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• Re: re-shaping vanagon gas tank for more capacity (Re: Reason for Saddle-shaped gas
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Mon, 25 Sep 2006 09:28:30 -0700
  Does that include a re-seal inside while it is cut open ??? and what do you expect the new capacity I can do the...
• Re: Front hub dust caps -- stuck!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Sep 1995 20:16:57 -0400
  ...And, about that speedometer cable - REMOVE THAT CIRCLIP BEFORE YOU TRY TO REMOVE THE CAP. Otherwise you'll pull your speedometer cable out with...
• [Fwd: Re: HELP THE VOLKSWAGEN GODS HATE ME!}:(]
  Historical mailing list - John Matchett
  Wed, 05 Feb 1997 23:03:25 -0500
  ...A new cap may have knicks on the firing cylinders, while having carbonation around the missing cylinders distributor cap contact. A used distributor can...
• parts needed - '87 Vanagon GL Westy Camper
  Historical mailing list - Gregory M Daughtry
  Mon, 24 Feb 97 15:50:00 PST
  ...part mfr part # ---------------- ------------------ front bumper 255807111CGRU front bumper extension 251807124A1BG end cap? liftgate shell (for wiper) 251829105T right reat tailight assy 251945112A rear bumper...
• Re: Newbie Tip
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 9 Sep 1997 21:17:16 CDT
  ...when you remove the oil filler cap, you should be able to feel the lip of the slide-out extension ... it's the top...
• Re: towing with 14 coversion
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Sat, 20 Jan 2001 17:08:22 -0500
  ...As the owner of the same size/capacity powerboat I can tell you it's not the engine size/hp of the towing vehicle...
• Re: What is the Cubic Capacity of the RM182B Fridge?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 6 May 2003 18:02:02 -0400
  ...3/4 of the > material is in the cap, and they keep shrinking the cap. What's really interesting is to compare an aluminum...
• Re: hesitation/bucking (was: Re: tested Oxygen Sensor, and...)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 17 May 2008 13:17:31 -0400
  ...it's a 22uf 15 volt tantalum capacitor (caps rated for higher voltages work, too) ... and yes, either the capacitor or the VW harness...
• Q:Brake Fluid Reservoir Cap Size for power bleeder?
  Historical mailing list - Oxroad
  Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:00:38 -0700
  ...fits most European built cars" with the 45mm cap the correct size for the Vanagon? Thanks, Best, Jeff 83.5 Westy LA,CA
• Re: Tan captain's chairs from '87 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 15 May 2010 09:37:16 EDT
  ...Seriously though I have been looking in vain for tan Vanagon captains chairs for a while now. i have a '86 westy im parting...
• Need captain's chairs in CA
  Historical mailing list - Steve Nizyborski
  Fri, 5 Dec 1997 13:53:42 PST
  I'm looking for 2 captain's chairs with adjustable armrests (hmmm....maybe that's by definition) for my '90 vanagaon. Anyone know of...
• TAN or BLUE vanagon captains chairs w/ armrests for sale. fit any van
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Jan 1999 21:13:33 EST
  i have 1 pair of tan, and 1 pair of blue vanagon front captains chairs for sale, with armrests, and headrests. both pairs in...
• Re: MA this weekend
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Fri, 24 Sep 1999 10:15:00 -0700
  ...MA this weekend > >Is this the campers on the Cape weekend??? > > > Yes...its at the campground on the mainland side of the Cape Cod...
• FS: Captains chairs w/ adjustable armrests
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 24 May 2001 13:15:19 EDT
  ...vanagon captains chairs (front seats) w/ adjustable armrests, fit all vanagons, great upgrade for '80-'84 camper without armrests, or will look good in...
• 1981 Westy gas tank capacity
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Wed, 21 Jan 2004 08:34:01 -0700
  What is the capacity of a 81 Westy (stock). My gas gauge does not work and I think my mpg just dropped from 17...
• Re: Towing capacity of vanagon GL camper 2.1 Litre engine
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 21 Jan 2004 16:49:00 -0500
  On my Syncro the maximum towing capacity of an unbraked trailer is 1500 lbs (150 lbs tongue weight). A braked trailer can go higher...
• capacitor fix mitigated buck, did not fix
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Sun, 16 Jan 2005 16:11:40 -0600
  ...The dreaded bucking syndrome began so I stopped and soldered in a 15 volt 22 microfarrad tantalum capacitor that I got from listmember Tom...
• Re: Lost coolant cap?
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Wed, 10 Jan 2018 14:56:37 +0000
  ...Jim On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 3:04 AM Jennifer Rabbitt < yoursocialconcierge@gmail.com> wrote: > thanks listers!!!!! I will be with cap one...
• Re: Distributor rotor heat damage? (Solving intermittent engine stall)
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 20 Jan 2017 12:04:22 -0800
  ...I'll recheck cap seating but I'm 99% it was on right when new anD currently is ok. Hopefully, cleaning the hall connector...
