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• Re: Oil tower hose source?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Thu, 3 Aug 2006 14:13:34 -0400
  ...Oil tower hose source? Hello List, I'm trying to get my hands on a hose to replace the one that goes from the...
• Re: Breather tower test?
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
  Sat, 17 May 2008 15:38:41 -0700
  ...Breather tower test? > That is curious. I replaced the breather tower with a half inch copper > tube: http://neksiwel.20m.com/cgi-bin/i...
• Roof Racks.
  Historical mailing list - Roy O.
  Thu, 18 Feb 1999 09:16:55 -0600
  -| The disadvantage of using tall towers is that one can't open the top | to enjoy the luxurious accommodations and fine view for which...
• Re: Air Traffic Control
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 19 Jun 2011 23:05:25 -0500
  ...Air Traffic Control There's airport control towers - and there's airport control towers. Check this one out!! *http://tinyurl.com/6fttr4g* And - I...
• Hershey progress
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Sat, 14 Apr 2012 22:12:15 -0400
  Today I installed a new oil tower gasket, oil tower hose from GoWesty (what a pain!), GoWesty shifter "cup" at the gearbox end of...
• Re: Failure to start problems.
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Fri, 19 Sep 1997 23:03:10 -0700
  ...I got a yellow spark from the coil to distributor tower, and yellow spark from tower to spark plug lead. Fuel pump came on...
• Using old phones as an intercom in your VW bus
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Fri, 8 Jun 2012 20:46:15 -0500
  ...www.stir-plate.com> www.stir-plate.com <http://www.towercooler.com> www.towercooler.com <http://www.kegkits.com> www.kegkits.com www.grow...
• '84 Vanagon black tower
  Historical mailing list - Jason M. Yasment
  Sat, 29 Jan 2000 17:00:52 -0500
  Hello volks, My '84 Vanagon has popped the top off the black tower, located to the left front of the alternator. Underneath the cap...
• Re: breather tower
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 19 Jan 2019 14:13:40 -0700
  ...N wrote: > hi all, > > is there anyway to test the breather tower (2.1 WBX) - on engine or removed > - ? > > I suspect it's bad...
• Re: putting yakima racks on a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Fri, 7 Jun 2013 10:17:21 -0400
  Joy, They are probably the Yakima 1A rain gutter towers - although with a Westy I am not exactly sure because of having that plate...
• Re: '86 Paint code?
  Historical mailing list - Royston, Jerry
  Wed, 9 May 2001 11:25:49 -0400
  I would try Tower Paint - www.towerpaint.com - I just bought a couple of cans of paint in Wolfram Gray and their cans have...
• Re: Breather tower test?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 17 May 2008 15:18:55 -0400
  Scott Daniel - Shazam wrote: > PLEASE .........do tell about this diaphragm-valve thing inside the oil > breather tower > On a waterboxer vanagon. > Where did you...
• Re: Oil leak, dip stick seal?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 3 Apr 2023 21:36:19 +0000
  I think you missed the added steel angle bracket added between the tower and the engine case for GW EFL crank position sensor. As...
• !!!!WORLD TRADE CENTER DESTROYED, PENTAGON EXPLOSIONS, CAR BOMB@US STATE DEPT!!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
  Tue, 11 Sep 2001 10:33:42 -0400
  ...struck the twin towers of the 110-stories of the World Trade Center leading to massive fire, and the collapse of the WTC Towers...
• Re: Breather tower test?
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Sat, 17 May 2008 18:30:34 -0400
  Not too long ago I looked into the breather tower valve question on my air cooled Vanagon and as I understand it you should...
• Re: Breather tower test?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 17 May 2008 17:16:26 -0400
  Scott Daniel - Shazam wrote: > Certainly seems that you brand new Boston Bob engine would be very worthy of > new oil tower/breather valve - didn...
• Crankcase Breather tower ~ It comes apart !!!
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Tue, 1 May 2012 19:35:22 -0400
  So while cleaning the breather tower it came apart in my hands! There are elliptical surfaces on the inner piece and in the outer...
• Re: Crankcase Breather tower ~ It comes apart !!!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 1 May 2012 18:50:32 -0700
  ...Crankcase Breather tower ~ It comes apart !!! So while cleaning the breather tower it came apart in my hands! There are elliptical surfaces on the...
• Bilstein shock tower nuts
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koller
  Mon, 26 Oct 2015 15:51:54 -0400
  ...Unfortunately I didn't notice that the front shocks didn't have the shock tower nuts which are apparently extra, extra fine M10's...
• Re: Left head ground
  Historical mailing list - Mike Blotz
  Wed, 18 Feb 2004 08:23:05 -0700
  I've seen it quite often that these grounds go to the oil tower (black plastic cylinder thingy) which makes for a bad ground...
