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• Re: Removing gold gasket from aluminum
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Tue, 21 Dec 2010 03:22:16 -0600
  ...Removing gold gasket from aluminum Anyone have a good way to remove old gasket material from aluminum? Rob becida@comcast.net Western Washington State...
• Re: squeaky side window
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sat, 8 Jun 2002 20:35:02 -0700
  Data Services wrote: > The aluminum screened sliding window on the sides of my Westy scream like a banshee when slid back and forth. Especially...
• Re: Who has/had the longest lived head gasket on this list?
  Historical mailing list - Dick Bowie
  Tue, 16 Oct 2001 19:39:57 -0400
  Has anyone tried to anodize the aluminum heads in order to stop the aluminum/iron bi-metallic chemical process? dbowie
• Painting the exhaust - High Temp - POR??
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:03:27 -0400
  ...So the ALuminum sounds like it fits the bill but POR says to use regular POR-15 (as long as the parts don't...
• Spark plug removal & heating heads
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Tue, 21 Jul 1998 20:22:33 -0400
  Removing steel studs from an aluminum head can lead to some serious consequences. Lets say that the head is 356 alloy (just as an...
• Re: Free Rims
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:54:08 -0700
  There is a glut currently in the world aluminum market, fwiw. It is endlessly recycle-able, one of it'sseveral postive attributes. Far cheaper...
• Re: Aluminum Brighteners
  Historical mailing list - Shaggy
  Sat, 7 Sep 2002 06:28:25 -0700
  I use Mothers Mag and Aluminum Polish on everything, even the Brass doorknobs at home. Shaggy ===== Shaggy __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real...
• Re: Curious Question (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Tue, 29 Jun 2004 14:28:05 -0700
  Of course, if we are talking alloys here, we are not talking about Aluminum. With Steel, we are not talking about an element, we...
• Re: Doing another rear aluminum bumper
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Tue, 2 Aug 2022 07:59:40 -0700
  ...shufti.blog/2022/08/01/vanagon-making-another-aluminum-bumper/ > > Alistair > -- 1989 Swedish Tristar with Aluminum gates and Atiwe 16" Wheels. Oldest son is...
• Re: metal / chemical reaction experts
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Mon, 20 Aug 2001 21:25:45 -0400
  ...I have an aluminum trailer which is excellent to pull behind a van because it is ultralight. It needs some hardward mounted directly to...
• Re: broken spark plug removal?
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Foltz
  Tue, 21 Jul 1998 13:27:09 EDT
  ...HAVE cut exhaust pipes (NOT aluminum) used a nut splitter (the proper tool) to break nuts (again NOT aluminum) when the 'hot wrench' wouldn...
• Re: Aluminum door card
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sat, 17 Jun 2017 07:51:24 -0300
  ...the material, and it really couldn't use it ( 2024-t5 aluminum ) for anything else so I made a door card. > > Still has to...
• Re: Source for Slider Window Screen
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Apr 2005 23:20:59 EDT
  ...if you have aluminum, its aftermarket. i know that ASI's and Adventurwagens used Aluminum framed screens bolted to the outside of the windows...
• Re: westy slider door curtain differences... results!!
  Historical mailing list - Brien Dews
  Tue, 7 Dec 2004 17:48:21 -0500
  Ok but my 84 has the track and plastic gliders and a buddys 84 has the aluminum curtain rod. Go figure... On Tue, 7...
• Re: Cavitation corrosion/erosion
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Sun, 3 May 1998 13:32:31 -0700
  ...Our Vanagons have Aluminum heads, iron cylinders > >and magnesium cases -- a real horror! > > Aluminum cases. The cases are aluminum, just like the type IV...
• coolant
  Historical mailing list - Steve Manning
  Tue, 31 Mar 1998 12:40:37 -0600
  My mechanic basically said any coolant made for aluminum block engines will work fine. Most coolant today which says 'protection for today's aluminum...
• Re: Aluminum door cards
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 23 Mar 2022 12:25:08 -0400
  ...But the abs sheet is as expensive as aluminum. > > There was a sheet of 0.090” thick aluminum at work that was free for...
• Re: corrosion & anodes (long)
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Sun, 17 Jan 1999 19:37:43 -0500
  > Free copper ion can be devastating to aluminum as some saltwater > sailors found when they painted their aluminum propeller gear casing > with copper antifouling...
• Re: Troubleshooting Blinking LED
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 1 May 2014 21:09:52 -0400
  At 07:12 PM 5/1/2014, Mister Tom wrote: >Does 2 uF 63 volt sound right? 10 uF 16 V aluminum. Tantalum is...
• Re: coffee
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 26 Nov 2004 14:14:52 -0600
  There is in this world, some allusion to Alzheimers and aluminum absorption being related. Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Jack wrote: >Maggie, > >Just...
