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• Re: Material Source for Custom Table Leg
  Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
  Sun, 20 May 2018 09:05:05 -0700
  ...https://sbw.org/sbwsty/ > > My idea is to extend the vertical tube about 12 inches taller and weld > the horizontal tube in the original...
• Re: More fridge help needed.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 19 Aug 1999 22:05:27 -0400
  ...First, suppose that all the water was magically in one arm of the tube, held up by a miracle. If you add 11" of...
• Re: Sliding Door Silencer?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 13 Apr 95 12:58:12 EDT
  ...As most people want $3-$4 for a 3oz tube for each joint, VW finally has a bargain here. Good stuff to, can't...
• Re: Hot air tube
  Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
  Wed, 24 Aug 2005 08:06:54 -0500
  ...Hot air tube Calling all air coolers. Does anyone know where/if I can get a new or good used hot air tube for...
• Re: oil tube extension
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Fri, 13 May 2005 21:50:54 -0400
  The extension tube was missing from my '86. It is possible to just pull the thing completely out and a PO might have done...
• Re: Synthetic Oil
  Historical mailing list - Bill Thomas
  Sun, 31 Mar 2002 21:40:27 EST
  Check out the o-rings under the breather and where the dipstick tube fits into the block. The breather o-ring was hardened and...
• Re: For the Newbies - Vanagon secrets revealed
  Historical mailing list - nick greenaway
  Mon, 28 Aug 2006 21:36:17 -0700
  ...Just remove > the > cap, feel around the end of the tube, insert thumb insid the tube, > and > fingertips at the rim of the tube...
• Re: Changing WB lifters with the engine in the van
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 14 Aug 1998 17:10:50 EDT
  We used one of those push rod tubes on our '84 GL 'cause it had a pin hole leak in one of the tubes...
• Re: Replacing pushrod tubes
  Historical mailing list - Noto-Gaudette
  Thu, 17 Jun 1999 22:56:07 -0400
  Oh *&@#...I just ordered the non-collapsable pushrod tubes on purpose, but I don't want to remove the head. I'll spare you...
• Re: Lifter adjustment... How can I tell if they are really hydraulics?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:36:32 -0700
  > I'm sorry, I forget. �It may well be that you have to destroy a > pushrod tube and replace it with the telescoping kind...
• Re: Coolant pipes replacement
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Wed, 28 Jun 2006 07:33:29 -0400
  ...First, the Digifant series has plastic tubes which would be comparable, in heat loss, to rubber hoses. Second, even if you lost some cooling...
• Round Elec. Connector Tool Recomendation
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 10 Sep 1995 12:36:55 -0400
  ...Little tube 000 097 007 A Big tube 000 097 009 ___________________________________ Derek Drew drew@interport.net (main address for e-mail) derekdrew@aol.com...
• Oil filler tube leaking
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Thu, 17 May 2001 17:48:24 -0700
  After my recent long trip, I've noticed the oil filler tube on my '90 Westy is leaking. I know it had a slight...
• Vanagon Chokes When Feeding Gas! (film at eleven)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 13 Jul 94 09:10:59 CDT
  the 'vent tube' that i was talking about is a big thingie, about the size of your little finger, that runs along side the...
• Oil leaks from tower and air intake
  Historical mailing list - William Greenamyer
  Mon, 27 Dec 2004 10:48:20 -0500
  ...Between the air filter box, AMF, air intake tube and the throttle it doesn't seem to align perfectly. The intake tube (hard rubber...
• Re: gas overflow
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Wed, 23 Oct 2002 16:34:57 -0700
  ...Those grommets can be split, the tube can be split, the spiked endpieces can be cracked and broken. The plastic tube goes over the...
• Fridge exhaust
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sullivan
  Wed, 26 Apr 2000 08:47:33 -0700
  ...Or could it be dirt in the insulation surrounding the exhaust tube? I gave the exhaust tube a quick look-over when it was...
• Re: How the heck to prime oil pump? (Vanagon D)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sat, 30 Jun 2001 11:16:25 EDT
  ...At times when I was chasing a similar problem, I found that the diesel pickup pump base and pickup tube were warped at the...
• resealing heads: two tubes of stuff in the gasket kit??
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Sat, 17 Dec 2005 14:16:35 -0800
  ...Two tubes are for the heads seals, but what is the small tube of yellow stuff for? Also... it is 12 *F right now...
