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• Re: O2 sensor outlet in new CAT, size?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:05:25 -0400
  ...It came with a metal plug but I didn't check it for tightness. It blew out very shortly after I started driving. (Manufacturer...
• oil drain plug sealing rings?
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Thu, 29 Apr 1999 17:10:45 -0400
  ...Are these sold separately or only with certain brand filters? Get 'em at the FLAPS? I used these on my drain plug and have...
• a black pluger knob next to pump faucet???
  Historical mailing list - Troy Crivellone
  Fri, 24 Mar 2000 18:20:05 -0800
  ...Anyways, next to the pump faucet there is a little black pluger with a metal base. There are two red wires running to a...
• Re: type of oil and washer
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Fri, 14 Sep 2001 18:05:47 EDT
  ...It only took a stuck drain plug one time to cure me of this bad habit. Rich
• Re: No Copper Crush Gasket?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sun, 8 Feb 2004 22:11:01 EST
  ...Is this an OEM plug? It is absolutely the opposite of what is in the Manual. >> I guess you had a socket head capscrew...
• Questions on oil drain plug
  Historical mailing list - Lee Kouns
  Wed, 29 Sep 2004 13:18:26 -0700
  ...I have a couple of quick drain plug questions. First, is there normally a rubber o-ring on the drain plug (in addition to...
• Re: stuck oil plug
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 24 Oct 2016 17:38:34 -0700
  In my early days of old car fiddling I once tried to put an insert in a stripped out spark plug hole. It didn...
• Re: 88 GL Tachometer Inop after New Coil Install
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Thu, 9 Jan 2014 17:27:10 -0600
  OK - two wires got to a combination plug. No way to get that plug wrong - won't fit but one way on the blades...
• Re: Better Mileage Anyone? (without going ala Lilley)
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sat, 26 Aug 2000 09:38:34 -0700
  > << I wonder why the quad tip is not specified by Bosch for the Vanagon; > whereas > the tri-tip plug is??? >> > > Bill, > > Could it be...
• Re: Coolant leak from...
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:47:04 -0700
  ...It's flat, about >> 1" across with a slot in it and sits just to the left and behind the >> oil drain plug. Anyway...
• Re: anyone added a tach/digi clock cluster to a '85 Non-GL or Transporter????
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 26 Feb 2006 15:30:10 EST
  ...one connector plug has a small green wire going to it, but > the joining > >plug that plugs into it has a blue wire mating...
• FW: [DIESEL] Why burning out a diesel glow plug in less than 40 m iles?
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Thu, 20 Jul 2000 16:40:51 -0400
  ...Re: [DIESEL] Why burning out a diesel glow plug in less than 40 miles? My understanding is that a diesel with poor oil control...
• Re: cutting out and sparking coil
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Thu, 24 Apr 2003 08:14:00 -0700
  At 06:04 AM 4/24/2003, you wrote: >while getting new plug wires why not add new cap & rotor and new plugs? Yes...
• Re: Diesel Instrument Cluster Blue Ribbon: Glow Plug Light Wiring Confirm Please?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 21 Aug 2017 19:00:28 -0700
  ...In this image (backside view of glow plug light bulb connections at blue ribbon): https://goo.gl/photos/EoQwMLEtX9peZzVa7 are the positive and negative...
• Re: Oil Drain Plug, 1.9 vs. 2.1 ??
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Tue, 6 May 2003 17:11:10 +0000
  ...Oil Drain Plug, 1.9 vs. 2.1 ?? >Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 10:31:39 -0330 > >Hi: > >From looking at the archives, and...
• Re: Cold Starts
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Wed, 12 Nov 2003 20:46:31 -0600
  ...Follow old, worn, high gap plugs with new, too tightly gapped plugs... tom ------ Tom Ring K0TAR, ex-WA2PHW EN34hx 85 Westphalia GL Albert 96...
• Re: About those mud flap holes...
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Sat, 11 Mar 2006 13:45:11 EST
  ...Then I plugged the holes with vinyl (plastic) caps that you get at the harware store for plugging holes (usually in the specialty fasteners...
• Re: Denso Iridium Power Spark Lub (5306)
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Wed, 6 Sep 2017 22:58:59 -0400
  I was looking through Frank Condelli's website earlier today; I noticed he has some plugs available. Maybe someone from the list has some...
• Camper question
  Historical mailing list - Alain Thibault
  Mon, 30 Dec 2013 10:09:23 -0800
  ...On the Eurovan Westy (Canadian model) when it was plugged, lights , fridge, aux.heater fan, and all the camper equipment, would be running off...
• Re: preheat light won't turn off -diesel vanagon-
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Thu, 12 Oct 2000 15:27:49 -0400
  ...Karl Mullendore Westy Ventures 1987 Syncro Westfalia 1.9TD ----- Original Message ----- hi everybody, few weeks ago, i have changed 4 glows plug on my...
