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• My experience with the SA Trailer Hitch
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Thu, 31 Aug 2000 19:25:02 -0400
  ...then thread bolts through holes in the frame rails into the captive nuts. Good luck! It took me about an hour of fiddling, repositioning...
• Re: 15" wheels
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 20 Sep 2003 00:24:08 EDT
  ...if you look at the stock vanagon carat alloy lug nuts and remove those pressed on stainless steel nut caps, you can see that...
• Re: 2.1L Oil pressure problem: just wait and see! Plus sponsor info!!
  Historical mailing list - Brian Cochran
  Sun, 18 Feb 2001 22:41:24 -0800
  ...Can you explain just how the rod bolts stretch over thousands of miles, allowing the cap to bend and but the nuts do not...
• Reasonable cost alloy wheel option
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 21 Nov 2016 18:54:49 +0000
  ...These use cone shaped lugs and I recommend the smaller heads or spline lug nuts/bolts. For the 2WD the plastic hub cap needs...
• Westy water tank locks/keys
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Wed, 17 Mar 2004 12:19:15 -0600
  ...Remove the 10mm nut and locking bar and the cap will come off the front. If you have the new style filler that the...
• There's a New Wheel in Town... Almost
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Tue, 11 Oct 2005 19:21:08 -0700
  ...Price will be somewhere in the $120/each range and comes with lug nuts & bolts. If anyone is interested, let me know. Cheers, Jeff...
• Re: Rear axle torque specs? Rear Wheel bearings.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 5 Jun 2015 12:10:06 -0400
  ...Wheel axle nut torqued to 360 ft lbs. I then drove the Westy back to my farm 60 miles away. Remove hub caps and...
• Re: [Syncro] Re:87 syncro
  Historical mailing list - Buettner, Peter
  Thu, 5 Jul 2001 08:33:24 -0700
  Another little trick in the 'duh' department is to loosen the big nut on the outer VW and the hex nuts on the inner...
• Re: poptop Stainless Steel Screws
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sat, 3 Jun 2006 07:20:12 -0700
  ...You can then replace both bolt and nut with SAE if you choose. The ones on the luggage rack thread into captive nuts, so...
• update on propane project
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Mon, 3 Apr 2017 02:02:25 +0000
  I bought two propane items that may be of interest.   Propane Refill Adapter and a high pressurehose with acme nut at one end and...
• Re: Sliding door inner panel removal -- any gotchas?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 6 Nov 2009 07:06:06 -0800
  To remove the body trim buttons and also for removing your axle-nut 'cups'...get a dandelion garden tool. True Value garden dept. or...
• HOW TO CLEAN YOUR LUGGAGE RACK a step by step procedure
  Historical mailing list - Ray-Corp
  Tue, 7 Oct 1997 20:08:47 -0400
  ...Pry off plastic caps on rear cap nuts and remove. 7. Call for wife. "This is really effin important, I NEED HELP NOW" 8...
• Re: Parts needed for '81 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Scarlett Semko
  Tue, 21 Jul 1998 08:17:44 -0400
  ...Here's a partial list: > > pedal pads, clutch and brake > clip, sun visor, right > bumper, preferably chrome, rear > stub axle, right > axle nut, rear...
• Re: 4 headlite grille?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 17 Dec 2003 21:42:45 +1300
  ...they are NOT driving or fog lights) from a dealer in Cape Town, South Africa. Upper 4-light floppy grill Lower full-width hard...
• Re: Was Ottinger, now Porsche 3.0
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 4 Feb 2004 20:47:23 +1300
  ...Anyone running a Oettinger powered Van( or completed van) ? > > > Oettinger made the six in two capacities (2.7 & 3.2), using the 1.9...
• Re: Oil Cooler and Bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Tue, 8 Jan 2008 18:17:00 -0500
  IIRC, I had to hold engine RPM's revved up while reservoir cap was open. This will allow the water pump to 'pull' the...
• Re: Intermittent miss on one cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 28 Feb 2004 21:21:05 -0500
  ...I was about to check the head cap nuts to see if they are torqued properly. I am thinking maybe there is a small...
• Re: Fwd: Boston Bob on Connecting Rod Bolts
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Tue, 7 Sep 2010 16:46:28 -0700
  ...and cap. >After deburing the hole and installing new non stretch to yield bolts and >reassembling the rod I torque the nuts and resize...
• question on installing shocks
  Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
  Sat, 12 Jan 2019 12:41:06 -0800
  ...one usually need to order the dust shield or rubber bushing nut caps etc do not want to find out I should have ordered...
• Re: OT & NVC & Pre-Friday: Palcohol?
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Thu, 24 Apr 2014 18:42:57 -0500
  ...Food and Nutrition Sciences in Munich, alcohol can be absorbed in cyclodextrins, a sugar derivate. In this way, encapsuled in small capsules, the fluid...
