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• Re: Security warning device
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Tue, 17 Jan 2006 08:52:44 EST
  ...I think, the receiver is a small unit, maybe fitting on your key ring. Any of you know this thing? Zoltan . I was told...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 9 Aug 2008 - Special issue (#2008-848)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 10 Aug 2008 06:39:07 EDT
  ...what i prefer to do is get a double barbed brass fitting for joining too hoses, and bypass that whole thing, and with a...
• Re: fridge....saga continues
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:14:24 -0800
  ...Anyway, I also had a hose and fitting made up by a local propane outfit that allows me to connect a 1 LB cylinder...
• Re: Fridge Burner box
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 27 Aug 2012 09:23:03 -0500
  ...It's all int the fittings and adapters which are all available at propane supply places. By "the green tanks," do you mean ones...
• More Propane Hose Mods
  Historical mailing list - Benjita
  Mon, 6 Apr 1998 12:52:18 EDT
  ...What I would like to do along with this is mount some sort of a T fitting in the propane line that would allow...
• Re: Power steering lines R & R
  Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
  Sun, 5 Sep 1999 21:02:33 -0700
  ...A local hose & fitting shop used my original threaded fittings to a new hose. Two bonus's here, a whole lot cheaper than new...
• Re: Fuel Line Reducer
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Fri, 20 Jul 2001 12:47:35 -0700
  ...hours today trying to find the 12mm to 8mm plastic reducer > > >fitting used prior to fuel pump on , at least, 81 Vanagons. I believe...
• Re: trouble fitting new Gowesty LP tank
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 4 Jul 2012 17:53:18 -0700
  ...trouble fitting new Gowesty LP tank Just purchased a new GOWESTY propane tank but am having trouble mounting it onto the studs. The old...
• Re: air conditioning
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:31:26 -0400
  ...This is why I say use a barbed fitting.I think that the barbed fitting is all that is abvaliable, anyway. The early vanagons...
• About that coolant drain tee
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 30 May 2012 10:12:35 -0700
  ...metal drain tee that will fit the heater hose? It appears to take a 5/8'' fitting. -- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott Bend, Ore.
• Re: Was: Re: Swage Bit ... Pop Top Cable. Now: more info
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 4 Aug 2010 18:12:27 -0400
  ...Nicopress fittings are readily available for the last forty years or more; I doubt they'll suddenly disappear. The bushing eliminates any need for...
• Re: Clicking Noise
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Sun, 8 Sep 1996 13:04:57 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Went round the back and confirmed that it was > mechanical in nautre and not a loose fitting in the exhaust. It seems to be...
• Rear diff lock
  Historical mailing list - Stewart Signol
  Thu, 17 Jun 1999 13:45:55 +0100
  ...something Stewart ps one conversion that ive seen over here is fitting a 1.9tdi with a conventional pump, The pumps were specially built...
• Re: Do-it-yourself conversion of air conditioning to 134a questio n
  Historical mailing list - Mark Rissman
  Sat, 25 Mar 2000 21:57:43 -0800
  ...Put new fitting on. Put R134a in. Put oil in. Put more R134a in. Done. I changed nothing. This is the "least cost solution...
• Re: Lowering kit.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
  Mon, 24 Dec 2001 15:29:35 EST
  The previous owner of my 86GL and various generations of vanagon/bus/combi/ had the same problem with the vans not fitting in his...
• instructions Re: Will Scirocco steering wheel fit on Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Mon, 19 May 2003 05:19:56 EDT
  Vee, I actually have a webpage set-up for the proper fitting of A1 & early A2 steering wheels onto a Vanagon courtesy of Yoshi...
• Tapping oil drain plug
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Fri, 22 Aug 2003 14:46:18 -0600
  This is a standard factory fitting on my Triumph TR4A. It works and is cheap and easy to replace. On Friday, August 22, 2003...
• Re: Hella E-Codes vs. Vision Plus?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 9 Dec 2008 16:25:21 -0700
  ...Actually these lights (7" round) were standard generic-fitment; until the earlyish 80s almost all cars had either this fitting, or in limited numbers...
• Re: can you put 17 inch wheels on a 84 vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 7 Oct 2008 13:00:00 -0600
  ...I'm fitting 18x7.5s to my 84... I just hope that these relatively narrow tires will cope with 250+hp. On Mon, Sep...
• Re: Was: Exhausted, but quite...finally! Now Dremel!
  Historical mailing list - Eric Giroux
  Wed, 20 Jun 2001 08:59:37 -0400
  ...More time lost... >> >>Starting about 2:30, I proceeded to cut the bolts holding the Y-fitting to >>the headers, the J-pipe to...
