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• Looking for passenger rear bumper fiberglass end-cap for a 88 Wolfsburg
  Historical mailing list - khgo50
  Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:20:11 -0400
  Hi folks I'm looking for passenger side rear bumper fiberglass end-cap for a 88 Wolfsburg Khalad
• Dometic drain plug removal; 86 Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Rich Durant
  Wed, 5 Aug 1998 09:04:53 -0700
  ...Is this a special cap or should I be able to simply screw it off like any standard threaded hose cap or screw & nut...
• Re: removing front brake grease caps
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Fri, 29 Jun 2001 16:49:23 -0700
  Marty, the cap does come off and is not threaded. Some trick that i've used: 0) the claw part of a claw hammer...
• Re: Locking Gas Cap
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Tue, 24 Sep 2002 07:26:25 -0700
  Hi Bob, What I did was to disassemble the cap completely. Then insert your key and you'll see the plastic "stops" that preventing...
• Re: uh oh ! rear heater bleeder screw broke off.
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sun, 20 Nov 2005 02:28:53 EST
  ...I once had to resort to substituting a stainless capscrew for the bleeder in a rear heater core, but, once the bleeder hole in...
• Re: What dumb thing do you repeatedly do with your Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 28 Sep 2012 09:50:17 -0600
  ...Really really had to pee. > Replacement cap fell off somewhere...aftermarket cap sucks, locator > "nose" > not as long as original, nor is it tapered...
• Re: ARRRGGGHHH Re: Tantalum capacitors to stop blinking temp LED
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:36:13 -0400
  ...The 22uF is to damp the output >of the AFM. > >The cap for the temp gauge is smaller, I'm sure. I rather suspect...
• Need 2 "air-cooled/wolfsburg?logo" hub caps
  Historical mailing list - Scott Kraning
  Sun, 3 Dec 2000 18:50:43 EST
  Dear List- I am looking for two hub caps to complete my set. The style I'm looking for is from a 1980 Westy...
• burned rotor
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Tue, 6 Feb 2001 10:44:53 -0500
  hey all, yesterday for no apparent reason i popped off my distributor cap. my rotor has a burned mark on the top about the...
• Re: vanagon syndrome-- need capacitor
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Thu, 9 Jun 2005 12:45:15 -0400
  ...My question is , where can I get the 15V 22 microfarad tantalum capaciter ? I am sure that I need a capacitor that will work...
• Front Heater Fan Lube Tube
  Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
  Wed, 7 May 2014 15:38:59 -0700
  Following wise list advice, I wired a dust cap onto the exposed driver's side fan motor bearing. I also used a barbed 1...
• Re: carring capacity of vannie single cab
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Wed, 3 Feb 2010 13:18:51 -0800
  ...carring capacity of vannie single cab In a message dated 2/3/2010 4:05:07 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, JordanVw@AOL.COM...
• Re: Syncro transmission oil capacity
  Historical mailing list - deandrew
  Sat, 16 May 1998 21:25:56 PDT
  Syncro Owners! Page 34.19 of the Bentley Manual shows the Syncro transmission's capacity at 4.7 US quarts. This page also shows...
• Re: Gas in Oil fill
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Mon, 18 Feb 2002 09:11:48 -0800
  I am in no way defending this guy, but a 90 GL doesn't have the dipstick/cap arrangement you describe. The dipstick is...
• Auto Trannie Governor cap
  Historical mailing list - Chris Snyder
  Sat, 2 Feb 2008 13:03:40 EST
  ...Is their any thing to be aware of when I remove the cap? I know their is a spring and a piston in their...
• Re: Time Delay LED Lighting Circuit
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 6 Aug 2017 22:24:14 -0400
  ...It doesn't conduct until the + line is grounded; then the cap discharges through it. Yrs, d On Sun, Aug 6, 2017 at 10...
• FS Voltage Regulator
  Historical mailing list - W. Silva
  Fri, 4 Sep 1998 07:28:06 -0400
  From '85 Westy, used only 2 days-ended up replacing entire Alternator. $45.00 or b/o/ Wendy & John Cape Cod, MA '85 Westy...
• Re: Gas Caps
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 13 Aug 2005 13:39:29 -0400
  Hello there, I think a cap from a 79 or older bus will fit. Dont know about the astetics.Did you put some grease...
• Re: how to make your locking gas cap accept the same key as your doors/ignition
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Sat, 27 Jan 2007 00:41:53 -0500
  Don't forget that NOW the cap can be opened with a screwdriver as well!
• Re: Acceleration Problem at gren light... Solved
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Sat, 9 May 1998 09:39:32 -0700
  If you have the modified wiring harness to the air flow meter, you do not need to add the capacitor. You should not have...
