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• Price change on Copper German Radiators
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Thu, 3 Oct 2002 10:23:01 -0400
  ...I got several of the copper ones and then started getting the Aluminum ones before we realized the mistake. So those of you that...
• Re: Doing another rear aluminum bumper
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 2 Aug 2022 17:05:59 -0700
  ...Doing another rear aluminum bumper >> >> I would love to have my van be orange! But, white is so darn practical >> for heat when camping...
• Re: Part #/plans for front end skid plates?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Jul 1995 10:36:19 -0400
  ...I prefer working with aluminum alloy material for skid plates (3/8ths inch thick T-6 6061 alloy) rather than fabricating skid plates out...
• Front bumper, homemade
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 5 Aug 2015 11:15:58 -0700
  ...Mostly made from 1/4" 6061 aluminum, some bits are 5052. All was scrap bits left over from other work. Mounted to stock sun...
• Which fuel distribution manifold?
  Historical mailing list - George Laubach
  Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:25:17 -0600
  ...Preference? The alternate aluminum units from our esteemed suppliers? Or a pair of used black plastic ones (OE)? Thank you for your opinions and...
• Re: How do I go about prepping a tranny for re-assembly?
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Thu, 26 Apr 2001 20:22:42 EDT
  ...STAY AWAY from oven cleaner, It's caustic to aluminum parts. I found out the hard way when I tried to clean some wheels...
• Wanted: rear hatch curtain rod
  Historical mailing list - Paul Retherford
  Mon, 14 Apr 2003 09:16:30 -0500
  I'm looking for the flat aluminum curtain rod for the rear hatch of my '89 Westy. Bus depot doesn't carry them. Used...
• Re: 1986 Military Diesel Crew Cab Transporter Pickup
  Historical mailing list - Jim
  Tue, 15 Jul 2003 10:11:49 -0700
  ...Flat mating surface, copper/aluminum washer. Jim David Brodbeck wrote: > I seem to recall my >'82 Vanagon, which has a 1.6 NA diesel...
• Re: Printing on Aluminum Sheet - NVC
  Historical mailing list - Michael Vickey
  Tue, 11 Oct 2005 21:58:45 -0400
  Jeff, Look for a screen printer who does printing and graphics for industrial applications. You should be able to find someone closer to you...
• Re: Because I don't have enough hobbies - here's another one for you mad scientists
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Sat, 9 Jun 2012 16:39:49 -0700
  ...On this great blog http://www.observationsblog.com/4/post/2011/10/anodizing-and-dying-aluminum-without-battery-acid.html alistair On 2012-06...
• Re: Vanagon Head Gaskets
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Apr 95 10:23:23 PDT
  ...The head/block is all aluminum like vanagon except it's a V6. The volvo engine uses a more conventional head gasket but with...
• Re: Gasket sealer
  Historical mailing list - Denis B�lisle
  Sat, 16 Jan 1999 18:21:41 -0800
  ...Hello, For sealing old surface mating the O�ring� I used Loctite Ultra Grey imported car silicone its made for aluminum not sure of...
• Re: put goo on gaskets or not?
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Sun, 2 Jan 2005 22:59:24 +0000
  ...painted all the >tubes and brackets >black por 15 and the silver por 15 all the aluminum pcs. now the aluminum >a/c , power...
• Re: westy slider door curtain differences...can anyone help?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 6 Dec 2004 13:22:35 -0800
  ...Mark JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote: >ok, hopefully someone out there can clear this up.. > >80-81 westy had the aluminum curtain rod over upper...
• Re: Auto tranny cooler partnumber=087409061C
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 21 Jun 2006 15:49:30 -0700
  ...tranny oil ? > I'm pretty sure it's constructed of 100% aluminum (aluminum alloy?), like the engine oil cooler. When they go, it's...
• Re: broken spark plug removal?
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 21 Jul 1998 12:03:36 -0400
  On Tue, 21 Jul 1998, Patrick Foltz wrote: > Were those 50 year old spark plugs in aluminum heads? Heat should only be > used with...
• Re: Westy Cookware
  Historical mailing list - (Donna Cassano)
  Sat, 26 Aug 2000 08:27:28 -0400
  ...I'd appreciate any thoughts or experiences. > > I'm also after a nice, non-aluminum kettle to boil tea water in (I'm not...
• Re: Double T Trouble
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 13 Oct 2001 12:36:15 -0500
  ...I am trying to address the question of whether we *increase* the rate of corrosion of aluminum engine parts by using copper in other...
• Re: More Info on Copper Core German Radiators
  Historical mailing list - SStones
  Wed, 2 Oct 2002 09:00:31 -0400
  ...Wilfy was presuming that two cylindrical copper pipes would be better than a single oval cross sectional aluminum pipe. Based on the heat conductivity...
