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• Re: Plastic wheel covers
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 17 Jun 2015 06:21:48 -0400
  Patti, clean the wheels and caps well where the meet, they go in from the back side. If loose use grey or silver RTV...
• Drain cap on sink
  Historical mailing list - Steve Macaulay
  Mon, 30 Aug 1999 08:28:46 -0700
  Hi there, A while back someone wanted to know if any easily-found bottle caps could be used instead of the high-price dealer...
• Re: '81 fuel cap./ locking gas caps FS
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 3 Jan 2001 13:19:18 EST
  ...cap for an '81 vanagon > ? > none of the parts stores have them listed. > > Paul Lindsay > i have locking fuel caps $15 ea [text/html]
• bumper report
  Historical mailing list - Todd Kaderabek
  Wed, 26 Apr 2000 14:58:20 -0400
  ...the holes in the bumper do not line up with the mount receivers, off by about 3/8", until you put the end caps...
• Re: Funny question re GoWesty/Concept 1 16 inch alloy wheels
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sat, 21 Sep 2024 16:49:04 -0500
  ...For 2WD Vanagons the bearing cover often even prevents caps being installed as there is not enough clearance for the retaining tabs. Best to...
• Re: Carrier Bar
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 19 Aug 2020 18:00:19 -0400
  ...On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 3:08 PM Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > It's possible those caps helped harbour moisture/salt...
• Re: moon caps, and who knows?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:14:36 -0800
  ...If you get the cheap Chinese hub caps, there is a very good possibility that you'll get passed by a hub cap whilst...
• Re: Locking Gas Cap
  Historical mailing list - Erik Lundberg
  Fri, 29 Jun 2007 09:55:07 -0700
  Just FYI on the gas caps. For any of you with a Yakima rack with locks, the Yakima keys are a perfect fit for...
• Re: Wheel/hubcaps "look" options
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 27 Nov 2012 20:28:29 -0600
  ...I think he may have meant that the moon caps were original VW caps, but not that they were the original caps from this...
• Re: What's the trick to tightening the armrests?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 5 Mar 2011 11:34:34 EST
  ...According to the > Bently > shop manual there are caps on the sides of the armrests that pop off for > access to the mechanism. > There...
• Re: No coolant traffic
  Historical mailing list - Luke Bakken
  Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:12:35 -0800
  ...Hi Dylan, where do you get these caps? I may have run into the same problem with my setup. If the coolant can't...
• Re: Hubcaps, Wheel covers
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 28 Feb 2005 11:17:22 EST
  ...most 80-81 - chrome moonie hubcaps or - full aluminum spoked wheelcover, either painted white or left aluminum finish, with the fake lug caps and...
• Re: Plastic wheel covers
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 17 Jun 2015 10:01:16 -0700
  ...So is it the weight of the vehicle that causes the caps to stay put? The tire techs might have put 2 caps on...
• hubcap hubris
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:49:02 -0800
  ...I have seen enough late Vanagons with steel caps to believe that SOME came that way. Whether they shipped that way or dealers installed...
• Re: Body Shop in Seattle
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 3 Jan 2006 17:20:14 -0500
  ...corners? They got tapped in the grocery store parking lot,and the end caps pressed on the seam till it cracked.Bad end caps!
• Re: Plastic Screw Caps/Covers in Brown & White.
  Historical mailing list - Hans Brouwer
  Fri, 8 Feb 2002 13:31:18 -0500
  ...The original caps would not stay on the heads because the screw head has gone to far into the liner and the cap would...
• Re: Alloy Center Caps
  Historical mailing list - Yi-Ruey Wei
  Wed, 12 Aug 1998 11:43:57 -0500
  ...Alloy Center Caps Got mine at the local dealer for $5.88 apiece. Neal R. Denison, Jr. wrote: > Does any one know of a...
• Still another Audi wheel question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Huskins
  Sat, 21 Feb 2004 08:37:07 -0500
  ...Now, I'd like to use the Audi caps, but they don't fit the machined center bore. Can anyone offer a good solution...
• FREE westy water tank drain caps.. the same as the rear washer bottle cap
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:26:43 EDT
  i have a ton of the vanagon rear washer bottle caps. FREE. you pay shipping. they are the same cap as used on the...
• Re: Tips and Tricks - Oil Filler NecK Extension Extension.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 11 Sep 2005 12:10:42 -0500
  jimt wrote: >Working at the FLAPS I havent noted any larger caps. Forget which brand but >there is one with large size caps. Penzoil...
• Re: Carrier Bar
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Cresawn
  Wed, 19 Aug 2020 09:07:56 -0700
  ...I tried > pulling out the end caps, but they are corroded into place. Before I apply > more force I thought I would ask this...
