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• Re: '88 Exhaust help
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:32:50 -0700
  ...And a sawzall is sure > handy. > > Anyway, the new pipes and gaskets are great, but I can't seem to get the > dual-pipes...
• Re: Solder cracked steel coolant pipe?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:16:13 -0600
  ...Apparently this pipe/tube is completely exposed and you have access to it currently, which would make application of the tape easy. Do some...
• Hoses
  Historical mailing list - Luke Bakken
  Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:41:22 -0700
  ...Be sure to check the plastic coolant pipe ends and replace all your heater and radiator hose as well. If you have the original...
• Water Leak on 2.1 - Advise needed
  Historical mailing list - Jimmy Sanby
  Tue, 17 Nov 1998 15:53:30 +0200
  ...There is a water distributor/adaptor/thing near the starter that has two pipes going into it from the back of the car about...
• Re: source for syncro exhuast parts
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Tue, 15 Jun 1999 23:14:34 -0400
  ...source for syncro exhuast parts > Hi All, > > One of my header pipes has rusted through where the pipe is welded to > the head that...
• buy a FORD?
  Historical mailing list - greg rich
  Wed, 11 Oct 2000 21:29:53 MDT
  ...If you look at the VW and the Dansk pipes side by side, the bends are exactly the same. If you try to install...
• Re: diesel gas conversion - which header?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Mon, 6 May 2002 12:28:48 -0400
  ...It has the flange tipped on an angle toward the front of the van and then you would have to have a connecting pipe...
• Re: copper coolant hoses?
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 28 Apr 1999 08:50:51 -0400
  Mike, You know I hate to be a doomsdayer, but I seem to recall some discussion last year about: "copper pipes shouldn't be...
• Re: Look at my crack!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 17 Oct 2008 07:07:48 EDT
  ...AND, before you get all worked up about that cracked exhaust pipe. It is not from STEBRO, they never did make the pipes. The...
• Re: couple of q's
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 23 Dec 1996 17:26:21 PST
  Jarret; Same pipe broke on my transporter about six month after I got a "bargain muffler" installed. It seems this new muffler did not...
• Re: Muffler prices
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 31 Mar 1998 22:44:36 -0800
  I bought my Syncro exhaust (pipes only) off of them in August. The pipes were made in Denmark and I have to admit they...
• Re: [Marvel Mystery Oil Muffler Warning...]
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Tue, 24 Jul 2001 17:00:17 -0700
  I think it cleaned the gunk out of my very slightly leaking oil filler pipe and made it leak a little more. The pipe...
• Re: high-dollar pipes
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 2 May 2005 15:14:58 -0600
  ...Also they arent made in large batches and more and the material those pipes are made from isnt cheap either. 1.28 to the...
• Was: Helpful item to keep in van, Now Hose clamps
  Historical mailing list - kW
  Tue, 30 Mar 1999 22:03:17 -0800
  ...came loose along with the brackets holding the muffler to the Crossover Pipe. I used two hose clamps around the muffler and crossover pipe...
• Re: Logo
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Fri, 11 Feb 2000 16:50:31 -0800
  ...Set the mixture real rich and put a spark plug in the tail pipe. More effect if you run the exhaust pipe as a...
• Re: need crossover pipe
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Mon, 22 Jul 2002 23:00:09 -0600
  ...Need crossover pipe for air-cooled Vanagon exhaust. Good ole money grabbin Texas $39.00 for cars up to 30 years old. They have...
• Re: SOS: Waterpump Questions: Help!
  Historical mailing list - Stanley, Kerry
  Mon, 24 May 1999 11:28:02 -0400
  ...Even with the pipe bolts removed, the pipe will not move sufficiently to get the pump off. There is a 2" or so hose...
• Re: 87 Westy overheating after coolant change
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 21 Dec 2014 21:27:20 -0500
  ...The metal insert working out of the pipe is due to the pipe being cracked at the bulge for the hose and clamp to...
• Re: Coolant pipe pics. Opinions needed!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:52:53 -0800
  ...Coolant pipe pics. Opinions needed! Hi all. If anyone has time, I'd appreciated an opinion on these coolant pipes I pulled from my...
• Re: Coolant pipe pics. Opinions needed!
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:49:07 -0800
  ...Coolant pipe pics. Opinions needed! > > Hi all. > If anyone has time, I'd appreciated an opinion on these coolant pipes I > pulled from my...
• 1.9 muffler orientation
  Historical mailing list - Ed Duntz
  Tue, 2 Jun 2009 17:41:54 -0400
  ...I think that the cat end has wider bolt holes, and the tail pipe has smaller, threaded holes. Is this right? Thanks, Ed in...
