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• Re: replacing window glass seals
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 21 Nov 2013 05:59:41 -0500
  Not good for the rubber. Krown Oil or similar oil that will keep the rubber SOFT is important. That�s why I do not...
• water spot removal
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Sat, 1 Aug 2009 17:48:09 -0600
  ...I ordered my Cal-look windshield rubber from West Coast Metric based upon my experience with them from about 15 years ago. I received...
• Re: What are your experiences with Silicone Coolant hoses?
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Tue, 7 Apr 2020 10:20:11 -0700
  Ken, do you sell silicone hoses? Do you sell regular rubber hoses? Thanks, mcneely On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 10:15 AM kenneth...
• Re: '88 Vanagon - failed cruise control - problem identified
  Historical mailing list - John Graham
  Sat, 9 Aug 2003 22:18:01 -0400
  ...I had suspected something in the vacuum area and sure enough, I discovered that the cruise control servo unit (the one with the rubber...
• Re: experience with Rubber Molded for engine insulation
  Historical mailing list - S DaRoota
  Wed, 28 Mar 2018 09:11:23 -0700
  ...Many of the seals doing so does >> not exist anymore so I look online how I could build them and find a >> molded rubber...
• Re: "windage tray" and other I4 conversion comments
  Historical mailing list - The Southards
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 22:47:43 -0500
  ...Do you have a part number for this rubber valve cover gasket? I've always used cork valve cover gaskets and I usually have...
• Re: Injector Plug Rubber Boot Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Perry
  Sat, 15 Apr 2017 10:14:06 +0000
  ...Wow, who knew a rubber boot could be so expensive. I have no indication that my current ones are bad. At least I don...
• Re: Rubber
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 23 Sep 2014 08:32:52 -0700
  ...2014 7:49 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Rubber Lacquer thinner doesn't remove silicone? -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List...
• help for my 83's pop top
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Jun 1996 16:25:02 -0700
  Just curious as to wether or not anyone has ever taken the rubber trim off their pop top and re-glued or adhered it...
• source for 251 947 575 (rubber stop for sliding door switch)
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Mon, 29 Nov 2010 11:17:57 -0500
  ...It seems like the switch is easy to find, but the rubber stop that goes on the door and presses on it (part 251...
• Re: Brake Light Prob
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:01:40 -0400
  ...No rubber is there. Mike Michael Sullivan wrote: > Thanks all. The switch on the e brake wasn't connecting. Is there supposed > to be...
• Rubber Front Floor Mats
  Historical mailing list - Tim Hannink
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 09:53:23 -0500
  I was browsing the web this weekend and found the following source for Vanagon rubber floor mats. http://www.mats4less.com/vanagon.html I...
• Re: Need diesel intake elbow/water seperator, plus Rainwater (#2003-483)
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Tue, 6 May 2003 08:25:35 -0400
  ...The air intake hose for a '90 Cabriolet is $235 at the dealer!! Bill ---------------- I recently ordered that rubber hose (kind of an angled...
• removing fuel pump from bracket
  Historical mailing list - Ed
  Tue, 2 Aug 2005 16:35:02 -0400
  Can anyone suggest how to remove the fuel pump ('85 1.9) from the bracket without cutting through the rubber "buffer" that cushions it...
• Re: Opinions on WCM/WolfsBWest?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 3 Jul 1996 10:44:19 -0700
  ...WCM was great about sending out a correct set of front door rubber and correct looking knee knocker piece. Squarish rubber was darker grey...
• Re: 87 syncro: bushings for front drive mount
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 19 May 1996 15:12:51 -0500
  ...At first I thought the >rubber had hardened and shrunk, but upon inspection the rubber is still >pliable and seems to be in good...
• Re: READ THIS..Re:<Syncro/all> fender lip rubber
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Sat, 6 Sep 1997 16:48:44 -0700
  ...writes: > I have a slate-grey 86 Syncro GL, and WHITE RUBBERS would look just > terrible.' You're absolutely right. > a) Are there black...
• Re: bypass plastic fuel Tee? good/bad idea?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Wed, 4 Aug 2004 02:46:20 EDT
  ...It seems to me merely passing a rubber hose through the hole in the firewall would lead to the rubber line being severed by...
• Re: Rubber floor mats?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 11 Sep 2002 06:34:15 EDT
  ...Then do not glue back the rubber step. It will stay there on its own. The rubber tits under will hold it there. Flood...
• Re: noise reduction
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Fri, 22 Oct 2004 09:09:29 -0400
  ...quieter than my 85 or 87 syncro. > >>That rubber strip is a hefty piece of rubber too. > >>While recently at a junkyard I pulled...
