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• any fix for crack pipes WTB Pipes
  Historical mailing list - Brian Honan
  Sat, 30 May 2009 10:36:52 -0400
  Has anyone ever found a mirical substance to patch cracked head pipes with? anything must be cheaper and easyer than replacing the exhaust system...
• coolant pipe rust out
  Historical mailing list - Lance LeBaron
  Sat, 22 May 1999 16:21:20 PDT
  ...The installed pipes look good otherwise. The corrosion started under a stainless steel hose clamp around both pipes coincident with the spot where the...
• Re: Internal water pipe diameter
  Historical mailing list - Gerry Rafferty
  Sat, 14 Sep 2002 18:10:28 -0700
  Andrew 83-85 metal pipe 1 1/4 inch (32mm) 85-up plastic pipes 1 31/64 (38mm) Hope this helps Gerry ----- Original Message...
• Re: Coolant pipes replacement
  Historical mailing list - Ron Mueller
  Tue, 27 Jun 2006 23:51:14 -0500
  ...The stainless pipes radiate the coolant heat just as large 20 ft; radiator would and aids immensely in keeping the engine very cool. Strike...
• Re: Coolant pipes replacement
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 26 Jun 2006 18:49:19 -0700
  ...The rest of the inside of the pipe was pristine. But the engine end of the pipe was corroded where it mates with the...
• Re: Coolant Feed/Return Pipes Repair
  Historical mailing list - James V
  Wed, 3 Sep 2003 12:43:54 -0700
  ...Also, the 2 pipes cost about $250 from the dealer. > > So, I know some have spliced in some pipe to replace the corroded flanges...
• Steel coolant pipe repair ideas
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Mon, 31 Oct 2005 07:17:06 -0800
  The steel coolant lines on my '82 diesel Westy had the typical rust in the last 18" of pipe, so I cut this out...
• Re: Which pipe?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 26 Feb 2006 21:53:13 -0500
  Most of the replacement pipes have the flare. The catalyst will accept the same donut gasket that is used at the other end of...
• Steel coolant pipe removal?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 13 May 2017 17:49:00 -0700
  Can these pipes be removed without dropping the gas tank? And can the SS pipes be installed as well that way? Engine and tranny...
• cutting off exhaust "elbow pipe"
  Historical mailing list - Mark Brush
  Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:15:16 -0400
  My exhaust pipe - the collector pipe to the catalytic converter - has a hole in it. I've patched it several times, but it really...
• Chad G. Water pipe woes
  Historical mailing list - Stadler Family
  Wed, 17 Oct 2001 10:13:28 -0400
  Chad, The pipe on my '85 vanagon had pitted and rusted around the bleed tube and around the hose that goes to the overflow...
• Plastic Pipes
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 23 Apr 2002 15:02:24 -0400
  Are the new plastic coolant pipes the same design as the original with the steel inserts at each end? I was under the impression...
• Re: coolant pipe repair (long)
  Historical mailing list - Myron Lind
  Tue, 23 Apr 2002 20:11:48 -0400
  Hi Bob, Bill, Max, and all I have a set of coolant pipes robbed off a dead 86 or so Syncro. They are the...
• Re: Installed Long Coolant Pipes Wrong? (Pic)
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Tue, 4 Jan 2011 21:02:20 -0500
  I just looked at that picture, and those pipes are not on properly. The two pipes should touch. One "mount" for both. The heater...
• Re: Coolant Pipes needed!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 26 Apr 2002 11:31:56 -0400
  You could try cleaning up the pipes and JB Welding any pits. I did this on the ends of a couple of my pipes...
• Re: Dented header pipe
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Mon, 7 Apr 2003 09:48:41 EDT
  ...It can get just as expensive to have this done professionally as just replacing the pipe with used one. BenT Pipe
• Re: Replacing the plastic cooling pipes on a bostig setup
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Fri, 2 Aug 2013 21:19:28 -0400
  On the pipes, you can also hit up Mike at Rocky Mountain Westy, he's helped a few customers with a Bostig specific cut...
• Stainless Steel Coolant Pipes from Van Cafe
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Mon, 2 Mar 2009 22:28:43 -0800
  Shortly after my 85 Westy�s September �08 head reseal job, I had a big coolant hose slip off the plastic coolant pipe and...
• Coolant Pipes
  Historical mailing list - Jack Newton
  Thu, 28 May 1998 20:26:12 +1000
  While looking for the cause of a coolant leak at the junction of one of the long plastic coolant pipes and the radiator hose...
• Re: 1985 Steel Coolant Pipes and "Air Cooled" 1981 Gas Tank
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 3 Jan 2011 18:14:43 -0800
  yes, but what about 2WD fuel tanks ? I sorta assumed they were all the same ( not counting the two filler pipe sizes ) ... and I...
