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• RE: Mounting Spare off of USA bumper on split
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Wed, 05 Jun 1996 08:02:27 -0400
  ...To carry the second one, I used something like 3/16" steel flat bar stock and "U" clamps to make up a carrier for...
• Re: Fuel Line and Clamp Prices
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Sat, 31 Oct 1998 23:55:34 -0500
  ...So a better solution, McMaster-Carr sells the exact same style clamp in galvanized or stainless steel for less than German prices (not to...
• Re: Poptop frame/catch refurb
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 5 Jul 2017 13:38:26 -0700
  ...are cleaned, It's time to re-finish all of the galvanized steel up there. I prefer to clean the galvanizing, and then use...
• Re: VDO Oil Pressure Extension Adaptor
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 12 Feb 2003 19:34:04 -0600
  There are a couple of tricks to this. #1) Use galvanized or steel 1/8" pipe for the nipples. Keep then about 2" long...
• Re: @#$%! Trees!
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 16 May 2016 13:46:43 -0700
  ...Make a grill out of galvanized steel mesh? Paint it black with all that left over black paint you must have on hand? It...
• Re: The DEEP, DARK secret of fiberglass exhaust wrap discovered
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:54:33 -0700
  ...85 Vanagons have stainless steel main coolant > > pipes ? . > > > > what they are, near as I can tell is ordinary steel, galvanized, then > > painted black. > > and...
• oh crap! Beeeeep-screeeeeeech-thump-crack. (i flattened a dog)
  Historical mailing list - John Dagastino
  Wed, 22 Nov 2000 14:00:20 -0800
  ...of the coolant hose in the engine compartment 'upgraded' to some galvanized steel pipe. (you maybe know the hose in the 83-84s that...
• Re: Electronic Rustproofing?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 16 Aug 2009 03:23:16 -0500
  Car makers already use galvanized steel, but the galvanization layer eventually wears out. Thanks, Tom Hargrave Our Web Sites: www.kegkits.com http://www...
• Re: Where to get 1 1/4" "P" strap
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:36:58 -0500
  ...As a bonus, these straps are usually galvanized. Before I saw the photo, I thought you wanted a thing that is sometimes known as...
• Re: Carat Front Wheel Lug Bolts
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Sat, 22 Nov 2014 05:15:35 -0700
  ...The difference > is they are galvanized instead of pretty chrome on German bolts. Also have > cleaned but used bolts for $3 each. Shipping $6...
• Re: The DEEP, DARK secret of fiberglass exhaust wrap discovered
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:43:52 -0700
  ...85 Vanagons have stainless steel main coolant >> > pipes ? . >> > >> > what they are, near as I can tell is ordinary steel, galvanized, then >> > painted black. >> > and...
• Re: big canopies
  Historical mailing list - Fryday
  Mon, 10 Jun 2002 15:54:48 -0700
  ...Pipes are 2" white galvanized steel. Thanks, Philippe On Mon, 10 Jun 2002 15:59:02 -0500 Lee Roesner <paradigm@ALLEGRAPRINTING.COM> wrote: > I...
• Re: The DEEP, DARK secret of fiberglass exhaust wrap discovered
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:55:54 -0700
  ...what they are, near as I can tell is ordinary steel, galvanized, then painted black. and a magnet sticks to them - just tested that...
• Re: Exhaust hangers for the 1.9 don't exist either......
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 6 Jul 2008 07:24:07 EDT
  ...Well, not exactly, I have all the rods in Stainless Steel, see my _Vanagon Items Forsale_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/sales.htm) webpage...
• Re: Long Brake Line Installation Questions
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Sun, 6 Sep 2009 09:48:42 -0700
  ...tool) when you damage the coating you have uncoated mild steel, and the galvanized/zinc coated is somewhere between.� I think stainless is too...
• Re: Propex + altitude +placement
  Historical mailing list - vw woody
  Thu, 2 Oct 2014 08:34:50 -0500
  ...The case is galvanized steel but you > could add a protective coating over that if you wish. > If you have installed, or are thinking...
• Re: What lugs do Carat Alloys need?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sun, 6 Jan 2013 14:05:08 -0800
  ...The difference is the SA ones were galvanized instead of chrome. Also have some locking lugnuts. Pmail me if interested. 60 degree conical seats...
• Re: EMT (electrical conduit) for transitions in Vanagon cooling system? (engine conversion)
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:25:56 -0500
  ...By the time it got to me, it was a corroded, oozing mess. > > Trouble with EMT is that it's just galvanized mild steel...
• Antenna Solution
  Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
  Fri, 24 Jan 1997 00:19:40 -0600
  ...I like the idea of attaching a small round galvanized steel plate in the center of the top with silicon and then attaching a...
• Re: Pop top canvas hinge dirt
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Wed, 7 Jul 2021 11:17:20 -0400
  ...wrote: > Thomas, > > Aluminum dust? The hinges are steel, with electroplated galvanized coating > ( zinc) . The hinge bolts steel too. > But I do agree that the...
