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• Re: S&S Headers
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Mon, 12 May 2003 10:25:23 -0400
  I sell the S&S headers for $300 (non ceramic coated) and I provide my customer support for you. In other words if you...
• Re: DON'T do this! (Painting tip)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:23:41 -0800
  ...I primed with Tremclad primer and top coated with spray paint. It totally lifted and melted the primer. lol ! So rather than watch paint...
• Re: Building a shower stall/florida room
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:02:33 -0400
  ...The fabric used is coated nylon and a simple zipper is sewn > in. I do bit of sewing myself, backpacks, bags and fleece shirts...
• Re: Gear box oil - Redline MT90 or Swepco ?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 28 Aug 2012 19:00:14 -0400
  From the factory, except for 1st gear the wear surfaces of all the synchronizers are molybdenum coated. During rebuilds only the economy syncros are...
• Side Mirror Surfaces
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Tue, 19 Oct 2010 21:03:42 -0700
  ...However, it seems to me that even if they clear coated the silvered side it would never hold up nearly as long as if...
• Re: 85 Exhaust bolts?
  Historical mailing list - gerry rafferty
  Fri, 14 May 1999 21:34:54 -0700
  When I replaced my exhaust I used M8 x 18 hex bolts and M8 nuts where needed (coated with antiseize compound). GerryR ----- Original Message...
• Re: For the Vanagon Newbies - Oil Filler Neck Secret
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:38:29 EST
  ...Then > > afterwards there is always the question of what to do with the funnel > > which is now coated with residual oil. > > > > The secret - the...
• Re: More info on tencentlife's motors....
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:15:55 -0700
  ...The exhausts I produce by hand in small batches, and then they > get ceramic coated. All my available copies are spoken for with engine...
• Re: Front brake noise
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:43:00 -0600
  ...I'm > considering a wash-down with spray brake cleaner - everything looks coated > with gunk. Any opinions on the wisdom of doing that? > Peter...
• Re: Clear Coat--Can I buy it?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Fri, 6 Nov 2009 17:47:22 -0600
  ...To do it right it has to be re-sprayed & then re-clear coated. Base coat and clear coat are a system, designed to...
• Re: Final word on Shady Boy awnings leaking?
  Historical mailing list - John Graham
  Thu, 9 Jul 2009 22:11:22 -0400
  ...I wish I had gotten the aluminized coated one rather than a blue one as you can feel the sun shine through the light...
• Re: Coolant Pipe Installation-84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sun, 24 Nov 2002 18:04:24 EST
  ...Looking at the new pipe I noticed that it seemed to be powder coated and so the rust blisters started to make sense. I...
• FS: '87 Syncro GL
  Historical mailing list - David Orozco
  Thu, 5 Dec 2002 21:48:40 -0500
  ...Powder coated Gray. Gray spare wheel cover. * Recent maintenance includes new water pump, 2 rear CV's, tune-up, coolant flush, front tie rod...
• Re: Fast Forward Christmas Pipe
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 11 Dec 2002 06:43:59 -0600
  ...The casings are used for down hole operations, they have been coated but are cleaned. They are sold off by the pound when they...
• Wonderful Paint Job - No Start
  Historical mailing list - Larry HIMLI
  Wed, 24 Sep 2003 12:08:25 -0500
  ...The engine compartment was completely coated with dust from the body work. I figured that it must have sucked too much dust. I washed...
• Re: More powerful waterboxer
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 2 Feb 2005 17:13:13 -0600
  ...ie new AMC heads or just JB weld and or Ceramic Coated heads >really seem to be the final cure for the head leak...
• Re: Body seam gap - How to repair?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:09:11 -0700
  Although a fugly repair, I wire wheeled seams on rear PS, painted with rust-treatment primer and top coated. There's lots of filler...
• Re: Dometic Wiring Question
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:20:06 -0700
  ...pump, cleaned up the rust that was behind the fridge and coated it with POR 15 and replaced the old insulation. So now it...
• Catalytic Heater
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 31 Aug 94 11:43:32 EDT
  ...If you camp overnight at 0 degrees as I do, when you wake up the entire inside of your car is coated with ice...
• Re: Front brake noise
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sun, 20 Jan 2013 18:40:52 -0600
  ...I'm >> considering a wash-down with spray brake cleaner - everything looks coated >> with gunk. Any opinions on the wisdom of doing that? >> Peter >> > > >
• Wilderness Camping
  Historical mailing list - Donald Woolard
  Mon, 30 Dec 1996 13:42:37 -0800
  ...The whole thing is chrome or plastic coated. Being a Ham I thought you might be interested to see an 84 Westy converted to...