• Dented header pipe
  Historical mailing list - John Haddad
  Mon, 7 Apr 2003 09:31:18 -0400
  While looking at the underside of my 1990 GL, I noticed that, right behind the cat, the header pipe is seriously dented. It looks...
• 83 Westy cross-over pipe
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 Jan 1997 08:47:14 -0500
  I have an air-cooled 83 Westy and it needed an exhaust pipe. It took several weeks of telephone calls, e-mail, etc. to...
• Re: Reducing exhaust heat extends the life of water hoses.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 10 Jul 2001 11:24:27 EDT
  <<<do you know if it extends the life of the exhaust pipes? now that would really be something if it could reduce the rusting...
• Re: Path of coolant in radiator
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Thu, 14 Jul 2005 16:11:55 -0500
  Looking from under the Van at the inlet and the outlet pipes, the R/H straight pipe is the inlet, the L/H 90...
• 84 #1-#3 exhaust pipe doesn't match
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Mon, 19 Sep 2005 05:47:03 -0700
  Got a replacement exhaust pipe for the Vanagon (1984GL) and it seems to not totally line up. Is this characteristic of exhaust pipes having...
• Re: Exhaust Pipe Question
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Fri, 17 Sep 2004 09:45:05 -0700
  The big question for me is, is a 2.1 pipe better than a 1.9? I have a 2.1 exhaust on a...
• coolant pipe repair (long)
  Historical mailing list - Bob Whitby
  Tue, 23 Apr 2002 12:10:48 -0700
  ...Three of the four ends of the long, plastic coolant pipes on my '87 Westy had separated from the pipe and were sticking out...
• Re: Coolant pipe *REPAIR* kit, was: Coolant pipe kit and distributor kit from GoWesty
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:14:05 -0400
  At 11:48 AM 3/31/2009, Ken Wilford wrote: >This whole discussion is becoming moot since the "fix" needs good >pipes to work...
• Re: Exhaust Pipes 2.1 86and up!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 26 Nov 1996 16:24:27 -0500
  ...I even practice removing pipes that are to be thrown away. Dennis
• HELP 85gl 1.9l h-pipe leak
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Wed, 18 Jan 2006 09:14:54 -0800
  Hello all, Seems my bus desided to spring a leak from the H-pipe coming off the overflow bottle i tracked it to near...
• Re: Coolant hoses for '84 NLA - what are people using?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 26 Feb 2007 14:26:32 -0500
  Are you saying, Roger, that the hoses intended for the plastic pipes can be used with the older (stock) metal pipes? Mike Roger Sisler...
• Honey I shrunk the coolant pipes
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 19 Nov 2005 17:19:52 -0600
  Has anyone had this happen? For the second winter in a row, my 90 carat with plastic pipes developed a drip where the rubber...
• 2.1 L Oil cooler seal and pushrod tube replacement
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 11 Feb 2015 21:04:25 -0600
  ...When I went to thghten the pipe, the new internal pipe wrench would not grab into the pipe and tighten it. The pipe was...
• Re: Steel coolant pipe repair ideas
  Historical mailing list - Robert Harris
  Tue, 1 Nov 2005 16:06:35 -0500
  Shawn, If you have any, standard 1.25" copper plumbing pipe is exactly the right internal diameter to slip tightly over the cut ends...
• Re: Exhaust Pipes 2.1 86and up!
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Tue, 26 Nov 1996 22:00:28 -0400
  ...I even >practice removing pipes that are to be thrown away. > >Dennis > > I got my pipes apart with a dremel tool (cutting disk), chisel...
• Re: Replacing the plastic cooling pipes on a bostig setup
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Philbrick
  Mon, 24 Jun 2013 15:33:05 -0500
  ...The stainless steel pipes are basically copies of the stock plastic pipes (same bends and sizes). Plus the split ones should save you some...
• Re: Exahust Pipes
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 23 Aug 2001 07:35:26 -0700
  Replacing the front (driver's end) pipe is actually a piece of cake, and has no bearing on the difficulty of replacing the rear...
• Re: Mufflers re-dux (pipe strangeness)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 27 Feb 2012 08:27:51 -0600
  ...So, the tail pipe was welded to the muffler. A couple years later, I need a muffler .the pipe appears solid, but I'll...
• Re: vanagon exhaust (in STAINLESS STEEL!)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 27 Nov 1996 14:20:37 -0800
  ...This would be the best startup choice, 2.1l pipes, if so. > The Syncro front pipe will likely still be NA outside dealer. grrr...
• Re: Solid intermediate exhaust pipe needed for '85
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:39:37 -0700
  I imagine you might mean the pipe that goes from where the two header pipes meet, and join onto a pipe there with a...
