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• Fuel tank remove / replace
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:12:10 -0700
  A local shop installed a new tank for me recently (old one was RUSTY) and it looks like a fitting is cracked where the...
• Re: Fix - Gutter trim stripping off
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:21:09 -0700
  ...No glue needed. > > Until it snags in a car wash or something & peels up, then the press > fitting won't work unless you goop...
• SALVAGE YARD SPARE TIRE CARRIER
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Thu, 15 May 2008 10:37:14 -0700
  ...off another model vehicle (SUV) at a pick and pay and fitting it to their vanagon?  I would love to have a Gary...
• Re: OK, who's got the good simple method...
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 8 May 2012 08:34:21 -0700
  ...You wrote, "When filling up the system, you can open the top big hose on the fitting by sliding a screw driver under it...
• Re: leaking gas when filling
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Wed, 20 Mar 2002 09:04:57 -0700
  ...I think I might have turned them so I could squeeze back in for access. - The fittings do not have hose clamps on them...
• Re: brake bleeding
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Wed, 26 May 1999 07:25:21 -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...
• Re: Weeping auto tranny
  Historical mailing list - retro van
  Sat, 30 Sep 2006 09:51:34 -0700
  ...It is an aluminum > compression fitting on the steel tube, with a steel nut, into a steel > fitting brazed to the trans pan. If...
• Re: NVC -- Need easy-out or similar tool for 10-32 stainless steel bolts
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Mon, 12 Dec 2016 23:50:11 -0500
  ...You screw the ferrule >>> nut -- ferule combination into a specially machine fitting and >>> tighten it down to make a tight seal. >>> This passed summer...
• Re: Long brake line blew
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Wed, 24 Aug 2011 22:13:42 -0400
  ...for you no. (Wise Guy) Using the > correct flare tooling and fittings yes the line can be spliced. Single > flares are not acceptable for...
• Re: Speedbleeders? Who needs Em'
  Historical mailing list - wayout
  Thu, 17 May 2001 22:45:43 -0700
  ...The fitting of the hose to the hole in the bottle >passes air but the hose is held under some resistance and level of...
• Re: 87 syncro westy maiden voyage and bad news
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 21 Apr 2004 09:14:20 -0700
  ...BTDT Use a 13 mm open ended box wrench on the inside (back of the front fitting, and front of the rear fitting). If...
• Re: fitting 205/70R14 on 14 X 5.5 wheels?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 16 Sep 2017 13:52:10 +0000
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• Re: funny note
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Fri, 12 Feb 2016 17:00:32 -0800
  ...of pants; a guy really needs a good pair of pants." I > drove off while it was still safe. > > ed- 91DoKa, fitting just right >
• Re: Dumb differential question
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 1 Dec 2009 09:09:40 -0800
  ...But I > like the 5 > speed so how about fitting a locker from a Syncro to the 5sp? > Possible? > If I found a syncro...
• 2L aircooled '80 -what rpm?
  Historical mailing list - Ben Gabel
  2 May 1996 16:24:54 +0100
  ...What is the most economical RPM range for this engine? I'm fitting a tacho & want to get the best fuel consumption. Any advice...
• Re: Piston Ring Size for the 2.1
  Historical mailing list - William Dummitt
  Thu, 14 May 1998 11:40:32 -0400
  ...I too bought a set of rings from the Bus Depot (the German ones) and I found the same fitting problem. It turned out...
• Re: An item no water cooled Vanagon should be without!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 4 May 1999 10:20:17 -0700
  ...I have tried to find fittings that would work in the radiator, and have not found anything yet. To duplicate this device would require...
• Re: Rear diff lock
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Thu, 17 Jun 1999 08:53:20 -0700
  ...something Stewart ps one conversion that > ive seen over here is fitting a 1.9tdi with a > conventional pump, The pumps were specially built...
• 86 2.1 oil cooler onto a 83 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Rob Rubin
  Mon, 12 Jul 1999 16:54:02 EDT
  ...to get coolant to the thing? and are there any known fittings that "tee" that I could splice into an existing line to feed...
• Re: Q - Best cover for Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 6 Jul 1999 08:40:01 -0300
  ...what could be more > fitting than a house wrap for a Westfalia.
• Fuel Pressure Tester
  Historical mailing list - Paul Kirsch
  Sun, 19 Dec 1999 20:31:49 EST
  ...a fuel pressure tester that will make up to the >small fitting on the Vanagon fuel tee? At any reasonable hardware department, find a...
