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• Grommet
  Historical mailing list - Arkady Mirvis
  Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:13:40 -0000
  I just spotted that my right rubber piece ( looking from the back) protecting the wires going from the body to the rear door was...
• Re: Sliding door rear/center hinge stop?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 26 May 2009 08:06:59 -0400
  Kevin Mulligan wrote: > Does anyone know if there is a rubber stop of some sort at the end of the track? Yes. There is...
• Re: flue vent rubber seal
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Fri, 22 Jul 2005 05:39:41 -0500
  <<<Common guy's I'm sure one if you know where to get a new rubber seal for my flue vent along with the...
• Re: Splittie Bus Windshield Drain Holes
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 16 Mar 1996 03:23:03 -0500
  ...Our KC Kombis NEATO Chapter had a tech session yesterday on the installation of windshield rubber. The candidate for this project had new rubbers...
• Re: FYI: Self-Fusing Silicone Rubber Tape - Sounds like a solution for on the road leaks?
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Sat, 4 Mar 2006 23:11:35 -0500
  thats what i first thought of when i read it also, 3M rubber tape. that stuff is a nightmare to get off after its...
• Re: winter mats
  Historical mailing list - 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"
  Tue, 24 Oct 2000 10:56:25 -0400
  Are these guys online? Are they custom for the Vanagon? I'd love to get some custom fit rubber mats for my Westy, I...
• Re: Need Rubber Seal For Rear Hatch Release
  Historical mailing list - Rennie Wible
  Thu, 12 Apr 2001 21:44:12 -0700
  ...is something anyone may have, but I need to find the > rubber seal that goes around the rear hatch release button. > > I have the...
• Re: Fridge flue vent cover
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Fri, 28 Mar 2003 23:08:28 -0800
  ...William 1989 Vanagon GL Camper I bought a rubbermaid container with a cover that fits perfectly. Use it when washing and cover my tuna...
• Re: Syncro Drive Line also known as Prop Shaft
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 3 Dec 2007 16:39:32 -0800
  --- Kenneth Wilford <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET> wrote: > The new shafts we sell are a new design that eliminates that bushing and the > rubber flex disc...
• Re: PopTop Leg Rubber Cap
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Mon, 14 May 2018 12:33:30 -0700
  ...https://uniwerksdesign.com/product/rubber-bumper-for-poptop-lifting-mechanism/ BenT > On May 14, 2018, at 12:11 PM, Brent Weide <brent.weide@GMAIL...
• shrunken window seals
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Pearson
  Mon, 13 Aug 2007 10:33:38 -0500
  ...when i pull the edge of the windshield rubber up from the lower driver's outside corner, there is a 1/8" gap between...
• Re: Loud Fuel Pump/Fuel Pump Mount - Was: Thank you Go Westy
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:49:48 -0400
  ...couple of rubber shock mount type things >- and then mounted to the rubber is another bracket that holds the pump Those rubber mounts are...
• Re: Fuel leak ruins San Jose trip.
  Historical mailing list - James R. Gilbert
  Mon, 6 Apr 1998 20:10:10 -0400
  ...At the points where neoprene lines connect to rubber lines, and/or rubber connects to a metal line or the 'fixed' joining point. My...
• Re: 85 Vanagon - windshield change out info. needed
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Thu, 24 May 2007 10:17:22 -0700
  ...Best to cut (and destroy) the rubber seal from the inside of the van if you want to make sure you don't break...
• Re: Rubber
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Engel
  Wed, 24 Sep 2014 21:33:17 -0400
  ...In that ti e he has experienced just about every thing > in the way of rubber, dash, and seat plastic restoration. Today he put...
• Q:how to install the plastic front window trim
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Tue, 9 Jun 1998 18:11:50 -0400
  ...The old trim came out easily and the rubber seal cleaned up with no fuss. I applied liquid dish soap to the slot in...
• Cargo area liners
  Historical mailing list - Vernon Craddock
  Wed, 3 Mar 1999 11:45:42 -0800
  ...The floors are covered with rubber mats and carpet sits on top of that. The floor gets really wet from windsurfing gear and changing...
• Re: Putting windows back in
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Mon, 1 Oct 2007 10:54:14 -0400
  ...I also like Paul's idea of using Wurth Rubber Care instead of soapy water. I just don't like the idea of trapping...
• Re: Rubber...Our best friend...Our worst enemy
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:35:03 -0700
  Uh, or HERE at all! ;-) bob On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 8:43 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > hey, rubber failure...
• Thick rubbery layer
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Fri, 21 Sep 2001 15:03:16 -0700
  Hi all, There appears to be a thick rubbery layer sprayed onto the inner side of the fenders. Is there a product that can...
