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• Re: URGENT: A/C dryer O-ring size
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 6 Jul 2018 01:32:03 +0000
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• Re: Spark plug wire and rubber ring
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 9 Apr 2016 17:50:17 -0700
  sorry... it's 2.1 WBX from a '89 Syncro tintop
• Re: Engine rebuild break-in
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 21:45:05 -0400
  ...Who is someone kidding? I also doubt there is a problem with the rings seating, although you may have cheap rings. I find the...
• Calorstat Thermostat? (Jetta swap)
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 29 Dec 2015 22:19:17 -0800
  ...Positioning the elbow, O ring, thermostat "dry" on bench, the raised edge on the Calorstat part felt like it was causing the O ring...
• Re: AVP Engines
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 11 Jul 2003 09:34:46 -0400
  ...Most of the piston cylinder kits come with a "3 piece" oil ring. These rings do allow more oil use than the older "1...
• A/C Trouble shooting - 1991 Carat
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 6 Sep 2016 18:22:04 -0500
  ...new receiver/drier with "O" rings, new "O"-rings at the compressor, evacuated the system down to minus 29 inches Hg. Added 3 oz...
• Re: Loss of head lights, wipers and rear heater blower
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Wed, 25 Dec 2013 09:43:30 -0600
  ...Broken, damaged, or worn out horn ring in the steering wheel. Also a relatively easy fix. Just be sure when the new horn ring...
• Re: 90 Vanagon oil leak, HELP!
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Mon, 22 Mar 2004 18:38:05 -0800
  Exactly, I had to change my o ring a couple of weeks ago because of a massive oil leak. The oil cooler is on...
• Re: VW sounds as ring tones
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sat, 12 Dec 2015 05:30:25 +0000
  ...VW sounds as ring tones To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Friday, December 11, 2015, 9:10 PM I knew this was a cult...
• Re: Oil Cooler oil leak
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 28 Nov 2003 10:38:21 -0700
  ...ed.) Remove the oil cooler and recover the > o-ring. > > 6) use new o-ring when refitting. Clean oil cooler > and block mating faces...
• Re: Some dometic notes
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 30 Jun 2019 12:40:13 -0700
  I kinda doubt the o ring seal would be an issue. But it’s funny how some of us have little issues with fridge...
• Re: Leaky vent on Propane Shutoff valve?
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:44:38 -0400
  ...You > very likely have an air leak somewhere at the upper end of the flue/intake > system, either bad O-rings at the tube...
• Re: T-3 Transaxle Needed: 82 Diesel Westy1
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Wed, 29 Apr 1998 23:51:00 -0600
  > PS- My info shows that Diesels Vans came with a 5.86 not > a 5.43 ring and pinion. The 5.43 ratio is...
• oil drain plug sealing rings?
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Thu, 29 Apr 1999 17:10:45 -0400
  I seem to remember getting some copper crush sealing rings with some oil filters a while back, but they're not in the latest...
• Oil and new rings
  Historical mailing list - Drew Bedford
  Thu, 27 Apr 2000 11:46:52 -0600
  ...Is it all just going out the tailpipe until the rings get seated? Should I be changing the oil and or filter, or can...
• Ringing #4 Cyl
  Historical mailing list - Steven Dodson
  Fri, 30 Aug 2002 12:02:51 -0700
  Has anyone done rings on just one piston or one side while the engine is still in the van? Don't the wet sleeves...
• Re: Bus Depot Web Site Problems?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 23 Jan 2003 08:43:54 -0600
  fuel inj base seal bus/Vanagon $0.79 311 133 263 How about correcting that description to read Large FI retainer ring. I've...
• Re: Horn Ring Question
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Sat, 23 Jul 2022 14:15:53 -0600
  ...The scrape was back the next day. >> >> A new GW horn ring just arrived, so I switched out the old and installed the new...
• Re: Drip, drip, drip -- water tank drain cap
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Thu, 1 Jul 2010 15:03:51 -0400
  ...The ring seems a bit mooshed. > > I was thinking of replacing the seal with an o-ring, but it doesn't seem > doable w...
• Re: Bearing load on reverse driven transaxles
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Wed, 25 Nov 1998 20:14:56 EST
  ...By not flipping the ring gear over to the other side of the pinion and reverse rotating the input shaft you are now driving...
• Re: 0 psi comp on #1! ;-( questions for you guys!
  Historical mailing list - Paul Archibald
  Tue, 4 Mar 2003 11:31:20 -0800
  ...and yes the rings along with a quicky hone of the barrels makes sense while it's apart..now to determine what the actual...