• Re: Window Tinting for Heat Loss: Opinions Please
  Historical mailing list - Dave C
  Wed, 17 May 2000 10:52:20 -0400
  ...Its stops a lot of heat and is very lightly coated. Karl B could stop by Stricty Foreign and put his hand under the...
• Re: debate for Californians
  Historical mailing list - Michael Ramer
  Mon, 6 May 2002 11:15:23 -0700
  ...You name it. > > What you see in the theatre is candy coated compared to the dirt, crime and > rage of mother nature that we...
• Re: Blacks and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Matt Drew
  Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:43:47 -0800
  ...So I just had the Window > Wipers powder coated, along with the Wing Window Frames, and they look > great. > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > + To unsubscribe from the Vanagon...
• Re: I've had it...Ed's finished with me.
  Historical mailing list - Vernon Craddock
  Fri, 12 Mar 1999 15:06:53 -0800
  ...When we upgraded the stereo we found that all of the metal under the dashboard was coated in rust (a Sacramento, California car since...
• Re: Cairo Report, now K&N
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 08:32:56 -0800
  ...ball through a 1/10 mile of a forest of stickum coated Aspens. If the first tree hit doesn't get the ball, one...
• Black Paint for Mirrors..AND bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:48:11 -0800
  ...I top coated my propane tank after a POR-15 treatment with Rust-olemn High performance enamal "professional grade", and it too chipped. I...
• Re: Hose from brake fluid reservoir to clutch master cylinder??
  Historical mailing list - Oxroad
  Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:08:29 -0800
  ...6:56 pm, Oxroad wrote: > > Hi Folks. > > > > I need the fabric coated rubber hose that runs between the brake cylinder > > reservoir and the CLUTCH...
• Re: Disc Brake Setup Photos
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Thu, 9 Apr 2009 10:10:48 -0400
  ...brakes just for display purposes. >> >> All black parts are freshly powder coated and also, total genuine >> VW/Audi parts! >> >> I havn´t shipped one...
• Re: Happier update to '81 Westy project.
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Jul 95 9:58:07 MDT
  ...Sure looks spiffy! All the > shrouds were scrubbed up, coated with Extend rust eliminator, and > have a base coat of BBQ black, and 3...
• Building "PZ Bull-bars"
  Historical mailing list - Leif
  Fri, 3 Apr 1998 02:50:40 -0000
  ...Jim ) Total cost is $650 plus the cost having them powder-coated. I'll try to post some pictures when completed. Or Check 'em...
• Re: propane filling problem
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Mon, 12 Aug 2002 09:14:05 -0400
  Did they start with a vacuum on the tank or with air/atmospheric pressure in the tank? After having our tank rebuilt (sandblasted/coated...
• Re: propane tank
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 23 Sep 2002 06:14:23 EDT
  ...To refurbish tank should be sand blasted, sprayed with rust converter, epoxy primered, rockerguarded then top coated with good quality epoxy paint. Cheers�� Frank...
• Re: Dometic Wiring Question
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:47:38 EDT
  ...pump, cleaned up the rust that was behind the fridge and coated it with POR 15 and replaced the old insulation. So now it...
• Re: Westy Water/Battery Level Display Panels Available Again
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 7 Nov 2014 10:15:40 -0800
  ...Also, I am having a stove front panel powder coated to match the original, and if I ever get it back from the powder...
• Re: Need to replace Muffler and Tailpipe on '91 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Yoel and Tina Crane
  Fri, 15 Oct 2004 10:59:54 -0700
  ...You might also consider getting the new muffler and tailpipe > ceramic coated to help prevent rust in the future. Depending on where > you get...
• NVC - Camping Tent Problem
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 5 Jun 2005 08:59:44 -0500
  ...It has a polyurethane coated nylon rain fly that fits over the top. It stinks as well. Has anyone had any experience with this...
• Re: 14" steel rims
  Historical mailing list - ANTONY MARSH
  Sat, 4 Apr 2015 22:50:03 -0400
  ...of really fancy alloy wheels that had been > painted over or coated with that nasty stuff that the kids now are using > rather than...
• Re: Door handles and pedal pads
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 10 Dec 2023 12:15:48 -0800
  ...And I’ve changed my tune, the power coated ones look good and more importantly feel ok >> >> https://shufti.blog/2023/12/09/vanagon...
• Re: Rear fog lights
  Historical mailing list - Blaine Bachman
  Mon, 9 Aug 1999 19:30:23 EDT
  ...reflector (and I have suspicions that the "reflector" may not be coated with a reflective surface). So you have to open it up. 4...
