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• weird smog rule
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 14 Nov 2002 08:00:26 -0800
  ...However, I have seen cars with dirty rags for gas caps turned away. BenT __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host...
• Re: Honing and cylinder painting
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 8 Mar 2011 15:19:27 -0600
  Hah! And I thought it had to do with those rubber caps that go on Similac bottles - or possibly those whirley things Cassandra Peterson...
• Alloys for sale
  Historical mailing list - Sorin Bejenaru
  Mon, 10 Nov 1997 12:28:45 -0500
  ...The set also includes the special lug nuts and bolts necessary to install them and the small hub caps. The price is $500 and...
• Re: lug nuts and mystery clip
  Historical mailing list - marcus
  Wed, 22 Jul 1998 17:33:06 -0700
  ...Western Auto.Or you can use what you got with 3ft 2" pipe.The U shape dingie is for your orginal hub caps. Marcus
• hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Kathy Jacobs
  Fri, 4 Feb 2000 04:42:22 PST
  ...Very nice caps and look like you have some expensive rims from a distance. Kathy Jacobs President,South Eastern VolksWagen Club Atlanta,Valdosta,Jacksonville...
• Stalling at Idle
  Historical mailing list - Forhan, Thomas
  Thu, 25 Jul 2002 09:52:05 -0400
  I was going to do a tuneup- (plugs, caps and rotor, ig wires, 02 sensor) this weekend anyway before our August trip, but now...
• Re: blatant plea for sympathy (LVC!) hair attack
  Historical mailing list - Tom Salicos
  Mon, 15 Jan 2007 09:14:31 -0800
  ...journey into being folicaly challenged. >> >> Given all this talk about hair loss, don't you agree that baseball caps are *WAY* under-priced? TS
• Re: Calif 2008 emissions fuel tank pressure testing?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Kurpius
  Tue, 4 Mar 2008 10:34:02 -0800
  ...They're testing the gas caps and the evap system. > > There's some light reading available here: > > http://www.smogcheck.ca.gov/stdhome.asp...
• Why Must I Use a Bar Type Torque Wrench On Cylinder Head
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:23:54 -0800
  ...I noticed that I slightly overfilled one of these caps and it was a bit of a sticky wicket to tighen to torque specification...
• Re: Bumper end cap how to?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 5 Jan 2016 00:15:03 +0000
  ...anyone have a handy how to for the front bumper end caps? I can't seem > to figure out how to get to the...
• Bumper source?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Thu, 30 Apr 1998 20:06:45 -0700
  ...know of a good source to find the center and end caps for the bumper? Or will scouring the junkyards be my best bet...
• Alloy Rims For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Ken Herman
  Sun, 23 May 1999 11:50:28 EDT
  ...I am using my old lug nuts and center caps, so they will not be included. I am asking $600.00 for all (plus...
• Air Meter Capacitor sawp??? Need info....
  Historical mailing list - Mike Ray
  Mon, 1 Nov 1999 15:51:51 -0500
  ...I remember about a year ago there was talk of adding/changing caps to the air meter assy. on the 1.9/2.1...
• Re: gas Cap Key
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 13 Nov 2002 09:26:42 -0500
  ...opener blade works just fine That makes everyone's locking gas caps pretty useless, then, I'd guess. ;) Ah well. Around here I can...
• water inlet for westy
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 16:44:53 -0500
  ...I do have, though, the replacement locking water caps if you need that, too. In addition, we can make the keys for your locking...
• Re: locking gas cap
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:28:00 -0400
  ...I don't stock > caps, and generally refer questions to our list suppliers on that item. > Here's what I have found. The Syncro...
• Re: locking gas cap
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sun, 14 Jul 2019 15:27:21 -0700
  ...Syncro fuel caps which are currently available. There are other generic alternatives but these are the closest to originals. These both accept a shorter...
• Re: Bus Shopping
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Mon, 8 Jun 1998 12:15:31 -0400
  ...No hub caps. Rear bumper dented. Missing both front bumper > end caps. Corner dings on almost all 4 corners. 2 locations of seam rust...
• Re: Stripping '87 Westy to paint
  Historical mailing list - William Monk
  Mon, 16 Jun 2014 13:37:04 -0400
  ...The stuff that runs along the rain gutter front to rear can be purchased from the vendors and the little caps for the ends...
• Re: Under-Sink Battery Installation
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Tue, 9 Aug 2011 10:11:54 -0700
  ...from the battery? The SRM-29 doesn't have any filler caps or a drain nipple, so I'm not sure what the risk...
