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• Re: interior smells like exhaust...
  Historical mailing list - Bill Monk
  Fri, 20 Sep 2002 22:16:38 -0400
  ...Could be one of the control boxes or one of the tubes from the control box to the heater tube. Get under the bus...
• Re: Alternate water level sensors?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Tue, 27 Jan 2004 11:15:37 -0800
  Jeff, you can make a homemade capacitive water level indicator by connecting a vertical plastic tube from top of tank to bottom of tank...
• Re: Changing the engine oil
  Historical mailing list - William Ward
  Sun, 10 May 1998 17:15:31 -0500
  ...insert your 5 Mark piece and insert a tube from the machine into your dipstick tube to suction our the oil. They were discontinued...
• Re: push rod tubes dilemma
  Historical mailing list - Mike Bucchino Sr
  Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:48:12 -0400
  ...Clever folks those German engineers! > > Stuart > > -----Original Message----- > > The tubes shown are for a 1200 to 1600cc upright engine! > > > Howard
• '85 Westy AC question - gray wire with red end
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 7 Jun 2011 13:42:31 -0700
  ...Is this the capillary tube mentioned in Bentley? I see there'e a hole in the cabinet that is supposedly for the capillary tube...
• Click on this link for pic- power steering belt wear on your oil filler tube!!
  Historical mailing list - Peter
  Sun, 31 Oct 1999 15:19:29 -0700
  Fellow Syncronauts! Have you had power steering belt wear on your oil filler tube?? Please click on this link (or paste into your browser...
• Re: Syncro: What is the oil breather heater for?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Thu, 11 May 2000 08:30:44 -0400
  ...When the brown oil water mix in the tube froze the crank case pressure blew ALL the oil out the dip stick tube and...
• Re: For the Vanagon Newbies - Oil Filler Neck Secret
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:43:06 -0500
  "John Rodgers" <inua@CHARTER.NET> said: > The secret - the oil filler neck has an extension telescoped down inside > the filler tube. Just grasp the...
• Re: 84 head job update and questions
  Historical mailing list - Tony Thompson
  Fri, 31 May 2002 19:51:13 -0400
  ...Get a piece of aluminum tube that has an ID large enough to allow the wrist pin to fit inside and an OD small...
• Fridge Tune-up.
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Mon, 26 Jun 1995 11:09:05 CST6CDT
  ...first off, the drain tube was completely blocked with cement like crud. that tube with the threaded plug in the front of your fridge...
• Re: 2.1 L push rods
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Sat, 7 Feb 2015 16:42:07 -0500
  ...Jason On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 3:23 PM, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote: > Finally got around to fixing my pushrod tube...
• Re: Puzzling water drip
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:46:54 -0800
  ...Guess what I just did? It does appear you can get an extra half-gallon or so above the fill tube level, so sealing...
• Re: stuck acc cable
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Tue, 5 Dec 2006 12:23:32 -0500
  ...In replacing the >>cable >>is the tube also replaced? can I remove the cable and flush the tube with >>compressed air or something? I...
• Re: here's a trick you seldom get to use ......bleeding clutch slave
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Wed, 8 Jul 2009 23:56:57 -0400
  ...the 'check valve' is the ole 'clear tube stuck into a jar of brake fluid/. You use a clear tube so you can see...
• Re: interior panels
  Historical mailing list - Jim Davis
  Thu, 30 Oct 1997 09:38:28 -0500
  ...My tube is torn also and I've just left it that way so far. Good luck, Jim Davis
• please help - bumper bolt
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 3 Oct 2018 10:46:17 -0700
  hi all, does anyone has this steel tube style bumper? if you do could you please tell me what size of the bolts? the...
• Need cap for fresh water tank and fridge drain tube
  Historical mailing list - caverat
  Wed, 22 Oct 2003 20:43:10 -0400
  ...I am also looking for a replacement for the metal drain cap for my fridge drain tube. If you know of a suitable replacement...
• Re: fuel line kits -NAPA is junk
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Tue, 16 Nov 2004 12:38:05 -0700
  ...i put some NAPA fuel line from the fuel pump to intake > tube in my dad's chevy caprice, and 6 months later it...
• Re: oil filler tube
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Wed, 6 Apr 2005 18:39:28 -0600
  On 4/6/05 18:26, "jake beaulieu" <jbeaulie@ND.EDU> wrote: > Hey, > > Anyone out there have a good oil filler tube for an...
