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• Re: Oil filler tube extension pulled out.-- Well shiver me timbers
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 20 Sep 2006 19:37:49 -0500
  Roger Sisler wrote: > the extension manages to come out with a single ring around the extension. > It will not grip the tube when I...
• Re: Where does this tube go?
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:42:59 -0400
  ...There is a rubber tube under this one. http://www.benplace.com/engine/booth100.jpg (under the arrow) Look carefully. You will see an...
• Re: Problem with push rod tube seals?
  Historical mailing list - den jolliffe
  Tue, 28 Jun 2016 02:17:09 +0000
  ...They are for 'repair' only...like to replace a tube without removing a head. Personally ..I far more trust 'good ol' good used tubes...
• Re: Problem with push rod tube seals?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 22 Jun 2016 09:57:33 -0700
  ...I'll bet the old pushrod tubes are the problem, not the seals. They may get less malleable as they age, and after stretching...
• Re: Pushrod tube wires
  Historical mailing list - T.P. Stephens
  Wed, 20 Oct 1999 20:20:59 -0700
  ...If every push rod tube end has a piece of that wire resting against the rim to hold it in place so it cannot...
• TiiCo, high oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - Sean B.
  Thu, 24 Jan 2002 16:31:20 -0800
  ...In order to install it, I had to remove the pickup tube for the oil pump, fit the windage tray, and reinstall the pickup...
• oil filler tube
  Historical mailing list - Green Westy
  Sun, 5 Dec 2004 09:45:32 -0500
  I need a new oil filler tube for a 2.1. 2wd! I sold my old motor last night. I noticed after the guy...
• Re: Window washer troubleshooting 1987 GL 2-wheel drive Westy
  Historical mailing list - Preston Grimes
  Wed, 17 May 2006 06:29:34 -0700
  On 5/17/06, Preston Grimes <87westy@gmail.com> wrote: > > Joe said: >>I then filled from the tube end<< > > Did you inject some fluid...
• Re: Oil Filter Tube Mount Removal?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Davis
  Mon, 10 May 2010 16:41:12 -0400
  The filter mount tube it out! Yay! Thanks for the suggestions. I had remembered seeing something like these tools ("internal" pipe wrenches) before but...
• Re: Fuel hose size
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Fri, 31 Jul 2020 18:03:43 -0700
  ...On other vehicles that use this type of tube a > sleeve goes inside to support the tube from collapsing. > > Spring or crimp clamps are...
• FW: 85 Vanagon; water housing & O-ring sealing
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 13 Nov 2003 15:21:28 -0700
  LR, Check carefully for pits where the tube resides in the water pump housing and fill with JB Weld. Make sure there are no...
• Re: VWC-022-109-309 - HYDRAULIC LIFTER from cip
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Mon, 27 Feb 2006 13:37:52 -0800
  ...some new push rod tubes as well so any suggestions > > as to what make model of 'spring loaded tubes' i am gonna want ? > I...
• 84 auto tranny question
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Sun, 28 Nov 1999 20:03:38 -0600
  ...After the installation, I was bolting everything up and noticed that the filler tube threads were on the passenger side, not the drivers side...
• Re: A/C question
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 27 Jun 2005 18:40:10 -0400
  ...Another possiability , but I think not on the vanagon, is that the drain tubes are blocked up with a bug nest or somethin. The...
• What parts needed for gas filler tube install
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Mon, 21 May 2012 07:47:57 -0400
  OK, a list member is sending me a “floaty ball” filler tube. Will the top end parts on my 83.5 w/c van...
• Looking for Automatic Transmission pan and filler tube
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 8 Dec 2009 11:03:23 -0500
  I am looking for a good condition used oil pan for an automatic transmission and also the oil dipstick tube that screws into the...
• Re: oil filler tube
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 10:33:52 -0700
  Todd and the list, What part of the oil filler tube went? Is it common for this part to break and where? Does someone...
• Re: How the heck to prime oil pump? (Vanagon D)
  Historical mailing list - Rachel Cogent
  Sat, 30 Jun 2001 05:58:12 -0700
  How in the world did you get that big hole in you pick-up tube? Entity Michael Snow spoke thus: > filling the pump from...
• Re: Bit of Toyota Syndrome in '84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:21:38 -0700
  ...Blow that tube out with compressed air if you can. spray wd-40 into the tube, and blow that forward into the tube... idea...
• Re: tube bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee www.vwrack.com
  Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:39:48 -0600
  ...And no, muffler tube benders do not work. You need a mandrel inside the tube to keep the walls from collasping. The bends need...
