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• Re: Mobil One - high cost
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 27 Jun 2010 18:13:49 -0500
  ...But > yesterday I went to my local FLAPS (Advance Auto) for a couple of quarts > and the price has gone through the roof for...
• re:air flap question
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 5 May 1996 22:08:52 -0700
  At 7:22 PM 5/5/96, Jared Roy wrote: >I have a n 82 vanagon and was wondering which way the flaps should...
• Re: SA heavy duty mud flaps on ebay
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Tue, 12 Jul 2005 07:50:39 -0400
  I bought a set of these off James as well, they are so much meatier than the stock flaps, there is really no comparison...
• Re: VW Flaps in West Seattle or greater Seattle area,
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Tue, 22 Feb 2005 22:17:34 -0800
  ...VW Flaps in West seattle or greater seattle area, Hey Folks, Starter is dying and I need one kind of now. Hopeing that someone...
• Re: bosch info: vanagons 1980-1983 air-cooled
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 16 Aug 94 10:10:15 CDT
  ...from what the FLAPS folks tell me, ALL the cars that are listed for that one-wire sensor WITHOUT connector use the same exact...
• Re: SA Mud Flaps
  Historical mailing list - Puzerewski
  Sat, 10 Jun 2000 04:26:08 -0400
  ...Re: [VANAGON] SA Mud Flaps > Works out to about US$12.00 each! > > At 1 Rand to .14 US, less 14% VAT > > John-Reed
• Re: Which brand fuel filter to use
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 12 Apr 2003 12:38:58 -0400
  >Which brand fuel filter to use > 81 non-california air-cooled vanagon. > > I can't find a Bosch one at any of the FLAPs...
• Re: CV star bolt tool
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Thu, 12 Jul 2007 08:14:07 -0400
  At 04:12 PM 7/11/2007, Bill MacLachlan wrote... >FLAPS have no idea of the tri square head....not in NAPA online >catalogue...
• Re: Mud Flaps
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 15 May 2020 22:20:20 -0400
  ...Mud Flaps >> >> HI All. I recently went all out and bought a full set of mud flaps from Bus Depot (# 6881). I have looked...
• Re: Front Heater Core Shutoff
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:12:23 -0500
  ...Fan not withstanding, heat is obviously > >>>> controlled via flaps in heat exchange box. Not the best arrangement > >>>> IMO. Especially if the flaps in the...
• Re: FLAPS????
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 27 Jun 2010 17:17:02 -0500
  ...2.1L 'Gringo' > 73 Beetle > > > On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Jay lefstein<jleftbrane@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> what is FLAPS ?? >> >> J >> >> > >
• Re: DON'T: Remove "flaps" in Arizona?
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 18 Jan 2000 13:16:04 -0500
  ...Remove "flaps" in Arizona? I once had an engine rebuilder tell me that he wouldn't guarantee the rebuild if the flaps were left...
• Las Vegas FLAPS and listees
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Mon, 8 Sep 2003 16:21:24 +0000
  ...family ok enuff of the waaaaa waaaaaa ;) question how many L.V listees are on this list and any good FLAPS around. Thanks Joe
• Re: LEAKING POWER STEERING LINE
  Historical mailing list - John Wallace
  Thu, 28 Oct 2004 07:19:59 -0400
  ...you can splice in hose. >I got some at the local FLAPS, no problem. >Frank Condelli has a great page of information and offers...
• Re: springs on utility flaps on side of westy
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
  Fri, 28 Apr 2000 19:52:50 -0700
  Steve, never mind the springs, I am looking for ever for those flaps to get them separately. May be you or someone else can...
• Re: mk II brake pads (20% thicker) standard on a syncro?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Wed, 13 Jun 2001 19:45:22 -0400
  ...pads a few months back, the FLAPS asked 2WD or 4WD ?...seems to me if the FLAPS knows about 'em , they must be specific...
• Re: Substitute for aircooled thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Richard Jones
  Tue, 22 Feb 2011 07:00:30 -0700
  I think the thermostat doesn't move the flaps after engine warm-up. It just helps the warm-up happen faster. How about an...
• Re: Tips on sealing heater box flaps, and while the dash is out . . .
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 7 Apr 2011 15:35:55 -0700
  ...Might as well replace the hot water valve, too. > > And take care of the gasketing that help seal the flaps when the flaps > are...
• Substitute for aircooled thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:49:19 -0800
  ...The servo could be mounted up on the flaps, in the cool part of the engine compartment, with only the thermistor down where it...
• Re: hot air
  Historical mailing list - Todd Kaderabek
  Wed, 17 May 2000 11:30:10 -0400
  ...If you pinch off one or both of the hoses with hose pinchers from the FLAPS it ought to give you an idea. I...
