Date:         Sat, 12 Jul 2003 21:14:02 -0700
Reply-To:     wilden1@JUNO.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Valve adjustment; Preliminary results.
Comments: To: tomyoung1@COMCAST.NET
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I've got to agree with you Tom it's been a pretty dull day on the list.
Other than my raging, pouting episode over those mag wheels it's been
pretty mild.
As for that noise in the valve train, just tell him he's got air locked
lifters.
That'll keep him out of our hair for three days and chances are he'll
loose a few of the spring clips if he opens the lifters, that'll give us
another week before he comes back with new noisy lifters.

Stan Wilder

On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 17:42:57 -0700 Tom Young <tomyoung1@COMCAST.NET>
writes:
> Well, it probably doesn't have to point *straight down* in order to
> get
> leakage.  Say, for sake of argument, that any orientation of the
> hole
> pointing +/- 45 degrees of straight down will result in leakage.  So
> 90
> degrees of the hole's orientation, out of 360 degrees (one-fourth)
> will
> result in leakage.  What's the chance that *no* hole will fall in
> this
> range?  Assuming the orientation of each lifter is independent of
> the
> others, it's 3/4 raised to the power of 8, or (approximately) 10%.
> So the
> chance that at least one lifter will fall in the "leakage" range is
> 100% -
> 10% = 90%.
>
> Pretty good odds.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> Tom Young                       '81 Vanagon
> Lafayette, CA 94549         '82 Westfalia
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris S" <mrvolkswagen@HOTMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2003 4:16 PM
> Subject: Re: Valve adjustment; Preliminary results.
>
>
> > > There is a hole in the side of each lifter ................. law
> of
> > > averages always puts one hole down when you park the van
> overnight.
> >
> > Wow... some odds!  8 lifters with 360 degree rotation each and
> I'll get
> one
> > to point the hole down at least every night.  With luck like that
> you
> ought
> > to try the nearest casino. ;-)
> >
> > Chris S.
> > '85 Westy
> > www.knology.net/~vw/
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wolfsburg_campers
>
>

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