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• Re: 3 really easy exhaust questions.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 12 Nov 2007 22:44:36 -0500
  The pipe will get much hotter than the head, sometimes glowing red. I also red somewhere that is the proper direction. The next question...
• Re: Coolant pipes diagram for 1.9 (rusty gas tank/ farphrumuven II)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 13 Mar 2000 08:42:03 -0500
  >83-85) clearly indicates the hose connected to the pipe which enters on the >left (dunno if the pipes cross underneath but I doubt...
• coolant seeping from 2 into1 pipe junction
  Historical mailing list - Keith Olsen
  Thu, 30 Mar 2000 23:24:58 EST
  ...gasket and I noticed some coolant seeping from this 2 pipe into one pipe unit (if you�re laying on your back looking up...
• Re: Home Made Bull Bars--Pipe Benders
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 11:24:55 -0600
  ...John What about exhaust pipe. Would this work? If so you get a muffler shop to do the bending.
• Re: O2 sensor wiring
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Tue, 7 Nov 2006 13:34:21 -0500
  I did mine with an 18" pipe wrench and a 3' length of 1 1/2" iron pipe. Couldn't they have made the...
• Looooong Coolant Pipes part 2 (The rest of the story)
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Fri, 19 Apr 2002 09:20:49 -0400
  After lunch went back out to finish installing the long plastic coolant pipes. I asked my father, who works with plastic piping all the...
• Re: Replacement of coolant
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 9 Apr 2016 15:20:50 -0700
  ...Replacement of coolant > > Pipes have male ends, hoses have female ends. They join nicely. > If you replace a pipe with a hose you need...
• Re: Rear hatch droops, mirrors won't stay in place
  Historical mailing list - Richard M. Myers
  Tue, 16 Mar 1999 18:15:06 -0800
  ...Take off 1 end of either strut and >slide on the pipe. It works beautifully. When the hatch is raised the >pipe slide on...
• 46mm Socket = 1 13/16" SAE
  Historical mailing list - Sean B.
  Tue, 31 Jul 2001 11:32:18 -0700
  ...When I did that job I purchased a 3/4 drive breaker bar from Sears as well as a 5ft length of pipe from...
• Re: Dometic
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 25 May 2006 13:03:36 -0400
  ...It is this pure ammonia vapor that absorbs the heat as it then condenses at the top of the evaperator pipe. This black pipe...
• Re: Water Pump Replacement -2.1 L WBX
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 28 Sep 2015 16:30:35 -0500
  ...While manuvering the pipe with one hand, stand on the opposite foot, rub your head, and burst a bubblegum bubble on you face, all...
• Re: Muffler Parts
  Historical mailing list - Blake C. Thornton
  Fri, 24 May 2002 13:41:46 -0600
  Two gaskets? Does this mean you have to double them up and then tighten it down? How about between the heads and the pipes...
• RE: 84 GL Exhaust System
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 29 Apr 1996 16:22:00 -0400 (EDT)
  the new, painted, made in Denmark pipe I got from parts place is corroding faster than used OEM pipes i got from SO CAL...
• Re: Propex: Starting the Installation
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Tue, 26 Nov 1996 09:34:58 -0800
  ...Bright RED? Whoa. >I examined the exhaust pipe, and it is not double >walled. So to insulate the wall of the exhaust pipe from...
• Re: Coolant pipes replacement
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 28 Jun 2006 09:55:06 -0400
  Personally, I can't see that insulating those pipes would be detrimental to keeping the engine at the proper operating temperature. In northern climes...
• Server Pipe, Fallopian Tubing FS
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Mon, 18 Dec 2000 20:23:58 -0800
  Hi Volks, I have a full virgin spool of server pipe/fallopian tubing perhaps suitable for AUDI 5zyl conversions available. REF: Marshall and motor...
• Re: Exhaust Systems: Syncro/Stainless
  Historical mailing list - Dylan Friedman
  Sun, 10 Nov 2002 21:29:46 -0500
  Ron, Are Stainless Steel pipes available for a Syncro? I know that one of the head pipes is the same for Syncro/2wd, what...
• Need Exhaust Part Number
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Wed, 6 Aug 2003 18:19:10 -0400
  Canadian 1980 Vanagons came with a small pipe in place of the catalytic converter. Does anyone know the part number for this pipe and...
• Re: Propex install near water tank
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:02:16 -0700
  ...The pipes can each be extended to 2 meters total length using >> additional sections of the same type flex pipe. >> << >> >> I have the orange...
• Re: Gas leaking after filling to the top...84 2wd..
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:57:45 -0700
  The crossover pipe is secured to the body? I didn't see that on my '81 but then maybe someone removed it? Is this...