• Re: e-bay trim rings...blocked by seller! Now: other vendors?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 16 Feb 2008 10:25:59 -0800
  ...I have old Chevy stainless beauty rings on my van. Very nicely made. On Feb 16, 2008 3:56 AM, Jeffrey Lubin <visionwizard@verizon...
• Alternator Repairs
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 6 Jan 2010 02:06:32 -0600
  ...Inspection showed one brush was worn completely out, and was stuck in the older, not making contact with the commutator ring o the shaft...
• Re: VW sounds as ring tones
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 11 Dec 2015 17:21:49 -0500
  Hi Edward, To put the ring tones on your phone it goes something like this You need a 30 second or less recording in...
• Re: piston rings----the good, the bad and the ugly
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Sat, 30 Mar 2002 06:49:50 -0500
  Tony, > I've heard that Deves rings are the choice of rings, second only to German > > The 2.2L kits have Grant rings which...
• Re: Is it the ignition switch, or something else?
  Historical mailing list - ron ourada
  Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:37:50 -0600
  ...Jim On Jan 29, 2012, at 1:37 PM, "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: > horn contact rings never get lubed that I...
• Re: Drip, drip, drip -- water tank drain cap
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 1 Jul 2010 16:00:55 -0700
  ...The ring seems a bit mooshed. | |I was thinking of replacing the seal with an o-ring, but it doesn't seem |doable w...
• Re: Hog Rings - the mystery
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 21 Nov 1995 15:23:13 -0800 (PST)
  ...Starbucks? And let me tell you what ELSE > she had hog-rings in! > > Thom > -- > > No comment till I speak to my lawyer. > Thom Fitzpatrick...
• Re: Lighter plug in dash a big joke...
  Historical mailing list - Karl Hartmut Filc
  Sun, 9 Jan 2005 19:01:25 -0500
  ...On top of that the > mounting scheme with the plastic ring to hold it in place is pretty > worthless, especially after a couple tabs...
• PC Hog Rings
  Historical mailing list - Steve Hoge
  Thu, 23 Nov 1995 12:02:04 -0800
  Gee, you never know when this list is going to take an interesting turn! I skipped the Hog Ring thread, thinking it had something...
• easy C.clip trick for c.v.s'
  Historical mailing list - Edward Claiborne Gould
  Wed, 6 Mar 1996 11:35:56 EDT
  ...I just bought a $10 craftsman set of snap ring plyers and ground the out side of the largest set of teeth flat. If...
• Re: NVC: Friday......$52 cupholder!!!
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 8 Feb 2008 18:45:46 -0800
  But it's got Adapter Rings! Two of them! $52 for a cup holder with adapter rings? Oh I'm there! --- ;^) Neil. On 2...
• Re: Name that Part
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Mon, 21 May 2007 13:49:07 -0700
  window winder trim ring? Frammistat spacer? Muffler bearing retainer? Odd bit from that diesel porsche ?
• Re: Rings? New engine?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Sun, 27 Jun 2004 10:14:07 -0700
  ...I've never changed rings before. I'm assuming that I can do this with the main engine shortblock intact. I just have to...
• Re: Syncro fool sender ...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Sun, 22 Oct 2006 18:37:16 -0700
  ...There are 8 nuts in a round ring holding the sender onto the platic tank. VW was real smart with this design: they integretate...
• Re: Rebuild or Sell??
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 14 Aug 1996 13:03:50 PDT
  ...If so, beware of rebuilds involving just rings & top end work. My uncle spent $2600 on new heads & rings on his '88, only to...
• Re: Steering. Re: P 48.14 Measurement "a"
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 3 Feb 2013 13:31:51 -0600
  ...The new horn ring had a shoulder molded into it that the old horn ring did not. This shoulder acted as and additional spacer...
• oil filters
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Fri, 22 Aug 2003 14:45:09 -0700
  ...I find it interesting that vw no longer sells the 0-ring for the smaller plugs (for passats) but forces you to buy the...
• GL-5, GL-4, Redline, Sta-Lube, Royal Purple...
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Mon, 12 Mar 2007 01:04:15 -0400
  What's the best to cure a synchro ring problem that's been there since my rebuild last year? Ron at Ron's Transaxles...
• '83 air cooled - horn button problem
  Historical mailing list - Marc
  Tue, 18 Mar 2003 13:00:17 -0500
  Looks like I have the dreaded worn horn contact rings in my steering wheel. My horn only works when I'm turning. I popped...
