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• Re: Trans Filter
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 5 Feb 2008 14:52:52 -0800
  ...On the rubber pan gasket,. Basically no. It's a rubber seal designed to wrap around the edge of the pan and get pushed...
• Re: Rear license plate light removal?
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sun, 10 Dec 2000 15:57:40 EST
  Once you remove the two screws, gently pry with a small screw driver around the rubber gasket. They pop right out. They sometimes get...
• Re: Window gasket sealant?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 20 May 2006 07:43:08 EDT
  ...painted and the gasket is also new. Is it better to use the silicon based product or the traditional black rubbery stuff? Let me...
• Review: Victor Reinz Complete Engine Gasket Set
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Wed, 18 Apr 2001 23:40:37 -0500
  ...I never knew that an engine had so many gaskets! (This set has them all, apparently) In any case, the set includes both rubber...
• Watercooled cylinder liner (barrel?) to cylinder head seal modification
  Historical mailing list - Mohammed Ghalayini
  Mon, 12 Sep 2016 10:35:18 +0100
  ...the correct seal between water jacket and rubber gasket. Would the removal of the compression ring gasket create any difference in torque settings? Many...
• Re: Rubber...Our best friend...Our worst enemy
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:04:41 -0700
  ...Anyone want to talk > about gaskets?...more rubber. Vacuum hoses in the engine compartment?: > rubber, and they can cause infinite frustration and poor performance...
• Re: Hi resolution pictures of Wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 6 Sep 2007 08:30:22 -0700
  ...wasserboxer on > the bench, especially in the rubber head-gasket area, to see if the head > gasket is accessible from all it's sides...
• Re: Can I Reach Fuel Level Sender?
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Thu, 1 Sep 2005 09:35:07 -0700
  ...was picking up a gasket seal kit today & the OEM part shop I use suggested a product from WURT 'Rubber care' http://www.superiorcarcare...
• Pentosin Antifreeze ?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 23:12:27 EST
  Has anyone got any experience of this antifreeze ? It is phosphate and amine free and supposedly absolutely safe for rubber gaskets and hoses. Made...
• Re: oil strainer gasket material type
  Historical mailing list - Justin Mayrand
  Fri, 25 Aug 2006 21:45:59 -0400
  ...wrote: > Hi again. > > Is Rubber-Fibre 1/32" ok for making new oil strainer > gasket? > > Couldn't find new gasket, so am making own...
• Re: Another warm up strategy
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Tue, 28 Dec 1999 09:28:57 -0500
  ...The rubber >gasket at the top of the filter had failed. First and last time I used a >Bosche filter... This has happened to...
• Sliding Door Problem Fixed
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Bibler
  Thu, 24 Apr 1997 10:23:35 -0700
  ...Last night, I sprayed WD-40 on the rubber gaskets surrounding the door lip and the door no longer sticks. I will have to...
• Re: 2.1 strange running before and after head gasket repair
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 13 Nov 2012 12:20:20 -0800
  ...mistake by letting a wire get caught under the driver side > rubber gasket, which cases coolant to pool on top of the cylinder. I...
• Re: Helicoil question?
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Wed, 11 Nov 1998 07:28:56 -0700
  ...However, I suspect that your leak may be the drain plug gasket. The original gasket may not cover the HeliCoil. Mine didn't. I...
• engine sealant
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Wed, 28 Oct 1998 11:05:44 -0600
  ...Is this sealant (dichtmasse) good for the rubber head gasket?? Last rebuild I used some sealant from vw d000 400 01. If I had...
• leaks: heads/cyls
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 6 Jun 1997 17:10:03 -0300 (ADT)
  ...Cold weather contracts the aluminium waterjackets (but that effect doesn't change over time) so it's the aging rubber of the head gaskets...
• Re: Please help with head leaking question
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Mon, 4 Oct 2004 13:43:17 -0400
  ...I am assuming it is the outer, black rubber gasket you are talking about. I have heard some people are starting to apply the...
• Re: Has anyone R&R'd the distributor in a sy
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 25 Apr 1996 12:22:53 -0400
  ...their distributors were >water-sealed with some sort of a gasket or rubber boot - the one in my '89 >is *not*, and I bet...
• Re: ??? New Windshield ???
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Sun, 4 Feb 2001 07:54:21 EST
  ...ALL vanagons usethe rubber gasket (well all MINE 80-91) have... steve "Hey! nice Jeep, Mister! " "Look kid, it's NOTAJEEP! "
• Re: Wasserleaker Club
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 6 Nov 1998 15:54:36 EST
  ...I decided to not fool witht the stains on my driveway and get it fixed. $800 to replace all rubber gaskets in the heads...
