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• Re: Looking for propane filler valve
  Historical mailing list - drc11
  Sat, 29 May 1999 09:51:06 -0700
  We went to a propane service place (they have the BIG tank outside!!) Madeline 15 Years of Westie Adventures '90 Syncro Westie and they...
• Re: Westy Water Tank Fill
  Historical mailing list - Blaine Bachman
  Mon, 12 Jul 1999 11:49:46 EDT
  You can pick up an RV filler hose nozzle (has a clear plastic tube on the end) that helps somewhat at an RV store...
• Fuel spillage
  Historical mailing list - Pabst Michael
  Wed, 10 May 2000 16:12:35 +0200
  Hi Steve and all, VW changed the filler tube around 88 by adding a ball valve which eliminates the spills. Costs around 100 bucks...
• Automatic Transmission
  Historical mailing list - John Russ
  Sat, 19 Apr 2003 08:41:38 -0400
  ...When I turn off the engine the transmission fluid starts to gush out of the filler tube. O.K. What is causing this? John...
• Re: Adding windshield fluid? Where?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 24 Dec 2005 10:40:58 -0800
  ...Washer Lift up the carpet by your left foot, filler cap is right there. And you are not the first to ask that question...
• Re: Fwd: Middle Seat for 87 Vanagon GL Westphalia Camper
  Historical mailing list - Shawn & Janis Wright
  Sat, 19 Apr 1997 11:55:25 -0800
  ...I have spoken w another listmember w/ an '89 full GL westy and his > doesn't have the filler tracks in the floor either...
• Re: Parts Location
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Fri, 15 Oct 1999 02:12:54 -0400
  Nothing else - just an O-ring seal between the oil pan and the plastic filler tube. TomC tcarrington@relitech.com http://volksweb.relitech.com...
• Re: Body Seam Filler
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 1 Sep 2000 06:59:25 EDT
  ...VANAGON.COM writes: << Why on earth did they put this seam filler in in the first place. Okay, so its clean and smooth, is...
• Re: Oil filler tube - disconnect at block?
  Historical mailing list - James Ruch
  Tue, 31 Aug 1999 20:42:16 PDT
  ...Oil filler tube - disconnect at block? >Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 18:06:39 -0700 > >Due to an off-balance alternator, I must disconnect...
• Re: Need advice on replacing Westy tank filler valve
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 15 Mar 2017 17:07:05 -0700
  ...a campground a planned (traveling with grandson) > because of a failed filler valve. > > What's the best place to look for one? What, if...
• Re: Looking for a few items for '82 diesel Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Thu, 18 Feb 1999 18:28:39 -0800
  >Someone e-mailed me with a plastic oil filler extension tube for my engine >but I lost his message. Are you still out there...
• Re: Vanagondalism
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 26 Jan 2005 13:31:58 EST
  ...clean cut) my fuel filler neck > hose. > So I know I need to replace my gas cap and fuel filler > neck hose, but what...
• drain plug out of a manual trans?
  Historical mailing list - Racer X
  Mon, 15 Mar 1999 08:31:28 +0000
  ...Any tips/tricks to getting that filler plug and drain plug out of a manual trans?? Been struggling with it! THANKS! 87GL Vanagon
• Brass tank radiators?
  Historical mailing list - Brian McClure
  Sat, 9 Mar 2002 13:09:52 EST
  Hey vendors and all- does anyone make a vanagon radiator with BRASS tanks? I want to add a filler neck in the front and...
• Remove the gas, er...diesel tank?
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Sat, 15 Jun 2002 13:32:59 -0600
  Is there special method to remove the diesel tank? The filler tube seems to be attached at the tank, how do I remove it...
• Re: boy or girl?]
  Historical mailing list - Art McGinn
  Tue, 7 Jun 2005 06:25:22 -0700
  ...determine > it's sex? By looking under it's license plate? if the oil-filler cap is off under there, it's a male.
• Re: westy on Seattle (Olympia) CL - something different?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:26:59 -0700
  ...Was the gas filler mover to the other side on right hand drive Vanagons?
• Re: Puzzling water drip
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:32:37 -0500
  ...It's plastic, with a shutoff valve at the base and a foot-long clear plastic tube that just fits into the filler hole...
• Re: Gas Tank Alignment Questions. PIC
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:42:51 -0800
  ...Maybe I kept the filler pipe from the '85 I parted out. Not likely though. :( I just bought the parts I need, but it...
• transmission filler bolt--where?
  Historical mailing list - Phillip Bouton
  Mon, 29 Mar 1999 14:20:10 -0500
  I think I found the transmission filler bolt/hole on my 87 Westy but am not positive. It is a couple of inches up...