• Re: more on the Wiper Motor
  Historical mailing list - David Bogle / Architecture
  Thu, 17 Sep 1998 12:09:57 -0400
  ...Try removing the black plastic cap and underneath that the nut and washer at the hub of the wiper arm. The arm should then...
• Re: Oettenger 2.5L Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 29 Oct 2000 23:49:05 +1200
  ...The six was available in two capacities: a 140hp 3.2N and 175hp 3.2S (3164cm3) and a 180hp 3.7. Oettinger also did...
• Re: Thread locker on rod bolts?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Lambas
  Thu, 25 Aug 2011 21:22:27 -0500
  ...shoulder of the rod nut into it, and the rest don't. > > >> Also one set of nuts (for one cap) has no shoulder. > > >> Maybe...
• Re: UPDATE RE: leaking cap nut? 1.9er
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 28 Oct 2017 14:20:39 +0000
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• Re: Top tray
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Sat, 13 Apr 2013 18:47:31 -0400
  ...of trough are attached to an end cap and wardrobe respectively (10 mm wrench size nut). The trough metal is attached along the outboard...
• Re: Vanagon Alloy wheels $300
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 5 Jun 2012 15:40:53 -0500
  ...on this list) a >while back, but they included caps and proper lug nuts/bolts. The tires >even had decent tread left, but the...
• Re: What torque for 2.1 rod nuts?
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sat, 5 Jul 2008 11:27:38 -0700
  ...The much-discussed, and generally-agreed weak point for 2.1 engines in general, and rods in particular, is the cap bolts. Replacing with...
• Re: Stupid Bumper End Pieces
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:59:40 -0400
  ...no end caps on black bumpers . . . hot pink end > caps . . . no end caps on black bumpers . . . > > How's a girl to decide? > > -- > Mike "Rocket...
• Re: main bearing torque
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Mon, 5 Apr 2004 09:53:31 -0400
  ...on a 2.1 waterboxer(the 4 cap > >>nuts inside the water jacket, and the two nuts on the outside?) The manual > >>that I...
• Re: metal cover for refrigerator vent
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Mon, 5 Dec 2011 17:30:44 -0700
  ...don't use the vent, that cap stays on as-is, held on with the wing nut. It's screwed on tightly so has...
• Re: Porche Fuche Alloys
  Historical mailing list - THOMAS CARRINGTON
  24 Apr 1995 14:27:14 GMT
  ...Got the lug nuts and the center caps from Barret Enterprises. They look way cool. Tom Carrington BBTSQP8@bell-atl.com 88 Vanagon 65...
• Re: intermittant misfire
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Tue, 3 Apr 2001 14:55:28 -0400
  I found a failure inside the resistive end cap of the wire. The rubber boot between the outer metal case and the resistor developed...
• Re: Audi A4 Wheels for '83.5 Westfalia?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 2 Nov 2008 01:16:22 -0700
  ...drilling for grease caps) will > fit Cunegonde? They're 5x112. I know I'll need longer studs/bolts and > different nuts, but will I...
• Re: Front wheel rattle
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 8 Jul 2014 14:29:36 -0400
  ...today I pulled off the hub cap and found the small cover that lives in the center over the large nut was off and...
• Re: Thread locker on rod bolts?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 25 Aug 2011 19:51:01 -0400
  ...shoulder of the rod nut into it, and the rest don't. > >> Also one set of nuts (for one cap) has no shoulder. > >> Maybe...
• Longitudinal Oil Pan Tilt
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Wed, 15 Aug 2001 16:26:40 -0700
  ...of holes in the bar mounting flanges and into the captive/welded nuts in the rear frame. The upper sets of holes in the...
• Re: [T2] MAX out your Propane Capacity / Do propane tanks HAVE tobe Cylindrical?
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Sat, 25 May 2002 21:02:16 -0400
  ...Dough-nut tanks" that occupy the space normally reserved for the spare tire. They are between 35 and 70 litres in capacity (28 to...
• Re: WAS Change fuel hose from tank to pump NOW stopping smaller lines
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sat, 12 Oct 2013 14:00:22 -0700
  ...a metal brake line, to cap it off, slide the nut back, put a rubber bleed >> valve cap on the flared end. >> >> for a...
• Re: some Weber / carb questions
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Thu, 1 Feb 1996 11:08:09 -0800 (PST)
  A Brandon Smith writes: > > there is a nut on the bottom side of the carb where the fuel line > attatches. This has a slight...
• Re: ok, i gotta tell ya this one ...
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 12 Feb 2005 00:41:07 +1300
  ...it, a crossed out >red circle over the kangaroo, and a caption underneath that says "There are >no kangaroos in Austria". RWD T3s, mine...
