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• Re: Air intake elbow; was Re: Clutch Chatter...
  Historical mailing list - WaywrdCyc
  Mon, 23 Mar 1998 07:42:49 EST
  Gail Idid the patch it for a while thing ,but used an old inner tube and some zip ties. Heres what worked for me...
• Re: tube amp in a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Wed, 11 Aug 2004 15:43:15 -0700
  >No but I have a tube type, pull behind, GPS unit. Heh. You joke, but back in '88 when I was in the Army...
• tee between the warm up (auxiliary) air regulator and manifold the small connection had a restrictor in it
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Tue, 31 May 2011 09:02:06 -0400
  ...My engine has combination of rubber/cloth vacuum tubing and hard plastic vacuum tubing. Can I go with the rubber/cloth vacuum tubing -- looks...
• Re: Help! Oil filler Tube
  Historical mailing list - Harmon Seaver
  Sat, 3 Aug 2002 07:55:32 -0500
  On the '81 engine I run in my '73 westy, I carefully cleaned off the tube and the steel stub tube it goes on...
• Re: Mono Tube vs Twin Tube Shocks (dampers)
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 13 May 2020 14:12:05 -0700
  ...I heard that mono tube shocks last longer too but twin tube ones give you more control... but I am not sure because I...
• installing new propane tank
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Thu, 3 Oct 2002 10:56:53 -0700
  ...cutting the copper tubing and using a flare tool instead of bending the tubing? I'm wondering if the tubing is a euro size...
• Re: Lee's 60 s/cab update
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Tue, 30 Apr 1996 06:06:36 -0700
  > > Question is (Thom, Clara etc..) what is the correct set-up between the > heater box and the tube on the body. The length of...
• Re: greasing CV joints - Grease needle experience
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Mon, 26 Nov 2001 07:45:12 -0800
  Stan, How do you adapt the thin brass tube to the end of the grease gun. This sounds like a great solution. William > I...
• Re: The water heater project
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 12 Jan 1995 22:35:42 EST
  ...I am going to > buy one bare J-tube (cost about 7 quid) this weekend. Basically it's > a heater box exhaust tube - without...
• Re: Homemade awnings?
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Wed, 26 Mar 2003 09:11:15 -0700
  ...For very strong winds I might invent a slotted tube with an wedge dowel to expand the tube inside the gutter channel. -- Rachel
• Aluminum 82' DV Oil Filler Tube - 1 Left!
  Historical mailing list - William D. Pool
  Sat, 11 Jun 2016 21:53:02 -0700
  ...If anyone is interested in the 82’ style DV tube made from aluminum with mounting hardware + o-rings it’s $300 shipped. I will...
• Re: Air Cool Pushrod Tube Install
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Sun, 21 Mar 1999 14:02:44 -0500
  ...The only way > > to insall new push rod tubes, (original, style) is to remove > > the head. >
• Re: brake line fix but safe
  Historical mailing list - Raceingcajun
  Wed, 1 Mar 2006 13:39:19 -0600
  ...The right way of course, replace the tubing completely, connection to connection. Using only "Seamless Steel Tubing". I don't recommend splicing brake tubing...
• Re: Tubes in tires.
  Historical mailing list - Eric Ley
  Sun, 21 Aug 2011 00:05:12 -0400
  ...I'm thinking throw a tube in it, and since it will be used as a spare > anyway..... it should hold air well then...
• Re: Hose has a brass sleeve in it
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Sun, 27 Feb 2005 22:58:06 -0800
  ...That sleeve was part of the plastic >tube. The tube has failed allowing the sleeve and the flare for the hose >to grip to...
• 2.1 L Oil filler tube needed
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:48:18 -0400
  ...Does anyone have a 2.1L oil filler tube for sale? Please? (This is not the dipstick tube) Thanks! Dave Milo
• Re: cv joints
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 9 Apr 2010 09:09:42 -0500
  I use what my good old local VW shop uses--Amsoil purple in a cartridge-type tube. I cut the tube open and use...
• Re: Newbie Tip
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 9 Sep 1997 21:17:16 CDT
  ...tube actually inside the tube or do you just pull on the tube >or do not all of us have the extention tube ALL...
• 84-Push Rod Sleeve leak
  Historical mailing list - roch roch
  Sat, 22 Sep 2001 21:03:44 -0700
  ...Person said the #1 tube on push rod is leaking. Someone said I can get collaspable tube to fix as cheaper...someone else said...
• 83.5 push rod tubes
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Nov 96 17:48 CST
  ...I replaced three tubes on an '84 this summer. Tubes were about $40US apiece (kit of tubes, seals & spring) compared to $6US for the...
