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• syncro
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Wed, 23 Oct 2002 22:58:45 -0700
  Hello Syncronauts and Vanagoners, I am working on Syncro Westy and found 2 black hard plastic tubes just hanging unattached on driver side in...
• Re: Where does this tube go?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:18:04 -0500
  ...There is a rubber tube under this one. > http://www.benplace.com/engine/booth100.jpg (under the arrow) > > Look carefully. You will see an...
• Re: Anyone have a write up for making a 86-91 door wiring diagram
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 16 Nov 2015 08:00:47 -0500
  ...First, the wires were clipped where they enter the rubber tube that crosses the hinge inside the air duct, and the tube was extracted...
• Re: Are Today's Young People Mechanical Nitwits?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:46:40 -0400
  ...There were a gazillion table radios that all used the same set of five tubes whose filament voltages not coincidentally added up to 117...
• Re: e-brake boot (the underside)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 6 Dec 2009 22:54:51 -0500
  ...My problem is that the cable is rubbing my crossover tube on the gas tank (I threaded the tube incorrectly and I'm don...
• Re: Collapsable Pushrod Tubes?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 21 Oct 2015 18:20:27 -0400
  ...Collapsable Pushrod Tubes? So now I'm curious, how different are the Type 1 tubes from the WBX? I'm just looking at the...
• Rear hatch grommet update
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 11 Jun 2017 11:38:00 -0400
  ...I found some round rubber pieces Grommets just for the holes no tube attached. I have some auto tubing from wires that fits the...
• Helpful Vanagon toolbox tip...LVC
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 2 Oct 2008 17:38:24 -0700
  ...But if you are like me, those tubes get lost PDQ after the spray can comes home with me. And then I am always...
• Re: Tin
  Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
  Fri, 12 Nov 1999 16:59:13 -0600
  The big leak is still around the base of the plastic fill tube. I have tried to fix this area once with the hi...
• Re: Fridge goes out while driving???
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 11 Jul 2000 16:45:27 -0400
  ...But no real need -- the vent fitting has to seal to the body, the corrugated tubes have to seal to the aluminum fitting, everything...
• Re: Loctite 518 uses on Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 5 Mar 2010 17:13:51 -0600
  ...is there a difference betwen the stuff in the blue tube and the red tube> I'll feel stupid if when I open it...
• Re: Headrests in the back
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 18 Jul 2016 23:51:46 +0000
  I have two sets of the tubes you need, and one or maybe two more headrests. Stewart in our group has recently had the...
• Re: Diesel pump!
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Sat, 10 Jan 2004 20:24:18 -0700
  ...You have to put an intake tube on the pump and give it an "infusion", that is to force fuel in there until it...
• Fuel Leaking at Filler Tube and Gas Tank
  Historical mailing list - Jon Durham
  Mon, 21 May 2012 13:34:43 -0500
  ...As best I tell not having gotten under the van, the leak appears to be at the conjunction of the filler tube and gas...
• Re: Lifter adjustment... How can I tell if they are really hydraulics?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:17:27 -0400
  ...When I got my '85, in 2002, it had one telescoping pushrod tube. I had to reseal the heads as soon as I got...
• Webber hookup
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 1 Jul 1994 12:05:47 -0400
  ...The tube comes through the sheet metal in the wrong location to attach to the carb's linkage. Does anyone have any ideas other...
• Oil Dip Stick Tube
  Historical mailing list - Art Long
  Tue, 29 Aug 2000 20:31:00 -0500
  Hello everyone, I need to know if anyone on the list around the OKC area that has a oil dip stick tube for an...
• Transmission Dipstick Tube
  Historical mailing list - Karl Dawe
  Mon, 2 Apr 2001 14:14:42 -0230
  ...for a couple of weeks now waiting for a transmission dipstick tube, VW part # 090 321 405 C. I can't find it anywhere...
• Re: FS: NEW Aluminum Roof Rack with roof bars $395
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 4 Sep 2003 13:30:59 EDT
  In a message dated 9/4/2003 7:49:46 AM Pacific Daylight Time, Willolyn99@AOL.COM writes: > ""designed to install on square tube...
• Re: Push covers/enging tins
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:43:01 -0700
  ...Push covers/enging tins At 05:46 PM 9/10/2008, Ken Wilford wrote... >We are talking about the push rod tube covers under...
• Re: need a part
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Mon, 20 Sep 2004 09:56:21 -0400
  ...the parts I need are from the paper tube forward, I don't need the paper tube, I don't need the over the...