• VW's Hydraulic Shop Press
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 8 Feb 1995 10:51:16 -0500
  ...I went to the auction of a VW dealer the other day and bought a 25 ton press with all the little fittings but...
• Re: Driving with no Power Steering
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Thu, 5 Jul 2007 13:51:35 -0500
  ...since this is a special hose with > banjo fittings on one end and and swedged fittings one the other. In > other words - a somewhat...
• Re: Power steering leak near reservoir
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Sat, 18 Jan 2014 22:53:02 +0000
  When I tried removing that hose from the reservoir on my '85 the plastic fitting snapped right it was so brittle. That was 2...
• Re: Oil/gas leak from passenger cv joint
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:05:26 -0700
  ...Zach, I thought about your situation some more...most likely, the fuel leak is coming from the plastic bulkhead fitting on the "firewall", that...
• Re: Vanagon AC set up 2 condensers?
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Fri, 22 May 2009 09:18:16 -0700
  ...You'll also have the hoses and fittings which, again, depending on where you buy, and how many new hoses you install, can run...
• Re: Purpose of the ports on this AC hose?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 24 Jul 2012 17:47:10 -0400
  ...And if converted must have fitting to match refrigerant used. A low pressure switch to make sure there is some refrigerant in the system...
• Re: fuel line components
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 3 May 2008 23:41:09 -0700
  ...There are through bulkhead fittings for > the lines...Mocal search..Pegasus Racing..those are a few that sell those AN > connectors, fittings, etc. Also...
• Re: Propane tank
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 1 Apr 2015 16:35:58 -0400
  ...The Acme fittings talked about are named somewhat confusingly. They are called Acme because their connections use a thread of the type called Acme...
• rear heater core failure
  Historical mailing list - ron johnson
  Sat, 26 Apr 2014 06:26:48 -0700
  ...Thinking to do enough to get home, I bought a union fitting and bypassed the rear heater; topped up system with coolant. In just...
• WAS Change fuel hose from tank to pump NOW stopping smaller lines
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 12 Oct 2013 08:43:06 -0500
  ...A better way of stopping brake fluid leaking from brake and clutch fittings has been on my mind lately, having encountered a bunch of...
• Re: 1.9l vs. 2.1l throttle body?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 12 Dec 2010 10:50:21 -0500
  ...The 2.1 has a larger throttle plate and does not have the fitting for the distributor vacuum retard. The earlier 1.9 also...
• Re: CV Boots, accel & clutch cables
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 08 Jan 95 00:41:56 CST
  ...grease gun to pump grease (of some sort) into the Zert fitting on the end of the gizmo. says it includes an adapter for...
• Re: Speedo Cable Fitting
  Historical mailing list - Clark Langstraat
  Fri, 14 Jul 1995 12:36:09 -0400 (EDT)
  On Fri, 14 Jul 1995, Sergio Derada wrote: > I see references to the idiot's guide alot. Is this a real manual or > just...
• doghouse shroud vent pipe
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 May 1996 08:35:38 -0700
  ...VWs and in that application a pipe would go from this fitting to a charcoal cannister. Thanks to Thomas Johnson, William R. Kennedy, Scott...
• Handling Improvements:Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Chet Douglas
  Sun, 13 Apr 1997 20:46:08 -0700
  ...mid-late 80's Audi and have a chance of them fitting!!!! Chet -- Chet Douglas - CRD Consulting - Peripheral FW,SW,and Drivers (541) 754...
• Re: Extra gas tank
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 31 Mar 2000 10:34:28 +1200
  ...or cut a clearance notch into it? How about making and fitting flat outrigger tanks to fit between the chassis rails under the floor...
• Disc upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 18 Apr 2000 18:01:01 +1200
  ...If fitting bigger discs, the caliper carriers would need altering also; if the discs have a wider swept area larger calipers and pads would...
• Re: 2000 Jetta rims on a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Tue, 20 Jun 2000 11:46:34 -0600
  ...Does anyone know if the 15" will fit on an 87 > Wolfsburg? I have heard people talking about the new Passat rims fitting, > but...
• Thanks for all the advice re: my VDO oil temp sender!
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Mon, 16 Sep 2002 12:50:54 -0700
  Thanks to all for the replies regarding the VDO oil temp sender not fitting my 2.1L Drain Hole. BusBoys sells a sender that...
• Re: heater valve
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Tue, 1 Aug 2006 11:29:16 -0600
  ...As > for the metal ball valve, that's pretty easy, if you decide you > want that. > two 5/8" hose barb fittings screwed into...
