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• 'nuff said
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Wed, 29 Jan 2020 22:38:16 +0000
  A fitting tribute to the talents of our buddy Jim, when he appears out of the blue in a random Pinterest feed.   Whatever your...
• RELIABLE Air Conditioning!
  Historical mailing list - Paul van Dyck
  Sun, 17 May 2015 22:57:57 -0400
  ...I had to have a new hose built with the old fittings from a CA ac shop. I couldn't find any local shops...
• Re: Torque spec that requires calibrated fingers
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Fri, 27 May 2011 19:57:51 -0400
  ...Pipe fittings are a bit different, since they seal instead of clamp, so the feel is completely different. Most people tend to vastly overtighten...
• Re: Suburban Type Furnace Install;
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:09:49 -0400
  ...m > > Toasty as Heck !!! > > > > JC... > > PS, Also have a Quick change fitting > > on an extend a stay, > > for my 8 gallon propane tank. > > I...
• Re: 87 westy fuel overflow
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:39:48 -0400
  I had the same problem on my '91 GL; it was the "cross-vent" tube on top of the tank, the fittings are plastic...
• Van Names
  Historical mailing list - Joe & Jennifer Denison
  Mon, 4 May 1998 03:25:45 -0700
  ...So Runabout was doubly fitting. In following suit I have named our '87 camaro that refuses to run properly or die the Defiant (the...
• Re: Propane Leak
  Historical mailing list - TBill
  Wed, 3 Dec 1997 04:10:21 -0800
  ...Recommend you get a roll of teflon pipe tape for the fittings. TBill
• Head leaks fixed??
  Historical mailing list - ChuckKuecker
  Mon, 30 Mar 1998 16:34:44 -0600
  ...I still have to finish the rebuild on the steering gear - the hydraulic fittings are froze up solid and I am afraid to use...
• oil? under floor padding
  Historical mailing list - Mark Gajewski
  Wed, 5 May 1999 10:08:34 -0400
  I finally got to work on retro-fitting jump seats into my '85 GL. Upon pulling up the carpeting and insulation boards I noticed...
• Re: Q - Best cover for Westy?
  Historical mailing list - L&A Johnson
  Mon, 5 Jul 1999 20:42:53 -0400
  ...what could be more fitting than a house wrap for a Westfalia.
• Re: whatever happened to Euro-American RV?????
  Historical mailing list - Ron 'Coyote' Lussier
  Wed, 29 Mar 2000 11:12:28 -0800
  > I tried to call Pete at Euro American RV Products today, as I needed some > skylights and the outer Westy camper fittings to finish...
• Re: clutch hydraulics
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 23 Nov 2000 13:00:49 -0800
  ...Take your old line with you, you may need to re-use some of your fittings. Stuart jim&kim wrote: > > Is there a source...
• Re: Is blocking off rear heater ok?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 30 Dec 2000 20:57:07 -0500
  ...heater line (either separate or built in to the plastic tee fittings) that's about the size of a beebee. I sincerely doubt that...
• Help I've broken my armrest and I can't get it off!
  Historical mailing list - none
  Sat, 21 Jul 2001 11:58:24 -0700
  ...main bolt in there doesn't have any sort of drive fitting. The other remaining bolt is conveniently hidden from view by the arm...
• Re: propane leak?
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Tue, 15 Apr 2003 18:49:29 -0700
  Generally, with soapy water applied to the fittings and watch for bubbles. It's also possible it is the regulator as these are known...
• Re: remote/keyless entry
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:36:01 +1200
  ...guess I'll need these parts when I get around to fitting my remote lock/start kit (yes, it's a manual, and no...
• Re: Water leak from faucet
  Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
  Fri, 24 Mar 2000 00:12:51 EST
  ...The inlet is a cheap plastic fitting with a relatively heavy brass fitting screwed in behind it, connected to a stiff hose. I'm...
• Re: A/C compressors
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 Jul 1998 02:29:31 EDT
  ...I suppose caus it just has two "pads" where the connectors rest and no threaded connectors. > The replacement pump has threaded > fittings, both equally...
• Re: stainless braided brake lines
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sun, 16 May 2004 03:54:58 -0400
  ...They sell Aeroquip and Russell braided steel lines and fittings. You would have to assemble them yourself. This will get you started: http://www...
• Re: Steel Braided Fuel Lines?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 9 Jul 2007 18:09:58 +0000
  ...dylan friedman <insyncro@YAHOO.COM> > I have done it as well. > I used Earl's lines, AN fittings, changed the fuel pressure reg to...