• Re: Need Replacement Exhaust Tube Propex 1600
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Sat, 17 Jun 2017 16:39:16 -0400
  If it's an early 1600 the pipes will be larger, most likely the same as 2800 pipes not 2000 pipes, just fyi.
• Re: Vanagon Crossover Pipe
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 18 Apr 1996 20:27:00 -0400
  ...If so, the pipe is not interchangeable with the 79. The right side heater box flange is also different. If you repalce the pipe...
• Re: Crossover Pipe HELP!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 15 Dec 2005 23:34:27 -0500
  ...That "H" pipe is right next to the expansion tank. Mike Keith Ovregaard wrote: > Is that the H pipe you are referring to? If...
• Re: You can blame Me - was: steel coolant pipes 82 diesel Westy
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sun, 8 Nov 2009 22:01:27 -0400
  ...The stainless steel versions of these pipes are what we'll all be using eventually anyway. As far as re-using the pipes that...
• Re: Exhaust Pipe Question
  Historical mailing list - Vince S
  Fri, 17 Sep 2004 11:16:28 -0700
  I am glad someone points out the important of the fit of the pipes to the engine. Unlike the American cast iron V8 you...
• Question about breather pipe on 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
  Fri, 16 Aug 2002 16:58:36 -0500
  Is the crankcase breather pipe on the 2.1L just a straight pipe from the crankcase or is there something inside this pipe. It...
• Re: Replacing long coolant pipes on 84 , alternative fixes?
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 12 Apr 2002 09:30:19 -0400
  I recently bought (two-weeks ago) a set of the metal pipes from my local dealer. They were $175 each. He was able to...
• Which pipe?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Snyder
  Fri, 24 Feb 2006 23:35:57 EST
  ...My question is that the pipe that goes to the converter is flayed where is connects to the next pipe and the one that...
• Oxygen Sensor Woes
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Tue, 24 Dec 2002 12:42:36 -0600
  ...Then I slipped a 4 foot length of steel pipe over the handle of the pipe wrench. I pulled until I was afraid I...
• distilled water grabs free ions like crazy
  Historical mailing list - Jonc
  Mon, 28 Aug 2000 03:15:18 -0400
  distilled water knocks holes in copper pipe... in one anecdote copper pipe had to be replace by Plastic pipe at a military base in...
• Muffler & pipe patches
  Historical mailing list - W.R. Transue
  Wed, 24 Jul 96 17:57:22 -0500
  ...I've got a broken pipe (the previous owner of my '87 Westy synchro patched it with either some sort of mettalic tape or...
• leaking gas tank, fumes, etc...
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 17 Oct 1995 09:34:31 -0500 (EST)
  I have seen quite a few vanagons that suffer from this problem and many times the culprit seems to be the plastic crossover pipe...
• Re: Stainless Steel coolant lines
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:39:47 -0500
  ...The original metal pipes are a smaller outer diameter than the later plastic pipes. If you replace them with new pipes meant as replacements...
• Re: Exhaust Pipe Question
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 17 Sep 2004 12:19:03 EDT
  In a message dated 9/17/04 10:47:49 AM, vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM writes: << These Danish made pipes are direct copies of the...
• Re: LOUD Engine
  Historical mailing list - Brad Spear
  Mon, 8 Sep 1997 07:50:44 -0400
  Could also be a crack in the pipe at a flange. It's not the easiest thing to see since it doesn't move...
• #1 and #3 exhaust pipes
  Historical mailing list - Steve Macaulay
  Mon, 23 Aug 1999 10:38:00 -0700
  After doing a recent headgasket replacement, my trusted local non-dealer mechanic told me I need a new #1 and #3 exhaust pipes replaced...
• Re: Steel coolant pipe repair ideas
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 31 Oct 2005 11:39:35 -0500
  > Some 85 vanagons were equipped with plastic > coolant pipes for the 1.9.Try a junkyard. > This pipe was installed for only 1/2...
• Re: Exhaust pipe
  Historical mailing list - John Brown
  Mon, 30 Mar 1998 08:32:55 -0800
  A few thoughts on broken exhaust pipes. I have had exhaust pipes crack on me twice. Both times at least one of the mounting...
• Re: 1985 Steel Coolant Pipes and "Air Cooled" 1981 Gas Tank
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 3 Jan 2011 18:02:47 -0800
  ...Well it may be that the tank is slightly different at that valley. <shrugs> The cooling pipes were installed prior to tank during air...
• Re: Exhaust pipe--Where to Get Mounting Brackets
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Mon, 30 Mar 1998 13:03:32 -0500
  I need to get a replacment mounting bracket for my front exhaust pipe--in this case my bracket is the one that is bolted...