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  • Re: Replacing copper propane lines
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:04:00 -0400
    ...Replacing copper propane lines I'm going to replace the service valve on my tank, and want to replace the propane copper lines while...
  • (no subject)
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Mon, 20 Feb 2006 17:06:28 -0600
    ...internet for replacement lines, and have > stumbled upon an E-Bay listing for a set of stainless steel > replacement coolant lines. > > What I want...
  • Re: Steel Braided Fuel Lines?
    Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
    Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:28:37 -0500
    ...Steel Braided Fuel Lines? >>> > >>> > Does anyone know if installing steel braided fuel lines has been done >>> > by anyone, or this would be the end...
  • suddenly idles
    Historical mailing list - Dan Belick
    Sat, 11 Jul 1998 13:39:58 -0500
    ...heads water pump alternator vac lines coil gas filter lines to tank temp sensor 2 and harness plug I just drove it, it "hunts...
  • Trip to Ken Wilford's
    Historical mailing list - Ed Henckel
    Sun, 27 Jun 1999 12:03:33 -0700
    Itching to take off on a short camping trip (190mi) and to have Ken replace the fuel lines in the VultureVan with his new...
  • What Fire?
    Historical mailing list - BILL
    Mon, 11 Jan 1999 23:16:36 -0700
    ...They had NO idea about the fuel lines. The fuel lines were original! The fire started at the cold start valve where the fuel...
  • More idle questions (no pun intended)...
    Historical mailing list - WVVW
    Mon, 22 Apr 2002 12:28:11 -0400
    ...I also used clamps, not being trustful of vacuum lines that just slide on. After replacing the lines, I started it up and went...
  • Re: Replacing copper propane lines
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
    Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:34:11 -0700
    ...Replacing copper propane lines > > I'm going to replace the service valve on my tank, and want to > replace the > propane copper lines while...
  • Re: Removing the rear heater
    Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
    Tue, 6 Dec 2011 18:57:26 -0800
    ...Now that I replaced the heater hoses, I removed the T's and the rear heater lines. Van off the salt roads in the...
  • Re: List Disappointment, religion, HTML, subject lines and whatnot
    Historical mailing list - developtrust
    Fri, 30 Nov 2001 23:05:14 -0800
    ...List Disappointment, religion, HTML, subject lines and whatnot > Ladies and Gentlemen, > > I fear that things are getting a little out of hand over the...
  • Re: mixing coolants?
    Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
    Sat, 21 Aug 2004 15:26:30 -0700
    ...1) change ALL fuel lines (old lines = major cause of engine fires) 2) change all fluids and filters (engine, tranny) 3) clean all elecctrical...
  • Re: Fuel Line Vent Hose Clamps
    Historical mailing list - TC
    Sun, 28 Aug 2005 13:13:28 -0700
    ...see on the vent lines this 1 use hose clamps So I have another question here about these vent lines Why do they have...
  • Re: Rant - Was: Stainless Steel Coolant Lines Now Available!
    Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
    Wed, 13 Jul 2005 13:25:34 -0500
    ...Stainless Steel Coolant Lines Now Available! >Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 13:18:43 -0500 > > ><<What, exactly, was the point of this rant, and...
  • Re: Steel Braided Fuel Lines & Fuel Line Covers
    Historical mailing list - Mike
    Mon, 12 May 2008 10:34:45 -0400
    ...Steel Braided Fuel Lines & Fuel Line Covers >Has anyone ever installed Steel Braided Fuel lines, I was thinking >it might be very worthwhile under...
  • Re: fuel lines: if it ain't broke
    Historical mailing list - John Anderson
    Mon, 5 Oct 2009 10:00:13 -0700
    ...recall here volks is that the entire job, INCLUDING the injector lines, is really not THAT much effort.� Even for a first timer, if...
  • Re: fuel lines: if it ain't broke
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Sun, 4 Oct 2009 21:00:34 -0500
    ...The lines appear o.k. and I fear messing something up in > finishing this job (never pulled an injector before). Any thoughts out > there...
  • Re: Fuel Injection hoses - Again!!!
    Historical mailing list - Greg O
    Wed, 28 Jan 2004 21:22:10 -0600
    ...I've still got my original fuel lines all around on my 84 and had a blocked pressure regulator send the fuel pressure to...
  • glamour shot of dolly
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:09:55 -0700
    ...note the clean uncluttered lines, graceful curves.... http://shufti.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/img_1700.jpg alistair
  • <no subject>
    Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
    Sat, 9 Dec 2006 23:57:58 -0800
    A reminder (as if one was required) why it's important to keep an eye on those damned fuel lines... http://youtube.com/watch...
  • Toasted Westy for sale in Vancouver, $700 obo
    Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
    Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:08:26 -0700
    Folks, please check/replace ALL your fuel lines. Otherwise, this could be your van.... :( http://vancouver.craigslist.org/pts/371152703.html
  • Re: teenagers and vanagons
    Historical mailing list - Mike Bucchino
    Thu, 12 Oct 2006 06:36:43 -0400
    ...This apparently was > changed from the old "one M class" way because the "riding test" > involves riding 100 feet between two painted lines into...
