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• Power Steering Fluid Leak... Reservoir?
  Historical mailing list - James V
  Sun, 11 Jan 2004 20:48:05 -0800
  ...There is a layer of fluid on the reservoir, the supply/return hoses and the exhaust shield below. It seemed likely that the hose...
• Re: Wet Weather Woes
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 6 Nov 2006 17:48:00 -0800
  ...Are the splash shields on the engine present and accounted for? On 11/6/06, Curt Newsome <tele2222@yahoo.com> wrote: > > It's raining...
• Re: Gas heaters...was Re: Heater
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Thu, 29 Jan 2015 10:12:09 -0600
  ...There is an exhaust which > > comes out from under the shield to the side of the van. > > > > I guess I will have to drop...
• Re: Moroso Ceramic Engine Seal/ Ken Wilfry?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Fri, 3 May 2002 09:14:24 -0400
  ...overnight, do I need to remove the engine plug under the shield which has to be removed? Won't there be water still in...
• Re: O2 sensor in gutted cat question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:44:21 -0400
  ...What is more important is to have the clip on shield in place to keep off wind and road debris. Wind will cool it...
• Re: Cleaning contacts/Oil light buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Nathan Mc Blain
  Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:09:02 -0700
  ...I was trying to separate the shield from the spades with a small screwdriver, all did except one, and maybe the pulling and prodding...
• Re: Part needed
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 16 Apr 2023 15:03:36 -0500
  ...PM, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM> > wrote: > > > > > > I need the plastic shield that goes under the steering column. Mine is > > > cracked beyond repair. Anyone...
• Re: Propane tank restore or replace
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 13 Oct 2015 18:46:54 -0400
  ...After 3 > afternoons of grinding and sanding the whole tank and rock shield, > it's ready for some protection! I've got the first...
• Re: Alternate locations for Propane Tank
  Historical mailing list - bill harris
  Fri, 8 Mar 2002 18:31:11 -0700
  ...Don't forget the stone shield either to offer additional protection for the valves/regulator. bill ----- Original Message ----- From: developtrust <developtrust@COX.NET> To...
• Re: Winters in the van... MAKE YOUR OWN 'SAFE' HEATER
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 21 Nov 2002 18:13:15 -0500
  ...You could shield the heater element for more effectiveness and play with box size to see what works best. Anyway, it's a start...
• Re: Pop-Top Screen Repair
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 9 Mar 2016 18:59:22 -0500
  ...Fandtr’s Window shields and other vW products http://fanchers.com/59/VW%20Related%20Items.htm Phone Service Available Mon-Fri. 8:00am-4...
• Beltz! (was Re: does squeaking belt cause high temp gauge reading?)
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Fri, 12 Feb 1999 12:23:19 -0800
  ...Apparently, the alternator/water pump belt parted and took out the A/C compressor drive belt along with the compressor pulley shield. So...what...
• Re: 2.1 waterboxer oil temp gauge?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 28 Dec 2004 10:02:26 -0500
  ...It may be > necessary to > modify the push rod tube splash shield. Home Depot has a full > assortment of > 1/8" copper pipe thread...
• Attn: Electrical Gurus (engine conversion grounds question)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 22 Jun 2008 09:18:00 -0700
  ...i.e. "Sensor ground", "MFI Motronic Multiport Fuel Injection" In archives, I read of Vanagon O2 sensor issues related to shield on coax and...
• Re: Full Westy (spatial profiling)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 29 Aug 2003 08:31:12 -0700
  ...Sulu, set flame-deflector shields to maximum power!">> Most logical, Mr Zulu! Those that own the Vanagon weekender or passenger models are space cadets...
• bonehead maneuver
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Sun, 4 Jul 1999 11:11:43 -0400
  Dear List Gurus, In a Classic Bonehead Maneuver, I have taken of the box that shields and guides the clutch pedal linkage under the...
• Re: WTB : Cooling tin heat /sheild 82 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Mon, 26 Aug 2002 12:51:38 -0400
  ...J Falarski wrote: > >> Hello Jeff : >> I have a pair off the shields you want, I think. >> I will take a photo of them and...
• Fuel line replacment.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 20 Jul 2007 12:38:38 -0700
  ...This time, I used, as a rub-shield, some irrigation tubing..fits over the line and seems like it is going to work just...
• Re: FI harness help needed
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:53:06 -0400
  Thanks Mark, I hadn't realized that wire was coax; the outer shield was twisted around so that it looked like a heavier gauge...
• Alternator not charging/ solenoid meltdown
  Historical mailing list - Sorin Bejenaru
  Mon, 21 Feb 2000 18:31:51 -0500
  ...out of the solenoid and dripping on the wires and engine shield under it. It feels like wax/grease combination and seems to be...
