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• Alternative to Cover Camper Fridge Vent
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:28:55 +0000
  ...it is just a touch larger than the diameter of the rubber gasket that surrounds the vent. It fits tightly around the rubber gasket...
• Re: Diesel Oil Pan Bolts and Washers (for gas inline engine)
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 18 Nov 2016 10:21:18 -0800
  ...Windage > tray > > gasket was rubber or the like, and same thickness as stock gasket. > > > > Just for the rubber gasket I'd put one in...
• Re: Perishing rubber on window channels
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 29 Oct 1998 07:33:52 EST
  I sell some rubber treatment stuff called Zymol that is supposed to prolong the life of rubber gaskets and seals. It is a German...
• Rubber...Our best friend...Our worst enemy
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:53:18 -0800
  ...yes they do!� All rubber.� Anyone want to talk about gaskets?...more rubber.� Vacuum hoses in the engine compartment?: rubber, and they can cause...
• Re: Summary of Door rubber
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 05 Apr 1994 16:00:51 EDT
  ...So I cut the gasket diagonally, slipped it around, and glued it all back together. The old rubber pulled out easily, and the groove...
• Re: Head Gasket sealant sorry 1 more time
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:51:15 -0800
  ...I measured the rubber gasket at 3.5 mm - so zero compression was happening to the rubber gasket. Needs about a half mm of...
• How does the fuel filler pipe exterior mount remove?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 26 Jul 2013 17:58:49 -0500
  ...I have already dropped the metal filler pipe and rubber gasket away, this thing is just sitting there in the body. Thanks in advance...
• Re: Can I Reach Fuel Level Sender?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 31 Aug 2005 20:27:17 -0700
  ...It's actually pretty good for reconditioning rubber parts that are getting hard and dry. I turned a dry, stiff wing window rubber gasket...
• Re: window gasket
  Historical mailing list - Yoshi
  Sun, 31 Oct 1999 09:44:00 +0900
  ...I know Ron and others carry this beading but someone told > me I'd have to take the window and rubber gasket out to...
• Re: When & why replace heads?
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 12 Apr 2023 00:13:08 -0600
  ...be a chem’ that could do a simsilar trick on rubber H2O Gaskets ~ & there are also additives for Transmission Fluids that do that as...
• Gasket on expansion tank cap
  Historical mailing list - WILLIAM WITZ
  Tue, 4 Dec 2018 00:03:15 +0000
  ...I am wondering if anyone has tried to use permatex form a gasket on the rubber ring at the underside ?My other cap will...
• Re: Head gasket sealant
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 06:04:34 EST
  ...Make sure you get a good liberal coating on the rubber head gasket. This is what keeps the gasket sealed to both surfaces during...
• Re: Head gasket sealant
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 06:04:34 EST
  ...Make sure you get a good liberal coating on the rubber head gasket. This is what keeps the gasket sealed to both surfaces during...
• Re: nuts vs head gasket job
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 4 Sep 2013 18:37:26 -0500
  ...The other thing that is going on is that the head also squeezes a rubber gasket between the head and the water jacket on...
• Re: Alternative to Cover Camper Fridge Vent
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:46:29 +0000
  ...it is > just a touch larger than the diameter of the rubber gasket that surrounds the > vent. It fits tightly around the rubber gasket...
• Re: Caveat Emptor, or: So You're Buying a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 16 Nov 2001 11:10:44 -0500
  ...are head gaskets??? In case it wasn't clear in context, the "head gaskets" on the waterboxer are H-section rubber moldings. VW achieved...
• Head gasket sealing
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Wed, 5 Apr 2000 18:12:16 EDT
  ...They contend there is a growing number of engine assemblers, professional and private, who are sealing both sides of the rubber gasket on WBX...
• Throttle Body Gaskets
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Fri, 8 Oct 2004 09:42:48 -0700
  ...Are there other gaskets? I've changed all the rubber hoses and I have hose clamps on most of the hose connections. Also, is...
• oil strainer gasket material type
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 25 Aug 2006 21:20:20 -0400
  ...Is Rubber-Fibre 1/32" ok for making new oil strainer gasket? Couldn't find new gasket, so am making own. Has anyone sucessfully...
• Re: Creepy white/tan powder inside windshield rubber
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:50:17 -0700
  ...I'm not sure of the exact material > used in these gaskets, if they are true rubber or some synthetic. > Different materials break down...
• Window gasket sealant?
  Historical mailing list - Agent99
  Fri, 19 May 2006 10:11:17 -0400
  ...painted and the gasket is also new. Is it better to use the silicon based product or the traditional black rubbery stuff? Let me...
