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• Re: fitting 205/70R14 on 14 X 5.5 wheels?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 15 Sep 2017 05:31:12 +0000
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• Re: Ball joints
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Mon, 17 Aug 2015 23:50:49 -0400
  No ball joints come with grease fittings but it's really easy to install your own in upper and lower ball joints and tie...
• Steel coolant lines?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sat, 15 Jun 2013 08:12:31 -0600
  ...My question is who makes the the best fitting stainless ones and which vendors have them?? Thanks!! Velma 82 na diesel westy
• Re: 1987 VW Camper Van-damaged by engine fire-for sale best offer (alameda) CA
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:50:35 -0700
  Now where did I leave the 'how to' write up on replacing that plastic firewall fuel fitting?... Oops! Too late At 8/21/2008...
• 1.9 L Head needed
  Historical mailing list - wayne withers
  Fri, 6 Jul 2007 20:27:57 -0700
  ...Wayne --------------------------------- Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search.
• Re: trying to get parts in Germany
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Fri, 17 Nov 1995 13:41:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...But fitting it on my Scrabble board was a bitch.
• Volksubaru plumbing question
  Historical mailing list - Markus Benne
  Thu, 14 Oct 1999 11:43:32 -0400
  ...This will require some 90 degree fittings, etc. Will conventional plumbing techniques (soldering, etc) survive coolant pressures and coolant itself? Can 1 1/4...
• whatever happened to Euro-American RV?????
  Historical mailing list - Vic Ahmed
  Mon, 27 Mar 2000 21:39:55 EST
  Fellow Listees, I tried to call Pete at Euro American RV Products today, as I needed some skylights and the outer Westy camper fittings...
• size of nut on LP fitting?
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Mon, 18 Feb 2002 09:06:40 -0700
  I am removing my cabinet from my 1981 Westy, I was able to get a 17mm wrench on one side of the nut but...
• WTB: Auto Transmission Drain Pan fitting a 1990/2.1 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Fri, 3 Jun 2005 19:03:34 -0700
  Hello All: Anyone have a Auto Trans drain pan thet'd like to part with? I need one in NICE shape...no dents or...
• Air Lumbar supports for vanagon seat ?
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Fri, 27 Jan 2006 13:08:40 -0800
  ...got with the van seats Any suggestions for a good form fitting air in flateable lumbat support that fits nice with vanagon seats ?? like...
• missing emails
  Historical mailing list - Reinhard Vehring
  Thu, 9 Aug 2007 18:07:53 -0700
  ...Reinhard ____________________________________________________________________________________ Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p...
• Westy Propane Tube Size ??
  Historical mailing list - Tom Salicos
  Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:25:20 -0800
  What is the size of the propane lines that go to the regulator and where do I get fittings? One of mine is cracked...
• Battery explosion
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
  Sat, 31 May 2008 19:00:33 -0700
  ...Today, I was cleaning the whole thing up, POR 15, bedliner spray, cleaning ground, fitting with stainless bolt. Otherwise all is well. Zoltan
• Re: oem style ground crimp on fitting
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:42:08 -0500
  Here's where I get mine. You'll need an "Open Barrel" type crimper to use them but the results are exactly the same...
• A/C compressors
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Tue, 30 Jun 1998 22:18:30 -0700
  ...The replacement pump has threaded fittings, both equally off-center. The pump body appears quite similar and looks as if it would fit in...
• Re: Mystery lines (at least to me)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 18 Mar 2013 22:52:00 -0700
  ...One come from the upper front end of your transmission, a banjo fitting there, easy to see. Another one comes all the way from...
• Re: Fuel lines, one more time,was: Congrats! Check it out...was: NEW OWNER!!
  Historical mailing list - Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
  Tue, 20 Oct 1998 09:06:17 -0400
  ...Brainstorming WHY folks haven't used them, I would think chiefly the PRICE of fitting good quality Stainless Steel lines with the proper barbed...
• Re: propane filling problem
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 12 Aug 2002 10:58:07 -0400
  At 09:44 AM 8/12/2002, Jay L Snyder wrote: >Are you guys opening the vent fitting? Your tank should never take 2...
• Re: > Every vehicle you see on the road ( including your's) has steel
  Historical mailing list - John Wallace
  Mon, 2 May 2005 14:55:38 -0400
  ...The other one is the low pressure side so you just use good hose clamps to attach the hose to the exisitng fittings you...
• Re: Any way to transfer LP from gas grill tanks into the vanagon LP
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 11 Oct 2005 12:23:13 -0600
  I checked that again just now to see if you could just connect a POL fitting to draw vapor. (I have a valve sitting...