  • Re: Power steering
    Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
    Fri, 15 Jan 2016 11:08:37 -0500
    ...However that theory seems to be disproven by folks who have replaced their metal power steering lines (long ones from front to back) with...
  • Re: Vanagon minds lend me your ears!
    Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
    Tue, 26 May 2009 22:00:12 -0700
    Fuel lines ... fuel Lines Check your fuel lines and replace if older than 10 years old On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 9:50...
  • Re: Should I opt for ALL new water lines?
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Thu, 29 Jan 2004 21:55:36 -0600
    ...However, I gotten seveal quotes that have indicated that it will cost me near $500 for all of the water lines. That's a...
  • Re: diesel gas conversion - fifth day
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Sun, 5 May 2002 21:38:42 -0700
    ...On the Vanagon it goes TANK -> PUMP -> FILTER -> MOTOR -> TANK As far as the fuel lines are concerned - don't waste your money getting...
  • Re: Propane regulator replacement on ASI conversion
    Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
    Sun, 27 May 2007 12:04:37 -0700
    ...The two copper lines then attach to the reg and up through the floor to the fridge and stove. And rebending those lines to...
  • Re: Another Burning Van!
    Historical mailing list - Justin M. Mayrand
    Mon, 1 Jun 2009 14:20:26 -0400
    ...Another > reminder to CHANGE YOUR FUEL LINES if you haven't already. > > <http://www.flickr.com/photos/9955648@N05/3586291500/> > > > > > Keith O. > 90 Westy...
  • Re: 82 Aircooled Temp II sensor ohm's
    Historical mailing list - Higginbotham, David A.
    Wed, 29 Jun 2005 11:05:29 -0400
    Jake wrote: <<< I replaced all the vacuum lines on my 82 air cooled Westy. Bus Boys has a pretty nice website that shows a...
  • fuel line leak, '87 Syncro GL
    Historical mailing list - Chris Wyatt
    Sat, 25 May 1996 14:58:03 -0800 (AKDT)
    ...Do you think the fuel lines are bad? The connector pipe split? New clamps needed? I haven't disassembled it yet, as the clamps...
  • Re: removing radiator
    Historical mailing list - David Katsuki
    Wed, 06 Aug 1997 00:30:06 -0400
    ...Do these lines have to be removed or is there room to jockey >the radiator around them? > >---------------------------- >Wes Johnson >wesj@callamer.com > >89 Westy...
  • Re: 82 Diesel Glow Plug Problem?
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 6 Oct 1998 19:21:16 EDT
    It could be that some of your fuel return lines on the injectors are leaking. What happens is that if they have some small...
  • Re: WTB Westy gas line floor plate
    Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
    Fri, 13 Feb 2004 12:09:17 -0700
    Well, it just looks like a piece of sheet metal screwed to the bottom of the floor, with rubber grommets where the lines go...
  • Re: Changing the Westfalia Submersible
    Historical mailing list - pete owsianowski
    Sat, 26 Jun 2004 08:03:38 -0500
    ...Hooked the >> new pump and it runs!! >> >> Who know what is best to clean out the nasty old dusty lines? > > I used a combination...
  • Re: Braided Steel Flexible Brakelines
    Historical mailing list - Todd Last
    Mon, 12 Aug 2002 21:43:50 -0700
    ...The SS brake lines aren't flexible >enough to put up with that kind of abuse where the rubber lines are. > >I've never...
  • Re: Question adding BEHR front AC to existing rear AC
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Wed, 15 Jun 2005 20:16:49 -0400
    ...The shop indicated that they'll have to have some AC lines fabricated as part of the install, which leaves me wondering... The existing...
  • Re: Steel Braided Fuel Lines & Fuel Line Covers
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Tue, 13 May 2008 01:21:13 +1200
    >Has anyone ever installed Steel Braided Fuel lines, I was thinking >it might be very worthwhile under the van running the lines from >the...
  • Re: coolant lines
    Historical mailing list - Ryan Dawson
    Thu, 22 Apr 2004 21:56:29 -0400
    Are they the full lines? Ryan Quoting Aristotle Sagan <killer_jupiter@HOTMAIL.COM>: > They look nice, and for 95 bucks, stainless steel and all...
  • Re: Diesel injection pump leaking
    Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
    Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:31:30 -0500
    ...You will have to remove the high pressure lines from the head of course. I practiced this on a pump I was rebuilding and...
  • Rear heater tees and hoses installed
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Sun, 30 Jul 2023 20:04:23 -0700
    It’s a bit of a kludge , but got new hoses and tees from Amin heater lines to the rear heater installed. The stock...
