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Re: Coolant Drain and replace
Historical mailing list - jbange
Fri, 24 Dec 2004 18:28:53 -0800
At 11:38 AM 12/24/2004, you wrote: >In most areas the consumer amounts of coolant are legal down the house >drain. >Legal...
Vanagon Lighting (was: low cost fluorescents...)
Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
Sun, 10 Apr 2005 22:33:33 -0400
This doesn't quite come under "low cost" but if you only run one battery in your van and are afraid of draining it...
Re: Coolant draining strategy?
Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
Fri, 22 Oct 2004 10:10:22 -0700
It's always messy draining coolant on Vanagons. Have multiple containers around and 2 or 3 layers of large cardboard, perhaps fridge boxes or...
Re: troubleshooting intermittency
Historical mailing list - Rob
Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:01:16 -0800
...It had a carb and the first time in trying to get it to go I drained the carb bowl into a little can...
Re: Oh Well... Stripped Oil Drain Plug...
Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
Mon, 25 Oct 1999 21:50:57 +1000
...But by telling your story, some other of us might just be able to avoid the dreaded stripped drain plug . I always tighten the...
Re: oil drain threads stripped
Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:20:12 -0500
Today I returned the rental after installing the Time-Sert insert into my oil drain. It worked well, and I like that I now...
Re: Diesel Pan plug
Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
Tue, 3 Jul 2001 17:57:14 -0700
...If you have the drain plug with the truncated cone tip and does not have to be removed to drain the oil, I think...
Re: Leaking luggage rack
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Wed, 29 May 2013 11:28:44 -0700
...With luck you can clear them out, but often there is so much junk under the top water can't drain well. The drainage...
90 leaking oil out of drain plug
Historical mailing list - Ian Webb
Mon, 16 Sep 1996 12:16:55 -0400 (EDT)
I took my van into get the oil changed two weeks ago and now the its leaking oil out of the drain plug. Its...
Re: Newbie battery questions
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 14 May 2007 10:07:38 -0400
...If it starts to drain, charge it up, and >disconnect all the fuses, then add them one by one until it starts to drain...
Re: 719/5 vs 719/12
Historical mailing list - Edward Duntz
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:31:26 -0400
OK, but can I tell if it has the anti-drainback feature by looking at it? In the W719/5, there is something just...
HELP!!! Electric Problem
Historical mailing list - Vantaztik
Sun, 7 Dec 1997 13:31:12 EST
...We are experiencing nearly a 2.0 amp drain from battery after Roger has removed all fuses and relays at the dash. Battery goes...
Re: Oil drain plug
Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
Wed, 27 Apr 2005 21:12:39 -0400
...was great until tune up time ..I found >that the oil drain plug is stripped..Is there anything i can do to fix it...
Re: Sink problem, where to find parts?
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Sat, 8 Aug 2015 14:37:09 -0700
...That screw just plugs a useless drain hole, plug it with silicone, and use Goop to glue the trap to the bottom of the...
Re: Need to replace a pushrod
Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
Wed, 21 Aug 2002 15:53:28 -0400
Marla, If you're going to check the oil pressure relief valve you'll have to drain the oil. I'm not sure if...
Re: manual tranny fluid change
Historical mailing list - Simon
Fri, 30 Aug 2002 22:56:00 -0600
...And yes, I went ahead and drained the tranny anyway, and it's good I did, since it was at least half water in...
Re: Strategy for low-mess oil drain
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:04:12 -0700
...Strategy for low-mess oil drain | |On a waterboxer van it would stick straight down.. |and be quite vulnerable to getting hit. |bust that...
Re: front brakes don't bleed (?)
Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
Mon, 10 Mar 1997 18:51:43 -0800
...The trick is sometimes crud and rust can plug the bleed/drain holes. If you remove the bleed nipple completely and poke around inside...
Re: oil filter for 2.1 l WBX?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 17 Mar 2000 14:16:29 -0500
The filter stays full -- but the oil from higher points in the engine drains back through the filter. Points like the valve train... david...
Battery looses voltage
Historical mailing list - John Schaper
Mon, 19 Mar 2001 10:48:41 -0800
...Basically, only sometimes, the battery looses voltage and won't start over a period of 8-10 hours--there is a drain or a...
