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• Re: Fuel pump question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 30 Sep 2022 09:32:14 -0400
  ...While VW specked the quick slide tabs other connections were used by other with the ring terminals being very common. The ring terminals while...
• Re: Sliding Door Handle Part?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 8 Nov 2009 19:13:14 -0800
  I dunno -- the drawing of the Seal on page 58.2 does not make it look like anything that could leave a black ring...
• Re: 83 Vanagon Waterboxer
  Historical mailing list - Benoit
  Sat, 15 Jan 2005 00:11:44 -0500
  ...the 2 compression ring are ok but the oil ring is stuck.... so only new rings could help!!!!! about 60$... Check with an infrared...
• Re: It's alive, but it gives bad head! (Fixing head leak on '87 2.1L)
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Sun, 17 Jun 2007 22:19:48 -0500
  ...Green o-ring around outside of cylinder near top - original VW Loctite 518 sealant for green o-ring Flat metal ring for top of...
• Water Pump
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Sat, 1 Dec 2012 16:25:47 -0500
  ...I think I read here where someone uses a little black silicone on the o-ring. I curious about the pros and cons of...
• Re: Plastic ring on sliding door roller where?
  Historical mailing list - Ray Reinhard
  Wed, 31 Jul 2002 16:52:45 -0700
  At 06:39 PM 7/31/2002 -0400, you wrote: >I found a half of a broken white plastic ring below the sliding door...
• Re: redline gear lube
  Historical mailing list - AA Transaxle
  Tue, 24 Sep 2002 11:42:32 -0700
  ...syncro...there are no syncro's to degrade and just the ring/pinion and bearings, so any name brand synthetic gear lube seems to...
• Re: Fuel sender free - same deal in Fremont, CA
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Fri, 6 Dec 2002 18:25:46 -0800
  Similar story, except mine comes with the old o-ring. Mike's is a better deal. -Damon Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM> wrote:Volks...
• Re: Rear speakers
  Historical mailing list - Paul Connelly
  Fri, 1 Jul 2005 10:17:31 -0600
  ...I see it has a black ring around what appears to be a brown > insert that snaps into the black ring. The tabs are...
• Re: Sliding Door Handle Part?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 9 Nov 2009 23:39:07 -0800
  ...My 84 part looks like the Trim Ring shown in > Bentley's. I think what happened is that VW added a "A" suffix to...
• Warning About Bad Ring And Pinion Sets
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Wed, 26 Feb 2003 09:43:59 -0500
  ...In the process of putting the ring and pinion sets into boxes, the ring gears and the pinion shafts were all mixed up. <br...
• Re: Rings? New engine?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Mon, 28 Jun 2004 23:44:10 -0400
  ...a compression test will definitely indicate worn rings. a quick and dirty way is to use a vacuum gauage to see if engine pulls...
• Re: westy speaker - hammer works
  Historical mailing list - Mike Meuser
  Sun, 4 Jun 2006 16:54:05 -0700
  ...then the retaining ring fell off readily and the speaker was extracted. Rather than using retaining rings to hold the new OEM blaupunkts in...
• Re: Sad story
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:56:37 -0700
  ...First thing in the morning, coming in the door, watches and rings came off and went into your pocket. One Monday morning the lead...
• Re: funky horn issues
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 12 Jan 2001 11:15:46 -0700
  Or at least it can embarrass the heck out of one's wife when the contact ring starts to disintegrate and turns the horn...
• Re: Runaway Engine RPMs
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Fri, 11 Oct 2013 09:48:41 -0400
  ...period of 3K no-load rpm. > If it was brand new rings or something ..then yes, but on a well used > engine that's...
• Dimensions/Measurements of Breather Tower and rear heater core o-rings
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Thu, 3 Jan 2013 22:13:26 -0400
  ...I'll miss ordering from Van Cafe and getting it in two days. : / I actually have a heater core o-ring somewhere in one...
• '84 Vanagon with leaky rings?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Abbott
  Wed, 25 Mar 1998 17:01:35 -0700
  ...and he says this will make it look as though the rings are leaky when they aren't. Anyone have any words of wisdom...
• Re: Travel necessities
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Sat, 27 Apr 2002 17:41:04 -0500
  ...is very slippery----and just might prohibit the rings from seating-- BUT------- How do the rings seat in a new Corvette? How about in...
• Re: Massive oil leak at oil cooler/block interface - 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 25 Feb 2003 11:28:00 EST
  ...The O-ring between the engine case and the oil cooler has queefed out, most likely because or the Articlike conditions. It is hard...