• Re: need new engine for air-cooled van (overheated one)
  Historical mailing list - chris
  Wed, 5 Jul 2006 10:39:31 -0700
  A missing thermostat only means the motor is in 'always cool' mode, as that is the default position for the flaps to go into...
• Re: Oil plug gasket -- FLAPS?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 8 Aug 2011 15:38:56 -0700
  ...I couple phone calls later, I find that my O'Reilly FLAPS has composite or rubber versions. Having gotten used to using the copper...
• Re: Mud Flaps, generic or otherwise? Sugestions
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:04:14 -0400
  ...On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 10:42 AM, T Collins wrote: > Hello Volks, > > Any one have a line on some generic mud flaps...
• Re: Oh Well... Stripped Oil Drain Plug...
  Historical mailing list - Alfred Bagdan
  Tue, 26 Oct 1999 16:15:52 -0600
  ...the WB > engine? I have been unsuccessful finding anything at my FLAPS that will > fit. As a result, I have re-used the nylon...
• Re: Spark plug heat ranges
  Historical mailing list - John McLean
  Tue, 4 Jan 2000 18:34:26 -0800
  Bulley wrote: > Most FLAPS can help you decide which heat range is > best for your motor if you bring in the used (10k+) ones...
• Re: MUD FLAPS
  Historical mailing list - Robyn Rudisill
  Wed, 1 Mar 2000 17:10:04 -0800
  ...However I'm thinking now is the time to upgrade my MUD >FLAPS. > >Open to suggestions... > >Thanks! > >Rob
• Re: FLAPS
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 5 Jan 2003 17:37:17 -0800
  Actually, in it's original iteration, FLAPS stood for (insert eff word of your choice) Local Auto... Usually, the eff wasn't "friendly" or...
• Re: love handles and mud flaps
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Fri, 17 Oct 2003 16:53:08 +0000
  ...love handles and mud flaps > > Booty Bench? You know, the booty that you could use for a work bench. > > On Friday, October 17, 2003...
• Re: Getting idle Vanagon to start
  Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
  Fri, 13 Jan 2006 18:34:25 EST
  ...Thake out your altenator and battery and go to a local flaps and have them checked. Most flaps will do it for free. Jim...
• Re: One more front heater question: those "other" flaps
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Thu, 6 Mar 2008 14:01:52 -0500
  ...I'm just wondering about that upper set of > flaps, how you might get to the back side of the actual metal flap, > and...
• Re: Mud flaps
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 6 Jun 2000 22:58:48 PDT
  ...Mud flaps >Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 17:49:15 -0700 > >This talk of mud flaps got me thinking about something I discovered >recently...
• Re: Help on Syncro hard to find Parts
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 26 Oct 2002 10:39:47 -0700
  Fender flaps - do you mean mud flaps or the plastic wheel arches? David Marshall Fast Forward Automotive Inc. 4356 Quesnel Hixon Road Quesnel BC...
• Re: Redline MT-90
  Historical mailing list - Vdub Guy
  Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:46:54 +0000
  <Yer FLAPS can usually get MT-90 from their usual distributors. Saves you shipping. Faster too! YMMV jm> It was after checking every FLAPS...
• FLAPS
  Historical mailing list - Sidney White
  Wed, 26 Feb 2003 16:40:58 EST
  WHAT IS THIS?
• Re: SA parts and Transporters by the Tunnel
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Wed, 19 Jul 2000 18:45:38 -0700
  Is someone importing those mud flaps? I sure would like to get my hands on a set, and I am sure there are many...
• 83 heater hoses. VW or FLAPS?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Mon, 13 Aug 2001 14:52:03 EDT
  ...Do these need to be genuine VW or will Flaps hose do? And is the genuine VW a better quality than a FLAPS hose...
• Re: Oil plug gasket -- FLAPS?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Lambas
  Mon, 8 Aug 2011 15:08:12 -0700
  ...gasket used on the 1.9L something I can hope the FLAPS > will have, or do it be mail-orderish? > > -- > Jack "Rocket j Squirrel...
• Re: online car stuff
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 05 Apr 95 16:28:15 CDT
  ...my nephew and one fellow at a FLAPS have hondas, and another fellow at the same FLAPS has a Triumph Spitfire (you want to...
• Re: Mud flaps
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Wed, 24 Feb 1999 22:23:48 -0500
  ...When I first installed them I did kind of miss seeing the "Official VW" logo on the origional flaps but it is much more...
• Re: reviews of bus depot ezy awning plus
  Historical mailing list - Tim Whynot
  Mon, 24 Dec 2012 15:33:59 -0500
  ...Great investment!! Able to camp where there may be alot of insects, The walls have screens as well as flaps. So either way you...
