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• My 2 cents on head leaks. Old hash I'm sure...
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Hogue
  Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:44:11 -0400
  ...Be absolutely certain to clean, clean, clean the sealing surfaces, use alcohol base cleaner or something that won't leave a residue. I'm...
• Re: Spray or paste to help clean, and keep clean, electrical connections?
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:52:47 -0400
  ...http://www.partsamerica.com/ProductList.aspx?categorycode=3225 Di-electric grease for sealing out moisture; http://www.partsamerica.com/ProductListSimple.aspx?Category=3451 Mike...
• Re: E-Code Headlights
  Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
  Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:04:23 -0800
  I forgot about sealing it, and this recent rain in Southern California, has given it some water inside... but that's a good way...
• Re: Oil drain plug stripped
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 4 Nov 1998 10:36:34 EST
  ...Of course, he also ground the sealing surface into a miniature moonscape so nothing would ever seal on it again! Subsequent professionals have been...
• Re: Fix tank expansion system without a complete rework?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 29 Nov 2016 16:55:38 -0800
  ...On 11/29/16, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote: > The right side grommet on top of the expansion tank was not sealing at...
• Re: Coolant Leak
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 20 Feb 2014 10:10:51 -0700
  ...Could >> this just be a matter of taking off the plate and sealing it with Permatex >> or will removing that plate open a Pandora...
• Cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Hill
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 22:03:15 -0500
  ...I especially don't like the sealing for the temperature sensor that runs the injection in the later system, with its o-ring and...
• Re: Fridge/propane
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 31 Mar 2006 12:09:46 -0800
  ...These plug into an aluminum housing with o-rings sealing them in their holes. The housing sticks through a hole in the body. A...
• Question - RE: Vanagon Seams & Sealing them up for good... Amended with new info.
  Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
  Fri, 6 Jan 2006 22:36:09 -0500
  So I was looking the rust that is creeping slowly into the seam points on the van and had a strange thought. Let me...
• Re: Kool Patch
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Thu, 4 Jan 2007 11:02:57 -0800
  ...These cases present a real problem, which is not usually solved by applying a sealing surface. Even with these coatings, I doubt the vehicles...
• Re: Likelihood of Windshield breaking on removal?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Mon, 9 May 2011 13:54:50 -0600
  ...BZ-& now the thread about sealing the gasket? On May 9, 2011, at 1:12 PM, Peter Lapp wrote: > Hi all, > > I recently bought...
• Re: Westy fridge combustion chamber gasket replacement
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 14 Oct 2004 21:09:09 -0700
  ...burner? As > I see > it now my only two options are sealing with a high temp silicone > (which will > make it difficult to get...
• Re: Vredestein tires (was Verettastine - Tires?)
  Historical mailing list - Ward Smith
  Sat, 18 May 2002 19:07:38 -0700
  ...rubber products such as bicycle tyres, boots, recycled rubbers and rubber sealing systems. One of Vredestein's key strategies is its investment in innovation...
• Re: Trans pan gasket
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 9 Mar 2016 21:52:06 -0500
  ...If the gasket was on and sealing and then failed in use you have a symptom! The transmission is overheating and the gasket will...
• Re: Oil plug stripped, fix needed
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Sat, 19 Jul 1997 13:51:49 -0800
  ...I used the plug from a type one because it is machined to be used with a metal sealing washer that will fit nicely...
• Re: 1.9L bogging down on acceleration when hot..anyone ideas???
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 2 Apr 2002 20:25:56 -0500
  ...The oil filler tube (the plastic part was not sealing against the metal pipe) and 2. The seal where the dipstick tube enters the...
• (F) Re: DARE RE: Custom Scoop Update - Should you care! (It's already Friday here!!)
  Historical mailing list - SStones
  Fri, 23 Aug 2002 09:34:56 -0400
  ...It might require the sealing of the tube that goes from the air box to the engine compartment wall where it passes through. The...
• Re: Auto Transmission Pan gasket leak
  Historical mailing list - Steve Overmyer
  Thu, 17 Oct 2002 14:59:11 +1000
  ...I leave a very messy >calling card everywhere I go. > >Any suggestions? >I have not used any sealing material on the gasket >- is this...
• Re: Thermostat housing bolts, 91 westy
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Wed, 17 Sep 2003 17:45:37 -0700
  ...You have deep seated corrosion and sealing things at the engine is needed, but the budget must provide for heater cores, radiator, pipes, whatever...
• Re: "green" cars (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 17 Feb 2004 09:01:32 -0600
  ...Many of these things like thermal pane windows, additional insulation, improved heating systems, proper gasketing and sealing of homes have just come into widespread...