• Re: [DIESEL] Turbo drainage to pan (Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sat, 28 Jul 2001 10:51:09 -0700
  ...oil pan? Since you are running > it on an '82 1.6L NA, does the return oil line fitting have a plug in it?
• EXPANSION TANK OVERFLOW FITTING
  Historical mailing list - Lee Whetstone
  Thu, 20 Mar 2003 08:15:01 -0600
  I have an 831/2 water cooled , the nipple on the expansion tank broke off . My expansion tank is the type with the standard...
• Re: rats... my alternator is junk.
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Sat, 22 Feb 2003 13:09:07 -0800
  ...Thanks much! Steve At 12:35 PM 2/22/2003, you wrote: >The Turbobricks (Volvo) website has a how-to on fitting an external...
• Re: back heat removal.
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Mon, 12 Apr 2004 10:45:29 EDT
  ...Time, appin@DISTRIBUTEL.NET writes: << I then used a copper L fitting and attached the intake and exit lines together. I have never had...
• Re: AC Service Prior to Pressure
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 13 May 2005 12:54:30 -0400
  ...50 feet of barrier hoses , using your old fittings will cost about $350.Commparison of the two molicules is that the R_12 molecul...
• Re: 16" wheel in front spare location?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Wed, 27 Jun 2012 11:32:44 -0600
  ...The section width is wider but not enough to make fitting that into the spare area a problem. It's when you get above...
• Re: propane tank anatomy
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Tue, 14 Feb 2006 17:38:39 -0500
  ...I went to the marshall brass site but only came up with a valve that had a p o l fitting on the supply...
• Re: SA Quad Grill Kit
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 27 Dec 2005 20:25:22 +1300
  ...They are NOT driving lights, though driving lights with the correct fittings could of course be used. -- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin New Zealand Fossil preparator...
• A question that I couldn't find in the FAQ, or the archives...
  Historical mailing list - Kyle Davis
  Mon, 1 Oct 2007 19:29:37 -0700
  ...Kyle ____________________________________________________________________________________ Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p...
• Re: Procedure on my 85 Westy tank reseal
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sun, 18 Apr 2010 13:19:11 -0700
  ...I didn't disconnect these from the > tank itself, but from the next fitting up the line. This is one little > section I didn...
• Re: how to perform a leak down???
  Historical mailing list - Will Wood
  Wed, 11 Dec 1996 08:40:34 -0700
  ...with a fitting at each end one screws into > the spark plug hole and the other has a male air fitting that i could...
• Re: Swage Bit + Bolt for Pop Top Cable. Strong enough?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 4 Aug 2010 10:37:49 -0700
  ...Stick the cable in the hole, heat the fitting with a torch (don't > burn up your van) then flood the joint with solder...
• Re: Vacuum Leak
  Historical mailing list
  11 Dec 96 14:56:39 PST
  ...Does anybody know any > tricks for sealing vacuum leaks at the fittings. I can't get teflon tape > or pipe sealant to work. The...
• Re: Brake Bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Neil
  Wed, 25 Aug 2021 12:36:22 -0700
  ...I made a motive bleeder out of a garden sprayer and a spare brake reservoir > cap with a barbed fitting epoxied into it. It...
• Re: looking to buy good power steering hose from reservoir to pump, p/n 251 422 887
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:29:50 -0500
  ...from > the fluid reservoir to the pump and has a banjo fitting on it, p/n 251 > 422 > 887 E which they would like...
• <syncro> 16'' fender extensions
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Niksch
  Thu, 21 Aug 1997 16:00:41 UT
  Hi Tom, hi volks, just read the discussion about the fitting of the PUR extensions. Don't know if WINKLER sells original VW or...
• Re: Exhaust Systems
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Dooley
  Sun, 1 Mar 1998 22:09:19 -0500
  Techtonics Tuning (503 843 2700) has the best fitting exhausts at the best price of anyone I know. They also carry stainless systems. Definitly...
• Re: 5th seat
  Historical mailing list - Kevin, Michelle, & Ivy
  Mon, 10 Jan 2000 07:43:19 -0900
  ...All fittings and attachments. Perfect condition. If anyone is interested e-mail me separately. Carl Smith
• Re: '80 Westfalia: have to replace master brake cyl and brake shoes in back
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Tue, 16 Jul 2002 23:32:46 -0600
  ...Others here say its pretty easy, but I couldn't see a way to contort my hands to get at all the fittings and...
• Re: What's the biggest 15" the front spare carrier can hold?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 7 Feb 2004 15:54:58 -0700
  ...The total tire diameter was just under 28", which is the limit for fitting between the frame rails up there. Bob Stevens http://groups...