• Re: Rubber Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:25:47 -0700
  ...gmail.com> wrote: > Anyone know where I can pickup some round rubber/plastic plugs? I'm > looking for something that will fill a hold...
• Re: window rubber: removing those unsightly plastic thingies
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 17 Jan 1995 10:47:45 -0800 (PST)
  I seem to remember reading a description along with photos and a diagram of the installation of those "in the rubber" trim bits. I...
• Sticky Sliding Door Rubber Seal
  Historical mailing list - Steve Iman
  Tue, 14 Mar 2000 17:57:28 -0800
  ...If he leaves it out for a couple of days and tries to open it, the rubber seal to the sliding door often sticks...
• Re: Window trims on my '87
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Sibley
  Mon, 8 Apr 2002 22:19:37 EDT
  i just bought some rubber kits for my vanagon. there a several places to get the stuff.... Bus Depot.com, Go Westy.com, West...
• Re: Pop Top Seal Gule?
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Sat, 29 Mar 2003 12:48:10 -0700
  ...Bill in the Southwest ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip & Buffy Simmons" <buffy-philip1@COX.NET> > > Just got the pop top seal rubber, but the vender...
• Re: Portable Venting...
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Tue, 15 Jul 2003 12:26:36 -0700
  what is a rubber sealed valve anyway... I don't want to have things I have to avoid stepping on... or have an uneven...
• Re: My brain is shrinking -- water tank drain cap?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Fri, 20 May 2005 18:54:58 -0400
  A bilge plug? It that one of those rubber stoppers with a wing-nut to tighten it up? (If that's not a bilge...
• Re: hard to reach seam rust .. best options
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Wed, 31 May 2006 05:58:57 -0700
  > POR-15 the heck out of the inside and then seal it with rubberized > undercoating to make sure that if it cracks for what...
• Re: No Clutch
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Thu, 25 Jan 2007 10:47:16 -0500
  ...Sometimes the leaking slave cylinder fluid is hidden inside the rubber bellows. I got the heads up from the list on that possibility a...
• Re: Vredestein tires (was Verettastine - Tires?)
  Historical mailing list - Ward Smith
  Sat, 18 May 2002 19:07:38 -0700
  ...agricultural tyres, but also produces other rubber products such as bicycle tyres, boots, recycled rubbers and rubber sealing systems. One of Vredestein's key...
• vendors: trans mount
  Historical mailing list - Rob & Lrae Winterkorn
  Mon, 24 Jul 2000 23:40:48 -0500
  ...Even got some rubber out of second gear. I did unfortunately noticed some excessive engine movement, so after my short ride I checked and...
• Re: glove box STAY (not whatever)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Wed, 28 Aug 2002 23:49:15 -0500
  ...Anyone know where I can get replacement rubber cables? > > > Thanks > > Jeff > > > > > > > 80-85 vanagons had little rubber cables that hold the glovebox in the...
• Re: Emergency/temporary window rubber fix
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 21 Nov 2012 12:07:49 -0800
  Usually window seals leak between the glass and the rubber, not between the body and rubber (unless you have a lot of rust there...
• Re: Cleanest head gasket job ever is now complete......
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:52:27 -0700
  ...2.1 engine, the outer rubber 'water gasket' on the left side started leaking about two months after a full valve and head gasket...
• About your west fridge blowing out at highway speeds
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:14:40 -0500
  ...You should be able to sight over the edge of the black rubber rim and see that middle plate aligned with the edge of...
• GERMAN RUBBER VANAGON FLOORMATS NEW!!!! OEM quality!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 7 May 2003 12:35:08 EDT
  ...i just found this place that has OEM vanagon front rubber floormats...they are german made, and they are NEW. i just got a...
• Front windows chrome strip
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Tue, 6 Jun 2006 14:04:25 -0700
  ...I have an inquiry in with Bus Depot to see about swapping the rubber bits for the kind that fit the chrome strips, but...
• Re: Window Molding - Sides and Front 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 18 Mar 2007 10:20:15 -0400
  I assume you're talking about that Chromed plastic that fit's into the rubber. You can replace the chromed plastic with new, you...
• Good Glue for Rubber Piece
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Fri, 14 Aug 2020 02:06:20 -0700
  Greetings all, I'm looking for recommendations for a good glue to reattach a piece of rubber to the front right of the driver...
• Re: Body Rubber
  Historical mailing list - Greg Schmidt
  Tue, 23 Apr 1996 15:16:18 -0500 (CDT)
  I have used RMMW for various rubber bits & pieces. Though expensive, it all fit very well and had the desired effects. (no leaks). No...