• Re: repair gas tank
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 24 Sep 2004 13:31:34 EDT
  ...The real problem with this approach is suitably sealing off all the penetrations in the tank. Perhaps Dentbusters or some other such paintless dent...
• Re: Bus Depot auxiliary battery hook up kit #1738-cant figure it out
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 1 Oct 2005 14:49:03 -0700
  ...I would plug the vents if I was to remove the sealing stuff. Mark Robert Card wrote: >Mark , > >My Westy in no way shape...
• Re: Brakes oddness
  Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
  Sat, 29 Jul 2006 19:07:25 -0700
  ...The rubber seals in there sometimes exhibit this > sometimes sealing, sometimes not symptom. Especially likely if you find > the level of brake fluid is...
• Re: Injector Plug Rubber Boot Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 14 Apr 2017 14:37:42 -0400
  ...Was thinking sealing with some liquid rubber? or removing all together? Not sure... I can't seem to find a source for these boots...
• Re: Transmission fluid change - 1991 4 spd
  Historical mailing list - C. Abney
  Fri, 2 Sep 2016 12:44:49 -0700
  ...Looking on theSamba, it's evident that the valve body sealing plate suffers from the impact of the ball bearing seals slamming into the...
• Re: Tips on sealing heater box flaps, and while the dash is out . . .
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 7 Apr 2011 15:35:55 -0700
  Hey Mike, I grabbed this from The Samba: - http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=265457&sid=c3ea378640f8d0f361d2ed849d503c3a I'm going to...
• Re: OK, OK, new topic
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 8 Sep 2009 19:03:58 -0700
  ...OK, OK, new topic > Scott, that metal ring's sole purpose it to clamp the end cap on the > tube, against it's sealing...
• Propane Tank - Update
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 10 Jul 1997 22:28:41 +0000
  ...Although the Manchester has flaws, on a new tank they could be overcome by carefully seam sealing the ID tag then giving it all...
• Re: [FIX] Instrument Housing Repair
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 30 Sep 2002 00:48:56 EDT
  ...Using a toothpick you can see through the package sealing tape and push the JB Weld mix down into every crevasses, don't be...
• Re: Cleanest head gasket job ever is now complete......
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:52:27 -0700
  ...at Burning Man now too. ) So anyone ever run into this before - that the metal sealing rings come in two thicknesses...., Or ?? Thanx, Scott
• Re: seam rust
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 14 Sep 2014 08:49:25 -0700
  ...Then seam sealing and painting. But there I'm going to suggest something that might be controversial. After the sealing and painting, and after...
• Re: Longer bleeder screw safe?
  Historical mailing list - Mike B
  Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:10:41 -0500
  ...A copper or fiber washer under the head for sealing purposes. Lowes or HD will have it. HF sells a nice assortment of copper...
• Re: engine install
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 13 Mar 2000 10:08:56 -0800
  ...This joint doesn't need any sealing, don't use this. I think I've marked or can remember the > basics. What I'm...
• Re: Please help with head leaking question
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Mon, 4 Oct 2004 22:41:47 -0700
  ...The last engine I worked on had a badly pitted sealing > surface on the engine block. It took a lot of work to build...
• Re: Bus Depot auxiliary battery hook up kit #1738-cant figure it out
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 1 Oct 2005 13:01:17 -0700
  ...A cover plate is screwed down to this frame with a rubber gasket sealing the entire perimeter. This all works to seal the battery...
• Re: what clues about engine health can I get...
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 14 May 2012 16:23:56 -0700
  ...do a normal Leak Down test .. > that only tells about engine sealing of course ...just one part of the > whole deal. > > what kind of...
• Too Much Head Sealant?
  Historical mailing list - Walter Houle
  Tue, 9 Apr 2013 00:46:58 -0400
  ...I forgot to insert the metal sealing rings! Yes, it was late. I pulled the head off just as the black Renizosil sealant was...
• RE: '80 Vanagon getting chopped.
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Thu, 12 Oct 95 19:15:46 EDT
  ...No engine sealing at all; the same open look as a watercooled VW engine. Wires smoked in a small engine fire not replaced, since...
• Re: Clutchless in California
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 12 Dec 95 12:26:43 CST
  ...and prevent any "sealing" action. so the fluid just flows right on by. replacing the fluid by bleeding the system cured it right up...
• re: Sun Roof (85 Westy)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 28 Mar 1996 19:36:05 -0800 (PST)
  ...the top surface > of the rack, then devise a way of sealing the opening in the roof and > the joint between roof/rack - effectively...
• Re: Leak Down Test, define ?