• Re: Is there a phone number for Dometic refrigerator technical help?Re: Is there a phone number for Dometic refrigerator technical help?
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Tue, 20 Sep 2005 22:32:37 -0500
  ...The brown material between the pipe and the aluminum heat sink is called "thermal mastic". The local RV place had the thermal mastic in...
• Re: New fuel line disintegrates
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sun, 2 Nov 2008 12:15:09 -0500
  ...I, too, would like to replce all > but a few, short connections with aircraft-grade aluminum tubing. > Steel would be ok, but would need...
• Re: anti-seize + oxy sensor ??
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 14 Jul 2000 12:26:16 -0400
  ...over the threads and they were coated with what looked like the gray "Never-Seez" I use on all aluminum and exhaust threads. Jay
• Re; Da Pink Stuff
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sat, 9 Dec 2000 07:03:31 -0600
  ...I use this antifreeze in my Honda Goldwing, as Honda is real animate about phosphate free coolant in their aluminum engines. Anyone running this...
• Rekindling search for an elusive part ('85 Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Fetner Greg
  Tue, 10 Apr 2001 09:57:04 -0500
  ...Making a connector/adapter from aluminum on a lathe is no problem, but, does anybody know if it was a check valve? or just...
• Rims
  Historical mailing list - Jim McGuckin
  Thu, 8 Mar 2012 19:19:52 -0500
  Anyone got a set of 15" rims for a vanagon? The ones on mine are some like solid aluminum American racing pieces I crap...
• FS: camper sliding windows
  Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
  Sun, 6 Aug 2006 09:01:02 -0400
  ...These have the bare aluminum frames, not black. Fits 85 up. I want $85 each plus shipping. -Hans
• Re: Aluminum coolant tanks
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 21 Jul 2021 09:18:15 -0700
  ...Any pressure drop or any sign of > weeping…. > > I find aluminum welding much easier than steel or stainless. Big arc and > puddle so my...
• Re: Aluminum coolant tanks
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Wed, 21 Jul 2021 09:31:09 -0700
  ...to see if the GW supplier here in town has another aluminum tank to swap as a warranty. If nothing is available I'll...
• Re: [Syncro] Homemade muffler
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 4 Feb 2013 21:44:52 -0800
  ...I'm a bit better on aluminum, and I did the aluminum brackets on the muffler. But I am practicing every day, after a...
• RE>Rear Speaker Mtg. Clips
  Historical mailing list - Chao, Harvey
  18 Jun 1997 13:49:50 -0700
  ...Cut a metal = (1/16" aluminum plate about 1 1/2 inches by 2" ?) to fit between the = tabs, trim to fit so that...
• Aluminum foil on windows
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 20 Aug 1999 07:39:39 -0700
  ...I taped aluminum foil over the lower half of the drivers side windshield. Did not significantly affect visibility and had a wonderful effect on...
• Re: Westy Cookware
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Sat, 26 Aug 2000 09:56:59 -0500
  ...I'd appreciate any thoughts or experiences. > > I'm also after a nice, non-aluminum kettle to boil tea water in (I'm not...
• Re: Failing cooling system part
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 25 Dec 2001 16:34:46 +1200
  ...4 pieces of thickwalled aluminum tube of the correct ID, turned down to make the flanges, then trimmed and welded in more-or-less...
• Re: Chrome Barrels - Iron Rings
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 7 May 2002 21:34:00 +1200
  ...Kawasaki in the 80s used what it called Electrofusion in its motocrosser bores; run a chromium wire 9into the aluminum bore and run a...
• Re: Jalousie windows for sale - easier way to do it
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sat, 12 Oct 2002 19:21:37 -0700
  ...what ron maxon did was to > make a frame out of aluminum to set the bus jalousies in to take up the space > (bus...
• Re: Oil Pan needed
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:50:04 -0400
  ...It is not a joke. > My ride is broke. > > Mine is aluminum and it has 2 cracks. > >
• Re: Camper side windows
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Thu, 13 Oct 2011 20:11:49 -0600
  ...They make some spiffy aluminum framed Westy screens and I thought they also made them for non-camper vans. bob
• Re: friday - another unusual plane spotting
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Fri, 27 May 2011 20:01:11 -0400
  Nice!! It's rare to see one in polished aluminum. Ric Sent from my iPhone On May 27, 2011, at 19:55, "Alistair Bell...
• Re: VW coolant
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Sun, 21 Nov 1999 15:36:41 -0700
  ...It says on the back of the jug it is made for moden aluminum engines All antifreezes say this. All the green ones also...
