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• Re: How long to pump down A/C ?
  Historical mailing list - Fredrich Hesterberg
  Sun, 25 May 2003 13:56:54 -0500
  ...How long to pump down A/C ? Why would you use the old o-rings ? You can get adaptor kits at Pep Boys quite...
• Re: Better replacement for Westy faucet
  Historical mailing list - Rob Campbell
  Tue, 2 May 2006 11:36:34 -0700
  ...sink, and used the old mounting holes to mount my new "adaptor" plate. On 5/2/06, mark drillock <drillock@earthlink.net> wrote: > > My...
• Re: Engine Conversion Transmissions
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Tue, 14 Jan 2003 12:47:25 -0800
  ...Keep your eyes open for some really fantastic adaptors for installing Porsche wheels on Vanagons. I'm making them, and they will be available...
• Re: K&N Cone filters Cold Air Intake for vanagon-eliminate factory airbox
  Historical mailing list - P.Dooley
  Sat, 25 Dec 2004 16:53:28 -0500
  ...http://www.sonic.net/~its4pla/ebay/K&N-Adaptor.jpg this will allow you to eliminate your factory airbox and run 3" dia dryer...
• Re: starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Fri, 19 Oct 2018 13:39:15 -0700
  ...If I had to do it over again, I'd get the adaptor for the diesel starter. Simply because they can be gotten at...
• Re: power in bus for a PC (little Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Ty Graham
  Sun, 28 May 2000 16:08:11 -0700
  I have had good luck with the Lind DC -> DC adaptors. My Dell just thinks it's on AC. Too avoid clutter, I have...
• Re: Any last words before siliconing the filler parts?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 17 May 2012 09:25:22 -0700
  ...Check Bus Depot for the adaptor bushing. Last time I checked they had it. Upgrading to the smaller ID filler tube is something I...
• Re: Vanagon Starter relay kit
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 11 Dec 2015 21:30:45 -0800
  ...If I got the Mullendore adaptor plate and a new TDI starter, I'm saving some bucks. And Karls web page specifies that the...
• propex heaters (group buy?)
  Historical mailing list - Blake C. Thornton
  Mon, 20 Oct 1997 11:11:52 -0600
  ...propex will fit the heaters with 1/4" inlets so no adaptor is necessary.) I think we should have 10 people to do this...
• Re: Suggestions for internet access on the road? (Sort-of Vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Geoff Wilke
  Tue, 30 May 2000 20:01:43 -0700
  ...phone (a digital Audiovox with Bell Most cell phone manufactures sell adaptors for their phones to allow you to use a modem with them...
• Re: Fixed my Honda, Thought: Honda 2.4 I-VTEC Engine into Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:51:35 -0800
  ...Under "VOLKSWAGEN AND PORSCHE ENGINE ADAPTERS" KEP shows S2000, Prelude 2.2 - 2.3 adaptor plates. An email would confirm if the bolt patterns...
• Re: Vanagon Gas Tank/Fuel System measurements
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 11 May 2010 16:43:25 -0700
  ...it, but if i > need > >> to pick one up as an adaptor i need to know ASAP. > >> > >> -Craig > >> '85GL turned WESTY > >> BOSTIG in the...
• Re: Automatic Starter options was: Front Heater Fan Motor Lube?
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Tue, 28 Jan 2020 18:58:59 -0800
  ...The majority of my adaptors have gone to conversions, including all sorts of off-road buggies with V8s and the like. Even one in...
• Re: Engine swap
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Thu, 16 Oct 2014 13:14:33 -0400
  ...It seems that Kennedy Engineering makes an adaptor > plate for the Subaru to Vanagon automatic swap (and likely for the VW > engines too). From...
• Re: aerator/hose for Westfalia faucet
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:29:17 -0400
  ...The other is finding an easy way to connect to the aerator- > maybe some kind of hose barb and maybe an adaptor to match...
• Re: Mail list history and happy news
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:26:02 -0800
  ...For christmas my wife put the car seat adaptor from Go > Westy in my stocking. Yay! Everyone is healthy and the kid is super...
• Re: Oil Temp Sender and Gauge
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Thu, 24 Jun 2021 08:55:55 -0700
  ...oil temp gauge > to work. > > The sender connects to a threaded adaptor that replaces the oil > relief plug - which I imagine many of you...
• Re: Fuel filter upgrade kit tips wanted
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 5 Sep 2015 13:29:33 -0400
  ...a small adaptor that looks to me like it might connect a large hose to a small one. It comes with a canister fuel...
• Re: Starter related question.
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sat, 16 Jul 2016 21:37:50 -0300
  ...2016, at 03:51, Karl Mullendore <tdiguru@WESTYVENTURES.COM> wrote: >> >> My adaptor + the LaTrical-brand TDI starter ($75) new, is far superior to >> GW...
• Re: Bus Boys Oil Cooler Kit
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sat, 24 Aug 2013 15:13:46 -0700
  ...The best system for your Bus or Vanagon. > > > ZAP-11705 Oil Cooler Kit Complete, 72 Plate with "Sandwich" Oil Filter Adaptor $132.00 > NOTE...
