Re: [vintagvw] Valve spring retainer keepers. gone missing?

2013-03-30 Thread Dave C. Bolen
Dean, Looks pretty interesting. I think your tranny failure saved you from a dropped valve. It will be interesting to see which part failed. The valve stem, the small keepers or the large retainer. Cheers, dave On Fri, 29 Mar 2013, Dean Johnson wrote: I put two pics on my extremely

Re: [vintagvw] Valve spring retainer keepers. gone missing?

2013-03-30 Thread John Sroka
Interesting, does the adjuster screw contact area also show damage? Here is a link with similar photos and information. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=488433 On Mar 29, 2013 3:03 PM, Dean Johnson dean.g.johns...@gmail.com wrote: I put two pics on my extremely inactive blog. It

Re: [vintagvw] Valve spring retainer keepers. gone missing?

2013-03-30 Thread Dean Johnson
I have ball foot swivel adjuster and there doesn't appear to be any difference from that valve to its neighbors. The contact area at the end of the valve stem also appears undamaged. It looks like a ring of material is missing from the end just shy of the end. When I applied the compressed air to

RE: [vintagvw] Valve spring retainer keepers. gone missing?

2013-03-30 Thread bill may
Do you have the adjusters going direct onto valve stem? Or are there caps between valve and the ball foot adjusters? From: vintagvw@googlegroups.com [mailto:vintagvw@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Dean Johnson Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2013 4:56 PM To: vintagvw@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: