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• Some basic TypeIV engine help, please
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 16 Aug 2003 12:01:58 -0700
  ...valve stems on #3 - don't know which one - had worn concave. During the trip from Eureka to the SF Bay area she had...
• Re: 90 Vanagon/Westy fuel problem
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:38:38 -0400
  ...Looked under to > see > that tank had sucked up in a concave manner, so took line off and blew > out with air hose to...
• Re: 2.1 Exhaust. P. 26.9 Bentley: "5 Diaphragm Springs" ?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 7 May 2012 14:53:32 -0400
  ...The concave washer p/n is 025 251 200, dunno if still available from VW. Out in the Real World it's called a...
• Fw: Re: Re; Solar power your VW
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Wed, 1 Nov 2000 07:47:42 -0800
  ...The fiberglass cracked and because the fan unit > was heavy, it caused the roof to be concave and thus all rain and condensation > would...
• Re: Grill fix glue?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:40:54 -0400
  ...broken china plate is a good example partly because of its concave shape; a flat disk of the same dimensions would probably result in...
• valve question
  Historical mailing list - Dan Erlandson
  Sun, 22 Jun 2003 08:54:11 -0400
  ...Is this ok?? I can spin it and it does not seem to be making great contact with the concave part of the rocker...
• CV joint Ball Bearing (and Re: Front Glass)
  Historical mailing list - Greg Schmidt
  Tue, 14 May 1996 14:40:59 -0500 (CDT)
  ...The whole windshield was rather concave, so I'm thankful it wasn't the tempered variety. In this case, HOORAY for seemingly overprotective US...
• Re: Coolant Pump: wear at case
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 25 Sep 2014 09:38:15 -0700
  ...Maybe the 0.5mm step is there from the factory but the concave semi circle wear is not? On Thursday, September 25, 2014, Brett...
• Re: Soldered Connections
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Sat, 30 Jan 1999 23:25:40 -0800
  ...I only use the crimpers that have one concave and one convex jaw (for 10 guage and up) so that there is a real...
• Re: Throttle adjustment
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 24 May 2014 21:30:18 -0400
  ...The original clip is of a concave self-locking >design. 2 3/16 clips will fit in the groove to help back up the...
• Re: Hydraulic lifter wear/cleaning question
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Pfrommer
  Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:59:20 -0700
  ...Worn lifters have a concave bottom face, due to there slow rotation on the cam lobes. These lobes are machined with a very slight...
• Re: Radius Rod Installation
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Thu, 13 Jul 2017 14:02:23 -0400
  ...Does the concave side of the washers point toward the bushing or away from them? On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 1:55 PM...
• Re: Fuse Box Blues
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 19 May 2001 17:50:36 -0700
  re: #44; concave or convex? Karl ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Dorm" <mark_hb@hotmail.com> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday, May 18...
• Re: Any one activated rear fog in back light cluster?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 1 Apr 2002 20:35:43 -0800
  ...reflector lens >on the outside, and I don't think the concave bulb reflector on the inside >is mirrored. Put a bulb behind it...
• Re: Question about Clutch Slave
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Tue, 21 Apr 1998 20:17:54 EDT
  ...Rather the end of the pushrod sits in the piston, which is concave. This is all covered by the boot and all you see...
• Re: Skylight leak
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sat, 24 Sep 2016 01:18:24 -0500
  ...Seems a poor design since instead of having a convex perimeter on top it's concave, which simply catches the water and allows it...
• Re: Shady Boy Awning + Pipe Insulation for rain
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:32:14 -0400
  ...There is a concave channel on the shady boy that makes room for the vanagon gutter which is a great surface for sticking the...
• Re: Floppy Wiper arm, is there a fix?
  Historical mailing list - TonyCollin
  Fri, 18 Oct 2013 09:12:13 -0400
  ...Dick pointed that bending the arm in a concave ) form rather than convex ( would yield the result I needed. I had a duh moment...
• Re: Dometic fridge fan erratic
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 2 Aug 2008 16:27:38 -0400
  ...It's a little bimetal disk that snaps convex or concave and it's switching a miniscule load that's still above the minimum...
• Re: 90 Vanagon/Westy fuel problem
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Plichta
  Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:21:45 -0400
  ...Looked under to see > that tank had sucked up in a concave manner, so took line off and blew > out with air hose to...
• Re: CV Joint failure - New or Rebuilt?
  Historical mailing list - David Menche
  Tue, 20 Jul 2004 18:46:04 -0700
  ...However I found the dingbat that put them together installed the concave washer upside down on all four of the joints, thus allowing the...
• Re: Scoop for breather?