• Re: Compatibility of Louvered Windows Between Bay Windows & Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 3 May 2004 05:46:51 -0400
  ...ikeandstan@comcast.net > > Many Thanks, > Bruce Back in May of '02, Chris Turner (jordanvw@aol.com) posted that he had instructions for fitting the...
• Re: Freeze 12 pressures?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 21 Mar 2005 11:49:46 -0500
  ...Where it is legal you must first have converted the system to R-134a fittings and oil (per US Federal laws). On Mar 21...
• Re: Westy middle seat mounting question(s)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 29 Mar 2005 13:24:26 EST
  ...KNOLOGY.NET writes: > Can anybody provide insight into the procedure for fitting this setup > to my westy? Is asking if you have to pull...
• Re: Air Lumbar supports for vanagon seat ?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Fri, 27 Jan 2006 16:41:12 -0700
  ...got with the van > seats > Any suggestions for a good form fitting air in flateable lumbat support > that fits nice with vanagon seats ?? > > like...
• Double Faced Listee
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:14:41 -0700
  ...David ____________________________________________________________________________________ Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p...
• Re: New fuel line disintegrates
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sat, 1 Nov 2008 12:37:15 -0700
  ...GMAIL.COM> writes: > > > I would verify that a clamp, a tee fitting or a chafe-through isn't > > the culprit before damning the line...
• Re: How to fix a leaking banjo fitting
  Historical mailing list - Ed
  Wed, 3 Oct 2012 08:36:26 -0400
  ...at the washer where the hollow bolt passes through >>> the banjo fitting on the pressure side. I made sure the bolt IS NOT >>> loose...
• Free parts: Garage cleaning wrapup.
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Tue, 20 Jul 1999 19:20:28 -0400
  ...Various Diesel engine parts and fittings, mounts, oil pumps (New and used, vanagon and golf/jetta style), motor mounts, coolant fittings, hoses, waterpumps, alternator...
• Re: Dieing on hill still
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Tue, 21 Mar 2000 01:51:57 -0800
  ...it securely attached via some 7mm fuel hose to the test fitting below the pressure regulator. This is just in front of the ignition...
• Re: Oil/gas leak from passenger cv joint
  Historical mailing list - Zach Hale
  Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:31:51 -0500
  ...Basically, the fuel hose hose attaches to this fitting from both sides; the fitting was put there at the factory to AID MANAUFACTURE of...
• Re: Need New Propane Shut-off Valve
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 22 Sep 2020 13:05:35 -0400
  Hi, No expert but with the help of Stuart on this list I purchased new fittings and the local RV shop installed them. Got...
• Re: Fw: Re: Re; Solar power your VW
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 1 Nov 2000 11:08:34 -0500
  ...The vent itself is somewhere btw six and ten inches in diameter, and screws into the deck fitting. As to the weight, it may...
• Re: propane tubing fittings
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 19 Oct 2002 23:49:45 -0500
  ...I use it at work on stainless and copper/brass tubing > fittings... > > seems to work much better than tape (but does take a while...
• Re: EMT (electrical conduit) for transitions in Vanagon cooling system? (engine conversion)
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:25:56 -0500
  ...Made the ridge by soldering on a ring of the next larger size pipe or slice of fitting. Spent hours in the plumbing aisles...
• Re: Propex and getting gas tight fittings
  Historical mailing list - Bill Glenn
  Sun, 7 Jun 2009 16:05:34 -0400
  On Sun, 7 Jun 2009 02:34:25 -0400, Bill Glenn <idahobill@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >3. Install the flare nut. Use long flare nuts...
• Dumb question re: windshield washer reservoir
  Historical mailing list - Glen Buhlmann
  Fri, 21 Jun 1996 11:17:15 -0800
  ...doesn't seem to take a standard tire pump type of fitting. Is there some special attachment I need? It's a 77 and...
• bed conversion, bumper questions
  Historical mailing list - James Adams
  Tue, 22 Jul 1997 09:31:34 -0600
  ...Is this possible (the van is a 84) ? Are the fittings the same for the normal seat and the puul-out seat ? Has anyone...
• Can't open brake bleeder screw!
  Historical mailing list - Richard O'Halloran
  Thu, 17 Sep 1998 15:18:20 -0700
  ...I guess I could have used my pipe fitting wrench and really forced it but I don't want to shear the thing off...
• Re: Dumb fuel tank question (archive clues)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Tue, 26 Feb 2002 11:21:14 EST
  ...The most extensive one included dimensions, fittings, and location and was posted as part of a longer post on many modifications to my baby...