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• Re: Vanagon Application????
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 18 Apr 2004 22:42:01 +1200
  ...The main point being though, to control flying glass. > >So, anyone see any application for this tape on the Vanagons? Sealing the heads to...
• Re: 2.1 oil pump gasket question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:03:47 -0700
  ...for any externally mounted oil pump, their simple has to be a paper sealing gasket, or 0-ring ( subaru ) to seal the oil pump...
• Westy Window Install
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 14 Oct 2002 14:22:57 -0400
  ...The gasket has several sealing edges, probably three? The window frame was completely rust free. I cleaned it up and hit with a good...
• Re: Final Drive pan gasket
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 9 Aug 2017 12:49:36 +0000
  ...I did use a thin film of RTV formulated for gear lube and I did flatten the sealing surface that was deformed around the...
• Re: Diesel Oil Pan FML
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 22 Dec 2012 06:34:08 -0800
  ...the same thread.. > and has a hex head ....put some good sealing washer under the hex head.. > Make the matingsurface on the pan as...
• Re: Planning Trip--Tips?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Sat, 1 Oct 94 12:30:11 PDT
  ...When I write letters, I revel in the act of addressing the > envelope, of sealing it with wax even, of dropping it in the...
• Re: Running hot
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 1 Jun 1999 14:36:26 -0700
  ...Ben The last time this happened to me the internal head sealing gaskets were gone, and combustion gasses were getting into the coolant and...
• Re: Vanagon autobody question
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Sat, 18 Sep 2004 23:03:07 -0500
  ...Why is it so good? I think the person or people doing the underside sealing work just did a better job on this one...
• Engine Still Overheating - Need Advice / Problem Found
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Thu, 3 Mar 2005 06:45:14 -0700
  ...Both heads had valves leaking, not sealing correctly. Here' the previous postings about this problem. Archive Links: Engine overheating - Need Advice http://tinyurl.com...
• Re: General engine bolt/nut sizes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 15 Feb 2011 20:21:35 -0500
  ...Even on a type 1 case, overhaulers and racers know not to use the original-type case sealing nuts upon re-assembly. They don...
• Re: ... and onto the next thing ...
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Sun, 7 Sep 2014 19:01:55 -1000
  ...the depth is adjusted with the sealing washers.. too deep and the back up lights won't shut off , not enough ..and they won...
• Re: Fraydaye -- What Was Your Favourite Westy Moment This Week?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 14 Sep 2012 07:37:14 -0700
  ...has graduated from "tick tick tick" and is > no-longer self-sealing when hot) accelerates slowly into the distance > - fut......fut.....fut....fut...fut...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon Automatic/leak in wheel well passanger side when it rains.
  Historical mailing list - Bill Shawley
  Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:36:37 +0000
  ...Now I'll have to wait until spring when the temperatures are condusive to sealing the windshield like Eric recommended a year ago! Ryan...
• Re: Block Heater
  Historical mailing list - Don Preston
  Wed, 6 Dec 2000 10:10:19 -0800
  ...I just haven't gotten around to sealing them up. Don Preston '87 Wolfy GL ~Betsy the Mp3 Bus~ -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing...
• Re: Question - RE: Vanagon Seams & Sealing them up for good... Amended with new info.
  Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
  Tue, 10 Jan 2006 12:48:57 -0500
  The van has an amazingly thick black rubber coating on the underside of the entire van, I have to check the sides of the...
• Re: AC Question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 11 Jun 2013 19:23:25 -0500
  ...The R134 does find leaks that R12 doesn't, but you can put in a refrigerant with some sealing capacity if that is the...
• Re: Radiator cooling fan - stuck ON!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 8 Jun 2010 22:44:31 -0400
  ...The later ones with the disks have a better sealing arrangement as well as a slightly lower switching temp. I don't understand the...
• Re: A/C -R12--R134a (O-RING QUESTION??)
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Tue, 18 Aug 1998 10:54:04 -0400
  ...Now frankly I know O-rings a little bit, have designed oil/gas sealing systems up to 60ksi pressure, so I realize color doesn...
• Re: Why remove the crankshaft pulley?
  Historical mailing list - Dave C
  Mon, 24 Apr 2000 16:57:26 -0400
  ...Make sure you use new o-ring and gasket on the sealing surfaces along with the GREY permatex. Cheers, Dave C. Williamsburg, VA zzzzzzzzz...
• 1.9 -- post mortem + jetta death
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Sun, 7 Nov 2004 17:37:43 -0500
  ...were the heads - only slight corrosion was apparent on the head sealing surface. We replaced them, but they are available if anyone needs a...