• Re: reinstalling gas tank
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sun, 4 Feb 2007 12:14:40 -0800
  At 2/4/2007 11:57 AM, Jake de Villiers wrote: >I use rubber grease for things like that. Comes in a squeeze tube...
• Re: Question about pulley-crank end reassembly 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sat, 2 Aug 2008 23:08:02 -0400
  1-Steel washer 2-Rubber ring 3-crankshaft seal 4-woodruff key 5-Pulley 6-Bolt Ben http://www.benplace.com/vw2.htm >1...
• Re: Sticky Sliding Door Rubber Seal
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 14 Mar 2000 18:38:47 PST
  ...Sticky Sliding Door Rubber Seal >Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 17:57:28 -0800 > >I'm asking a question for a neighbor with a...
• Re: Radiator rubber mounts - cardboard air deflectors
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sun, 30 May 2010 12:48:19 -0700
  ...Radiator rubber mounts - cardboard air deflectors Mine rubber "mounts" are shot and don't seem available any where. �Are people just using rubber washers...
• Tips on removing front transmission mount rubber bushing?
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Fri, 7 Aug 2020 21:35:33 -0500
  ...I now need to pull the front mount and remove the rubber bonded bushing in order to install the poly bushings. Does anyone have...
• Needed: Vent Window Rubber w/o Chrome Trim for '81 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Lee Wood
  Thu, 16 Nov 2000 08:18:08 -0800
  Bussers, I'm replacing all my window rubber and have found everything except the Front Door Vent Wings (Moveable wing, without chrome trim) 251...
• Rubber Biscuit
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Brustein
  Fri, 25 Apr 2003 20:10:02 -0400
  Hello Volks, The rubber seal around the luggage rack on my Westy is beginning to peal a bit. Can someone tell me what kind...
• Re: Winshield Seal
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 7 Mar 2004 12:48:57 -0600
  ...You can replace all the "chrome" rubber with solid black if you want. Jim On Mar 7, 2004, at 10:39 AM, Tom L...
• Rubber Tramps
  Historical mailing list - Tom Sinclair
  Mon, 1 Aug 2005 13:49:42 -0700
  For all you gypsies, Deadheads or rugged individualists, I posted a copy of the documentary "Rubber Tramps" about people who live in their buses...
• Re: wtb - 2wd fuel pump mounting bracket
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 11 Jul 2005 07:54:27 -0400
  Right, but those rubber mounts bolt to a small L-bracket that bolt to the frame. JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote: >In a message dated...
• Re: E-Code Light Question
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Mon, 22 Feb 1999 08:49:16 -0800
  ...All came with the rubber > boots for the socket. > > Victor... > > On Sat, 20 Feb 1999 20:30:44 -0800 David Marshall > <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG...
• Re: Floormats and carpet
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Tue, 8 Feb 2000 17:49:03 -0700
  For my '81 (last year of rubber mats) I have a piece of carpet for the passenger area and a piece for the aisle...
• Re: New water tank outlet
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Tue, 7 Aug 2018 15:28:27 -0400
  ...It's long enough and narrow enough to fit in the opening and push through that rubber flap. If the pressure causes a backup...
• Re: Rubber...Our best friend...Our worst enemy
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:32:28 -0500
  VW made a lot of big mistake with this van, but i have to say one thing about the quality of any rubber on...
• Re: upper control arm
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Fri, 10 Mar 2000 10:04:49 -0800
  ...The rubber on the inner shaft is NOT bonded to the outside housing. There is a thin layer of grease between the rubber and...
• Re: Cleanest head gasket job ever is now complete......
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:05:22 -0400
  ...1280 miles from home, it looked to me like the head surfaces, where the rubber gaskets sit, had been shaved thereby widening the gap...
• Re:Save your balls from busted rubbers (?'s)
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 23 Nov 1996 10:29:31 -0600
  ...PO replaced unit, maybe the mechanic used the old boots or the after market boots poor quality of rubber.(?) Should I buy boots from...
• Re: HUGE STASH of Rare Vanagon Goodies - MUST SEE!
  Historical mailing list - Steven Dodson
  Sat, 8 Feb 2003 18:42:55 -0500
  ...I ordered the NOS VW Rubber Floor Mat, the one that covers both side and center. My brief inspection found pieces or rubber breaking...
• Re: Post chrome strip rubber cleaning Q
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 16 May 2005 11:42:28 -0400
  ...Rub the rubber gasket vasoline and the gasket will come back to life.Partsexpress.com has a bottle of rubber conditioner that claims to...
• Rubber molding on pop up top
  Historical mailing list - Blair Webster
  Wed, 12 Feb 1997 08:57:31 -0500 (EST)
  The rubber molding (rather the metal clasps in it which are rusting) on the pop up top of my 86 camper is starting to...