• Re: New Gas Tank Install on '85
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Tue, 2 Sep 2008 15:19:08 +0000
  ...I guess without the gas heater, the cross over tube can be put in place BEFORE reinstalling the tank? With the gas heater, the...
• Re: Metal inserts slide out? Easy fix.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 2 Mar 2011 19:47:40 -0500
  ...However we're starting from Go Westy's observation of stress cracking in the plastic tubes, so I think the comparison is not entirely...
• Power steering pump-is it possible to run in reverse?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Mon, 1 Feb 1999 15:27:37 -0500
  ...No room for the PS pump belt to clear the oil fill tube. I want to keep the tube intact, and I thought I...
• oil filler tube
  Historical mailing list - Todd Kaderabek
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 14:53:05 -0500
  ...oil filler tube Todd and the list, What part of the oil filler tube went? Is it common for this part to break and...
• Re: Chunka Bologna
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 15 Mar 2006 11:07:37 -0800
  ...Is there and O-ring or something that goes between the dipstick tube anf the hole? Robert 1982 Westfalia Seattle --- Jeffrey Earl <jefferrata@YAHOO...
• Re: Coolant Hoses (was Coolant - What color?)
  Historical mailing list - SyncroHead
  Tue, 9 Dec 1997 02:38:48 EST
  ...Used a 80400 that cost $5.93 025-121-058-D $15.60 Oil cooler tube to tube leading to thermostat housing. No replacement...
• Cooling hoses: generic
  Historical mailing list - Judith Barr/Leo Girard
  Tue, 20 Apr 1999 00:58:37 -0400
  ...Used a 80400 that cost $5.93 025-121-058-D $15.60 Oil cooler tube to tube leading to thermostat housing. No replacement...
• Re: Portable Air Conditioner aka hybrid electric vehicle continued
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 1 Jul 2005 12:06:45 -0400
  The better units use 2 tubes or a coaxial tube so outside air is used to cool the condenser and then that heated air...
• Re: stuck acc cable
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 4 Dec 2006 23:27:07 -0500
  ...In replacing the cable is the tube also replaced? can I remove the cable and flush the tube with compressed air or something? I...
• Re: Oil theory, Caravelle Bus 1982 2.0 engine
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 24 May 2004 09:16:56 -0500
  If you have crank case pressure or overfill the oil pan it's likely that the plastic oil fill tube is leaking where it...
• Re: 85 Man Tran Fluid
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 8 Jan 2003 20:06:22 -0800
  ...Just grab the lip on the end of the fill tube and pull. It'll pull out. I hope. Mike On 1/8/03...
• Re: converting an 83.5 to power steering ?
  Historical mailing list - Leon
  Tue, 22 Mar 2005 12:49:49 -0800
  ...lines don't block area where fuel fill tube goes in, replace crossover tube, all fuel tank grommets and large one for fill tube...
• Re: Oil dipstick pushed out of the tube
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 3 Oct 2008 12:58:44 -0700
  ...Oil dipstick pushed out of the tube > Allan, > > Anything is possible. One end of that tube is plugged into a mysterious > electrical device about...
• Re: collapsable push rod tube source?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Tue, 1 Jun 2004 18:15:27 -0700
  ...However, as far as the pushrod tubes go, no leaks so far. -- Craig On Mon, 31 May 2004 18:03:48 -0700, Scott W...
• Re: Collapsable Pushrod Tubes?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 21 Oct 2015 18:19:52 -0700
  I am scared Jeff... thanks :-)
• Coolant hoses for 87 Syncro
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 28 Oct 1996 20:58:35 -0500
  ...Used a 80400 that cost $5.93 025-121-058-D $15.60 Oil cooler tube to tube leading to thermostat housing. No replacement...
• Re: Problem with push rod tube seals?
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Wed, 22 Jun 2016 21:00:17 +0200
  ...But I also pull on the ends of those tubes before I install. And clean everything with Acetone. Right Stuff is what I use...
• Re: Refrigerator lighting
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 1 Sep 2011 22:01:21 -0700
  And to reiterate, buried in one of my all too lengthy replies, was a comment I made about the metal tube that resides in...
• Re: Swap Dometic 182A Thermost to 182B?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:48:18 -0700
  ...It works, but thermostat > "scratchy" and tube from thermostat to interior on 182B corroded at > bend behind thermostat. Tube might last, but hope to...