• Re: Air leaks from heat vents
  Historical mailing list - Clint Kolda
  Tue, 6 Feb 2007 10:06:25 -0800
  Dan, Sealing up the footwell vents is fairly easy. If you remove the plastic cover in front of the shifter, you can look up...
• Re: Sinking Vanagon... race video (funny)
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:21:25 -0500
  I think the vanagon would have worked if he'd used an outboard motor and done a better job sealing up the leaks. The...
• Re: 2.1 assemble
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:06:41 -0500
  ...2.1 assemble > > I believe that Chris Corkins and Rocky Jennings, both well thought of > engine > builders recommend a dry assemble before sealing the...
• Re: rebuild your EGR valve?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Tue, 1 Feb 2005 21:41:38 -0800
  ...wear and pit over time such that the valve isn't sealing properly at idle and WOT. At this point it probably doesn't...
• Re: Could it by Blow by revisited and questions answered
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Mon, 19 Mar 2007 23:35:44 -0400
  ...leaker) as one problem with time, it's simply not sealing properly... or should i say it's mixing all componants (oil, coolant, air...
• Re: Coolant Leak
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Fri, 21 Feb 2014 09:36:36 -0500
  ...Could > this > just be a matter of taking off the plate and sealing it with Permatex or > will removing that plate open a Pandora...
• Re: fuel tank vent lines
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 17 Oct 2012 20:14:26 -0700
  ...I'd always assumed that removing & re-installing the filler pipe would cause that large grommet to loose some of it's sealing capabilities...
• Re: Engine Still Overheating - Need Advice / Chapter Three
  Historical mailing list - Westyman
  Sun, 27 Feb 2005 12:57:24 -0800
  ...In any event, the problem I'm sure will be found to be combustion leaking past the cylinder sealing ring[s] where they meet...
• Re: Mythbusters
  Historical mailing list - Niall Mac Caughey
  Tue, 28 Mar 2006 22:42:58 +0100
  ...I tried the raw egg method of sealing, putting six eggs into the rad. All I got for my trouble was scrambled white coolant...
• Re: General engine bolt/nut sizes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:02:26 -0500
  ...Even on a type 1 case, overhaulers and racers know not to use the original-type case sealing nuts upon re-assembly. They don...
• Re: [T2] A cc'ing the heads question-answered
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 3 Mar 2003 23:09:04 -0600
  ...030 difference between the OEM and Mahle between the sealing base and the sealing to head area, the Cofap fell somewhere in the mid...
• Re: fuel pump noise
  Historical mailing list - Curt Newsome
  Tue, 11 Jul 2006 09:05:29 -0700
  ...re-sealing the old one. From what I have come to understand, really cleaning out the old one is probably not possible due to...
• Re: Mysterious Oil Drain Plug Leak
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Sun, 15 Apr 2018 12:56:57 -0700
  ...My experiment with a drain plug with a large shoulder and matching soft washer moved the sealing surface well beyond the area affected by...
• Re: General engine bolt/nut sizes
  Historical mailing list - Joe Luther
  Wed, 16 Feb 2011 08:12:28 -0500
  ...Depending on the depth of the damage (you say it small), the heads can be flycut to clean up the sealing surfaces. They can...
• Re: Head gasket questions
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Mon, 13 Jul 1998 14:25:02 -0700
  ...Most likely for the water pump to block mating surface. >| What do you think about Permatex gasket sealing compound? It's great for some...
• Re: Remembering the First Bus
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Wed, 5 Sep 2007 20:23:10 -0700
  ...I went out to Kearney Mesa VW and bought the only used microbus on the lot, a 1963 Deluxe (no sunroof) in Sealing Wax...
• Re: Lube Raditor fan motor bushings?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:46:01 -0800
  ...I wonder if sealing up any openings or gaps at rear end of motor would help prevent failure? Neil. On Dec 21, 2007 10...
• Re: Missing coolant
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 28 Sep 2015 21:21:26 +0000
  ...wondering if it's burning coolant, but in my experience failed sealing > rings in Vanagons lead to over pressurization of the system, and that...
• Re: Standard to Automatic...Yes !!
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Wed, 23 Mar 2011 08:06:59 -0700
  ...He also rebuilt the axles and installed a gas tank > sealing kit/hoses etc. New front shocks, and a new Rad from BusDepot > rounded...
• 82 Vanagon Gas Tank Seal/Installation Question
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
  Mon, 26 Aug 2002 01:51:17 -0400
  ...tanks, I noticed a tar like substance around the cap, presumably sealing it. Reminded me of some of the roofing tar that they use...
