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• Gas filler neck replacement and other post-bump advice please
  Historical mailing list - al sinclair
  Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:16:58 -0700
  ...Because of body damage the fuel filler neck (Bentley page 20.11, Fuels Supply (great, great book!)) has moved outward from the filler pipe...
• Which filler neck seal do I need???
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 26 Mar 2003 18:24:09 -0800
  ...Anyway, I crawled under the two vehicles and the filler necks on both look to be right around 60mm, so I think 251 201...
• Re: Same tank for turbo diesel?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sat, 19 Jul 2003 16:37:17 -0400
  ...The filler neck is different. I'm not sure about the tank. Even if they are different, though, adapting a gas tank to diesel...
• Car fax please?
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:11:52 -0800
  wv2zb0256hg002267 A syncro in my neck of the woods for a change... Uncle Joel, you still around and have an active carfax account? Troy
• Radiator hose confusion and heater hose disorientation
  Historical mailing list - Radish150
  Tue, 27 Feb 2001 09:32:58 -0800
  ...The way my van was set up, the top hose went to the lower of the two necks on the engine, and of course...
• Vanagondalism
  Historical mailing list - RP
  Wed, 26 Jan 2005 09:45:10 -0800
  ...Someone has cut (nice clean cut) my fuel filler neck hose. So I know I need to replace my gas cap and fuel filler...
• Re: New Fuel Tank - need help with retrofit?
  Historical mailing list - George Laubach
  Wed, 18 Sep 2013 21:20:48 -0500
  Wait! My filler neck is plastic. Does that mean that it is a 50mm neck? Seems to be closer to 50mm 1/3 down...
• Gas Tank Conversion - step 1
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Wed, 12 Apr 1995 22:39:08 -0700 (PDT)
  ...So I cut the end of the filler neck on the early tank and the one off the new tank, and MIG welded the...
• Re: LVC Any adhesive gurus out there?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:32:08 +1000
  OOPS - SIKAFLEX! (Not Silasec.) I think it is a Urethane. Also use it to seal fuel filler necks etc. Sorry, Dave
• Fuel leaks/smell
  Historical mailing list - Ezra Hall
  Mon, 6 Mar 2000 16:59:59 -500
  ...I see the filler neck leaks towards the opening, so that needs replacement or repair. However, even after driving for a couple of hours...
• Re: '82 1.6L Diesel Oil Filler Neck?
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Sat, 30 Aug 2014 19:38:08 -0500
  ...wack.com> wrote: > >> Hi Folks, >> >> I'm seeking an oil filler neck for an '82 1.6L diesel engine. I was >> rear-ended and...
• Re: For the Vanagon Newbies - Oil Filler Neck Secret
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:49:03 -0500
  ...is an aggravating challenge - trying to pour > > oil into the filler neck at a near horizontal angle. You are guaranteed > > to spill some oil...
• Re: I'm back and loving it...but smell gas in the front...
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 30 Jul 2013 17:24:11 -0700
  ...Maybe only a partial tank reseal job was done 5 years ago? Like the filler neck grommet and small pipe grommet weren't replaced...
• Re: Fuel Tank Weirdness
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:04:52 -0800
  ...At the bottom of the fillier neck, mine has (about) a 3/4" ball in a cage that's part of the filler neck...
• 87 Vanagon Headlight
  Historical mailing list - Bernie Campoli
  Wed, 29 Mar 1995 09:48:37 -0800
  Greetings from the red neck riviera,Panama City ,FL. has anyone addressed the misting or haze that developes inside vanagon headlights and how to...
• Re: gas spillage
  Historical mailing list - Debbie Walters
  Thu, 14 Jun 2001 07:42:28 -0400
  ...the tank & filler neck > obviously does creat some difficulty. > But unless the US-bound 2WD vans had a different filler neck,which > I guess...
• Re: Non-Family Hauler / rear lap belts are much more safe than no belt - long but read
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 15 Jun 2004 12:02:57 -0400
  ...It rubs across your neck and chin, no matter how big you are. In any collision this might stop your head and neck,,,,,..... or...
• Re: Vanagondalism
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 26 Jan 2005 11:04:00 -0800
  There is a replacement filler neck in metal- but you have to go to the early gas tank with the big hole. Air-cooleds...
• Re: Friday: Best Stupid ... knobs
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 24 Nov 2007 12:06:24 -0800
  Yup, with a two-person passenger seat and a skinny air cooled steering wheel to fit the necker knob you'd be stylin' ! On...
• Re: Gas Tank Alignment Questions. PIC
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:00:17 -0800
  ...This coincides with what you're saying re: > the two filler necks are entirely different at the gas cap end ....as in > 'not related...