• Re: Vanagonginity lost...
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:28:18 -0600
  ...I modified the towers slightly so the tower feet would rest on the metal between the window and the hatch edge for the top...
• Assembling my Harbor Freight 45 Watt Solar Panel Kit
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 7 Sep 2014 21:47:33 -0500
  ...stir-plate.com <http://www.stir-plate.com/> www.towercooler.com <http://www.towercooler.com/> www.grow-sun.com <http://www.grow-sun.com...
• Re: idle and black tower
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sun, 30 Apr 2006 00:45:16 -0400
  ...a future project may be to vent the engine to the atmosphere via one valve cover, and install a pcv valve bewteen black tower...
• Re: Bilstein shock tower nuts
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 26 Oct 2015 21:20:44 -0400
  ...Bilstein shock tower nuts > > > > Greetings all, > > In my continuing suspension rebuild, I want to include replacing old > > shocks with some little used Bilsteins I...
• Fwd: Coolant hose: T-stat to Coolant Distributor Tower
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 11 Sep 2019 14:37:16 -0400
  ...T-stat to Coolant Distributor Tower To: Gabriel Hourtouat <ghourtouat@gmail.com> Cc: vanagonlist a <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> On Wed, Sep 11, 2019...
• Bilstein shock tower nuts found
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koller
  Wed, 28 Oct 2015 17:30:09 -0400
  ...double check the nuts I was using to size the shock tower threads. The said nuts had been mis-stocked, what I thought were...
• Re: strange cut off problem with wbx vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Mon, 6 Dec 2004 04:07:24 -0500
  ...the black breather tower is more or less like a PC valve, even though the engine doesn't have, so far as i know...
• syncro coolant distribution tower
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Sun, 2 Oct 2022 09:37:15 -0700
  Since I'm replacing almost all of my coolant hoses I also want to replace the coolant distribution tower. The one I have is...
• Re: Roof Racks
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 20 Jun 2002 16:26:55 -0600
  I used Yakima roof/gutter towers that were used (in a box in back room full of rack parts/towers from employees) at a...
• Re: syncro coolant distribution tower
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Sun, 2 Oct 2022 17:32:11 -0700
  ...I just found your Shufti post on the coolant tower. The aluminum one looks to be quite robust. The plastic replacement part that I...
• Re: Syncro coolant dist. Tower, was Re: WBX Plastic Coolant Pipe Inspection
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 20 May 2014 17:33:43 -0700
  ...If so I would only need measurements locating the stubs on the central tower. Alistair > On May 20, 2014, at 5:26 PM, mark...
• Re: putting yakima racks on a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sun, 9 Jun 2013 14:59:02 -0700
  Likely 1A towers with or without the extenders. The raingutter plates could be fitted as shown in the pix referenced below: https://picasaweb.google...
• Re: Syncro coolant dist. Tower, was Re: WBX Plastic Coolant Pipe Inspection
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 20 May 2014 17:26:47 -0700
  ...Mark Alistair Bell wrote: > This discussion making me nervous, I still have stock plastic distribution tower in my syncro. I'd like to make...
• Re: Coolant part confusion - need some help!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 8 Sep 2009 21:13:53 -0400
  ...p/n xxxxxxxxA version tower which lines up differently and has an extra 5/8 nipple on the tower, six inches of Gates 1...
• Re: Like an Old pair of Jeans
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:20:16 -0700
  On 8/27/2009 11:11 AM miguel pacheco wrote: > Folks, failure of this plastic coolant tower can be catastrophic to > your engine, as...
• Free coolant 251 121 130B
  Historical mailing list - Douglass Collins
  Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:31:45 -0700
  ...I recently broke my coolant tower trying to install new hoses. As a result I bought the stainless one that requires a different hose...
• Re: idle and black tower
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 1 May 2006 11:33:24 -0400
  Thanks, I'll give it a try.
• Re: Leak on top of engine?
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Thu, 17 Jun 2004 21:47:46 -0400
  The tower has an oring to seal it to the case not likely that its the problem and the nuts holding it in place...
• =?utf-8?Q?Re=3A_Silly_thing_once_more=E2=80=A6pcv_tower?=
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 13 Aug 2023 08:40:36 -0400
  ...Experimenting about a better pcv valve on the wbx > > https://shufti.blog/2023/08/11/vanagon-pcv-tower-experiment/ > > Ab
• Re: idle and black tower
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Wed, 3 May 2006 00:49:45 -0400
  ...from exit of black tower: short 3/4" heater hose inside of which is pushed (snug fit) a modified pcv valve**, pintle side away...
• Re: Need a rear bumper for an '85
  Historical mailing list - Cooper, Jonathan R.
