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• Re: Propane Quick Disconnect
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:38:23 -0700
  ...bottle to the POL fitting which gives me a small backup if the main tank is empty. Hope that helps Keith O. 90 Westy...
• Re: 5/16" High Pressure Fuel Lines OK?
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Fri, 29 Dec 2006 00:20:23 -0500
  ...at the ends, but the tees could be done with compression fittings, or, why not, just solder the whole thing together. I'll bet...
• Re: Reefer Madness one more time
  Historical mailing list - John Pinkham
  Thu, 19 May 94 9:59:03 EDT
  You might check the vent for obstructions by unscrewing the exterior outlet fitting. Ensure that your tank is not overfilled. The Dometic repairman here...
• Steering Wheels
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Aug 1997 16:25:37 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I tried fitting the stock steering wheel from my '76 Superbug, but the Vanagon hub spline was too big. Thanks! Todd Last '88 Westfalia...
• Re: Help! How get to rear heater?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 24 Mar 2001 12:35:08 EST
  ...yes, you can bypass it with a homemade copper pipe U fitting. if you have a weekender (like you do) then you need to...
• Anyone have Audi 5000 lugbolts?
  Historical mailing list - Sean B.
  Sat, 5 Jan 2002 19:26:34 -0800
  I just got finished fitting the longer rear studs (Thanks Ben!) to mount my Audi rims, and all I need now are the replacement...
• Heater core front and rear inline? Has anyone done this mod?
  Historical mailing list - Birkenfeld Jeff
  Tue, 30 Apr 2002 15:38:01 -0500
  I'm thinking of removing the T fittings on the heater hoses and running my heater hoses inline versus parallel as they are in...
• Re: Addco anti-sway bars
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 25 May 2004 19:03:22 +1200
  ...what the lowered-van-and-big-wheels brigade in Germany are fitting. It may be that nobody else is making swaybars for our Type...
• Re: Replacing Fuel Injector hose-
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sat, 6 Aug 2005 08:54:34 -0400
  ...Under pressure, > it actually tightens around the barbs on the fitting. If using a regular > hose and clamps
• Re: Vanagon fridge
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Sat, 15 Apr 2006 16:31:51 -0400
  ...The appropriate brass fitting should be at Home Depot in the plumbing department. (yes, the propane lines are standard, not Metric threads). Test for...
• Re: Inside a Subi part 3
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 12 Aug 2007 09:25:48 -0700
  ...Really helps to see details of fitting etc. Neil. (who's getting closer to an engine choice decision) -- Please send me your Vanagon/Westfalia...
• Re: Bluestar project progress-small problems
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Thu, 2 May 2013 23:12:32 -0400
  ...There is a barbed fitting that fits the hose and the boot. I >> = >>>>>> am missing this barbed fitting. Does anyone know the part number...
• Re: Substitute for the RM182B
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 15 Aug 2012 06:07:15 -0400
  ...Also, the propane fitting is not the same so I had to cut off the connection fitting and solder on one to mate up...
• 1.9l TD conversion - bits and pieces.
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Wed, 10 Jun 1998 20:30:37 -0400
  ...bits and pieces of the coolant hoses and fittings. The new fittings are all plastic, and are arranged slightly differently. I was planning to...
• Re: Power Steering Lines
  Historical mailing list - Philip Menchions
  Wed, 10 Feb 1999 07:41:06 -0330
  ...He had no problem with the fittings. Phil, '89 Westy
• Re: near tragedy on shakedown cruise - FIRE!
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 12 Jun 2005 16:20:30 +1200
  ...EVERYBODY >shoud either eliminate that plastic fitting entirely or MAKE SURE >they have checked it as it is a ticking time bomb Don't...
• Re: help fitting van in garage
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:09:45 -0800
  ...help fitting van in garage To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Hello, > > My wife and I are relocating from northern Indiana to Cincinnati next > month...
• Re: Fuel hose size
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 1 Aug 2020 16:45:46 -0600
  ...For the firewall fitting it gets a bad rap. A more common place to >> leak is where the hose attaches to the plastic tube...
• Re: question about thermostat ... or not NOW fuel fittings and hoses
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Thu, 4 Mar 2010 11:44:44 -0800
  ...on ALL still had the original fuel hoses and this plastic fitting. If you don't know, don't drive your van until you...
• Re: Propane Tank - label?
  Historical mailing list - Harald Rust
  Mon, 5 May 2003 22:12:24 -0700
  ...You can use either the copper tubing like the existing one plus fittings, or (as I did) use high-pressure steel-reinforced fire-proof...
• Re: Another Vanagon Burns Up - how to make the system better?
