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• All season Tires
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Bartnicki
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 14:49:46 EST
  ...I have the steel wheels with the moony caps and 14" rims. Thank you guys sososososososo much ~Tomas
• Re: A New Thread - How to Make Degree Symbols
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Thu, 22 Jan 2004 10:27:04 EST
  ...Opening KEY CAPS under the APPLE MENU will display the available assortment. George
• FS: 14" Vanagon Alloys $400
  Historical mailing list - Barrett Willet
  Sat, 16 Oct 2004 10:29:24 -0700
  I have 4 alloys with all hardware and center caps for sale $400 + shipping. I wanted to post here before I advertise on Samba...
• Re: AMC Cylinder Head Question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:13:39 -0500
  ...I have a few questions about these heads before I put > them on. > > The heads have two metal caps at the bottom side of...
• Re: Group-41 deep cycle gel-cel battery -payback
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 18 Apr 1997 15:48:15 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Top terminals come with plastic caps and will stick up through the > carpet (but not so high that the driver's seat won't...
• Re: Alloy rim question
  Historical mailing list - Russell, William
  Wed, 29 May 2002 16:40:58 -0400
  Cute silver metal hub caps eh? I need a set of those for my '80. -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY...
• Re: blatant plea for sympathy (LVC!) hair attack
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 15 Jan 2007 09:41:06 -0800
  >don't you agree that baseball caps are *WAY* under->priced? Not if you pick up the ones you spot along the roadside, as...
• Re: Aren't all Vanagon spark plug wires the same?
  Historical mailing list - andrewbell
  Thu, 16 Aug 2001 09:38:01 -0500
  ...Some caps have a screw like thing in each hole that the wire screws > into. The other one has a regular hole and the...
• Re: Driver's side front wheel grease cap
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Wed, 29 Aug 2012 08:28:58 -0700
  ...Driver's side front wheel grease cap I have moon caps.�� �... thought aboout those ... on white powder-coated steelies. retro look ? with a whitish...
• humble begger...hubcaps for an 83
  Historical mailing list - Miller - James W.
  Wed, 7 Feb 1996 19:52:32 -0500 (EST)
  ...I'm sick of driving around with two different kinds of caps. Looks Hoopy. Help me make my bus all it can be! E...
• Re: Water from a/c dripping everywhere!
  Historical mailing list - Dan Soiney
  Wed, 30 Oct 1996 14:18:04 -0600
  ...Clean out the tips of those caps, reassemble. danno 67 double cab 78 westfalia 87 syncro 87 jetta der busbesitzer gruppe: see us on...
• odd thing:boiling over?!!?
  Historical mailing list - Donald Woolard
  Wed, 24 Sep 1997 08:08:55 -0700
  BUSLADY, Check the caps on the water containers behind the rear plate. The expansion tank has a pressure sensitive cap which went out on...
• Hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - James Flanigan
  Fri, 6 Aug 1999 22:05:54 EST
  I want to put the small center caps (Beetle-type) on my '83 1.9 watercooled with original 14" rims. Does anyone know which...
• diesel rods weights
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Thu, 26 Dec 2002 14:33:51 -0500
  I just finished assembling the bottom-end of my engine that I'm rebuilding and noticed numbers stamped on the connecting rod caps. Are...
• gas cap
  Historical mailing list - Ed Bass
  Mon, 23 Dec 2002 13:59:09 -0500
  ...Will any older Type II caps work on the Vanagon? I would appreciate knowing a vendor who may have an inexpensive cap or two...
• Re: Metal Castings
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:12:35 -0600
  ...John Rodgers 88 GL driver Tim Demarest wrote: > Heeeeeey now, a set of alloy wheel center caps with the vanagon.com logo > (the one...
• Re: Clunking sound
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Sun, 23 Dec 2007 21:44:32 -0500
  ...After much looking it turned out to be the stock plastic "wire wheel" hub caps on the bus.? They've been slightly cracked and...
• Re: Anyone make the bold caps for the arm rests.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 24 Aug 2021 16:22:07 -0700
  ...Maybe … after holidays… Ab > On Aug 24, 2021, at 4:20 PM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote: > > Anyone make the plastic caps for...
• Re: Rear Bumper Needed in Vermont
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:42:11 -0700
  ...I could sell you a medium good one that will accept end caps just fine for ............hmmmm................$ 115.00 plus shipping. and paypal fees...
• Hub caps retro for larger wheels was : GoWesty Plate Steel Bumper Set
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 20 Oct 2020 14:40:07 -0400
  Do you have a link? I tried googling but could not make sense of the results? Do they really have retro wheel covers that...