• Wanted source for solid rod bushing
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
  Mon, 30 Dec 2002 06:19:40 -0500
  ...All the usual sources (BusDepot, CIP, PelicanParts) seem to carry the aluminum part with seam and no oil holes. Any Ideas? Regards, --Jeff Strickrott...
• Re: ZSticks and head corrosion
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
  Fri, 6 Aug 1999 22:38:13 -0700
  ...A suggestion that magnesium (more active than aluminum) would be better than zinc (less active than aluminum) was countered with the importance of preventing...
• Re: Tires for a 90 weekender
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:52:15 -0500
  That should be the aluminum one but they will fit on either steel or aluminum stock 14" rim. Look in your yellow pages and...
• Quick note on coolant distribution manifold ( Syncro)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 3 Sep 2019 08:11:23 -0700
  A few months ago I swapped in an aluminum version of the stock plastic coolant distribution manifold. The 2wd and Syncro versions differ in...
• Re: aluminum beauty rings
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Fri, 26 Aug 94 10:11:59 PDT
  ...the > brakes) fell off and with it one of those shiny aluminum beauty rings my > wife just offered me a couple of weeks ago...
• Re: Correct capacitor
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Fri, 15 Jan 1999 17:39:45 -0700
  ...Most electrolytic capacitors use aluminum. The difference is tantalum in place of aluminum. The higher the voltage the better off you will be also...
• Re: Westys w/ bunkbed removed for extra storage(Question)
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Sat, 20 Mar 2004 14:07:33 -0700
  I covered the plywood base with thin indoor/outdoor carpet and put an L-shaped aluminum trim strip across the front to hold it...
• Re: Doing another rear aluminum bumper
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Tue, 2 Aug 2022 17:11:44 -0700
  ...Doing another rear aluminum bumper > >> > >> I would love to have my van be orange! But, white is so darn practical > >> for heat when camping...
• Re: Doing another rear aluminum bumper
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 3 Aug 2022 07:34:36 -0700
  ...It’s tedious :-) Ab > On Aug 3, 2022, at 6:56 AM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote: > > Then again, this is Aluminum so...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Rick Gordon
  Wed, 21 May 1997 23:05:52 -0700
  ...The result is a nice aluminum rectangle holding the fabric taut, with aluminum posts of adjustable height. There are holes to pin down the...
• Re: AC Compressor Mount Repair
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 10 Jul 2011 20:13:26 -0500
  ...out > and install a helicoil in the aluminum casting where there were threads > in the aluminum at one time? I can use a tap...
• Re: Fire Extinguishers
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Thu, 29 Aug 2002 21:29:58 -0600
  ...AS21 is: > 2.3% aluminum, 1% silicon a bit of zinc and manganese and, you guessed > it. Magnesium. > > <http://www.northerndiecast.com/mcalloy.htm...
• Re: subu conversion
  Historical mailing list - steven brendemuehl
  Sat, 1 Nov 2003 15:28:47 -0500
  here are the specs on the flat 6 Type Horizontally opposed high-output 6-cylinder with die-cast aluminum-alloy block and aluminum-alloy...
• Re: copper crush washers
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sun, 1 Sep 2019 12:33:51 -0300
  ...many stripped plug threads I'm not convinced the copper or aluminum is the best choice for this application. How many of those are...
• Re: Was: Like an Old pair of Jeans Now: After Market Replacement Parts
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:09:50 -0400
  ...Jeff Lincoln wrote: > Replace the plastic one with the aluminum Syncro part? > > > > I don't know - does a Syncro one fit on a regular...
• vanagon side step
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 21 Mar 96 22:47:26 CST
  i think this guy had an aluminum side step in his little brochure ... Vantastics A Division of Liggett Ent. <800-826-2466> NC only...
• Rims (fs)
  Historical mailing list - (Christopher j. Pierce)
  Sun, 28 Feb 1999 11:04:17 EST
  I have a beautiful set of VW Aluminum "carat" wheels with caps. . I was asking too much for them before and I am willing...
• Re: More AC woes...
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 18 Jul 2005 12:35:47 -0400
  Hello, dont know what year vanagon you got, but consider getting a new aluminum radiater($250). It may make the difference between what you...
• Cheap fixes for skylight lift mechanism
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Sep 95 12:38:36 EDT
  ...Well if the mechanisim still goes up and down but does not stay in the aluminum track that is attached to the roof vent...
• Re: rear disc brakes project
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:04:53 -0600
  ...Oh, and the adapters can be made of steel, should be cheaper than aluminum. Hector On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 7:11 PM...
• Re: VW Camper Cooling problems
  Historical mailing list - Richard Fischer
  Sun, 10 Nov 1996 20:22:06 -0800
  ...Since the type of anti-freeze you use is so important to these aluminum head engines, I'd think the wrong type of stop...