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• Re: oil filler tube removal
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 12 Sep 2003 16:48:48 -0700
  ...The inner plastic extension sleeve will come out of the outer plastic tube, but the outer plastic part does NOT come off of the...
• Fridge update
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 5 Oct 2005 14:45:41 -0400
  ...I guess I'll try the shrink tube wrap first. So much fun. Kim Brennan 86 Syncro. 91 Westy Syncro. 90 Tristar Vienna VA...
• Re: Latest on speakers
  Historical mailing list - forum email
  Fri, 8 Mar 2013 18:56:37 -0500
  I built a shelf to fit between the front seats hold coffee and wife's handbag etc etc and I have a bass tube...
• Re: Dometic won't light troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:12:15 -0400
  ...perhaps the flue is no longer connected well to >the coolant tube so the heat transfer is not happening? Could rust >accumulation inside the...
• Re: Replacing Propane tank - how to cut and flange tubes?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 18 Apr 2010 09:24:13 -0400
  ...The copper tubing for the propane system is 3/8 tube. All standard fittings are used. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
• Re: swing away tire carrier
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Mon, 19 Aug 2002 10:58:50 -0700
  ...the only thing i would consider doing different is welding a piece of longer tube to the latch tube, and match it with a...
• Re: 85 Man Tran Fluid
  Historical mailing list - dr
  Thu, 9 Jan 2003 09:24:03 -0500
  ...It's > a bit hard to spot, but if you look closely at the top of the filler tube > you'll see there's...
• dipstick tube on 2.1 wbx
  Historical mailing list - Ben S
  Sun, 25 Apr 2004 12:25:12 -0700
  yesterday my water pump belt broke and, as it whipped around, broke the metal tube that the dipstick slides into. it shattered all the...
• Re: Oil fill tube, overheating, and stalling
  Historical mailing list - John Flaherty
  Tue, 1 May 2001 20:25:17 -0400
  ...Oil fill tube, overheating, and stalling Hi, everyone - Once again, I could use some advice. I have a plain old '85 Vanagon. Here is...
• Re: New tires and wheels
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 26 Jun 2015 10:37:02 -0700
  ...If I were to do it again I would have welded heavy wall tube to the wrench and inserted my long breaker bar into...
• Re: Rear heater in '84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Earl J.Smith
  Mon, 31 Mar 1997 11:50:38 -0800 (PST)
  ...Mine is leaking where the aluminum tubes come through the steel end frame opposite the in-out fittings. I have pried the end off...
• Re: Airbrushing small paint flaws on my Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sun, 27 Aug 2000 08:05:51 -0700
  > Chris, > In Canada, VW no longer carries touch-up paint in tubes with built in brush. They > only carry the spray cans. Some FLAPS...
• Diesel Vanagon Pans and Pick up Tubes
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Sep 2000 10:17:26 EDT
  ...pans available for $109 and I also have the pick up tubes for the diesel Vanagon available for an additional $85 if anyone is...
• rotten radiartor
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Fri, 26 May 2006 14:46:35 -0700
  ...The tech put his fingernail right through the tube where coolent cools. Not much effort, and he wasnt a comic book super hero , either...
• E-Code Boots
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Mon, 22 Feb 1999 11:18:49 -0800
  ...I cut some inner tube and used marine goop rubber sealant, and then basically hose-clamped this diaphram-like "lid" over the small end...
• Re: As non-mechanic, am I crazy to pull my own Fridge?
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Thu, 15 Aug 2002 20:09:56 -0400
  ...Also check the drain tube inside the van- there was some water insidw my burner. I stuck the vac hose onto that tube as...
• Fuel tank cross over tube
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Mon, 14 Nov 2005 08:22:13 -0800
  ...Fuel tank cross over tube It's been about 15 years since I had the pleasure of dropping a tank, but if I recall...
• Re: Dometic Frig Will not stay cold with DC current
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 1 Jun 2012 11:49:22 -0700
  ...This may aid in providing more contact between the element and the tube which is up against the chemical containing pipe. Just tossing the...
• Re: Survey-- Your Favorite Vanagon Accessories That You Have Added
  Historical mailing list - J. C.
  Wed, 31 Jan 2001 13:19:52 -0800
  ...get a "y" adapter from hardware store that fits the plastic tube from sink to ground. 2. splice into sink drain tube 3. attach...
• Re: How the heck to prime oil pump? (Vanagon D)
  Historical mailing list - Rachel Cogent
  Sat, 30 Jun 2001 08:22:00 -0700
  ...At times when I was chasing a similar > problem, I found that the diesel pickup pump base and pickup tube were warped > at the...
