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• Re: CPTCHRS, TRANNY, BLOCK, EXHAUST,, MISC. FS.
  Historical mailing list - Mitch A.Miller
  Thu, 21 Jan 1999 18:21:11 -0800
  ...clock and working speedo w/149k > -wheels no caps > -complete like new exhaust > -lights > -light cups > -rear light clusters > -front and rear blower motors...
• Re: What's in your tape deck?
  Historical mailing list - George Jannini
  Sat, 5 Jan 2002 12:28:06 -0500
  ...Jeff Beck and the Big Town Playboys, a tribute to Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps Talking Heads: Remain In Light I happen to...
• Wanted: Westy Stove Part
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 13 Jun 2002 06:44:24 EDT
  I'm looking for two (2) stove burner caps from the propane stove in a Vanagon Westy. These are no longer available from VW...
• Re: Fuel Pump Substitute Wanted
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Polson
  Sat, 27 Jul 2002 12:47:54 +0100
  ...the fact >I'm going to Central America next. > >Alternators, Distributor Caps and Rotors are ones >which are interchangeable for some models. > >Thanks in...
• 16" steel wheels?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Berkemer
  Sun, 16 Feb 2003 19:36:32 -0600
  ...with very nice steel wheels painted silver with neat little hub caps. I didn't think to get down and check the tire size...
• Re: KYB Jelly
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 12 May 2003 14:01:54 -0400
  Can the top shock bushings and caps be bought separately from VW? or do they only come with the new shocks? Not sure I...
• Re: Are these rims any good for a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 12 Sep 2004 13:11:15 -0600
  ...Complete with center caps and new stems, only one rim has some curb rash but a nice set of wheels." Did you read that...
• Re: clock
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 30 Oct 2007 22:03:28 -0400
  Those two 100 uf caps are usually the problem with analog clocks but the original poster stated that he has an '87 van so...
• Re: hesitation/bucking (was: Re: tested Oxygen Sensor, and...)
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sat, 17 May 2008 13:27:46 -0400
  ...it's a 22uf 15 volt tantalum capacitor > (caps rated for higher voltages work, too) ... and yes, either the capacitor > or the VW harness...
• Re: Calif 2008 emissions fuel tank pressure testing? /NO Emissions Question
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 3 Mar 2008 14:51:15 -0800
  On 3/3/2008 2:28 PM VW Doka wrote: > They're testing the gas caps and the evap system. Yeahbut -- the testimony seems...
• Radio noise from engine ?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 27 Jan 2002 06:49:02 EST
  ...Where to look to remedy this problem ? Spark plug wires ? Spark plug caps ? Ground cable somewhere ? This sound was never there until just recently...
• Re: White-wall Tires for modern vans?
  Historical mailing list - Jason Kirk
  Fri, 21 May 2004 21:31:12 -0700
  ...Anyone? i only wish the vanagon chrome caps fit the SA 15" wheels....what a classic look thad be. ===== Phil 84' Westy...Tiico'ed...
• 1987 Vanagon Wolfsburg silver, auto NY
  Historical mailing list - dylan
  Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:06:30 -0700
  ...Alloys with center caps Seam rust on drivers door seam. Came from original owners. Nice enough to put an engine in and use again...
• Re: Anyone make the bold caps for the arm rests.
  Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
  Tue, 24 Aug 2021 23:18:49 -0500
  ...Anyone make the bold caps for the arm rests. More fun!! Buy a Costco lasagne; cook, enjoy (I'm having one tonight). Save the...
• 81 A/C alternator
  Historical mailing list - joe Hunt
  Wed, 23 Feb 2000 08:41:11 EST
  ...I then discovered that a large amount of gas had built up in the battery and had blown the caps right off the battery...
• NVC Small battery question
  Historical mailing list - pat
  Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:13:07 -0500
  ...I popped the caps and the electrolyte was very low in all the cells. The plates looked pretty clean so I bought some battery...
• Re: An unfortunately thing about the subject line at GerryVanagon -
  Historical mailing list - handy ighland
  Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:57:26 -0700
  ...which I just ignore......... > Put my name or something in ALL CAPS or > SOMETHING..................otherwise your personal email ( unless I > recognize your name ) t...
• Re: 15" or 16" Wheels?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 17 Apr 2017 12:28:46 -0400
  ...If my tires were not so new and if I didn’t love my old bay window style hub caps I’d go 16...
• Re: locking gas cap
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Thu, 16 Sep 2010 11:40:36 -0400
  ...However currently available (OEM >> German) replacement 2WD gas caps come with a small key as on your '91. >> Maybe >> VW changed it late in...
• Re: propane tank draining help
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Sun, 3 Feb 2002 15:11:16 -0800
  ...It's full. > Now, my thought is to fully empty it, put caps on the ends of the outlets, and > put it in a...