• Re: Poptop frame/catch refurb
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 5 Jul 2017 14:39:14 -0700
  ...are cleaned, It's time to re-finish all of the galvanized steel up there. I prefer to clean the galvanizing, and then use...
• Re: Electronic Rustproofing?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:48:35 +1200
  Rust happens when a ferrous steel comes into contact with both oxygen (O2) and water (dihydrogen oxide, H2O). It cannot occur without the presence...
• Re: Exhaust hangers for the 1.9 don't exist either......
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sun, 6 Jul 2008 08:25:54 -0400
  ...either...... > > > > > > Well, not exactly, I have all the rods in Stainless Steel, see my _Vanagon > Items Forsale_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/sales.htm...
• Fw: Re: Nuts and Braces
  Historical mailing list - Roy O.
  Thu, 24 Sep 1998 09:01:29 -0500
  ...I then got the fabricated one galvanized locally. When the smoke finally cleared, the total cost to me was just under $60 Cdn (compared...
• Re: oh crap! Beeeeep-screeeeeeech-thump-crack. (i flattened a dog)
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Wed, 22 Nov 2000 15:22:50 -0800
  ...of the coolant hose in the engine compartment > 'upgraded' to some galvanized steel pipe. (you maybe > know the hose in the 83-84s that...
• Re: Long Brake Line Installation Questions
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 6 Sep 2009 10:33:00 -0700
  ...tool) when you damage the coating you have uncoated mild > steel, and the galvanized/zinc coated is somewhere between. I think > stainless is too...
• Re: VDO Oil Pressure Extension Adaptor
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 12 Feb 2003 11:52:34 -0600
  ...1 each 1/8" pipe galvanized, threaded both ends with 1/8" copper thread (fine thread). 1 each 45 degree offset brass coupler, both...
• Re: ABA into 1.9 Vanagon was coolant overflow fears and thoughts
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 13 May 2013 09:14:04 -0400
  ?? 20' of 1/16" 1x9 galvanized wire from Home Depot ?? On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 11:17 PM, Jim Arnott <jrasite@eoni.com...
• Re: Muffler clamp question
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Fri, 7 Jan 2011 17:29:30 -0800
  ...often you can find some perforated steel strap about 1/16" thick and maybe 1" wide and galvanized, much heavier duty than the plumber...
• Re: EMT (electrical conduit) for transitions in Vanagon cooling system? (engine conversion)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:38:26 -0700
  ...By the time it got to me, it was a corroded, oozing mess. > > > Trouble with EMT is that it's just galvanized mild steel...
• Re: luggage rack cleats
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:07:07 -0400
  ...Go westy has the only tie down available besides the OEM tie down(galvanized steel). It is the space between the two holes that...
• Re: Poptop frame/catch refurb
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Seurynck
  Wed, 5 Jul 2017 20:50:41 +0000
  ...are cleaned, It's time to re-finish all of the > galvanized steel up there. I prefer to clean the galvanizing, and then use...
• Re: Vanagon envy?
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:56:31 -0700
  ...My > 77 911 came hot dip galvanized. > > Jim > > On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 1:20 PM, John Jensen <bluesbug@verizon.net> wrote: > > > It...
• Re: Electronic Rustproofing?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 16 Aug 2009 09:02:15 -0500
  ...Electronic Rustproofing? Rust happens when a ferrous steel comes into contact with both oxygen (O2) and water (dihydrogen oxide, H2O). It cannot occur without...
• Re: Brake line fittings
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:13:35 -0700
  ...for the cunifer line personally as I've recently mentioned.� Flaring steel line with hand tools is not nearly as easy as one may...
• Re: New Muffler, how hard is that?
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Sat, 14 Aug 2004 15:38:30 -0400
  ...your other options for getting longer life out of a stock muffler is to have it ceramic coated or have it galvanized via Flammspritzverzinkung...
• Re: Overheated Westy '87
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 3 Dec 2007 15:53:21 -0800
  ...I also would suggest people stop thinking stainless steel is titanium. It's not, it can rust, and it's not very strong actually...
• Re: Carat Front Wheel Lug Bolts
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Sat, 22 Nov 2014 05:22:07 -0700
  ...The difference >> is they are galvanized instead of pretty chrome on German bolts. Also have >> cleaned but used bolts for $3 each. Shipping $6...
• Re: wanted: pass side doka treasure chest door
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:28:35 -0700
  ...Had my bashed doors reskinned in galvanized steel on one of my trips to Asia. Cost savings on two doors vs. buying new was...
• Re: Black oxide finish on stainless steel
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 22 May 2007 17:33:10 -0400
  ...stainless steel as far as I can tell.Go Westy would sell them if they were avaliable,right?? They sell thenm in galvanized,like...
• Re: Kid's hammock (Was Are your kids grown?)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hineline
  Wed, 14 Jul 1999 09:35:51 -0700
  ...Before 1976 they were made of 16 or 18 gauge galvanized sheet metal, bent into a u-channel. At each end the edge tapered...