• Re: Gas Tanks
  Historical mailing list - �ric Giroux
  Wed, 13 Jun 2001 13:59:28 -0400
  ...My understanding is that any year vanagon tank will fit your 84, but I believe they made the filler neck connection to the tank...
• Items For Sale @ Everybus
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Mon, 31 Mar 2003 21:52:17 -0500
  ...seal but not lens, fits '73-'79, $15.00 each PN 211 945 231 Rubber gasket for fuel filler neck (fits between fuel filler...
• Re: interesting body modded vanagon syncro camper
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 21 Aug 2006 23:56:17 -0400
  ...Note where the fuel filler is. That's in the normal spot for a syncro. If the rear had been extended, there'd be...
• Re: fuel tank problems
  Historical mailing list - Nicholas Wilson
  Wed, 3 May 2000 17:44:31 -0700
  ...Really slow filling can fool this system, as can having the nozzle >too far out of the filler neck, but I don't think...
• vanagon gas tank leaks when filled up, spews gas out filler hole
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 20 Nov 2002 12:24:59 EST
  ...taken to inserting the > pump nozzle all > the > > way into the filler tube and NOT trying to top off, > just quit when > the > > auto...
• I need an oil filler tube
  Historical mailing list - Chad G
  Mon, 20 Aug 2001 13:24:51 -0400
  Hey, if anyone has one that isn't cracked and will not cause vacuum leaks I would like to buy if from you. let...
• Re: Fuel system "vapour lock"
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 12 Aug 2014 21:08:06 -0400
  ...I laid a piece of wire over the edge of the filler pipe to prevent a complete seal after I started to hear the...
• Re: Vanagon choking when feeding gas
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Jul 94 16:52:38 PDT
  ...Depending in where you live, this '83 camper nay actually have an illegal filler tube... My '85 WestfaliaGL was delivered at Wiedenbrueck without the...
• Re: !!! ACCESSORY NEEDED !!!
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 11 Jul 2001 08:08:49 -0500
  John Rodgers wrote: > Yeh, well, I have been driving Vanagons since 1990 and just this year > discovered the oil filler tube extension!!! I just...
• Re: 86 GL - Gas Tank Problem
  Historical mailing list - Garth Woolstenhulme
  Sun, 20 Oct 1996 20:12:41 -0700
  ...Two grommets hold lines leading to your 2 expansion tanks, one grommet holds a vent line to the top of the filler neck, and...
• Re: Fuel tank cleaning issues, screens
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:41:47 -0800
  ...had the > small filler pipe hole for the newer plastic filler and some the older > large hole for metal filler pipe. > > Since Bob had...
• Re: 82 Vanagon Gas Tank Seal/Installation Question
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
  Mon, 26 Aug 2002 12:18:15 -0400
  ...This tank is designed for the 68 mm fuel filler > grommet for use > >with the 58 mm fuel filler tube. I noticed that the...
• Re: Questions on Camper
  Historical mailing list - Fredrich Hesterberg
  Sun, 11 May 2003 22:39:02 -0500
  ...Do I have to unscrew something? I did find the filler for the winshield washer reservoir. Does anyone have a spare key for the...
• Re: Vanagondalism
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 26 Jan 2005 19:17:36 +0000
  ...clean cut) my fuel filler neck > hose. > So I know I need to replace my gas cap and fuel filler > neck hose, but what...
• Re: Oil leak at the rear of a 2.1 - use Brake Parts cleaner...
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Sun, 29 May 2005 08:52:53 -0700
  ...Once everything is clean you may see a cracked oil filler tube and/or leaking gasket between the oil filler tube and the engine...
• Re: Question about filler tube (Plus photo of "floaty ball")
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 22 May 2012 17:22:17 -0700
  ...The filler tube I have in the basement has the ball but no clamp as shown in Bentley. Neil. On Tue, May 22, 2012...
• Any market for Westy water tank caps?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Mon, 20 Aug 2001 21:48:11 -0500
  ...may be useful in a reproduction cap for the Westy water fillers.&nbsp; This will require a re-design of the cap, however.&nbsp...
• Rear Washer Reservoir Cap Needed
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 14 Apr 2015 14:38:00 -0700
  The filler cap on my rear washer tank has gone missing. Is there a generic cap (Coke bottles, etc) that wi9ll work or do...
• Re: Bought Westy with no key for water filler receptacle
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:24:53 -0800
  <<I have copied stephansautohaus on the mail. >> Wondering if Alphonso Knolls meant Steve's Lock Shoppe. I didn't think Stephen's Autohaus offered...