• Re: SLIDING DOOR LOWER GASKET CHANNEL REPLACEMENT ?
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Tue, 29 Jun 2004 13:24:24 -0400
  ...LOWER GASKET CHANNEL REPLACEMENT ? > > > HAS ANYBODY FOUND A PART # OR SIMPLE WAY TO REPLACE THE LOWER CHANNEL THAT > HOLDS THE RUBBER DOOR GASKET ON...
• Re: Cooling System failure Prevention Idea.
  Historical mailing list - mark keller
  Sat, 6 Dec 1997 17:04:40 -0400
  ...Like you said it is rubber instead of metal or something hard like >most head gaskets. The flexibilty of the rubber is probably supposed...
• Re: Diesel Oil Pan Bolts and Washers (for gas inline engine)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 17 Nov 2016 18:58:08 -0800
  ...Windage tray gasket was rubber or the like, and same thickness as stock gasket. Just for the rubber gasket I'd put one in...
• Re: Frig fixed but...
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
  Sat, 26 Aug 2006 04:06:25 +0000
  IIRC, the rubber gasket goes on first, the round peice with the pear shape hole in it which screws to the vent from the...
• Gasket assembly removal
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 23 Feb 2018 11:14:46 -0500
  ...this gasket assembly without destroying something? Am I foolish to try to remove the metal part, and should only tease the rubber part off...
• Re: Need advice for head gasket leak
  Historical mailing list - David O. Bradshaw
  Tue, 24 Sep 1996 11:32:17 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Though technically not a traditional head gasket, what most folks are referring to are the large odd-shaped rubber gaskets which ARE visible externally...
• Re: Head Gasket oddity
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 26 Jan 2005 18:23:37 -0500
  ...The cylinder top and the depth of the cylinder seat in the head will determine the crush on the rubber gasket. I would get...
• Re: window gasket
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 30 Oct 1999 19:38:33 EDT
  This stuff just pulls out of the rubber (you don't have to remove the rubber). If the rubber is still good then I...
• Re: Sliding Door Problem Fixed
  Historical mailing list - Shawn & Janis Wright
  Sat, 26 Apr 1997 21:20:10 -0800
  ...Last night, I sprayed WD-40 > on the rubber gaskets surrounding the door lip and the door no longer > sticks. I will have to...
• '86 injector seals - where to buy?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Pickering
  Wed, 10 Jun 1998 10:53:40 -0400
  ...for the little rubber seals that go around the injectors where they poke into the intake. Also, how about the gaskets that go between...
• Re: how can you tell head gaskets have been replaced?
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:47:24 -0700
  As I can tell by experience, the original gaskets don't have excess goo pressed out by the rubbers, the replaced ones almost alway...
• Re: 1981 2L Type IV Strainer Cleaning - Where Does the Rubber Washer Go?
  Historical mailing list - Geoffrey Toye
  Fri, 23 Oct 2020 16:29:01 -0400
  ...However, when I > took the strainer off, in addition to the three gaskets I have in the kit a > fourth rubber washer came out...
• Re: Puddles inside the bus
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 Mar 1995 14:52:02 -0500
  ...The reason i have been procrastinating is that i am afraid of busting my NOS windshield in the process of replacing the rubber gasket...
• Re: ATF filter: urban legend?
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Mon, 23 Aug 2004 10:13:23 -0700
  ...It usually comes in the same package with the big >rubber transmission pan gasket. Here's a picture of the kit. Pan gasket, filter...
• O ring size
  Historical mailing list - Tromper
  Wed, 9 Jun 2004 22:23:10 -0700
  ...Diesel vanagon oil filler tube, and the correct size for the rubber gasket for the cap for same. Thanks Tromper Edmonds Curiosity Kills more...
• Re: those plastic breather thingys under the front wheel-wells
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 1 Aug 2010 19:58:31 -0700
  ...My rubber gasket fix is not the right way, but is holding the rubber gasket to tank and valve seats tight to each. Still...
• Re: Wasserboxer corrosion problem
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Sat, 14 Mar 1998 17:29:35 -0400
  ...The use of thick soft rubber gaskets in any corrosive enviroment is the source of the problem. Have a look at ANY alloy head...
• Re: 1981 2L Type IV Strainer Cleaning - Where Does the Rubber Washer Go?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 23 Oct 2020 15:14:53 -0400
  ...However, when I > took the strainer off, in addition to the three gaskets I have in the kit a > fourth rubber washer came out...
• Re: Oil leak pinpointed?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 30 Jul 1995 13:32:04 -0500 (CDT)
  Paul, Do you oil the filter rubber gasket before you screw the new oil filter in? And you put it in handtight only, not...