• Re: Exahust Pipes
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 23 Aug 2001 12:18:37 -0400
  ...And since these are direct OEM replacements, they will interchange with your existing pipes. This means that if you don't want to do...
• Home Made Bull Bars--Pipe Benders
  Historical mailing list - P. Stanhope
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 07:47:28 -0700
  ...Anyways, my welder thinks we wont need a pipe bender, i think he's nuts....but hes been welding these things for 20 years...
• coolant hoses 2wd 86 westy long
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Wed, 4 Mar 1998 21:41:40 -0600
  ...right head to pipe > >Q. vw 025-121-108D no napa solution. pipe at water pump to expansion tank >. 1" id on both ends...
• Re: 1.9 muffler orientation
  Historical mailing list - Edward Duntz
  Tue, 2 Jun 2009 19:02:17 -0400
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > yes, correcto-mundo on which end is which...... > the threaded holes are for the tail pipe end. > it is confusing...
• Re: Propex install near water tank
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:55:21 -0400
  >> Bob is partly correct - the pipes MUST NOT be shortened, as the new Omron airflow sensor will detects improper airflow and shut off with...
• Re: Bus depot exhaust system junk?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 10 Oct 2000 15:21:54 -0400
  At 14:03 10/10/2000, greg rich wrote: >bought so long ago! Anyone have similar problems getting the Dansk exhaust >pipes to fit...
• Re: exhaust quality questions
  Historical mailing list - Paul Archibald
  Thu, 7 Nov 2002 20:53:25 -0800
  Strange to hear that S&S pipes are getting bad press. I just went out to check, and yes, the S&S header/muffler...
• Re: stuck oil plug
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 24 Oct 2016 18:08:09 -0700
  ...Muffler shop torched it out and welded a new bung in the pipe, all done without removing the pipe. Get thee to a different...
• Re: Catalytic test pipe
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sun, 1 Jan 2012 18:59:41 -0800
  ...I bought it to cut up for the flanges and pipe, to make connections for�my own mufflers. Backyard engineering done easy...� Evan Mac...
• Re: 1985 Steel Coolant Pipes and "Air Cooled" 1981 Gas Tank
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 3 Jan 2011 18:57:59 -0800
  ...There are only 2 outer diameters of pipe. All the metal are the same, ~ 1 1/4" All the plastic are the same, ~ 1...
• Re: Hose has a brass sleeve in it
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Mon, 21 Feb 2005 16:34:35 -0800
  ...That brass bit looks like the plastic pipe reinforcement. The plastic pipes come with a metal insert that keeps 'em from crushing when you...
• Re: Gas tank hard to fill
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sat, 14 Jan 2017 07:43:26 -0600
  Hi Gordon, There is a 12mm plastic vent pipe above the top of the tank. This pipe lets air from the tank as you...
• Re: Home Made Bull Bars--Pipe Benders
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 09:16:56 -0600
  ...I have bent some kinds of light gauge pipe on the bench or in the back yard. A welder would also know the tricks...
• Re: [Re: complaints / Dansk Exhaust / Ford Purchase Recommendation]
  Historical mailing list - greg rich
  Wed, 11 Oct 2000 21:00:54 MDT
  ...And if you were installing Dansk header pipes on a Vanagon with zero miles you would not have that experience either. But after 50...
• Re: more trouble with metal pipe to thermostat...
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Fri, 11 Nov 2005 19:59:49 EST
  ...If you're talking about the black metal pipe with the flange that is bolted to the engine block on the passenger side of...
• Vanagon exhaust diameter? + Custom exhaust fabrication questions.
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:16:11 -0800
  Neil, Pay attention to the stock system and consider using the same diameters and lengths of pipe. Exhaust systems are designed for length to...
• Re: Rust Converter Paint (not POR) on Engine Coolant Pipes?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 6 Jul 2014 15:03:30 -0700
  ...I doubt it will last on the coolant pipes. I'd wire brush the rust then use a phosphoric acid based rust banger then...
• Re: '84 Coolant pipes question
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 28 Aug 2011 13:33:14 -0700
  Terry K offers SS pipes http://community-2.webtv.net/VanStuff/VanagonWestfalia/ Ken at vanagain has them too http://www.vanagain.com/search_result...
• Re: Non OEM VW Exhaust
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 20 Jan 95 16:04:28 EST
  ...The front pipe has broken off at the connector pipe, and the catalytic is broken off at the connector pipe. The muffler looks like...
• Re: Coolant pipes replacement
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 28 Jun 2006 15:45:06 -0700
  ...VW's decision to use rigid pipe probably had as much to do with cost and ease of assembly as anything else. Their tacit...