• Re: 12V Slow Cooker Tests
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 9 May 2010 15:48:40 -0500
  ...Most of my camping pots are aluminum. Billions of meals have been cooked in aluminum for decades. Some years ago there were some peer...
• Aluminum Side Gates Question
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:46:21 -0700
  Quick question for anyone with aluminum gates on their Doka (or single cab)... I'm putting a set on my Tristar and there seems...
• Re: Tapping and dieing
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 23 Mar 2004 13:30:47 EST
  ...Also, there is a special tapping fluid made just for aluminum, works better. . . . . . .Try to avoid using crescent wrenches etc. . . . >> Good advise, John. I...
• Re: copper crush washers
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Sat, 31 Aug 2019 19:33:21 -0500
  ...Came with aluminum from the factory. Dealer supplied me with aluminum washers for a few years. Started buying parts for all my VWs at...
• Re: Free Rims
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:55:41 -0700
  ...aluminum is aluminum.
• Re: coffee
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 26 Nov 2004 15:42:24 -0700
  On 11/26/04 3:05 PM, "Bob Stevens" <mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > I "sort-of" got that from aluminum, John. Butt, in my...
• Re: Brushed-metal finish on aluminum stock (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sat, 12 Mar 2005 07:20:12 -0800
  ...My original 4 speed is very corroded and ugly looking - once the aluminum gets rough, it seems nearly impossible to clean. On 12 Mar...
• stuck muffler bolt in rear engine mount
  Historical mailing list - Rick Koller
  Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:58:21 -0400
  Greetings all, I am replacing exhaust system and one of the muffler carrier (bracket ) bolts is stuck in the rear aluminum engine mount. I...
• Re: Removing gold gasket from aluminum
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:15:35 -0500
  At 04:32 PM 12/20/2010, Rob wrote... >Anyone have a good way to remove old gasket material from aluminum? Wait a minute...
• Re: Westy WOES...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 04 Jan 95 10:12:23 CST
  ...Aluminum, because none have attached themselves to >my magnetic drain plug. >Now, wouldn't that exclude rods or bearings from being suspect? aluminum???? well...
• Re: 1700 Type IV head gaskets & Aluminum cars
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Mon, 13 Nov 95 11:15:03 PST
  ...The Land-Rover <and other cars where a hood or a trunk is aluminum> uses aluminum body panels, but the vehicles structural strength comes...
• Re: Aluminum coolant tanks
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Wed, 21 Jul 2021 10:16:43 -0700
  ...Two leaked from cracking (multiple spider cracking) and the third to make room for the aluminum tank - it still seemed good. I'll try...
• Re: westy slider door curtain differences... results!!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 Dec 2004 15:26:35 EST
  > > My 82 westy has the bent aluminum rod extrusion all the way around, > including the sliding door. Lucas. > > > > My 81 westy has little black...
• Re: put goo on gaskets or not?
  Historical mailing list - walt spak
  Sun, 2 Jan 2005 22:29:40 -0500
  ...I do not believe in using silicone sealer on aluminum blocks or components. Aluminum is porous and oil or coolant will be absorbed into...
• Re: Printing on Aluminum Sheet - NVC
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Mon, 10 Oct 2005 17:32:43 -0700
  ...Basically, I'm looking for someone to put the labels on > an > aluminum dashboard for the switches and warning lights. Any help is > greatly...
• Doing another rear aluminum bumper
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 2 Aug 2022 07:54:30 -0700
  ...https://shufti.blog/2022/08/01/vanagon-making-another-aluminum-bumper/ Alistair
• Re: Climbing
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Sun, 30 Jan 2011 12:50:45 EST
  ...The aluminum/ magnesium alloys in the ACVW engine these are only in type1 motors , vanagons and type 4 are all aluminum later mark d
• Re: "Easy Off" Aluminum Cleaning
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 13 May 2006 11:21:40 -0400
  ...Seems like aluminum is dfard to clean no mater which way you choose.
• Re: Engine cleaning
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:51:54 -0400
  If you're really into it, aluminum wheel cleaner has acid in it and will take all the crap off aluminum sheet metal, heads...
• Re: Door handles and pedal pads
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 10 Dec 2023 08:41:23 -0600
  ...I say in my blog, I’m not a fan of aluminum handles but machined some. And I’ve changed my tune, the power...
• Re: Subject: Re: Want to paint camper roof
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Wed, 15 May 2002 11:00:25 -0500
  ...Terrence has been working on for almost 30 years---- Semi's---- Repeat after me----steel holding aluminum----steel holding aluminum---:>) Been this way forever...
• Re: small exhaust leak: which epoxy to use?