• oil container tip
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 9 Jun 1999 17:04:51 -0700
  ...It has a good, no drip, pour spout that works well on my "pull-out" filler tube. Alistair
• Source & part number for Canadian electrical hook ups
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Thu, 26 Sep 2002 13:32:28 -0400
  I want to change my hook ups (city water, water filler, electrical) but I want to keep my Canadian extension cord. Anyone no the...
• Re: Oil filler tube extension pulled out.-- Well shiver me timbers
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 20 Sep 2006 18:52:11 -0400
  the extension manages to come out with a single ring around the extension. It will not grip the tube when I put it back...
• Re: Filling water tank when no hose is available (GoWesty connector)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 16 Aug 2013 18:30:58 -0700
  ...It just pushes right into the filler door on the outside and is quite stable. Easy to pour water in quite quickly...more so...
• Gas tank install driving me nuts!!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
  Tue, 24 Oct 2006 07:19:02 -0700
  ...However, I did not remove the gas filler neck. Seems very difficult to remove, but pulled it out enough so the old tank can...
• Re: Gas smell
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 1 Mar 2011 08:26:27 -0600
  ...My guess would be filler neck or gas cap, both of which can pass vapors if bad, without leaking liquid fuel. At least I...
• Re: I'm fixing a hole [in the fresh water tank]
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 19 Jun 2010 11:38:46 -0500
  ...Doesn't go very far down the filler opening, and if I try to fill rapidly, water pushes back up and out the port...
• Re: 1983 Westy Propane Tank Question
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 19 Mar 2011 17:47:45 -0700
  ...Stuck Propane Filler Valve BTDT, not on my rig but on another Westy I was traveling with at the time. It took a replacement...
• Re: Vacuum question. Another continuing saga.
  Historical mailing list - Geo
  Mon, 5 Apr 2010 15:29:18 -0700
  Another thing you my try when it is hunting is to remove the oil filler cap. I'd bet that it will stop hunting...
• westy water tank
  Historical mailing list - Steve Caslowitz
  Tue, 7 Jul 1998 20:43:40 -0400
  I lost the key to the water tank filler unit. Where is the best place to get a new one, a locksmith? I'd...
• what is it?
  Historical mailing list - Rick Ferguson
  Mon, 12 Jun 2000 19:01:01 -0700
  This may be a dumb question but what is the little capped filler tube behind the brake pedal on my 85 Westie? Thanks for...
• Pull out oil filler
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Thu, 9 Nov 2000 15:48:26 -0500
  Am I the only one who didn't know that there's a nifty slide out extension inside the oil fill tube (on the...
• Epoxy/Filler Seam Rust Fix Info?
  Historical mailing list - Barry Armitage
  Thu, 13 Sep 2001 08:49:30 EDT
  I searched the archives but my computer locks up during the search. Could someone please send me the products recommended to fix seam rust...
• Re: self-bleeding coolant? Now: Gas w/o filler
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 25 Mar 2002 10:42:30 -0400
  By asking the question, I fear that you will not understand the answer. Malcolm On 25 Mar 2002 at 9:37, Sibleyjm@aol.com...
• O ring size
  Historical mailing list - Tromper
  Wed, 9 Jun 2004 22:23:10 -0700
  Does anybody know the O ring size on the two seals for a Diesel vanagon oil filler tube, and the correct size for the...
• Re: For the Newbies - Vanagon secrets revealed
  Historical mailing list - Doug Ezell
  Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:54:19 -0600
  My filler tube inner thing seems to be stuck. Any advice? Doug Ezell Billings, Montana ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Rodgers" <inua@CHARTER.NET> To...
• Re: Refilling manual transmission fluid
  Historical mailing list - Joel VanderKwaak
  Mon, 6 Oct 2008 19:43:27 -0700
  ...When I removed the filler plug it gushed >> at least a quart onto my driveway before I could run for a basin. (I >> always...
• Re: Fuel filler cap stuck
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 21 Jan 2015 15:04:01 -0800
  squirt some lubricant in the lock (WD40, PB Blaster etc) if you have another key try with the spare or go to locksmith and...
• Re: Need meaurement of position of Westy seat tracks
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Apr 2000 23:24:27 EDT
  ...Eastern Daylight Time, brbikes@RICA.NET writes: << Will they just screw out once I get the floor out? >> yes..theyre plastic filler bolts. chris
• changing the tranny fluid
  Historical mailing list - Gina
  Wed, 10 May 2000 21:09:26 -0400
  ...in a 4speed or do i need to pump it out from the filler hole Thanks, Gina 85 Vanagon GL "Gretta" 122,679 miles
• Re: Stock or able to return to stock vs. custom?
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Fri, 10 Nov 2006 08:36:09 -0800
  ...fuel tank - not yet installed but would require > drilling at stock 2WD filler location hum dee dum where did yah get that even better...