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• fuel tank capacity?
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Fri, 7 Mar 2008 14:18:54 -0500
  Anyone know the total fuel tank capacity for a '91 GL? Also, what is the "reserve" amount? I don't have an owner's...
• Re: blatant plea for sympathy (LVC!) hair attack
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:03:14 -0600
  Never heard this, but I have heard that Vanagon drivers have their head some place where you can't wear a cap, so what...
• Re: Time Delay LED Lighting Circuit
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 6 Aug 2017 22:11:35 -0400
  It's the combination of the cap size and R2 size. Increasing R2 value at some point will run into the cap's internal...
• 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: Cap for exhaust hole
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:49:45 -0400
  ...Cap for exhaust hole My exhaust is currently missing the capnut that plugs the bypass hole in the exhaust. Is this something I can...
• FS: '87 bumpers, hub caps
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Sullivan
  Tue, 5 Jan 1999 12:43:58 -0800
  ...2 Front Chrome Bumpers - straight and clean overall w/ a little rust and small dents, no rubber or end caps. $35 each. 1 Rear...
• Locking Gascaps
  Historical mailing list - Jon B. Kanas
  Fri, 28 Apr 2000 08:43:43 -0600
  ...In the winter, after driving during wet, freezing weather, my gas cap lock is frequently frozen. The cover over the lock is intact and...
• Pop-Top Adjustment?
  Historical mailing list - W. Silva
  Mon, 3 Apr 2000 14:04:41 -0400
  ...Would really appreciate instructions from anyone who has done this successfully John & Wendy Cape Cod, MA '85 Westfalia "S-Cape" '98 Passat "The Do...
• Re: My 2nd & 3rd "Westy" question...
  Historical mailing list - westydriver
  Wed, 11 Sep 2002 21:40:36 -0600
  ...the cap on the 82 westy is vented. to get to that cap you have to open the cabinet and remove the metal "floor...
• RoadHaus - Tricks to keep alloy caps on
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Wed, 15 Oct 2003 17:53:25 -0700
  Volks, Lost a center cap off one of my Carat 2 alloys. Checked the remaining ones and noticed they are all loose. Guess after...
• Re: Drain Caps and such
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 24 Apr 2001 15:55:32 -0400
  ...Wasserstein wrote: >I once again need the lists help, I am in need of the drain plugs/caps for a >1982 Diesel Westy. There...
• Re: Electrical discharging a capacitor
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 2 Jul 2005 08:35:50 -0400
  At a computer repair place I once worked the Mac guys had a tool to discharge the cap for the CRT in the iMacs...
• Re: Cooling System Pressure Testing - make your own tool CHEAP!
  Historical mailing list - amy monk
  Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:13:01 -0700
  Along these same lines of making your own tools...A garden sprayer and an old brake fluid cap makes a great pressure bleeder. I...
• Re: CANCEL THAT: WAS Testing fuel delivery results, one oddity, now NO oddity
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 19 Aug 2012 14:43:59 -0700
  ...The very first 83.5 waterboxers used the diesel tank and diesel cap and that material in the manual may have been carried forward...
• Re: 82 diesel expansion tank cap
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:39:53 -0500
  ...The refill system is not working to keep the coolant tank full, and it was doing so before my old cap went bad. Jim...
• more on gas cap keys
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Mon, 8 May 2000 18:40:28 -0500
  I have checked at the last 3 VW shows I attended, and it does appear that in '86 VW changed the gas cap to...
• Re: Water tank cap
  Historical mailing list - Al Brase
  Tue, 6 Sep 2005 13:04:13 -0400
  ...I figure, pay $12 for a $5 cap and be done with it! I guess not! The VW parts guy couldn't find it...
• Re: San Diego area: pressure tank or cap test adapters?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 8 Sep 2012 20:00:05 -0400
  You should always save those old coolant pressure caps. An old cap which lets air go thru the nipple both ways easily is the...
• Re: Clock won't work ...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 15 Dec 2016 05:34:49 -0500
  It's the analog clocks that usually fail by the two large capacitors. There's no typical failure mode for the digital ones other...
• Re: Need some hub caps
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Wed, 17 Nov 1999 00:24:32 -0500
  If by "stock" you mean the "moon" caps that are normally seen on Bugs these are still being made. The quality of the new...
• Re: Spark plugs caps
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Thu, 10 Jun 2021 09:25:04 -0700
  ...I looked at my son's 1989 GL > the spark plugs caps don't have the rubber ring. On both vans the spark > plugs...