• Re: SA heavy duty mud flaps on ebay
  Historical mailing list - Stacy
  Mon, 11 Jul 2005 21:49:43 -0700
  ...SA heavy duty mud flaps on ebay I saw these (rare in the USA) South African mud flaps on ebay. They are better than...
• 5/8" heater hose questions (searched archive)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Wed, 28 Mar 2007 10:36:11 -0700
  ...AND the FLAPS stuff, or can I just use the FLAPS stuff from core to valve etc.? Bentley appears to show the heat control...
• Re: FLAPS
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Wed, 1 Nov 1995 12:18:02 -0800 (PST)
  ...writes: > > Please excuse my ignorance,What is FLAPS? Perhaps some one could clue me in > to these anachronyms you all use. Friendly Local Auto...
• flapping and blowin in the wind
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 08:58:47 -0800
  ...mud flaps I would like to put Vanagon mud flaps on Bruno but don't like the dealer price. Suggestions for alternate supply source...
• Re: Mtl redline
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 5 May 2000 12:33:25 -0700
  ...I went to several of my local FLAPS and they said they couldn't order it, even ones who carried Redline fuel system products...
• Re: This wattage?
  Historical mailing list - westydriver
  Tue, 15 Oct 2002 12:30:52 -0600
  check what variety is available at the local flaps. be careful though. that bulb (valve) comes in three different wattages. two are normaly available...
• Re: Alternator belt burning up?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sat, 5 May 2012 09:24:44 -0600
  Pulleys are good,the flaps metrick belts do seem not as tall as A series? Velma 82diesel 1.6 na westy On May 5...
• To Flap or Not To Flap?
  Historical mailing list - Rod Smith
  Mon, 2 Jul 2001 21:45:31 -0400
  ...There are no flaps behind the rear tires. As I know I can count on the list for a variety of opinions, I look...
• Re: Front Heater Core Shutoff
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:58:51 -0700
  ...Fan not withstanding, heat is obviously >> controlled via flaps in heat exchange box. Not the best arrangement >> IMO. Especially if the flaps in the...
• Re: Projektzwo Foglight Project - Bad News
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:20:55 -0500
  The 86 Syncro mud flaps are injected molded, not vacuum molded. Some of the other syncro fender flares might be vacuum molded, but not...
• Re: FLAPS for 50 amp fan fuse?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Thu, 21 Sep 2000 14:55:31 -0700
  ...VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 9:41 AM Subject: FLAPS for 50 amp fan fuse? > yup, > I was removing my broken aerial...
• Re: alternator lifespan
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 8 Feb 2009 09:46:24 -0800
  ...to pick up a spare brush package/regulator unit? > Would a FLAPS have this? Since that alternator was used on many cars in addition...
• Re: heater flaps (not FLAPS)
  Historical mailing list - Doug Bensen
  Mon, 25 Oct 1999 15:29:39 -0400
  ...Since the foam does not stick to the control flaps I first stuck the foam to Reynolds plastic wrap. This almost mimics the original...
• Re: Mudflaps
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 27 Mar 2000 16:33:48 -0800
  ...If I were you I would just go to your FLAPS and get some fender mounted heavy duty vinyl truck flaps. -- Stuart MacMillan Manager...
• Re: Tips on sealing heater box flaps, and while the dash is out . . .
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Fri, 8 Apr 2011 11:17:09 -0400
  ...Might as well replace the hot water valve, too. > > And take care of the gasketing that help seal the flaps when the flaps > are...
• A FLAPS question?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sun, 13 May 2012 10:15:17 -0600
  Hi gang! I recently been getting a few parts from a local (N) flaps and the one in the city too,of course they...
• Re: SA mudflaps report
  Historical mailing list - James S. Cohen
  Wed, 6 Sep 2000 02:42:43 -0400
  ...These flaps install with brackets and pins, rather than clips, so they are much heavier duty than the usual flaps. These come OEM from...
• Re: Mud flaps (price)
  Historical mailing list - Edward Duntz
  Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:48:18 -0500
  ...Mud flaps> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > I can't speak for anything but the Bus Depot flaps as that is all I have...
• respons to quiestions on my van
  Historical mailing list - jesse lee reynolds
  Fri, 26 Aug 1994 17:22:58 -0500 (EST)
  ...2- air flaps? what do you mean - the cooling air flaps attached to the fan housing? If so, I have those permanently open. Jesse...
• Front Wheel Bearing Problems
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Fri, 12 Mar 2004 22:17:20 -0500
  ...I figured I had the wrong bearings, so I went to the local FLAPS and got another set (the first set came from a...