• Re: Rubber Front Floor Mats
  Historical mailing list - Tim Hannink
  Sat, 10 Mar 2001 16:52:13 -0500
  I received the tan all-weather floor mats from mats4less.com and they are similar to the Rubbermaid ones others have mentioned before less...
• Re: Fwd: Coolant Tubing
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sat, 14 Jul 2001 19:20:03 -0500
  The tubing will not come into contact with anything other than the rubber hoses used to couple it to whatever----- Or do you mean...
• Re: Wax on poptop seal
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Tue, 28 Aug 2001 00:39:21 -0400
  ...Can you do all rubber that way? I mean, give it a few swipes with lac. thinner and have it look like new? Be...
• replacing front door seals -- which adhesive to use?
  Historical mailing list - David Peterson
  Sun, 22 Jan 2006 09:55:31 -0800
  I'm tired of the wind whistling through so I got new rubber seals. This is the piece that goes around the whole door...
• Re: Clutch Slave Cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sun, 30 Sep 2007 16:38:28 -0400
  ...Dont change the >rubber hose that runs from the master cyl resivour. Brake fluid will >eat >away at most rubber replacements. CIP1 carries the...
• Re: Rubber Biscuit
  Historical mailing list - Miller, Ryan
  Mon, 28 Apr 2003 10:20:33 -0600
  ...I recently replaced the rubber seal around my luggage rack and I would recommend leaving the rubber 'bulb' portion on at least the front...
• Re: Requesting - Tips & Tricks for Rear Side Window R&R
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Sun, 7 Nov 2010 09:22:41 -0800
  ...Take a utility knife and cut the rubber. From the outside, slide the knife blade between the glass and the rubber seal. Cut all...
• Re: PopTop Leg Rubber Cap
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 14 May 2018 12:31:36 -0700
  ...http://www.van-cafe.com/page_1120_652/poptop-lifting-assembly-bumper I once used a heavy duty rubber band as a replacement on...
• Rain-x eats black rubber
  Historical mailing list - Michael Schiesser
  Mon, 28 Aug 2000 09:58:21 -0700
  ...is Rain-X corrodes black rubber seals like the ones holding on your window, and even the black rubber of your wipers. So be...
• Front rubber mats
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Wed, 23 Nov 2005 19:51:26 -0500
  Hi all my wife asked what i wanted for xmas and i would like to get a set of front rubber mats for the...
• Re: Window rubber replacement
  Historical mailing list - Skip
  Sat, 30 Mar 2013 21:32:39 +0000
  ...Window rubber replacement I'm not sure what this part is called. Its the rubber (I guess) that is between the chrome trim and...
• Re: Doka/utility rubber cab mats
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sun, 9 Jul 2017 23:21:54 -0400
  > Anybody know of a North Anerican supplier for rubber front matting? Carpet > substitute, not over-the-carpet protectors. > busdepot used to carry them, but...
• Wanted Rear hatch
  Historical mailing list - Bill M
  Thu, 25 Oct 2012 21:18:14 -0400
  ...Will buy or have a front one piece rubber floor mat to trade. It's the rubber mat goes on top of metal floor...
• Re: Bumper rubbers?
  Historical mailing list - Mike White
  Mon, 31 Jul 1995 12:19:59 MST
  > I'd like to try and find some replacement rubbers (the up and down type) else... My bus is a '72 by the way...
• Re: Poor shifting in '71 bus
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 27 Apr 1995 11:58:01 -0700 (PDT)
  I improved the "stirring a bowl of oatmeal" shifting on my '72 by installing a new rubber/urethane + metal "u-shaped" thing that goes...
• tips on assembling wing windows for a splittie
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Henricks
  Thu, 16 Nov 1995 15:39:13 -0800 (PST)
  has anyone out there done this latly? i am trying to use new WCM glass to frame rubber, but am having a heck of...
• Pop-top seal choice
  Historical mailing list - James Ballen
  Thu, 31 Jul 2003 17:37:05 -0700
  I know someone mentioned last week about how the replacement rubber seal they bought for their poptop arrived and it seemed really small and...
• Re: WTB: Rubber Diamond floor plate for Westy
  Historical mailing list - stephen mills
  Mon, 2 Feb 2004 19:37:46 -0600
  And nobody is worried about rusting the floors out? The rubber mats in 60's cars (back when they came from the factory) would...
• List of Part numbers for all rubber seals
  Historical mailing list - Tim
  Sat, 31 May 2008 10:05:03 -0400
  ...Does anyone have a list of all the rubber seals, etc. that would need to be replaced as a result of getting the van...
• FS: projekt zwo fog lights and rubber floor mat
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:51:33 -0800
  ...Vanagon Projekt Zwo fog lights: *http://tinyurl.com/6jqsq6 Rubber floor mat OEM **http://tinyurl.com/5ob8yu *thanks florian ------------------------------------------------------------ + To unsubscribe from the Vanagon...