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Re: SA mud flaps
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Wed, 3 May 2006 10:14:38 -0700
> > Are the GoWesty (and other American vendors) SA mud flaps the same as > these http://www.southafrica-parts.de/na/? Yep. Basically, any SA...
Fw: 83 heater hoses. VW or FLAPS?
Historical mailing list - jim&kim
Wed, 15 Aug 2001 10:59:30 -0700
...Do these need to be genuine VW > or > > will Flaps hose do? And is the genuine VW a better quality than a FLAPS > hose...
Mod. Fresh air box to recycle cabin air? (did some searching in arch.)
Historical mailing list - neil
Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:37:26 -0800
...Block off fresh air intake, (or make flap to control fresh air intake at ram outside.Difficult I know....), remove fresh air ram flaps...
Re: Stock German Mud Flaps Available Again
Historical mailing list - Mike
Fri, 5 Dec 2008 20:54:29 -0500
...Stock German Mud Flaps Available Again >I get asked about these all the time, so I thought I'd post a note that I...
Re: Oil drain plug and Heli-coil
Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
Wed, 6 Jun 2001 22:53:02 EDT
...d be good for the Honda too so I asked the FLAPS guy for one. He walked down an isle and came back with...
Re: Air intake
Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
Wed, 21 May 2008 19:17:56 -0400
Paper filter from flaps. Unless you're a big fan of more dirt in your engine for like a 1hp gain. Jim Akiba On...
Re: Stock German Mud Flaps Available Again
Historical mailing list
Sun, 7 Dec 2008 12:12:11 EST
...NET writes: > I have had a set of the SA mud flaps on my Westy for about 6 years and I > never really liked...
lithium based wheel bearing grease
Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
Sat, 21 May 2011 15:38:12 -0400
I got some wheel bearing grease at the flaps and it says it's for Japanese and European cars disk brake wheel bearings, etc...
Touch-up paint
Historical mailing list - David-M
Sun, 4 Oct 1998 19:15:55 -0400
Does anyone know if touch-up paint is available from anyone other than VW? I went to a local FLAPS and they had a...
Air Lift suppliers
Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
Sat, 14 Oct 2000 22:14:11 -0500
...Air Lifts" The number is; # 60789, and the manufacturer is Air Lift Company, available ( or ordered from) your local FLAPS. Later, ______________ |[ ] [ ] [ ]\ | | | | ||-(())----(())-| Terry 85 GL
manual thermostat / heaterflap control?
Historical mailing list - aircooledchris
Tue, 16 Nov 2004 07:23:01 -0800
oh yea, id go there. =) anyway I can go out in the AM, manually close the flaps while it warms up, then flip them...
truck mirrors?
Historical mailing list - don spence
Thu, 6 Jan 2005 22:24:00 -0700
...truck mirrors? > > FLAPS ... JC Whitney, and such. You probably wouldn't want to pay a > dealer's price.
Re: Head (gasket) fix
Historical mailing list - Mark Hudgik
Sat, 4 Apr 1998 06:57:45 -0500
Skip the braided cable, check your FLAPS for a black insulated ground cable with a stud terminal on each end. Get one long enough...
Re: Airbrushing small paint flaws on my Vanagon?
Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
Sun, 27 Aug 2000 10:11:09 -0500
...They >> only carry the spray cans. > >Some FLAPS carry touch up paint in tubes (and spray cans) that include a >small brush attached to...
Re: Front heater core
Historical mailing list - Pat Callaghan
Tue, 9 Sep 2003 11:14:40 -0700
...I do have to re-do the job this year as the foam I used for the flaps was to stiff. It will not...
Re: Substitute for air-cooled thermostat
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 22 Feb 2011 02:16:29 -0500
...The servo could be mounted up on the flaps, in the cool part of the engine compartment, with only the thermistor down where it...
Re: VANAGON digest 1403
Historical mailing list - Jack Reed
Tue, 24 Jun 1997 12:08:33 -0600 (MDT)
...The fourth (bottom) lever opens a fresh-air flap > at the bottom of the heater unit. This allows air to travel through a > metal...
Re: alternator / battery light on question
Historical mailing list - David Kao
Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:56:23 -0700
--- On Wed, 10/14/09, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote: > I would never trust a common FLAPS-supplied alternator > myself - though I...
Re: WTB: 110 VAC Electric hookup inlet
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Sat, 11 Dec 2004 07:03:52 EST
...Edward, I have covers for sale see my _VW Vanagon Westfalaia Utility outlet flaps_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/flaps.htm) webpage for details...
Re: Key made for water fill?
