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• Driving with no Power Steering
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 4 Jul 2007 20:05:24 -0500
  ...since this is a special hose with banjo fittings on one end and and swedged fittings one the other. In other words - a somewhat...
• Bentley - Page 24.24b -- Question
  Historical mailing list - lauterba
  Mon, 6 Oct 2003 00:42:17 -0400
  Page 24.24b describes the vacuum hoses and fittings for the Digijet system. In particular, reference is made to a T-Connection that has...
• Re: New Propane tank and Regulator Fitting
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 5 May 2006 18:37:21 -0700
  Left hand threads. Jim On May 5, 2006, at 3:43 PM, Jarrett Kupcinski wrote: > The problem: > > Additionally, the propane lines are quite frozen...
• Re: Bad juju?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
  Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:48:06 EST
  Go to a junk yard and get a cap that fits and put a fitting on . There are instructions in the archive (i remember...
• Re: Fridge topic
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 12 May 2000 21:04:54 -0700
  ...That's one reason why using a BBQ-type regulator is so bad, because > it's unlikely that the POL fitting will be correct...
• 71 air cleaner installation
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 12 Oct 1995 06:02:54 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Currently the oil filler breather and the output of the EEC canister are routed via a T-fitting to an input at the base...
• Vanagain Rant/New Intake Boot
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Sun, 8 Sep 2002 12:04:03 EDT
  ...After working at inserting the large vacuum hose and crank case breather fittings in the new boot I realized that appearances are deceiving. These...
• Re: 85 gas tank removal
  Historical mailing list - Erik Valeur
  Wed, 11 Aug 1999 22:00:44 EDT
  ...When you pull out the small plastic fittings, the grommets will most likely come out with the fitting. Easiest re-assembly is to put...
• Re: Turbo diesel motor in Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 30 Sep 2002 23:46:52 EDT
  ...hydraulic shop to get those nifty compression fittings and a new return line to this fitting and the turbo so the turbo drains straight...
• Re: Any way to transfer LP from gas grill tanks into the vanagon LP tank?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Mon, 10 Oct 2005 21:56:30 -0400
  ...The fitting on one end matches the van, the fitting on the other end matches a standard tank. Hook em up, open the valves...
• Re: experience using Mocal Thermostatic Sandwich Adapter (Oil Thermostat), Type 4 Engines (-8AN Tight Clearance Fittings), MOC-SP1TM18
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 6 Jun 2017 21:24:39 +0000
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• Re: Swage Bit + Bolt for Pop Top Cable. Strong enough?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 3 Aug 2010 21:57:14 -0700
  one more thing, you are bending above the hollow portion of the fitting, right? alistair On 3-Aug-10, at 9:03 PM, neil...
• 4-pos. windshield wiper
  Historical mailing list - Ian Kirkwood
  Tue, 12 Mar 1996 19:36:37 +0200
  ...It was a standard fitting here in South Africa. Ian K Cape Town
• REPOST Do all bumpers (especially projektzwo) fit all vanagons?
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Mon, 10 Jun 2002 11:06:39 -0400
  ...If someone were test fitting the bumpers to a later van would they still fit on my 80? Thanks, Chris
• Re: Braided Flexible Tiico Exhaust Connection
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Mon, 12 Aug 2002 14:23:17 -0400
  ...exhaust fittings at our local "big chain auto parts store" VIP. You might find them at yours too. Doug Fitz-Randolph Freeport, ME
• Is the list up and running?
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Fri, 18 May 2007 16:33:41 -0700
  ...David ____________________________________________________________________________________Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p...
• Re: NEED GAS TANK
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 19 Apr 2005 23:49:50 -0400
  ...NEED GAS TANK > Beware the aftermarket tanks - I got one for my GL, and it > fit OK except for one fitting at the bottom...
• Re: Propane leak
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 12 Sep 2016 18:44:00 +0000
  try to gently tighten with one wrench over the hex nut and the X fitting flats held firmly in a big crescent wrench or...
• Re: Swage Bit + Bolt for Pop Top Cable. Strong enough?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Wed, 4 Aug 2010 01:45:45 -0400
  ...Stick the cable in the hole, heat the fitting with a torch (don't burn up your van) then flood the joint with solder...
• Re: Hose clamps
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 30 May 2011 13:27:31 -0400
  ...Put two or three small pan-head screws around the perimeter so it can't crawl back out past the clamp - this fitting needs...
• Re: Water behind the refrigerator
  Historical mailing list - Tony Smith
  Wed, 3 Dec 1997 20:35:11 -0000
  ...I found the plastic fitting to which the water hose physically connects had a hair-line crack that opened up when under pressure. Mostly...
