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• Re: Horn stuck once and quit beeped again today
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 19 Feb 2016 06:47:33 -0800
  the horn doesn't use the contact ring. It has 2 metal contacts under the steering center pad,
• Re: Help With Used Car Pirces Please/F
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 13 Apr 1996 07:45:21 -0500 (EST)
  I once saw a splitie with a Black Leather Bra and two Nipple Rings attached to its headlights..... Ric
• Re: Starter
  Historical mailing list - Scott Desanti
  Tue, 16 Feb 1999 02:14:13 EST
  Could this possibly be the dreaded "Too Many Keys on the Key Ring" syndrome? (thought I'd take a stab...) Scott De Santi 86...
• Re: Help!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
  Sat, 29 Dec 2001 22:01:59 EST
  ...Gas that got by the rings will dilute the oil and can cause other problems/ Bearing!! Good luck .
• Re: removing rear heater
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:54:57 -0600
  I purchased a couple from Go Westy www.gowesty.com 861-819-297: O-ring for Rear Heater Valve $3.50 Gracias, Miguel
• Re: Fuel leaking from Sender Unit on Replacement Fuel Tank
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 19 Oct 2016 12:44:36 -0700
  ...I’d fill the gap for the O-ring up with Ultra Black silicone sealer and seal it up that way. Maybe there are...
• Re: compressing piston rings in engine
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Tue, 10 Dec 2013 08:39:47 -0800
  ...If the older cast type oil controls rings are used you should be able >> to >> work the rings in while sliding the cylinder over...
• Searched Re: Rear Heater Valve O Ring,....
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 5 Jun 2015 15:24:53 -0700
  ...If I can't find the original seal locally, I'll try a generic O ring and thin coat of RTV at flange edge...
• Re: Rear Heater Core Cover Removal
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Tue, 28 Oct 2008 06:33:22 -0400
  ...Rear Heater Core Cover Removal > > > > Hey, this reminds me of a questions I have. >> Does the valve require just one O-ring? >> >> How many...
• Re: Pitted Heads
  Historical mailing list - Mark Rokus
  Fri, 9 Jun 2000 04:19:29 -0700
  ...I liberally oil the rings and apply the clamp over all three rings. Tighten only enough to compress the rings flush with the piston...
• Re: you job...
  Historical mailing list - Brian Cochran
  Mon, 12 Mar 2001 14:41:16 -0800
  ...How do you know it's the O-rings? > > What mileage on the engine, headjob, waterpump, rings.?? I'm guessing >youre > > having the coolant...
• Re: Oil cooler o-ring Leak ?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:52:46 -0500
  > > One of the things my '91 GL Campmobile had wrong when I bought it was an > oil cooler o-ring leak. Replaced it, no...
• Re: Damping ring and washer for front shocks: Where Can I Get Them?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Thu, 6 Oct 2005 18:24:56 -0500
  ...Trouble is, when changing them, I need to replace the washer and damping ring (bushing?) I don't have these things at all). My...
• Berg quick shift kit
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 5 Jul 1997 02:25:19 -0400 (EDT)
  ...The instructions say to slip the supplied metal ring down the shift lever to use as a guide to drill a hole. Surprize one...
• Re: VW sounds as ring tones
  Historical mailing list - Chris Szpejankowski
  Thu, 10 Dec 2015 19:58:41 -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: WTB: One round headlight holdy-inny thing and screws, to '85
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 18 Nov 2012 16:17:00 -0800
  ...One is the round >> headlight ring, one is the wire bail that secures the valve covers and then >> there are the valve covers themselves...
• Re: Drive flange OUT - now the seal?!
  Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
  Sun, 5 Mar 2006 14:42:16 -0500
  ...The question is, do you stop at the seals, or pull out the ring and replace the rubber O-rings as well?! Good luck...
• Re: Replacement of coolant temp sensor (help needed)
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 31 Aug 2013 11:21:08 -0700
  ...Did you use new o-rings on the sensors? Did you somehow get 2 o-rings in there so now the sensor can't...
• Re: URGENT: A/C dryer O-ring size
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Fri, 6 Jul 2018 14:14:05 +0200
  ...is! I wanted to exchange the drier tomorrow, need new o-rings, and don´t have access to the vehicle until late this evening...
• Re: 1987 Replace Heads - Thermostat Problem (long)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 27 Sep 1998 09:52:37 -0800
  ...My experience is that even here in metric Canada, metric O-rings are hard to obtain in all sizes. At work we special order...