• Re: Replacing water pump 86 syncro ?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 29 Jul 2003 22:51:04 -0400
  ...After getting under the syncro it seems I need to drop the protection bar, remove the heat shield (I saw three bolts at the...
• replacing long plastic coolant hoses
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Wed, 21 Nov 2001 11:38:52 -0800
  ...taking peter krough's excellent example, i checked in to buying shields no. 250 wet exhaust hose with 1.25 in inside diameter, wire...
• Re: NVC: measuring impedance of a speaker?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 29 Jan 2003 01:20:10 -0500
  ...Unfortunately, there is no marking >on the case or actual speaker anywhere, except "75 watts, magnetically >shielded, design for t.v." Speaker manufacturers tend...
• Re: NVC: measuring impedance of a speaker?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Tue, 28 Jan 2003 20:46:30 -0800
  ...Unfortunately, there is no marking > on the case or actual speaker anywhere, except "75 watts, magnetically > shielded, design for t.v." > > I have a...
• Re: Drip Tray "latch" to keep up while cooking
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 29 May 2010 23:47:09 -0700
  ...down over top of the stove. �It only has the heat shield bolted to > the lid. > > I have purchased a drain board and hinge...
• oxygen sensor input wire
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:15:51 EDT
  ...a Sirius radio in my Dad's Honda was that the shielded satellite antenna cable would be a close match if the center wire...
• Re: Vanagon.com is Hacked!!!
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 12 Dec 2000 21:10:57 -0800
  ...Check out the utility "Shields Up" it will test your computer (Windows PC) and tell you if you have any open security holes that...
• Re: just drove a new routan.....going to get rid of my vanagons and buy one!
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Thu, 6 Nov 2008 11:44:49 -0500
  ...Good time for VW to come out with a new one! Not only that, but the Brook Shields commercials have to be the most...
• Re: Radiator Fan Thermal Switch question
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sun, 19 Aug 2012 18:04:01 -0400
  ...1st group >>Conversion ) >> >>Seems the Brain located above the muffler ( heat shield in place ) >>Seems the cut off over heat protection sensor on the...
• Re: oops, more questions on O2 sensors
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 6 Jun 2005 23:50:08 -0400
  ...Also, the O2 sensor should have a heat shield/deflector on it so that it stays hot and road spray doesn't get to...
• Re: Curtains
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 15 Dec 2014 09:06:17 -0800
  ...nights I can reduce the area > for heat loss and I don't have to mess with a sun shield up at the > windshield." >
• Re: Vanagon rear lights and the pathetic headlights
  Historical mailing list - Jay Brown
  Sun, 19 Dec 2010 00:15:07 -0500
  ...http://www.eastwood.com/professional-wind-shield-headlight-kit.html?srccode= ga030170 Good luck, Jay -----Original Message----- From: Marius Strom [mailto:marstrom@microsoft.com...
• Re: Goopy stuff on dish drainer
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:57:58 -0400
  ...11:03 AM, Rocket J Squirrel > wrote: >> The dish drainer / heat shield dingus mounted over the stove burners >> appears to press into three blobs...
• Re: Leaking...
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Thu, 20 Sep 2001 18:03:53 -0400
  ...Wind shield, antenna, any other method for water to get in? I know there was talk several months ago about an inexpensive antenna that...
• S&S header for a GTI experience
  Historical mailing list - Carl Krucke
  Wed, 28 Apr 1999 21:38:56 -0400
  ...On deceleration the sensor would whack the exhast heat shield and broke the wire off within a week. Like it was doing a whole...
• '67 Westy Resto from Hell Completed (FS)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 1 Apr 1996 16:05:38 -0700
  ...Purchased R-21 insulation with vapor shield on Saturday. Will install this week. Will measure the wood headliner panels and report to the list...
• Re: Canadians - how do you drain your dishes, eh?
  Historical mailing list - Alan J. Flint
  Wed, 8 Dec 1999 06:55:40 -0800
  ...US models have. > > > > Rich, > > Dish Drainer? I thought those were heat shields to protect > the wood cover > > from closing down close to hot burners...
• Re: O2-sensor blues and more on '84 1.9L engine
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:19:53 -0700
  ...gurus who suggested checking on >> shorts between O2-cable and its shield. I had one of my own causing. >> >> When the O2-sensor is...
• Re: Bluestar project progress-Crankcase vent heater.
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Wed, 1 May 2013 22:19:39 -0400
  ...The missing engine splash shields are not > that important, like you figured they were intended to keep dirt and splash > out of the engine...
• Re: Bucking, hesitation between 1500 and 2500 RPM when hot
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:05:04 -0800
  ...Here is what I came up with: > > The "Green" 02 sensor wire is shielded as you all have indicated. > My 02 sensor wire is...