• Fwd: Re: Windsheild Moulding; removal, replacement,elimination
  Historical mailing list - Yoshi
  Sat, 6 May 2000 23:15:42 +0900
  ...My 87Westy window rubber isn't replaced until today. Rubber is very old. But, Westy doesn't have leakage at all though I replaced...
• Re: Vanagon Mudflaps are Back! $94 for all 4!
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 25 Aug 2000 12:18:12 -0400
  > I remember hearing about mud flaps that were hard rubber/plastic... are > these hard or soft/flexible rubber? I would call them more like...
• Re: Rubber floor mats?
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 10 Sep 2002 16:30:18 -0300
  ...The (salt laden) water gets in under the rubber mat and sits there just to be ground in by each step on the step...
• Re: Tyres and nitrogen
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 25 Apr 2003 22:05:39 -0600
  ...The helium molecules are so small as to pass through the interstices in the rubber of the tyre, in the same way a childs...
• Fuel line??
  Historical mailing list - lauterba
  Sat, 30 Aug 2003 16:34:33 -0400
  ...The connecting rubber hose between the fuel pump and the hard plastic needed replacement when I put the new fuel pump in. I used...
• part name needed.
  Historical mailing list - Ki
  Thu, 20 Nov 2003 14:43:01 -0800
  what is the foam/rubber type material that seals the front driver side and passenger side window called? is it just the seal? or...
• Fwd: Window rubber trim alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Roy Olynick
  Fri, 18 Jun 2004 22:20:45 -0500
  Begin forwarded message: > > So to fix this I bought a couple packages of black window/door screen > rubber > flexible molding...the kind you roll...
• Re: Installing carpet
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:34:08 -0700
  > I have a carpet mat and a rubber mat (which we also sell). I wanted a that oil/gas resistant Vinyl in the passenger...
• Re: Save your ball joints!
  Historical mailing list - David Raistrick
  Tue, 26 Nov 1996 12:45:52 -0500 (EST)
  hey..i checked up on this self curing rubber tape..i found it at a local rubber products supply house..<here in KC..forgot...
• Re: Squeak, squeak cure?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 14 Oct 1996 20:36:22 -0700
  ...I can see black >residue (rubber?) next to where the metal bar goes through the rubber >on a small portion of the bushing. > >Query...
• Re: Floormats and carpet
  Historical mailing list - andrew swingler
  Tue, 8 Feb 2000 16:59:44 -0800
  I have a combination of harwood flooring in the back and rubber mats in the front. I love it!!! I have a broom on...
• Re: Replacing metal coolant hoses with copper?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Mon, 2 May 2005 15:02:02 -0400
  ...I'm considering stainless braid-over hoses to replace the rubber hoses at each wheel as it is. I did go the rubber hose...
• Proper hose Gas Tank to Vapor Tanks
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sat, 30 Mar 2024 23:19:24 +0000
  ...it.....also, why is there a rubber section from Crossover Tube, then a plastic section, then another rubber section?  Why wasn't it all...
• Re: Rust protection - Oiling - caution
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Tue, 29 Aug 2000 17:05:24 -0400
  ...Rust Check also softens rubber (but they deny it). I don't know about Krown. I have used chain saw oil (winter weight) mixed...
• Re: '82 Westy Diesel Intro + Injector / Timing Belt / GeneralQuestions
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Mon, 27 Aug 2001 12:40:49 -0700
  ...I now carry spare end plugs (little rubber cap, about $1) and return line hose, after having leaks appear 3 times over the past...
• 1985 Digijet misfire
  Historical mailing list - Ignace Speybrouck
  Thu, 30 May 2002 00:06:09 -0400
  ...The rubber insert in the metal shiel on the plug side was sort of welded on the plug. On cylinder # 1 it separated very...
• Re: Window rubbers to silicon...
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Tue, 21 Oct 2003 21:36:12 -0400
  Spray the silicon stuff on a small piece if sponge cut to the exact width of the window rubber. Then just rub the little...
• Re: Luggage Rack underside -- washers and felt pads
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Thu, 12 Sep 2013 09:46:14 -0500
  I took off my luggage rack to replace the seals and found the same issue, I made some rubber washers for the front which...
• Mud Flap Redo
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wyatt
  Fri, 23 May 1997 01:36:58 -0400
  ...I then cut a new piece of rubber from an old rubber mat. (Actually the rubber mat was an old semi truck mudflap I...
• Re: upper control arm
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Fri, 10 Mar 2000 12:07:26 -0800
  ...The rubber on the inner shaft is NOT bonded to the outside housing. There is a thin layer of grease between the rubber and...