• Re: On Board Propane used outside
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 7 Jul 2009 21:02:54 -0500
  ...quick release fitting at each appliance and on your vehicle tank > and go that route. �You could make a T-fitting with a couple...
• Re: Golf II instruments fit Vanagon cluster? White faces? Backlighting?
  Historical mailing list - '80 Westy Pokey
  Tue, 20 Mar 2001 06:12:56 -0800
  ...This > would require fitting of (say Toyota) holders into the back of the > instrument housings; cutting the holes should be easy as long as...
• Re: 2.1 exhaust fastener question
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:56:45 EDT
  ...I have been fitting Vanagon Exhaust systems like for over 10 years and NEVER use them. A stainless steel bolt with stainless steel flat...
• cheap fuel pressure gauge
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Wed, 13 May 1998 09:59:24 -0700
  ...Unscrew the gauge from the elbow fitting and fit it to the hose and clamp it. The other end of the hose clamps to...
• Re: brake bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Wed, 26 May 1999 09:15:36 -0400
  ...Drill a hole in the cap, > screw in the fitting, attach the hose. Now fill the container about half > full with fresh brakefluid. When...
• will I need to bleed-replacing 1.9 hose junction/bleeder
  Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
  Thu, 18 Sep 2014 10:15:42 -0400
  I broke off the small hose fitting on the bleeder valve/hose junction that sits on the firewall and will have to replace the...
• coolant crossover pipe
  Historical mailing list - Wes Johnson
  Fri, 10 Jan 1997 19:19:09 -0800
  I am replacing a leaking crossover coolant pipe flange--a leaking plastic (nylon?) fitting with the metal replacement. This is the 90 degree flange...
• fitting engine into vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Fri, 5 Jan 2001 21:05:43 -0500
  I'm working on an engine that came out of a quantum. I'm putting it into my '82 westy. The engine has a...
• Re: engine efficiency, I4s, subies, etc
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 4 Nov 2001 00:42:18 +1200
  ...bought in USA), and these don't break or wear out... fitting it to the van body will probably cost more, apart from the...
• Re: Hose goes where? and oil type.
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Sat, 15 Dec 2001 12:37:45 EST
  the white vacuum line goes to the rubber fitting under the idle sablizer unit (the cylindrical thing on the top center of the engine...
• Re: Front Washer Tank Removal
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 16 Oct 2002 14:36:06 EDT
  ...lift carpet and unscrew plastic fitting at top, and go underneath van and unbolt 13mm bolts . prolly the plastic neck that the washer hose...
• Re: VDO Oil Pressure Extension Adaptor
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 14 Feb 2003 08:41:57 -0500
  ...Hmm...PEP BOYS is where I looked, too, but they didn't have any M10 fittings, just 1/8NPT. Maybe I should go back...
• Re: Is the pop top really worth it? I hear they are noisey
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Thu, 4 Mar 2004 11:07:25 -0700
  ...The only drawback I can see, is a very few people have trouble fitting them in their garages. They do fit in most. Jerry...
• Re: Exhaust Pipe Question / No Question for Me
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Sat, 18 Sep 2004 13:05:05 -0600
  ...The Vanagon sounds excellent and I'm glad I didn't fall for some poorly fitting 3rd world imitation. I'd say Robert Cardo...
• Re: Syncro clutch slave Bentley wrong page 30.8 ?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:49:52 -0800
  ...You should have a copper sealing ring on both sides of the banjo bolt fitting used by the plastic line setup. Mark Paul Guzyk...
• Re: I guess if I'm putting on a tencentlife oil cooler . . .
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 8 Apr 2011 15:49:33 -0700
  ...a little pipe set up that has a fitting to scew into the block between the pusrod tubes where the stock oil press switch...
• Re: replacing lock cylinders + ignition switch
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Thu, 24 Apr 2003 18:57:25 +0200
  ...And I am not talking just fitting in... It will open the lock with a bit of jiggling. My key opened a 1984 Fire...
• Re: Wondering about coolant physics
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 1 Jan 2016 16:56:05 -0500
  ...In series > with the compression tube fitting, I added a miniature ball valve for a > shutoff function and then ran 1/8" nylon tubing...
• Bottom-filling water tank
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:57:34 -0700
  ...a 1-3/8'' PVC fitting -- needs a bunch of PTFE tape but it fits tightly enough to not drip -- a 3/4'' NPT...
