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• Re: FS: Headrest Cushion Inserts - Rare European Option
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Wed, 7 Oct 2009 21:18:42 -0400
  Or any time you use your rearview mirror............. Have you actually tried this, Scott? I don't know about a Volvo 740, but on...
• rear table pole base plate missing ???
  Historical mailing list - Dominic Provini Jr.
  Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:51:36 -0500
  ...I saw a picture of white plastic bushing that inserts into that hole in the middle. I think I missing this. . .anyone know where...
• Re: For the stove, I promised Mrs Squirrel . . .
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Thu, 21 Jun 2007 21:32:36 -0700
  ...The imaginary inserts that folk keep suggesting, but no one knows where to get. Been hearing about them for years. Unicorns and leprechauns are...
• Re: For the stove, I promised Mrs Squirrel . . .
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 21 Jun 2007 21:40:51 -0700
  ...I do know that the VW logo inserts glow dull red so there is plenty of heat there.
• Re: FS: Headrest Cushion Inserts - Rare European Option
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
  Thu, 8 Oct 2009 07:34:06 -0700
  I always assumed the hollow headrest design was so you could use them as a handle. Handy for navigating the interior, especially for moms...
• Re: Mounting quickfists to cabinets?
  Historical mailing list - Pete Sicilia
  Tue, 26 Jul 2022 07:26:41 -0700
  ...the inside surface. > > https://mcmaster.com/tee-nuts/secure-grip-tee-nut-inserts-for-softwood/ > > Here's the #10: > > https://www.mcmaster.com/90244A319/ >
• Re: FS: Headrest Cushion Inserts - Rare European Option
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 7 Oct 2009 19:42:19 -0400
  > Pardon me, but that looks fugly! Would like > something like a net insert, though. Maybe my snapshot doesn't do them justice; I'm...
• Porche Fuche Alloys
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Apr 1995 09:38:38 GMT0BST
  Can anyone tell me if you can polish the whole of the fuche rim?? I've just bought some (5!!!) and the inserts are...
• WTB Sliding Door and Panel for 86 Syncro (Any '86 Really)
  Historical mailing list - Leif
  Fri, 13 Mar 1998 17:39:03 -0000
  Looking for a Charcoal Grey Sliding Door and Also The Blue (grey cloth inserts) Door Panel. If you are Parting out a van I...
• New Arrivals. Wind Deflectors, Paulchen racks, screen kits.
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Mon, 1 Mar 1999 18:51:23 EST
  ...Eurovan stuff: *Wind deflectors - tinted (in stock - limited quantities) *Front window inserts - louvered powder coated aluminum with insect screens, (in stock!) *Side window inserts...
• Re: Spillmeister burner grill thingies
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 1 Nov 2009 11:07:34 -0800
  ...Stove grill inserts Interesting that you had a problem with Franks gizmo's. I installed a set five or six years ago and have...
• parts needeed
  Historical mailing list - Keith Pike
  Sat, 19 Jul 2003 22:05:43 -0230
  ...of the stock drivers side mudflap. #2 The plastic, square headed inserts that hold the screws that mount the rear side marker lights. #3...
• Re: Window Chrome Inserts
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 19 Jun 2000 13:29:07 EDT
  In a message dated 6/19/00 1:16:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time, k1cajun@pipeline.com writes: << topic came up not too long...
• Re: FS: Headrest Cushion Inserts - Rare European Option
  Historical mailing list - Roland
  Wed, 7 Oct 2009 15:25:40 -0700
  ...But the enclosed solid headrest, or the pad inserts may be a matter of taste. I have enclosed ones that came from the previous...
• Re: Parts
  Historical mailing list - T3 Technique
  Thu, 20 Jun 2019 06:55:07 -0700
  ...The previous LBJs had aluminum inserts in them for the ball to ride against. Their newest source uses plastic inserts which will wear/pound...
• Re: Pedal foolery
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Certa
  Wed, 7 Sep 2016 11:31:48 -0400
  ...Didn't take much to open the existing holes enough to install > 10-24 inserts.
• Re: GoWesty coolant repair kit vs SS pipes
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sat, 16 May 2009 12:25:36 -0400
  This topic came up a few months ago -- my concern with this approach is that if you drill and rivet the inserts into the...
• 88 2wd Manual Front Shift Rod
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:23:58 -0400
  ...Also he mentions that the forks on this rod have a couple of plastic inserts which he also cannot find. Anyone have this FS...
• Coolant pipe kit and distributor kit from GoWesty
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:48:14 -0400
  GoWesty make a kit of brass inserts and clamps to prevent/cure the problem of the steel inserts coming out of the ends of...