• Re: Rear-Ended !! / Tube bumpers
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 9 Jul 2003 14:44:15 -0400
  > Anyone ever purchase and install those large tube bumpers and rear/front end > (Like the ones used on SUV�s that cover the front...
• Diesel oil dipstick tube 82-83
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Sun, 14 Jul 2019 11:49:28 -0500
  ...Moving engine towards the rear my 82 dipstick tube won't fit. Does the 83 version have the clearance I need? And if so...
• Re: Fridge sight glass
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 4 Jan 1996 18:30:24 -0400
  >interior end of the sight tube. just rub the end of the sight tube vigorously >on your jeans to clean and buff it. I...
• Of Interest to Air Coolers
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 17 Dec 2002 21:56:55 -0600
  ...Keith Seume advocates substituting windage style pushrod tubes, which also inhibit oil surge. These are characterised by a longer section of tube, which extends...
• Update on Dometic RC2000 spurious flame SOLVED
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 7 Sep 2013 07:39:15 -0700
  Despite the fact that the obstruction in the burner tube looked to be manufactured, being a pure white plug of some tough spongy material...
• Oil fill tube, overheating, and stalling
  Historical mailing list - - Lauren Pelzer
  Mon, 30 Apr 2001 19:44:15 EDT
  ...I got home, topped off the coolant, and noticed the oil filler tube and cap were missing. The van still does not want to...
• Re: !#?*@? Exhaust
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Jul 1995 12:58:25 -0300
  ...JCWhitneys do sell J-tubes, cheap, perhaps the right amount of curved pipe could be sawn out of a J-tube and welded in...
• Re: TiiCo, high oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - Robert Dalton
  Fri, 25 Jan 2002 06:42:35 -0800
  ...In order to install it, I had to > remove the pickup tube > for the oil pump, fit the windage tray, and > reinstall the pickup...
• Oil pump on e-bay
  Historical mailing list - Julian Burden
  Fri, 30 Nov 2001 16:12:59 +0800
  ...So I received the pump with the incorrect pickup tube. I wanted the pump for the pickup tube because my oil pressure relief valve...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 27 Jul 2003 (#2003-764)
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 28 Jul 2003 21:47:25 -0700
  The 50 degree mount angle requires a diesel Vanagon oil pan AND oil pickup tube. I assume the mechanic knows this and is using...
• Re: never ending saga working on the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:00:01 -0400
  ...As the > broken belt was whirling around it also took the dipstick and tube with it. > I have a dipstick stuck in a tube...
• Re: Helpful Vanagon toolbox tip...LVC
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Thu, 2 Oct 2008 19:52:55 -0500
  ...But if you are like me, > those tubes get lost PDQ after the spray can comes home with me. And then > I > am always...
• Re: WTB Oil Cooler bits? For adding to 1.9...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 20 Aug 2016 19:40:26 +0000
  ...You will need the longer threaded tube, an oil cooler, and a nut to fit the tube. I can get you the o-ring...
• Air conditioning - R134a condenser retrofit?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:14:22 -0500
  ...The R12 uses round tubes, R134a uses flat tubes. This begs the question: Has anyone retrofitted a newer type condenser to a Vanagon to...
• Re: Westfalia features!
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Wed, 27 Nov 1996 09:33:09 -0800
  ...I still haven't figured out how the oil filler extension tube works! Coyote -- Ron 'Coyote' Lussier /\_/\ ____ Chaco Communications (408) 865-0657 ( ) \ _/__ 10164 Parkwood...
• Re: stupid refig. question-newbie on the frig
  Historical mailing list - Mark Cumnock
  Mon, 2 May 2005 10:28:56 -0400
  were is the sight glass, in relation to the drain tube that goes to the burner? btw I also blew out all the lines...
• Re: More leaks
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 13 Jan 2016 20:20:19 -0500
  ...Now I know why is was just hanging there on the plastic tube. > > I'm reluctant to drill into the tube since that creates...
• Re: Napa hoses for SYNCRO
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Sat, 1 May 1999 13:43:52 -0700
  ...Used a 80400 that cost $5.93 025-121-058-D $15.60 Oil cooler tube to tube leading to thermostat housing. No replacement...
• Q about radius rod on 82 van
  Historical mailing list - steve d
  Fri, 8 Aug 2003 18:11:53 +0100
  ...The tub was rusted - I took a look at Bentley and saw that there is supposed to be a metal tube that sits there...
• Re: Clutch replacement Hints
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:19:08 -0700
  Check that bolts on throwout bearing tube are torqued correctly and that the threads are ok. When I rebuilt the clutch housing, and did...