• Re: locking gas cap
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 16 Sep 2010 17:55:38 -0700
  ...My '84 has a separate smaller Taylor A132 key marked "Fits VW Gas" and my '86 gas cap unlocks with the ignition key. On...
• Re: Hanger straps -- how the dickens . . .
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:54:25 -0700
  Jim Felder wrote: > I just looked at my 83 and it appears the the plastic cap will lift > straight up, as in toward the...
• Re: Vgon Locking gas cap - I hate it!!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:25:50 EST
  ...My 85 has > a locking gas cap and it is a PITA!! Does anyone > make\sell a non-locking cap for these buses?? Anyone...
• Re: Propane tank size and recommended capacity
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 26 Jun 2021 22:27:34 -0700
  ...So "capacity" really means useable volume, because there needs to be expansion space (20% min) for propane gas above the liquid propane. Filling until...
• Re: AFM upgrade using 16 volt tantalum capacitor
  Historical mailing list - Marshall
  Sun, 20 Jan 2002 01:09:46 -0600
  ...AFM upgrade using 16 volt tantalum capacitor > > > > > >Today I made the AFM improvement installing a 16 volt tantalum capacitor > >using the instructions on Harald...
• Re: head gasket problem ?
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Fri, 21 Sep 2001 11:27:18 -0700
  ...The resulting foam carries coolant out the pressure cap just like a bad head gasket leak. So, I'd try the inexpensive pressure cap...
• Re: Driver's side front wheel grease cap
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Wed, 29 Aug 2012 08:07:48 -0700
  ...Driver's side front wheel grease cap ============ * Plain black steel rims. That "Road Warrior" look. Kewl. -- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott 1984 Westfalia, auto...
• Govenor Cap O-Ring
  Historical mailing list - Zac
  Wed, 29 Apr 1998 11:38:41 -0400
  Hey volks, It seems as though my transmission is leaking fluid from the seal of the govenor cap. I can't seem to find...
• Re: Rear Cushion Cleaning
  Historical mailing list - W. Silva
  Sun, 14 Feb 1999 10:55:12 -0500
  ...Good luck Wendy & John Cape Cod, MA '85 Westy, "S-CAPE"
• Re: Campers On Cape Cod Pics
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Tue, 23 Nov 1999 08:45:25 -0500
  ...http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw/capecod/ Karl and Kristina Bloss, Trexlertown, PA '87 Westfalia Weekender "Beverley" - 189K miles http://www.enter.net/~bloss...
• Re: Whereabouts of "Faster German Auto"?
  Historical mailing list - mike g.
  Wed, 15 Dec 1999 23:27:29 -0800
  ...Robert Capra wrote: > Anyone have any info as to whether "Faster German Auto" is still around? I > never ordered from them, but I enjoyed...
• Extra Fuel Tank
  Historical mailing list - David
  Wed, 29 Mar 2000 11:01:09 -0500
  I saw an extra capacity fuel tank on www.vanAGAIN.com (the capitals are so you don't miss that it is not vanagon...
• Re: floor tracks for single captain's chair
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 11 Jul 2001 18:04:02 EDT
  ...PAPERS.COM writes: > > I'd love to get one of those captain chairs. Is there a bench seat that can > fit on those same...
• Re: Help! 84 Westy coolant problem
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Wed, 10 Apr 2002 13:16:17 EDT
  ...Test the pressure cap first. Rich
• Re: Is this the Vanagon Syndrome?
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Mon, 2 Dec 2002 20:46:59 -0500
  Pardon my ignorance, but what is the capacitor fix? Marc Perdue Doug F wrote: > Tom, > Yea, that's the dreaded "Syndrome". Install the capacitor...
• Re: 1981 Westy gas tank capacity
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Wed, 21 Jan 2004 15:26:26 -0500
  ...What is the capacity of a 81 Westy (stock). My gas gauge does not work and I think my mpg just dropped from 17...
• WANTED: BLACK captains chairs and BLACK doorpanels from 85-86 vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 1 Apr 2005 06:13:55 EST
  im looking for the captains chairs that had the black vinyl sides and dark grey velour fronts with black checks, and the matching black...
• Re: capacitor fix mitigated buck, did not fix
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 16 Jan 2005 17:07:49 -0800
  The capacitor is NOT a fix, it is a band-aid to the problem. If you pop the black plastic cap off the Air...
• Re: 50 cents to fix the AFM
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 8 Apr 2001 16:39:55 -0500
  walter bahm wrote: > Larry: > > what type of capacitor (rating) and across what two > points dis you connect ? > > thanks > > walter > > --- Larry Alofs <lalofs@ENTERACT.COM...
• Re: Adaptor to pump ...
  Historical mailing list - tinker man
  Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:13:53 +0200
  Maybe you don't even have to rip the guts out of the cap, because that cap has two pressure valves in it, one...