• RE: engine tins
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Wed, 26 Jul 1995 11:45:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Lots of pushrod-tube oil leaks, come fom rocks etc. bouncing off your pushrod tubes. -Steve Maher smaher@gi.com '71 VW Transporter w...
• Re: toothpaste
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:44:58 -0700
  ...or a brass tube (diameter of hole), with little shallow slots cut on one end with thin bladed saw. Chuck it up on the...
• Re: Propex install near water tank
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:55:21 -0400
  ...I don't think that it senses that as I had the exhaust tube going out the side of the van and the intake...
• Re: Fuel tank cleaning.
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:15:33 -0800
  ...I >>did later take the plate off to inspect the tubes, just tubes. A >>photo would be great! >> >>................
• Flushing coolant
  Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
  Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:07:28 -0400
  ...Anyone have a good photo? I also tried to get the tin off around the pushrod tubes but the bolts seem to be rusted...
• What is this?/Fuel leak
  Historical mailing list - Douglas Demarest
  Sun, 16 Apr 2000 13:19:52 EDT
  ...After filling up yesterday, fuel was leaking out of the two tubes that lead down and right from this tank. Specifically, the leak came...
• Re: Does a FORD F150 F250 F350 BRONCO SMITTYBILT fit a front of a a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:10:37 -0700
  On 7/16/07, TC <trclark@shaw.ca> wrote: > > I have seen post in that past that a older style full size > SMITTYBILT tube...
• Re: Minor fridge mods addendum
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 21 Jun 2017 12:20:06 -0700
  ...Also, there should be a narrow ~ 2" long white bit that holds the flexible silver looking tube into place (against it really) on the...
• Re: Puzzling water drip
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:31:43 -0400
  ...There is no screen in the filler tube. Maybe some previous owner already broke it out? Still takes a l.o.o.o.n...
• Re: spring type tube benders
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Sat, 15 Jan 2005 11:35:44 -0700
  ...spring type tube benders > I found I was more accurately able to anticipate what the final shape > would be with the other kind, the...
• Re: What the heck is this?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sun, 10 Jul 2011 18:34:37 -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: Weeping auto tranny
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Wed, 27 Sep 2006 16:54:42 -0700
  ...The fill tube is easy to keep sealed. Tighten it up. It is an aluminum compression fitting on the steel tube, with a steel...
• Re: Skylight Lift Mechanism
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Thu, 25 Apr 2002 22:34:59 -0500
  ...I drilled out the old wheel set-up, from the arms, and simply attatched the nylon tube to the arms--- The tube portion rides...
• Re: Your thougs on 3" LED lamps at the ends of my van-cafe tube bumpers. The birth of Gronski Lights
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:18:49 -0400
  ...I > thought about all kinds of lights and mounting options when it occurred to > me that the ends of my van-cafe tube bumpers...
• Re: More leaks
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 12 Jan 2016 18:24:02 -0800
  ...Now I know why is was just hanging there on the plastic tube. I'm reluctant to drill into the tube since that creates...
• Overheating
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Fri, 22 Jul 2005 12:05:45 -0400
  ...Measure the temperature of the large metal coolant feed tube that goes into the water pump, then measure the temp of the flexible tube...
• Re: Cold Air Intake
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 30 Mar 2015 12:51:02 -0500
  I had replaced this tube on my 1991 Volkswagen Vanagon GL Campmobile with 2.1 L engine with a piece of aluminum dryer duct...
• Pushrod tube help and healing
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Tue, 31 May 2005 13:36:15 -0500
  I just wanted to thank Terry K for the help with the Spring Loaded Push Rod Tubes. He was able send me 4 and...
• Re: Push covers/enging tins
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:41:50 -0400
  ...I'm amazed you've never heard of VW push rod tubes. That's extremely common terminology. Google it if you want. I've...
• Re: push rod tubes dilemma
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:45:20 -0700
  ...Clever folks those German engineers! > > Stuart > > -----Original Message----- > > The tubes shown are for a 1200 to 1600cc upright engine! > > > Howard >
• Re: On the subject of Heat
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 17 Nov 1995 11:59:12 -0800 (PST)
  ...1972 Pop-Top, I > managed to break off the entire tube (the tube that runs from the junction of > the heat exchangers and the...
• Name that Vanagon Part......
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Mon, 18 Mar 2002 00:47:55 +0100
  ...Between the light fixture area, and the silver antenna tube... Green, ceramic-like, tube-like thing.... Shown in the photo below. http://www.fishforms...