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• Oil pressure questions again
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Mon, 16 Oct 2006 07:49:01 -0700
  ...parts van for disposal,I noticed that the fuel pump block off plate may access the case. Could a drilled hole and 10mm 1...
• Re: Oil pressure questions again
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 16 Oct 2006 20:19:12 +0000
  ...parts van for > disposal,I noticed that the fuel pump block off plate may access > the case. Could a drilled hole and 10mm 1...
• radio block off plate?
  Historical mailing list - chris
  Tue, 4 Jul 2006 10:59:41 -0700
  anyone have one, or know where I might be able to track one down? im working on a stealthy radio install, would prefer something...
• Re: WBX Front Heater Core Mystery Sheet Metal
  Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
  Wed, 7 May 2014 15:33:26 -0700
  ...I tried it baffle in and baffle out; the block off plate does indeed make the ram air flaps close. No plate, less defrost...
• Re: WTB ucrobus am radio
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Apr 1995 15:28:23 -0400
  ...radio blockoff plate (in good shape) from a red and white 60' Deluxe for a similarly good condition pearl white radio block off plate
• Oil coolers
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Libby & Denise DeWolfe
  Sun, 27 Aug 2000 20:44:03 -0500
  ...It hooks up with an oil filter block off plate and a remote filter mount. Worth $120? Thanks Matt
• Race Trim Oil Cooler Systems
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Michael Gronski
  Wed, 9 Aug 2000 14:40:48 -0400
  I was thinking about installing a 96 plate Race Trim Oil Cooler that mounts via an oil filter bypass. Has anyone installed one? Is...
• Re: WBX Front Heater Core Mystery Sheet Metal
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 7 May 2014 18:44:26 -0400
  ...I tried it baffle in and baffle out; the block off plate does indeed make the ram air flaps close. No plate, less defrost...
• Re: Mo' buses in da movies(2)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 27 Sep 1995 10:17:35 -0700
  ...12v sticker? >>>-The rear view mirror? >>>-Radio w/backing plate or large block off plate? ______ >> >>It was an interior shot, but not these reasons...
• Re: Mo' buses in da movies
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 27 Sep 1995 12:54:52 -0700 (PDT)
  And Rusty VanBondo thus wrote: > > -A 12v sticker? > -The rear view mirror? > -Radio w/backing plate or large block off plate? ______ > -If an outside...
• a few more bus bits to go
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 2 Apr 1996 16:18:09 -0500
  ...clock 12 volt 1962 type III clock 6 volt radio block off plate oval window panel van cab divider mosquito screen for 68 -> westy...
• Re: Air scoops
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:07:44 -0700
  ...If you look at the passenger side D pillar, there's a plastic block off plate so no air get in the engine - then...
• Re: Air scoops
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 13 Apr 2013 13:55:33 -0700
  hi Tim, I guess that you remove the plastic block off plate on passenger side D pillar right? thanks On Sat, Apr 13, 2013...
• 9 Passenger
  Historical mailing list - brady horrace
  Wed, 17 Jan 2007 23:18:59 -0800
  Jim at Bostig has a white 1986 9 passenger van with a brown interior, no power steering and a block off plate over the...
• Type IV oil dip stick tube fitting? (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Roger Reynolds
  Fri, 26 Apr 2002 21:29:30 EDT
  ...type IV engine in place of one of the ovalish block off plates near the bottom of the engine (instead of having the tube...
• Re: Mo' buses in da movies
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 27 Sep 1995 09:26:49 -0700
  -A 12v sticker? -The rear view mirror? -Radio w/backing plate or large block off plate? ______ -If an outside shot then it would be...
• old bus and beetle parts for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 27 Mar 1996 12:44:11 -0500
  ...volt clock (from deluxe) radio speaker block off plate (for oval window beetle) radio block of plate (1950-67 bus - i think) Hella Ambulance...
• Re: Radiator cardboard and its replacement
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:50:15 -0800
  ...I think there are > separate upper and lower ones for the side plates. > Does you head light grill have black cardboard block off pieces...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - vwghost
  Tue, 14 Aug 2001 06:13:33 -0400
  ...8.00 plus shipping I will send you a block off stainless steel plate. Darrel Combs German Air Products 3263 Doris acres st Asheboro...
• Re: Radiator cardboard and its replacement
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:12:18 -0800
  You're just going to make 'block off plates' or 'end plates' ......... You can do a better job than VW did easily. Mainly one...