• clutch cable replacement
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 22 Nov 1994 08:50:41 -0500
  ...Don't stop at the clutch cable -- replace the Boden tube as well! A worn out Boden tube will eat a brand new clutch...
• Re: What the heck is this?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 10 Jul 2011 23:39:02 -0500
  ...Looks like something that fell out of a cow's > nose, if the cow was the size of a house. > > There is a tube...
• Re: WTB 2.1L Dipstick Tube
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:13:49 -0700
  I have plenty of good used 2.1 waterboxer dipstick tubes with dipstick, for sale. Scott www.turbovans.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Timothy Hannink...
• Re: Fuel tank cleaning.
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:41:15 -0800
  ...I > did later take the plate off to inspect the tubes, just tubes. A > photo would be great! > > ................
• Re: EXT pushrod tube replacement
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:24:55 -0600
  ...did it last week. > > I'm sure it can help a few, I hope. > > http://www.benplace.com/pushrod_tube.htm > > Have fun. > > Ben >
• Re: Gas Smell: Flange to Filler Tube -Reply
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Flynn
  Mon, 17 Jun 1996 12:43:18 -0400
  ...I am interested to know how you removed the 4" of tube at the junkyard. I know of a decent one about 30 miles...
• Re: Oil Dipstick Tube Gasket?
  Historical mailing list - Dave C.
  Thu, 15 Mar 2001 14:37:58 -0500
  ...gasket that would go at the > bottom of the oil dipstick tube on the block? > Also, where I could find one? > Thanks in advance...
• expandable push rod tubes
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Mon, 26 Apr 2004 20:23:43 -0400
  hi all ive not used expandable push rod tubes before for any of my air cooled cars before but i do know that they...
• Re: Push covers/enging tins
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:28:54 -0400
  Mike S wrote: > Sorry for the confusion, but when someone says "push rod covers," that > describes valve covers or push rod tubes to me...
• Re: type IV push rod tubes leaking in 914 (Viton)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Pedersen
  Wed, 19 Feb 2003 14:35:48 -0800
  ...Clean the > > > push-rod tubes inside and out. > > > Install the new push-rod tube seals on the tubes (green = Viton) > > (reddish > > > brown = silicone) (black...
• Re: Push Rod Tube Leak????
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Wed, 5 Jan 2005 11:06:18 -0600
  ...But to answer my question the heads have to be removed to replace the pushrod tube seals unless I use the collapsable type, correct...
• Re: Building carrier (load bar) Square or rectangular tube steel?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:22:21 -0500
  My experience with the tube strength issues comes mostly form my work years ago with welding on small aircraft airframes. Most that I worked...
• Re: sychroning carbs
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 08 Jul 94 10:04:30 CDT
  ...they also used to use those tubes of fluid to measure air pressure on very old wind tunnels. the tubes are set up in...
• Re: clutch bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Thu, 6 Mar 2008 08:52:42 -0500
  I agree with Scott that the traditional tube-in-a-bottle method, keeping the end of the tube below the level of the waste...
• Re: puzzler
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 10 Feb 1995 09:14:47 -0400 (EDT)
  In regard to the carb holding a loose accelerator pump tube in place....NOPE....doesn't do it. I had a 67 Ghia 'bout...
• 83.5 push rod tubes
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 10 Nov 1996 22:00:38 -0500
  Hey Listees While putting my exhaust mannifolds back on my 83 waterboxer and general cleaning, poking around I noticed my push rod tubes are...
• Re: Metal railing along rear glass?)
  Historical mailing list - Chris Turner
  Thu, 30 Oct 1997 23:38:42 -0500
  In a message dated 97-10-30 21:27:04 EST, uvx196@JUNO.COM writes: << Jailbar Tubes: 255-853-417 (1408mm Long) - $37.00...
• Sliding Door Cable Busted & Door Stuck Closed
  Historical mailing list - Didliratgaff
  Fri, 17 May 2002 03:36:54 -0700
  ...While camping this past week, Cable and Bowden tube busted off near the rear lock. I have a new cable coming this morning at...
• On the subject of Heat
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 17 Nov 95 11:01:02 -0500
  While in the process of installing an in-line blower in my 1972 Pop-Top, I managed to break off the entire tube (the...
• Re: The water heater project
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 12 Jan 95 15:16:53 gmt
  Lee's water heat exchanger: > J tube \ ___ > / water tight tube > out__|_____________ / > \_|__________|___ > |__________|_ > in > You can buy these from Wizard. They're not cheap, I think...
