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• Re: body panel seams anatomy and rust mitigation
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sun, 28 Oct 2018 20:58:37 -0700
  ...reach into van with wand and spray the inside surfaces until coated — it will soak in and mitigate - Repeat yearly — You can go to...
• Re: Carburettor Set Weber 44 IDF VW Wasserboxer 2,1
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Tue, 31 Jul 2012 09:58:07 -0500
  ...Those plenums were coated with ice. The instant that ice melted that slug of water went directly into the engine and snuffed out the...
• Re: How does the Oxy Sensor Work/ go bad?
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 24 Nov 1999 15:38:35 -0500
  ...If the outside of the sensor should become blocked, or coated with oil, sound insulation, undercoating or antifreeze, (among other things), this comparison is...
• Re: '85, 1.9 timing questions
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Sun, 10 Feb 2002 11:27:58 EST
  ...This time ( with the ceramic coated exhaust and advanced timing) the results weren't quite as clean as before but they were well within...
• Re: DON'T do this! (Painting tip)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:51:12 -0800
  ...I primed with Tremclad > > > primer and top coated with spray paint. > > > > > > It totally lifted and melted the primer. > > > > > > lol ! > > > > > > So rather than watch paint...
• Re: Im back with air ... mind boggling
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vieira
  Wed, 6 Nov 2002 11:35:41 -0800
  ...They had coated the threads on the head studs > with some kind of white sealant and ended up with > hydraulic locks when trying to...
• Re: General engine bolt/nut sizes
  Historical mailing list - Joe Luther
  Sun, 13 Feb 2011 18:42:48 -0500
  ...I have access to the 8.8 grade as well as 10.9 and 12.9, A2E coated and standard. I've worked with...
• Re: 85 cuts out/dies when hot - HELP! stranded in Pueblo, CO
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Mon, 25 Jun 2001 06:00:25 -0700
  ...After that, I > replaced the air filter, > > cap and rotor, plugs, plug wires, all of the > little fabric coated > > vacuum lines, and fuel filter...
• Re: Top Overhauls
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sun, 15 Dec 2002 12:37:11 -0500
  ...The 1.9 one piece bearings are a molded and machined aluminum coated with a protective flash coating. All of the larger 2.1...
• oil in coolant
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Cresawn
  Sat, 2 Jan 2021 11:47:22 -0700
  ...I also polished the sensor with Brasso and coated the O-ring with a thin layer of dielectric grease. I installed new belts. I...
• Various reportings
  Historical mailing list - Jarrett Kupcinski
  Sun, 22 Apr 2012 22:15:48 -0500
  ...Then I top coated with a color matched can of paint (bushed) I got at the local auto paint supply store. Ultimately the van...
• Re: side window removal
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Sat, 28 Dec 2002 19:49:19 +0100
  ...This is where everything should be coated with lots of soapy water... rope included. I use a soap that is similiar to a saddle...
• Re: exhaust leak and leaking heads??
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Thu, 11 Oct 2001 13:14:23 -0700
  ...But there's a stainless steel version which is ceramic coated for about $550. If you're going to keep the van for a...
• Coatings for exhaust systems
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 13 Oct 2004 09:19:38 -0500
  ...I*TC 213 Ceramic Coating for Metals* ITC 213 will protect all metal parts (including elements, burners, kiln frames, and new elements coated before...
• Re: The DEEP, DARK secret of fiberglass exhaust wrap discovered
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:14:51 -0400
  ...As the chromium oxidizes, it forms a protective layer onto > the iron/steel in the alloy in a similar > way that zinc coated steel...
• Re: List energy needed
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 1 Apr 2021 19:47:10 -0400
  ...Handles all done , powder coated , I just have to mill out the spacer/adapters. We have just moved locations for the shop, much bigger...
• Re: Replacement door panels
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Tue, 28 Dec 2010 11:00:32 -0800
  ...Most of > them are vinyl coated. Under $20 for a 4x8 sheet. > > The 2nd alternative is Baltic Birch, which is available in 1/8...
• Re: Horn installation
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 30 Apr 2020 12:44:53 -0700
  ...I >> cleaned all points at horn mount bracket(s), including mount point to >> frame, installed horn ground(s) there, then coated that connection >> with...
• Re: syncro trans gear engagement
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 15 Aug 1998 11:32:49 -0400
  ...At that time >we would install an updated syncro ring on all forward >gears which was moly coated. Before not all the rings >were...
• Re: '85 1.9L Stumbles Off Idle When Warm
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Sat, 27 Jan 2001 20:23:20 -0500
  ...This > fall I installed a new exhaust system (coated), muffler and O2 sensor -- > again big improvements. When the van is cool the throttle response...