• Re: '86 Westy in Guelph (good shape)
  Historical mailing list - Erin Daniels
  Tue, 19 Aug 2014 12:44:16 -0700
  Wow, preserved in a time capsule! $18,000!!!!!!!! Wow that's a lot. Original German parts. It'd prob run another 100,000 miles...
• Re: Manual Transmission Drive Flange Seal
  Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
  Sat, 9 Aug 2014 23:07:04 -0700
  ...Given my time constraints and lack of special tools, I'll be only replacing the center caps and see if that cures the leak...
• VW emblem
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Sun, 6 Feb 2000 07:45:50 -0500
  ...Kind of like hub caps in the '50's, maybe? Woody
• Re: on locking gas caps..
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sun, 18 Sep 2005 20:06:57 EDT
  In a message dated 9/18/05 7:53:03 PM, rrecardo@WEBTV.NET writes: << However, when it was required of me to buy...
• Re: Wheel/hubcaps "look" options
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Wed, 28 Nov 2012 13:09:20 -0500
  ...trashy looking plastic things when they had these good looking type caps on early models" Because it was the 80's - everything was a...
• VW alloy center cap availability
  Historical mailing list - Ed Duntz
  Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:44:31 -0400
  I just acquired a parts van with some stock VW 14" alloys needing center caps. Bus Depot, GoWesty, and VanCafe websites all say they...
• Re: 91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Charles Michaux
  Thu, 9 Oct 1997 16:28:20 -0000
  ...NO!!!! the cheezy JC whipme custom look has spread from stoopid beetles > to the Vanagons!!!! > watch out for those flourescent pink distributor caps!!!! ;<) > > chris
• Re: Looking for AC part
  Historical mailing list - John Klun
  Thu, 26 Jul 2001 10:28:23 -0600
  ...Todd Last wrote: > Does anyone know where you can find METAL caps for the Shrader valves on > the A/C compressor? > I'd like...
• Re: MICHELIN XCA
  Historical mailing list - JOHN REDDICK
  Mon, 3 Dec 2001 16:52:01 -0800
  ...members feel like > they need to make an issue of the caps...The content > of your mail is useful > and important. Thank you > Finn...
• Re: Vanagon Alloy wheels $300
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Tue, 5 Jun 2012 13:08:30 -0700
  I sold a set of five alloys for $300 (possibly to someone on this list) a while back, but they included caps and proper...
• Re: WBX Cylinder Head Nut Torque check, re-torque
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 17 Jul 2016 16:52:53 -0400
  ...The later disc caps also seem to be designed that during a failure they will fail open. If the caps tests good on install...
• Re: Plastic wheel covers
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Tue, 16 Jun 2015 17:06:17 -0700
  Replacing 2 Center Caps costs the same as buying 4 plastic wheel covers! I still have all 4 center caps, but 2 are so...
• Re: 86 Rear Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Sat, 25 Jul 1998 22:21:08 -0400
  ...hub caps were so hot I couldn't > leave my fingers on them for more than a second. (I put the caps from an...
• Re: problems with lock on gas tank cap
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:50:22 -0700
  ...Many vanagon locking gas caps will open with a screw driver in the key slot. Try medium force at the most, not brutal gorilla...
• Rear Bumpers
  Historical mailing list - David Newlin
  Tue, 27 Apr 1999 16:13:32 EDT
  ...Attach your bumper end caps (average life - 5 years) with carriage bolts instead of using the clips. They tend to fall off and, at...
• Re: Electrical discharging a capacitor
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Sat, 2 Jul 2005 22:15:44 -0700
  Screwdrivers work ok for the smaller caps, BUT some specific capacitor types and large HV caps can not only spread molten metal around the...
• Re: Blam! Bleeder valve destruction and some other thoughts!
  Historical mailing list - John T
  Tue, 28 Mar 2023 13:41:58 -0400
  ...It was a frustrating experience, just want to > relate this and recommend that pressure caps be tested whenever they are > replaced and when there...
• Waiter! there's a heater core in my rotini!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 10 Oct 2001 20:31:03 +0000
  ...I had determined that this particular core was leaking from the union between the caps and the core. Imagine my surprise when, upon disassembly...
• Re: Silly question about hub caps
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:22:02 -0500
  > So, were front and rear wheels different on these older vans? > Does that mean that tire rotation required removing the > tires from the wheels...
• Re: 80 westy wheel covers
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 9 Apr 1996 23:24:43 -0700
  ...They boast like 1/2 million hub caps. I believe the price was $15. James >thought these were aftermarket, but I've seen them...