• Re: Propane Tank Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Dave C
  Thu, 11 May 2000 11:52:00 -0400
  ...the > propane tank so you could have it blasted and re-coated. They cost > something like $11 for the three of them, and I...
• Re: Pumping OUT Coolant
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Wed, 6 Sep 2000 19:00:33 EDT
  ...Is it coated with crusty white crud? Then the interior of the radiator is also. I recommend you find someone who can "blast it...
• Re: Stove grate
  Historical mailing list - Simon
  Fri, 30 Aug 2002 13:48:23 -0600
  ...t make the drain rack out of > better/thicker/non-stick coated material such that it *could* be used > both > as a drain rack...
• Re: brake lines and hoses?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 9 Jan 2012 17:47:34 -0500
  ...The coated stuff from VW and their fittings work well. You can get other materials including stainless. You can also remove the lines and...
• Re: Nuts and bolts to use on exhaust
  Historical mailing list - Gregg Carlen
  Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:57:42 -0500
  ...and bolts are available on the market? Heat treated steel? Zinc coated? Brass? High nickel content? On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 11:33...
• Re: Trans Oil ReVisited
  Historical mailing list - Fillmore West
  Tue, 22 Jun 2010 07:41:24 -0600
  ...Your molly coated Syncros will not dissolve, you can't shift > a > Vanagon fast enough to feel a difference in shifting speeds and the...
• Re: 2.1 conversion warning--and solution
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 14 Sep 2000 13:55:16 -0500
  ...The window tint industry is just now releasing some new ceramic coated tint films to the market. Where is it all going? John Rodgers...
• Re: Anyone wearing a POR-15 diaper?
  Historical mailing list - patrice b
  Tue, 18 Jun 2002 13:19:40 -0700
  ...From their website it sounded like it was a primer, not a topcoat (and it needs to be top-coated any place UV light...
• For those that refuse to buy $800 gas tanks
  Historical mailing list - Phil S.
  Mon, 24 Jun 2002 13:25:47 -0700
  ...I dont want to buy a new "Made in Taiwan" gas tank thats been poorly painted/coated, and I also dont want to buy...
• Re: Billy bones
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 7 Mar 2004 13:39:20 -0600
  ...sealed not with electrical tape, but heat shrink tubing, and then coated with a gob of silicon sealer. John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Warren...
• Re: tube bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Sun, 11 Jul 2004 01:15:53 -0700
  ...To aid in the longevity, and to prevent rust on powder coated black parts, we recommend that you apply a polish or wax to...
• Re: Disc Brake Setup Photos
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Mon, 6 Apr 2009 22:44:13 -0400
  ...brakes just for display purposes. >> > >> > All black parts are freshly powder coated and also, total genuine >> > VW/Audi parts! >> > >> > I havn´t shipped one...
• Re: Sliding Door Silencer?
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Wed, 12 Apr 1995 07:20:15 -0500 (CDT)
  ...you can dip your tool handles in to make them rubber coated) It's pretty hard and would probably last a couple of years...
• Re: Exploding Fridge
  Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
  Tue, 15 May 2018 08:23:43 -0700
  ...Everything inside is coated with a layer of dried coke. At least it was diet (no sugar). I have yet to see if the...
• Do not give up on the Wasserboxer just yet, the power is there...
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 12 Dec 1998 21:23:15 PST
  ...rods), CM retainers, racing valve locks -New AMC cylinder heads -Ceramic coated heads, sealing surface, exhaust system, pistons, exhaust valve radius, exhaust port. -Slight...
• Re: Expansion Tank
  Historical mailing list - Peter Cassidy
  Thu, 13 Apr 2000 11:21:04 +0100
  ...I coated the o-ring with silicone & tightened it down well. Did it leak?? Yup! 8-) The new o-ring was well worth the...
• Re: Audi 5000T wheels on a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sun, 22 Apr 2001 21:40:16 EDT
  ...I found that the inexpensive wheels I got at the yard were too scratched for my taste, so I had them powder coated. I...
• Re: Hidden rusting problem in your suspension
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 28 Sep 2001 22:46:25 -0700
  ...On > a parts van that removed the suspension, the mounting points were > badly rusted. > > When I put the suspension back together, I coated the...
• Re: Need a New Exhaust System, S&S Any Good?
  Historical mailing list - Ron Mueller
  Wed, 25 Apr 2007 21:20:06 -0500
  ...Then, use all new stainless steel bolts, coated > with > anti-seize to install the new headers to the heads. The other > problematic > area is...
• Re: Powder coating question--westy stuff
  Historical mailing list - James Felder
  Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:03:21 -0600
  ...Powder coating question--westy stuff > > I was thinking about having my table legs powder coated in silver because > of the bits of corrosion and...