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 8 Aug 2000 06:26:55 -0400
  ...on production cars, as well as IMSA and Indy cars are concave "laminar flow" scoops, like our Vanagon, rather than old-fashioned convex scoops...
• Not-so-early Friday (FFF)
  Historical mailing list - Joachim Beek
  Thu, 11 Apr 1996 17:51:41 -0500 (CDT)
  ...When we disentangled ourselves, I was approached by the driver of the car behind me, carrying my concave door: with tears in his eyes...
• Re: 2.1 Exhaust. P. 26.9 Bentley: "5 Diaphragm Springs" ?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Mon, 7 May 2012 13:29:19 -0700
  ...The concave washer p/n is 025 251 200, dunno if still available from VW. Out in the Real World it's called a...
• Re: which direction for the plates? Re: (followup) Re: part numbers for link hardware?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 6 Apr 2006 12:50:31 -0700
  Its a little counter-intuitive, but the concave side goes toward the rubber bushing. Jake On 4/6/06, Wesley Pegden <wes@cs.uchicago...
• Re: Gas Filler Line in your Fill Tube while driving
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 28 Dec 2008 09:06:23 -0500
  ...Use a small concave mirror to confirm fill line is not in fill >tube before driving away >4. Put a camera on the fuel...
• Re: What sander would you buy?
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Fri, 7 Oct 2005 11:52:08 -0700
  ...BUT it will not sand nicely in sharply concave areas. Be careful when doing a fiberglass bumper - the plastic is pretty soft, and you...
• Flat lifters
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 8 Nov 1996 23:32:10 -0800
  ...All the ones I ever pulled from my engines aren't convex -- they're concave. I *never* reuse lifters -- must have 50 of the...
• Re: Fw: Re: Re; Solar power your VW
  Historical mailing list - George Wietor
  Wed, 1 Nov 2000 09:14:38 -0800
  ...The fiberglass > cracked and because the fan > unit > > was heavy, it caused the roof to be concave and > thus all rain and > condensation > > would...
• Rear Table Fix
  Historical mailing list - Roy Olynick
  Mon, 8 Jul 2002 19:47:38 -0500
  ...Inside you'll see a convex/concave shaped, rectangular piece of metal, which I'll call the "pressure tab". When you tighten the knob...
• Re: Interior door/side/headliner panels redux
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 6 Mar 2002 19:23:50 -0800
  ...seat had to have buttons (black plastic jobbies that are F**d replacement parts) to keep the material against the foam on tat concave...
• Re: What do I need to do about this mirror!!!
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 23 Jul 2003 08:27:07 -0600
  ...bit lacking -- the edges of the mirror are actually a bit concave, so > there are distortions in the image. It's usable, though. I...
• Re: 90 Vanagon/Westy fuel problem
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:44:10 -0700
  ...Looked under to >> see >> that tank had sucked up in a concave manner, so took line off and blew >> out with air hose to...
• Craigslist 72 Bus
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sun, 6 Jan 2008 07:48:50 -0800
  ...as a type 4 Volkswagen motor but the piston heads are concave so they provide a bit higher compression. I'm told by the...
• Re: wanted: exhaust part number
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 17 Nov 2010 06:30:11 -0500
  ...p/n 900 955 01 and a Belleville spring washer (aka concave spring washer, diaphragm spring washer) that they don't give specs for...
• Re: back window - inside wide angle film
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 15 Feb 2003 21:05:24 -0500
  ...It's a form of Fresnel lens, where you essentially suck the middle out of a big fat lens (concave in this case), breaking...
• Re: VW wheel compatibility (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - T3 Technique
  Fri, 4 Dec 2015 12:03:09 -0800
  ...In addition, due to concave face design of many of the newer VW wheels, it is often difficult to get center caps mounted when...
• Drive flange oil seal failure
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Robinson
  Tue, 1 Feb 2011 19:43:55 -0800
  ...enough socket to press the entire seal uniformly). - Reinsert drive flange, concave washer (pressing out) and circlip. Unfortunately it didn't work. I'm...
• Re: Radius Rod Installation
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Thu, 13 Jul 2017 14:08:36 -0400
  ...Does the concave side of the > washers point toward the bushing or away from them? > > On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 1:55 PM...
• Re: which direction for the plates? Re: (followup) Re: part numbers for link hardware?
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Mon, 10 Apr 2006 23:13:03 -0400
  ...Jake de Villiers wrote: > Its a little counter-intuitive, but the concave side goes toward the > rubber bushing. > > Jake > > On 4/6/06, *Wesley...