• Re: Aux. Battery: Two Group 1 6 Volt "Commercial" Batteries?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Tue, 17 Feb 2015 23:28:57 -0500
  ...You can replace the caps with Watermiser caps for super-low loss and no mess. 13" x 7" x 11" tall, flooded deep cycle.
• Re: on locking gas caps..
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sun, 18 Sep 2005 20:40:47 EDT
  ...that every Vanagon I have owend has had dealer purveyed gas caps without any tumbler's? >> No. The old cap locks are queefed out...
• Re: source for oem Carat alloy wheel centercaps?
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:41:34 -0500
  ...are interested in the billet caps. > > Ben, What is the diameter of the outside face of these caps? Some nice resin domed badges are...
• Lugs & Center Caps for factory alloys?
  Historical mailing list - Jay Brown
  Wed, 17 Oct 2007 22:27:14 -0400
  ...Now I am looking for a full set of lug nuts & bolts as well as a set of 4 center caps. If anyone has...
• Re: hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 1 May 2019 16:21:19 -0400
  If it helps, I use Bay window hub caps on my Vanagon. Same wheels as the Bay I believe. And, I got them new...
• FS: Steel Wheels & Hub Caps
  Historical mailing list - KENYON FAIREY
  Mon, 24 Mar 1997 14:58:12 -0500 (EST)
  ...They come attached to original Michelin reinforced 185/70 R14 tires and Hub caps. Dealer list for the steel wheels (believe it or not...
• Re: Any interest in group purchase of 15" SA wheel center caps?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 9 Jul 2003 13:00:35 -0400
  Larry, it was Ken Wilfy not Warren who was thinking about the group buy, and yes, these caps will also fit the Carat 2...
• Re: Driver's side front wheel grease cap
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 28 Aug 2012 08:31:26 -0700
  "I have moon caps." I put new moon covers on my '71 bay window. They started rusting immediately. -- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott 1984...
• Re: Correct hub caps
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Tue, 31 May 2005 22:22:40 -0500
  >>This suggests that the flat gray hubcaps were added in 1985. >>>I think, the original early ones came with that chrome caps that only...
• FS: Billet Alloy Center Caps for Carat/Wolfsburg & most SA (Vanagon) alloy wheels
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 6 Dec 2008 01:52:21 -0800
  ...Only have 2 sets of 4 caps at the moment. That works out to be $60 a set ($15 X 4) which is more...
• Re: moon caps, and who knows?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:22:42 -0600
  ...moon caps, and who knows? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Sullivan" <sandwichhead@GMAIL.COM> > > >... I put the moon(dog dish) caps on cuz I thought...
• Re: Audi Alloys
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 3 Jan 2002 17:38:34 EST
  ...i used audi lugbolts on the fronts and 911 studs on the rears (2wd van) used the carat wheel lug caps on the rears...
• Re: Plastic Screw Caps/Covers in Brown & White.
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 8 Feb 2002 19:47:56 -0800
  ...Todd '88 Westy lchase wrote: >Folks, > >Looking for a bunch of those interior Plastic Screw Caps/Covers in Brown & >White. > >Would prefer to purchase...
• How to Remove center caps on Carat wheels?
  Historical mailing list - jesse johnson
  Wed, 30 Jun 2004 19:52:43 -0400
  How do you remove the center caps on Carat rims? do you have to take the whole rim off to remove it? or can...
• FS: Vanagon alloys (5 w/tires, caps & hw) in Portland, OR
  Historical mailing list - David J
  Sat, 24 Jan 2009 23:31:15 -0800
  I have a full set of 5 (five) OEM VW Vanagon alloys, all with tires, plus 4x center caps & all lugs/bolts for a...
• RE: AC condensation
  Historical mailing list - Fast, Timothy
  Mon, 12 May 1997 08:53:41 -0500
  ...Pull off the caps at the end of each tube. The caps have a pin-hole that gets clogged up. I replaced the caps...
• Re: Heater core repair
  Historical mailing list - tmiller
  Fri, 27 Aug 2004 19:30:04 -0400
  ...The heat exchangers are aluminum with plastic end caps with tangs that are crimped around the end caps to seal them together. There is...
• Re: Lugs & Center Caps for factory alloys?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:03:47 -0700
  ...Lugs & Center Caps for factory alloys? I just got a set of stock Vanagon alloy wheels for my '85 Westy. Now I am looking...
• Correct hub caps
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Tue, 31 May 2005 13:17:08 -0700
  I saw a 1982 Vanagon brochure and it pictured the vehicle with the chrome domelike "VW" hub caps a la my 71 baywindow. A...