• Some kind of shelf?
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Thu, 31 May 2007 12:08:38 -0700
  ...Some fitting that clamps to struts, I reckon? -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical...
• Tire wear question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 1 Oct 2007 09:44:10 -0500
  ...Everything on that side looks good (as compared to my 82, which had zerk fittings and torn rubber and lots of obvious slop) so...
• Fuel Line Trick! 87 Van 2.1 A/t
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Clayman
  Tue, 1 Jan 2008 20:55:15 -0500
  ...It is sensible to eliminate the plastic wall fitting and just run high pressure line hose through the firewall. The grommets that positing the...
• Re: refilling disposable propane cylinders
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sun, 5 Nov 2000 16:11:59 -0600
  ...refilling disposable propane cylinders > Hi volks, > > A friend sent me a brass fitting that is double ended. One end screws into > a 10 gallon...
• Re: Bleeding the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Thu, 8 Jun 2000 18:41:01 EDT
  ...this change to pipe threads from the = >fatherland fitting will enable anyone to cobble up a manifold of some >= >sort to add or remove...
• Re: Of spare tires and broken wires...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 26 Jun 2000 00:37:01 -0400
  ...If it's *not* sealed with silicone it's an entry point for dirt into the bearing. > But there's a fitting with three...
• Re: fitting engine into vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sat, 6 Jan 2001 16:24:21 -0800
  ...05, 2001 6:06 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: fitting engine into vanagon I'm working on an engine that came out...
• Re: redtek web site
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 17 Jun 2003 19:19:38 -0400
  ...name that *is* approved must have a corresponding unique set of fittings (specified by EPA) put on the system so that the next guy...
• Re: NVC -- Need easy-out or similar tool for 10-32 stainless steel bolts
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 11 Dec 2016 21:45:34 -0800
  ...John On Sun, Dec 11, 2016 at 11:30 PM, Alistair Bell wrote: > Jeeze John, I threw out a bunch of HPLC fittings some...
• Re: AC 134a refrigerant leak down
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Tue, 7 May 2013 14:49:45 -0700
  Someone on this list (Dennis?) has mentioned that a likely source of leaks is a crack in one of the condensor fittings up at...
• Re: Now freeze plugs, Was Oops - I let the engine freeze
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Fri, 4 Feb 2011 20:14:40 -0600
  ...Now freeze plugs, Was Oops - I let the engine freeze I thought the term freeze plugs came from the chilling if a tightly fitting...
• Fwd: This B.C. company wants to electrify your Porsche, your mini van and your school bus | Globalnews.ca
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Sat, 30 Apr 2022 09:47:56 -0700
  ...I think retro-fitting existing gas powered motors with electric alternatives will become a business all to itself...give it 5 to 10 years...
• Re: Subie powered Westy FS
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:39:41 -0800
  ...You can merge > like a real car! > A fully Westy is just not fitting in with our current life... The van > is in southern...
• Re: Auto shifter cable: Ideas on making it longer?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 11 Mar 2011 13:52:40 -0800
  ...If they don't have the housing fittings, they may > be able to re-use ones from an existing cable. > > http://www.motionpro.com...
• Re: Van-Cafe fuel-line firewall adapter
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 29 Oct 2010 09:22:06 -0700
  ...That is the metal fitting Loren. And my point had to do with running one piece of hose from the fuel pump to the...
• Re: UPDATE #1: Vanagon auxiliary fuel tank build
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:09:41 +1300
  ...OK, I wasn't followint the thread, though, given the vehicles'poor range due to the small tank, I'd been thinking of fitting...
• Re: New Tires
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 1 Jun 2009 21:48:28 -0700
  On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 8:14 PM, Jeff Michal <jeffmichal@yahoo.com> wrote: > I am considering fitting the Michelin Agilis 205/65R15...
• Re: Alloy Wheels
  Historical mailing list - William Warburton
  Mon, 8 Aug 94 13:39:32 GMT
  ...circle just like the VW 4-bolt To r.a.vw, so I guess I was wrong about the VR6 wheels fitting. Sorry, W. +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+
• Needles for greasing CV joints
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Thu, 20 Apr 95 9:12:41 PDT
  ...It has a zerk fitting attached to one end and is slash cut on the other to make it sharp. If anyone has a...
• Industrial Motors/air compressors
  Historical mailing list - Joseph F. Fournier II
  Mon, 3 Jun 1996 13:40:21 -0500 (CDT)
  ...tact as an air compressor? Is it possible to screw a fitting into one of the spark plug holes and inflate a tire (without...