• Re: For the Vanagon Newbies - Oil Filler Neck Secret
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:27:18 -0800
  ...For the Vanagon Newbies - Oil Filler Neck Secret > "Mark A Kippert" <vanagon@KIPPERT.COM> said: > >> Anybody remember how long it's been since oil...
• Re: vanagon list spamming......is it everyone or just me?? Re: rdurham_92037
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 8 Apr 2011 11:49:01 -0700
  ...I have a wee > small delicate neck. From all the hangings, most likely. > > These spammer-watchers will say anything to get another tick on...
• Re: Flex Neck LED Lamp
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 1 Sep 2012 20:49:03 -0700
  On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 8:35 PM, JRodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote: > Found it!! Amazon has come through once again. > Got a...
• love bus w/ cragars on ebay....millville NJ..
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 12 Apr 2004 16:54:22 EDT
  hey ken, this is in your neck of the woods! http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=2473527483& category...
• Gas Fumes in '78 Bus
  Historical mailing list - Sean Roberts
  Fri, 12 Jul 1996 21:36:36 -0400 (EDT)
  ...By making visual and feeling tests I think I have narrowed it down to the filler neck. What really gets me though is that...
• Re: For the Vanagon Newbies - Oil Filler Neck Secret
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:51:03 -0600
  ...The small neck bottles worked well, but these newer wide mouth bottles are a pain.. I keep a couple of the older bottles on...
• Re: Tips and Tricks Request - Change fuel hose from tank to pump
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 12 Oct 2013 10:53:17 -0700
  ...With my older style fill neck on my '81 it's easy to siphon off gas. But I think most of the newer fill...
• Re: Rubber elbow connecting filler neck and gas tank
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 4 Jul 1996 14:26:30 -0400
  ...Steve Dolan writes: >From my experience in switching the '79 FI tank into the '73 non-FI body, >the filled neck *on the tank...
• Re: winmail.dat - no VW content
  Historical mailing list - marcus
  Tue, 21 Jul 1998 23:30:09 -0700
  Austin I was thinking in the line of a neck tie party. Not you but who ever started this crap. The cookie thing lasted...
• Re: Fuel leaks/smell
  Historical mailing list - Martin Laycock
  Tue, 7 Mar 2000 12:53:01 +0000
  ...Seals....There is a large rubber seal that goes round the filler neck and several small seals that seal the pipes that go to...
• G50 available DM3000, ~$1450US
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 27 Jan 2001 15:32:44 +1200
  ...Please reply to NeckerBauder@aol.com not me. Andrew Grebneff Dunedin, New Zealand VW & mollusc nut 1984 VW Type 25 Caravelle (currently SVX engine...
• Re: New Fuel Tank - need help with retrofit?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Wed, 18 Sep 2013 19:37:48 -0700
  ...On 9/18/2013 7:20 PM, George Laubach wrote: > Wait! My filler neck is plastic. Does that mean that it is a 50mm...
• Re: Vanagondalism
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 26 Jan 2005 13:31:58 EST
  ...cut) my fuel filler neck > hose. > So I know I need to replace my gas cap and fuel filler > neck hose, but what else...
• Cool little funnel I found
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 10 Sep 2006 23:07:56 -0500
  ...It is made to snap onto the neck of either a 1 quart or one gallon container screw-cap neck--or presumably larger, though...
• Brass tank radiators?
  Historical mailing list - Brian McClure
  Sat, 9 Mar 2002 13:09:52 EST
  Hey vendors and all- does anyone make a vanagon radiator with BRASS tanks? I want to add a filler neck in the front and...
• Re: Fuel Tank Weirdness
  Historical mailing list - Donna Skarloken
  Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:13:05 -0700
  ...At the > > bottom of > > the fillier neck, mine has (about) a 3/4" ball in a cage that's part > > of the > > filler neck...
• Re: Tips and Tricks - Oil Filler NecK Extension Extension.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 11 Sep 2005 11:40:30 -0500
  ...Up until about about a year agao - maybe a little bit more - all bottles had necks that would fit right down into the filler...
• Re: Gas Tanks
  Historical mailing list - �ric Giroux
  Wed, 13 Jun 2001 13:59:28 -0400
  ...My understanding is that any year vanagon tank will fit your 84, but I believe they made the filler neck connection to the tank...
• Items For Sale @ Everybus
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Mon, 31 Mar 2003 21:52:17 -0500
  ...seal but not lens, fits '73-'79, $15.00 each PN 211 945 231 Rubber gasket for fuel filler neck (fits between fuel filler...
• vanagon gas overflow problem from filler hole again......
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 8 Aug 2003 01:54:20 EDT
  ok..yesterday i took a lister's advice and swapped out the filler neck on my 84... thinking the vent tube was clogged or...
