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• Re: Throttle body shaft leaks and repairing
  Historical mailing list - Clint Kolda
  Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:35:10 -0700
  ...I was just under the impression that there were rubber seals that needed ot be replaced at the same time. I have not had...
• Re: Oil Leak
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:54:36 -0500
  ...Starting up a cold > engine and then reving to 4,000 rpm to get the van moving is a good > way to blow seals...
• Re: Leaking synthetic oil?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Mar 1997 11:35:04 -0500 (EST)
  ...I read online > that synthetic will usually leak more at first because it cleans out all the > wax around your seals, leaving behind shrunken...
• Question about rear differential seals
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Mon, 20 May 2002 15:33:36 -0700
  ...I have a question regarding the oil seals on my differential. I own a '84 Automatic Vanagon. Recently I had all of the oil...
• Question about rear differential seals
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Wed, 22 May 2002 12:48:52 -0700
  ...I have a question regarding the oil seals on my differential. I own a '84 Automatic Vanagon. Recently I had all of the oil...
• I need advice....
  Historical mailing list
  31 Dec 1996 11:22:48 PDT
  I recently hit a BIG bump in my 1985 Vanagon and, evidently, some seals in the rack ruptured. Power steering fluid just flows out...
• Re: Leaking door vent windows?? How to fix?
  Historical mailing list - William Wedenoja
  Mon, 27 Sep 1999 15:59:10 -0500
  ...One of the seals is brand new. The other is original both leak equally > from the bottom of the window where the stud (attached...
• Re: Soundproofing / Insulation and rust
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Sun, 16 Feb 2003 17:08:28 -0800
  ...The seals >are in good shape, just noisy. Any suggestions as how to deal with this >without actually replacing the seals? > >John Rodgers >88...
• Re: vannie sunroof
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 1 Oct 2009 14:08:28 -0600
  ...Hey guys can somebody link me to the replacement sunroofs and seals. there > was somebody out there making them in different colors thanks mark...
• Re: Where to buy a Windshield
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:19:19 -0800
  ...The earlier seals with chrome strips are more challenging and requires a special tool. The newer no-groove seals are a piece of cake...
• Re: Brake fluid replacement
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Sat, 20 May 2000 12:09:12 -0400
  ...If changing the ancient fluid results in a leak your seals were already ruined and needed changing. Better to discover your ruined seals in...
• Re: Comparison of Pop-top seals requested
  Historical mailing list - Marshall
  Fri, 12 Apr 2002 17:45:53 -0500
  ...Comparison of Pop-top seals requested In a message dated 4/11/2002 10:56:09 AM Eastern Daylight Time, LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM...
• Re: replacement of fresh air fan
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Tue, 20 Aug 2002 03:49:01 +0100
  ...replacement of fresh air fan > Don't use foam for those seals. It decomposes in a decade or so. Use > rubber roofing material. Talk...
• Re: She LIVES
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 21 Jul 2016 19:40:52 -0400
  Oil blowing past all the seals and breather is sign of excessive crankcase pressure from defective rings and/or pistons. Dennis -----Original Message----- From...
• Re: Can Permatex React with ATF?
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:31:44 -0400
  Crap! All seals are brand new. I'll take another look tonight. Pete '79 Westy "Aardvark" '87 Westy "JoesVan" WWW.Busesbythebeach.com On Fri...
• Re: Re: My 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st Westy
  Historical mailing list - W. Silva
  Fri, 23 May 1997 14:39:15 -0400
  ...on, let's go"! Don't try to glue the roof seals. If they are sagging tape them up temporarily with some packing tape...
• Re: Use of Synthetic Oil in Syncro Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Kim
  Fri, 15 May 1998 11:33:50 EDT
  ...If you are working with a recently rebuilt trans or engine, then the cautionary note shouldn't concern you, as fresh seals should be...
• Re: Total Brake Job (longish)
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Tue, 25 Apr 2000 09:02:59 -0700
  So, you are saying that changing the seals in the master cylinder (i.e. rebuilding the master cylinder) fixed the problems? This is my...
• Re: who sells kit for gas...
  Historical mailing list - 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"
  Thu, 7 Dec 2000 10:10:52 -0500
  ...tank seals and new fuel line. About a year ago, one vender had put together a kit that was "everything you need to..." to...
• Re: auto tranny rebuild kit?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Mon, 15 Jul 2002 13:48:03 -0400
  ...Includes discs, gaskets, seals & O-rings,without final drive seals, gaskets , pistons or brake bands. If you are interested please either order through the...