• Re: Propane tank fill valve
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:06:03 -0400
  On 9/10/2012 3:34 PM, David Vickery wrote: > The fittings he is talking about are different from the extend a > flow/stay...
• Re: Fire starter Fitting Strikes Again!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Chapman
  Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:17:57 -0400
  ...Dennis Haynes wrote: > The real problem with that fitting is that it is not visible or easily > checked-tightened. A better fix is to...
• Re: Front end overhaul
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Sun, 10 Jan 2016 22:46:31 -0500
  ...I hope the grease fittings will >prevent this from happening again. A Google search will show you how to >install the grease fittings. > >Now...
• Re: 2.0L swap from Air-cooled Vanagon to '73 Bus
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Wed, 8 Apr 1998 20:52:35 -0700
  ...The fuel tank on a 73 only has one fitting (out). The FI system needs to recirculate and has two fittings that go into...
• Re: 1986 production changes
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Sun, 24 Mar 2002 11:08:51 -0800
  ...Note, however, that Sanden compressors came with a plethora of fittings for connecting the A/C lines. You might be able to upgrade an...
• Re: Things to do at Wal-Mart
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 5 Apr 2002 22:45:50 -0700
  ...a fitting room and yell loudly, "Hey! We're out of toilet > >> paper in here!" > > > >Our local Walmart has signs in the fitting rooms...
• Re: Other 71 bus questions.
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 30 Apr 1995 15:18:08 +0600
  ...The only piece I have on the end of the hose is a female tire fitting. I figured out that the valve is MIA...
• Re: Probably a really old question
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Thu, 22 Feb 2001 06:15:28 EST
  In a message dated 2/22/01 2:40:42 AM, wayout@IX.NETCOM.COM writes: << is there any complication to fitting a 2...
• Re: Metric fittings
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 11 Apr 2001 15:46:11 EDT
  Tom, I have the rubber line. The part number is 251 721 477D and I have these for $25 if you need one. The...
• Re: Don't waste your money. Fuel Line's - Filters etc to prevent leaks?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Fri, 19 Dec 2003 09:58:33 -0600
  >http://www.racecarsupply.com/html/earls_month.htmlrubber > >Here's a link to a supplier of the braided hose and fittings used in race...
• Brand New AC Parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Tue, 21 Jun 2005 13:16:07 -0400
  ...Sanden 508 (brand new with clutch) fits the majority of vans 1983 through 1986 $140 Reciever Dryer (944 573 143) Fittings 180 degrees apart...
• Re: Fitting 88 slider to 84 van... differences between years?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:06:46 -0500
  Grebby, Why not go visit a local VW repair shop, ask to look at two vans in their parking lot, one 84 or older...
• Thank you, fridge is lit!
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Tue, 16 Apr 2002 15:19:21 -0400
  I already had the fridge out so we made up an extension hose from the propane fitting at the rear of the fridge to...
• reccomendation for fuel pressure gauge
  Historical mailing list - Ben S
  Fri, 22 Jul 2005 12:20:38 -0700
  ...it seems likely that whatever gauge i can find will come with a non metric fitting that will not fit my fuel hose. however...
• Re: Anyone ever rigged up a Coolant Pressure Gauge???
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 21 Jul 2003 08:44:13 -0400
  I made up a fitting that attached to the radiator bleed bolt that ran to a vacuum/30 psi gauge. I wanted to see...
• Re: refrigerator, firewall fuel fitting and winter gasoline
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 21 Nov 2011 08:14:09 -0600
  ...Folks argue on here about it, but all agree that the fitting is simply a firestarter that should be eliminated. but I just filled...
• Re: Trip Report
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Mon, 3 Jun 2002 08:03:44 -0600
  ...The metal fitting that connects to the "S" pipe > off the compressor actually broke off inside the fitting. I will be trying > to find...
• Re: Oil pressure sender thread size?
  Historical mailing list - Nathan Mc Blain
  Sat, 5 May 2007 12:47:04 -0700
  ...I want to order the hose fittings or pipe > to attach to a hand held gauge. I though it might be tapered > threads but...
• Re: Where to find a metric brake line flaring tool ?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 4 Mar 2008 06:26:39 -0800
  ...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: It is a good day when...
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 7 Aug 2022 07:01:36 -0400
  ...You get new hose swaged onto the metal fittings, install and it works… > > Then find a drip today and take the pump off mount...