• Re: gas filler neck leak
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
  Wed, 25 Sep 2002 12:07:05 -0400
  ...To put the new plastic vent tube in, I had to disassembly part of the vent assembly to get the tube in place. If...
• Re: At the pump fueling issue - solved
  Historical mailing list - - Bruce Todd
  Mon, 14 Jul 2014 19:21:37 -0700
  ...Then I took a look at the small air/overflow? tube that goes from the underneath/top of the filler tube to the fuel...
• Re: Push Rod Tube Leak????
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Wed, 5 Jan 2005 14:46:39 -0800
  ...I changed my pushrod tubes because my hydraulic > >lifter was jammed. > > >I changed two pushrod tubes with collapsible tubes 6 months ago. No > >leaks...
• Re: oil dipstick popping out...
  Historical mailing list - Filcoff, David M.
  Wed, 12 Apr 2000 15:57:28 -0500
  ...I remember there was a link about the oil >dipstick being popping out of its tube... I forgot what caused it??? dave
• Wanted: One Pushrod Tube
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Wed, 6 Apr 2005 11:14:00 -0400
  Does anyone have a single pushrod tube they would give/sell me for cheap? One of mine has a badass dent in it and...
• Re: mouse profing
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Wed, 8 Aug 2012 11:10:49 -0600
  ...box, by using the vent tube to run the wires. Since I have a non-stock battery I can't use the steel lid...
• Re: for the record water is not corrosive
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sat, 1 May 2004 00:19:25 -0400
  On Sat, 1 May 2004, Andrew Grebneff wrote: > Depends on what the tubes are made from. Silica glasses are soluble > in "ordinary" (impure) water...
• Re: 84 GL Exhaust System
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 4 May 1996 10:49:06 -0400
  In a message dated 96-05-03 01:21:35 EDT, vwbus@tcpbbs.com writes: >J-tubes and a merged header system with a...
• Re: What the heck is this?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 11 Jul 2011 10:30:03 -0500
  ...Looks like something that fell out of a cow's > nose, if the cow was the size of a house. > > There is a tube...
• Paulchen Rack Questions
  Historical mailing list - Dave
  Wed, 9 Sep 1998 00:48:35 -0500
  I recently purchased a used Paulchen rack and have a few questions; First, I have a bike with a large diameter seat tube, the...
• Re: Oil Filter Tube Mount Removal?
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Mon, 10 May 2010 09:49:50 -0700
  An internal pipe wrench is the slickest method of removing this tube. 3/8" if my memory is correct. Angus Angus Gordon Bainbridge Island...
• Re: Rear Window "jailbars"
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 6 Apr 2001 12:38:25 EDT
  ...The tubes are a little too long, and the bracket's would hit the inside > panels when opening and closing. > > trim the tubes/bars...
• replacing gas tank crossover tubes
  Historical mailing list - Charles McGehee
  Thu, 21 Jun 2001 09:02:41 -0700
  Listees, Sometime this month Vanagonite told of replacing the gas tank crossover tubes without dropping the tank. I can't find it in the...
• Re: Push covers/enging tins
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:30:13 -0700
  Just to add to the confusion, two separate parts are being discussed here - valve covers and push-rod tube shields. I believe the original...
• Looking for some warm air tubes for Vanagon AC
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Thu, 30 May 2013 16:03:04 -0400
  I have a customer looking for two plastic tubes that go on the top of the engine of an AC Vanagon. These two tubes...
• Re: Diesel Rings!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Mon, 9 Feb 2004 12:09:28 -0800
  ...Removing the valve cover and cleaning the integral breather does make a difference, but oil still travels up the dipstick tube even with a...
• Collapsable push rod tube
  Historical mailing list - James B. Morris
  Fri, 14 Aug 1998 09:59:07 -0500
  I will be changing one pushrod tube this weekend on my newly aquired 87 GL (if the part arrives frome BD today or tomorrow...
• Re: Help, stranded. Van won't exceed 55mph
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Fri, 25 Feb 2005 14:17:42 -0500
  ...These are exactly the symptoms of a collapsed (or lining collapsed) intake tube. The van will slowly accelerate to 55mph, and probably really slow...
• tube bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Robert Adams
  Tue, 8 Apr 2008 13:06:42 -0700
  I remember seeing a blueprint / plans for tube bumpers somewhere on the net last year but cannot find them now. Does anyone have the...
• Re: Problem with push rod tube seals?
  Historical mailing list - Scott - IMAP
  Tue, 28 Jun 2016 11:57:38 -0700
  ...They are for 'repair' > only...like to replace a tube without removing a head. > > Personally ..I far more trust 'good ol' good used tubes...