• Sliding door pops while driving
  Historical mailing list - Geneva Saint-Amour
  Thu, 3 Jul 2014 07:51:54 -0600
  ...Which end needs adjusting and which parts can we address to stop this? (PS- the front doors are also fitting differently since we put...
• Propane tank--attaching the "splitter" to the tank
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Thu, 5 Jun 2014 20:36:44 -0500
  ...My understanding is that on the flared fittings you do not use any compound (correct me if this is wrong). But this isn't...
• Propane tank--flexible line?
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Thu, 5 Jun 2014 20:27:22 -0500
  ...I went and got an elbow and some other fittings from the hardware store. I'm having some doubts about getting this all to...
• Re: Does this look like a fuel leak?
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:46:00 -0600
  ...I check my hoses for seeps, leaks, loose clamps, fittings and wear once a month and any time I have the engine hatch open...
• Re: '72 steering box
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 14 Apr 1996 22:30:16 -0400
  ...When you do replace this, make sure that you're not missing the grease fitting that lubricates it, and make sure that whoever's...
• fuel overflow
  Historical mailing list - Don Parce
  Wed, 19 Mar 97 12:19:51 -0500
  ...This is really a problem because I'm on the road cross country and the fuel overflow tank or fittings leak like a sieve...
• Re: Extra capacity fuel tank
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 21 Apr 1999 16:35:41 +0200
  ...Actually, the beloved list is where I picked up information about fitting a Syncro tank in the rear end of the 2WD models. Try...
• grease needle
  Historical mailing list - Jess Lopatynski
  Sat, 20 Mar 1999 20:48:10 -0500
  Volks, I bought , not long ago, at our local FLAPS chain, Chief Auto Parts, a grease needle with a Zerk fitting. Goes right on...
• Diesel exhaust system on 84 1.9 l
  Historical mailing list - John M. Moore
  Fri, 4 Aug 2000 13:56:29 EDT
  ...When I finally attempted to install the muffler, it did not even come close to fitting. It turns out that my (and at least...
• Re: New Canvas Adventure
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 3 Jan 2002 10:50:46 -0500
  ...our restoration, we thought the canvas > was the coolest and best fitting. Just a reminder that there is one supplier of the poptop canvas...
• Re: Anyone ever fit a motorcycle in a vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee
  Thu, 20 Mar 2003 21:03:50 -0700
  ...to the van and it would not be even close to fitting inside a westfalia. Gary http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gary2a/rack/vanagonrack...
• Re: Piranha LED taillights
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 21 Sep 2004 08:06:03 -0600
  On 9/21/04 1:25 AM, "Andrew Grebneff" <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ> wrote: > Has anyone tried fitting Piranha LED taillights to...
• Propane Fillup?
  Historical mailing list - Woody
  Fri, 29 Jul 2005 09:47:33 -0700
  ...dealer offering propane? To read the GoWesty info, I should order a brand new tank with all the fittings, sooner rather than later... Woody
• Re: bug mailing list
  Historical mailing list - John
  Tue, 16 May 2006 10:08:06 -0400
  ...Probably need to install some fittings. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim Brennan" <kimbrennan@MAC.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Monday, May 15...
• Re: mail no mail
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:18:07 -0500
  ...SAM > > --------------------------------- > Luggage? GPS? Comic books? > Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search. > > > Sam, Doesn't woprk that way. Do this. Send the...
• Re: Westfalia Propane Regulator
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Sat, 14 Aug 1999 06:14:22 -0400
  ...They come in two flavors; with or without a brass fitting (forgot the name) on the end. Otherwise they are identical (fitting screws off...
• Re: refrigerator update
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 30 Jun 2017 11:25:05 -0700
  ...The tape can stop the nut from turning far enough which in turn can prevent the face of the fitting from properly seating to...
• Re: Sick sick sick of diesel Vanagon cooling problems
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:50:01 -0800
  ...Otherwise the hoses available these days don't stand a chance of fitting. I can see that that is a change that was made...
• Re: WTB: EVAP charcoal canister
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 23 Aug 2014 12:32:21 -0700
  ...similar fitting ...but I've never seen one > used...just capped off. > most 2.1 air boxes don't have that fitting .. > the 2...
• Re: U Joint Advice
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 14 Apr 1999 21:41:40 -0700
  ...No problem's they had >the same part and they could do it in one afternoon, both Joints with greese >fittings and they will...
• Re: Air conditioner--hard lines?
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Mon, 21 Jun 2004 16:32:16 -0700
  ...Both Copper and Aluminum lines exist on other cars in various forms (Mini's have copper brake lines) and there are short aluminum fitting...