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• Re: Device for mending plastic
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 26 Apr 2016 13:48:44 -0700
  ...Device for mending plastic HI a while back there was mention of and a link to a device for mending plastic can some one...
• '79 ac - interior metal 'supports'
  Historical mailing list - Tony Moore
  Wed, 6 Nov 1996 07:38:29 -0500
  I've noticed that on my 'new' 79's ac, the interior plastic vent and blower assembly mounted on the roof has metal "supports...
• Re: Window molding
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Jan 1999 12:14:23 EST
  ...There appears to be a thin band of metal under a plastic laminate. Starting from the clip location, the rust is spreading evenly in...
• Re: Fuel Line Trick! 87 Van 2.1 A/t now heater T fittings
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 4 Jan 2008 08:21:37 -0800
  I guess it depends on the type of plastic used. This fitting was about 7-8 years old at the time, so you might...
• Re: Plastic Back to Black?
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Thu, 30 Aug 2018 12:11:15 -0400
  ...Marc P On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 8:45 PM Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote: > I use this in everything plastic and...
• Re: Syncro gas tank in a 2WD?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Tue, 13 May 2003 14:18:23 EDT
  In a message dated 5/13/2003 6:34:32 AM Pacific Daylight Time, rfeussner@GMX.DE writes: > But the syncro tank is plastic...
• Wanted: lower front grill mounting rivets
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 15 Jan 2004 13:28:52 -0500
  ...These are small black plastic things with a small screw, that tightens down the middle of a plastic piece. I think I need all...
• Re: problem with front radiator hoses coming loose from plastic pipes
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 27 Feb 2007 20:24:10 -0800
  ...had problems with the front radiator hoses > coming loose from the plastic pipes? Does it look like this? <http://www.gowesty.com/library_article...
• Re: firewall plastic fitting/grommet
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:58:01 -0400
  ...firewall plastic fitting/grommet > re > "since the plastic fitting thru the firewall is no longer available and > the grommet that was substituted isn't...
• Re: Hubcaps?
  Historical mailing list - Beley, John
  Thu, 22 Sep 2005 14:57:48 -0700
  The OEM hub caps were poor quality plastic that began to crack in 1986 (That's my experience on my '84 westy). Because the...
• Re: plastic pipes
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 1 Apr 2009 12:35:46 EDT
  In a message dated 4/1/09 10:24:26 AM Eastern Standard Time, mikes@FLATSURFACE.COM writes: > >I have one brand new plastic...
• Plastic bag over distributor..
  Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
  Sat, 11 Nov 1995 15:14:02 +0000
  ...My '90 has a black plastic bag that is designed to fit over the distributor, and ignition leads. It has elastic at the bottom...
• Re: spray painting black plastic exterior parts?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 25 Mar 1999 21:35:21 -0800
  ...I have used Eurothane (sp?) plastic paint with great success on other plastic parts on my Syncro. At 08:43 25/03/1999 -1000...
• Rear A/C Housing
  Historical mailing list - Randy Herd
  Fri, 29 Sep 2000 07:00:44 MDT
  ...The entire assembly is now just sitting on top of the two plastic side covers. The plastic seems too brittle for repair, the local...
• Re: Fuel hose #2
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:50:18 -0400
  if you want plastic line pull it off late model golfs they have long runs and have been using it on my vanagon for...
• Re: Coolant leak...the story continues...
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Dec 1994 14:52:06 -0500 (EST)
  > Okay! I called the dealer (Lasher VW in downtown Sac.) and he has the original > plastic screw and the metal screw that is suppose...
• Re: Westi window screens
  Historical mailing list - Zeidler HelmutNTC-Dusseld.
  Fri, 5 Sep 1997 08:33:50 +0200
  ...For Plastic screens: just push them out, start at one corner. Easy work if rubber sealing and plastic are not glued together. >2. Can...
• Re: P-trap removal
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Fri, 2 Jun 2000 07:34:58 -0700
  ...Use a hacksaw blade to notch the plastic part underneath the sink to release the tension. Then you can unscrew the top stainless part...
• Re: tail light dissassembly question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 10 Jul 2014 18:05:05 -0500
  On each end there is a plastic thumb tab sticking up. Release the thumb tabs and the backing piece with all the bulbs in...
• Deals on Dansk Plasticware For Campers
  Historical mailing list - Tony Peet
  Mon, 16 Aug 1999 19:51:19 PDT
  ...CHEAP, Dansk Outlets is having their end-of-summer sale on plastic/acrylic/melamac dinner plates, bowls, mugs and glasses. The sale is 40...