• Re: Overflow coolant Tank
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 26 Feb 2006 09:16:20 -0600
  George Thorburn wrote: >Tim wrote; > > >>>My coolant tank is completely full when i take the cap off even a litte >>>comes out (good I...
• Re: Up in Arms: Upgrading 83.5 Westy to Captain's Chairs
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 21 Dec 2010 19:41:26 -0800
  ...seats in my 83.5 (cloth > striped, horsehair filled) to the Captain's Chairs from later models. > > Specifically what have any of you done...
• Re: 86 Coolant Pressure Leak/Problem.
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Wed, 25 Aug 1999 07:57:11 -0700
  ...It's cap is a simple screw on type. The expansion tank cap has two valves. One valve releases pressure (and coolant) into the...
• Re: off topic, radio in SAFE mode - help needed
  Historical mailing list - W. Silva
  Sun, 23 Sep 2001 07:19:34 -0400
  ...See some of you this weekend at Campers on Cape Cod! John & Wendy http://members.nbci.com/Cape_Westys/2001 Cape Cod, MA '85...
• Re: Center cap Audi rims
  Historical mailing list - Phil Menchions
  Tue, 20 Nov 2001 12:41:12 -0500
  ...There has to be plenty of these kicking around or are you Audi rim fellows all gluing your caps on, as well. It's...
• Re: engine stalls when oil cap is off, is this normal?
  Historical mailing list - andrewbell
  Tue, 29 May 2001 22:58:44 -0500
  ...what is it if it does not stall when the cap is open? Vacuum leak? This may be a stupid question, but my '85...
• Re: Driver's side front wheel grease cap
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:57:37 -0700
  ...Mark Rocket J Squirrel wrote: > On my 1984 2WD, the grease cap on the driver's side front wheel has a > little nipple thing...
• Re: Spot The Mouse
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 2 Mar 2013 14:11:09 -0500
  ...This should do: > >http://blog.modernmechanix.com/mags/PopularScience/5-1945/giant_capacitor.jpg I dunno...that's only 2500 picofarads, even at that...
• Re: Gas cap ideas
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:07:42 -0700
  ...Gas cap ideas > Interesting, I live near Portland and have yet had one attendant have problems with the gas cap. > I guess this problem...
• Re: gas cap
  Historical mailing list - Tony Moore
  Tue, 15 Jul 1997 12:03:27 -0400
  ...gas cap > Date: Tuesday, July 15, 1997 11:51 AM > > Hi group: Not having a good week with the Vanagon.... someone decided > they needed...
• Re: coolant resevoir cap
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Fri, 2 Feb 2001 23:48:36 -0700
  Chris, Yes, it functions the same as a radiator cap, and is under pressure. It opens when hot to let excess coolant into the...
• Re: Pressurized fuel tank..help needed
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Mon, 6 Jan 2003 17:44:29 -0800
  i had a micro crack on inside my gas cap, could a bad cap cause a bad seal allowing air into the tank? also...
• Gas Cap Follow Up
  Historical mailing list - David Johnson
  Sun, 16 Jul 2006 15:10:54 -0600
  Big thank you to all those who mailed with help and ideas on my gas cap stupidity. Especially big thanks to Geo for the...
• Re: front brake hints needed
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sat, 14 Jul 2007 17:25:08 -0700
  ...And as to the grease cap question, I have used, with considerable success, an 18" set of Channellocks, set to the raised rim at...
• Re: moon caps, and who knows?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:25:57 -0600
  I don't know what you are referring to as moon caps, but I have always thought of them as the chrome dog-dish...
• Re: Vgon Locking gas cap - I hate it!!
  Historical mailing list - Ben Cichowski
  Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:20:49 -0600
  My PO (at some point) must have lost his key or become fed up with the gas cap and made his own with a...
• Re: White "corrosion" in distributor cap
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 7 Apr 95 15:09:26 PDT
  >> >> >>any chance you are getting a non-vw rotor and cap?? if so, the after-market >>tolerances might be a bit off, causing too...
• Re: Lost coolant cap?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Tue, 9 Jan 2018 20:26:14 -0600
  That tank isn’t pressurized anyway is it? I’ve never seen my tank get above the cap anyway. Maybe ok to drive in...
• Re: Non-locking gas cap
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Tue, 22 Feb 2011 18:33:16 -0500
  ...I figured that might be a weird description for a gas cap, and I > > was right. The Stant cap was actually the VW OEM...
• Re: San Diego area: pressure tank or cap test adapters?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Sat, 8 Sep 2012 06:36:45 -0400
  ...Now use this adapter with a short piece of hose to the nipple on your pressure cap. Pump up the coolant system to 14...