• Oil Dipstick Tube Gasket?
  Historical mailing list - Dominick DeGaetano
  Wed, 14 Mar 2001 05:53:29 -0800
  Does anyone know of a gasket that would go at the bottom of the oil dipstick tube on the block? Also, where I could...
• Re: Name that Vanagon Part......
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 18 Mar 2002 10:39:31 -0500
  ...Green, >ceramic-like, tube-like thing.... That would be your radiator-fan resistor for low speeds. Gets quite hot in use... david -- David Beierl...
• Re: ## changing 1990 2.1L waterleaker oil cooler hoses in situ
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Thu, 8 Aug 2002 01:40:52 -0400
  ...http://pages.infinit.net/engine/cooling_system_hoses.htm First, unplug the upper long oil cooler tube (Q) from the small flexible hose joiner...
• Re: 85gl 1.9l drip found
  Historical mailing list - Brian Jarvinen
  Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:29:59 -0800
  --- Joseph Fortino <fortino1@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote: > Hello All, > > I found that my danged.. ;-) cross over tube near > the termo housing desided to > find a...
• Re: Radiator disappointment
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 22 Feb 2023 19:30:43 -0700
  ...I have not been inside to know round or oval tubes – can this be determined from outside? See photos: https://1drv.ms/u/s...
• Re: What the heck is this?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 10 Jul 2011 20:42:04 -0700
  ...Looks like something that fell out of a cow's > > nose, if the cow was the size of a house. > > > > There is a tube...
• Re: Gear Oil or Trans Fluid?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Thu, 22 Sep 2005 13:42:18 -0400
  I took a small funnel and shoved a vinyl tube with 3/8" ID on the end of it. The tube was about 24...
• Re: Vibration
  Historical mailing list - Geroge A Lehman
  Sat, 9 Jan 1999 18:57:57 -0600
  ...Get an end for a grease gun that goes to a tube or point and matches some smaller plastic tubing in size. Slip the...
• Re: Hydraulic System Bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Antaki
  Sat, 19 Feb 2000 11:34:11 -0800
  ...That makes a proper place to attach the tube from the hand oiler. Know of any other ways to achieve this? Replacement Presta valves...
• Re: Westy fridge combustion chamber gasket replacement
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 14 Oct 2004 21:09:09 -0700
  ...Better temp resistance than butyl rubber of an inner tube. Alistair '82 westy, diesel converted to gas in '94 http://www.members.shaw.ca...
• Re: tube bumpers without the U ..
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
  Fri, 7 Apr 2006 14:56:02 +0000
  ...They do look cool but are too heavy IMO and the tubes are too big in diameter. If you go off road you also...
• Oil Filter Tube Mount Removal?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Davis
  Mon, 10 May 2010 10:44:41 EDT
  ...I need to remove the oil filter mount tube from the 1.9L engine to install it on my 2.1L engine. This item...
• Re: desperate for 1.9 coolant H pipe in Vancouver, BC
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:29:30 -0400
  Paul, If "push turns to shove" I would use two straight pieces of tubing and by-pass the H-tube. Personally I think the...
• Re: Gas Filler Line in your Fill Tube while driving
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:07:20 +0000
  "Have you ever driven away from a fuel stop with the fill line stuck in your > fill tube?" No .. I also have a locking...
• Re: fuel leak, '91 VW Vanagon GL Campmobile 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Sun, 27 Nov 2011 09:34:47 -0800
  ...However, there was gasoline > all the > way to the top of the inlet tube. > > So, is the inlet tube bad? Will I only know...
• engine compartment perimeter coolant rail
  Historical mailing list - Andrew R.
  Fri, 11 Sep 2015 09:45:55 -0700
  ...http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_1462_667/coolant-tube.html and the driver's head at cylinder #4: http://www.van...
• heater tube
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 17 Nov 1995 16:56:33 -0500
  ...1972 Pop-Top, I >>>> managed to break off the entire tube (the tube that runs from the junction >>>>of >>>> the heat exchangers and the...
• Fw: Fridge assistance requested
  Historical mailing list - Roy Olynick
  Thu, 26 Jul 2001 23:09:27 -0500
  ...I tried blowing through a tube connected to the drain tube, as has been suggested by some listees, but this never worked for me...
• push rod seals
  Historical mailing list - Rick Koller
  Wed, 22 May 1996 13:30:45 -0400
  ...Then I install the tubes and put more silicone in the space between the ends of the tubes and the heads and case, wait...