• Re: HELP!!! Changing coolant pipes under a diesel westy...
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 31 Oct 2000 05:49:38 EST
  In a message dated 10/31/2000 12:00:08 AM Eastern Standard Time, LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: > HELP!!! Changing coolant pipes under...
• Re: collant pipes (was gas tank and straps)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 8 Mar 2011 08:04:43 -0800
  ...Thermal expansion of length might be enough to be a > problem, also, given the length of the pipes. > > mcneely
• coolant pipe/listserv woes
  Historical mailing list - James Ruch
  Thu, 30 Nov 2000 18:44:31 -0500
  ...jpeterruch@hotmail.com In the meantime, I'm not able to get at any list-posted responses to my coolant pipe part number question...
• Re: VDO Oil Pressure Extension Adaptor
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 12 Feb 2003 20:17:11 -0500
  ...Beware of sender hose extensions that have standard pipe > threads. The sender and engine block have metric threads. They are very > close but not...
• Re: piston pin #1 removal question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 10 Jan 2004 16:45:44 -0500
  ...Then a piece of pipe (resting against the piston) that the pin will fit into ... onto which you put another washer and nut. Tighten...
• loud engine noise/water in the tail pipe
  Historical mailing list - Chad Lyles
  Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:15:12 -0700
  ...as it was slowing BANG clunk! not out of the tail pipe though... still running but sounds horrible ... i checked the oil ... looks good...
• Coolant pipe pics. Opinions needed!
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:16:42 -0800
  ...If anyone has time, I'd appreciated an opinion on these coolant pipes I pulled from my 1985 Vanagon to use in my 1981...
• Re: Replacement of coolant
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Fri, 8 Apr 2016 08:28:57 -0400
  I usually replace the pipes with stainless ones if the ends are breaking up. However I recently had a van where the ends weren...
• Attn Westy owners -- poptop warning.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 25 Sep 2004 02:07:44 -0400
  ...With a good deal of effort I cut the pipe, supported the joint and worked the stub of pipe out. Fairly shocking, it was...
• Re: S.O.S. from N.M.!
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 21 Apr 1998 07:49:18 -0100
  ...You can get a complete CAT-less Empi exhaust system for $89, but if you need the real thing (crossover pipe, cat, muffler, etc...
• Re: Where is *your* O2 Sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Madsen
  Sat, 18 May 2002 11:40:47 -0400
  ...This happened on my 87GL - I had a hole in the bent pipe just before the CAT and the sensor was sending wrong signals...
• westy propane pressure regulator
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:30:43 -0700
  ...coolant pipe replacement > Hi All, > > I am replacing all my coolant hoses (bought the hose kit) and need some > advice. > 1. the steel pipes...
• Re: Exhaust Pipe Question / No Question for Me
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sat, 18 Sep 2004 12:07:06 -0500
  ...I figured it out like this; The factory original equipment pipes lasted 14 years. I replaced them all last year. They will be good...
• Re: Chinese Diesel Heater for Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Richard Smith
  Tue, 14 Apr 2020 04:22:08 +0000
  ...I was surprised how easy it is to see and undo the top nuts from the copper pipes. The nuts on those pipes are...
• Re: Need to replace Muffler and Tailpipe on '91 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 16 Oct 2004 06:36:59 EDT
  ...I also have available the J-pipe and header pipes in stainless steel if needed. Changing the muffler is a pretty straight forward job...
• Re: Poptop Raise Assists
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 3 Feb 2007 12:58:26 -0800
  ...Raise it a > > ways, > > insert the first pipe, take a break, raise it the next step, insert > > the > > second pipe...pipe is placed between...
• Wheel Bearings
  Historical mailing list - sstones
  Mon, 31 Oct 1994 12:27:15 -0500 (EST)
  ...Is this unreasonable? Also, The belly coolant pipes rusted through a couple of months ago and I had the dealership deal with it, I...
• Re: Tapping oil drain plug
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Fri, 22 Aug 2003 08:34:15 -0700
  ...You will need a pipe plug. Since it is a pipe plug, it tightens the farther you screw it in. It is virtually impossible...
• Re: Remove rear axle nut no e brake?
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Sun, 8 May 2016 13:32:04 -0400
  ...A 200 lb man can gently exert 800 lb ft of torque by standing on the pipe and much more if he bounces a...
• Re: stripped oil drain plug
  Historical mailing list - J Roth
  Sun, 29 Jan 2006 08:42:12 -0600
  ...Katz wrote: >as per an archive suggestion, another fix is to drill and tap for a 3/8 >pipe plug. a 3/8 pipe...