• Sharing with the List
  Historical mailing list - W. Silva
  Wed, 12 Sep 2001 19:13:02 -0400
  ...John & Debbie Parsons '87 VW Syncro/Country Homes Pop Top '68 VW Single Cab Pickup Roswell,Georgia >>>>>> John & Wendy Cape Cod, MA '85 Westfalia...
• Re: 1.9L bogging down on acceleration when hot..anyone ideas???
  Historical mailing list - Beckham, Chip
  Tue, 2 Apr 2002 13:23:35 -0500
  The URL with the description of the capacitor installation is: http://www.geocities.com/harald_nancy/intermitt._syndrome.htm Chip Beckham 85 GL -----Original...
• WTG Westy sink drain cap
  Historical mailing list - John Graham
  Tue, 29 Aug 2006 15:22:06 -0400
  ...I see that the BD offers the entire drain pipe with the cap, I think. I just need a cap of some sort. Has...
• Re: Water tank cap
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 13 May 1997 16:07:15 -0400 (EDT)
  ...The cap is a >separate part and number. I have ordered several in the past for just a >few bucks. >Tim Fast >88 Westy...
• Re: Hub caps
  Historical mailing list - Colin Rogers
  Tue, 16 Sep 1997 20:30:55 -0700
  Scott wrote: > Anyone know of a source of black plastic VW-insignia caps that will > cover just the hub on my 14" Syncro wheels...
• Re: Westy screw caps
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 14 May 2003 16:25:54 -0400
  ...It just didn't occur to me to check with them for screw caps. Thanks a bunch. My ... er .... CAP is off to you...
• vanagon gas caps for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Oct 2004 23:53:15 EDT
  In a message dated 10/11/04 9:26:34 AM Eastern Daylight Time, kayakwesty@YAHOO.COM writes: > > I cannot keep a gas cap...
• Re: Alloy Center Caps
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 11 Aug 1998 23:38:31 -0700
  ...wrote: > Does any one know of a source for replacement center caps? > TIA > Neal >
• Re: Where can I get a new cap for the water tank?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Fri, 31 Dec 2004 21:29:55 -0600
  If you want the factory cap with the strap on it, you can get it direct from VW parts Katherine.
• Re: Which Cromie type Hub Caps fit the Vanagons?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Frost
  Fri, 6 Jan 2006 16:34:19 -0800
  Do those fit over the cap that holds the end of the speedo cable? Mike Frost '86 GL (Currently leaking coolant D'OH!)
• Hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Larry Petty
  Mon, 9 Feb 2004 13:25:58 -0500
  ...Put 2 of the original Vanagon caps back on the drivers side and the 2 remaining new caps on the passenger side. First trip...
• Re: Gas Filler Line in your Fill Tube while driving
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 27 Dec 2008 18:24:49 -0800
  ...The stock gas cap is pretty nice I think, especially if the key lock is working in it .........the key won't come out...
• Quality? of "New" parts
  Historical mailing list - Roger Barkley
  Fri, 6 Apr 2012 08:40:12 -0400
  ...Surprise, it went to 40#'s before it started to bleed off! Left the old cap on. Between the heater valves and cap I...
• Re: distributor cap tolerances
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 11 Mar 1999 18:04:44 -0800
  ...Hung wrote: >I went to my FLAPS and bought a new distributor cap ($6) for my '84 GL, 1.9 >L. I noticed that...
• capacitance cells, sorry meant to add was Re: Maybe now is the time to fill the tank of your extra car or
  Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
  Fri, 2 Sep 2005 20:41:23 -0400
  ...http://www.google.com/search?q=capacitance+cell+hybrid&sourceid=mozilla-search&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox...
• Re: Alloys on an 83?
  Historical mailing list - tmiller
  Mon, 28 Feb 2005 21:28:41 -0500
  ...and I cannot get the alloy center caps on in front. Tho problem seems to be with the dust caps for the wheel bearings...
• Re: Can't open AFM Cap thanks to DPO
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 1 May 1999 12:54:15 -0400
  ...d At 11:17 5/1/99 -0500, Marshall Ruskin wrote: >I went to open my AFM cap yesterday, and found that the DPO...
• oil for turbo diesel
  Historical mailing list - Sharon Simpson
  Sun, 8 Apr 2001 21:01:40 -0400
  ...Also does anyone have the dipstick and oil filler cap. My dispstick goes in a holde in the middle of the oil filler cap...
• Re: Vanagon Driveability Complaints - VW part number 025 906 302A
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Fri, 2 May 2003 11:32:53 -0400
  ...Is the capacitor working? Who did the test with good result? one fellow (close to my home) solve the problem with the VW harnest...
• Re: Locking Gas Cap
  Historical mailing list - A. Hurley
  Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:25:45 -0400
  ...Andree On Thu, 28 Jun 2007, Janet Sanford wrote: > Are all the gas caps the same and open with any Vanagon key? I left...