• 2.1 strange running before and after head gasket repair
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 13 Nov 2012 08:38:17 -0600
  ...Anyway, I made a mistake by letting a wire get caught under the driver side rubber gasket, which cases coolant to pool on top...
• Re: New Head Gasket Stud Kit From Raceware
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 Nov 1995 09:31:40 -0400
  ...Overtighten a 2mm thick rubber gasket against two aluminium pieces and it will simply extrude. Next time you find an O-ring seal check...
• Re: Looking for rubber filler tube neck for gas tank (and oil cap gasket)
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:07:54 -0700
  ...Any help would > be appreciated. > > Also, when I topped off the oil this morning a small rubber gasket fell out > of the cap and...
• Re: Advice needed on 2.1 heads
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Tue, 10 Feb 2004 10:26:42 -0500
  ...Even if VW is one of the worse company in regards of good gasket!!! They don't know how to make good rubber gasket...
• Re: Head gasket, etc, in Seattle
  Historical mailing list - A. Hurley
  Thu, 26 May 2005 01:06:17 -0400
  ...Here is a question - if the coolant smells like rubber are the rubber hoses going bad? And - how about a front windshield replacement? Thanks...
• Re: Lower Cargo door hinge & weather strip replacement questions
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 1 Nov 2005 17:42:55 -0500
  ...I think these gaskets are a foamy type rubber? The foam will expand a bit,and take up space.It is amazing. This also...
• Re: Windshield is in
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:47:24 +0000
  ...BD gasket and once I started the string about 3/4 up the side, where I was able to pull the rubber lip buy...
• Re: cylinder head drain plug
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 13 Dec 2005 19:55:30 -0800
  ...bada** head gasket.I need to cut the top > rubber flap on each end, back to the point that the gasket still in the...
• Re: Hi resolution pictures of Wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Nunya Business
  Thu, 6 Sep 2007 11:58:20 -0700
  ...wasserboxer on > the bench, especially in the rubber head-gasket area, to see if the head > gasket is accessible from all it's sides...
• Re: Parts Questions for 89 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Fri, 13 Oct 2000 08:40:48 -0400
  ...Upon taking > the water pipe fitting(part # 025 121 171 ?)off the head I found a very > different rubber gasket that fits in a...
• Re: It's alive, but it gives bad head! (Fixing head leak on '87 2.1L)
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Sun, 17 Jun 2007 22:19:48 -0500
  ...Revised bill of materials: --- Rubber head gasket (between head and water jacket) - original VW "The Right Stuff" sealant for rubber head gasket Green o...
• Re: Need advice for head gasket leak
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 24 Sep 1996 15:12:19 -0400
  ...The most common head gasket leak on the wasserboxer is past the head gasket that seals the coolant inside the engine. This "rubber" gasket...
• Re: '84 Vanagon front door rain leaks
  Historical mailing list - J. Andersen
  Mon, 20 Apr 1998 18:11:06 -0700
  ...I think the rubber gasket holding the glass in is porous and the water in wicking through the gasket, it doesn't have a...
• Re: Head Gasket Repair 91GL
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 8 Dec 2008 12:59:01 -0800
  ...I also put it on both sides of the rubber out water-retention gasket. < Bentley or instructions with the gasket set says just the...
• Re: nuts vs head gasket job
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Wed, 4 Sep 2013 18:25:21 -0700
  ...The other thing that is going on is that > the head also squeezes a rubber gasket between the head and the water > jacket on...
• Re: westy fridge combustion chamber sealing
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 16 Dec 2002 08:44:17 -0500
  ...The original main gasket is silicone rubber, and I think any others are too, can't remember for sure. d -- David Beierl - Providence RI...
• Re: Installing a slider window
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:20:21 -0700
  ...Once the gasket edges are in, just push firmly from the outside to seat the assembly or even use a rubber mallet to pound...
• Re: Need advice for head gasket leak
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 24 Sep 1996 23:10:47 PST
  ...The book indeed calls the large rubber seal a "head gasket" and the cylinder seal an "O-ring gasket". Unfortunately, if you change one...
• Plastic "chrome" trim @ windshield gasket
  Historical mailing list - McComas_Glenn
  Wed, 19 Jan 2000 12:39:48 -0500
  Has anyone found a good (reasonable) source for this material? The old Type IIs used polished aluminum that would easily outlast the rubber gasket...