  Historical mailing list - Dwight Mattix (Dwight Mattix)
  Fri, 13 Dec 1996 09:46:39 -0800 (PST)
  ...you can move the piston up and down in the cylinder and see how well the rings are sealing along the stroke, not just...
• Re: Caveat Emptor, or: So You're Buying a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 16 Nov 2001 11:10:44 -0500
  ...This gives the best of all possible worlds -- a thick-section flexible gasket with narrow sealing surface, subject to considerable thermal cycling (since the...
• Puking Oil from Oil Cooler
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:45:50 -0500
  ...O ring between the block and the oil cooler has become "stiff" from the cold and not sealing properly 3. It has a Fram...
• Re: Mechanical tests for my spare air cooled engine?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:32:16 -0700
  ...I've tested for the valves not sealing well by filling the intake & exhaust ports ( relative valve fully closed ) with gasoline , or paint thinner...
• Re: Missing coolant
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 29 Sep 2015 01:08:28 -0400
  ...I'm wondering if it's burning coolant, but in my experience failed sealing rings in Vanagons lead to over pressurization of the system...
• Re: Time
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Wed, 7 Aug 2013 13:16:10 -0500
  ...said, to speak of many things: > Of shoes—and ships—and sealing-wax— Of cabbages—and kings -- > and the selling of ones most personal...
• Re: battery compartment
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 9 Jul 2010 12:30:48 -0700
  ...The sealing setup in the campers is a real POS, not planned for by VW, just a crappy retrofit done to achieve compliance with...
• Re: What a great thing the Vanagon List is...saved me a big hassel today...long boring story
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Mon, 3 May 2010 09:28:37 -0700
  ...1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053 > ``````````````````` > Nashua Tape Stretch and Seal Silicone Sealing Tape, 1 In. x 10 Ft., > Black > > Model # 684201 > Store SKU # 267011...
• Campmor Catalogue (v. cool)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Jul 1995 14:21:56 -0700
  ...in one side with a big gusset that allows direct attachment/sealing to the rear of yet another Dodge minivan. It looks like it...
• New vs. reman calipers (was front turn lenses '72 bus)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 Apr 1996 01:40:26 -0400
  ...A piece of the piston broke off near the sealing ring, allowing all pressure to immediately exit the caliper. $1100 of body repair later...
• Re: engine brake in
  Historical mailing list - Gary Clayton
  Fri, 7 Jul 1995 09:47:20 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Also, I can tell my rings are sealing - both times when I adjusted valves, the flywheel was harder to turn, showing I've got...
• Re: shuddering clutch
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 30 Sep 2003 05:45:03 EDT
  ...It is located inside the sealing lip of the flywheel where the pilot shaft from the tranny comes through to the pilot bearing. Cheers...
• Re: Water Cooler System Design Flaw Workaround?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:13:40 -0700
  ...It ain't going anywhere baby. > | > |so anyway ...the combustion sealing of waterboxer heads is .......rather > |casually done, and based directly on what they...
• Re: Diesel injection pump leaking
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:31:30 -0500
  ...fix I heard of recently .. > a fluke sort of .. > a leaking sealing washer at the timing checking plug ..right between where > the injector lines...
• Re: FW: how to replace temp sensor II?
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Wed, 19 Jul 2000 21:48:20 -0400
  Tim, There's no sealant goop required AFAIK, but there is a sealing ring. I got mine from VolksMotorsports while they were still doing...
• Re: replace gas tank?
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Wed, 12 Apr 2006 14:44:04 -0600
  ...etc. & I believe that POR-15 has a product for coating/sealing rust in the inside of a tank to keep gamboo from getting...
• unused old VWs (was 4SALE,91 VW WESTFALIA)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Meier
  Wed, 17 Feb 1999 22:54:58 +0100
  ...The rear axle sealings were also leaking gear oil into the drums, of course they were renewed. It passed the german TUEV at once...
• Re: Mystery oil leak on 2.1 please help with ideas
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Mon, 31 May 2004 18:18:38 -0400
  ...the self sealing nuts for the oil pump loose there torque rather quickly when the plastic heats up and softens up I never use...
• Re: Power steering rack leak
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 29 Nov 2018 17:28:42 -0500
  ...that controls the spring that puts > axial force on the steering pinion shaft.� Has anyone had any success in > sealing this plate? > > Thanks. > > Ed
• 1991 Westy, gas tank return hose size (and fuel line or injector line)?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Sat, 10 Sep 2011 19:52:57 -0600
  Hi, I am in the middle of re-sealing my gas supply system. I recently did the gas tank reseal, complete with the bits...