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Thu, 25 Aug 2005 12:17:04 -0700
...Water Fill Key Which version are you talking about Robert? The earlier plug-with-a-real-key type or the later plastic flap that...
Somewhat ignorant oil pressure switch question..
Historical mailing list - Tom Rowsell
Thu, 3 Jul 2008 13:30:09 -0300
...busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=360006 Does it only work properly with the corresponding VDO gauge? ie will some other FLAPS gauge work?? Tom
Re: Mud Flaps Group Purchase- UPDATE (sorta)
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Sat, 7 Nov 1998 10:46:16 -0500
> Just Kampers has had some difficulty obtaining these mud > flaps... Their shipment, which was supposed to take a few weeks, > instead took months... > The...
Re: Air leaks in ventilation system
Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
Wed, 22 Feb 1995 08:46:58 -0800 (PST)
...So I stuck a small piece of cardboard between the clip and the actuator body and pushed the actuator back in and the flap...
Re: FLAPS? could be in your experience
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Wed, 16 May 2007 17:29:59 -0700
Aha, Yes, I do have one particular APS that I might be tempted to call my "FLAPS". They are friendly, they do know me...
Re: AFC Measurements
Historical mailing list - Todd Last
Tue, 3 Apr 2001 22:19:17 -0700
...Arm > movement is different than the internal flapper movement? > > Jay
Re: SA Mud flap questions
Historical mailing list
Sat, 12 Oct 2002 21:33:48 EDT
In a message dated 10/12/02 8:29:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time, hahn@SPEAKEASY.ORG writes: > --Having received my SA mud flaps...
heater fix (sort of)
Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
Sun, 31 Mar 96 17:32:54 EST
...The cable that operates the flaps was broken: Under the bus there is a small box that the main heater hose connects to, which...
Re: Spark Plug Wire Recs
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:10:44 -0400
> like an opinion of German wire replacement from list vendors > or FLAPS version. Like to keep all parts OEM, but there have > been advances...
Re: Just Kampers Mud Flaps
Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
Mon, 26 Oct 1998 02:09:03 -0800
...701 075 101 A probably with a raised, black VW-emblem, too, I really can't remember how those EV flaps look like. I...
Re: Vent not blowing air
Historical mailing list - Stones
Fri, 5 Apr 2002 09:04:35 -0500
...Try pulling the vents from the dash and drilling 3 or 4 1/2" holes through the plastic flaps. I believe that it's...
Re: OIL PRESSURE INDICATOR
Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
Mon, 3 Jun 2002 10:41:30 -0700
...This filter does not have the anti-drainback flap, so 35%, or so, of the oil in the filter drains out after I turn...
Front Brake lines - Help! (new calipers)
Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
Sat, 11 Oct 2003 14:36:39 -0500
...Anyhow, does anyone have experience in doing this? What did you do? I went to the FLAPS and I think with a brake line...
Re: What is this part?
Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
Sun, 27 Jan 2013 12:39:08 -0800
...Bearing plate, LH, lower vent flap, 251 259 143 01C Condelli's website. Jim On Jan 27, 2013, at 12:24 PM, Rocket J...
POR-15 Application
Historical mailing list - David Klein
Mon, 3 Jan 2011 18:32:48 -0800
...drill holes then POR-15 then install mud flaps? Thanks, David
Re: Vanagan Runs Too Cold
Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
Sat, 6 Jan 1996 09:08:46 CST6CDT
...Thermostats have gotten to be particular beasts and i've hard bad luck with FLAPS ones. Seems they only work on a 350 Chev...
Re: FLAPS
Historical mailing list
Thu, 2 Nov 1995 02:36:45 -0500
there is a store in town here called CRAP - Cut Rate Auto Parts, and I see cars with bumper stickers that say, " powered by...
Re: Non OEM VW Exhaust
Historical mailing list - Dean Paul Karpowicz
Fri, 20 Jan 1995 13:55:58 -0600 (CST)
...Lifetime warranty, also slightly smaller than stock, slightly louder than stock, under $100 from my FLAPS. Dean
dielectric grease
Historical mailing list
Fri, 3 Nov 1995 07:00:56 -0600
I've seen it at FLAPS (cool,huh),not Trak or Giant auto, but a REAL domestic auto parts store. It is used on...
Re: German license plates
Historical mailing list
Sat, 15 Feb 1997 01:02:21 -0500 (EST)
Quite a few FLAPS offer these plates. I got one from National Auto awhile back for my '66 Bug 'vert. It was a legit...
Battery
Historical mailing list - Steve Sullivan
Mon, 21 Feb 2000 12:59:15 -0800
...Will anything work from FLAPS? Any suggestions for a super heavy duty battery (my van doesn't have an auxiliary battery) that people have...