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Fri, 1 Apr 2005 08:09:12 -0800
  ...But yesterday I went looking for that plastic bulkhead fitting and found only a continuous length of fuel line, in a black plastic anti...
• Front Heater Fan Lube Tube
  Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
  Wed, 7 May 2014 15:38:59 -0700
  ...I also used a barbed 1/4" hose fitting in the dust cap to about 18" of tubing led out the ram air intake...
• Cameo 37420 RV Flexible Camper Drain
  Historical mailing list - Tom Torrella
  Mon, 12 Dec 2011 08:21:45 -0500
  ...The fitting for the tank hose was cracked. Thanks. Tom >> Amazon.com: Camco 37420 RV Flexible Camper Drain >> > >> >> >> Camco 37420 RV Flexible Camper Drain...
• Re: Auto shifter cable: Ideas on making it longer?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:45:40 -0500
  ...If they don't have the housing fittings, they may be able to re-use ones from an existing cable. http://www.motionpro.com...
• Re: FS: Headrest Cushion Inserts - Rare European Option
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Thu, 8 Oct 2009 02:00:03 -0400
  Many years ago, I carved up the rear seat from an old Rabbit and made some perfectly fitting inserts for the headrests, which fit...
• Soruce for brake lines?
  Historical mailing list - Robinson
  Tue, 6 Feb 1996 17:42:44 -0500 (EST)
  ...would include all of the proper length pieces-flared and with fittings, and any T-sections I guess. I also need the rubber lines...
• Temp sensor wire
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Aug 1996 08:33:56 -0400
  ...Anyone know how this sensor attaches to the head under the tin? I'm trying to decide how to remove this rusty-welded fitting...
• getting paint off LP tank?
  Historical mailing list - Robyn Rudisill
  Tue, 27 Oct 1998 23:47:33 -0600
  ...bead'r; and I don't want to chew up the fittings? Will a chemical type paint remover work, or will that destroy the...
• Re: Where to get center camper Mat?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 2 Apr 1999 08:38:09 -0500
  > I need to replace the main central mat in my westy. > Does anyone know of a close fitting replacement? I have replacements in gray...
• Bleeding the coolant question
  Historical mailing list - digest Herbie Dave
  Wed, 2 Oct 2002 21:03:19 EDT
  ...You bleed two areas, right? The radiator and the fitting over the thermostat (take hose off?) I just changed the thermostat housing, both sensors...
• Re: Double T-Fitting for 1.9 cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Thu, 16 Jan 2003 19:54:50 +0100
  What's the part number?? RSF IMPORTANT!!! In order to reply to me, you must have the word "FISH" somewhere in the subject line...
• brake hoses interchangeable?
  Historical mailing list - Dart 330
  Tue, 6 Jul 2004 15:00:26 -0500
  ...Are they the same length? And more importantly do they have the same fittings on the end. I know they are different part #s...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon - upper ball joint
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Fri, 2 Nov 2007 02:16:49 -0400
  ...the top of the upper ball-joint and installed a zerk fitting. It's a little late in the night for my head to...
• Getting ready to head to Kentucky...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 17 Apr 2007 19:44:43 -0700
  ...Heading out this Friday, anybody know of any must do's along the route? Anybody know where to get AC hose fittings put on...
• Golf II instruments fit Vanagon cluster? White faces? Backlighting?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 21 Mar 2001 01:27:19 +1200
  ...This would require fitting of (say Toyota) holders into the back of the instrument housings; cutting the holes should be easy as long as...
• Re: help need to replace Westy copper stove line
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sun, 15 Jul 2012 18:13:45 -0700
  I used the flexible gas fitting usually used on home gas ranges. Working pretty well after several years. Much easier to install. Mike On...
• Re: More 2.1L coolant sys woes (long)
  Historical mailing list - Barry Muller
  Sun, 2 Jan 2005 15:42:57 -0500
  ...I found the leak at the front right of the engine bay where a hose from the block attaches to a plastic fitting. The...
• Re: Oil Pressure Gauge install
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Thu, 21 Jul 2005 00:48:51 -0400
  ...The end of that has a flare fitting with a captive nut of unknown threads. Next along is an adapter to get me male...
• Re: Aluminum to brass thread galling
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:26:46 -0600
  ...The kit uses NPT taper threaded to barbed fittings to attach the hoses to the Mesa-type cooler. Lacking any particular instructions, I opted...
• Re: Torque spec that requires calibrated fingers
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 27 May 2011 09:38:22 -0700
  ...to actually use a torque wrench on the |fittings in |> this installation." |> |> "...Tighten the fitting carefully, it has a taper thread so it will...