• Re: Cheap Electronic Oil Pressure Guage
  Historical mailing list - Tom and Dana Cates
  Mon, 6 Mar 2000 18:43:23 -0500
  ...It would be best to put your sender on the tee at the original sender with whatever fittings are necessary. The best thread sealer...
• pop-top seal, middle seat, 87 GL Camper
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Ellis
  Wed, 09 Apr 1997 00:26:42 -0700
  ...I'm also interested in the possibility of fitting a removable middle seat into the vanagon. Any ideas welcome! 1897 Vanagon GL Westphalia Camper...
• lube the chassis
  Historical mailing list - Michael B. Harrnacker
  Thu, 14 Jan 1999 12:54:15 -0800
  ...Are there grease fittings on the Vanagon that I should be greasing each time I change my oil? Mike Harrnacker 89 Weekender _________________________________________________________ DO YOU...
• Re: propane tubing fittings
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sun, 20 Oct 2002 01:18:07 -0600
  The label on mine says thin with 188 proof denatured alcohol. might work for cleanup as well. just dont light any matches or breathe...
• Re: oil filler tube top nut
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 19 Nov 2003 08:31:25 -0800
  --- Owen <olists@THEBRANDS.ORG> wrote: > Use an articulated or maybe better described as a U > joint fitting for your 3/8 > drive and a...
• Where can I find the AC charge\evacuation fittings for the BEHR AC
  Historical mailing list - Tom Lambas
  Wed, 20 Jul 2005 18:30:40 -0500
  OK, I'm Lazy. I looked around the engine compartment along the ac lines and don't see them. Where else should I look...
• Re: help fitting van in garage
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 10 Oct 2007 23:23:49 -0400
  It's been my experience that '85 Westies are taller in the front than other years. It's a real trick to find a...
• Re: VDO dual sender versus Tee fitting & two senders
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Sun, 6 Jan 2002 17:51:24 -0500
  William Polowniak wrote: >One posting >suggests that the NPT 1/8 fitting is so close tot he 11 mm metric that it >does not...
• Aluminum to brass thread galling
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:58:48 -0800
  ...The kit uses NPT taper threaded to barbed fittings to attach the hoses to the Mesa-type cooler. Lacking any particular instructions, I opted...
• Re: Propane Service Valve
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:50:49 -0700
  ...I ended up using red loctite on a number of the fittings, simply because it's very easy to break the seal on a...
• Re: refrigerator update
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Fri, 30 Jun 2017 10:47:15 -0700
  ...Should I use gas tite teflon tape on the pipe joints? I realize the tapered fittings should seal. But, it looks like some sort...
• how to perform a leak down???
  Historical mailing list - Street Bugs
  Wed, 11 Dec 1996 02:22:04 GMT
  ...with a fitting at each end one screws into the spark plug hole and the other has a male air fitting that i could...
• Re: Bleeding the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 22 Jun 2000 12:37:18 -0400
  ...this change to pipe threads from the fatherland fitting will >enable anyone to cobble up a manifold of some sort to add or remove...
• Re: propane filling question ... do it at home?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Mon, 16 May 2005 17:04:08 +0000
  ...do it at home? You once could buy the fittings both male and female. One fitting for the van side and one for a...
• Charcoal cannister/valve problems
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Fri, 9 Nov 2007 22:56:00 EST
  ...I am also a bit confused as the bottom of the canister should lead to the air cleaner housing (a right angle fitting on...
• Re: Fire starter Fitting Strikes Again!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:55:01 -0400
  The real problem with that fitting is that it is not visible or easily checked-tightened. A better fix is to replace the plastic...
• Re: ES-12 Replacement for R-12 Refrigerant
  Historical mailing list - Rolf Hastrup
  Tue, 18 Jun 2002 14:01:44 -0700
  ...EPA regulations require that the charging fittings be changed to the R-134a type when converting an automotive freon system. The fittings are readily...
• Re: looking to buy good power steering hose from reservoir to pump, p/n
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:31:54 -0500
  The banjo fittings aren't hard to source. The local hydraulics place near us has them for example. But, making a complete soft hose...
• Westy Water Tank Filling
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sun, 9 Aug 1998 16:43:06 -0700
  ...Slip the tubing on the end of the male barbed fitting and connect the 3/4 inch hose fitting to the hose. Insert the...
• Re: Where to find a metric brake line flaring tool ?
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Tue, 4 Mar 2008 11:38:26 -0500
  ...where do I get one of these? Do all VWs use this fitting? This is really for my Unimog 406 axle project on my...