• Re: Expansion Tank Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Thu, 7 Dec 2000 12:21:36 -0800
  ...if the plug is full of coolant the light would NOT blink because the coolant touching both contacts in the plug would similate a...
• Re: spark plug blow out
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Thu, 30 May 2002 11:08:47 -0500
  ...on which plug hole it is-- it could be done without yanking the head--- Later, Terry E-mail message My spark plug blew out...
• Re: Tapping oil drain plug
  Historical mailing list - Arthur Anderson
  Fri, 22 Aug 2003 11:17:30 -0400
  On Friday, August 22, 2003, at 10:47 AM, Joe Glisson wrote: > If the plug is stripped, just get a new plug. I bought...
• HELP!! stripped spark plug hole.
  Historical mailing list - Chasteen, Jonathan M. MM3 (CVN69)
  Sat, 24 Jun 2006 23:58:51 -0400
  Well I was doing a tune up yesterday and when I was putting the new spark plug in the drivers side front cylinder it...
• Nylon window track guides for sliding window 84 waterboxer
  Historical mailing list - DThies1008
  Sun, 5 Apr 1998 00:24:30 EST
  Dealer says that the plugs not available. Have to replace the whole metal guide attached to window glass. Has anyone had experience with this...
• 4 point Bosch Plugs...
  Historical mailing list - tim vb-o'brien
  Sat, 19 Feb 2000 16:25:04 -0800
  Anyone have a number for the 4 point vanagon plugs for a 1.9 W/B? The so-called flaps who carries them says...
• Gapping Bosch Super W7DTC spark plugs?
  Historical mailing list - William S. Brown Jr.
  Thu, 5 Oct 2000 19:21:32 -0800
  I have used the Bosch Super W7DTC plugs for many years and find them to be outstanding. I don't even try to regap...
• Diesel Pan plug
  Historical mailing list - Evil Pig
  Tue, 3 Jul 2001 12:15:41 -0700
  Hi folks, My old diesel pan plug tends to leak just a little, I'm wondering if anyone has come up with a solution...
• Bosch Quad 4 Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Jason Denton
  Thu, 16 Jan 2003 21:05:12 -0500
  Anyone use Bosch Quad 4 plugs in their van? The local stores (autozone/pep boys) dont carry them but I seem to have seem...
• Re: 85 vanagon spark plugs : another question
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 27 Sep 2004 11:44:36 -0600
  ...jimt On 9/27/04 2:12 PM, "Amanda Shank" <amanda@LAKEEFFECTDOGS.COM> wrote: > I notice on Bus Boys site there is a plug...
• Re: oil plug insert
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 2 Jan 2005 15:56:00 -0700
  ...oil plug insert > Can anyone describe the process of rethreading the oil plug at the > bottom of the engine? It seems that the previous...
• Re: Engine missing, wont start, now seems fine???
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 30 Aug 2012 12:21:33 -0700
  ...Were any of the wires, plugs, cap replaced recently? In Bentley there's a resistance spec for the plug wire and connector itself. On...
• oil drain plug
  Historical mailing list - STEVEN G WACKER
  Mon, 16 Mar 1998 11:35:37 -0800
  ...Then when I went to put the plug back in, it just went around and around. So...as a temporary fix, I'm going...
• Re: Winter Storage
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 8 Sep 1999 12:37:56 -0700
  ...Remove the spark plugs and spray in WD-40, then replace the plugs. If you really want to go the extra mile remove the...
• Re: Bosch Platinum Spark Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 12 May 2000 13:36:21 -0300
  ...Now MAYBE new "regular" spark plugs would have also increased the RPMs, but my old Bosch "regular" plugs were not very old and in...
• FW: looking for technical assistance in Wisconsin or Michigan/UP
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Fri, 10 Sep 2004 23:04:45 -0400
  ...a quick and dirty way to go would be to simply ask :::the mechanic to install new spark plugs (plugs are cheap, the job...
• 1.9L spark plug &water pump suggestions?
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sun, 2 Jan 2005 00:32:57 -0500
  Hi all *** i need to know what spark plug is recommended for the the 1.9L vanagon. i have a set of WR7DP Bosch...
• Re: COOLANT SYS. LEAK
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Mon, 6 Nov 1995 15:03:31 -0800 (PST)
  ...Will one of those leak-sealing wonder-additives plug this leak > and allow me to use this heater? Or should I just close off...
• Re: How to get back to digest mode?
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Thu, 28 Aug 1997 09:01:44 -0700
  --=====_Eudora-PGP-Plugin19937==_ ========================================================================= Date: Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com> From: Subject: At 09:01 AM 8/28/97 -0500, Don Schmeichel wrote...
• Re: Type 2 list...
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Sat, 30 Aug 1997 16:49:21 -0700
  --=====_Eudora-PGP-Plugin18811==_ ========================================================================= Date: Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com> From: Subject: At 01:46 PM 8/30/97 -0400, Chris Turner wrote...