• Re: tranny fill etc
  Historical mailing list - David J. Bohannan
  Thu, 19 Aug 2004 16:07:56 -0500
  ...tranny fill etc I misspoke, (just back from hols!) drain plug on underside of necked down part of tranny, fill on the side. remove...
• Re: water tank drain cap change in 1987
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 Jun 2006 13:11:42 EDT
  ...screw it on your water tank drain neck. if it fits, you got the earlier style. i have tons of those caps.. chris
• Re: Friday: Best Stupid ... knobs
  Historical mailing list - David Etter
  Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:10:04 -0400
  ...medical permit for one.? David (dsl82westy) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >http://www.antiquewish-online.com/knobs/index.htm > >The "real" name for these .... Necker Knobs. > >Bob .... dating myself > >
• :-)
  Historical mailing list - Tieitup
  Fri, 9 Jan 2009 21:39:10 -0600
  ...I hate necks."
• Fw from Vanagon.com: upgrading rear seatbelts
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Mon, 17 Jul 2000 11:31:27 -0700
  ...My problem is we need shoulder straps in the rear seats AND neck support. An adult will not even have proper neck support sitting...
• Re: 86 GL - Gas Tank Problem
  Historical mailing list - Garth Woolstenhulme
  Sun, 20 Oct 1996 20:12:41 -0700
  ...Two grommets hold lines leading to your 2 expansion tanks, one grommet holds a vent line to the top of the filler neck, and...
• Re: JB weld on coolant expansion tank
  Historical mailing list - Fredrich Hesterberg
  Fri, 2 May 2003 00:35:42 -0500
  ...Unfortunately this tube got busted off the neck of the tank, now I have nothing to clamp my hose onto . My question is, would...
• Re: Vanagondalism
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 26 Jan 2005 19:17:36 +0000
  ...cut) my fuel filler neck > hose. > So I know I need to replace my gas cap and fuel filler > neck hose, but what else...
• Re: aux fuel tanks
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Wed, 9 Feb 2005 10:56:51 -0500
  ...Need a suggestion for 2WD Auxiliary fuel tank filler neck location I now have my prototype 70L auxiliary fuel tank ready for my TriStar...
• Sold my 81, but need a gas filler neck grommet........help with size needed
  Historical mailing list - Adam Puzerewski
  Wed, 19 Dec 2001 23:35:24 -0500
  ...Well, I could see that it was the fuel filler grommet (pg 39 bus depot catalog, #9)..So, I remove the filler neck and...
• Gas tank install driving me nuts!!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
  Tue, 24 Oct 2006 07:19:02 -0700
  ...However, I did not remove the gas filler neck. Seems very difficult to remove, but pulled it out enough so the old tank can...
• Re: Gas smell
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 1 Mar 2011 08:26:27 -0600
  ...My guess would be filler neck or gas cap, both of which can pass vapors if bad, without leaking liquid fuel. At least I...
• Re: FS: 1987 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - Charlie Ford
  Fri, 18 Jun 2004 13:31:09 -0400
  ...3RO > http://www.3roar.com > We bring adventure sports to your neck of the woods! > cjford@altamaha.net, gary@altamaha.net > <+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_> > Three Rivers Expeditions...
• Re: For the Vanagon Newbies - Oil Filler Neck Secret
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
  Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:37:05 -0500
  ...John Rodgers" <inua@CHARTER.NET> said: > >> The secret - the oil filler neck has an extension telescoped down >> inside >> the filler tube. Just grasp the...
• Expansion tank level; was RE: temp light blinking.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:58:36 -0700
  ...tank to the bottom of the neck (with the overflow tank full to the bottom of its neck) and the system always finds the...
• Re: fuel overflow
  Historical mailing list - Ron Pascal
  Sun, 23 Mar 1997 09:29:30 -0800
  ...However I've checked the tank neck and can't see or smell any cracks or leaks. Ron ---------- >From: Chris Braymen <Bonehead@compuserve.com...
• Re: Gas Tank Alignment Questions. PIC
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:45:15 -0800
  re So early and later MY fill pipe both use the same boot (seal) at gas cap end? the two filler necks are entirely...
• Re: Rubber hose on fuel filler neck
  Historical mailing list - Dave Yates
  Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:29:41 +1000
  ...I can't see mine easily at present, but perhaps the rubber hose (which goes around the top end of the filler neck and...
• Re: Vanagondalism
  Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
  Wed, 26 Jan 2005 21:58:50 -0500
  ...Air-cooleds and the Diesel use a metal filler neck. You can cover the filler neck . It sounds like they gave up trying to...
• Re: Phone list?
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Mon, 26 Nov 2001 13:15:54 -0700
  ...Digifant FI) Bad idea! Then we would have a gold rush to that neck of the woods where everyone would break down!