• Re: Propane Tank, Fittings
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 5 Jul 2016 12:39:59 -0400
  ...Propane Tank, Fittings Can anyone send/post a source for the various fittings for the OEM LPG tank? I've replaced the regulator and...
• Retro-fitting F.I. (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Mon, 17 Apr 1995 10:50:20 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Retro-fitting F.I. OK, here goes - I've been considering getting a used (junkyard) FI unit and installing it on my '73 Campmobile...
• Re: How to - or not - bleed the cooling system
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Thu, 9 Feb 2006 09:18:13 -0500
  ...How to - or not - bleed the cooling system > What type of fitting did you use? There is very little room on my '91. > I...
• Re: Where to find a metric brake line flaring tool ?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 4 Mar 2008 08:32:32 -0500
  ...I get my fittings from VW along with the metal tubing. Either of these aren't very expensive directly from them. I have totally...
• Re: VW Necessity...
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 21 Jan 2011 10:34:15 -0800
  ...Some of the hydraulic fittings too? Mark Alistair Bell wrote: > nope, wasn't one of them :) > > now its bugging me, damn memory! > > > alistair > > On...
• Re: R12 to R134 conv
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 29 Apr 1996 12:17:53 -0300 (ADT)
  > It's real simple, and cheap if I can remember the only thing you > need is a new dryer and some fittings. Don't...
• Retro fitting power steering
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Lee Harrison
  Mon, 10 Sep 2001 20:19:56 +0100
  Can anyone let me know what's needed to retrofit power steering into a Vanagon? Is there anything in particular to look out for...
• Squeaky upper control arm bushings
  Historical mailing list - dneu
  Sun, 9 Jun 2002 09:43:31 -0700
  Has anybody tried anybody tried drilling, taping and putting a grease fitting on the upper control arm bushings to stop the squeak? Do you...
• Re: Don't waste your money. Fuel Line's - Filters etc to prevent leaks?
  Historical mailing list - Ware, David (EM, PTL, Contractor, ARC)
  Thu, 18 Dec 2003 17:00:02 -0500
  http://www.racecarsupply.com/html/earls_month.htmlrubber Here's a link to a supplier of the braided hose and fittings used in race...
• Security warning device
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Mon, 16 Jan 2006 23:41:04 -0800
  ...I think, the receiver is a small unit, maybe fitting on your key ring. Any of you know this thing? Zoltan
• Hazet tool kit??
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Thu, 8 Feb 2007 13:07:36 -0700
  One of the listees on the Triumph list has come across a "HAZET Tourist Tool Kit" This is circular as in fitting inside the...
• Re: How tall is a Vanagon Westy, anyway?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:29:59 -0700
  RE: Fitting into parking garages Sams comments highlight the reason many if not most of us that live in or near major population centers...
• Westy Sink Drain Bowl Broken - Now Fixed
  Historical mailing list - David Wilhite
  Sat, 20 Dec 2008 14:44:57 +0000
  Just to let anyone interested know, I was able to get another bowl assembly, drain pipe and lower fitting from a local Camper store...
• Re: Fuel Line Question
  Historical mailing list - Scarlett Semko
  Thu, 25 Jun 1998 17:10:15 -0400
  ...The hard plastic line (that comes from the fuel pump/filter) goes into a softer rubber line which connects to the formed plastic fitting...
• Check your fuel line hose clamps!
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:19:53 -0400
  ...Even if you're feeling good about having newer fuel lines, give the fittings a little push now and again to see if the...
• Re: 85 Westfalia Weekender fails Evap test.
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Markett
  Mon, 15 Jun 2015 22:47:46 -0700
  ...If any of those lines and fittings are bad, the visual and pressure test will fail. After repairing any lines or fittings, and before...
• Re: Bluestar project progress-small problems
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Thu, 2 May 2013 22:37:31 -0400
  ...There is a barbed fitting that fits the hose and the boot. I > = >>>>> am missing this barbed fitting. Does anyone know the part number...
• Re: Differences between US and Eurospec Vanagons, was ( Vent Shades for drivers/pass windows?)
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sat, 7 Nov 1998 17:01:17 -0800
  Steve Lashley wrote: > I don't know if the vent shades not fitting is related or not, but I have had > problems with accessories...
• Re: Fitting Jail Bars
  Historical mailing list - Morrison, Peter
  Wed, 14 Jan 2004 11:59:04 -0000
  ...acquired some jail bars, has anyone any hints or advice on fitting them? The base of the centre column is broken off, would this...