• Re: Oil coolers
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Sun, 27 Aug 2000 21:41:54 EDT
  ...It hooks up with an oil filter block off plate and a remote filter mount. Worth $120? Thanks Matt >> Get one with the electric...
• Part nembers needed.
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Tue, 27 Jun 2006 21:16:58 -0700
  ...of that part) Fuel filler neck (2WD) that has the block-off plate in it and overflow return tube Oxygen Sensor Catalytic Converter Oxy...
• Coolant Temp/Pressure Gauge Install on 1.9l
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 27 Sep 2002 09:47:18 -0400
  On the 1.9 engine there is a block off plate on the front side of the left head (driver's side). I think...
• Custom Oil/Tranny Coolers for automatic vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Tue, 12 May 2009 00:50:37 -0400
  ...Plate, Bus with Upright 1600 Eliminates the Stock Cooler $109.00 ZAP-11700 Oil Cooler Kit Complete, 96 Plate with Direct Oil Filter Block...
• Safaris and Antennas
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 May 1996 14:04:27 -0700
  ...We aren't even planning on installing any radio but will retain the block off plate and enjoy Boombox City.
• Need Radio Antenna for my Double Cab
  Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
  Fri, 5 Mar 2004 16:27:49 -0500
  ...There is an official VW Block-Off Plate in its place. I think I can mount a radio there without much difficulty and placing...
• Re: Heater knee bar cross beam
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:36:03 -0400
  ...They removed the sliding shutoff plate but kept the grilles themselves. The whole system would start working again though if you removed the big...
• Re: Air scoops
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:19:04 -0700
  ...If you look at > the passenger side D pillar, there's a plastic block off plate so no air > get in the engine - then...
• Re: Automatic Transmission alternatives..help
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Tue, 6 Feb 2001 21:29:51 EST
  ...end is rather different. >> You need to change the rabbit front plate, as it holds the driver for rhe rabbit governer and you don...
• Re: Daughter Broken Down Just West Of Salt Lake City
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:06:13 -0700
  ...I have made one before by taking a 1.9 Wbxr outlet block off plate ( from the forward end of the left head on...
• Re: Stuck distr. drive shaft ...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:19:28 -0400
  ...Remove the block off plate next to the dizzy and look down with a flashlight. You may be able to turn the crank back...
• Ventilation system questions - Aircooled Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Rusty Johnson
  Tue, 25 Apr 2000 20:24:26 EDT
  ...Are these supposed to fit properly, or were they even supposed to be there? Second, there was a factory-looking block-off plate over...
• Re: noise reduction
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 21 Oct 2004 15:45:23 -0600
  ...My van came with a couple of block off plates for the hole on the drivers side (westy so the rear vents are covered...
• RE : Ticked Off at oil filter adaptors
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Thu, 12 Oct 2006 16:35:22 -0500
  ...I used a speed shop block off plate for the filter mount on the engine and then ran teflon hoses to an external in...
• Re: Mod. Fresh air box to recycle cabin air? (did some searching in arch.)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Thu, 22 Mar 2007 09:58:28 -0900
  ...license plate "icebox"(it is white) but that is already taken. I like the idea of finding a way to block off the outside...
• Re: How do I get this EGR filter on??? Fixed! But.....
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 18 Apr 2003 07:53:17 -0500
  ...With some very neatly done block off plates and inspection technicians that look for the engine in the front it's not too hard...
• Instruments and Switches available
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Tue, 30 Sep 2003 14:37:08 -0700
  ...Switch 171 953 235 A Defog Switch 251 959 621 Block off plate for switch positions. Anyone with specific needs let me know. I...
• Re: Mod. Fresh air box to recycle cabin air? (did some searching in arch.)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:09:11 -0800
  ...license plate > "icebox"(it is white) but that is already taken. I like the idea of finding > a way to block off the outside...
• Re: Mod. Fresh air box to recycle cabin air? (did some searching in arch.)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:32:54 -0700
  ...license plate > > "icebox"(it is white) but that is already taken. I like the idea of finding > > a way to block off the outside...
• Vanagon Trakka conversion - hot water problem
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Dauth
  Tue, 13 Aug 1996 15:23:38 +0800
  ...your radiator water, start cursing. Its the end of hot showers. Block off the radiator hoses that go to your tank. You may still...
• Re: Overall Timing Advance, Air Cooled
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Sat, 8 Mar 2008 14:00:48 -0600
  ...All of the egr stuff is off of my van and I made stainless plates to block off the opening on the plenum and...