• Re: Need three parts for a 2.1 engine
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 12 Nov 2012 07:42:42 -0600
  ...Need three parts for a 2.1 engine > > All gaskets... two aluminum head gaskets and one rubber head gasket. Have > all else. Anyone? > > Jim > >
• Re: How easy is it to remove the intake runnersw ith the engine installed ?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 27 Dec 2005 16:19:47 -0500
  ...I ripped out the gasket on the underside, and I cant stop now.Very difficult to do this. The rubber is under pressure and...
• Re: rubber surrounding the pop top
  Historical mailing list - nick mcree
  Wed, 24 Aug 1994 23:09:31 -0500 (CDT)
  ...I solved a similar problem with my '66 Westy with a little form-a-gasket sealant. I put it on the rubber seal and...
• Re: Driver/Passenger window seals
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 10 Apr 2016 14:23:12 -0700
  ...gasket from a piece of Rescue tape and put in the outside on the lock bolt - you may find the a thin rubber or...
• Re: subaru head leaks (SVC)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Thu, 13 Jan 2005 08:24:12 -0600
  ...How would this help our rubber gaskets not leak? Michael Knight '77 Westy Deluxe, "el Verde" '85 Vanagon GL, nameless
• Re: Grille emblem
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 28 Sep 2017 21:43:54 -0400
  > > What is RTC ? Room Temperature Vulcanizing silicone adhesive/gasket/caulking compound. Also polysulfide and similar rubber caulks and such, but I hear it used...
• new head gasket split
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Sun, 25 Mar 2001 20:43:39 -0800
  ...I took the head off and the new rubber gasket had a diagonal split about 3/4 inch long that cut the sealing face...
• Re: window trim (window gasket 'chrome strip')
  Historical mailing list - kenstich
  Mon, 6 Jul 1998 23:04:57 -0600
  ...Fortunately, I like the black-look anyway Best regards, Ken Stich ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary wrote: > > Is the chrome-plastic, outside window trim in the rubber gasket...
• Re: window rubber: removing those unsightly plastic thingies
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Tue, 17 Jan 1995 09:18:42 EST
  ...Book specifies that they only go in when the glass and the gasket are being reinstalled. I would agree, although strong fingers and slatherings...
• Re: Rubber...Our best friend...Our worst enemy
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:43:51 -0800
  ...And tires....they blow out, yes they do! All rubber. Anyone want to talk about gaskets?...more rubber. Vacuum hoses in the engine compartment...
• Re: Westy fridge combustion chamber gasket replacement
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Fri, 15 Oct 2004 11:58:15 -0500
  ...Al Brase Ryan London wrote: >I made my replacement from the red natural rubber gasket material sold on a roll at >my local hardware...
• Re: Electrolysis and prevention of corrosion: It CAN be done...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 17 Feb 2000 21:10:24 EST
  ...Not only for the ability to protect the aluminum sealing surface from corrosion damage, but also to REDUCED the heat that rubber gasket normally...
• Window gaskets, Best cleaner
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Thu, 7 Jul 2016 16:50:38 -0700
  I need to clean my rubber window gaskets for application of adhesive and wondered what the very best cleansing agent would be? I've...
• Re: Grill for vent at front door on B pillar
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 12 Sep 2005 02:10:04 EDT
  ...meshes with the rubber > grommet/gasket on the edge of the door. It's the called rear air duct gasket, has > louvers that point...
• Re: Is the pop top really worth it? I hear they are noisey
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 4 Mar 2004 10:00:43 -0700
  ...glue" is different, but the prominent feature is the gasket part. It is a rubber tube, maybe 1/2" to 3/4" diameter and...
• Re: Creepy white/tan powder inside windshield rubber
  Historical mailing list - Bill Shawley
  Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:44:24 +0000
  ...I'm not sure of the exact material > > used in these gaskets, if they are true rubber or some synthetic. > > Different materials break down...
• Vacuum leak sources
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 16 May 2000 10:33:59 EDT
  ...Intake gasket- head to air runner Small injector seals Rubber boots around runners and center plenum Leaks where the tube is pressed into the...
• parts needed
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Jun 2000 13:20:11 EDT
  1 grey rear hatch interior panel in nice shape and 1 small black rubber gasket which goes on the westy water tank which the...
• Re: Installing a slider window
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:52:29 -0700
  ...Once the gasket edges are in, just push firmly from the outside to seat the assembly or even use a rubber mallet to pound...
• Re: Summary of Door rubber
  Historical mailing list - Mitch Hendrickson
  Tue, 05 Apr 94 15:30:45 PDT
  ...The granddaddy of all rubber---The cc> sliding door seal. (And mabye a new windsheild gasket too.) But cc> first those cylinder heads. Oh...