• Re: transmission change: how to turn a/c engine to get at bolts???
  Historical mailing list - al sinclair
  Sat, 3 Dec 2005 15:15:22 -0800
  ...crankshaft to access the torque converter bolts? Bentley > says to use adaptor 3052 with extension and T handle -- one of which I > have > > also...
• Re: Flickering Oil Light at Idle
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Perry
  Mon, 8 Sep 2014 07:05:33 -0400
  ...authkey=CMW42OH705nRDA&pid=5777668943063750386&oid=109991183317103413704 > > > > <http://prosportgauges.com/oil-filter-adaptor-plate.aspx> > > > ORR ~ DeanB > > On 7 Sep , 2014, at 9:13 PM...
• Re: I need help identifying a part...........
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 21 Sep 2012 21:31:56 -0700
  ...in? >> >> Or is the thread, ** and type of metal ** on the adaptor, that specific? >> >> Neil. >> >> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 5:46 PM...
• Re: free toolbox with vw purchase
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:16:25 -0500
  ...We already have: > > > > Pressure tester with the vanagon adaptor,screw right onto the resivoir > > bottle.. > > All the usual wrenches,sockets,fluke meter,timing light...
• Re: Cold start oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 12 May 2021 00:10:28 -0700
  ...had VDO oil pressure and temp gauges, senders on a sandwich adaptor at the oil filter. Start-up pressure has been just under 80...
• Re: [Syncro] Farm jack thingy
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 26 Jul 2023 17:31:49 +0000
  ...But I never would have searched for high lift jack adaptor. I mean, why ask for what you need? So if I can't...
• Re: Better replacement for Westy faucet
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 2 May 2006 12:59:10 -0700
  ...rectangle piece to make it fit into the corner of hte sink, and > used the old mounting holes to mount my new "adaptor" plate. >
• Re: 1985 Westfalia heaters
  Historical mailing list - Chris P. Gibbs Photography
  Sun, 01 Sep 1996 18:55:52 +0000
  ...the heater to ask for an 8mm down to quarter inch adaptor! It seems that the standard European pipe size to and from the...
• Re: VDO Oil Pressure Extension Adaptor
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 12 Feb 2003 22:05:47 -0600
  Sounds good. How hot do yoy think the engine compartment is ? I'm guessing less than a steady 200 degrees because I can grab...
• Re: whistling engines again (was RE: GET BACK ON TOPIC!)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 18 Aug 2004 23:01:41 -0700
  ...I would think that the "wiring harness adaptor to the air flow box" that the old gent is talking about is good 'ol Vanagon...
• Re: painting questions
  Historical mailing list - Craig Spaeth
  Wed, 17 Jan 2001 08:50:41 -0800
  ...i alre= > ady > have a capable air compressor and spray paint adaptor as well as a protec= > tive > mask, so all id really need...
• Re: WTB: used sink faucet or alternative...
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Fri, 8 Oct 2004 09:58:58 -0700
  ...Have one since two > years and very satisfied. > > You will have to make an adaptor plate (or find one), I made it in > plexiglass...
• EPODS (Internet/GPS access from your bus)
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 18 Jan 2001 18:30:21 -0500
  ...You can use it with a wireless modem, or use certain web-enabled cell phones as a modem with the correct adaptor. It has...
• Re: [vanagon] Vanagon re-power cheap & reliable
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Sun, 28 Oct 2007 12:45:28 -0400
  ...BUT!---you'll need different mounts, bell housing or adaptor plates, and much MUCH more. Not an 'easy' or bolt-in conversion, ya gotta...
• Re: Vanagon Starter
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 9 Sep 2016 16:57:43 +0000
  ...wrote: > > > The combination of the TDI starter and my automatic version adaptor I > feel > > is still a very solid option with almost twice the...
• Re: What parts needed for gas filler tube install
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 21 May 2012 11:02:22 -0700
  ...near end that goes in tank ) all you need is the adaptor bushing at tank and presumably a new bushing where small pipe enters...
• Re: free toolbox with vw purchase
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:59:00 -0700
  ...We already have: > > Pressure tester with the vanagon adaptor,screw right onto the resivoir > bottle.. > All the usual wrenches,sockets,fluke meter,timing light...
• 5 cyls, starters
  Historical mailing list - Wouter de Waal
  Wed, 5 Apr 1995 13:36:54 +0200 (SAT)
  ...Got the adaptor plate from the factory (i.e. VW Uitenhage). Used the same 'box. He used a 2.2l carb engine from an...
• Re: Gas Tank Fitment; Subframe Crooked?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 28 Dec 2010 18:10:02 -0800
  ...might be hanging up. > > I'd pop in a filler pipe adaptor but my Visa card is cut up (fraud), > and I really don...
• Re: Lighting the fridge-the E-Z way
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 15 Aug 2003 08:25:25 -0700
  ...Anyway, I attached the small red adaptor to the high-flow air output, stuck it into the drain tube, hit the propane button, and...
