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• Re: Spark Plug Wire Recs
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:58:46 -0400
  ...Like to keep > all > parts OEM, but there have been advances in tech since 1991 and I may get > them quicker at FLAPS. Opinions...
• Flapping accel pedal?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 10 Jun 2002 14:00:39 -0500
  ...never seen a post on this list about the cheapo plastic flap tearing where the throttle pedal attaches to the floor. Couple of questions...
• Re: Vgon syndrome on 1.9 WBX
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 14 May 2003 08:40:16 -0400
  On Tue, 13 May 2003, zampano wrote: > If anybody knows of an accurate way to test the AFM while moving the > flap, let me...
• Re: availabilty of OEM westy mudflaps?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 10 May 2005 10:50:45 -0600
  ...I was recently in the San Rafael Swell on very muddy clay roads and had, literally, mud from the front of the flap extending...
• Re: Mud Flaps, generic or otherwise? Sugestions
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:08:24 -0400
  ...Mayrand wrote: > Not sure on mud flaps, but I know Beetle hub caps fit all but the > driver's side wheels. The drivers side...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 6 Feb 2013 to 7 Feb 2013 - Special issue (#2013-71)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 7 Feb 2013 19:13:55 -0800
  ...The heat exchange box flaps seal well. My rough guess is that the lower miles plus intermittent fan squeaks I hear, suggest that the...
• Front Heater Flap Foam
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 6 Aug 2004 09:30:41 -0700
  ...While looking around in there, I noticed that some of the foam on the heater flaps was disintegrating. So I searched through the archives...
• Re: Best Muffler Price?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 31 Mar 1997 18:49:34 -0400 (AST)
  ...I suspect they are Walker mufflers, althought the same FLAPS put a very solid Bosal system on my Audi for 2/3rds of Walkers...
• Re: Price of front A-arm bushings
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Wed, 26 Sep 2001 19:48:16 EDT
  I paid $23 each for upper bushings from my flaps. Robert [text/html]
• Re: Heater Box, how to remove the flaps?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 6 May 2012 06:06:22 -0700
  On 05/05/2012 07:36 PM, David Beierl wrote: "[...] I just don't think those particular flaps need to have any [foam] at...
• oxy sensors $$$$
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 13 May 94 13:16:26 CDT
  ...part # 025-906-265 B THREE-WIRE $133.25 <!!!!!> from the FLAPS: bosch parts ... 1983-1985 water cooled: part # (old) 0 258 001 929...
• Re: Just Kampers Mud Flaps
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Sun, 25 Oct 1998 02:27:37 EST
  In a message dated 98-10-25 01:32:20 EDT, you write: > set of four > Mud Flaps from Just Kampers in England. Please...
• Re: oxy sensors $$$$
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 13 May 1994 13:26:26 -0700
  ...part # 025-906-265 B > THREE-WIRE $133.25 <!!!!!> > >from the FLAPS: >bosch parts ... >1983-1985 water cooled: part # (old) 0 258 001 929...
• Re: Rear vents flapping?
  Historical mailing list - Sam Bateman
  Tue, 14 Jul 1998 21:43:15 EDT
  ...This extra 1 inch of material prevented the 1/4 turn fastener from securing the grill and allowed it to "flap". It would make...
• Re: Thermostat and other things???
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Tue, 6 Dec 94 21:29:03 PST
  William Abbott writes: > > Tracey, > On Type IVs there's a thermostat on the bottom of the engine > that drives a couple of flaps at...
• Re: Mud Flaps, generic or otherwise? Sugestions
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:21:45 -0400
  > Not sure on mud flaps, but I know Beetle hub caps fit all but the > driver's side wheels. The drivers side dust cap...
• Re: 90 Carat 50 amp fuse for A/C: Substitution Possiblities: Fixed-> Solution
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Thu, 25 Nov 1999 23:19:04 -0600
  ...All this purchased at Autozone (FLAPS). 2) Cleaned all wires and connectors with Dremel wire wheel, applied dielectric grease to all surfaces. 3) Made...
• Re: Interior Heater Flaps, 86 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Sat, 30 Mar 2002 19:58:26 EST
  ...Anyone out there found a good foam replacement for the front heater vent flaps? Mine's rotted and I'm tired of frying my...
• Re: A Good Cigar Lighter?
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:36:06 -0400
  ...Nice rubber gaskets and hole cover flap. I also found a dual port USB (power only) lighter adapter that I'll deconstruct and mount...
• Re: Speaking of Windshield Wipers...
  Historical mailing list
  24 Jan 97 13:12:44 PST
  Oops, I found it at my FLAPS. > so where did you find this glass polish?? - Jeff
• Re: SA heavy duty mud flaps on ebay
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 13 Jul 2005 11:08:53 -0400
  Nice, but the air drag will nock your mileage down to about -3mpg.
