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• Experience with Grant rings?

  Jim Felder · Thu, 16 Feb 2006 17:51:47 -0600 · Mailing-list archive

  I recently ordered a used replacement piston and a set of Grant rings from VW Diesel Parts. The rings that they sent me are...

• O-Rings... Duh

  Jim Cochran · Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:23:02 -0700 · Mailing-list archive

  OK My first time doing this- it appears I put the wrong O-rings on the left hand side head. I put the black...

• Re: Cylinder Heads!

  mark drillock · Sat, 16 Mar 2002 17:12:29 -0800 · Mailing-list archive

  If the cylinders pulled off far enough to expose any of the rings you are in for it. It is really important to not...

• Re: "Grant" rings

  Zoran Mladen · Thu, 22 Aug 2002 08:13:55 -0700 · Mailing-list archive

  ...We stripped down both engines and replaced the rings - no more problems. I avoid Grant rings. Z --- "G. Matthew Bulley" <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM...

• Re[2]: 87 rebuild update

  Don Gibbons · Wed, 15 Jul 1998 07:36:46 -0400 · Mailing-list archive

  ...Did you put the teflon additive in right after the new rings? If so they may of never seated. Is this teflon additive bad...

• Re: Hog Rings - the mystery

  Harvey Chao · 21 Nov 1995 13:56:00 -0800 · Mailing-list archive

  RE>>Hog Rings - the mystery revealed 11/21/95 Like that girl I saw who works at Starbucks? And let me tell you what...

• Re: Oversized rings for 85

  Dennis Haynes · Thu, 6 Feb 2003 00:21:27 -0500 · Mailing-list archive

  You only use oversize rings if you bore out the cylinder and fit oversized pistons. Since the WB uses replacable sleeves, most folks replace...

• piston rings----the good, the bad and the ugly

  Smola, Tony · Fri, 29 Mar 2002 22:40:47 -0600 · Mailing-list archive

  I've heard that Deves rings are the choice of rings, second only to German The 2.2L kits have Grant rings which are...

Vanagon feeds, including TheSamba and VanAgain

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Shared Vanagon Dictionary

• Rings

  Metal rings that fit around a piston to seal the combustion chamber.

• Ring compressor

  A tool used to compress piston rings for installation

• Wire grommets

  Small rings or tubes that protect wires from damage when passing through holes or edges

• Piston ring

  A ring that fits around a piston to seal the gap between the piston and cylinder

• Piston ring gaps

  Gaps between the piston rings, which must be offset to prevent oil from entering the combustion chamber

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Video catalog from Podcasts

• 094 Vanagon Transaxle Adjusting Rings

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• EG33 / SVX VW Vanagon / Bus gets new Piston Rings Part 1

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• How to install Beauty trim Rings - vanagon T3/T25 Dashboard

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• Seat cushion replacement and Upolstrey installation, VW Vanagon

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