• Any detailing tips?
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Thu, 29 Apr 2004 23:42:26 -0500
  ...But really, I just put in just a little bit of extra effort to clean jambs, around window seals (wiping down the seals as...
• Re: brake fluid and cold temps
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Disse
  Tue, 19 Nov 1996 22:29:25 -0600 (CST)
  ...and this allows the fluid to just go rushing past >the seals ... making it seem for all the world like the clutch is gone...
• Re: [A] 73 1700 push rod tube question ...
  Historical mailing list - Erik Soule
  Thu, 2 Feb 1995 15:15:33 -0800
  ...IMHO, these heads were designed so you could change these seals without removing the heads. Upon recommendation, I used "Viton" seals (they're black...
• Re: front door edge seals wasRe: 88-up flow-through parts
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Sun, 1 Oct 2006 17:34:15 -0700
  ...front door edge seals wasRe: 88-up flow-through parts >> The front door edge seals are held in by two screws and one bolt...
• Re: bra installation on '88 and newer Vanagons?
  Historical mailing list - Barry E. Muller
  Mon, 18 Nov 2002 04:24:29 -0500
  ...bra installation on '88 and newer Vanagons? > A friend has a 1988 Westy with the door edge seals that apparently were > introduced that year...
• poptop for sale
  Historical mailing list - Green Westy
  Wed, 26 Jul 2006 15:25:24 -0400
  ...So I have for sale A poptop,luggage rack,new gray canvas,new seals for top and luggage rack,the upper cushions,all hardware...
• Re: VW driver side window crank?
  Historical mailing list - William Monk
  Thu, 23 Apr 2015 06:37:36 -0400
  ...The trim/seals around the window need to be inspected. Bill
• Re: Window seals - Replacement
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 29 Oct 2013 14:42:26 -0400
  In a message dated 10/19/2013 5:47:41 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, greines@YAHOO.COM writes: I am planning on getting...
• Re: In Missoula, overfilled oil UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - Vern in Bend
  Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:39:30 -0700
  > . . . I'll be taking the van > in for a week to have the transmission pulled, rebuilt at German > Transaxle, with all new seals put...
• Rubber Seal Treatment
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:45:41 -0500
  ...Looking for a recommendation on what to use to revive the seals around dors and windows. They are in good shape. Something at Napa...
• silicon greese?
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Fri, 22 Jan 1999 09:43:28 -0800
  ...And I was wondering it something like that would help aging window seals to be more water tight? Thanks Bill 90 Westy Syncro
• Re: Fuel Line Replacement
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 Sep 1999 21:40:13 EDT
  Pierre I sell a kit for this that comes with a How-To. $64 with fuel line, injector seals, 20 stainless clamps and shipping...
• Re: DIESEL seals question
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 3 Nov 2003 15:35:40 -0500
  On Mon, 3 Nov 2003, Felder wrote: > How to lock the crank to torque the new center bolt, etc.? Putting the van in 4th...
• has anyone replaced tranny seals?
  Historical mailing list - John Gladu
  Fri, 22 Feb 2002 11:32:38 -0600
  ...I have those caps and seals. Removing and installing the seals doesn't look too hard, but that special tool bugs me - is there...
• Re: Further adventures of Ras Bulli Split [Part the fourth].
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 Jul 1996 12:27:53 -0700 (PDT)
  ...WCM has the headlight seals, but I don't think they have the turn signal seals. I've toyed with the idea of using...
• Re: Bus Depot luggage rack seal and wind noise
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 30 May 1998 11:07:33 -0700
  ...with a "bulb" to seal against the roof. > > Otherwise, the seals are great--their appearance is very much like the > original seals. > > -Mark McCulley
• Re: Air Cool Pushrod Tube Install
  Historical mailing list - David Easterwood
  Mon, 22 Mar 1999 09:05:28 -0800
  ...that was necessary to >remove the originals) These are new tubes, seals and I lubed them. I >put a large washer on the end...
• Re: Maintenance
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Thu, 4 Oct 2012 15:37:49 -0500
  ...It still works on my Honda, no bad seals, and the thing is now 15 years old with 200k miles. Since the AC on...
• Re: Depressing weekend (The conclusion to the conclusion)
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:20:42 -0400
  ...And all the other seals on the tranny. (they were all starting to leak) They pulled the trany and replaced all the tranny seals...