• Re: Pedal foolery
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 6 Sep 2016 20:41:04 +0000
  ...Didn't take much to open the existing holes enough to install > 10-24 inserts.
• Re: Window Chrome Inserts
  Historical mailing list - Dave L
  Mon, 19 Jun 2000 13:16:13 -0400
  JordanVw@aol.com wrote: > you'd spend $100 for that?? just pull them out and fuggedabout it! > looks better w/o trim anyway, and...
• Rain shields
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Sat, 7 Feb 2009 19:02:14 -0800
  My Westy came with rain shields. (not sure what they're called, but they're plastic inserts you fit into the driver and passenger...
• Nasty window rubber fake chrome trim inserts (phew!!:<)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 15 May 1997 02:57:13 -0400 (EDT)
  ...so anyway, now that I've reduced what was left of my faded out window trim inserts to a pile of cracked up little...
• Wind/Rain Deflectors, gray water tanks,
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Thu, 23 Mar 2000 23:49:39 EST
  ...Gray Water tanks are back in stock Vanagon "do it yourself" camper books back in stock Vanagon cab louvered window inserts are also in...
• Re: stove insert
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Fri, 5 Apr 2019 12:33:01 -0300
  ...When is someone going to make some more of the VW inserts for the Westy stove so one can use a small pot without...
• Re: OT Friday , hard turning on the lathe with ceramic inserts
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 16 Oct 2020 18:39:28 -0700
  ...The hardening about 1.6 mm deep. >> >> My best carbide inserts would cut , but not nicely. So we got some sandvik ceramic inserts. Triangular...
• Re: Rad Hose Dumb Question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 22 Nov 2003 17:14:31 -0500
  ...Rad Hose Dumb Question I've read about the metal inserts in the ends of the plastic tubes, but have never been there to...
• Anyone repaired plastic coolant tubes??
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Fri, 27 Oct 2006 11:03:32 -0700
  ...They still have the ends intact,mostly.He says the metal inserts are needed.Are they? I removed one form a junkyard vanagon a...
• Re: FS: Headrest Cushion Inserts - Rare European Option
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 7 Oct 2009 22:02:29 -0400
  The Bus Depot wrote: > on a Vanagon the holes in the headrests do not provide outside visibility. Something you may not have considered ... My...
• Re: Anyone ever tried this on their vanagon??????????????
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Fri, 17 Aug 2001 08:36:06 -1000
  >Those and other versions of magnets are being marketed to people to use as bed mattresses, shoe inserts, therapeutic devices etc etc etc.< I...
• Re: Movement in front seats
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 11 Dec 2004 23:02:47 EST
  ...could fix it the right way and put the seat track inserts in... :<) i'm all for Rube Goldberg , Stan, but the factory fix...
• Re: Help looking for Dometic Fridge Parts
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 18 May 1999 22:13:06 -0400
  ...Maybe the dog ate them? > >Any help on aquiring these door inserts/retainers >would be greatly appreciated and you will toasted to >next time...
• Seat track thingies
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Thu, 2 Dec 1999 11:09:15 -0800
  My captain's chairs are wiggling around quite a bit in their tracks; where can I find those replacement plastic inserts? The local dealer...
• Re: Chin spoiler attachment
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 3 Dec 2006 12:21:09 EST
  ...The threaded inserts > that are press-fitted into the sheet metal spun loose as I tightened the > screws. This makes it impossible to completely...
• Re: Pedal foolery
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 6 Sep 2016 14:20:30 -0700
  ...Didn't take much to open the existing holes enough to install 10-24 inserts.=
• Spark plug insert for 1600 air-cooled
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Mon, 11 Sep 1995 14:36:00 -0700 (PDT)
  I pulled out number 4 plug on my '71 bus, and found one of those #$@&!! spark plug inserts on it. Meaning, the insert was...
• Re: 2-week wait on a diesel water hose?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Tue, 16 Sep 2003 07:52:39 -0700
  ...fittings that attach the hoses to the head? And the brass inserts in the ends of the long plastic coolant pipes, and the H2O...
• Re: FS: Headrest Cushion Inserts - Rare European Option
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 7 Oct 2009 17:48:41 -0600
  ...middle of your front seat > headrests? They were intended for cushioned inserts that were a rare > factory > option in Germany but not offered in...
• gowesty coolant hose repair kit instructions?
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Sun, 28 Jan 2007 22:15:28 -0800
  Hi, quite a while ago I bought half a gowesty plastic coolant hose-brass-inserts repair kit on ebay, actually i think from a...
• Re: Pedal foolery
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 6 Sep 2016 15:04:12 -0600
  ...Didn't take much to open the existing holes enough to install >> 10-24 inserts.