• Re: smoked tail lights
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:27:11 +1200
  ...so long as they have a flat fitting; the holes can be trimmed to fit. RT100 Toyota Corona, KE3x Corolla coupe, late rear-drive...
• My maiden voyage!
  Historical mailing list
  16 May 97 14:47:00 -0700
  ...trip together! The destination, you ask? No other place would be fitting except Yosemite. A weekend of awesome climbing in a gorgeous setting...it...
• Vanagon Side Step
  Historical mailing list - Vern D. Moen
  Fri, 12 Nov 1999 07:42:14 -0800
  A 'Granny Step' running board is made for the T2 busses that fits in the jack fittings in the the side to help get...
• Leaky faucet
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Fri, 12 May 2000 13:51:40 -0700
  ...Put it back and tightened the fittings, but still leaks. Has anyone been able to repair these? Jerry '90 Westy with 125K in central...
• Re: Suggestion, Re: Checking a Radiator.
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
  Mon, 9 Jul 2001 17:44:12 +1000
  ...Just reading this thread abut fitting two pumps on the coolant loop. Trouble is I believe that this may set up cavitation in the...
• retro-fitting retractable rear seatbelts, '86 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Alan Cote
  Sat, 9 Oct 2004 17:32:34 EDT
  The stock seatbelts make it a PITA to put childseats in the rear-most seat of a vanagon. Has anyone installed retractable (lap) seat...
• Re: Steering Rack Hydraulic Fitting Size?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sun, 19 Oct 2008 20:50:57 -0700
  I don't want to destroy the lines. I'd like some caps that match the threads of the steering rack. -- Michael Snow 1982...
• Exhausted, but quite...finally!
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Mon, 4 Jun 2001 09:28:24 -0500
  ...Ordered a muffler from BusDepot last October, and all the fittings and gaskets for Vanagain this past week. All arrived in a timely manner...
• Re: Fwd: Re: gas odor in engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
  Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:34:58 -0500
  ...firewall fitting ok no seepage around fuel pressure relief valve thanks mike ---- John Rodgers <inua@charter.net> wrote: > Turn off the engine, open the...
• Re: Need graywater tank ideas
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Thu, 19 Aug 2004 10:57:02 -0700
  ...He suggested that I find a little 2 - 5 >collapsible tank with a garden-hose fitting that I could run my drain >into. Collapsible...
• Re: Fitting a jaleosy windiow
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Sun, 20 Oct 2013 14:33:06 -0400
  ...October 19, 2013 2:44 PM To: Bryan Feddish Subject: Re: Fitting a jaleosy windiow I googled the words jaleosy and vanagon On Sat...
• Re: Old Spare air
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Wed, 16 Nov 2005 08:51:43 -0500
  ...you can buy a 1/8NPT air chuck fitting to mate to a pipe passing thru the floor. down by the shifter. Chek-A...
• Re: 2.1 L Head Leaks
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 19 May 2011 16:13:42 -0500
  Ben, thanks for the head-up on the hose to the side of the head and the fittings. Will give that careful scrutiny, as...
• Clutch Slave Cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Fri, 18 Sep 1998 18:31:41 -0700
  ...The fitting on the MV bleeder configuration proved not to provide an air- tight fit, and I am certain that the clutch cylinder still...
• AutoStop LP fill Valve leak
  Historical mailing list - Ezra Hall
  Thu, 20 Apr 2000 11:41:21 -500
  ...The attendant rapped on the forward side of the Auto Stop fitting several times, and the leak stopped. Is there a spring loaded valve...
• Re: looking for a source for metric hardware
  Historical mailing list - Mad and Ed
  Wed, 2 Jun 2004 10:42:40 -0700
  ...The threads in the crankcase are 10mm X 1.0 > pitch, and not many folks make pipe fittings with metric threads. Can > anybody suggest...
• Ski/Bike rack for an '87 GL
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Drew
  Tue, 9 Sep 1997 16:17:50 -0700
  Anyone out there have experience fitting an '87 GL with a bike rack? I understand that these are difficult vehicles to fit with racks...
• Bumpers...
  Historical mailing list - ToBeWilson
  Sun, 14 Dec 1997 19:52:05 EST
  ...They usually have a good stock of frame tubing, the benders and welders, the skills necessary for special fitting and the longing for work...
• Re: Brass Coolant Connectors = Failure?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Tue, 3 Jul 2012 09:02:36 -0700
  ...BenT sent from my electronic leash > > > ---- Derek Drew <derekdrew@DEREKMAIL.COM> wrote: >> The information throughout the Internet seems to be that brass barbed fittings...