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• Re: Another bumper built update
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 4 Apr 2014 09:56:08 -0700
  ...bumpers on the early Vanagons and use the stock plastic end caps. Stuart -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com...
• Re: Extra Gas?
  Historical mailing list - Rich Burdick
  Mon, 24 Feb 1997 20:32:44 -0500
  ...Just drop the spare, and flip tire over if needed, then put the can > in on its side, caps tighly closed. A bungee cord...
• Vanagon Gas Tank Alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Sat, 28 Jun 1997 09:13:16 -0500
  ...These tanks wold have to be fitted with necks to accept the fueling hose as they have aircraft style caps with them flush mounted...
• Re: Ezee Brake bleeder kit from IPD
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Wed, 16 Feb 2000 20:41:57 -0800
  ...The unique part about it is that it comes with a large variety of metric and standard-sized M/C caps (with fittings) that...
• Re: got my list stickers the other day, yeah
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Wed, 3 Oct 2001 14:13:14 -0700
  ...com writes: > > << hey!!!! SOMEONE HOOK ME UP WILL YA..? yes its caps and i'll bust > 1 if > i don't get my sticker...
• Rhein wheels for sale
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Berchin
  Mon, 23 Jun 2003 19:23:35 -0400
  ...The Rheins include new-in-bag center caps but *not* lug nuts/bolts. I can provide pictures of all four wheels if anyone wants...
• Re: VW Logo Light On Brazil Shopping
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:52:47 +0000
  ...They also sell some center caps that look like they would work on Vanagon alloy rims. Jeff Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message ----- I suspect they...
• Re: Alloy wheel centers
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:00:12 -0500
  ...There's some billet stainless steel center caps with VW logo on them being sold on ebay for the same price as the plastic...
• Re: Fridge question:
  Historical mailing list - Ty Graham
  Wed, 10 Nov 1999 11:33:35 -0800
  ...http://www.oz.net/~tyg/images/Westy/frig_vent.jpg I bought this from some guy at a VW show that apparently buys caps...
• Trying one last time - Trade Rheins for Sunburst?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher T. Berchin
  Mon, 4 Mar 2002 17:48:20 -0500
  ...My Rheins have brand new center caps, but no mounting hardware. I'm located near Detroit - zip code is 48124 if you wanted to...
• 85 GL for sale in PA
  Historical mailing list - sleepingmonkey1
  Wed, 30 Jul 2003 20:35:37 -0400
  ...sensor, rotor, cap, plugs, plug wires, some brake lines, bumper end caps, fuel filter, I've just flushed the coolant system and changed the...
• Re: bizarre vanagon westy on ebay.....
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Wed, 3 Mar 2004 11:12:21 -0500
  ...Tim At 03:14 AM 3/3/2004 -0500, JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote: >ok...break out your thinking caps.. can anyone make any sense...
• Re: Coolant draining strategy?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Fri, 22 Oct 2004 10:10:22 -0700
  ...clamps (plug the other end of plastic fittings with mating end caps). And wear safety glasses when underneath so the coolant doesn't drip...
• Re: Unbelievable, was Re: Spare ECU
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 01:38:53 -0500
  ...So why aren't there more images out there? > usually the parts that fatigue are heavier power resistors, caps > or inductors. They seem to...
• Re: So... what is the answer for these poor lights?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 6 Jun 2003 10:19:44 -0400
  ...The trace amount of halogen -- usually bromine -- is necessary because in order to safely attain high pressures the bulb capsule must be small, and...
• Re: [Caravana] battery
  Historical mailing list - Greg
  Sat, 27 May 2000 00:58:18 -0700
  ...Top terminals come with plastic caps and will stick up through the carpet (but not so high that the driver's seat won't...
• excellent cleaner
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sun, 12 Sep 2004 20:00:17 -0400
  ...so off i went and washed the complete bus and used clean up on the tires and hub caps ( vanagon caps on my 71...
• Fancy Wheel$$$
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 25 Apr 95 10:15:29 PDT
  ...Got the lug nuts and the center caps from Barret Enterprises. They look way cool. Tom Carrington BBTSQP8@bell-atl.com 88 Vanagon 65...
• Re: POP-TOP GASKET
  Historical mailing list - Rich Burdick
  Wed, 17 Mar 1999 14:42:34 -0700
  ...First of all, please use your caps button - your message comes across as shouting in ones face. Next, I presume that you don't...
• Wanted: bumper for '87
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Sun, 2 Apr 2000 11:45:15 -0400
  ...Don't even ask me where the plastic end-caps went! Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I was thinking that the...