• Fuel Line Fire Wall Fitting
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 25 Jan 2004 16:58:15 -0600
  Well, I have been trying to deal with a fuel leak, and found that what has happened is the fuel tube from thefuel pump...
• Re: odd thing boiling over
  Historical mailing list - John Graham
  Wed, 24 Sep 1997 21:18:32 -0400
  ...When you open the hatch to expose the engine, there is a small plastic tube that runs from about 12o'clock to about 6o...
• Re: JB weld on coolant expansion tank
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 1 May 2003 20:21:30 -0500
  would JB weld be something that would work effectively , reliably and durably to reattatch my nipple/ tube to my expansion tank? --------------------------- Clip --------------------- Aren't...
• Lee's 60 s/cab update
  Historical mailing list
  15 Jun 96 11:46
  ...The length of tube would need to be about 35cm. Am I correct in thinking that the tube consists of a flexible piece and...
• Chunka Bologna
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 14 Mar 2006 17:36:44 -0800
  ...Where in anyone's instructions is the topic of broken off dipstick tube in case discussed? I have'nt found it- because that's...
• Re: Oil filler tube extension pulled out.-- Well shiver me timbers
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Wed, 20 Sep 2006 23:25:18 -0400
  ...In spite of recent list postings regarding this, I recently discovered that the oil fill tube on my van extends! I had assumed this...
• Re: Question on body panel "filler"
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 13 Apr 95 9:55:22 EDT
  3M makes an excellent seam sealer for this purpose, available in tube or a caulk gun tube, give it a try though it would...
• auto transmission drain
  Historical mailing list - Clarence J Falarski
  Sat, 9 Nov 2002 18:06:45 -0500
  ...Look at the Haynes manual and it suggests removing the filler tube and letting the transmission drain from the filler tube hole............ Is there...
• Re: Tire Repair - Tubes?
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Sun, 22 Oct 2000 11:21:09 -0700
  ...They put a tube into the tire and it has held pressure so > far. > > The idea of a tube inside of a tire not...
• Re: A lot of hot air...
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 Jul 1998 11:28:42 EDT
  ...Here's what I did- take your spare out and look straight up, you'll see a black corrugated type tube that connects to...
• Re: push rods
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Sun, 18 Mar 2001 14:53:18 -0500
  ...There are collapsable pushrod tubes that can be gotten for about $20 each. After you've done it once, you can replace a tube...
• Re: [A] 73 1700 push rod tube question ...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 Feb 95 11:57:48 EST
  These tubes can actually be stretched back to their original length (Muir describes the procedure). Better yet is to buy new ones with NEW...
• Re: will and 84 auto trans fit in an 89 auto
  Historical mailing list - Birkenfeld Jeff
  Fri, 19 Mar 2004 08:46:13 -0600
  ...Yes the '84 will directly replace the '89 BUT you should use the dipstick tube from the '89 as the '84 tube mounts differently...
• Re: in need of new chrome bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Sat, 15 Jul 2006 22:46:36 +0100
  a new option between aftermarket ones and expensive tube bumbers would also be the new gowesty bumper. personally i like that look better than...
• pushrods, compression, brake parts prices
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 Nov 1995 12:49:12 -0800
  ...Like you have to loosen the cylinder heads to replace the pushrod tube/seal. There are two-piece tubes on the market that promise...
• Re: lifter replacement
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Wed, 14 Apr 2004 13:19:59 -0700
  ...I already ordered two push-rod tubes and 2 lifters from Ken. I think only one lifter is bad, but I bought a spare...
• Re: Diesel oil dipstick tube 82-83
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 14 Jul 2019 09:55:31 -0700
  My dipstick on my gone 5sp was a custom job...a OEM tube, cut and brazed on to the filler pipe. On Sun, Jul...
• Re: Fuel Leaking at Filler Tube and Gas Tank
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 23 May 2012 12:47:12 -0700
  ...Fuel Leaking at Filler Tube and Gas Tank To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 12:29 PM Every time I...
• Re: VWC-022-109-309 - HYDRAULIC LIFTER from cip
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Mon, 27 Feb 2006 12:14:20 -0800
  ...some new push rod tubes as well so any suggestions > as to what make model of 'spring loaded tubes' i am gonna want ? I...
• Re: oil dripping from dip stick tube
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 21 Jul 2002 15:48:34 -0400
  which end of the dipstick tube is it leaking from? Sounds to me like oil is being blown out of it. The freeze plug...