-the-fire idea. However, I am writing from the Southwestern part of the country where...
  • **** Ratio Rocker Question???????? ****
    Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
    Wed, 9 May 2001 08:19:47 -0500
    Do VW Type 1 air-cooled ratio rockers fit and work on the H2O-boxer? What type of ratio rockers are you using and...
  • Re: Rocker shaft and rocker wear question
    Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
    Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:05:46 -0400
    ...Rocker shaft and rocker wear question Are you talking about the little adjustment screws? I had a 1.9 w/62 K miles. The...
  • Blue Rocks campout in PA this past weekend.
    Historical mailing list - B Feddish
    Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:05:35 -0400
    For those of you who enjoy the rain so much, you missed the annual Kampers on the Rocks at Blue Rocks this year... :) http...
  • Performance Cams.....to cam or to ratio rocker....that is the que stion
    Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
    Thu, 28 Mar 2002 21:45:36 -0600
    ...Let's say one wants to get the benefits of ratio rockers without putting ratio rockers in and suffering excessive sideload on the valve...
  • Re: Rocket Engines for BM
    Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
    Fri, 30 Apr 1999 14:26:51 -0500
    I have experience with high-powered rocketry, which is what you are attempting. DO NOT BUILD SAID ENGINE YOURSELF! There are safe (if used...
  • Wrong Red Rock
    Historical mailing list - Scott Harvey
    Thu, 02 Mar 95 08:54 PST
    The Red Rock in Colorado is not the same place as the Red Rock in Calif. This is good - because I would never want...
  • Rocket Engines for BM
    Historical mailing list - Steve
    Fri, 30 Apr 1999 00:07:19 -0700
    ...I have no experience with rockets or rocket fuels. Is my project feasible? Any ideas on fuel or engines or design sources? Even if...
  • Re: Rocker Panel
    Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
    Sun, 23 Apr 2000 21:44:08 EDT
    ...The diagram does not depict this part as including the rocker panel however it does include the outer "skin" portion of the rocker panel...
  • Re: Rockford cv boots opinions
    Historical mailing list - pdooley
    Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:07:31 -0400
    ...Rockford cv boots opinions > My friend's father opened a CV axle repair shop a while back; he rebuilt his > axles with Rockford boots...
  • Re: Thinking about adding Ratio rockers, checkout Pauter's Roller tip rockers...
    Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
    Wed, 30 Aug 2000 00:37:41 PDT
    ...Robert Lilley <Wolfvan88@aol.com> > >Adding the ECU chip upgrade (It is not too late...) and looking for ratio >rockers? >Check out the roller...
  • Re: Rockford cv boots opinions
    Historical mailing list - pdooley
    Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:11:00 -0400
    My friend's father opened a CV axle repair shop a while back; he rebuilt his axles with Rockford boots. At the time I...
  • Re: WBX Mods Graph
    Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
    Sun, 3 Jun 2001 04:34:44 -0500
    Larry wrote: >Mark: > Could you (or anyone else) explain how ratio rockers work and what the >specs (1.3, 1.25, etc.) mean? >TIA...
  • Re: Robert Lilley CD
    Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
    Wed, 9 May 2001 00:19:05 -0700
    ...Robert's installation instructions for the rockers are viewable at: > > http://www.slip.net/~chrisr/rocker_install/ > > and additional pictures of the valve covers...
  • NVC: 2000 Jetta front bumper cover........RockAuto
    Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
    Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:49:28 -0500
    ...Checked some online vendors (after the recent discussion about RockAuto) and found: ECSTUNING: Genuine VW/AUDI (1J5807217JGRU) $318.43 Busdepot $317.36 some vendors...
  • AW: VW Rockton
    Historical mailing list - Christoph Boltze
    Sun, 28 Nov 2010 10:19:14 +0100
    ...http://www.volkswagen-nutzfahrzeuge.de/de/de/fahrzeuge/transporter/kombi/aus stattungsvarianten/rockton.html and some material out of the vw press database <http...
  • FS: 1.25 Ratio rockers
    Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
    Mon, 23 Oct 2000 00:40:34 EDT
    I am selling my 1.25 Rhino ratio rocker arms with swivel Rhino feet, solid rocker shafts along with set of Cromoly push rods...
  • Re: Ratio Rockers & Oil Consumption
    Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
    Mon, 8 Jul 2002 14:20:04 -0700
    ...Ratio Rockers & Oil Consumption > As part of my recent WBX project, i installed 1.25 > ratio rockers from fast german auto. It seems that...
  • Re: installing rocker arms
    Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
    Sun, 5 Feb 2006 11:17:28 -0500
    Jake On the type 2 rockers shafts you need to remove the pedestal block and check the shaft itself to make sure the tapered...
  • Re: Thinking about adding Ratio rockers
    Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
    Wed, 30 Aug 2000 16:33:28 PDT
    ...That >includes the special solid rocker arm and spacers to set the rockers up. > >Using standard ratio rockers you can get just the rockers...