• Driver side coolant tube.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
  Thu, 17 Apr 2003 13:29:58 EDT
  ...Found a seeping left coolant Tube.(one from the T-stat to pump) .Any helpful hints on its replacement? I was able to get...
• lifter replacement
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Tue, 13 Apr 2004 19:08:28 -0700
  ...few of the spring-loaded pushrod tubes and plan to remove the pushrod, break the old tube and get the old lifter out with...
• spring type tube benders
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Fri, 14 Jan 2005 17:50:26 -0700
  ...no regulator on #2 tank; just feeds into #1 tank upstream of the reg.) Do the spring-type tube benders work adequately? Thanks, Jerry
• Re: Hose has a brass sleeve in it
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Mon, 28 Feb 2005 11:03:29 -0700
  ...That sleeve was part of the plastic > >tube. The tube has failed allowing the sleeve and the flare for the hose > >to grip to...
• Re: exhaust leak, header tubes to collector on 2.1 engine
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 21 Jul 2013 12:26:26 -0400
  ...So you used > >Exhaust cement, muffler cement -- comes in a tube, toothpaste >consistency. Knead the tube before use as liquid separates >sometimes. Silicate-based...
• Throttle Body Question
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 18 Jun 2011 15:57:39 -0500
  ...From the Right hand side of the firewall, through a hole, there is a plastic tube that comes across and attaches by a little...
• Re: Looking for a ballast resistor (86+ Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Sun, 24 Aug 2003 21:40:39 -0400
  ...tube that lives behind the > driver's side headlight and gives a low speed to the > radiator fan. (I need the single-tube version...
• WTB: oil-filler tube for Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Wolfgang Carolsfeld
  Fri, 7 Jan 2000 03:00:36 -0800
  ...Does anybody that's parted out or swapped out a 2.1 waterboxer from a Syncro have a good oilfiller tube assembly they are...
• Re: Window washer troubleshooting 1987 GL 2-wheel drive Westy
  Historical mailing list - joe trussell
  Wed, 17 May 2006 14:04:10 +0000
  ...But apparently enough fluid actually got down the tube to prime it. Not pretty at all, but effective enough! (seems to be the underlying...
• Oil leaks!!!!
  Historical mailing list - LAWS HOME
  Wed, 15 Sep 1999 22:40:43 -0400
  ...Looking closer I saw that it was the push rod tubes, I guess 5 years is too long to sit in one place. I...
• Re: Fuel Filler Tube Question about BD part
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 20 May 2012 15:10:14 -0700
  ...what is this 'floaty ball' talk anyway ? On 5/20/2012 12:59 PM, Bryan Feddish wrote: > Does anyone know if this tube: http...
• Re: Fro sale packed up tube
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:10:53 EDT
  ...does that include a tube of gerry curl? supposed to be better than vaseline. of course i wouldnt know that anyway. :<P notice i...
• Re: Oil Filler Mods/Question on a 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:55:48 -0500
  Max, Are you saying you removed the oil filler tube and no oil came out? Hmmm. The last time I had a block apart...
• Re: Oil dipstick pushed out of the tube
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:25:50 -0400
  ...Have you checked for any air movements at the dip stick tube? At idle, I did not detect any significant deflection of a saw...
• Re: subaru head leaks - more info from subaruvanagon list
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Thu, 13 Jan 2005 11:06:48 -0500
  ...The crossover tube is the aluminum coolant tube that lives under the intake manifold. It's rectangular in shape and the main coolant hose...
• Re: No Oil filler cap=poor idle..observation on Digifant..
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 25 Jul 2009 08:10:53 -0400
  Don Hanson wrote: > How did you ever trace something like that down? >> The plastic part of the oil fill tube, where it joins the...
• Re: What the heck is this?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 10 Jul 2011 18:47:29 -0700
  ...Looks like something that fell out of a cow's > nose, if the cow was the size of a house. > > There is a tube...
• Re: What the heck is this?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 11 Jul 2011 10:56:27 -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...
• Re: Gas Tank Thump
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Thu, 12 Oct 2000 16:35:15 +1000
  ...Undo large hose clamp that holds cannister to body allowing cannister to drop down.The tube on the bottom of cannister will pull out...
• Re: Winters in the van...
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Fri, 15 Nov 2002 21:28:24 -0500
  ...exiting near the top of the can are some metal tubes, perhaps 1/2" electrical conduit. (the tubes are used instead of one big...