• FS: Rear chrome bumper and Jumpseat
  Historical mailing list - Cory Zumbrennen
  Tue, 9 Jun 1998 14:05:06 EDT
  ...End caps not included ($9.95 @ Bus Depot). $65 + shipping. I also have 1 rear facing jumpseat, everything you need is included. Silver/grey...
• Re: Electric window problem!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 22 Oct 2016 08:50:53 -0500
  ...There is a plastic capstan at each end end of that vertical bar that guides the cable. The rivet that holds the bottom capstan...
• Re: High beam dash bulb
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 28 Apr 2015 14:33:35 -0400
  ...But I suspect that if you pull the lamp you''ll find the capsule plated over with a fine mirror coating of tungsten from...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome Fix: 10 Volt Capacitor OK?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 12 Jun 2012 08:24:30 -0700
  On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 5:52 PM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > > FWIW to others, soldering two 10uf caps in parallel...
• Re: VW radiator caps
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Thu, 9 Jan 1997 12:32:50 -0500 (EST)
  On Thu, 9 Jan 1997, Rocko Flamefart wrote: > THHBBPT! ACK! (snip) > i've had a bad cap on both my '85 and the '87...
• Locking Gascaps
  Historical mailing list - Jon B. Kanas
  Fri, 28 Apr 2000 08:43:43 -0600
  ...Any recommendations for preventing the lock from freezing? Are there, to the best knowledge of the list, gas caps available for the Syncro which...
• Re: Hose on Fuel Injectors - replaceable?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 10 Oct 2004 02:46:14 EDT
  ...out and shut the motor off immediatley..now i make sure the end caps are always painted..so they dont start to rust.. chris
• Re: Those brown caps that go over the screw heads in the westy
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 26 Oct 2005 09:18:01 -0700
  The Lowes store near me has them in the array of bins that holds misc. fittings, etc. In this case they wee there before...
• Re: WTB Alloy Center Caps;
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 5 Dec 2008 23:08:39 -0500
  > Both Busdepot & Van Cafe sell em. $14-16 each IIRC. Volkswagen has just obsoleted them and we sold out of the last we had...
• Re: Clunking sound
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Mon, 24 Dec 2007 07:20:34 -0800
  ...After much looking it turned out to be the stock plastic "wire wheel" hub caps on the bus.? They've been slightly cracked and...
• 81 Vanagon Ventilation Problem
  Historical mailing list - Lon Herman
  Wed, 13 Jun 2001 16:38:15 -0400
  ...Like the foot vents, it appears via bently that the "flapper" rotates on a rod thru the "capsule" that encloses the fan, etc. The...
• Re: HELP! Need a gas cap.
  Historical mailing list - l p
  Wed, 7 Mar 2001 08:47:18 -0800
  The nice people at Bowwow dug thru their after market oil caps & found one that fit for only a couple bux... not the prettiest...
• Van magic, and keep anything that shows up in your van
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 7 Aug 2015 23:16:03 -0400
  ...he explained that for my metal old style bus hub caps I should use a puller so I didn’t damage the paint on...
• Arm rest hinge plug model
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 16 Feb 2020 18:37:51 -0800
  ...shufti.blog/2020/02/15/vanagon-quick-fix-arm-rest-bolt-caps/ The embarrassing thing is... I thought I had made them one afternoon...
• Re: Buzzing luggage rack on westy need advice
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Thyer
  Sat, 6 Feb 2010 12:12:04 -0800
  ...End caps on round bars make the difference there. -- Matt Thyer ---------------------------------------- > Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 12:02:04 -0800 > From: vanagon@ASTOUND.NET...
• Re: Tailgators
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 19 Oct 1995 17:51:03 -0300
  >My own thots run more along the lines of these paint guns, the things that >shoot capsule of paint. Getting Grendel home without a...
• Re: VANAGON PARTS
  Historical mailing list - Joachim Beek
  Wed, 17 Oct 2001 07:32:43 -0500
  Do you have a "Caps Lock Off" key? ;-) At 08:59 10/16/2001 -0700, Jason Parker with Campbell/Nelson Auto wrote: >ANYONE THAT...
• FREE: Plastic Westy Pop-top Interior Bolt Caps
  Historical mailing list - J. Harvey
  Mon, 26 Aug 2002 10:10:50 -0700
  I can't quite figure out what to call these things. They came off the pop-top latch bolts and the rear bolts holding...
• Re: Stalling at Idle
  Historical mailing list - Greg Pratt
  Fri, 26 Jul 2002 03:07:36 EDT
  ...Stalling at Idle I was going to do a tuneup- (plugs, caps and rotor, ig wires, 02 sensor) this weekend anyway before our August...
• fresh water cap
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Mon, 1 Mar 2004 06:08:08 -0600
  ...Mine's broken and camping season is just around the corner. = Thanks.>> I'm also in need of one of those caps. I found...