• Re: front heater rebuild webpage?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 24 May 2003 18:12:47 -0400
  ...The flaps hang suspended from the aforementioned clips *which in normal operation are open at the bottom* so that the flaps may be snapped...
• Re: OEM mudflap question
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Wed, 27 Jul 2016 10:20:32 -0700
  ...It feels pretty thin and worn. > > Also the pin sticking out of the mud flap only comes out about a quarter of a inch...
• Re: WBX Front Heater Core Mystery Sheet Metal
  Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
  Wed, 7 May 2014 15:33:26 -0700
  ...Someone suggested the plate is for backpressure to keep the ram air flaps closed sufficiently for defrost when driving at speed. I tested it...
• Re: VW-'85 WESTY-NEED A PROTECTIVE MUD FLAP
  Historical mailing list - Gary Norris
  Fri, 16 May 1997 17:48:08 -0400
  ...I asked her > if she meant an ordinary set of wheel well mud flaps but she > emphatically said no. The thing she wants is...
• Re: Swivels for seats for '87 Westfalia Syncro - Where can I buy them?
  Historical mailing list - Filcoff, David M.
  Mon, 14 May 2001 13:32:40 -0500
  ...You could either remove the metal door as I did or the carpet flap. I chose to remove the metal door so I can...
• Re: Mud Flaps Update
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Thu, 8 Apr 1999 19:04:05 -0600
  ...Mud Flaps Update >Latest word is that I hope to have the mudflaps in Late January or February. >Just Kampers and I are placing...
• Re: mudflaps: advice pls
  Historical mailing list - James S. Cohen
  Mon, 13 Nov 2000 14:20:15 -0500
  Hey, I have the OEM Heavy Duty South African flaps for sale. And I'll be getting in the "accessory" clip-on type from...
• Re: AARGH! Failed NJ inspection!
  Historical mailing list - Dan Erlandson
  Tue, 29 Jul 2003 20:12:51 -0400
  ...Most parts stores will have one . > My experience has been that an aftermarket brand of locking gas cap from a FLAPS will indeed pass...
• Re: Fuel Line size question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 21 Feb 2005 15:28:02 -0600
  If I were you I would try another FLAPS. I just wouldn't mess around with gasoline, and it's going to be much...
• Re: Mud flaps
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:19:02 -0800
  ...My propane tank looks OK so far without a mud flap for many years. Thanks s for reminding me that it needs one to...
• Re: Help with replacement exhaust studs
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Fri, 20 Sep 2013 11:47:27 -0700
  a part like a stud or a bolt for a specific application , at a FLAPS, is not quite like a 'normal part' . say spark...
• Re: manual thermostat / heaterflap control?
  Historical mailing list - Jason Kirk
  Wed, 17 Nov 2004 09:01:48 -0800
  ...Am I forgetting anything? > >> Al Brase > >> > >> Dennis Haynes wrote: > >> > >>> If the flaps need to fully open in cool weather, then the engine must > be...
• Starter Electrical Connection Corrosion
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Fri, 5 Jan 2001 07:06:43 -0600
  ...So, Saturday, I am going to re-clean the terminals, re grease the terminals, and add a rubber flap, in the wheel well, to...
• Re: Front Heater Core Shutoff
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:29:44 -0500
  ...The leaky flaps are really more of a problem when it's, > like, FREEZING out there. that's in your climate. when it is...
• Re: brake parts... help ...NOBODY ???
  Historical mailing list - William A. McKinley
  08 Sep 96 22:16:50 EDT
  ...Well stocked FLAPS probably have them, too. You could also ask at a Midas shop. I don't know what parts you need for...
• Re: stands vs ramps
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 13 Dec 2004 19:38:48 +1300
  ...Most of the ramps sold at your FLAPS are >just too flimsy to risk performing major repairs under... IMHO. I am not keen on...
• Re: 2.1l: hesitation
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Fri, 15 Sep 2006 18:58:32 -0700
  ...betweeen 3 and 4: .592k moving the flap: between .6k, in the middle 2.6k at end about 1k does that tell you guys...
• Re: [F] Canadian Tire [was: seat covers]
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Fri, 3 Mar 2000 17:26:19 EST
  Tobin, Change the names around and you're talking about my FLAPS. BenT San Francisco
• Hall Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Sidney White
  Tue, 15 Apr 2003 20:23:27 EDT
  Bus Depot does not list a Hall Sensor, or ignition trigger, is it available from ? FLAPS? SIDNEY IN NEW ORLEANS
• Fwd: Battery and alternator - generic auto electric
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:42:33 -0400
  Thanks one and all. I will test the alternator and battery at my FLAPS. mordo
• Re: A/C? Pfui! Need a good fan
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:44:13 -0400
  ...There are some gravity >flaps that push open when under way and let fresh air get directly to >the early hoses without passing through...