• Re: VDO Oil Pressure Extension Adaptor
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Wed, 12 Feb 2003 22:06:30 -0500
  ...There are a couple of tricks to this. > #1) Use galvanized or steel 1/8" pipe for the nipples. Keep then about 2" > long...
• Re: Exhaust hangers for the 1.9 don't exist either......
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sun, 6 Jul 2008 09:03:12 -0400
  ...either...... >> >> >> >> >> >> Well, not exactly, I have all the rods in Stainless Steel, see my >> _Vanagon >> Items Forsale_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/sales.htm...
• [Fwd: ]Trip Report
  Historical mailing list - Bob Calkins
  Mon, 3 Aug 1998 18:27:38 -0700
  ...was huge.......made out of 2'' Galvanized pipe and had a 3 bike platform (looked like coragated Steel Roofing) that folded up like a...
• Re: Removing the Westy Top and Installing a Temporary Top
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 9 Nov 2005 16:22:44 -0800
  ...constitutes "affordable"? My first thought was a few 4x8 sheets of galvanized steel cut to width and overlapped, but even the thin stuff is...
• Camper conversion
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Michael Stevens
  Wed, 20 Jul 94 22:19:34 EDT
  ...The roof is a different matter, woodpanelling requires the > galvanized steel support channels be also salvaged from the junker. Any more > roof work is...
• Re: ABA into 1.9 Vanagon was coolant overflow fears and thoughts
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 13 May 2013 08:29:29 -0700
  ...ABA into 1.9 Vanagon was coolant overflow fears and thoughts ?? 20' of 1/16" 1x9 galvanized wire from Home Depot ?? On Sun, May...
• Re: Pop top canvas hinge dirt
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 7 Jul 2021 08:36:19 -0700
  ...wrote: >> Thomas, >> >> Aluminum dust? The hinges are steel, with electroplated galvanized coating ( zinc) . The hinge bolts steel too. >> But I do agree that the...
• Re: Carat Front Wheel Lug Bolts
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Sat, 22 Nov 2014 04:31:52 -0800
  ...The difference is they are galvanized instead of pretty chrome on German bolts. Also have cleaned but used bolts for $3 each. Shipping $6...
• Re: Long Brake Line Installation Questions
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Sun, 6 Sep 2009 19:42:53 -0400
  ...tool) when you damage the coating you have uncoated mild steel, and the galvanized/zinc coated is somewhere between. I think stainless is too...
• Re: oh crap! Beeeeep-screeeeeeech-thump-crack. (i flattened a dog)
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 23 Nov 2000 19:18:54 -0800
  ...of the coolant hose in the engine compartment > 'upgraded' to some galvanized steel pipe. (you maybe > know the hose in the 83-84s that...
• Re: Black oxide finish on stainless steel
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 23 May 2007 05:59:51 EDT
  ...stainless steel as far as I can tell.Go Westy would sell them if they were avaliable,right?? They sell thenm in galvanized,like...
• cleaning, rust prevention, and soundproofing questions
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Mon, 25 Jun 2001 15:58:32 -0700
  ...also replace all the galvanized/zinc fittings with stainless; some bolts had gotten wet and were really hard to get off due to the...
• RE: Volkswagen 'quality'
  Historical mailing list - Casey, Tim
  Thu, 09 Nov 95 09:11:00 PST
  ...goods for the real thing, replacing >bronze with zinc die-castings, galvanized steel with cardboard (windscreen >heater ducts) and so on. At the same...
• Re: Poptop frame/catch refurb
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 5 Jul 2017 13:54:57 -0700
  ...are cleaned, It's time to re-finish all of the galvanized steel up there. I prefer to clean the galvanizing, and then use...
• Thead sealant WAS: Aluminum to brass thread galling
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:28:53 -0800
  ...could usually imagine except ABS�and I quote. "galvanized steel, iron, brass, copper, aluminum, stainless steel, polyethylene, reinforced fiberglass, and PVC" and then works...
• Re: Carat Front Wheel Lug Bolts
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 22 Nov 2014 09:45:59 -0500
  ...The > difference is they are galvanized instead of pretty chrome on German > bolts. Also have cleaned but used bolts for $3 each. Shipping $6...
• Re: ABA into 1.9 Vanagon was coolant overflow fears and thoughts
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 13 May 2013 09:59:04 -0700
  ...ABA into 1.9 Vanagon was coolant overflow fears and thoughts > > ?? > 20' of 1/16" 1x9 galvanized wire from Home Depot > ?? > > > On Sun, May...
• Re: subject Re: Where to buy Limbo Hatch Stick?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 18 Jul 2010 22:02:41 -0700
  I made a few out of different sizes of galvanized turnbuckles with the parts all soldered together to make them tamper-proof. I gave...
• Re: big canopies
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 10 Jun 2002 18:10:42 -0500
  ...Pipes are 2" white galvanized steel. > > Thanks, > > Philippe > > On Mon, 10 Jun 2002 15:59:02 -0500 > Lee Roesner <paradigm@ALLEGRAPRINTING.COM> wrote: > > I...