• Van painting cost
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:41:23 -0800
  ...The $6500 does not include any new rubber seals. I'm guessing a good $1200 for a complete set of rubber seals to do...
• Removing chrome window trim
  Historical mailing list - Brendan Slevin
  Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:41:36 -0700
  I read somewhere about removing this nasty old "chrome" strip from the window seals and not having issues with it leaking or windows falling...
• Internal Debate
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 7 Mar 2009 22:00:12 -0600
  ...that is the question!" - removing my transmission myself and replacing leaking seals and clutch. Never done that before. Done about everything else, but not...
• Re: Window chrome moulding
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 4 May 2000 14:37:11 +0200
  "Giroux, Eric" wrote: > All, > > Do the chrome molding in the window seals server a purpose? Mine are all > faded and greenish. Can I just...
• Re: Doors hard to latch when windows closed
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Thu, 5 Oct 2000 20:38:13 -0700
  This is a problem??? VWs have been this way since 1949! If your seals are in good shape and the doors are properly adjusted...
• Transmission Fluid Change
  Historical mailing list - Tim Belanger
  Thu, 3 May 2001 01:17:45 EDT
  ...Is there a filter? Screen? Do seals need to be replaced? Thanks Tim 87Wolfsburg [text/html]
• front heater rebuild webpage?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Reynolds
  Tue, 20 May 2003 21:17:04 EDT
  ...the webpage that somebody had made about replacing the heater flap seals. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks, Roger Reynolds '89...
• Re: Luggage Rack Seal
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 2 May 2000 08:40:48 -0400
  ...The reason that many vendors sell luggage rack seals with bulbs like that is that they are actually selling you a length of poptop...
• Re: poptop seal - quality? great success with BD seals
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sat, 27 May 2006 00:49:17 -0400
  > The PO of my weekender replaced the poptop seals with Bus > Depot seals... I have been amazed at how quiet the van is. > Absolutely...
• Re: Waterproof window sealant?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 03 Dec 94 21:51:40 CST
  ...Anybody heard of this stuff or something similar? I've >had my windshields replaced as well as the seals, but they still leak >rain...
• Re: '86 injector seals - where to buy?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 10 Jun 1998 22:19:31 -0700
  At 10:53 AM 6/10/98 -0400, Eric Pickering wrote: >ANyone have a good source for the little rubber seals that go around...
• Re: Motorworks and the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - M Williams
  Sun, 6 Aug 2000 08:43:46 EDT
  << A few weeks ago, I mentioned that the seals I purchased for my 89 poptop were not acceptable - allowed to much gap and the...
• Re: Does gas spill out when you fill your tank?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 17 Mar 2001 08:50:50 -0600
  ...neck. > > I investigated the seals on the expansion tanks along with the white check > valves that push into seals. One of the check valves...
• Re: Poptop Seal adhesive
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Thu, 3 Jun 2004 07:27:05 -0700
  ...I was advised (by the list) that the new seals with aluminum clips built in (I got mine from Calif. imports) don't need...
• Re: ATF leaking & level too high on dipstick - '89 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
  Mon, 12 Oct 1998 22:34:48 -0500
  ...If so, how do I drain the excess fluid? > >Any one else ever have this problem? If it is the seals between the >transmission...
• Re: Bus Depot luggage rack seal and wind noise
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sun, 31 May 1998 11:42:36 -0100
  ...With many hundreds of luggage rack seals sold, my complaint rate about this has been less than 1/2 of 1 percent. The seal...
• westy luggage rattle, very annoying
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Sun, 19 Mar 2000 13:26:52 EST
  ...the seals are new, but between the two front mounting screws there is a lot of give where the fiberglass meets the car. i...
• Re: Luggage rack seal...
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 18 Jul 2000 14:24:26 EDT
  ...I have had no problems with the seals as I had one van here after installing the seals for 3 months and I was...
• CIS-E wiring harness FS
  Historical mailing list - bobby aquino
  Wed, 11 Sep 2002 10:30:50 -0700
  ...I even have a rebuilt cylinder head (all new, all 4 intake valves, all 4 exhaust valves, seals, all 8 guides, all the injector...
• Re: window seal needs - BD ones are from Germany
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Tue, 11 Apr 2006 18:59:41 -0700
  ...window seal needs - BD ones are from Germany > > Dana Showers wrote: > >> I just ordered a complete set of seals without the chrome strip from...
• Re: discount VANAGON parts new!! check this out!!! (f)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 17 Jan 2001 23:50:55 +1200
  ...look them over well for damaged seals.