• Re: Stupid pays off, plasticwise.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 9 Aug 2008 13:08:12 -0700
  ...what i prefer to do is get a double barbed brass fitting for joining too hoses, and bypass that whole thing, and with a...
• Re: tiico question
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Fri, 10 Aug 2001 13:41:11 -0400
  ...I also asked what the hose fittings on the throttle body are used for. His reply follows (also note problem with ignition control units...
• Re: Filling from a 40-lb propane tank?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 27 Feb 2005 21:26:12 -0600
  ...What kind of fittings do I ask for? Thanks, Jim On Feb 27, 2005, at 9:08 PM, jimt wrote: > On 2/27/05...
• Re: Gas tank leaking
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Sat, 14 Jan 2006 19:47:47 -0700
  ...When I recently R&R'd the gas tank on my '88, it was the 'Y' fitting on the passenger side of the x...
• Re: size and pitch of grounding bolt in battery compartment and a FLAPS replacement for idle air elbow
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford
  Mon, 30 Apr 2018 13:01:08 +0000
  ...and source would be very helpful for the right angle rubber > fitting > > on the idle air valve or a one piece molded hose substitute...
• Re: 15 Inch rims at cip quite a selections
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 19 Oct 2006 21:55:35 EDT
  ...what id like to know is why they only list the BRM's as fitting a vanagon, and not the EMPI's, Fuchs, or...
• Re: air bubble that is stubborn
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Sat, 10 Feb 2001 12:06:03 -0500
  ...hose connection to the filler tank -air leak in the sensor fitting -crack in the tank -faulty pressure cap -low coolant pressure due to...
• reducing westy water faucet velocity
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 23 Jun 2002 18:57:39 -0400
  ...the pump end so as to reduce the pressure on all the fittings that are not in the tank. Thanks for any tips. Edward
• Re: 2-week wait on a diesel water hose?
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Tue, 16 Sep 2003 06:57:16 -0700
  ...British cars, we used to have a shop braze up special fittings for the >tees and branches so we could use plain hoses to...
• brake hose differences
  Historical mailing list - Dart 330
  Fri, 2 Jul 2004 17:31:41 -0500
  ...Are the they the same length? And more importantly do they have the same fittings on the end. I know they are different part...
• Re: Stereo Installation For The Stereonically Challenged
  Historical mailing list - Ed Hinchey
  Mon, 30 Aug 2004 08:38:18 -0400
  ...using the four screws of the vent plate) which had a fitting to receive a bolt from the back of the radio. Do you...
• Re: Propex and getting gas tight fittings
  Historical mailing list - Bill Glenn
  Sun, 7 Jun 2009 02:34:25 -0400
  ...Over-tightening flare fittings may result in the splitting of the tubing; just snug with a wrench, plus 1/6 turn is the rule...
• Re: Torque spec that requires calibrated fingers
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Fri, 27 May 2011 09:04:23 -0700
  ...to actually use a torque wrench on the fittings in > > this installation." > > > > "...Tighten the fitting carefully, it has a taper thread so it will...
• Re: [vanagon] New Eurika in Coolant Pipe Set Ups--
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 19 May 2004 10:10:53 -0400
  ...FWIW, I've seen people make 'fake' barbs on copper fittings by putting a circle of copper wire around the end and soldering. I...
• Re: I lost my cool!!
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 8 Jul 2012 22:33:18 -0500
  ...The > > > fittings for R134a and R12 are different of course. If your vehicle > > > has not been converted, it is R12. > > Good catch. R134a systems...
• Re: fuel tank crossover...
  Historical mailing list - Charlie Partin
  Sun, 13 Nov 2005 08:17:57 -0700
  ...when it got old, it shrank, and it was > so 'perfectly' sized that it pulled the Y-fittings right out. Planned > obsolescence... errrr, more...
• Re: Auto tranny cooling
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 26 Jun 2015 21:23:40 +0000
  I'd just put a t-fitting with the temp sender in the line to the transmission cooler.   Tod ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Rodgers...
• Help retrofitting newer coolant hose to 82 Diesel Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:26:32 -0400
  ...If anyone could point me to info on exactly what is involved into fitting this later hose into the 82 I would appreciate it...
• Which Eurovan front seats fit in Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Oxroad
  Wed, 28 Apr 2010 23:13:29 -0700
  I read in the archives about fitting Eurovan captain's chairs into a Vanagon. It looks like trimming the Eurovan rail allows it to...
• RE:lady needs help fitting bra ... :)
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 09 Mar 1996 07:17:02 -0500 (EST)
  Hey, that's no lady....that's my wife (Henny Youngman).... With all of this discussion about bras for vans....would the proper size...