• Re: Alternative way of reinstalling cylinder liner
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 30 Mar 2004 16:52:44 -0500
  ...use ring squeezer to put piston into the cylinder from the bottom, leaving the hole for the wrist pin exposed .... then reinstall the piston...
• Mega oil leak
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Luft
  Mon, 18 Jun 2007 20:29:55 -0400
  ...Apparently the leak is from one of two possible places, but most likely an "o" ring-type gasket that can be replaced without removing...
• Re: '91 Vanagon - Upper Bleed Ring
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:23:48 -0400
  ...The ring draws off trapped air (as far as I can tell) from the tops of the heads and both sides of the thermostat...
• Horn contact ring on steering wheel - where can I get a replacement
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Tue, 3 Jul 2007 18:15:01 -0400
  ...I pulled the steering wheel and found the brass horn contact ring on the steering wheel was warn away on the lower part of...
• Re: Automatic transmission
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Laudin
  Wed, 6 Nov 2019 16:35:22 -0500
  I am in Omaha, NE. Mine cracked at the rim of the brake band piston at the snap band ring
• Re: Removing stuck O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 3 Feb 2015 20:01:32 -0800
  yes carbon build up is bad... I use Lucas injectors/rings cleaner every other fill up the gas
• Re: clutch chatter fixed, thanks
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Wed, 16 Apr 2014 20:23:24 -1000
  an item often 'missed' and very often 'missing.' that little metal ring that holds the felt seal in place.. on about 2/3rd's...
• Re: Rear Heater Core Cover Removal
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:05:17 -0700
  ...It has one o-ring on it I believe. I seldom put o-rings together dry .........they leak after a while in my experience...
• Re: Rings? New engine?
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Sat, 26 Jun 2004 20:10:12 -0700
  Yup...that would be rings. Z Blake Thornton <blake@MATH.WUSTL.EDU> wrote: I am afraid that my 84 might need some serious engine...
• Re: Under-Rear Seat Heater (Core)
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 6 Dec 2004 14:16:30 -0500
  Hmm, are you sure it is the heater core and not the o-ring? Over time, those o-rings get very non-flexible. Regardless...
• Re: hose replacement-->coolant dist. replacement-->thermostat housing replacement
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 17 Feb 2008 09:01:35 -0500
  ...Edward At 10:10 PM 2/16/2008, Scott Daniel - Shazam wrote: >Yes, you need all new o-rings. >You might be able to...
• Drive Flange Seals - Repair
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Wed, 10 Mar 2004 21:43:42 -0600
  ...Then I used two screw drivers to wedge the lock ring off. There is a washer underneath the lock ring that is beveled to...
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  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Thu, 23 Apr 2020 15:39:22 -0700
  ...for my 1987 2-wheel Vanagain but, the phone just rings and rings. > > Try email? He was very responsive to me by email, but...
• Re: Interpretting Compression Values- 88GL?
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Wed, 4 Jun 2003 14:56:03 -0700
  ...you have done half a test, now you need to do a wet test to determine if it is rings or valves that is...
• Re: It's still friday, so..
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 29 Aug 2003 22:09:16 -0700
  ...Jim tom ring wrote: >Looks like a lot of us drive Jettas. I'd bet a lot of the rest drive >Rabbit/Golf, 80...
• Re: no direct van content - school of life advice sought
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Thu, 13 Nov 2003 21:00:04 -0600
  ...tom On 13 Nov 2003 at 20:56, tom ring wrote: > Hmm, it is Friday in Greenwich. Is this girl attractive and in the...
• Re: Texas (or any) AC help
  Historical mailing list - Billy Hirt
  Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:56:34 -0400
  ...Does anyone know what I'm referring > to ? My > '85 Westy looses a charge from year to year and I have replaced O-rings...
• Re: Transmission leak
  Historical mailing list - lauterba
  Thu, 13 Feb 2003 00:21:51 -0500
  ...I had had the governor seal O-ring fail before and it was a simple matter to get the right O-ring and move...
• CHEAP PARTS! 1.9L WATERBOXER PISTONS, CYLINDERS, and RINGS
  Historical mailing list - Alan Cady
  Tue, 29 Nov 2005 15:22:15 -0800
  ...But It came with rings. This made the standard (NEW IN BOX) set I purchased for the rebuild obsolete for my project, I paid...
• Re: Head Gasket repairs Question
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Tue, 8 Feb 2005 09:15:08 -0800
  In my former life as a real shop tech...I used to change the bottom o rings without taking the jugs off...for real...