• Re: Green digital clock (from Mars)
  Historical mailing list - Ian Butler
  Mon, 8 Mar 2004 13:18:58 -0500
  ...Well, I tried two layers of the plastic to make a proper blue tint, but it was really too dim to see well at...
• Re: Mystery Parts
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Wed, 6 Oct 1999 14:22:18 -0400
  > If they're coolant tubes, they should be plastic coated........... thats weird dude, the ones on my vanagon weren't plastic coated on the...
• Speedo cable clip(plastic)
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Fri, 27 Jul 2001 18:37:10 -0700
  Im missing the white plastic clip that holds the cable onto the speedometer. Is there a quick fix for this? I need to fix...
• WTB. "wire wheel" plastic hubcaps for 83 Bus
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Wed, 19 Jun 2002 16:43:07 EDT
  ...This hub cap also sports the fake black plastic lug nuts. If anyone has some used in nice shape for sale please let me...
• Re: End caps, steel vs. plastic
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 16 Mar 2004 23:52:58 EST
  ...would love to find something more durable than those disposable cheapy plastic end caps. >> No, but I will. Would you rather have cheap, disposable...
• Re: Brown Window Handles??
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Thu, 7 Aug 2003 11:51:54 EDT
  ...The spacers I got are black and made of plastic. As a result the first set of all plastic spacers, when attached to the...
• Re: the science behind the clutch
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 8 Jul 2012 02:28:12 -0400
  ...The other day I blew plastic line. It had appeared to blow where the plastic line is connected to the barbed fittings on both...
• Re: painting plastic interior parts black to brown, or brown to black
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Sun, 4 Apr 2004 17:25:41 -0400
  ...painting plastic interior parts black to brown, or brown to black > In a message dated 4/3/04 1:34:29 PM Eastern Daylight...
• Re: Copy of: Front speaker replacement
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Stivers
  Sun, 20 Oct 1996 13:27:09 -0400 (EDT)
  ...To do this you must remove the window crank hnadle (remove plastic cover and unscrew) and remove door handle (remove plastic cover <behind moving...
• Re: vanagon engine lid
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Feb 1997 23:00:35 +0000
  ...I also thought the > insulation on the plastic lid looked better that the metal one. The > metal lid's had fluffy stuffing like stuff...
• Re: Plastic coolant pipes (again)...
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 11 Jun 2001 22:57:31 -0400
  ...These are the pipes that connect to the long plastic ones. We can get the long plastic ones but we get them from the...
• Re: Where can I find " plastic wheel arch extensions" & ROO Bars?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Sun, 11 Dec 2005 06:51:50 -0500
  ...Now I am searching for where I can find these things, any ideas? > > Plastic Fenders > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~pjlander/Flares.htm > > Roo...
• Re: trip odometer myth
  Historical mailing list - shawn luft
  Fri, 18 Apr 2003 11:56:01 -0400
  ...Combine that with old brittle plastic > and you've got breakage. I reset that thing on the fly every tank of gas for > 6...
• Re: Stainless Coolant Pipes Endanger Engines
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Fri, 15 Oct 2010 13:07:18 -0400
  FWIW, the GoWesty Coolant Ripe Repair Kit is a solid fix for the plastic pipe end piece problem that Mark mentioned. $50 and it...
• New plastic part for window regulators now available!
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 19 Sep 2013 16:03:24 -0400
  Over the years one of the parts that people have always been asking me about is the little plastic part that goes bad on...
• Re: 1985 Steel Coolant Pipes and "Air Cooled" 1981 Gas Tank
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 3 Jan 2011 18:14:43 -0800
  ...They differed in either diameter, shape, length, or some > combination of these. > > 82 metal > 83-85 metal > 85 plastic > 86-91 plastic > Syncro plastic...
• throttle body round thing underneath
  Historical mailing list - Kim G
  Wed, 30 May 2001 09:35:13 -0500
  Hi everyone, Does anyone know if the grey plastic round part that is under the throttle body, the part that actually turns and hits...
• Re: '81 plastic vents
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Tue, 5 Feb 2002 17:17:17 -0700
  Stan wrote: >>The 82 and 83 had the rear plastic vents. The 80-81 had the steel vents >>in the body panel. and Myron...
• Re: replacing the rear heater core...
  Historical mailing list - John McLean
  Fri, 22 Feb 2002 13:38:08 -0800
  ...There is no way that plastic housing is coming out until you do this. Then...... Cut the thin strip of plastic that goes under...
• 84 1.9 coolant plastic H-piece
  Historical mailing list - Bob Bolton
  Thu, 6 Nov 2003 06:44:09 +1030
  ...He had decided, for electrolysis reasons, to try doing it in plastic, using high pressure rigid PVC pipe. Has anyone had any experience with...