• Re: fuel overflow
  Historical mailing list - Leavitt
  Sat, 22 Mar 1997 23:31:56 -0500
  ...I have recently replaced my lost '81 Westy gas cap with one from an '84. (I thought that it looked nicer, and you can...
• Carrier Bar
  Historical mailing list - David Boan
  Wed, 19 Aug 2020 11:45:47 +0000
  ...I tried pulling out the end caps, but they are corroded into place. Before I apply more force I thought I would ask this...
• Re: Kitchen electric
  Historical mailing list - Trevor Reid
  Tue, 20 Dec 2011 07:55:21 -0800
  ...Do not use a garden hose cap, because the cap threads >>> are SAE and will ruin the fresh water drain pipe! Use the right...
• Re: Non-locking gas cap
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
  Wed, 23 Feb 2011 17:29:14 -0500
  ...If I leave the ignition keys in the cap I have a real hard time > forgetting the cap. > > Karl Wolz
• Re: How hot is HOT?
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Wed, 5 Aug 1998 07:59:57 -0400
  > If You have air in the expansion tank, the tank cap doesn't work. > If the water volume extends, the air on the top...
• Re: Dramatically Improving AC capacity
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 11 Nov 2001 08:09:18 -0600
  ...increasing the capacity of the existing system; a: Tinted windows b: Change the pulley ratio and spin the compressor faster c: Install a clear...
• PopTop Leg Rubber Cap
  Historical mailing list - Brent Weide
  Mon, 14 May 2018 12:11:02 -0700
  ...In its pristine state, those legs had a rubber cap over them, keeping the leg from rattling. Are you aware of a replacement solution...
• Re: My Coolant Runneth Over
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Wed, 26 Jan 2000 08:25:51 -0700
  ...If that's the case, a new pressure cap should solve the problem. I'm on my third. The pressure cap is the cap...
• Need Carat Bumper
  Historical mailing list - Boorman, Daniel J
  Thu, 15 Feb 2001 08:12:58 -0800
  ...We trashed the right fiberglass end-cap on the rear bumper. We can find used-parts folks here in the Seattle area that will...
• <NVC> I'm off to Cape Breton and Nova Scotia for three Weeks
  Historical mailing list - Chris Pierce
  Sat, 22 Jun 2002 09:06:32 EDT
  ...Anyone have any Suggestions on camping sites or things I MUST see in Cape breton? I go to Nova Scotia every year but this...
• Brake parts needed
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Wed, 2 Oct 2002 18:43:22 -0600
  ...I need the dust cap that covers the inside of the rubber sleeve around the retaining bolt (there are two per side, but I...
• fresh water cap
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Mon, 1 Mar 2004 06:08:08 -0600
  ...WTB - Drain cap for Westy fresh water tank I've been trying to track one down or come up with a suitable = substitute. Mine...
• Removing alloy wheel center cap
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:01:40 -0800
  Anyone know how to remove the little silver center caps from a 14in alloy wheel. I only have two good ones left so I...
• Gas cap maintenance.
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:07:11 -0700
  I use a little MoS2 (moly grease) on the gasket to cap interface. Brylcreem (a little dab 'll do ya). I keep a new...
• for sale, blue velour captains chairs w/ armrests, fit any vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 28 Jan 1999 00:02:35 EST
  for sale, blue velour captains chairs (front seats) with armrests, excellent shape, fit ANY vanagon. i have one pair left. will ship chris allentown...
• Re: Passing NJ Inspections
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 3 Mar 2002 07:28:23 -0600
  Robert Keezer wrote: > >> Get some lexan headlight guards, and a keyless gas cap. > I have tried to find a simple keyless gas cap for...
• Re: Gas Cap---FOUND ONE
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Tue, 18 Mar 2003 10:20:17 -0600
  Got the gas cap. Thanks for all the replies! Steve Sandlin _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE...
• gas cap
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Gellman
  Tue, 13 Dec 2005 22:33:34 -0500
  any suggestions on getting the gas cap off, the key does not seem to be working and i do not want to break the...
• proper dist cap for 85 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
  Thu, 24 May 2007 13:05:15 -0400
  hi, my cap has sockets for normal spark plug wire ends and the wires have threaded ends like spark plugs which is the right...
• Master Cyl. Res. Cap;
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Wed, 12 Sep 2007 10:08:42 +0000
  Hi All, Has anyone machined a Master Cylinder Reservoir Cap, Adaptor, With a Hose Nipple, or connector, for Their Bleeder Pump? Or, what are...