• Re: There once was a dog...
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:26:12 -0700
  ...wrote: > >> I need to know if anyone has a line on the gray factory velore >> fabric used for the inserts on the "seat" part...
• Coolant pipe *REPAIR* kit, was: Coolant pipe kit and distributor kit from GoWesty
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:13:30 -0400
  At 12:48 AM 3/22/2009, David Beierl wrote: >GoWesty make a kit of brass inserts and clamps to prevent/cure the >problem...
• Re: FS: Headrest Cushion Inserts - Rare European Option
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 7 Oct 2009 18:34:52 -0700
  See what I mean? Sandwichhead Michael likes the netted headrests. Personally, I prefer my fishnet I'm the water or on my girlfriend. ;-) BenT...
• Re: Heli-Coil tap and drill size needed as soon as poss
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Tue, 26 Jun 2001 22:52:22 -0700
  ...BTW & FWIW, the really hot set up for helical inserts in soft metals/plastics is to use a 'roll tap' instead of a standard...
• Re: Found on ePay... Ronal R9's
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 15 Jun 2006 08:45:55 -0700
  ...I did both of those mods for my van; drilled out the inserts to take the 14mm bolts in the front and removed the...
• Re: Rare Japanese Volkswagen Bus Toaster (Friday)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 20 Sep 2013 12:08:03 -0500
  ...I have stove trivet inserts that double as toaster grids, work fine, and they toast the VW logo into the bread also. mcneely ---- Angus...
• Re: jumpseat cylinder housings
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee
  Sat, 8 Mar 2003 20:57:34 -0700
  ...reply ---------- Here is a picture of the floor with the metal inserts. Also pictures of the 5th seat in a westfalia. I don't...
• stuck oil plug
  Historical mailing list - mike riley
  Mon, 24 Oct 2016 13:00:03 +0000
  ...pep boys has a thread repair kit for ~10 dollars that has the tap and bit and stainless steel inserts to repair the threads...
• Re: side sliding window latches...
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Fri, 31 Jul 1998 18:55:16 -0600
  I have what I presume are these 'nylon slider inserts', matte silver plastic-y things, maybe one and one-half foot long, S-shaped...
• pics of strange Black interior (Re: Is a black interior common??)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 15 Aug 2002 10:23:59 EDT
  ...with the black vinyl w/ grey velour inserts. and ive seen ALOT of interior combos. also the maroon beltline stripe is wierd.. methinks its...
• Plastic Pipes
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 23 Apr 2002 15:02:24 -0400
  Are the new plastic coolant pipes the same design as the original with the steel inserts at each end? I was under the impression...
• fuel expansion tank
  Historical mailing list - Andy Zappe
  Thu, 4 Apr 2002 22:01:39 EST
  ...one of the nipples on the expansion tank that inserts into the hose is cracked where it meets the body of the tank. what...
• Re: Chrome molding
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Sep 2006 11:10:07 EDT
  ...but i removed all the fake plastic yellowed out chrome inserts from all the windows front side and rear, on my van years ago...
• Re: GoWesty coolant repair kit vs SS pipes
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Mon, 18 May 2009 17:38:54 -0600
  ...The inserts in my coolant pipes had almost slipped out entirely. I used a hair dryer to heat the plastic thoroughly and then using...
• Re: Pedal foolery
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Tue, 6 Sep 2016 18:31:54 -0300
  ...Didn't take much to open the existing holes enough to install 10-24 inserts.
• Parts Place, Melissa, and legal stuff
  Historical mailing list - David Ricketts
  Fri, 28 Jul 2000 08:52:43 -0400
  ...Here I am now with two struts whose inserts are still good, but everything else about them is falling a part - strut bearings, mounts...
• AC fitting source
  Historical mailing list - Gregg Carlen
  Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:21:48 -0400
  ...He has or can get everything except the fitting on low pressure side that inserts into the back of the compressor. The guy at...
• Re: FS 1990 Volkswagen Vanagon - Hannover Edition
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 22 Apr 2003 16:52:27 -0400
  ...notice the lack of A/C and the rear taillight filler inserts.. it was a > german market van.. wonder how it got thru customs...
• Re: In vehicle head gasket fix!!!!
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sat, 1 Mar 2003 17:58:39 EST
  ...Why would you do such a numbnuts repair when spark plug thread repair inserts are just about available in all night drugstores? Now, everybody...
• Re: Anyone repaired plastic coolant tubes??
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Sat, 28 Oct 2006 07:27:19 -0600
  ...The hardest part was getting one of my protruding inserts back into the plastic pipe. I used a hair dryer (a heat gun would...