• Westy Parts
  Historical mailing list - Katy
  Wed, 11 May 2005 09:57:55 -0500
  ...bumper that was totally refurbished and is like new (no end caps) If anyone is interested please contact me at: katy@thelegacyfarm.com Thanks...
• Re: Carbon Fiber vanagon bumpers!!! yeah!! lets do it!Re: Fiberglass bumper repair
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 26 Dec 2005 15:08:45 -0800
  ...I guess maybe the wiper arm nut caps too? Not much else left after that. I wonder how much a carbon fiber westy top...
• Re: Alloy wheel caps and a ?
  Historical mailing list - Matt Drew
  Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:35:26 -0800
  I bought a couple from Van Cafe: http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_701_610/center_cap_for_alloy_wheels.html On...
• Re: Rear Bumpers
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 27 Apr 1999 20:52:53 -0400
  ...Keep 8-10 on hand. > > Attach your bumper end caps (average life - 5 years) with carriage bolts > instead of using the clips. They tend...
• AR95T Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 19 May 2020 20:40:29 +0000
  ...The 2WD front bearing caps fit inside the cover. From experience they work with the brake kits out there. Let me know if interested...
• odometer & hub cap enquiry
  Historical mailing list - Roy Jared Michael
  Mon, 10 Jul 1995 22:20:26 -0600 (MDT)
  ...Also I would like to get a set of the silver caps that are on the older vans, now will these fit on my...
• Re: 91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Thu, 9 Oct 1997 22:40:52 -0700
  ...beetles >> to the Vanagons!!!! >> watch out for those flourescent pink distributor caps!!!! ;<) >> >How 'bout neon lights glowing under the car & as a license plate...
• Re: Couple of more "Westy" questions
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 28 Oct 2002 18:49:22 -0800
  ...It's held on by a couple three screws under plastic caps on the front. (IIRC. It was a few months ago when I...
• Re: What's the trick to tightening the armrests?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 5 Mar 2011 00:01:47 -0800
  ...According to the Bently > shop manual there are caps on the sides of the armrests that pop off for > access to the mechanism. > There...
• Re: Coolant cap
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Fri, 6 Nov 2015 13:47:14 +0000
  ...After many experiences with bad caps, including new ones, I continue to look for a solution. I hope to retain a tank that is...
• Re: Alloy Wheels - again!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 13 Mar 1997 23:42:38 -0500 (EST)
  ...I sold a complete set including center caps and lug bolts and studs for 450 (was asking 5, but came down)... also, why don...
• FS; Set of four SA Sunburst with Agilis 51 fitted, balanced...
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
  Tue, 6 Nov 2001 20:04:10 -0800
  Hi all, I have a set of four South African Sunburst mags with center caps, like new, fitted, balanced with the legendary Michelin Agilis...
• SA Alloys for Trade?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher T. Berchin
  Thu, 15 Nov 2001 17:24:38 -0500
  ...I have a set of extremely nice SA Rhein wheels (15x6.5, ET30) with brand new center caps (still in bags). They are take...
• Re: Vent not blowing air
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 5 Apr 2002 01:09:06 -0600
  ...My van doesn't have hub caps or wheel covers. obviously, you're stuck in Reverse!!! try the same thing in a forward gear...
• Re: Need a hubcap, what's the going price?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 16 Nov 2004 13:21:31 -0700
  ...How much > would I pay for a replacement, say, at a wrecking yard? This is an '83 with > plain dish caps. > > -- Gnarlie > > The hubcap...
• Re: Water tank cap
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Mon, 5 Sep 2005 09:47:30 -0800
  ...Check with the The Bus Depot, there were two different size caps used and 1987 was the year that they changed. Mark in AK...
• Type II model sighting
  Historical mailing list
  13 Jul 95 08:49:30 EDT
  ...It's two tone, white-over-red, with white wipers, chrome outside rear-view mirrors, bumpers, door handles, and hub caps (w/ the VW...
• Re: True Canadian Winter Bus Campout
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 4 Jan 2005 23:10:04 -0800
  ...a >> cylindrical stocking cap of double-thickness wool or synthetic yarn, >> worn in >> winter - in the Navy we called them watch caps... >> >> Don in...
• Re: coolant overflow fears and thoughts
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:51:47 -0700
  ...Yes, pressure caps are cheap, but the rest of your cooling system + radiators, etc are not. I think a cap tester is a good...
• Re: WTB: rear washer bottle tank cap
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Tue, 30 Jun 2015 09:48:53 -0400
  ...Hello List, > > Checking here first, Does anyone have one of this caps for the rear washer > bottle for sale? > > Before you tell me to...