• Re: lug nuts torque-
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Fri, 2 Jul 2010 06:04:46 -0700
  Thomas Buese wrote: > My last resort cheater bar is a 4' piece of 1 1/2" dia black iron pipe > w/ a cap on...
• Propex installation question
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 13 Oct 1997 09:28:24 -0700
  I'm installing my Propex heater (finally) under the rear seat and have some questions about where to route the combustion inlet pipe. I...
• A little help, Literally
  Historical mailing list - SKP
  Tue, 5 Sep 2006 17:48:23 -0700
  There is a down pipe on the exhaust that connects the exhaust system to the Catalytic converter. On this down pipe there is a...
• Water Coolant Pipe, Looking
  Historical mailing list - ac butler
  Sat, 1 Sep 2012 17:42:27 -0500
  I am looking for a water collant pipe, 2-piece from the water pump to the passenger side cylinder head. Traveling under the main...
• Need Help with NLA Coolant Hose project
  Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
  Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:44:42 -0400
  hi there, make the hoses with a step on the end so they can fit either size pipe just cut off the large part...
• Coolant pipe found QUICKLY
  Historical mailing list - BM2AM
  Wed, 13 May 1998 19:29:06 EDT
  I just wanted to reply to the list about my need for a coolant pipe is solved. Kyle from Volks-Motorsports came to the...
• RE New Engine - No Power
  Historical mailing list - Jean-Guy Savoie
  Sat, 28 Apr 2001 10:19:10 -0300
  What didn't you like about the exaust pipe? ;~) sounds like the trick we pulled as kids of shoving a potato up someones exhaust...
• rusted on exhaust cylinder pipes?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Goldey
  Sun, 23 May 2004 13:46:55 EDT
  what is the best way to disassemble rusted on exhaust cylinder pipes? g. 984 passenger Vanagon "Squeaky Fromme" 1972 VW 1600cc Baha bug "The...
• who sells a good aftermarket set of exhaust pipes for a 1984 1.9 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Gary Goldey
  Sat, 9 Oct 2004 23:39:32 EDT
  who sells accurate aftermarket exhaust pipes for a 1984 1.9 vanagon? I need at least the 2 on the driver's side!
• Re: Coolant Hose vs. Coolant Pipe
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Thu, 18 Oct 2012 08:42:42 -0700
  ...Why not run regular 'cheap and plentiful' radiator hose all the way up and back? Yes, I know pipes are available. But wouldn't...
• Re: Fuel tank cross over tube
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 11 Nov 2005 23:15:18 -0600
  ...Most >folks who are doing this job don't want to do it again any time soon so >they replace the plastic pipe even...
• Re: hoses vs. pipes
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 19 Nov 1999 11:05:27 -0800
  ...I noticed a wet spot on one of the pipes when i was doing my gas tank r&r. Not a hole as such...
• Re: Coolant time sensitivehelp
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 21 Feb 2023 10:25:56 -0800
  ...pipe. > > Picture not clear in Bently. > > So any tips on this 84 stock system. > Bent hose to which pipe? Strate hose to witch pipe...
• Re: Heater pipe and a question on mods to it
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:51:25 -0500
  Speaking of this inlet pipe, I just took mine off(231k) and in innards look pretty good, but then the van spent most of...
• Re: Coolant Hose vs. Coolant Pipe
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Thu, 18 Oct 2012 08:54:26 -0500
  ...24px"><DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma>Do Not Use Steel Coolant Pipes.</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma>There is a...
• Re: hoses vs. pipes
  Historical mailing list - T.P. Stephens
  Fri, 19 Nov 1999 05:23:21 -0800
  ...If you powder coated the pipes inside and out, you would have sealed the metal from both air and water. You can take 80...
• Re: flue vent
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Thu, 3 Feb 2000 14:34:42 -0500
  Jason, if for some reason someone changed the length of the air inlet pipe or combustion exhaust pipe the pilot light will blow out...
• Re: Crossover Pipe HELP!
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sun, 18 Dec 2005 12:15:53 -0500
  I have that cross over pipe also in stock ready to go Bob Donalds Boston Engine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Collum" <collum@VERIZON.NET...
• Re: Zip Ties Everywhere (& heater hose in place of coolant pipes results)
  Historical mailing list - Captain Ray Nemo
  Sun, 26 Mar 2000 19:27:48 EST
  ...Even a few holding up the red hoses that reside where my coolant pipes used to live. The coolant pipe job was pretty straight...
• Re: Opinions needed. Exhaust pipes too close? PICS
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:59:37 -0700
  ...On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 12:29 PM, Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote: > The vibrations will grind holes in the pipes...