• '70 Clutch Cable Clevis Pin failed!
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 28 Apr 1996 20:31:40 -0700
  ...I suppose I could be really conservative and replace the tube at the back and get a new wing nut for a spare, eg...
• Re: resurrection?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 11 Jul 2017 01:35:12 +0000
  ...The burner box > was cracked along one edge, the brazing for the drain tube to burner box > was cracked, the tube was bent, and...
• Re: Vanagon choking when feeding gas
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Jul 94 16:52:38 PDT
  ...I found out that the tube that goes from gas cap > to gas tank has different sizes. Oddly enough, had you been brave and...
• Re: Oil filler tube - disconnect at block?
  Historical mailing list - Jay & Kim Schmidt
  Tue, 31 Aug 1999 21:03:10 -0500
  ...Once you get to the point where the only things in the way are the rear eng carrier and the filler tube itself from...
• Valve Noise
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 17 Nov 1996 21:16:15 -0500
  ...I am not quite sure how the pressurized oil is conveyed through the tubes and don't know if a leak in the middle...
• Re: A lot of hot air...
  Historical mailing list - Mark Schrope
  Mon, 20 Jul 1998 11:44:06 -0400
  ...Just take the tube off and maybe cover > the hole going into the van. When winter rolls back around, reconnect. > >> > > >ummmm....she has a...
• The sliding door's Bowden tube thingy
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:54:26 -0700
  ...I have the inner cover off the door and see what the Bentley's calls the Bowden tube. Turning the cable's adjusting nut...
• Small car dip stick kit for Subie engine
  Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
  Mon, 6 Nov 2017 15:41:32 -0800
  ...dip stick does not reach all the way down the rubber tube It appears that the rubber hose part on the end would have...
• Re: Parts needed 91 Syncro 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 4 Jan 2017 19:41:06 -0800
  ...I'm not entirely sure the dipstick tube on my spare block is syncro. I'd have to check. If you don't get...
• Pushrod tube cracked HELP
  Historical mailing list - James Gebhard
  Thu, 7 May 2009 17:44:37 -0700
  ...When I was filling it back up �I noticed it was running out into my drain pan one of my push rod tubes has...
• FS: 16" Barndoor Tires & Tubes
  Historical mailing list - Jon Christensen
  Sun, 7 Jul 1996 20:30:22 -0500 (CDT)
  ...4) 5.50 x 16" 'Dunlop Gold' nylon belted tires and tubes for these old buses. There is some weatherchecking, but lotsa tread. They...
• Re: Pushrods - Their Purpose?
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Fri, 3 Sep 1999 20:15:45 -0600
  ...The regular ones can only be installed when installing the head, but you can get (more $$) telescoping tubes with an internal spring that can...
• Re: VWC-022-109-309 - HYDRAULIC LIFTER from cip
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Mon, 27 Feb 2006 10:39:59 -0800
  ...need some new push rod tubes as well so any suggestions as to what make model of 'spring loaded tubes' i am gonna want ?
• Re: Another fridge question
  Historical mailing list - Mike D.
  Mon, 26 Apr 2004 21:25:33 -0700
  ...The radiator fin assembly inside is press fit onto a tube, with a layer of thermal paste between the two. The paste dries up...
• Re: Throttle Stuck Wide Open Leaving Me Stranded in Boise Idaho
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:13:06 -0800
  ...spary WD-40 down that tube copiously.........and blow the tube out with compressed air. Then add a high quality spray lube while putting...
• Re: Dip stick, no jokes from Alistair
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 23 Dec 2023 10:07:10 -0500
  ...I’m assuming we are talking about the plastic feeling large tube coming out of the motor straight up and down as you look...
• Re: Throttle Body Question
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Sat, 18 Jun 2011 17:06:01 -0400
  ...From the Right hand side of the firewall, through a hole, there is a plastic tube that comes across and attaches by a little...
• Re: need info on plastic oil filler on diesel
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 1 Mar 1999 22:06:21 -0700
  ...Your dipstick is probably fine, but the oil fill tube should be replaced because the crack is causing a vacuum leak and affecting your...
• Re: BA6 Heater vs. Regular Heat
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 22 Feb 2002 12:00:07 -0800
  ...Put a blower on the end of a metal tube. Place the tube in a campfire. Get at the output end of the tube...
• Re: Collapsable Pushrod Tubes?
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Wed, 21 Oct 2015 11:28:06 -0400
  ...111109335-Engine-Push/dp/B007LX9WEY/ref=sr_1_10?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1445439858&sr=1-10&keywords=push+rod+tubes+for+vanagon >