• bumper
  Historical mailing list - Todd Kaderabek
  Thu, 23 Mar 2000 14:02:34 -0500
  ...Anyway, the price was right, $75 + end caps and mounts, about $90 all told. TJK -- Todd J. Kaderabek, Director of Production Lark Books, Fiberarts...
• 86 parting
  Historical mailing list - dawn
  Sat, 17 Feb 2001 14:57:40 -0800
  ...been sold already the front grill is gone and the hub caps are also been sold.It has no body rust the fuel tank...
• Dumb question #127...
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Mon, 9 Jul 2001 09:45:05 -0700
  ...Can anyone tell me if it is necessary to first remove the bumper in order to replace the plastic end caps on it? I...
• FS: chrome and fiberglass bumpers and lower skirt rocker trim...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 10:07:17 EST
  ...and lower fiberglass rocker skirting trim.. -chrome front bumper w/ trim strips and end caps, complete -fiberglass front bumper -fiberglass front bumper, needs repair...
• FS: Four (4) SA Carat 2 alloys. NEW $395
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 16 Jan 2003 23:14:15 EST
  ...No center caps. That's about all I know. First come first served. BenT <A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/bentbtstr8/myhomepage/index.html...
• Re: If stuck in snow pull tab to open (gotta see this)
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Thu, 23 Dec 2004 08:24:49 EST
  I always knew those tight ball caps cut off the blood flow to the brain. Funny thing is that less time with a shovel...
• Anyone running - Audi 5000 quatro turbo 6-spoke rims (ET-45)
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Sun, 21 Jan 2007 05:17:08 -0800
  ...wheels? Do you need to spacer the rears to have the caps work? That would mean longer studs as well, eh? Fronts are fine...
• Re: Go Westy tune up kit
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 11 Aug 2011 11:20:56 -0700
  ...03010 (non pin) and 03212 (as well as the 03214) distributor caps. Airhead sells 'em: http://www.airheadparts.com/vintage-vw-parts/ignition-wire...
• Re: hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 1 May 2019 16:16:41 -0400
  ...08:24: > > anyone know of decent quality after market hubcaps or alternatively shorter caps that fit over the front drivers side bearing so I...
• WTB floor track cover BRACKETS
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:43:47 -0500
  I put brackets in caps to save the inevitable bandwidth from folks who think I am looking for the track covers or the tracks...
• Re: s.johnson's R fr. tire? :)
  Historical mailing list - sstones
  Sun, 2 Apr 1995 12:37:06 -0400 (EDT)
  ...She was left to starve to death or exphixiate when she ran out of air in her capsule. (besides females squat) Cheers <sstones@io...
• alloy wheels for sale in Seattle....
  Historical mailing list - Steve Coseo
  Sun, 3 Sep 2000 11:51:41 PDT
  ...No caps. Location Seattle. 100 bucks each, plus shipping around $20 a wheel (based on the last time I shipped one) -steve _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your...
• Slide-in seat accessories wanted
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:06:00 -0500
  ...Also, does anyone have the metal caps that cover the tracks when the seat isn't in the car? Thanks, Jim
• Re: Plastic wheel covers
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Tue, 16 Jun 2015 14:42:35 -0400
  ...Buy a set that is tall enough as you want the grease caps on the hubs to fit under the plastic wheel covers. If...
• Re: Looking for 14" steel rims
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Tue, 31 Mar 2015 16:52:51 -0700
  If that alloy is undamaged, I'll trade you 8 steelies for it.😉 Center caps can always be repainted. BenT sent from my electronic...
• Rodents chewing your wires from Consumers reports
  Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
  Wed, 4 Oct 2017 13:34:39 -0700
  ...coating Honda has an answer a tape treated with super spicy capsaicin Part number 4019-2317 sold on line and at Honda dealers for...
• Re: Go Westy tune up kit
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Wed, 10 Aug 2011 22:20:53 -0400
  ...that would also grab the threaded post of the 'new' style caps. Is this perhaps what was supplied and you might not have noticed...
• Re: FS '88 westy with only 36k original miles
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:52:58 -0800
  ...Mark george jannini wrote: >>> I'm not sure any Vanagons came with the classic chrome VW caps.<< > > Probably not- but they should have.<EG...
• FS: Front bumper "86, Good condition
  Historical mailing list - Leif
  Sun, 29 Mar 1998 14:02:34 -0000
  Bumper has both end caps in good condition, however it is missing one of the rubber strips on the front (drivers side) No Rust...
• Cheers
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 24 Dec 1999 17:03:45 -0600
  ...by a half dozen or so little short fellows with snow caps on their heads and wearing red-trimmed green and brown outfits, showed...