• Re: Stuck Oil Drain plug
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 8 Apr 2008 10:14:18 -0700
  ...so stuck that I twisted the nub off of my socket adaptor trying to > get > it out. > > The van has been sitting for close...
• Re: Mail list history and happy news
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:04:13 -0800
  ...For christmas my wife put the car seat adaptor from Go >> Westy in my stocking. Yay! Everyone is healthy and the kid is super...
• propex heaters (group buy?)
  Historical mailing list - Blake C. Thornton
  Mon, 20 Oct 1997 14:43:20 -0600
  ...propex will fit the heaters with 1/4" inlets so no adaptor is necessary.) I think we should have 10 people to do this...
• Re: starting problem
  Historical mailing list - William Monk
  Fri, 19 Oct 2018 12:59:44 -0400
  ...If I had to do it over again, I'd get the adaptor for the diesel starter. Simply because they can be gotten at...
• Re: transmission change: how to turn a/c engine to get at bolts???
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 3 Dec 2005 13:34:06 -0800
  ...crankshaft to access the torque converter bolts? Bentley says to use adaptor 3052 with extension and T handle -- one of which I have also...
• Re: H-4 Headlight questions
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:39:16 -0700
  ...instructions (Hella) and instructions for > installing the bulb that mention an adaptor plug..Did I miss out on that, > or > will they plug right...
• Re: Bus Boys Oil Cooler Kit
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 24 Aug 2013 17:39:53 -0500
  ...The best system for your Bus or Vanagon. > > > > > > ZAP-11705 Oil Cooler Kit Complete, 72 Plate with "Sandwich" Oil Filter Adaptor $132.00 > > NOTE...
• Re: High Lift Jacks
  Historical mailing list - Ron Mueller
  Mon, 1 Jan 2007 02:06:43 -0600
  ...would a 48 inch jack... ??? I'm going to get that adaptor for the high lift once Volkscafe gets them in again... so it...
• RE: V-6 Buick into..(rotary)
  Historical mailing list - King, Robert
  3 Mar 1995 10:05:01 +1000
  ...The second thing is the adaptor plate. This was manufatured from 1/2" plate and having it machined out by 1/4" so that...
• Re: '82-2.0 teardown. help me find the knocking please
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 2 Jun 2009 06:33:45 -0700
  There are all kinds of engine/tranny adaptors available. Kennedy Engineering makes an adaptor plate to mate the inline gas VW motor to the...
• Re: Compression tester question
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:08:24 -0800
  ...once it's pumped up, it > > > > > should stay there correct? > > > > > > > > > > It was threaded properly, and adaptor to hose was threaded properly too. > > > > > > > > > > Apologies for...
• Re: [WetWesties] VW Campers and Kayaks
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sun, 6 Jan 2008 20:45:58 -0500
  ...Mounted >> on >> the '87 poptop. >> >> Also, you can get Yakima bike adaptors to carry bikes on top. >> >> Pete >> '79 Westy "Aardvark" >> '87 Westy "Joe...
• Re: Vintage machines
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 21 Jan 2023 20:28:46 -0500
  ...I’m often surprised by things like the return of items at venders like Uniwerks, or creative solutions like the Mullendore starter adaptor. Folks...
• Re: Has anyone installed an ABA-based engine conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Sun, 1 Feb 2004 19:32:24 +0000
  ...A 1.8 head replaced the 2.0 head, and a '92 Jetta-Golf >intake manifold . > >I made a adaptor for the Motronic throttle...
• Conversion Survey
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Wed, 5 Mar 2003 21:38:16 -0600
  ...better be able to stop), 500 for first set of wheel adaptors (larger wheels required for SA Big Brakes), 600+ for SA headlight grill...
• Re: engine swap
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Wed, 11 Aug 1999 23:29:56 -0400
  ...would the importing fees cost with shipping to get these parts, (adaptor and rear support) on my door step..... Did I mention I want...
• Diesel swap parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - D.Belick
  Sun, 29 Mar 1998 16:19:12 -0700
  ...But as this post shows, there is a kep adaptor. Please email me if you are interested. Dan Belick 84 Adventurwagon >From: David Marshall...
• Re: tri-star fender flares------looking for pictures of these on Vana gons.....anybody seen these?
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Thu, 27 Jun 2002 06:58:44 -0400
  ...the SVX wheels have a 55 mm offset, but with >the adaptors they fit perfectly under the wheel arches........And I just had >to...
• Re: Audi 100/200 callipers PHOTOS
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Wed, 11 Feb 2004 09:39:07 +0100
  My brake setup uses the one piston caliper, but the two piston version should fit also with only litle modification of the adaptors. 290x25mm...
• Re: Van Died @ 70 MPH. Why? (Jetta conversion)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 25 Aug 2011 20:12:57 -0700
  ...Thankfully I had the KEP adaptor drilled for 50* mount (thank your Mark Drillock) so that much is ready to go. Making the box...