• Fuel hose #2
  Historical mailing list - Chris Snyder
  Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:32:59 EDT
  ...The small hose that comes in from the plastic line had come off the plastic line because it was all cracked from age. I...
• Re: gas tank construction
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 1 Feb 2021 09:52:35 -0800
  ...gas tank on a 4WD/Syncro vanagon are made from plastic. On Mon, Feb 1, 2021 at 9:43 AM Mark McCulley <markmcculley@gmail...
• Repairing Windshield Wiper Motor
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 16 Oct 1996 13:14:29 -0800
  Hello all, Has anyone successfully repaired a stripped plastic gear in a VW windshield motor. The teeth aren't stripped, just the interface between...
• Re: replacing long plastic coolant hoses
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Wed, 21 Nov 2001 13:11:22 -0800
  ...the > replacement plastic pipes sold by the VW dealers come from south africa. > > bt >
• fuel leak
  Historical mailing list - Andy Zappe
  Tue, 26 Mar 2002 12:57:46 EST
  under each front fender where the plastic fuel overflow tank is i have a leak when i full up with gas each time. does...
• WTB: Instrument Cluster Housing
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Tue, 7 Oct 2003 22:55:44 -0700
  ...It must not have any cracks on the black plastic, the clear plastic can be flawed. I don't really want any of the...
• Re: cover for refrigerator flue outlet vent
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 31 May 2006 13:35:07 EDT
  In a message dated 5/30/06 9:30:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Oxroad@AOL.COM writes: > It's a plastic piece like...
• firewall plastic fitting/grommet
  Historical mailing list - Arlene K Sondergaard
  Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:56:09 -0700
  my mechanic says he can get the kit to replace the fuel lines BUT since the plastic fitting thru the firewall is no longer...
• Re: Honey I shrunk the coolant pipes
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 20 Nov 2005 08:27:35 -0600
  Yes, but the plastic pipe (the hot one running to the radiator, not the cooler one returning from it) is subjected to higher extremes...
• Re: question about thermostat ... or not
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 4 Mar 2010 12:38:30 -0800
  yes, but if you run hose just another 10 inches forward, you can clamp right onto original black plastic fuel pipe. that way there...
• Dead ly Serious Fun with Gasoline
  Historical mailing list
  17 Jun 97 07:04:49 PDT
  ...Apparently the plastic bed liner can attain a sufficient static electrical potential that the act of filling a gas can placed on the plastic...
• Re: Yeeha!
  Historical mailing list - e-mail
  Thu, 8 Jun 2000 12:33:44 -0400
  ...The plastic cover has a round metal band that circles the area above the screw. It could appear to someone that they should try...
• Re: OT - soliciting Jetta TDI reviews
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sat, 22 Feb 2003 22:40:18 -0500
  On Sat, 22 Feb 2003, Chris S wrote: > Yes, the early 80's VW's plastics leave something > to be desired. In the early...
• Re: Carat table not fit w regular rear seat
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 30 Jan 2001 15:31:37 EST
  ...the spacer is hidden behind the plastic sidepanel. Also, "Maui Dan" just sent me pics of his installation too. he didnt used the plastic...
• Re: Help! Fuel leak - FIXED!
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 27 May 2003 21:31:05 -0700
  ...It appears that I could replace this section of rigid > >plastic line with rubber fuel line, except that it may not fit through the...
• Re: Stupid pays off, plasticwise.
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 10 Aug 2008 06:51:36 EDT
  ...Then run a new piece of fuel hose from the T fitting to the plastic fuel hose on the forward side of the fire...
• Re: Plastic coolant hoses
  Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
  Sun, 8 Oct 2000 09:17:09 -0700
  ...I think they are much more resistant to cracking than are the plastic pipes. The hoses are probably not very resistant to abrasion, so...
• Re: vanagon interior sidepanel plastic
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 29 Jul 2004 08:20:19 -0500
  ...vanagon interior sidepanel plastic > we're restoring an '81 vanagon that's been sitting for years. > > The plastic sheeting that's glued onto the...
• Was: Debris on oil strainer mesh Now: glad I had a look! (longish)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sat, 26 Aug 2006 00:32:48 -0400
  ...I noticed that the plastic "hose" (can't find name in Bently right now) connecting the blower to the heater exchange pipes wasn't...
• Re: WTB syncro.org 2WD spring shims
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Wed, 26 Jun 2002 12:33:12 -0700
  I went to the local TAP plastics and had them cut the shims for me out of the strongest plastic they had. You want...