• Re: What should Airflow sensor read?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 15 May 1997 08:24:45 -0400
  > The problem is that the Bentley only says that resistance between >terminals 2 and 3 should "vary" as you move the airflow flap. Well...
• Re: Mud Flaps, generic or otherwise? Sugestions
  Historical mailing list - Dave Arthur
  Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:24:01 -0300
  ...Hello Volks, >> >> Any one have a line on some generic mud flaps that would fit the >> vanagons? I >> need the instrumental part here to...
• Re: Need '82 water tank key
  Historical mailing list - Tom Rowsell
  Wed, 19 Apr 2006 12:27:43 -0300
  ...which fit the plastic flap, this > lock is > round and fits in the water filler hole, under the flap). > > Or do I need to...
• Re: 5/8" heater hose questions (searched archive)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 28 Mar 2007 10:25:18 -0800
  ...AND the FLAPS stuff, or can I just use the FLAPS stuff from core > to valve etc.? > > Bentley appears to show the heat control...
• Re: Looking for Special Camping Utensil
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Johnson
  Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:05:12 -0600
  ...Around 1990 when > in Alaska I bought an injection molded plastic two-flap pistol-grip fly > swatter. There were two flaps mounted on a...
• Re: Thermostat for 2.0 aircooled
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 25 Jan 2000 16:51:49 -0500
  ...missing thermostat/flaps, etc. You can get the thermostat and cable and through list vendors or VW. The cable-end nut, pulley and rotational...
• Replacing foam gaskets on the heater box doors
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Wed, 3 May 2006 08:33:55 -0700
  This heater box is from an early vanagon?? Unlike late vanagons, the door flap hinges(whew) dont have little plastic pins that allow removal...
• Re: Mud flaps
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:08:31 -0700
  On Jan 25, 2008, at 11:46 AM, David Kao wrote: > My 83.5 Westy only has one mud flap. But yours is a...
• Re: antenna- Vandals last night ... can the Huns be far behind
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 2 Jul 2009 05:52:10 EDT
  ...AND, NAPA is not a FLAPS ?? Excuse me, I think they are the best FLAPS around. Anyways, they probably won't have the antenna...
• Oil plug gasket -- FLAPS?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 9 Aug 2011 04:54:17 -0400
  ...gasket used on the 1.9L something I can hope the FLAPS > will have, or do it be mail-orderish? Cheers, Frank Condelli Almonte...
• Re: what do Vanagon drivers wear?
  Historical mailing list - Holli Papasodora
  Tue, 11 Feb 2003 14:13:23 -0900
  ...Oh yeah, and my trusty winter hat with the ear flaps.....this is Alaska ya know. Then theres my hubby, aways in his mechanic...
• Re: SA Mud Flaps
  Historical mailing list - John-Reed Maffeo (rlpa80)
  Fri, 9 Jun 2000 22:22:23 -0700
  Works out to about US$12.00 each! At 1 Rand to .14 US, less 14% VAT John-Reed
• Re: Behind the reefer - a clever fan mod
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Wed, 18 May 2005 21:09:14 -0400
  ...I thought this part could use a > >little more refinement....perhaps some kind of a little arm added to the > >inside of the flap...
• Re: mud flap options
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:07:25 -0800
  ...m curious to know what, if anything, people choose for mud-flap > replacement. They don't seem cheap at between $150-200 for a...
• Re: Front Heater Core Shutoff
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:02:07 -0700
  ...Fan not withstanding, heat is obviously >>>> controlled via flaps in heat exchange box. Not the best arrangement >>>> IMO. Especially if the flaps in the...
• Re: Mud flaps
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:02:36 -0800
  They installed one mud flap to protect the propane tank. On Jan 25, 2008 10:46 AM, David Kao <dtkao0205@yahoo.com> wrote: > My...
• Re: Interior Heater Flaps, 86 Westy
  Historical mailing list - George Jannini
  Fri, 29 Mar 2002 11:28:03 -0500
  ...Anyone out there found a good foam replacement for the front heater vent flaps? Mine's rotted and I'm tired of frying my...
• Re: replace starter
  Historical mailing list - William Alexander
  Tue, 21 Sep 2004 06:55:08 -0400
  ...I would like to > get the best starter I can. > > Thanks, > ph > > FWIW - 80 Westy starter - I did 3 "rebuilts" from my FLAPS - one...