• Re: Clean my Dusty Caps
  Historical mailing list - Dave Brune
  Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:15:55 -0800
  ...Spray all four caps with simple green, or the purple walmart stuff. Let it set for 10 minutes or so. Go back and spray...
• Re: VANAGON digest 1177
  Historical mailing list - Dave
  Wed, 24 Jan 1996 23:01:16 -0600
  Does anyone know where to get paint for the plastic center caps on 14" Alloy wheels? The wheels are the 5 spoke greyish mags...
• Re: Correct hub caps
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Tue, 31 May 2005 16:12:32 -0600
  > On 5/31/2005 2:34 PM Zoltan wrote: > >> I think, the original early ones came with that chrome caps that only >> cover the...
• Re: <F> Westy Appearance Package aka help for the sedate
  Historical mailing list - Richard Lynch
  Fri, 16 Jun 2000 14:12:17 -0700
  ...Richard 85 Vanagon (-hub caps, -middle seat, +carefully wired aux batt, +bush bumper)
• Re: Silly question about hub caps
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 09:21:28 -0800
  Those metal VW caps wouldn't stay on my front drivers either, the dust cap/speedo cable got in the way. I put a...
• Re: Which Cromie type Hub Caps fit the Vanagons?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 6 Jan 2006 18:07:48 -0600
  ...Took the chrome caps off and like the flat black look: http://secure.mycart.net//catalogs/catalog.asp?prodid=1918031 -- Steve Lashley SKL Enterprises...
• Re: Stupid Bumper End Pieces
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:11:49 -0700
  ...no end caps on black bumpers . . . hot pink > >> end > >> caps . . . no end caps on black bumpers . . . > > Easy. Color-coordination... if your van is blue...
• OME shock question regarding plastic caps/dust sleeves?
  Historical mailing list - Brian Butler
  Sat, 24 Jan 2004 12:36:40 -0800
  ...I was looking at the stock fronts and noticed that one of the black plastic caps(this part is called the "bump stop/dust...
• End Caps
  Historical mailing list - Rich Bennington
  Tue, 25 Apr 2006 08:45:22 -0700
  ...End caps Just recently purchased new end caps, the "Hardware" is nothing more than a little shim that seemed not necessary and a simple...
• Re: coolant level rising - A solution?
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 23 Aug 2001 13:09:26 -0300
  I have NEVER been able to blow or suck through any of the 4 or 5 caps that I have (and I have two...
• Funny question re GoWesty/Concept 1 16 inch alloy wheels
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sat, 21 Sep 2024 15:36:04 -0500
  So I have the above wheels and they have temporary/plastic centre caps. I want to replace them with the GoWesty centre caps. How...
• Re: Gas Caps???
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Wed, 12 Jul 1995 14:02:58 -0700 (PDT)
  So harmon seaver says: > > Does anyone know of a source for locking gas caps for a '73 bus? > While on a road trip a...
• Re: More questions from a rookie Vanagon owner
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 28 Feb 2000 00:54:30 EST
  In a message dated 2/28/00 12:47:30 AM Eastern Standard Time, Ibuyvws@AOL.COM writes: << Any way of finding caps for...
• Re: Will new Golf hubcaps fit Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 11 Mar 1999 03:02:04 +0100
  ...But a man's gotta know.) > > Jeff > 83.5 Westy > NYC Jeff, The Golf hub caps would fit IF they were available in 14...
• Re: locking gas caps- was Gas Filler Line in your Fill Tube while driving
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:04:44 -0800
  ...Non-locking is stock? The 3 Vanagon's I've owned all had the locking caps, none of them were bought new. I always...
• Re: Audi Turbo wheels
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 10 Apr 2002 23:40:56 EDT
  In a message dated 4/10/02 8:13:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time, cleveland_john1@HOTMAIL.COM writes: > Can you use center caps...
• Re: Westy -- Little Brown Caps
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:28:59 EST
  ...CYBERTRAILS.COM writes: > Is there a source for those little plastic caps that cover various screw > heads on the Westy interior (A/C grille...
• Light wiring and little plastic caps
  Historical mailing list - Phil Walker
  Fri, 9 Nov 2001 23:16:02 -0700
  ...A) Is there a way to remove the little plastic caps on the screws without damaging them (I haven't found it yet). B...
• Re: Correct hub caps
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Tue, 31 May 2005 14:44:25 -0600
  > I saw a 1982 Vanagon brochure and it pictured the vehicle with the > chrome domelike "VW" hub caps a la my 71 baywindow. > > A...
• Re: blatant plea for sympathy (LVC!) hair attack
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Mon, 15 Jan 2007 10:36:58 -0800
  ...Baseball Caps >> Speaking of ball caps, the other day I saw several guys wearing really >> cool >> caps that I'd like to find. They...