• Re: Tips and Tricks - Oil Filler NecK Extension Extension.
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 10 Sep 2005 20:04:24 -0700
  ...am by the change of the size of the oil >bottle caps a little while back, Then you, like I, would like to spit...
• Re: Under-Sink Battery Installation
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 9 Aug 2011 10:39:23 -0700
  ...Loren Busch wrote: > > The SRM-29 doesn't have any filler caps or a drain nipple, so I'm not > sure what the risk...
• Jumpseat measurments
  Historical mailing list - Scott Harrison
  Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:38:52 -0400
  ...avoiding/starting any controversy, I will not disclose whether I plan to bolt posts through the floor or attach caps directly to the plywood! ;)
• Re: Looking for 14" steel rims
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 31 Mar 2015 16:22:58 -0700
  ...And I have 3 black ones with old tires (4 chrome caps included) to match > > BenT's "bunch" here on the same coast. Free...
• stove grill rattles
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 18 Jul 2012 08:15:12 -0700
  ...The fix was putting little plastic end caps (found at hardware store) on the ends of the grill rods that sit on top of...
• Re: Help! Coolant Leak!!
  Historical mailing list - Christopher M. Smith
  Wed, 26 Nov 1997 06:21:24 -0800
  ...Before I invested in a new sensor or caps or seals for same, I had the unit checked under pressure. Sure enough, it's...
• Re: FOR SALE: Vanagon alternator, five alloys, tow hitch, 90 Syncro Westy
  Historical mailing list - Rick Berman
  Thu, 21 Sep 2000 10:41:44 -0600
  ...following for sale- > >alternator $50 > >Carat style alloys $100 each (no caps, a few lugs) > >Flat bar tow hitch, with new stainless bolts, nuts...
• Re: Tips and Tricks - Oil Filler NecK Extension Extension.
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sun, 11 Sep 2005 09:05:34 -0700
  ...am by the change of the size of the oil > >>bottle caps a little while back, Then you, like I, would like to spit...
• Re: Friday - my favorite electronics teacher has new video
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 8 Mar 2013 15:56:40 -0500
  ...Back at Analogic, in the Bad Old Days before they started embossing the tops of electrolytic caps so they'd peel open instead of...
• Re: Dual Filler for 2WD Vanagons w/ auxiliary tanks
  Historical mailing list - Mudd \"Not Jack\" Sparrow
  Thu, 19 Feb 2015 17:33:55 -0800
  ...The downsides are they are stainless steel (instead your existing black plastic) and uses a Syncro fuel caps. > > Please respond via PM, if interested...
• 1.9l kittens, er, fuses to a good home
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 23 May 2014 06:29:36 -0400
  Hello Volks, I just discovered a few of the glass-with-metal-end-caps type of GBC fuses lying in the bottom of a...
• Re: Ordering Parts Online
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:29:04 -0700
  ...It arrived in an unsealed plastic bag, no Bosch box, no end caps on the pump. (Is it new?) When I called about it...
• Re: Faulty wiper "parking"
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 28 Jan 1997 06:26:01 PST
  ...You will have to pop off the black plastic caps to expose the end of the shafts. This symptom is also known as the...
• Re: Vanagon got smacked :-(
  Historical mailing list - John Franklin
  Wed, 15 Oct 1997 10:00:29 +0000
  ...The end caps are $10-25 depending where you buy them. I think Bus Depot's are $9.95, dealer's are about $25...
• Vanagon Syndrome
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Thu, 6 Jan 2000 08:39:45 -0500
  ...I've forwarded one posting by Malcolm Holser about "Tantalum caps, idle stabilizer, etc." that I think is particularly relevant. You said: <<I was...
• WTB: Extra alloy wheels listed in this posting
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Mon, 3 Jun 2002 13:40:03 EDT
  ...They do not have center caps but have VW casting marks on the wheels. TIA, BenT
• 4sale vanagon alloys
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Wed, 8 Sep 2004 09:19:05 -0400
  ...NO center caps, no lugs (they're holding on my audi 15s) I will have digital pictures tonight available to anyone who E-mails...
• Friday NVC: Bad writing: carbs & bosoms
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 28 Jul 2005 16:51:46 -0700
  ...of the intake manifold, aching for experienced hands, the small knurled caps of the oil dampeners begging to be inspected and adjusted as described...
• Re: Calculations or formulae for LPG tank
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 4 Feb 2003 10:39:01 -0800
  ...Using that approach assumes that the <DIV></DIV>end caps were accurately formed into spherical sections to begin with and it <DIV></DIV>ignores...
• Re: Rear Heater Block-off: Does it hurt or do any damage?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 21 Mar 2014 17:50:52 -0500
  ...Then I drilled a 1/16th > inch hole in the caps for some flow. That's the way the valve works, it > doesn't...
