[Vwdiesel] mkII diesel valve adjustment

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But is the motor the original or from a later model?   Many of our old VW diesels have had their engines replaced with later model versions.  What is the motor number? Hayden
On Dec 5, 2011, at 4:16 PM, Frank Pival-Never Alone On Hold wrote:

> I had an 1.6 n/a 85 Golf with Hydraulic lifters!
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> dieseltdi at verizon.net wrote:
>> I will chime in on this also, everything I have seen in the Bentley indicates that 86 and up had hydraulic lifters.  I suppose it is possible that a few may have sneaked in during late 85 but for certain, 86 and up.  Hayden
>> On Dec 5, 2011, at 12:39 PM, Andrew .Libby wrote:
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>>> I had an '86 that was hydro.  I've never heard of anything after '85 with
>>> mechanical lifters in North America.
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>>> On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Sandy Cameron 
>>> <scameron at storm.ca>
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>>>> At 07:32 AM 12/5/2011 -0700, you wrote:
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>>>>> Aside from the vanagon, the mk2 engines had hydraulic lifters that don't
>>>>> require adjustment.
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>>>> After 1987.5
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Visit my website at:  http://mysite.verizon.net/resosxp8/mydieselpages/
Proud owner of:
2004 Jetta GL PD TDI
1968 Beetle, my latest project, watch for details
1982 VW Jetta Coup with GTD turbo diesel transplant (in progress)
And many, many, many VWs; from a 1947 Beetle (13 Beetles total), to Vans (5 - 3 splitties, 2 bay window (both were campers), 1 Vanagon Westy, Rabbits (3), Karmen Ghia (1), Jettas (9), Passats (2), Dasher (1), New Beetle (1), Rabbit Convertible (1) and Rabbit Pickups (3) most now gone but not forgotten.