• Re: Keys
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 8 Dec 2004 08:12:46 -0600
  ...gas cap key: > Here in the great salty midwest, locking gas caps get corroded where > they turn and this offers a great opportunity to...
• Re: Coolant Reservoir Boiling
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Tue, 23 Jul 2013 09:01:14 -0700
  ...Coolant Reservoir Boiling 82 Diesel Vanagons don't havethe  blue plastic pressure bottle caps.. they have a very normal conventional pressure cap ....like what...
• Berg Vs Pauter Ratio Rockers: comments please!
  Historical mailing list - Forhan, Thomas
  Fri, 14 Dec 2001 12:27:50 -0500
  ...rocker arm assembly, lubed and ready for installation lash caps adjusting screws mounting studs jam nuts spare side play shims push rods $90 set...
• Re: interior panels
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Wed, 29 Oct 1997 17:30:09 EST
  ...But, usually over time, the clips harden up and the caps become brittle and sometimes break apart when you're prying them off, especially...
• Re: Wanted: Back bumper (fiberglass wide variety)
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
  Sun, 18 Apr 1999 08:04:53 -0700
  ...They also have lots of the plastic end caps. Ask for Jeff and say you're with vanagon.com Regards, Tom Neal '87 sycro...
• Re: Hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Brad Spear
  Tue, 10 Aug 1999 00:22:52 EDT
  ...vanagon40@HOTMAIL.COM writes: > > << I want to put the small center caps (Beetle-type) on my '83 1.9 watercooled > with original 14" rims...
• > needs some misc. parts...
  Historical mailing list - Tony Demille
  Thu, 23 Aug 2001 09:12:25 -0600
  ...plastic piece that frames the switch) (2 if poss.) wiper bolt caps (3) map pocket (black) rear heater core (non leaking :-) passenger visor (no...
• Re: Which Cromie type Hub Caps fit the Vanagons?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 13 Jan 2006 12:30:39 EST
  In a message dated 1/13/06 8:18:26 AM Eastern Standard Time, insyncro@YAHOO.COM writes: > there is a full set of...
• Re: are all after market bumpers created equal?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 27 Apr 2006 21:37:09 -0400
  ...End caps don't fit well, holes don't line up well and required additional drilling and all around suck in my opinion. Are...
• Re: Rent/Borrow a vanagon for a few weeks?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Wed, 10 May 2017 13:24:52 -0400
  ...Economy cars maybe $30 a day with no mileage caps. >> >> Abel. >> >> On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 10:51 AM, Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai...
• Re: Bumper end cap how to?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 4 Jan 2016 16:52:47 -0800
  ...anyone have a handy how to for the front bumper end caps? I can't > seem to figure out how to get to the...
• Re: Coolant cap
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 28 Oct 2015 13:49:28 -0700
  ...reading this board, about a month ago I ordered two new caps but they were delivered to my house a few days after I...
• Question re water tank cap
  Historical mailing list - Katherine J. Maas
  Tue, 12 Jun 2012 11:07:23 -0600
  ...However, a week ago I broke down and ordered one of each of the two replacement caps just to get this job done. Yesterday...
• Re: Set Of 4 Vanagon Alloy Rims For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Wed, 16 Mar 2011 18:37:40 -0700
  ...NO center caps and NO lugs/bolts. Looking for $350.00 for the set of 4. Really don't want to ship. see them...
• Re: Pop-up Roof & Bumper
  Historical mailing list - TBill
  Sun, 5 Oct 1997 16:28:31 -0700
  ...and now minor taps have bent both ends and the end caps are off, I was thinking of installing a nice big board across...
• Re: bumper
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 23 Mar 2000 14:33:14 -0500
  ...I'm hopeful... > Anyway, the price was right, $75 + end caps and mounts, about $90 all told. It sounds to me like someone at...
• Re: For Sale 4-14" alloy wheels everything included
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sun, 10 Sep 2006 10:34:44 -0700
  ...com/> for > pictures. > > > > What - 4 factory Alloy wheels, with hardware and caps. All in very good > > condition cleaned up and ready to go. > > > > Where...
• Re: 15" Wheels/Tires
  Historical mailing list - chris
  Wed, 2 Aug 2006 07:50:40 -0700
  ...that I can still put my >> "classic" VW >> chrome dome hub caps on? I know sort of a dumb question but I figure >> someone...
• Free trailer hitch, steel wheels and hub caps - Raleigh, NC
  Historical mailing list - email99
  Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:30:15 -0500
  Free to the first taker. Must be picked up in Raleigh, NC. I want to give away a Vanagon trailer hitch (good condition, mounted...
• Re: Audi alloys on a vanagon was:Re: Tires!