• Re: engine fart
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 16 Apr 2004 04:03:50 EDT
  ...engine explodes loud with a massive bluish cloud of smoke. >> Dennis, Bluish smoke might mean an oil control ring problem. Weak oil control rings...
• Success! (Cylinder install after removal stuck to head)
  Historical mailing list - Brian Spisak
  Sat, 7 Dec 2002 12:16:54 -0800
  ...Clean the piston and rings. Offset the rings 90 degrees. Position the band so that its ears are between the top and bottom head...
• Re: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 28 Nov 2013 09:09:02 -0600
  ...I think that honing cylinders is standard practice when fitting new rings. While there may be exceptions (Porsche 911 silicon-impregnated cylinders, cylinders that...
• Re: Joseph Murphy's gearing question
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Tue, 29 Dec 1998 16:56:05 EST
  Hello, What I would recommend instead of changing the gear ratios is to change the ring and pinion from the diesel 5.86 to...
• Re: Propane upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Philip Chidlaw
  Thu, 1 May 2003 23:19:53 GMT
  ...If your Auto Stop is leaking around the weep hole or you can't push the reset button we have an O-Ring kit...
• Re: Fuel leaking from Sender Unit on Replacement Fuel Tank
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 19 Oct 2016 19:08:52 +0000
  Yes, the VDO sender unit was supplied with a new o-ring. From: Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Sent...
• Re: the trick on the horn contact ring ?
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 3 Apr 2011 20:17:20 -0400
  ...the trick on the horn contact ring ? > > >>Working on this project now. Mine is worn out at the steering wheel >>center position so I...
• Piston Perforation
  Historical mailing list - Jon B. Kanas
  Tue, 25 May 1999 21:36:58 -0600
  ...The the rings remain intact longer as they are made of a harder metal. The rings smash the heat-softened piston ridges between the...
• Re: Horn death by meddling
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 22 Sep 2013 09:58:47 -0600
  ...Replaced >>> wires from ring directly to horn, eliminating today's relay work. >>> Horn >>> acts the same, just the slight tone on releasing horn ring...
• Re: Need help with leak at fitting on AC condenser
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 8 Aug 2010 10:14:29 -0400
  ...I have tried all different combinations of o-rings, different sizes and even 2 o-rings and finally went back with the factory o...
• Re: Torque on coolant level sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Smith
  Mon, 19 Nov 2007 11:28:07 -0800
  ...It turned out to be that the new aftermarket coolant sensor had the wrong O ring on it (to small), which caused it to...
• Re: Water Pump Pipes
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 18 Jul 2020 08:31:01 -0600
  ...No telling time left on a 33 year old crank seal, but the o-ring was curious � it came out like a misshapen ring...
• Re: Tranny leak
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 10 Oct 2003 05:29:31 EDT
  ...ALSO, you SHOULD change the O-ring on the seal carriers. Yes, that aluminium circular device that you need a special inside sprocketed tool...
• Re: rebuilding p/s rack
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 13 May 2002 17:21:46 -0500
  ...I didn't see anything difficult about it EXCEPT getting the retaining ring off the end of the barrel. It takes a special spanner...
• some guidance please, 86 autotrans torubles
  Historical mailing list - Daniel O Stevens
  Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:40:23 -0400
  ...inspection shows a round cover plate on the Drivers side infront of the axle with a LOOSE SNAP RING. I removed the snapring to...
• Wbx crank shaft seal
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 15 Jun 2021 18:12:08 -0700
  ...When I pulled the seal from the case, there was a hard and broken o ring behind it. This isn’t shown in Bentley...
• Re: Manual tranny whine
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 13 Apr 2019 15:52:10 -0500
  ...Fix right away or have to buy new expensive ring and > pinion gears. > > Similar but maybe not as expensive otherwise. > > Yrs, > d > > On Sat...
• Re: Water Cooler System Design Flaw Workaround?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:25:22 -0400
  ...But if you take into account the very small area of the sealing rings compared to the area of an I-4 head gasket...
• Re: solar beat fraidaye
  Historical mailing list - Milt Schullian
  Fri, 2 Apr 2010 11:55:17 -0400
  ...Can we do one for Vanagons? Have the Subaru converted vans in the inner ring and the early 80's diesel vans on the...
• Re: GoWesty Hitch
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:02:50 -0700
  ...The GoWesty hitch also connects (besides just the tow rings) to the engine rear support bar with a heavy piece of metal. Rob becida...