• Re: Heater Fans
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 11 Jan 95 11:02:58 gmt
  ...I replaced the tube with some large diameter plastic flexy tube (from a Mini heater incidently) with a big in-line fan in the...
• Tire Repair - Tubes?
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Sun, 22 Oct 2000 13:56:32 -0400
  ...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: My latest Acquisitions....
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 10 Jul 2011 20:51:24 -0700
  On Jul 10, 2011, at 6:59 PM, Jason wrote: > It just needs a heater box > and the push tube seals replaced on one...
• Re: fiamma bike rack
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Thu, 6 Jan 2000 08:50:09 -0800
  ...Will that arm that holds the top tube of the bike work for a radically slanted top tube or does it only work with...
• Re: Tire Repair - Tubes?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sun, 22 Oct 2000 11:26:30 -0700
  I would think a tube would be a better solution than fix a flat... that gunk will distribute unevenly around the inside of the...
• Re: oil filler tube removal
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 12 Sep 2003 16:50:56 -0700
  ...oil filler tube removal I need to remove the oil filler tube to gain access for the dreaded drilling of the alternator mounting bracket...
• Strange oil deposit on s-tube from air filter box to intake
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Fri, 21 Jul 2006 16:04:01 -0400
  My 1990 Westfalia has had a strange build up of what appears to be engine oil on the s-shaped tube that goes from...
• Re: Lifter adjustment... How can I tell if they are really hydraulics?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:42:02 -0400
  ...Can this be done without removing the push rod tubes? Even then, is there any chance of getting them back in without removing the...
• Re: Lifter adjustment... How can I tell if they are really hydraulics?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:49:19 -0700
  ...It may well be that you have to destroy a >> pushrod tube and replace it with the telescoping kind. > > Bentley implies that a regular...
• Fridge sight glass
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Thu, 4 Jan 1996 16:17:23 CST6CDT
  ...just rub the end of the sight tube vigorously on your jeans to clean and buff it. of course all this necessitates removing the...
• Re: Alert:Water tube
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Sun, 5 May 1996 14:24:08 CST6CDT
  These water tubes were extrememly rusted on my '87. The price for new ones was some ungodly number so i sandblasted mine and "Extend...
• bent pushrods
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Morrison
  Tue, 8 Sep 1998 18:57:18 -0400
  ...the point where it stalled and bent a pushrod/tube.After replacing pushrod&tube I restarted it and bent the new ones the same...
• Brake lines to Caliper
  Historical mailing list - David Prendergast
  Thu, 5 Aug 2004 10:54:36 -0400
  ...What I'm noticing is that the point at which the metal tube connects to the caliper is now on the back of the...
• Re: Spring Loaded Pushrod Tubes Needed
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 16 May 2005 18:39:21 -0400
  About a year or so ago , needed a couple of these tubes.Called everywhere, and could not find them. BD said that they were...
• Re: Syncro Vanagon lifting Brainwork
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Fri, 1 Dec 95 19:03:24 EST
  > John, > > Your idea to weld a 2nd tube under the existing shock mount tube is > brilliant--an elegant, simple solution. I imagine the existing...
• Re: Push Rod Tube Leak????
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 3 Jan 2005 17:17:45 -0700
  ...The water appears to be coming from the push rod tube. > Not a very fast leak but one that certainly needs to be fixed...
• oil pump
  Historical mailing list - vwghost
  Thu, 29 Nov 2001 00:10:56 -0500
  ...tube.I bought the pump for that reason just for the tube .It was 275.00 new and all i got was the tube...
• Re: oil dripping from dip stick tube
  Historical mailing list - Bill Minor
  Sun, 21 Jul 2002 12:42:01 -0500
  ...I have replaced the dip stick > with a new > one and the rubber "seal" seems to fit snuggly in the tube. I have > searched...
• Re: O2 sensors brand quality difference?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 27 Jul 2014 11:21:27 -0700
  ...I should have it beyond where the header tubes merge in order to give the ECU an average of all the cylinders gas output...
• stripped hole fixed/pushrod tube questions?
  Historical mailing list - Radish150
  Sat, 3 Mar 2001 23:28:13 -0800
  Hey all, I'm about to put the head back on my 1.9 and was wondering about the pushrod tubes. Mine have "accordion...
• Push rod tube guards?
  Historical mailing list - John Langowski
  Sat, 11 Sep 1999 17:10:55 -0500
  Hello all, I'm looking for a new guard that protects the push rod tubes from road debris on the under side of the...