  • Re: Thinking about adding Ratio rockers
    Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
    Wed, 30 Aug 2000 20:09:10 EDT
    ...ROCKER SHAFTS $31.95 >ROCKER ARM SPACER KIT $10.95 > Total$195.80 > >9MM RHINO ROCKER SCREWS $23.95 > > >The Berg 1.4 ratio...
  • Ratio Rockers & Oil Consumption
    Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
    Mon, 8 Jul 2002 14:04:48 -0700
    As part of my recent WBX project, i installed 1.25 ratio rockers from fast german auto. It seems that the rockers are causing...
  • Rocket Engines for BM (Friday)
    Historical mailing list - Steve
    Fri, 30 Apr 1999 00:08:52 -0700
    ...I have no experience with rockets or rocket fuels. Is my project feasible? Any ideas on fuel or engines or design sources? Even if...
  • Re: rocker panel, what's that?
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 9 Sep 1996 21:47:11 PST
    On Mon, 9 Sep 1996 16:37:59 -0500 MERCER BARRY <pointsnorth@sudbury.cbc.ca> writes: > what is a rocker panel, how much do...
  • Are ratio rockers really worth it
    Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
    Fri, 14 Dec 2001 22:34:20 -0600
    Do ratio rockers really add a noticable amount of horsepower to 1.9L or 2.1L? What is the increase? What about chipping and...
  • Re: Good Mechanics in MD/ DC area
    Historical mailing list - Kleinschmidt, James
    Fri, 15 Mar 96 15:15:00 PST
    I hauled my sick '74 camper from California to the Rockville, MD area this past July. I was fortunate to have found and I...
  • Re: Rocker arm question
    Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
    Fri, 13 Oct 2006 09:01:37 -0700
    ...025 109 405 C Rocker Arm, 1.9 025 109 405 A Rocker Arm, 2.1 The visual differences are that the adjuster screws...
  • ECU/Ratio Rocker Info
    Historical mailing list - Lawrence Dongilli
    Fri, 31 Jul 1998 20:14:36 -0700
    ...I'll talk about the Berg rockers here because they are the only ratio rockers I personally own (1.4:1): In a nutshell...
  • 2.1 wbx rocker, pushrods
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Tue, 16 May 2017 08:23:14 -0700
    ...I removed the rockers on driver side, checked pushrod to rocker alignment, but one push rod (lifter) now seems to be out too far...
  • Rocker Panels (Attn: Laurie)
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 17 Sep 95 09:49 CDT
    ...I have three possible sources for rockers: Das Bulli Haus 18 Ward Lane North Franklin, CT 06254 (203) 642-7242 Bus Stop (Rocky Mtn...
  • Re: 87' VW Westfalia - $12500
    Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
    Sun, 9 Mar 2014 18:35:42 -0700
    ...Time to move up Rocky ? On 3/9/2014 6:19 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: > Not mine. Some guy around here, probably. > > <http...
  • The Van's a-rockin' (sorry no porn content)
    Historical mailing list - mac stricklen
    Mon, 19 Oct 1998 20:07:38 -0700
    The engine in my 80' Westy tends to "rock" back and forth when idling. The rocking is visible--about an inch or two--with...
  • Re: installing rocker arms
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sun, 5 Feb 2006 09:39:34 -0500
    The valves should open as the rockers are bolted down. Depending on the engines position in the cycle, some of the vales on each...
  • Re: Towing and Rock Damage
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Mon, 19 Feb 2018 23:20:04 -0800
    ...Towing and Rock Damage No personal experience here. But a close friend tows her CRV behind a 23' RV. And has a big 'rock...
  • Re: Thinking about adding Ratio rockers
    Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
    Wed, 30 Aug 2000 23:07:42 EDT
    Mark, Rhino rockers use a 9 mm valve adjusting screw. The Rhino Feet are 9 mm and the whole head swivels (patterned after the...
  • Re: Robert Lilley CD
    Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
    Wed, 9 May 2001 16:03:05 -0700
    ...Robert's installation instructions for the rockers are viewable at: > > http://www.slip.net/~chrisr/rocker_install/ > > and additional pictures of the valve covers...
  • Re: Parts suppliers for Half Liley?
    Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
    Sat, 27 Oct 2001 14:35:47 -0400
    ...1628 Chromoly pushrods, $44.95 1665 Rhino 1.25 ratio rockers, $119.95 1642 Rhino feet (Porsche style valve adjusting screw) $32.95 1643...
  • Re: Satellite image of fire
    Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
    Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:33:52 -0700
    Rocky (Mike Rocket J Squirrel) actually lives in one of the evacuation zones a couple miles from me. His neighborhood is only under an...
  • '56 Kombi Update - Rockers and Windows
    Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
    Sat, 19 Nov 1994 22:07:58 -0800 (PST)
    ...It says "includes inner rocker" but in real life it doesn't. You still will need to put in a complete inner rocker, if...
  • Re: Rockford cv boots opinions
    Historical mailing list - TC
    Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:12:38 -0700
    > My friend's father opened a CV axle repair shop a while back; he rebuilt his > axles with Rockford boots. > > At the time I...