  • Re: WHY? Engine fire totals my 81 Westy
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 21 Sep 1998 12:52:51 EDT
    ...I've heard that there also may be known probs with the fuel supply lines and fuel tank. Thanks ... and don't leave home...
  • Re: AC Leaks
    Historical mailing list - Michael aka ECHO
    Tue, 30 Jul 2002 21:09:49 -0700
    Don't forget when you crack A/C lines to properly Oil them with the correct A/C oil.. my two bits and 13...
  • Re: Reality check
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Mon, 16 Dec 2002 19:12:40 -0800
    ...the fire extinguisher and good lines are good things to have too! David Marshall Fast Forward Automotive Inc. 4356 Quesnel Hixon Road Quesnel BC...
  • Check your fuel line hose clamps!
    Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
    Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:10:54 -0700
    ...Even if you're feeling good about having newer fuel lines, give the fittings a little push now and again to see if the...
  • - forgive me -I just gotta see how many lines of code one line of HTML consumes
    Historical mailing list - Paul Mayfield
    Mon, 26 Nov 2001 17:23:53 +0000
    This is a one line test of a HTML format email .message. [text/html]
  • Re: Vanagon Fire Season
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Fri, 1 Jun 2012 09:07:09 -0700
    ...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0Q_nveKHC0 I hope the vendors have lots of kits in stock! Stuart Getting new gas lines
  • the diameter of front heater lines?
    Historical mailing list - Justin & Gia
    Mon, 14 May 2007 12:54:58 -0700
    want to make a shutoff valve to put inline on the front heater for summer i think 1/2" id but not sure thanks!
  • [Vanagon] Header Lines (Was: Re: List up!)
    Historical mailing list - Wes Neuenschwander
    Tue, 29 Dec 1998 07:17:24 8
    ...It will just clutter the subject lines, making them more difficult to read (and too long to display in many cases). And it's...
  • Re: For Burning Man/VW Bus Vets
    Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
    Fri, 20 Aug 1999 02:55:33 -0700
    ...don't forget something to mark the stakes and lines with. It's awfully hard to see in a 70 mph sandstorm. Yes aluminium...
  • Re: can spliced AC lines possibly work?
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
    Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:09:14 -0700
    ...scott www.turbovans.com Allan Streib wrote: > Was under the front of my van the other day and noticed that both the > rubber lines...
  • Re: Diesel injection pump leaking
    Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
    Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:06:07 -0600
    It seems to be leaking between the aluminum main body and the cast iron block which the injector lines tap into? On Aug 22...
  • Vanagon engine fire or mishap in Roanoke, Va
    Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
    Sat, 4 Dec 2010 19:02:10 EST
    ...I even offered to replace those lines myself for him when I thought that I detected the smell of raw gas. Preaching to the...
  • another question about heaters
    Historical mailing list - Dave Vieira
    Wed, 9 Oct 2002 10:25:48 -0700
    In my 84, vanagon, they guy before me did the rad and lines but didnt hook the rear heater back up just cut the...
  • Re: Checked you fuel lines lately?
    Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
    Tue, 1 Jul 2003 09:14:58 -0600
    ...Checked you fuel lines lately? > Yes, exactly like that. Big enough to hold anything -- luggage, boat, > lumber, sunbathers, etc. I would rather see the...
  • Re: I-4 conversion: power steering lines
    Historical mailing list - VW4X4
    Mon, 30 Jan 2006 07:35:33 -0500
    ...The pressure line from the Golf PS pump doesn't mate with the steel Vanagon PS line, >nor do any other lines I could...
  • Re: USA number for Eastwood?
    Historical mailing list - Craig Hartsell
    Tue, 25 Apr 1995 16:48:12 -0700 (PDT)
    ...Bolt the cylinder to the mount FIRST > and then attach the brake lines, or attach the brake lines FIRST and then > bolt the cylinder...
  • Re: replacning fuel lines
    Historical mailing list - Steve Arbaugh
    Mon, 16 Apr 2001 19:56:40 -0700
    Another question on the fuel lines, but not for a syncro: when I put the new line on the supply side of the loop...
  • Re: acetone // Art Bell
    Historical mailing list - rpc
    Thu, 6 Oct 2005 13:41:30 -0700
    ...I wouldn't want to even ride in a vehicle whose fuel > lines > have been exposed to acetone----you just can't know what...
  • Re-Sealing Gas Tank again
    Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
    Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:23:39 -0400
    ...I hope there isn't a reason that part of those 4 lines have to be made of that different material. Today when I...
  • Re: Oldsmobile Burns Today - Fuel Lines
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Sat, 19 Jul 2003 14:22:12 -0700
    ...Couldn't have been anything > else > >but fuel lines.. Fire started under the hood, and once it got going > it > >was a hot one...
  • Re: Smells like gas, need diagnosis
    Historical mailing list - Davidson
    Sat, 6 Feb 1999 08:44:32 -0800
    ...Check the fuel lines first. Worry about the other possibilities after assuring that your fuel lines do not leak. Otherwise you may not have...