• Ordering directly from Projectzwo
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 24 Mar 1998 09:04:58 -0500
  ...the "Bull bar" bumpers are awesome -- powder coated, thick metal, nicely detailed. Well worth the price IMHO. I'll be putting up pictures after...
• Re: Double T-fitting for 1.9 cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Myron Lind
  Thu, 16 Jan 2003 21:30:51 -0500
  ...I would tend towards steel and then have them powder coated. That would have to outlast pretty much any van still on the road...
• Re: changing pop-top canvas
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:58:01 -0500
  ...serious mountaineering tent, the screen is always on the >inside, the coated outer 'weathershield' is on the outside. As if that is so >hard...
• Re: Rust....
  Historical mailing list - Doug Noganav
  Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:32:32 -0700
  ...To me this looks evident of a constant exposure to SALT SPRAY from salted roads and was never rinsed off or oil coated to...
• Betts rear spring testing at Hollister
  Historical mailing list - Buettner, Peter
  Wed, 12 Apr 2000 14:03:21 -0700
  ...Nice black finish (powder coated, I guess). One set went into Mark's Syncro (home made Westy conversion) that's equipped with a set...
• Re: 2.3L WBX replies... (pretty darn long - again)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 14 Aug 2003 12:34:36 -0500
  ...rushed with the top end). >7) the combustion chamber was ceramic coated (heads, >piston tops, exhaust valves, and exhaust port), but no >friction-reducing...
• Re: bike rack
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 18 May 2000 07:11:17 EDT
  ...Advantages are black powder coated steel tubing, no permanent attachment to your rear hatch, easily installed and removed. Can hold up to three adult...
• Re: Re-occuring problem
  Historical mailing list - Charles McGehee
  Wed, 13 Jun 2001 21:30:08 -0700
  ...I've been doing manually for months with a > >piece of coated wire...LOL: It routes power directly from the battery to > >the solenoid...
• Re: Should I buy?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 28 Mar 96 16:14 EST
  ...After driving in the rain or getting it wet by puddles or other miscellaneous liquids, it gets washed and polymer coated. No sense in...
• Re: [Syncro] Custom Syncro Springs
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Tue, 25 May 1999 18:24:25 -0700
  ...top quality, peened, heat set (or > >something like that) and powder coated. Betts had my syncro > >springs for a week and tested them for...
• Re: Wolfie mods
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 21 Jun 1999 21:09:44 PDT
  ...Had all parts engine that touch heat ceramic coated. Piston tops. Combustion chamber, valve faces, exhaust valve radius. Exhaust ports, exhaust system, catalytic converter...
• Re: Friday: New VW Engine--it's Miller (cycle) time
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 29 Apr 2016 17:04:15 +0000
  ...On the 110 kW (148 hp) version of the > engine, > > > the > > > > cylinder liners are coated with an atmospheric plasma spray to cut > down > > > on...
• Unsubscribe delete stop
  Historical mailing list - Aaron O
  Thu, 7 Jan 2021 19:25:41 -1000
  ...I also polished the sensor with Brasso and coated the O-ring with a > thin layer of dielectric grease. I installed new belts. I...
• Re: Gas tank leaks (LONG)
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Nowaczek
  Mon, 5 Oct 1998 11:34:26 -0600
  ...I purchased one tank that was rebuilt with a two year warranty; was coated inside with a reddish rubbery compound, outside with a black...
• Re: Reliable Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dingman
  Sat, 11 May 2002 08:43:28 -0600
  ...If you want to keep it for a long time, and it has the original paint on it, have it clear-coated again. -No...
• Re: diesel to gas conversion ongoing...WARNING!/2
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sat, 4 May 2002 11:26:43 EDT
  ...Finally, I coated the cleaned interior of the crank pilot hole with a release agent and made a silicone gasket sealer mold of the...
• Re: PAINT COLORS 87 WESTY
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Wed, 31 Aug 2016 06:31:25 -0700
  ...I prefer the OEM look over vans >> that have been repainted with a single clear coated color. >> > >> > One quart will do the top, and...
• Re: Burnt Ignition cable end stuck in dist. Cap
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 12 Aug 2012 16:16:13 -0400
  ...Modern silicone-covered ignition wires are electrically wonderful, but the internal conductor is basically a carbon-coated string with little mechanical strength. You have...
• Re: Shoddy German Workmanship?
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Curry
  Wed, 28 Apr 1999 23:11:07 -0700
  ...seems some mysterious red paint was coated >> > around where the speedo clips in, and was preventing >> > it from seating tight all the time. >> > >> > So...
• Re: Top Overhauls
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 15 Dec 2002 15:12:15 -0600
  ...The 1.9 one piece bearings are a molded and machined aluminum > coated with a protective flash coating. All of the larger 2.1...