• Re: Bosch or NGK plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Sat, 30 Jan 1999 09:36:38 -0700
  ...Another theory might be related to the fact old American iron hot rodders (and I'm sure others) would "index" plugs, whereby they'd...
• ? sensor plug/wire clip
  Historical mailing list - Pat Horrocks
  Sat, 18 Mar 2000 08:37:37 EST
  ...What do I call (part #?) the plug that the protruding top of the sensor mates with. This plug holds several wires & has a silver...
• Plug Over Fuel Mixture Adj Screw on AFM, '81 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Lee Wood
  Tue, 11 Jul 2000 12:16:45 -0700
  Volks, I have not been successful in removing the silver metal (aluminum?) plug inserted on top of the fuel mixture adjustment screw on the...
• Re: DIESEL starting and other general questions
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 19 Nov 2003 10:08:35 -0500
  ...I wait for the glow plugs to go out! Don't yours go out when they > are fully hot? Yes, they go out. But...
• Re: Lots of white smoke from exhaust - gone
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 4 Apr 2007 16:57:07 -0400
  ...No evidence of a plugged up whatever. I think what happened was that a mouse built a nest inside the muffler and the twiggs...
• running 120 plug in to 12v adapter (fridge)
  Historical mailing list - barriver witch
  Fri, 6 Jun 2008 14:41:59 -0400
  HelloThinking of adding a cigerette plug in at rear of van and running an adapter (120 to 12 v).. So plugging in the fridge...
• Re: Fixed: Won't Start in St. Helena, Napa County
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Tue, 2 Dec 2014 23:47:34 -1000
  I've installed a jillion NGK spark plugs with fine results. I notice it's 'too easy' for the gaps to get big ( they...
• Re: 3 probe plugs
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Wed, 15 May 2002 22:36:15 -0400
  ...3 probe plugs hey all, what is the benefit, if any, of the bosch 3 electrode spark plugs for vanagons? better fuel efficiency or...
• Re: Gearbox drain plug
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Tue, 3 Sep 2002 23:41:57 +0100
  Aha, I'm looking at a plug that is vertically in the middle of the transaxle unit and faces straight down. Thanks! I'll...
• Door electrics problem
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 19 Feb 2005 17:46:00 -0600
  ...Got out the voltmeter, and there's 12v to the three-way plug. I plug in the pigtail and there's 12v to that...
• pop top trim / / drain plug sizes
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 28 Apr 1996 21:18:09 -0400
  ...helpful, also does nybody know the size of the drain / fill plug on the Syncro trans. Thanks again, Karin and Kris '86 Westy Syncro
• Re: spark plugs and fuel economy ???
  Historical mailing list - Joshua R. Poulson
  Tue, 02 Apr 1996 12:18:36 +22327534
  Stock Bosch Platinums do in fact perform better than cheap replacements. :) There are "premium spark plugs" out there that DON'T perform better, though...
• Re: Bosch Platinum Spark Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 12 May 2000 12:01:45 -0300
  ...When I put in the Bosch Platinum Spark Plugs (single pole) the RPMs went up 500 with NO other changes to the engine. just...
• Basic Troubleshooting 101 was: Cranks, won't start
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 20 Nov 1999 13:26:07 EST
  ...no gas, bad old gas, fuel tank plugged, fuel filter plugged, fuel injectors all plugged (very unlikely), fuel pressure very low, or fuel injectors...
• H2 replace glow plug on diesel Eberspacher
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Sat, 13 Jan 2001 08:03:28 -0700
  ...My Eberspacher diesel heater has been diagnosed with a faulty glow plug. I've ordered the plug from VW and can pick it up...
• Re: Cold Starts
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 13 Nov 2003 07:17:44 -0500
  ...This will cause greater heating of the >coil. > >Follow old, worn, high gap plugs with new, too tightly gapped plugs... > >tom > > > >------ >Tom Ring K0TAR...
• GEX is on my sh*t list
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Mon, 11 Dec 1995 12:49:31 -0800 (PST)
  The other day I got around to installing the spark plugs in my rebuilt GEX heads. The first one I install feels real loose...
• Re: ?Paulchen Web Site
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Thu, 28 Aug 1997 08:50:07 -0700
  --=====_Eudora-PGP-Plugin3355==_ ========================================================================= Date: Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com> From: Subject: At 01:44 PM 8/28/97 +0200, you wrote: >Who...
• Re: Test plug on the alternator - 88 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mark Rokus
  Mon, 21 Jul 1997 17:24:56 -0500
  John Graham wrote: > Can anyone tell me what the little round test plug with a rubber cap > on it > attached to the back side...
• Re: Bosch 4-pronged spark plug not for Vanagons?
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Fri, 22 Oct 1999 06:52:26 EDT
  ...Bosch tested the plug in all possible engine applications, including the Vanagon, and it did poorly in the Vanagon ... >> Say what??? I've had...