• Re: Cost of Heater Core
  Historical mailing list - Robert Crawford
  Fri, 25 Oct 1996 20:49:57 -0700
  ...A real radiatior shop will be able to order a standard core and cut off and use the end caps off your core that...
• Norcold Altitude Kit
  Historical mailing list - Gary Clendening
  Fri, 26 Sep 1997 07:30:14 -0400
  ...Never in a hurry, Gary Gary and Belle from Hallowell, ME garyc@saturn.caps.maine.edu '72 Westy (gone to iron oxide) '97 EVC...
• Re: Foglights on my Webpage
  Historical mailing list - Backus, Brian G
  Wed, 18 Mar 1998 11:37:14 -0800
  ...he "thought he could make it".) So I need bumper, end caps, both grills, some body work, paint, and while I'm at it...
• for sale: vanagon front table , other westy and vanagon stuff
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 5 Nov 2000 19:11:19 EST
  ...vanagon bumper end caps, $5 ea (for metal bumpers) FS: westy 2 person grey middle seat. w/ seatbelts,floor tracks, etc easy to install...
• Jesus rugs
  Historical mailing list - Radish150
  Wed, 31 Jan 2001 14:08:20 -0800
  ...Distastefully yours, mark... > Added to my 84' westy: > > 1.White wall tires (Need new ones soon) > 2.Chrome VW Hub caps over red rims...
• FS: set of Carat alloys w/ lugnuts & tires in SF $395
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 25 Jan 2002 22:59:11 EST
  ...All come with center caps. TIres are so-so. He also has a complete blue interior, power mirrors, tach (cluster), powersteering system, auto trans...
• Re: My list of the worst-ever car names (for cars sold in the U.S.):
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 12 Mar 2004 20:41:27 -0700
  ...When I found that they had a model called "MasterAce" > (notice proper use of caps) I about flipped. Obviously nobody did their > brand and...
• Re: Spot The Mouse
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 1 Mar 2013 21:46:52 -0800
  Yes. Caps. This should do: http://blog.modernmechanix.com/mags/PopularScience/5-1945/giant_capacitor.jpg Might reduce fuel mileage. But if mounted on...
• Re: Honing and cylinder painting
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 8 Mar 2011 15:57:54 -0600
  ...Hah! >> And I thought it had to do with those rubber caps that go on Similac >> bottles - or possibly those whirley things Cassandra Peterson...
• Re: westy speaker replacement
  Historical mailing list - Mike Meuser
  Sun, 4 Jun 2006 14:48:00 -0700
  ...I checked the manual and it describes a process of removing the A/C venting -- around 20 screws under plastic caps, then lowering the...
• Gas cap ideas
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 29 Jun 2007 09:40:36 -0700
  ...The wire tie keeps the cap and key attached to the van at all times..No more "left on the pump" gas caps. Be...
• Re: ALTERNATIVE SPARK PLUG WIRES
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:22:58 -0600
  ...This includes the coil wire and four threaded >caps for the spark plugs. They are correct length with good fitment. I am >very pleased...
• Re: '84 Hub cap problem
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 8 Jul 2010 09:40:55 -0400
  > I have an '84 Westy and have those metal chrome VW hub caps, > the type that you smack on the four raised areas on...
• Re: Rippin up Carpet and Cleaning headlights
  Historical mailing list - James V
  Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:51:03 -0700
  ...Remove the little plastic screw caps. I can't remember if the heater panel needs to come off. The carpet comes out as a...
• Re: Tantalum capacitors to stop blinking temp LED
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:07:42 -0700
  ...Aluminum caps > survive poorly when run hotter than their rating (50% lifetime reduction > per 10F is what I recently read), and I don't...
• Re: aluminum beauty rings
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Fri, 26 Aug 94 10:11:59 PDT
  ...Still use the hub caps, though. An added bonus is that the paint doesn't fall off! Well, maybe a little bit... Here is...
• FS:1984 parts Vanagon update
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Mar 1996 21:36:11 -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: Alloy Wheels for sale
  Historical mailing list - Erik O
  Fri, 18 Jul 1997 08:32:20 -0400
  ...The price is $650 plus shipping for a set of four > which includes the small hub caps in the center and the special lugs...
• Re: Hung in the middle - Bumper drawings
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Thu, 23 May 2002 22:09:00 -0400
  ...construction, the pipe ends have freeze plugs welded on them for caps. >Try to remember this term "Obscene Profit" I may use it again...
• Re: Correct hub caps
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Wed, 1 Jun 2005 07:50:50 -0700
  On 5/31/2005 10:39 PM JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote: >In a message dated 5/31/05 7:06:32 PM Eastern Daylight...