• Re: Motor Mount Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Thu, 12 Oct 2000 12:06:29 -0500
  If I remember right, you have to pull the muffler and all it's crap(heat shield etc. that alone will make it a...
• Re: help! overheating with maple syrup smell
  Historical mailing list - T Berk
  Fri, 22 Dec 2000 19:08:03 -0800
  ...You've seen the truckers with cardboard covering the radiator, right? Consider adding a shield to deflect the winds blowing right on the exposed...
• Re: Electronic Rust Protection?
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Wed, 8 Aug 2001 09:06:37 -0500
  ...to ground out the negative ions, setting up a positive electrolysis shield around you, and your vehicle as you drive. Prevent's cavities, wards...
• Re: New windshield installed
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Wed, 23 Jul 2003 13:31:32 -0500
  I've had two window shields changed in different buses. Never leaked. No sealant. Don't remember ever seeing any gap. The guy used...
• Re: =Fire Extinguisher? Now Pep Boys
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 30 Aug 2002 17:26:42 -0500
  ...I've got some lovely heat > shield > > > tubing I > > > plan on using when I redo my headlight wiring. Note this is > heat > > > shield > > > tubing...
• Re: SYNCRO DIENG SORRY LONG POST NEED HELP
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 9 Sep 2004 14:07:53 -0400
  You either have an O2 sensor that is failing when wet or the shielded wire for the sensor has bad insulation and is shorting...
• Metal engine lids vs plastic
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 19 Nov 2001 21:59:52 +1200
  ...Light, always looking tidy, but no shield in the event of a fire. Which is why I brought a metal one in from Germany...
• Re: OXS & Batt. Lights just came on... the fix
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Sun, 28 Nov 2004 23:42:45 -0500
  ...The culprit was a broken wire inside the rubber shielding of the small signal wire coming off the back of the alternator at about...
• Re: VDO wire route
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 27 Sep 2006 11:07:15 -0700
  ...would like to run it under van, (van has sheet metal shield underneath) but need to know how/where to fish sender wire through...
• Re: The DEEP, DARK secret of fiberglass exhaust wrap discovered
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:04:10 -0400
  ...I > needed to shield some not-so-hot parts from the hotter-than-H parts. I've > read reports of exhaust headers rusting very...
• Re: brake and clutch fluid reservoirs
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 17 Nov 2014 08:06:23 -0800
  I have the shield. It must help 'cause my van is still running after 30yrs, Not as bad, fluid above electrical panel, as a...
• FIXED Power passenger window intermiitent failure
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Fri, 31 Jan 2003 13:27:24 -0800
  ...the bundle dangling from a last vestige of yellow wire rubber shielding. This is why the problem was intermittent. When squeezed together it worked...
• Re: [T2] Turbobus update
  Historical mailing list - courtney hook
  Sat, 21 Apr 2007 08:38:13 -0700
  ...Also, are you going to need a heat shield on that muffler assembly to deflect heat away from the engine or will it be...
• Re: Cleaning contacts/Oil light buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:24:02 -0700
  ...the shielded not sealed ones that I havn't checked. Some were really bad, tried to clean some and replaced a few connectors. BTW...
• Re: syncro exhaust
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 17 Nov 2007 06:03:51 EST
  ...Syncro specific muffler support brackets Syncro specific rear header pipe heat shield See my _Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust System_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43...
• Re: INVISIBLE BRA
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 12 Apr 2002 08:49:36 -0500
  ...Anyone > ever try > it? > it's some sort of clear poly shield that is on the front of the Van, > looks > like > it almost...
• Re: Part needed
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 16 Apr 2023 17:48:33 -0500
  ...PM, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > > > I need the plastic shield that goes under the steering column. Mine is > > cracked beyond repair. Anyone...
• Oil leak...
  Historical mailing list - Aaron
  Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:19:36 -0800
  ...I can't see where as it's too tight to see around the heat shield. I also looked around the main pulley seal...
• Re: Care and feeding of pilot bearings
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Fri, 12 Apr 1996 13:33:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Is this some sort of dust shield? ______________________________________________________________________ _ ______________ ______//________ Steve Maher smaher@gi.com //__][__||____\\ /o _ | -| _ \ San Diego, CA 75461,1717 (o _-| _ o| `-(_)=======(_)---' '(_)-------(_)-' '66 Mustang Coupevertible '89...
• Re: Mold on inside of Pop top
  Historical mailing list - Earl Smith
  Wed, 28 Oct 1998 18:55:56 -0800
  ...Wear a gas mask and FULL face shield. Protect your neck and use rubber gloves outside your sleeves. >- I also need to locate a...