  Thu, 22 Jun 2000 13:03:54 -0400
  ...Cooper Brzytwa, Quick & McCrystal 900 Skylight Office Tower Cleveland, OH 44113 Cooper@BQMlaw.com 85 Westy 90 Cabriolet -----Original Message----- From: Cooper, Jonathan R...
• Re: Breather tower test?
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Sun, 18 May 2008 22:51:21 -0600
  Ha! He turned it around, didn't he.............. Gracias, Miguel
• Re: Using old phones as an intercom in your VW bus
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Fri, 8 Jun 2012 19:25:25 -0700
  ...www.stir-plate.com> www.stir-plate.com > > �<http://www.towercooler.com> www.towercooler.com > > �<http://www.kegkits.com> www.kegkits.com > > www.grow...
• Re: Crankcase Breather tower ~ It comes apart !!!
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Wed, 9 May 2012 14:49:44 -0400
  ...As I was cleaning the Breather Tower I kept coming up with odd looking brittle bits. There's supposed too be a cloth diaphragm...
• Re: breather tower
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 20 Jan 2019 11:50:19 -0800
  thanks evert body for the explanation and and cut up pic.... dan
• Re: Dashmount options for smartphones?
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Sat, 11 Jun 2011 17:56:08 -0600
  'Rocket J Squirrel to tower, requesting permission for takeoff.....' Miguel
• Re: putting yakima racks on a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sun, 9 Jun 2013 17:02:14 -0500
  ...91 GL Auto "Gringo" On Jun 9, 2013 4:59 PM, "Al Knoll" <anasasi@gmail.com> wrote: > Likely 1A towers with or without the...
• Roof Racks
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 14 Feb 95 16:31:32 PST
  ...The devices this fellow wants are Yakima Tall Towers or Terzo Tall Towers which will clear the top but barely. You will not be...
• Re: The Bus Movie
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:42:28 -0700
  ...www.stir-plate.com> www.stir-plate.com > > <http://www.towercooler.com> www.towercooler.com > > <http://www.kegkits.com> www.kegkits.com > > www.grow...
• Re: Leaning tower of Westy
  Historical mailing list - JanetDA
  Wed, 14 May 1997 17:26:26 -0700
  How about all those Big Macs the driver has eaten? DrRufo
• Algae-powered Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:37:00 -0400
  http://jalopnik.com/394479/sears-tower-or-bust-my-algae+powered-car-adventure
• Re: Coolant leak - it was bound to happen
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 11 Jul 2015 12:42:52 -0700
  ...coolant tower. (this is part of what prompted me to rebuild most of the cooling system which included a stainless steel coolant tower. So...
• Re: Coolant hose: T-stat to Coolant Distributor Tower
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Thu, 12 Sep 2019 23:30:58 -0400
  ...stat to the >> Distributor Tower. >> >> https://www.gowesty.com/product/hoses/18816/coolant-hose-thermostat-housing-to-distribution-tower-?v= >> >> Looks like it might...
• Re: A cause for Increased Oil Consumption with Ratio Rockers (and those without)
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Wed, 10 Jul 2002 11:54:59 -0400
  ...I combined a couple of high performance Type I parts from CB Performance and replaced the plastic breather tower with this aluminum tower you...
• Re: Oil leak, dip stick seal?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 3 Apr 2023 14:30:19 -0700
  ...I usually use a gasket for the Beetle > engine oil tower between this bracket and the case. > > > > Dennis > > > Initially, it might be a good...
• Re: bostig kit for VW Vans
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:29:40 -0700
  ...Mabye the 'tower' is the Plastic Coolant Distrubtor........ a tower like thing hidden on the forward side of the fire wall in all 86...
• Re: Bilstein shock tower nuts found
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 28 Oct 2015 23:52:19 -0400
  ...Bilstein shock tower nuts found Thanks again to all who offered good advice for helping me resolve this issue. Turns out I was a...
• Re: Wisdom of List Sought
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 12 Jun 2000 09:42:33 EDT
  ...Check the hose that goes from the "tower" to the intake to see if it might be collapsed internally. If this is OK, then...
• Adding a Harbor Freight 45 Watt Solar Panel to my Storage Building
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 7 Sep 2014 23:22:11 -0500
  ...www.stir-plate.com/> www.stir-plate.com <http://www.towercooler.com/> www.towercooler.com <http://www.grow-sun.com/> www.grow-sun.com...
• Re: oil leak on 83.5 Canadian 1.9L wbx
  Historical mailing list - d spence
  Sun, 2 May 2004 11:26:20 -0600
  The "tower" that forms part of the crankcase breather system is wet with oil top to bottom. Not a lot but the whole thing...