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Mon, 14 May 2007 09:54:40 -0700
  ...Once the center holes are bored out the original hub caps won't mount any more. So how do you deal with that? What...
• Re: Slide-in seat accessories wanted
  Historical mailing list - Edward Duntz
  Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:34:24 -0400
  ...stop that> I'm missing.> > Also, does anyone have the metal caps that cover the tracks when the> seat isn't in the car...
• Re: Electric windows
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 17 Oct 2016 07:51:36 -0500
  ...three of these have failed in the same spot - the bottom capstan. Its a plastic piece and pulls loose from its metal support rendering...
• Re: Anyone running - Audi 5000 quatro turbo 6-spoke rims (ET-45)
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 21 Jan 2007 12:07:25 EST
  ...Porsche parts are reported to > be this way. > > To get the center caps to fit on the rear wheels, I first removed the > steel...
• Re: Air bubbles in coolant 2.1 wbx
  Historical mailing list - Eric Wunrow
  Sun, 5 Jun 2016 14:30:55 -0700
  ...I have gone through three caps in 25K miles � all the "good" German ones. If they don't sound like a bugle, then they...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 14 Nov 2013 14:09:07 -0800
  ...given that IC's aside, you can actually see all the caps, resistors etc.) image http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1111642.jpg...
• FS:1984 parts Vanagon update
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Mar 1996 20:21:20 -0500 (EST)
  ...the curtain sets for the windows Wheels have VW moon hub caps and trim rings I am driving this vehicle 55 miles each way...
• Re: Stolen wheelcaps and temporary fix (Here's a MAN-LY choice!)
  Historical mailing list - Evil Pig
  Tue, 11 Dec 2001 22:45:11 -0800
  ...com/wheels/wheels_html/bear.html > > > > > > > > How critical are the wheel caps? > > > Someone stole my rear two. > > > I found that a small dixie cup...
• Re: WTB 83 diesel heater cover
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 24 Jan 2005 21:41:20 -0800
  ...The black >> plastic >> floor space hog is only held in place by a few screws hidden by caps. >> There is nice clean carpet under...
• Re: Depressing Fender bender Need right front passenger side tirn signal
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 21 Jul 2006 06:46:29 EDT
  ...it up for the summer :) Tim, I have new bumper end caps in stock and have a used turn signal lens assembly. See my...
• Re: vans
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 21 Dec 2006 17:52:43 -0600
  ...in some point by its value to MOST PEOPLE (use of caps here is for the traditional reason of emphasis, not for the leet...
• How to get top half of main bearing out? (AARRGH!!)
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Mon, 14 May 2001 10:25:26 -0700
  ...I haven't touched the other main bearings, nor even loosened the caps for them. Would backing off the other caps help? I was...
• Re: Tires and Wheels oh my.
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Sat, 5 Feb 2022 18:13:33 -0800
  Has anyone fitted this wheel suggested by Dennis (Ultra Wheel Alpine 402S) on a Syncro? I'm curious if the center caps fit. If...
• Re: Replacement fuel tank question
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Tue, 22 Jul 2014 17:17:35 -0700
  I like their aircraft style filler caps. They would make adding the front filler port easier than using parts harvested from 2wd Vanagons. I...
• Re: Cheap not Free Rims
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:31:21 -0400
  ...The most >> expensive set was $100, with good tires, the special nuts and bolts, >> center caps. I'm sure it depends on location but...
• Re: W pretour trip report
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Mon, 9 Jan 95 9:01:52 PST
  ...How can you > drink that stuff in the cold? I mean, there was glass and caps > EVERYWHERE - that alley between our vans looked worse...
• Re: Yoshi - Re: What is this?
  Historical mailing list - George Wietor
  Thu, 18 Jan 2001 20:04:18 -0800
  ...Resembles a deck-plate key, for removing the threaded caps on water and fuel fill deck-plates on many yaaahts. How big is it...
• Re: got my list stickers the other day, yeah
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Wed, 3 Oct 2001 13:40:02 -0700
  hey!!!! SOMEONE HOOK ME UP WILL YA..? yes its caps and i'll bust 1 if i don't get my sticker, because i...
• Re: Alloy wheel center cap
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Mon, 23 Sep 2002 09:50:23 -0600
  ...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: Tune up?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 13 Jan 2003 10:19:51 -0800
  ...i was running a bit hard and 1 of my plugs caps came > loose on the plug end.. I check everything, but it must...
• Re: Misleading Advertising
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Mon, 20 Sep 2004 20:14:41 -0700
  ...It's also irritating how everything he lists is ALWAYS ALL CAPS, and he includes such useless and/or false crap in his main...