• Re: hubcentric question
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 27 Jan 2006 21:12:41 -0800
  The nuts/bolts hold the car up fine Shawn. The -centricity refers to how the wheel is centred on the hub. On 1/27...
• Re: 89 Westie seats in 85 vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 13 Apr 2000 16:28:36 EDT
  ...front seats is NUTS. i sell them for way less than half that. (and BTW, i have some vanagon captains chairs for sale) if...
• Rhein wheels for sale
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Berchin
  Mon, 23 Jun 2003 19:23:35 -0400
  ...The Rheins include new-in-bag center caps but *not* lug nuts/bolts. I can provide pictures of all four wheels if anyone wants...
• Re: Tool trick..(not Xmas related)
  Historical mailing list - pepperd
  Fri, 25 Dec 2009 07:29:09 -0800
  ...dandelion garden tool that I usually use for removing the axle nut caps and some times the regular hubcaps.� That dorky Wal Mart tool...
• Re: STILL stalling
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 1 Mar 2003 23:16:17 -0800
  ...driving me nuts. > >OK, here's what I've done so far: replaced fuel filter, air filter, plugs, >wires, distributor cap, rotor, Hall sender...
• Re: Head Retorquing On New Engine
  Historical mailing list - Doug F
  Fri, 27 Jan 2006 19:03:07 -0800
  ...Head Retorquing On New Engine > If the studs are good, the cap nuts new, and things are properly > torqued, there is no need to...
• slight surge from 2000 to 3000 to 2000 and back
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Fri, 9 Mar 2001 11:55:25 -0800
  THis is driving me nuts. (84, 1.9) I have a surgin' issue. It has been haunting me since the Clinton Adminstration. Here is...
• Re: Thread locker on rod bolts?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Lambas
  Thu, 25 Aug 2011 20:24:54 -0500
  ...shoulder of the rod nut into it, and the rest don't. > > >> Also one set of nuts (for one cap) has no shoulder. > > >> Maybe...
• Re: Vanagon crash safety - Final Answer!
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 10 Apr 2002 23:13:19 +1200
  >It's a shame that they only crash test a vehicle and never test it for >handling capability. > >So many vehicles on the road...
• Re: carat alloy wheels was Re: Westfalia VW aluminum wheels
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 29 Jan 2003 13:14:08 -0500
  ...specific lug bolts and nuts. the bolts are longer, and the lugnuts are deeper and have a chrome cap on them. might try to...
• Re: Converting Vanagon to Audi 15" Rims
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
  Fri, 5 Feb 2010 16:25:20 -0500
  ...caps aren't completely flush so I may look at getting some 12MM for the front. I did have to buy the right nuts...
• Fancy Wheel$$$
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 25 Apr 95 10:15:29 PDT
  ...Got the lug nuts and the center caps from Barret Enterprises. They look way cool. Tom Carrington BBTSQP8@bell-atl.com 88 Vanagon 65...
• Re: Useful Brake Drum Tip - ?? - PICS
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:02:52 -0700
  ...I use it on nearly >> all fasteners, especially those going into captive nuts on the body, like tranny >> nose cose mounts, where you really...
• Re: Aircooled Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Wed, 15 Nov 2006 15:47:37 -0500
  ...These carport-capers just aren't cutting it with this sideways rain! And am I nuts to be thinking of selling and moving to...
• Berg Vs Pauter Ratio Rockers: comments please!
  Historical mailing list - Forhan, Thomas
  Fri, 14 Dec 2001 12:27:50 -0500
  ...rocker arm assembly, lubed and ready for installation lash caps adjusting screws mounting studs jam nuts spare side play shims push rods $90 set...
• Re: Parts Needed
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Sat, 13 Apr 2002 21:29:10 -0700
  ...Grey Late model Grey Captains Chairs Fuse box cover in black 4 alloy wheel hubcaps Alloy Wheel Lug Nuts Cruise control control unit Engine...
• Body shop -- I take it back
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 16 Oct 2010 12:38:48 -0700
  ...It appeared that they had just put press-nuts behind the panel for the screws to catch on. It would have been fine except...
• Re: nuts vs head gasket job
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Wed, 4 Sep 2013 20:45:31 -0700
  ...I have tried a few blue caps. I need to make a cap tester and/or run the van with a pressure gauge on...
• Re: exaust removal
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Mon, 2 Jul 2007 21:26:52 -0400
  ...The upper nut is now stripped (proabaly was to begin with) and the lower nut is almost entirely rusted off (VERY thin, no flat...
• Re: Brake bleeding tools
  Historical mailing list - Tom Salicos
  Mon, 12 Jun 2006 16:01:03 -0700
  ...The fitting on the reservoir cap was pretty leaky so I had to fill the tire once. Tom Salicos > On Jun 12, 2006, at...