• Introductions
  Historical mailing list - Kevin G. Moore
  Sun, 10 Aug 2003 16:43:07 -0400
  ...Westfalia sliding windows w/screens, brown radio block-off plate, brown air deflector (below dash), brown dash, brown window cranks, uncut brown door panels...
• RE: � � � Some Clarifications and Additional Cooling System Comments
  Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
  Wed, 2 Oct 2002 16:28:01 -0400
  ...buy a 96 plate transmission oil cooler, mount it up front with a sucker fan, and run 1/2" copper lines to an oil...
• Oil Filler Mods/Question on a 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:21:10 -0600
  ...drain plug to the oil filler hole by making a block off plate for the sendr to screw into. By getting a Type 1...
• Re: Mod. Fresh air box to recycle cabin air? (did some searching in arch.)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:17:56 -0800
  ...license plate > > > "icebox"(it is white) but that is already taken. I like the idea of > finding > > > a way to block off the outside...
• "Idiot Owner Out of Gas" Syndrome and Remedy?
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Tue, 15 Sep 1998 12:23:21 -0500
  ...it was in plain sight down by the fuel pump block off plate above the belt pulley. To my surprise, as the cap was...
• Re: More Cooling System/ now oil coolers
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Thu, 3 Oct 2002 02:54:51 EDT
  ...buy a 96 plate transmission oil cooler, mount it up front with a sucker fan, and run 1/2" copper lines to an oil...
• Re: Custom Oil/Tranny Coolers for automatic vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 12 May 2009 07:09:32 -0700
  ...Plate, Bus with Upright 1600 > Eliminates the Stock Cooler $109.00 > > ZAP-11700 Oil Cooler Kit Complete, 96 Plate with Direct Oil Filter Block...
• Re: Broken timing gear?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 26 Aug 2006 14:53:48 -0400
  The brass gear can be inspected my removing the block off plate next to it and looking down. I have never seen one fail...
• Re: Mod. Fresh air box to recycle cabin air? (did some searching in arch.)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 23 Mar 2007 20:45:55 -0700
  ...license plate > > > > "icebox"(it is white) but that is already taken. I like the idea of > finding > > > > a way to block off the outside...
• Bug O Rama Report
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 3 Sep 1995 11:39:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Oh, and I got a radio block off plate for $20 Nice shape, though! Sheesh thats still kinda expensive for a part that was...
• Re: Mocal sandwich plate plus oil cooler equals overcooling
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:43:38 -0800
  ...yeah............block off the air flow to the oil cooler...... but that's just a bandaid. I'd 'start over.' where are you measuring...
• Re: Mod. Fresh air box to recycle cabin air? (did some searching in arch.)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 23 Mar 2007 20:05:20 -0800
  ...license > plate > > > > > "icebox"(it is white) but that is already taken. I like the idea > of > > finding > > > > > a way to block off the outside...
• Re: Re
  Historical mailing list - Jon
  Sat, 19 Apr 2003 20:31:07 -0400
  ...axle shafts, one is longer, flex plate,and somebody correct me if I'm wrong but a different Ecu 022 to 022D for an...
• Re: oil pressure problem on my 1983 air-cooled
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 23 Aug 2017 20:11:19 +0000
  If you still have the degree plate near the fan you should be able to see the timing advance as you rev the engine...
• Re: Fwd: 81 Air cooled... Engine conversion options??
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 10 Mar 2012 13:02:17 -0800
  ...pressure plate and clutch disc diesel starter diesel oil pan ..including filler tube . ( there are two styles ..the 82 type is quite weak and...
• Re: Bostig Zetec kit .. Ground clearance
  Historical mailing list - Bostig Eng
  Fri, 13 Oct 2006 15:40:50 -0400
  When I said skid plate, I meant our skid plate, which is just under 1/2" thick, and attaches to the cradle. With the...
• Re: Proper Brake Pedal Feel/Travel?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:31:42 -0700
  hi, I have not heard of the rear backing plates flexing thing. I have seen them rusted to 'almost nothing' though ... but if yours...
• Re: "Idiot Owner Out of Gas" Syndrome and Remedy?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 15 Sep 1998 18:52:22 -0400
  ...it was in plain sight down by the fuel pump block off plate >above the belt pulley. To my surprise, as the cap was...
• Re: Re
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 20 Apr 2003 21:27:04 -0400
  ...axle shafts, one is longer, > flex plate,and somebody correct me if I'm wrong but a different Ecu 022 to > 022D for an...