• rotor & cap lots of carbon at low miles
  Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
  Tue, 2 May 2023 16:09:27 -0500
  ...I pulled the cap and saw the cap and rotor had a heavy layer of carbon build up. I have new ones coming from...
• Alloy center cap Oops
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Wed, 2 Nov 2016 16:03:56 -0500
  ...Pushed the cap through the back, pita keeping it straight. and pushed it right through the front.&nbsp; Only then did I realize that...
• Re: Alloy wheel center cap
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Mon, 23 Sep 2002 13:00:20 -0400
  ...Alloy wheel center cap I seem to have lost one of the plastic center caps for one of my alloy wheels. Anyone have one...
• Re: Engine overheating - Need Advice
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 18 Feb 2005 00:42:54 EST
  In a message dated 2/17/05 10:53:10 PM, donalds1@VERIZON.NET writes: << replace the pressure cap Boston Bob the night tripper...
• Re: Bouncy Speedo Needle
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 26 Feb 2006 17:04:29 -0800
  ...I also encountered a problem at the wheel (assuming 2wd) where the square end of the cable comes through the grease cap and terminates...
• Vanagon syndrome - update
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 20 Mar 2004 11:50:38 -0800
  ...It turned out that one of the solder joints broke and one leg of the capacitor was making intermittent contact. I removed the capacitor...
• Re: More 2.1L coolant system woes (long)
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 30 Dec 2004 15:07:16 -0500
  ...I removed the valving in the > cap, so that air would easily go in. I then added a hose from the cap to > my...
• Re: What coil part number for my van?
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:41:14 -0700
  ...Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano KG6RCR On 10/22/2007 12:05 PM Old Volks Home wrote: > That's because two different ones...
• Re: Stupid Bumper End Pieces
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:20:11 -0500
  ...no end caps on black bumpers . . . hot pink >>> end >>> caps . . . no end caps on black bumpers . . . >>> >>> How's a girl to decide? >>> >>> -- >>> Mike "Rocket...
• Re: Lubing CV Joints, Struck Oil... more questions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 14 Nov 2004 19:32:46 -0500
  Those caps stop the oil that seeps past the splines on the shaft and flange. It is fairly common for them to pop off...
• Re: 4 Batteries
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 16 May 2008 23:31:33 -0400
  ...It is possible to wire four 6V batts in series/ parallel to get both 12V AND increased total AH capacity. Mike B. ----- Original Message...
• bumper report
  Historical mailing list - Todd Kaderabek
  Wed, 26 Apr 2000 14:58:20 -0400
  ...the holes in the bumper do not line up with the mount receivers, off by about 3/8", until you put the end caps...
• Re: Funny question re GoWesty/Concept 1 16 inch alloy wheels
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sat, 21 Sep 2024 16:49:04 -0500
  ...For 2WD Vanagons the bearing cover often even prevents caps being installed as there is not enough clearance for the retaining tabs. Best to...
• Re: good news, I think
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:40:20 -0600
  ...PLUG/INSTALL PLUGS/DIST. > CAP AND ROTOR BUTTON > CHAMPION, LICENSE PTK1022 DIST C&R KIT > PTK1022 DIST C&R KIT > 4922 BR6ES NGK PLG...
• Re: Vgon Locking gas cap - I hate it!!
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:46:16 -0500
  ...My 85 has > > a locking gas cap and it is a PITA!! Does anyone > > make\sell a non-locking cap for these buses?? Anyone...
• Re: Pressure cap problem?
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Fri, 25 May 2012 16:28:15 -0400
  ...Hector 1990 Carat 'Ursula' On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Richard Golen <rgolen@hotmail.com> wrote: > I think my pressure cap...
• Re: RoadHaus - Tricks to keep alloy caps on
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 15 Oct 2003 18:11:53 -0700
  ...M --- Larry Chase <roadguy@ROADHAUS.COM> wrote: > Volks, > > Lost a center cap off one of my Carat 2 alloys. > > Checked the remaining ones and...
• AC Hose Reinstall
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Fri, 8 May 2015 13:51:58 -0400
  ...I believe the short, blue capped low side was to the right on the compressor when I;m staring at it and the long...
• Re: Drip, drip, drip -- water tank drain cap
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Fri, 2 Jul 2010 09:03:37 -0700
  ...W Monk has offered to send me a spare fresh water drain cap if his (from an '88) will fit my fresh water tank...
• 82 diesel expansion tank cap
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:29:29 -0500
  Ok, I've been surfing the net for several hours now for a replacement expansion tank cap (metal) for my 82 diesel westy. None...
• Towing capabilities
  Historical mailing list - John Kaufman
  Thu, 21 Apr 1994 07:05:04 -0700 (PDT)
  Does anyone have an idea of the towing capacity of a manual transmission '86 vanagon? I'm considering getting a small sailboat, and that...