Re: flaps?
Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
Sun, 29 Oct 2000 14:03:35 -0500
F.riendly L.ocal A.uto P.arts S.tore...often a good resource if you cultivate it as such. -- Stephen Steele '91 Caravelle...
Re: mud flaps
Historical mailing list - Loretta Abbott-Kennon
Tue, 12 Feb 2002 02:09:28 EST
I got some nice ones from busdepot for 99.00 haven't installed them yet but they are well made and have a VW...
Re: Acronyms
Historical mailing list - John Brush
Tue, 28 May 2002 16:51:48 -0400
...I find this one wears very poorly -- some <snipped> >VOM - volt-ohm-milliameter, usually these days a DVM David, You left out FLAPS, the...
Re: SA heavy duty mud flaps on ebay
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Wed, 13 Jul 2005 11:34:14 -0400
Why's that, Roger? You planning to mount 'em in front of the wheels? ;) Mike Roger Sisler wrote: > Nice, but the air drag will...
Re: anybody used these Mud Flaps
Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
Wed, 12 Sep 2007 21:28:33 -0400
Almost seems like the enterprising type could make some. How complicated could it be, if you could get a piece of flexible black plastic...
Re: Coolant leak - it was bound to happen
Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
Fri, 31 Jul 2015 14:38:13 -0300
...seems Frank is out of stock (and on vacation), so I may need to bring it in through the FLAPS. On 31-Jul-2015...
Re: cooling system modification, OK?
Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
Sun, 29 Oct 2000 08:44:19 -0800
...that the way to go is the couplings sold at FLAPS specifically for cooling systems... though the look the same apparently they are not...
Re: First Timer - Dash Removal, heater R&R
Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
Sun, 8 Nov 2020 08:23:56 -0500
...To seal the flaps go to the hardware store and get foam with sticky backing. Get a thin wide foam for the flaps and...
Re: OEM mudflap question
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Wed, 27 Jul 2016 05:49:52 -0400
...There is a pin coming out of the flap at the top along the body. = > There is a whole in the body of the...
Re: heater cover plate removal?
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:05:42 -0700
...I'm still a bit puzzled as to why the flap-flipping axle is not restrained from sliding back and forth (right to left...
Re: '89 Westy - Canadian?
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Mon, 2 Mar 1998 14:19:16 -0800
...Canadian models have > the electrical flap a foot or two beneath the water flaps. > >> At 03:45 PM 3/2/98 EST, JordanVw wrote...
Re: Heater box foam material?
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Wed, 1 Dec 2010 12:25:15 -0800
...At 01:32 PM 12/1/2010, Alistair Bell wrote: > with the low forces applied to close the various flaps. Open cell > foam was...
Re: CV Joint Removal (OK, we go back to the topic)
Historical mailing list
Thu, 11 Aug 94 13:08:18 PDT
...I remember my FLAPS told me the joint was the same one for Mercedes. I looked at its box and yes it was made...
Re: vacuum lines
Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
Thu, 28 Jun 2001 12:53:07 -0700
I took a chunk of vaccum line down to my FLAPS (napa) and just purchased 5' of the closest sized vacuum line they had...
Re: anyone mounted a door pocket on their pass door?? BTDT's?
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Wed, 16 Jan 2002 10:22:27 -0600
...These are surplus items from an electronics wholesaler with Velcro flaps. They will hold about 20 Audio Tapes or a big bunch of maps...
1987 Syncro-replace fuel lines
Historical mailing list - Raymond Paquette
Sun, 19 Nov 2006 19:29:46 -0800
...My FLAPS says that you can't replace the lines, but instead have to buy new injectors. I don't really want to buy...
85 Westy Aux Air Regulator
Historical mailing list
Wed, 13 Nov 1996 09:24:14 PST
Anybody had any luck getting an aux air regulator for 1.9l, all of the FLAPS tell me this is a dealer only item...
Need city water inlet for Westy
Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
Tue, 13 Mar 2001 19:34:22 EST
The cover flap on my city water inlet is broken and missing. Does anyone have a good used one they could sell me? Thanks...
Re: WBX Front Heater Core Mystery Sheet Metal
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 7 May 2014 18:44:26 -0400
...Someone suggested the plate is for backpressure to keep the ram air flaps closed sufficiently for defrost when driving at speed. I tested it...
Re: Diesel injection pump leaking
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:33:03 -0500
...Jim On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 6:11 PM, ralph meyermann <ralphmeyermann@gmail.com>wrote: > At this napa flaps let me use the...