• Re: '84 anti-sway bar down-link nut success
  Historical mailing list - Skip
  Sun, 4 Mar 2012 19:58:20 +0000
  ...the "convex" should face away from the bushing, which means the "concave" would face the bushing, which is incorrect. Maybe I read it wrong...
• Re: Exhaust collector bolt/nut sizes
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:34:09 -0800
  ...I have used N01152520 8x16 Flat Washer 025251200 8mm Concave Washer Qty 3 Note: Place these on the "nut" side Note: I have used...
• Re: Issue w/ 90 Euro spec doka heating levers
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 26 Jun 2013 11:08:03 -0400
  ...switch, KPH instead of MPH, no rear side light reflectors, no concave passenger side rearview mirror, but a flat mirror, possibly a different chipped...
• Re: Rear Table Fix
  Historical mailing list - Rodney Kindlund
  Tue, 9 Jul 2002 17:52:45 -0700
  ...Inside you'll see a > convex/concave shaped, rectangular > piece of metal, which I'll call the "pressure tab". > When you tighten the knob...
• Re: Gas Filler Line in your Fill Tube while driving
  Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
  Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:20:01 -0800
  ...so, 5 dollars for a concave mirror versus 175 dollars or whatever was/is... is okay with me. From: J Stewart <fonman4277@comcast.net...
• Re: Gas Filler Line in your Fill Tube while driving
  Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
  Fri, 26 Dec 2008 20:52:42 -0800
  ...Use a small concave mirror to confirm fill line is not in fill tube before driving away 4. Put a camera on the fuel...
• Re: CV joint boot kit - what to do with the large washer?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 10 Sep 2004 10:47:10 -0500
  ...You can hammer out some of the concave curvature and it removes the slack without binding the CV or locking ring. They are as...
• Re: Some basic TypeIV engine help, please
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 16 Aug 2003 20:57:23 -0400
  ...valve stems on #3 - don't know which one - had worn concave. During the trip from Eureka to the SF Bay area she had...
• Re: Issue w/ 90 Euro spec doka heating levers
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 26 Jun 2013 11:09:59 -0400
  ...switch, KPH instead of MPH, no rear side light reflectors, no concave > passenger side rearview mirror, but a flat mirror, possibly a different > chipped...
• Re: Radius Rod Installation
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 13 Jul 2017 21:45:50 -0400
  ...Does the concave side of > the > > washers point toward the bushing or away from them? > > > > On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 1:55 PM...
• Re: Storing gasoline-a don't
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Mon, 27 Jul 1998 15:59:22 -0400
  ...Someone (I can't remember >who; doesn't matter anyway) suggested flipping the spare tire >concave side up and putting the gas can in...
• Re: What do I need to do about this mirror!!!
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Wed, 23 Jul 2003 18:48:46 -0600
  ...I put one of those nifty concave mirrors on it, and that > seems to keep me from running people off the rode(this is...
• Re: FW: Rectangle headlight conversion to common 200mm headlights
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Fri, 1 Nov 2002 13:18:48 -0500
  ...using the silicon to attach the Cibie headlamp to the shiny concave side of the original reflector after removing the broken glass from it...
• Re: Throttle adjustment
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Sat, 24 May 2014 22:04:07 -0400
  ...The original clip is of a concave self-locking >> design. 2 3/16 clips will fit in the groove to help back up the...
• Re: Calif. Smog Fail and Catalytic Converter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 17 Mar 2013 20:12:38 -0400
  ...The is why the concave piston, low compression, retarded ignition timing curve, etc. There are reasons they simply didn't go with the in...
• Re: Floppy Wiper arm, is there a fix?
  Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
  Thu, 17 Oct 2013 12:56:36 -0700
  ...Have you tried just changing the arc of the rigid wiper arm? Having the arm more concave to the windshield would put a little...
• Re: Air/wasser swap
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Rotblatt
  Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:42:32 -0700
  ...a grinder on a dremmel to get a flat surface or concave dish in the bolt face to start the drill in. Then try...
• Re: Alloy Wheels
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Mar 1997 18:23:21 PST
  ...nuts are not safely mountable as they do not fit the concave of the rim, and if you do still attempt to use these...
• Re: Any one activated rear fog in back light cluster?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Sat, 30 Mar 2002 10:09:19 -0500
  ...reflector lens on the outside, and I don't think the concave bulb reflector on the inside is mirrored. Put a bulb behind it...
• Re: Craigslist 72 Bus
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sun, 6 Jan 2008 12:58:25 -0600
  ...as a type 4 Volkswagen motor >but the piston heads are concave so they provide a bit higher >compression. I'm told by the...