• Re: gas tank replacement
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Wed, 13 Jul 2005 13:56:01 EDT
  ...So replaced it with the same style hose--regular fabric coated fuel line. If I had it all to do over again--and it...
• Re: Installing a slider window
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:52:29 -0700
  ...I took a piece of 3/16" nylon clothesline (also coated in > Vaseline) and put that into the window gasket channel. I overlapped the...
• Re: Shoddy German Workmanship?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Norman
  Wed, 28 Apr 1999 17:56:49 -0230
  ...seems some mysterious red paint was coated > > > around where the speedo clips in, and was preventing > > > it from seating tight all the time. > > > > > > So...
• Re: Stupid Bumper End Pieces
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:24:02 -0600
  ...The way I drive, anyway. >>>> >>>> So my bumpers were powder-coated black, and it really doesn't look >>>> half-bad with end caps missing...
• hokay .. it's FRYEDAYE!! ;) time for some off-topic stuff: camping grills
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Fri, 15 Jun 2007 03:10:57 -0500
  ...A porcelain-coated cast iron cooking grid boasts 244 square inches of cooking space ... and when you consider the chrome-plated warming rack, that...
• Re: Karl Mullendore's remote Syncro trans rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Tue, 12 Jan 1999 13:43:10 EST
  ...Whichever brand you use make sure that they are moly coated- they'll look like someone was using some black spray paint nearby and...
• Re: Friday: New VW Engine--it's Miller (cycle) time
  Historical mailing list - James
  Sat, 30 Apr 2016 22:53:23 -0400
  ...On the 110 kW (148 hp) version of the engine, > > the > > > cylinder liners are coated with an atmospheric plasma spray to cut down > > on...
• Re: Need input on radiator problem
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Wed, 7 Feb 2007 06:46:52 -0800
  ...And when I say clogged, it was coated with the deposits. it was not completely clogged so there would have been a stoppage. Just...
• Re: Cleaning the engine bay...
  Historical mailing list - Rusty Zarse
  Wed, 7 May 2003 10:37:59 -0700
  ...Anyway � question about cleaning the engine bay� This engine is really coated with road grime and dust� yes, I know if I clean it...
• Re: any MD's in the house? help with windshield removal tool...
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Thu, 29 Mar 2007 02:55:00 -0400
  ...a specialty lube) I then inserted a > clothesline cord (metal strands coated in vinyl) to keep the seal > away from the window frame. A...
• Re: Electronic Rustproofing?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 16 Aug 2009 09:02:15 -0500
  ...They started building cars in the 80s with steel panels > coated with a sacrificial anode - it's called zinc plating. This is NOT galvanizing...
• Cleaning Brake Resiviors, pounding out belly pans, tour dates (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Mon, 17 Apr 1995 21:55:47 -0500 (CDT)
  ...effect, and then Kevin made a better pipecleaner using some vinyl coated wire and bits of cloth as at the end. The trick is...
• Re: Update, including rear wiper controller
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 21 Mar 2020 09:43:17 -0700
  ...I have a spare set of Syncro front springs , I’m wondering if I have them powder coated that bilstein blue to compliment the...
• Re: Solder cracked steel coolant pipe?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:01:47 -0700
  ...ask for the proper flux even if the rods are flux-coated.� If you get low-melting silver, make sure it does not have...
• Re: gear oil - rebuilt tranny
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 6 Nov 2004 10:18:14 -0500
  ...In addition, unless cheap synchronizers are used, the wear surfaces are Molybdenum coated which will not corrode. The other issue with improve EP properties...
• Re: 1991 Carat AC System servicing
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 30 Sep 2016 16:32:13 -0500
  ...A rubber coated > device with two wires and a plug on it screwed into what appeared to be a > high pressure line had ruptured...
• Gas Milage and the Fuel Pressure Regulator
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Thu, 10 May 2001 09:28:53 -0800
  ...Step 3 The O2 sensor gets coated with soot from overrich mixtures. Then the computer get a "too lean" signal and increases the injector...
• Re: [Re: Re-occuring problem]
  Historical mailing list - Charles McGehee
  Tue, 12 Jun 2001 22:00:31 -0700
  ...I've been doing manually for months with a > > >piece of coated wire...LOL: It routes power directly from the battery to > > >the solenoid...
• Re: project 2: fuel lines done, now on to fan
  Historical mailing list - Brian W.
  Fri, 1 Sep 2006 15:16:39 -0700
  ...Is it coated with crust? Then the inside of the radiator is probably in the same shape. Let me know. Ken Lewis http://neksiwel...
• Re: Vanagon stops and won't start
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 21 Jun 2002 23:38:08 -0700
  ...Then when I was rebuilding the engine, I coated the wires in JB Weld as well as cementing the elbow in place. That will...