• Re: Removing internal window rubber
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 19 Jan 2007 10:57:26 -0500
  ...I did this to all my exterior rubber. You can see the pop top gasket that had this treatment two years earlier in my...
• Fuel expansion tank float valve
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sun, 7 Sep 2014 23:41:05 -0300
  ...The float valve is available from several sources, but I see no mention of the rubber gasket/grommet/boot in which it sits. The...
• poptop gasket
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 23 Jun 1997 11:52:06 -0500
  The rubber gasket on the poptop of my '84 Westy has started to droop. The loose area has grown from about six inches to...
• Re: very cool van
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Fri, 3 Dec 2010 12:33:16 -0500
  ...two years later, still no leaks from > those funky rubber-band gaskets... Subi-anything appears to work in a Vanagon.... > > Now, how to get...
• Re: Form Jay Leno's Garage
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 5 Apr 2012 15:33:16 -0700
  ...the outer rubber water gaskets on waterboxer cylinder heads do corrode 'very nicely'. they addressed steel and aluminum, ..but nothing about seals. I wonder...
• 85 westfalia camper propane tank leak - need rubber o-ring
  Historical mailing list - Paul Kerwin
  Sun, 13 May 2001 19:50:10 -0400
  ...Does anybody know where I could get a gasket. Thanks [text/html]
• Re: Lower Cargo door hinge & weather strip replacement questions
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 1 Nov 2005 15:44:36 -0800
  ...I think these gaskets are a foamy type rubber? The foam will expand > a bit,and take up space.It is amazing. This also...
• Re: Repairing rubber Vanagon floor
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 May 2002 11:05:14 EDT
  ...Has anyone ever figured how to repair these > mats? Nothing I've tried seems to bond to the rubber. Is it rubber? I'm...
• Coolant Tank and Gasket
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 7 Dec 2010 17:03:21 -0600
  ...The second time I filled it I found a rubber gasket in the tank about the size of a silver dollar. Not sure where...
• Re: Plastic "chrome" trim @ windshield gasket
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Wed, 19 Jan 2000 19:55:36 EST
  ...You'd have blacked-out rubber. That may actually look cool. BTW your qestion was not too clear. I'm assuming that you're...
• a new idea on the well beaten subject of leaking head gaskets...
  Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
  Wed, 29 Jan 2003 17:05:55 -0800
  ...surrounding the cylinders), (2)a rubber gasket that seals the cylinders to the block, and (3) that black gasket that prevents coolant from leaking...
• Re: Slider window catch info
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 8 Jun 2021 19:00:57 -0700
  ...But if I was forced to guess, I’d say you’re right about the plastic/rubber gasket being worn out. Can you get...
• Re: oil strainer gasket material type
  Historical mailing list - David Johnson
  Fri, 25 Aug 2006 19:53:07 -0600
  ...On Aug 25, 2006, at 7:20 PM, neil wrote: > Hi again. > > Is Rubber-Fibre 1/32" ok for making new oil strainer > gasket...
• Using transmission from van with engine fire?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Fri, 7 Nov 2008 10:08:49 -0500
  ...Can I just change the oil and externally accessible rubber seals? If so, does anyone have a list of externally accessible rubber/gaskets I...
• Luggage Rack Seal Needed.
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 07 Apr 1997 20:39:19 -0400
  I need to replace the rubber gasket/seal on the front section of my Westy top. Does anyone have any suggestions? It goes on...
• Re: Radiator mounting gaskets
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:37:51 -0800
  They are more like coned rubber grommets/donuts. Mmmm....donuts. Anyway, they are often broken/worn, if they are cheap, order new ones. If...
• Re: . ReKEYing doors?
  Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
  Mon, 14 Sep 1998 16:48:13 -0400
  ...to replace all of them. > The gasket on the outside of the van is made of black rubber about a > quarter of an inch...
• Re: Water leak on the passenger side creating a pool of water in footwell
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:55:40 -0400
  ...I checked the van out the other day after getting a bunch of responses and noticed the replacement windows new rubber gasket had shrunken...
• Re: Head gasket sealing
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Wed, 5 Apr 2000 20:32:35 -0400
  ...They contend there > is a growing number of engine assemblers, professional and private, who > are sealing both sides of the rubber gasket on WBX...
• Re: 1985 Windshield replacement
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 27 Jan 2005 13:35:54 -0500
  ...into the rubber and rejuvinate it!Like brand new again, and I mean that.Next, install the new window into the gasket.Now ,(very...
• Re: Cold Weather Coolant Puddle
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 21 Dec 2023 16:42:47 -0800
  ...I’m not saying this is the leak cause, but for me it was weeping head gasket, the rubber gasket we all know and...