• '90 coolant leak
  Historical mailing list - trooz
  Sat, 29 Nov 2003 21:47:18 -0800
  I haven't tried it yet, but a tip passed along to me from a VW mechanic was that the plastic tube seems to...
• Push rod tube instalation and Bentley
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Merrill
  Tue, 2 Nov 1999 15:13:10 -0500
  What does the list make of Bentley's stasting that Stock VW push rod tubes may be installed with the heads in place? See...
• WTB Oil Filler Tube for AC Project
  Historical mailing list - Doug
  Fri, 1 Jun 2007 08:02:17 -0400
  Volks, I'm looking for an oil filler tube, black plastic tube, cap, and extension for a Federal (or CA) 2.0l air-cooled...
• Bumper Painting Info/Pics! (who's bored on a Saturday? Me!)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 2 Feb 2008 19:39:50 -0800
  Thanks to the list for the helpful "how to"! http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/paintyerbumpers%21 Cheers, Neil. -- Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco...
• Re: 2.1 L Oil filler tube needed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:57:35 -0700
  ...2.1 L Oil filler tube needed > ---- David Milo <dellaone@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >> Hi folks, >> >> pulling out the oil filler extension tube that the...
• Rad Hose Dumb Question
  Historical mailing list - Milo's Kitchen
  Sat, 22 Nov 2003 14:22:14 -0500
  I've read about the metal inserts in the ends of the plastic tubes, but have never been there to see them until today...
• Re: Pushrod tube cracked HELP
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 7 May 2009 21:43:44 -0400
  James Gebhard wrote: > one of my push rod tubes has a small crack or hole on the top of it. Does anyone know of...
• Re: tube amp in a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - JD Foster
  Thu, 12 Aug 2004 08:22:55 -0700
  ...tube amp in a vanagon > > >having just gotten my fisher tube amp back from the shop i went looking >to see if anyone had...
• Re: Home Made Bull Bars--Pipe Benders
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 09:41:47 -0600
  you don't want a tubing bender, you want a mandrel tubing bender. There are only a few in the entire USA that do...
• Re: Air Cool Pushrod Tube Install
  Historical mailing list - David Easterwood
  Mon, 22 Mar 1999 09:05:28 -0800
  ...Muir says to use visegrips on the tube and bang them >- Well I'm not going to follow that route (although that was necessary...
• Oil Filler Tube
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 9 Feb 2005 15:25:45 -0600
  ...The oil filler tube is a telescoping tube that can be pulled out and extended to provide ease of access for adding oil. If...
• Re: Replacing pushrod tubes
  Historical mailing list - Brad Anderson
  Thu, 17 Jun 1999 12:06:46 -0700
  ...Anyway, installing the tube amounts to cleaning the mating surfaces on the block and the head, placing the seals on the tube ends, compressing...
• Re: tube amp in a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Firstname Lastname
  Fri, 13 Aug 2004 00:20:42 EDT
  In a message dated 8/12/04 4:35:46 AM, gipsyflies@COMCAST.NET writes: << I wouldn't use a tube amp even at...
• Re: Patching pushrod tube?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Wed, 13 Jul 2005 09:44:13 -0400
  Rotate the tube so the hole is facing to the front or back of the van, whichever is easier to access. Clean the area...
• oil filler tube top nut
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Wed, 19 Nov 2003 00:13:31 -0500
  Volks, Can anyone enlighten me as to the best way to tighten the upper nut on the oil filler tube, where the tube bolts...
• Diesel oil fill tube
  Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
  Tue, 3 Aug 2004 18:14:54 -0600
  Volks, I'm looking for a later-style diesel oil fill tube, the type that is metal and snakes around a bit. Also looking...
• Re: Wierd metal coolant pipe
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sun, 8 May 2005 09:37:33 -0500
  Phil, If your talking about the U-shaped steel tube that runs from the water pump to the top of the oil cooler, I...
• Re: The water heater project
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Thu, 12 Jan 95 8:55:54 PST
  So L.S.Griffiths@physics.salford.ac.uk says: > a heater box exhaust tube - without the heater box shroud and fins. > I am going...
• Re: tube amp in a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - mark seifert
  Fri, 13 Aug 2004 08:56:15 +0000
  ...tube amp in a vanagon >> >> >>having just gotten my fisher tube amp back from the shop i went looking >>to see if anyone had...
• Re: 2.1 L Oil filler tube needed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:51:55 -0700
  ...2.1 L Oil filler tube needed > Hi folks, > > A while back I bought a '88 Vanagon Wolfsburg that had been sitting > inoperable for...