• Re: Packing for a trip, anyone harness the power of vacuum?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 30 Dec 2007 12:45:24 -0800
  ...That makes sealing very difficult. I've thrown awy severa of them. And the big giant bags are of little use, at least for...
• Re: pinch the fuel line?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:22:54 -0700
  ...They turned out to be total > garbage, always popping open at the worst time and never > really sealing well. Not sure if it was...
• Re: Don't top off gas tanks
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 15 Aug 2014 18:35:34 -0400
  ...canister you have really bad smells. > > We don't have vapor sealing handles up here in Ontario either - the only > places I've seen...
• Re: Is my engine a type IV?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Mon, 26 Jun 95 11:44:07 PDT
  ...Head from 1979 on <sometimes referred to as "vanagon heads" or "square port heads"> have a flat sealing surface for the heat exchangers and...
• Re: rear heater smells like syrup
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Fri, 15 Mar 2002 11:37:54 -0800
  ...867 819 037 SEALING WASHER 861 819 039 BLEEDER SCREW 861 819 297 GASKET Or possibly the valve itself: 867 819 809 B HEATER...
• Re: Gas smell in Oil months after using Magical Mystery oil Please help.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 11 May 2003 14:37:43 -0700
  ...Unfortunately it didn t, now I m looking for a > good place to start, but I fear the rings aren t > sealing - this sounds...
• Re: Gas smell in Oil months after using Magical Mystery oil Please help.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 11 May 2003 22:26:15 -0600
  ...Unfortunately it didn t, now I m looking for a >good place to start, but I fear the rings aren t >sealing - this sounds...
• Re: changing to synthetic oil - was STUPID QUESTION?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 25 Aug 2005 18:46:23 -0700
  ...If the gaskets are new enough, they'll eventually become saturated with and softened by the synthetic oil and be "rejuvenated", sealing the leaks...
• Re: Blower motor anatomy
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 13 Dec 2010 17:14:15 -0500
  ...The motor looks well made but they didn't work as hard on the bearings as Bosch did, and they didn't provide sealing...
• Re: Thermostats especially in colder weather
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Thu, 4 Jan 2018 17:19:11 -0500
  ...The > main wear or failure of most engine head sealing is the expansion and > contraction of the different parts. Having a low temp t...
• Re: Paint van a slightly different colour?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 30 May 2001 23:06:38 -0500
  ...We used it when painting hatches with windows and it worked on both the rubber gaskets, glass and polished brass and kept the sealing...
• Re: Chrome Window Strips (again)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 Aug 2001 18:28:38 -0700
  ...The decorative chrome does nothing for > sealing or keeping your windows in. > > > On Wed, 22 Aug 2001 11:49:31 EDT JordanVw@AOL.COM...
• Re: regarding head gasket failures on water cooled engs....
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sat, 23 Jul 2005 15:03:54 -0400
  ...be done the sealant would need to be replace and the sealing surfaces of the nut and head cleaned and dried. The head studs...
• Re: Coolant bottle sensor leak?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Fri, 7 Jul 2006 07:33:23 -0700
  ...the conductors, which is evident if the wire connector is wet. Sealing the bottoms of the conductors (part in the tank) with epoxy will...
• Re: final drive cover leaking
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 3 Nov 2007 19:38:16 -0700
  Check that the sealing area is very flat on the cover, where the bolt holes are, sometimes you have to flatten those down a...
• FS: 1988 Westy camper
  Historical mailing list - John H. Zouck
  Wed, 29 Oct 1997 21:34:41 -0500
  ...control Electric, heated mirrors Gray color No rust Camper top rubber sealing gasket reworked by me three years ago. (probably needs rework or replacement...
• Re: Oil Drain Threads Stripped
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Wed, 20 May 1998 08:07:36 -0700
  ...In the archives, Dan Moy (on 07/18/97) pointed out that the heli-coil might present a sealing problem. So, I replaced the...
• Re: Sealing propane tank fittings
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 19 Nov 2003 11:49:48 -0800
  I concur with Geoff. The "white stuff" sealant (can't if it is made by Loctite) is somewhat messy, and slow to harden (I...
• Re: Weeping auto tranny
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Wed, 27 Sep 2006 16:54:42 -0700
  ...The aluminum is what actually does the sealing at this joint. Then retighten the nut. Aaron <lists@MYCOMMUNITYNET.NET> wrote: Hello all. Is there...
• Re: Heads back on, runs OK and dies
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:16:32 -0800
  ...concentration. > > > Right, it's more difficult than any other head I can think of. Sealing > issues everywhere. > > Thanks, > > Jim > >> >> Best luck to you >> Ben >> >