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• Re: crack in between valves, junk?

  Benny boy · Wed, 2 Apr 2008 18:09:51 -0400 · Mailing-list archive

  ...Clean the inside near the crack pass the valve seat. If the crack is pass the valve seat... i would not use this one...

• Re: nasty AMC exhaust valve, photos here

  Bob Stevens · Sun, 24 May 2009 12:39:53 -0600 · Mailing-list archive

  ...heat is thru the valve > stem.. > If thats the case, a tight valve never seats onto the valve seat and > crystalizes the stem just...

• Re: Aircooled lifter noise

  Paul Mayfield · Sun, 27 Jan 2002 11:05:40 -0800 · Mailing-list archive

  ...Yes. > > Jake has asserted that un-adjusted valves are a cause of valve seat > failure because the valve "slams against the seat". 'un-adjusted...

• Re: Hydraulic Valve Lifters

  Dan Houg · Mon, 25 Mar 1996 08:48:02 CST6CDT · Mailing-list archive

  ...Some the the valves mush down and don't lift off the seat (unless you screw in way past 2 turns) but others start...

• AMC head 30k report.....

  Benny boy · Tue, 29 Nov 2005 23:14:08 -0500 · Mailing-list archive

  ...The question am asking myself is that some valve seat are pretty bad! and on those seat, the valves are ok! For now, am...

• Re: Bad intake valve @ 30,000 miles????

  John Rodgers · Thu, 3 Jul 2003 22:20:09 -0500 · Mailing-list archive

  ...This sudden sharp blow will momentarily drive the the valve off it's seat and then the valve face will slam back down again...

• Re: Aircooled lifter noise

  G. Matthew Bulley · Sat, 26 Jan 2002 17:54:40 -0500 · Mailing-list archive

  ...Jake has asserted that un-adjusted valves are a cause of valve seat failure because the valve "slams against the seat". I am saying...

• Valves seats.. for those who care

  Benny boy · Wed, 10 May 2006 22:59:52 -0400 · Mailing-list archive

  I small section on my site, i just began!!! http://www.benplace.com/valve_seats.htm Regards, Ben

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Shared Vanagon Dictionary

• Valve seat

  The surface where a valve meets the cylinder head

• Valve Springs

  The springs that return the valves to their seats in an engine

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Video catalog from Podcasts

• Vanagon waterboxer engine collapsed valve seat

  YouTube via Podcasts · Steven Johnson · Source date unavailable

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• 1980 Volkswagen Vanagon - Inside Cylinder 1 and 2 Valve Cover

  YouTube via Podcasts · Source date unavailable

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• DIY Valve Seat Vacuum Tester - Cheap!

  YouTube via Podcasts · TonyLiveTV · Source date unavailable

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• SERDI PROFILE - The Most ADVANCED Valve Seat Machine On The Market?

  YouTube via Podcasts · Jim's Automotive Machine Shop, Inc. · Source date unavailable

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• VW Vanagon cylinder head valve extraction / removal Video 2 of 2

  YouTube via Podcasts · AC onGmail · Source date unavailable

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• Vanagon Control Arm Spring Seat Repair

  YouTube via Podcasts · Source date unavailable

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• Boxeer Westy Lounge install Vanagon Rear Seat Hinge Hack (10° more recline)

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• Vanagon Idle Air Control valve / Unit in action. Simulation with real valve.

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