  Historical mailing list - S2
  Mon, 19 Apr 1999 23:11:18 -0500
  ...Don't use an aluminum can for this type of temporary fix. Use steel. Aluminum will cause dissimilar metals corrosion and compund the problem...
• Re: Oil plug gasket -- FLAPS?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Mon, 8 Aug 2011 22:55:41 -0400
  FWIW, if I recall correctly the original waterboxer drain plug sealing washer was aluminum. I use to stock these all the time when I...
• cleaning engine aluminum
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Thu, 11 May 2006 14:28:40 -0700
  Hello, can anyone please tell me how to clean the aluminum of an engine? Is this a BenT trade secret? I want to do...
• Re: Brushed-metal finish on aluminum stock (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 13 Mar 2005 10:24:45 -0800
  ...Alistair On 11-Mar-05, at 10:18 PM, Damon Campbell wrote: > I stripped a set of aluminum bicycle cranks (went from > a blah...
• Re: stainless steel coolant pipes
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 6 May 2010 21:21:58 +1200
  Apparently stainless will result in electrolytic reactions when there is aluminum in the circuit. I have been advised to use aluminum pipe. -- Regards Andrew...
• aluminum side step
  Historical mailing list - Robert Mac Dowell
  Thu, 1 Apr 2010 18:29:15 -0400
  I'm looking for an aluminum side step for my 84 westy. I was going to buy from go westy but the shipping costs...
• Re: Left & Right Side Sliding Windows needed Complete for my 1982 Westy
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 4 Sep 2014 11:21:44 -0400
  ...what would someone get for aluminum frames at the scrapyard? whats the going price of aluminum per lb. these days?..
• Re. COOKERS. Aluminum cookware
  Historical mailing list - Arkady Mirvis
  Sun, 9 May 2010 21:02:24 +0100
  I read somewhere that using aluminum cookware triggers early feeblemindness and Alzheimer diseases. Feeblemindness will cause errant driving and Alzheimer will result a Westy...
• Aluminum coating
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Gentry
  Monday, November 13, 1995 8:11PM
  Hi Peter, Where did you get these things aluminum-coated? I'd like to do something similar. Thanks, Dennis I was fortunate enough to...
• Re: squeaky side window
  Historical mailing list - Karl M
  Sat, 8 Jun 2002 23:38:35 -0400
  ...Karl ******************************************************** The aluminum screened sliding window on the sides of my Westy scream like a banshee when slid back and forth. Especially in a...
• Re: Engine out--won't come apart. Need heads!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:25:00 -0500
  ...save a head. > The cam runs in the aluminum head on VW diesel engines, with aluminum cam > bearing caps. > Right... this is a waterboxer...
• Re: What to soak radiator in to dissolve slime
  Historical mailing list - Marc Sayer
  Sat, 15 May 2010 11:35:35 -0700
  ...Aluminum is not used in plumbing systems and Drano specifically says no to use it with aluminum. Aluminum is one of the active ingredients...
• Re: Bumper build, swing away tire carrier progress
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 22 Feb 2014 20:51:19 -0800
  ...But still, i like the thought of slightly scuffed and dented body panels showing the gleam of aluminum underneath. Like an old landy. Alistair...
• Re: Aluminum Side Gates Question
  Historical mailing list - Zolly
  Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:53:09 -0700
  ...Aluminum Side Gates Question > Quick question for anyone with aluminum gates on their Doka (or single > cab)... > > I'm putting a set on my...
• Re: coffee
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Fri, 26 Nov 2004 12:22:27 -0800
  ...coffee > There is in this world, some allusion to Alzheimers and aluminum > absorption being related. > > Regards, > > John Rodgers > 88 GL Driver > > Jack wrote: > > >Maggie...
• Re: FS: 15" SA vanagon steelie(was: Now alloy lug nuts
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 5 Mar 2010 20:45:59 -0800
  ...Porsche 911's have steel studs with > aluminum alloy lugnuts! > > > > > > Ya, und Verbooten! on the racecourse with those aluminum lugnuts in place. Don Hanson
• Re: Got 212,000 miles off original Radiator, how about you?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 16 Mar 2001 17:37:16 -0600
  ...IMHO I'd choose copper over aluminum. Aluminum corrodes more quickly. Road salt eats it up. Larry A.
• Re: Which poptop seals + color of top?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot, Inc.
  Sun, 15 Apr 2001 15:10:09 -0400
  ...The aluminum clips are the better ones; the non-aluminum ones rust out and come apart. - Ron Salmon The Bus Depot, Inc. www.busdepot...
• Re: Subject: Re: Want to paint camper roof
  Historical mailing list - Allan Bagley
  Wed, 15 May 2002 08:49:21 -0700
  > Use stainless rivets or nuts and bolts > All aluminum rivets suck anyway unless you need a very low strength fastener. If you must use...