• Re: Accessing the B or C pillar to run a water pipe
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:56:44 -0700
  ...water pipe through one of the pillars then between the skin of my AW > > top for > > a shower with no visible pipes. Is this...
• Exhaust leaks and failed tests
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 12 Jun 2018 16:18:29 -0500
  ...With the exhaust pipe pressurized, and using a spray bottle filled with a dish detergent mix, start at the manifolds and spray every connection...
• syncro westfalia fs
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 1 May 1997 23:48:03 -0400 (EDT)
  ...avitakis@pipeline.com >Subject: syncro westfalia fs >Cc:vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu >Bcc: vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu >X-Attachments: > >1987 syncro westfalia...
• 1979 Vanagon Manual
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Tue, 13 Oct 1998 17:19:28 -0400
  ...http://www.pipeline.com/~tforhan/swrange.htm http://4wd.sofcom.com/VW/snow.html http://www.pipeline.com/~tforhan/swmassn.htm http://4wd.sofcom...
• Re: stainless steel exhaust availability
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 12 Jan 1999 05:50:52 -0500
  ...They told me that I would have the prototype pipes in December. Well, that did not happen. I will try to contact them over...
• Outrageous Parts Price
  Historical mailing list - Melvin Mudgett-Price
  Mon, 29 Jan 2001 13:47:09 -0500
  The two pipes that go to and return from the front heater on my Vanagon have rusted through. I have just been quoted $561...
• Tiico Oil Cooler / Aftermarket oil pressure gauges
  Historical mailing list - Phil S.
  Thu, 25 Jul 2002 12:49:47 -0700
  ...the sender on one brand has 1/8" tapered pipe threads that almost fit into 10mm.....BUT the oilcooler requires a sensor/sendor WITH...
• Re: Help! Problems on the road! Smoke! or something that smells like it, anyhow...
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 22 Mar 2004 17:03:22 -0500
  ...The last 15 miles or so > my > van started to get a nasty smell that reminds me of pipe smoke, acrid > pipe > smoke. >
• Re: Water pump refit question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:48:29 -0400
  You either use the pipe or the plug. The pipe is for the oil cooler coolant return line. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing...
• Burping gas tank filler problem solved!!
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 26 Jun 2001 16:54:53 -0500
  ...However, I accidentally shook loose the breather pipe under the gas filler(I was going to pull it anyway to look for foreign objects...
• 1.9L engine parts
  Historical mailing list - Connor McBryde
  Wed, 10 Mar 2004 15:46:03 -0500
  ...Includes waterpump hoses, crossover pipe hoses as well. All new engine belts, spares never installed. All new metric rubber fuel hoses on engine; injectors...
• Re: Got motor mounts to take care of on my '88
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 23 Jul 2015 18:18:52 -0400
  Check the rear exhaust pipe near cylinder number 4. The Dansk pipes are not bent quit right and they tend to hit the rear...
• Re: Exhaust struts
  Historical mailing list - gerry rafferty
  Thu, 13 May 1999 17:15:30 -0700
  ...from bracket on collector pipe to #4 cylinder exhaust > pipe (straight) and from bracket to rear mounting point for left-side > tin. Can't...
• Re: exhaust leak
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Mon, 11 Oct 1999 10:36:34 -0400
  If you dont want to replace the pipe now a good temp fix is to double up on the gaskets at the warped flange...
• Re: Coolant hose leak between long pipe & bottom of T Stack
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:50:28 -0700
  ...It goes about 8 inches or so and then connects to one of >> the >> long metal pipes going forward to the >> radiator. >> >> Steven >> >> On...
• Re: Exhaust Bushing Inner Weave Premature Failure
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Sun, 9 Feb 2014 19:32:17 -0800
  ...and for sure ..a 3 bolt flange at the end of the header/down pipe ... then cat, then flange again, then tail pipe, with...
• Re: Strange water temp happenings
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 19 Sep 1998 10:32:18 -0700
  ...Also check the various hoses and > pipes coming from and enroute to the water pump these, especially the large > diameter steel pipe on the...
• Re: Exhaust system question (89 vanagon gl)
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 5 Feb 2001 09:16:57 -0500
  ...First, I was > told, at the parts shop that I usually go to, that I can get the > muffler, tail pipe and the cat...
• Re: Exhaust brackets and muffler strap
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 15 May 2006 16:16:31 -0400
  ...I scrounged around and got all but the one that angles upward from the J pipe to the side of the exhaust pipe at...