• Re: Correct capacitor
  Historical mailing list - Scarlett Semko
  Fri, 15 Jan 1999 22:25:32 -0500
  ...Correct capacitor > > > > > >>Tantalum is just another type of electrolytic capacitor, it uses > different > >>material. Most electrolytic capacitors use aluminum. The difference is > >>tantalum in...
• Re: Plastic wheel covers
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 17 Jun 2015 10:01:16 -0700
  ...Just > > clean > them up and order a couple of center caps: > http://www.airheadparts.com/vintage-vw-parts/hub-cap/center-cap-silver > -5...
• Re: Was: Tires and Wheels - The best laid plans of Mice and Men.....Off Road Poseurs..
  Historical mailing list - Rowan Tipton
  Fri, 21 Mar 2014 13:43:13 -0400
  ...They are driving cars that are somewhat off-road capable. Like the Syncro I drive. Mostly it's used on the pavement. Sometimes it...
• Carat/Wolfsburg Alloy Wheel Studs and Nuts For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Sun, 1 Oct 2000 00:18:12 -0500
  ...6 of these have the all-too-easy-to-lose end caps, while the other 4 have already lost their end caps. I also...
• Re: Early Bus Gas Tanks
  Historical mailing list - Mike White
  Thu, 6 Apr 1995 15:57:44 MST
  > What is the capacity of the '67 tank? I was told the capacity on > the '56 tank was 11.1 gallons; a friend told...
• odometer & hub cap enquiry
  Historical mailing list - Roy Jared Michael
  Mon, 10 Jul 1995 22:20:26 -0600 (MDT)
  ...Does anyone have any suggestions before I rip the dash apart?? Also I am looking for 1 hub cap for her, does anyone have...
• Electrical discharging a capacitor
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Fri, 1 Jul 2005 20:38:50 -0700
  Anybody know how to safely discharge a capacitor? Playing with another small ac unit and they have a capacitor (110v) about the size of...
• Discovered Crack in Expansion Tank
  Historical mailing list - Brian Doss
  Sun, 16 Aug 1998 20:43:33 EDT
  ...Now I'm wondereing what made the tank crack? Could I have done something wrong when I did flush and fill? Can the cap...
• Re: Vanagon keys--the answers
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 7 May 2000 20:54:47 -0700
  ...This includes the gas cap, so only one key is all that is needed if you never lock the glove box. When I bought...
• Re: Need Westy water cap
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Sun, 14 Jul 2002 22:42:37 -0700
  ...Need Westy water cap > > Hey folks, > > In your junkyard tours, please keep your eyes open for a water tank cap > (It *does* have a...
• Re: fresh water cap
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Mon, 1 Mar 2004 07:39:44 -0600
  ...Anyone have a freshwater tank cap they want to get rid of? Warren 88 Westy "Billy Bones" 87 GL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom L...
• Re: Coolant flow/air bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:12:29 -0500
  ...The pressure cap on the Vanagon is different than those in cars from the 60s. The Vanagon's cap allows coolant to be drawn...
• Re: Lugs & Center Caps for factory alloys?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:03:47 -0700
  I happen to need one center hub cap too if anyone knows anything. Iv'e gotten the lug nuts and bolts at the dealer...
• Headliner Finish Caps
  Historical mailing list - mike riley
  Thu, 27 Aug 2015 14:47:09 -0400
  anybody have a source for finish caps at a local chain store. need brown and tan go westy is out of stock and $.70...
• Extra capacity fuel tank
  Historical mailing list - Glommen, Jon
  Tue, 20 Apr 1999 07:36:36 -0700
  Is there such a thing as an extra capacity fuel tank for the Vanagon? If so where can I get one? Thank you, Jon...
• WTB: LUG nuts and center caps
  Historical mailing list - No Name Available
  Wed, 17 Sep 2003 07:38:32 EDT
  ...I also need 4 center caps. TIA Chris VT
• Gettig the front bearing dust cap off...
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Fri, 25 May 2007 20:15:58 -0700
  ...I need to adjust the right front bearing, but can't get the <explitive> dust cap off. Advice? Pretty please? john
• Re: Electrical discharging a capacitor
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sat, 2 Jul 2005 08:18:20 -0600
  ...instead, a warning that capacitors >> are not play things, and that discharging a capacitor will not neutralize >> all of the free charge, thereby making...
• Re: WTG Westy sink drain cap
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:53:55 -0700
  ...I see that the BD offers the entire drain pipe with the cap, I think. > I just need a cap of some sort. > > Has...