• Re: Fuel filler tube issues
  Historical mailing list - Nick Feickert
  Fri, 14 Aug 2015 11:53:28 -0400
  ...Does anyone know if the floaty ball end piece can be removed from the end and installed on filler tube made pre 1988? Specifically...
• WTB: Air-cooled Oil Fill tube
  Historical mailing list - Justin M. Mayrand
  Wed, 13 Jul 2005 21:35:45 -0400
  Hi All, OK, I need the plastic extendable oil fill tube for an air-cooled engine. Mine was melted when the exhaust failed. I...
• Spring Loaded Pushrod Tubes Needed
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Mon, 16 May 2005 11:28:41 -0500
  I am in need of about six of the spring loaded pushrod tubes to replace some seals and some rusty tubes. Anybody have any...
• The water heater project
  Historical mailing list
  12 Jan 95 14:45
  ...I am going to weld a water tight tube around this J-tube as below: J tube \ ___ / water tight tube out__|_____________ / \_|__________|___ |__________|_ in Then (change...
• Re: Propane tubing
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Mon, 25 May 2015 01:35:51 -0400
  LPG/CNG-rated tubing only, please.
• Re: hydraulic clutch tube and fittings
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 5 Aug 2010 11:02:32 -0400
  David, you should be able to source this piece of tube with the two flares and fittings already on it from your local Advance...
• Re: Fuel Filler Tube Question about BD part
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Sun, 20 May 2012 18:12:42 -0400
  There is a ball in the tube that allows gas to flow past it when you fill the tank but floats up and blocks...
• Re: tip on taking dents out of pushrod tubes
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 9 Jul 2007 20:49:30 -0400
  ...I did it with the tube installed. Sand the dent up real good and apply good ole JB WELD over the dent. If the...
• WAS: building carrier bar..... NOW: Test Weld PIC
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 15 Mar 2008 19:40:33 -0700
  ...1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco" http://web.mac.com/tubaneil http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
• Re: If you're bored.... Vanagon Engine Conversion Progress (welding pics)
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:19:19 -0400
  nice :) On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 9:59 PM, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/passengersideenginecarrier > > Getting better! > > Neil...
• Re: stopping a slight oil leak?
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Wed, 10 Jul 2002 21:44:17 -0400
  Hi Matthew, For around $25 you can get a collapsible pushrod tube and new seals for either end. You must remove the engine tin...
• Fuel filler tube grommet
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Mon, 26 Aug 2013 22:49:19 -0400
  ...It appears to be necessary to remove the fuel tank filler tube to gain access to the right side expansion tank. Question is, if...
• Re: Vanagon choking when feeding gas
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 12 Jul 94 16:04:16 CDT
  ...Which tube is everone talking about? The >tube you send gas down or the breather? Is it anything we can change or >do we...
• Opinion needed on brake shoe cracking. PICS
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 4 Aug 2008 14:51:57 -0700
  ...http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/DSleadingshoe.jpg/DSleadingshoe-full;init:.jpg Same leading shoe wiped down a little: http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/DSleadingshoewiped.jpg/DSleadingshoewiped...
• Re: - 83.5-85 Vanagon Stainless Coolant Pipes!
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 23 Sep 2005 05:22:17 EDT
  ...If you're talking about tubing, then you are wrong because 1 1/2" SS tubing is also commonly available in .035 and .049...
• Re: Oil-fill tube needed 82' 1.6 diesel NA
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:23:08 -0700
  ...sometimes people put this oil filler tube on and fail to get the heat shield built onto it pointing toward the nearby muffler. On...
• Oil-fill tube needed 82' 1.6 diesel NA
  Historical mailing list - Frank Lee
  Thu, 19 Jul 2012 15:04:34 -0400
  I am having trouble finding the plastic oil filler tube for a 1.6 diesel na 1982. This dip stick tube goes from tag...
• Re: WTB 2.1L Dipstick Tube
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:15:40 -0700
  I have plenty of good used 2.1 waterboxer dipstick tubes with dipstick, for sale. Scott www.turbovans.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Timothy Hannink...
• pushrod tube fix
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 22 May 1997 11:29:37 -0300 (ADT)
  ...If the tubes are rusted they may tear/crack! Also, if the heads are well degreased you can goop around the tube and seal...
• Re: Air Cool Pushrod Tube Install
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Mon, 22 Mar 1999 07:11:56 -0500
  ...b) Have the wrong sized replacement tubes. There are two different sized tubes, and (I'm NOT positive on this) I think I recall...