Re: the "Kombi" .... was:Re: my new 85 vanagon
Historical mailing list - John Brush
Wed, 14 Mar 2001 19:31:00 -0500
...didnt even have to worry about standing water in the van after >washing it out. >it just drained thru the rust holes in the...
Re: I found a palm tree in my transmission!
Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
Thu, 18 Sep 2003 23:04:01 -0400
...different in it... > > <http://www.weirdstuffwemake.com/automotive/vanagon/pics/misc/drainPlugArt01.jpg> It's that thing from the cover of the REM album...
heli coil * oil sump drain hole *
Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
Wed, 29 Sep 2004 08:50:28 -0700
hello all, anyone have a good lead on a heli coil for my drain bolt. M14x 1.5 I checked online a couple places...
Re: Kitchen electric
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Sun, 18 Dec 2011 12:41:37 -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: Charger Drain Battery? (charger off/connected)
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:27:14 -0700
...Battery got quite low. > > Would a connected/off charger drain a battery? > > Asking as I want to make sure I don't have some...
Coolant Change
Historical mailing list
Thu, 6 Oct 94 8:10:49 EDT
...Also, when the coolant is drained, do you just let it drain onto your driveway and into the environment? I know about using phosphate...
Re: Oil Temp Guage for Waterboxer
Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
Mon, 29 Sep 1997 09:45:17 -0700
...Does anyone know a >good place to put the VDO sender on a Waterboxer??? Does >VDO make a sender that fits in the drain...
Re: pic of flip down stove cover
Historical mailing list - Yoshi
Mon, 23 Apr 2001 12:42:47 +0900
...Could someone with a digicam and a Westy > please take a picture of the flip down stainless cover over the stove burners > (the drainboard...
Re: LP vent cover
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Wed, 27 Mar 2002 16:31:23 -0500
...full of water until you open the drain plug at the front of the fridge and drain it all out. david >William Polowniak >1989...
Re: '85 Vanagon Sunroof - DUMPING! HELP!
Historical mailing list - Dustin Fitch
Wed, 10 Jul 2002 12:14:17 -0400
...the drains only drain so much and with the seal gone, they can't handle it. I guess my first venture will be to...
Fridge, Transmission Drain Plug & Calendar of Events
Historical mailing list - Adam Butler
Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:14:44 -0500
...I know this b/c the fill and drain bolts are what looks like rusted to the casing. I purchased a bottle of "S...
Re: Sink P Trap Replacement and Replacement Hose
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Sun, 27 Jun 2010 10:32:58 -0700
...In addition the stuff growing in the trap had plugged the > drain to > > > > the point that it didn't (drain that is). So it...
Re: Refrigerator lighting
Historical mailing list - Leonard Sitongia
Thu, 1 Sep 2011 06:42:18 -0600
On Aug 31, 2011, at 11:08 PM, neil n wrote: > Are you certain the drain plug is clear? If so..... The condensation drain...
oil cooler question...
Historical mailing list - John Gladu
Fri, 23 Apr 1999 15:53:36 -0500
...I reeeally didn't want to get into the coolant (and I can't "drain the coolant with the coolant drain plug on the...
Re: No real VC, water tank question
Historical mailing list - wb6otg
Sun, 14 Jul 2002 16:01:26 -0400
...I wait a few minutes (or longer if I can) and then drain the system. After that, I add some water, run the faucet...
Re: Rusty spring perch replaced
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Sat, 14 Aug 2021 20:35:13 -0400
...Noticed a drip from drain plug… mental note to tighten a little. Btw it’s modified drain port. > > Alistair
how cold is too cold
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:09:39 -0600
so far as water in the water tank and lines on a VW camper? For winter, I normally just drain them, and for winter...
Re: luggage rack drainage? water goes where?
Historical mailing list - Joe L.
Tue, 21 Sep 1999 15:16:15 -0400
...luggage rack drainage? water goes where? Stuart MacMillan wrote: > > On a related note, I just installed a sun roof in my Westy. > If anyone...
Re: westy sink leaking-replacement options?????
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
Sun, 7 Apr 2002 14:05:44 -0300
I had a crack in my westy drain (due probably to frozen water it by the PO). I took it all out and apart...
Coolant hose replacement/ Bleeding Question
Historical mailing list - Kevin Carrubba
Wed, 19 Nov 2003 17:55:22 -0500
...What would happen if I just yanked out the hose with drain pans underneath and put in the new hose and bleed system? Is...