• A little "engine assembly" help, please
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 9 Apr 2003 19:36:15 -0700
  ...The ETKA, on Illustration 13-00 also shows this O-ring and identifies it as Part Number Name Remarks * 021 119 125A round seal...
• Re: oil leak above the oil filter.
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 1 Jul 2005 06:07:30 EDT
  ...By the way this o-ring is tricky to change (assuming your van is like my 2.1 was). You need to remove the...
• Re: Noisy steering wheel
  Historical mailing list - Alain Thibault
  Sat, 23 Nov 2013 19:02:01 -0800
  Would the ring need replacing or just put back in place? Sent from my iPad 2 > On 2013-11-23, at 18:22, Alistair...
• 2.1 questions
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cochran
  Thu, 9 Jul 2009 22:10:37 +0000
  ...If it got in through the bottom of the cylinder past rings (all rings look OK but some major scoring on cylinder walls of...
• Re: CHT Gauge for type IV motor
  Historical mailing list - Sami Dakhlia
  Mon, 20 Nov 1995 23:10:30 -0600 (CST)
  ...Put the compression ring back on after you have slid the sensor on the sparkplug. The sensor is made from soft metal and will...
• Well, It finally did it....
  Historical mailing list - Scott Desanti
  Thu, 12 Nov 1998 21:05:27 EST
  ...I have resigned myself to getting a new cooler and o-ring to the tune 150 bucks (shipping in there somewhere). My question to...
• Re: Do-it-yourself conversion of air conditioning to 134a question
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Fri, 24 Mar 2000 18:17:21 -0600
  Yes, I used it - but I also replaced the O-rings, they're cheap. I have the system brought to a hard vacuum to...
• Re: VW solar charger - operational?
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Tue, 11 Nov 2003 20:59:39 -0600
  ...tom On 11 Nov 2003 at 20:56, tom ring wrote: > At a minimum to charge a 12 volt car battery using a solar...
• Fuel tank cross over tube
  Historical mailing list - John
  Fri, 11 Nov 2005 17:51:02 GMT
  ...Is it really necesarry to replace this cross over pipe and the o-ring for the fuel tank sender? The plastic pipe adds $35...
• Re: Ring and pinion - 1991 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 18 Nov 2022 15:53:33 +0000
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• RE: COOL VW Stuff!
  Historical mailing list - Casey, Tim
  Wed, 27 Sep 95 16:51:00 PDT
  I need a key ring, and a mug! Please oh please! What else is there? Please let me know. Tim Casey 612-729-7179 ----------
• '84 Vanagon Coolant Crossover Pipe seal
  Historical mailing list - Ed Mellinger
  Sun, 30 Nov 1997 13:35:53 -0800
  Hi Folks - Any advice on getting the coolant crossover pipe o-ring to seal into the thermostat housing on an '84 waterboxer? I just...
• Re: scratch on heads mating surface for cylinders
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 21 Jul 2007 11:33:42 -0700
  There is no way that a pressure or leakdown test can mimic the nearly instantaneous pulse of 1000s of psi that the sealing ring...
• Re: Threadjack...was camping ice cream added automatic stuff ....
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014 20:55:58 -0700
  Google "Gamma Seal bucket lids" O-ring sealed screw on lid that snaps onto a standard 5 gallon bucket. They are required equipment on...
• Re: greasing horn contact ring/steering wheel
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 27 Mar 2003 17:02:50 -0600
  ...COM> writes: > This weekend I plan to replace the horn contact ring on the > under-side of > my steering wheel. I was just wondering...
• Re: What's wrong with that picture....
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 21 Oct 2004 12:33:20 -0600
  ...rings where almost seized due to a faulty head gasket, coolant >> was leaking in the cylinder drying this one and slowly seizing the rings...
• Re: Oil Leak
  Historical mailing list - Roger Van Till
  Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:10:58 -0500
  ...Pete blew that O ring out at BusBrrr last year in -5 degree temps. On Feb 11, 2008, at 11:15 AM, Jeff Lincoln...
• Re: Runaway Engine RPMs
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Fri, 11 Oct 2013 21:05:54 -0700
  ...Just figure you had an extra effecient and fast piston rings break-inperiod. I once heard this suggested for breaking in a motorcycle engine...
• Re: throttle body fun
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 9 May 2010 18:13:43 -0700
  ...I am guessing a silicone O-ring would last longer than the buna, but I didn't have one, and metric silicone O-rings...