• Re: compressing piston rings in engine
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Mon, 9 Dec 2013 13:12:14 -0800
  ...this is the only way I put rings on a waterboxer piston .. I do it the way VW intended you to. I remove piston...
• Re: VW sounds as ring tones
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth O'Connor
  Thu, 10 Dec 2015 16:42:07 -0500
  ...attached is a link to a zip file with several VW sounds made into iPhone ring tones. they are all Vanagon sounds from a...
• Re: Water Pump
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 1 Dec 2012 16:59:01 -0600
  ...A proper sized o-ring does NOT > need augmentation by any glue,silicon, RTV, etc. if you feel the need to > apply something, I...
• Re: type IV push rod tubes leaking in 914 (Viton)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 19 Feb 2003 17:05:23 -0600
  ...We had to staple the o-ring packaging on to our QA/QC work to ensure the proper o-ring was installed. Soooo...don...
• Re: Air cooled oil leak/timing
  Historical mailing list - Justin M. Mayrand
  Sat, 17 May 2003 21:51:41 -0400
  ...When pulled the Fan on my 2.0, there was no o-ring, though that was a GEX rebuild, so... ...JMM > Justin M. Mayrand...
• Re: Mystery switch in centre of dash
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Tue, 20 Apr 2004 10:20:54 -0600
  ...Aluminum ring around a hole. Too small to accept a standard cigar lighter, in front of the passenger seat. The second is a black...
• Damping ring and washer for front shocks: Where Can I Get Them?
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Thu, 6 Oct 2005 17:25:23 -0400
  ...Trouble is, when changing them, I need to replace the washer and damping ring (bushing?) that's used when attaching the top of the...
• Re: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 18 Oct 2013 19:14:13 -0700
  ...I had to search for one wide enough to bridge all 3 rings. Mark Alistair Bell wrote: > I did it with a cut down...
• Re: Clutch job... done properly
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 5 Nov 2007 10:18:45 -0800
  ...seal, throwout bearing, plate, pilot > bearing, pressure plate, flywheel o-ring and felt ring done on my 87 > Wolfie. > > Is checking the crank endplay...
• 2.0L engine - $1125
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Olson
  Mon, 20 May 1996 18:48:20 -0700 (PDT)
  In Monday, May 20, 1996 Seattle Times: '81 Vanagon 2.0L engine, 84K, new heads, rings. $1125. 206-772-8799...
• Re: Chrome Barrels-Iron Rings
  Historical mailing list - Allan Bagley
  Tue, 7 May 2002 08:10:36 -0700
  Moto Guzzi motorcycles have had chrome sylinder bores for many years. Allan Bagley 86 westy 69 Moto Guzzi Ambassador
• Re: Syncro fool sender ...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:06:42 -0700
  ...The ring with the bolts is two pieces. It can be easily removed. The studs are tacked to the split ring. A little grinding...
• Re: [T2] A CV Question, if you please..
  Historical mailing list - George Lyle
  Sat, 27 Jan 2001 22:38:23 -0800
  ...If the snap ring groove got a bit worn, the snap ring would work itself out in operation. Also, it's a heck of...
• Re: louisville leaker
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Tue, 4 Sep 2001 09:54:02 -0500
  ...Also on the pump side of the upper coolant cross-over pipe is a o-ring which would be good to replace. These gaskets...
• Re: [DIESEL] Help!!
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Thu, 10 Feb 2000 14:35:44 EST
  ...The oil ring seemed a bit tight in the new piston when I installed it. Could that be causing the problem? Is it conceivable...
• Re: Crankshaft Question ??
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Thu, 20 Sep 2001 21:07:09 -0400
  ...one way to tell what size the engine is would be to measure the oil rings the 2.1 has a 2 mm tall...
• Re: Temp 2 replacement in 2.1 (archives searched)
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:18:12 +0000
  ...Have the new sensor with a new o-ring on it. Unplug the old one from the blue plug. Pull the clip. Use your...
• Re: throttle body fun
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 10 May 2010 01:25:46 -0400
  ...mind you, in the past I have used silicon o rings in rotating seal assemblies, seals that saw 121 C, I bar pressure, pH...
• First Syncro Screw-up: Oil seal
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 6 Feb 1995 12:08:06 -0400
  ...my new toy just blew a gasket, the dreaded O-ring on the oil cooler. It was -20C this AM, apparently -25C overnight. Dumped...
• Engine rebuild break-in
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 09:15:18 -0700
  Vanites, My engine uses a qt of oil every 800 miles, acts like the rings never seated. I got a rebuilt 2.1 from...