Re: Priming the oil pump
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 7 Mar 2010 20:45:10 -0800
...about letting one sit without oil in it - In general these days .........I never drain oil out of an engine and let it sit...
Re: Coolant disposal
Historical mailing list
Mon, 23 Jan 1995 23:22:08 -0600
>Around here (Southern Calif) it is "really really bad"(tm) to pour anything >like anti-freeze down the drain, or on the ground. Even...
Re: Dripping A/C
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 23 May 1999 21:30:34 -0400
Could be the drain tubes clogged or the check valves on the end missing. Some people remove them to eliminate the clogging problem. However...
Re: Coolant Question
Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
Tue, 5 Sep 2000 12:34:48 -0700
The official drain plug us under either of the engine tins that protect the push rod tubes... but most people just pull one of...
Re: VDO sump plug sender
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Fri, 2 Mar 2001 19:44:11 -0500
...So I had to dremel the block > area where the drain plug resides, it was just big enough for the sender to > fit but...
Re: FRIDAY FUN...
Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
Fri, 20 Feb 2004 13:29:51 -0800
The most common thing we see from quick oil change places is stripped drain plugs, but worse does happen. A few years ago we...
Re: Mechanics Puzzle
Historical mailing list - Anthony Zygmunt
Sun, 11 Mar 2007 07:13:21 -0700
...It could be a short in the alternator that is causing the current drain. On my air cooled Westy, the alternator is connected all...
Re: Dometic condensation drain
Historical mailing list - Neil2
Tue, 3 Jun 2008 20:04:07 -0700
...Didn't even know it had a drain plug but after seeing the murky water in the bottom this morning (we unloaded the remaining...
Re: oil drain AHU diesel
Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
Wed, 2 Jul 2014 18:31:42 -0700
...time on my diesel conversion, AHU. > > Certainly not the standard oil drain plug anywhere to be seen. But a bolt with allen head in...
Re: [vanagon] Oil drain Plug
Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:40:29 -0400
I repaired the oil drains in my two motors with Time-Serts. They were faily straight forward to install myself. FYI, I rented the...
Annoying oil plug drip.
Historical mailing list
Thu, 6 Jun 1996 08:39:03 -0400
Hello, I have a partially stripped drain plug in my 87 westy. I had the local shop install a helicoil but it still drips...
Re: Eurovan Westy Aux Battery drains
Historical mailing list - Kleinwagen
Thu, 26 Mar 1998 01:52:41 EST
...COM writes: << The auxillary batteries on my Eurovan Westfalia '92 keep draining. I noticed that there always seems to be a current draw on...
Re: [DIESEL] Turbo drainage to pan (Vanagon)
Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
Mon, 30 Jul 2001 19:00:28 -0700
...It takes a sealing washer on either side of the oil drain line fitting size 18x22x1.5 mm, but that doesn't help your...
Re: Carat fluorescent fixture causes battery drain...
Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
Sun, 12 Sep 2004 16:31:41 -0500
...But anything going to ground would drain it right away.
Re: Fridge Orfice Keeps Getting Blocked Any Suggestions?
Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
Fri, 26 Aug 2005 11:09:28 -0400
...it around real good, and let drain out any leftover.Let it dry,upside down to drain more. This would coat the inside of...
Re: Water tank refill key?
Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
Sun, 20 May 2007 16:30:47 -0600
...Then when I get home I drain it, open the cabinet, and leave the tank lid off for a day until the tank is...
Re: simple stuff
Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:40:01 -0500
Remove the fill plug first.People have drained the old oil, and not been able to open up the fill plug. I always wondered...
Re: Fresh Water Tank Drain Cap
Historical mailing list - Jim Stout
Thu, 17 May 2007 19:44:28 -0500
...Fresh Water Tank Drain Cap - Non VW replacement source? >I have found that the cap off a bottle of my favorite beverage works just...
Re: SS version of luggage rack bolts?
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Wed, 18 May 2005 11:58:25 -0700
...For the luggage rack drain holes -- I have enough drains around this place to keep clean of debris as it is. Little screens will...
'88 Coolant change complete! (long)
Historical mailing list - Shawn & Janis Wright
Sat, 26 Apr 1997 19:12:05 -0800
...Remove one heater & one rad hose junction near right side of trans & drain. Remove exp tanks & drain. At this point I measured just over...