• Re: Rear Heater Problems
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 17 Mar 2004 23:38:10 -0500
  ...So, should I replace the whole valve or just the O-ring? <snip> I had the same problem on my '84 and just replaced...
• Re: Sum' B*tch - Rear Heater Valve - again2
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Mon, 26 Sep 2005 06:46:08 -0700
  ...The last time I replaced a rear heater valve, I am fairly > certain that I used a standard round section O-ring which sealed...
• Re: Cleanest head gasket job ever is now complete......
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:52:27 -0700
  ...I measure the thickness of the metal rings that seal the head to the barrels...they're 1 mm thick. I dig around in...
• Re: Sliding door panel
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 24 Feb 2013 10:44:40 -0800
  If I'm thinking of the same part, that ring may act as a bearing surface of sorts to help keep the handle from...
• The rust that almost ate my hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Tony Collins
  Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:25:47 -0400
  ...I topped the wheels with some new baby Moon chromies and some beauty rings gifted to me by a member of the Samba. Since...
• Re: oil spray on startup when very cold
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Mon, 24 Jan 2005 22:38:38 EST
  ...It is well known that the oil cooler o-ring can fail catastrophically during cold weather. The o-ring might take a thermal set...
• Genuine VW part
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 22 Jul 2022 17:55:24 -0400
  Changed the o ring on my rear heater valve for the fourth time. Keeps seeping. Last time had sighted help. Still seep. Used rescue...
• Re: Distributor Woes - One Lives - One Dies
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 24 Dec 2013 15:17:55 -0800
  Sudden massive oil leaks of that kind tend to be the o-ring seal for the oil cooler. Lots of VWs share the same...
• Cold Temps Cause Gas Tank Seal Leak?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 7 Dec 2010 11:44:55 -0800
  ...Saw fresh stains where I normally park. <insert expletives> Would cold weather cause filler pipe O ring and/or metal vent pipe O ring...
• Re: what else to replace along with head gaskets
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 10 Feb 2000 15:53:12 EST
  ...Coolant Temp sensor and o-ring(cheap) 6. Thermostat and o-ring(if hasn't been replaced recently) 7. Studs/Bolts/Nuts on exhaust...
• Re: Oil Leak at Oil Cooler Solved
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Wed, 6 Feb 2002 18:27:37 -0800
  ...It grabs the pipe fro teh inside) to remove the pipe replace the o-ring (green o-ring (Viton), not black (n-butyl)) put...
• Urgent part request
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Mon, 20 Jan 2003 17:41:25 -0500
  ...The piece I need is the cast ring that goes behind where the gas gap attaches. When you take off your gas cap, you...
• Re: Disposal of old watery gasoline??
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 26 Jul 2003 17:03:51 -0700
  I've been in attack mode and replaced the pushrod seals, the sump plate O ring, the strainer plate O rings and retorqued every...
• Re: AUTO TRANS
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 6 Feb 2006 13:17:01 -0800
  ...The O-ring there gets old, or some goofball "repairs" a cracked or pinched O-ring with red permatex (PO of my van, I...
• Re: auto stop valve rebuild
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 13 Oct 2005 15:45:27 -0600
  ...Think I'll > keep my current o-rings.An equal amount of gold is cheaper. What I will do is > disassemblel the valve and...
• Re: Thermostat replacement
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 3 Sep 2002 12:38:59 EDT
  In a message dated 9/3/02 12:27:44 PM, MLibby1@CFL.RR.COM writes: << I have the O-ring, do I need...
• Breather Tube O ring part #
  Historical mailing list - Brien K Dews
  Wed, 4 Aug 2004 21:37:24 -0400
  Would someone be so kind as to send the above # to me? Thanks, Brien K Dews CC www.busesbythebeach.com 84' Westy 85' Weekender
• Re: Xenon and being the focal point of a smoldering hole
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Mon, 15 Dec 2003 19:35:01 -0700
  Entity tom ring spoke thus: > These new lights need to be banned. Period. Corrective lenses are mandatory. --Gnarlie
• Re: Fuel lines (injector hoses)
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:36:20 -0700
  ...Do they really need to come off? I removed the old hose and pushed the new one into the metal ring, securing it with...
• Re: e-bay trim rings...blocked by seller!
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:26:56 -0800
  ...In case anyone else wants these rings, maybe you'll have better luck > with this seller than I did. > 2. I'm wondering if...
• Re: Rings? New engine?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 27 Jun 2004 22:13:10 -0400
  ...Rings? New engine? This could be rings or it could be a bad valve and the cylinder does not fire all the time and...