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• Drain plug size
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 18 Oct 2004 14:37:41 -0500
  thread pitch for the drain plug on the 2.1 is 14x1.5 isn't it? Pmail is okay with me. Thanks Max
• Re: Another newbie
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 28 Jan 2007 00:02:03 EST
  ...pic 020 is the underside of the > rack, is there supposed to be drain tubing in there? All the water > pools up, and drains...
• Re: Oil drain problem
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 22 Feb 2007 06:55:26 EST
  ...The drain = plug is so tight in the helicoil that I can't separate the two. The helicoil with the drain plug and washer...
• Re: What to do with a stripped drain plug?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 6 Nov 2002 11:47:00 EST
  ...Because I have heard of some lost souls using a sprkplug as an ersatz drain plug, I believe the drain plug might use the...
• Re: Oil Drain Plug Options
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 19 Aug 2002 10:38:32 -0400
  ...Oil Drain Plug Options IMHO the single weakest point of the flat four engine is the oil drain plug. My brother in law once...
• Re: Tranny oil
  Historical mailing list - Wizzer Redford
  Fri, 28 Oct 94 6:48:22 PDT
  ...In the process of draining some goo out of mine, I noticed brass bits in the pan. And, they poured out even without draining...
• Re: FYI.. oil drain plug
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Thu, 31 Aug 2017 08:35:35 -0700
  ...the head is bigger (17mm) but > it has thick base that fit inside the recess and the head is flushed with > the drain hole...
• Re: Syncro fuel tank drain
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:27:10 -0700
  No, - no drain plug. I just hot wire the fuel pump, and pump out all the fuel I can get out. ( it's even...
• westy drain cap
  Historical mailing list - Chris Fall
  Mon, 27 Dec 1999 10:05:00 -0800
  anyone have a good idea for a replacement sink drain cap (the forward cap next to the propane tank) ? Chris Fall cpfall@ucdavis.edu
• Re: Diesel Oil Pan FML
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 22 Dec 2012 01:29:19 -0800
  I have converted that drain plug to a convconventional 'washer seals under the hex head'regular drain plug. A jetta/rabbit drain plug is...
• Re: Dodged a bullet -- blowed the oil filter right off Long winded
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 3 Jan 2016 18:15:52 -0700
  ...then drain it 1000-3000RPM ~ Trying not to stay @ any 1 RPM for vary long Conventional/Dino 5w30 ~ 0 - 1000 Miles ~ then drain it...
• Re: oil drain bolt
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Thu, 29 May 2008 09:46:47 -0700
  ...oil drain bolt Can anybody tell me where I can get a couple of correct oil drain bolts and the washers for an 85...
• Re: water in fridge vent?
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 2 Feb 2009 11:11:34 -0800
  On mine the drain is 14" long. Rob becida@comcast.net At 2/2/2009 09:55 AM, mdrillock wrote: >With the cap off...
• Re: Swaping Manual Transmision Fluid?
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Wed, 24 Jul 2002 22:46:25 -0700
  ...If you want to drain it all out let it sit overnight to drain every last drop. Check the archives for a lot of...
• '85 Westy A/C Drain problem
  Historical mailing list - David Boan
  Mon, 23 Aug 2004 22:26:17 -0400
  The condensation from the A/C in my '85 Westy just stopped draining properly. After running the A/C this week I discovered water...
• Re: Manual Transmission fluid fill
  Historical mailing list - George Chapman
  Mon, 14 Jun 1999 22:08:44 -0700
  ...However, my understanding is that draining the transaxle completely of fluid is not possible with simply opening the drain plug. The Redline synthetic gear...
• Re: Looking for Westy stovetop drain pan
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 24 Jul 2002 17:05:56 -0300
  ...Maas wrote: > Thanks to the many people who responded to my query about a drain pan > for my 87 Westy. I now know I...
• Re: water tank drain cap
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 4 May 2004 15:46:08 -0600
  ...PVC pipe just larger than the drain, glue a short section of it onto the existing drain and use that new piece, threaded of...
• Sunroof drains
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:55:50 -0800
  Anyone have suggestions for cleaning out plugged sunroof drains? I have read what the Bentley has to say but was wondering if a list...
• Re: draining
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Mon, 26 Apr 1999 12:24:27 -0600
  Snap-on S5902 is best solution for manual trans drain plug. Picture at http://www.tn-business.com/Samstag/images/sns5902.jpg Hazet 2567...
• WBX Oil drain plug
  Historical mailing list - Rubatoguy
  Mon, 7 Jun 1999 21:51:28 -0700
  Does anyone know if you can get a magnetic oil drain plug that will fit a 2.1l Waterboxer motor? Thanks, Todd '88 Westy
• Re: FYI.. oil drain plug
  Historical mailing list - Richard Smith (Smirby)
  Thu, 31 Aug 2017 09:17:16 -0700
  ...a friend bough a westy and the oil drain plug, he discovered, was a sawed off spark plug. Ew. --- Richard Smith, Ph.D. Director...
• Re: transmission oil capacity was Re: Redline trans oil (part 2) and a trans question
  Historical mailing list - Garrick Chang
  Sun, 17 May 1998 09:38:11 -0800
  ...I'd be surprised if there were still 1.5 ats remaining after a normal draining. Garrick Scarlett Semko wrote: > > How did you drain...
• Re: Battery Drain
  Historical mailing list - Allen Hill
  Tue, 27 Feb 2007 22:09:43 -0600
  ...First, you will need to isolate each potential source of drain. Make a list of everything you have on the auxiliary battery. Check each...
• Battery Drain
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
  Wed, 28 Feb 2007 03:08:45 +0000
  ...Then I added a gas heater, hooked up a Westy fridge unit, wired in accessories and lights, and now my batteries drain down in...
• Re: Fuel Pump Swap/Oil Plug timesert prob./f-wheel resurface?
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Thu, 7 Oct 1999 08:39:50 -0600
  ...After successfully instaling a Time Sert(tm) steel insert to replace stripped threads on my oil drain plug, the next oil draining the threaded...
• oil drain not snug. feels loose
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Sun, 19 Sep 2004 19:28:17 -0700
  well tonight after doing my MM OIL treatment, I put my drain bolt back up and the damn thing seems soft and won't...
• Re: Anybody got the metric thread size/pitch & Length of the 2.1 moto r drainplug?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 2 Nov 1999 23:50:06 -0500
  The stock drain plug is 14mm X 1.5 pitch. A Heli-coil is a better choice than the Time-Sert as less material...
• drain plugs - coolant - what now?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Hartman
  Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:28:08 -0800
  Hi, In attempting my first complete replacement of coolant for my 2.1 86 vanagon, Bentley points to the drain plugs between the pushrod...
• Re: stripped oil drain thread
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Mon, 17 Jul 2006 07:48:30 -0700
  ...I'll just add a great mod i did was to to put in a fram SD-2 oil drain never have to worry...
• Water tank mystery
  Historical mailing list - Neil Crawford
  Wed, 2 Apr 2008 08:44:21 -0700
  ...After opening the drain the corresponding amount of water drained out. I cleaned and inspected the cap/plug and reinstalled it, filled the tank...
• Something is draining the battery, but what?
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:37:37 -0700
  ...Yet the battery is draining slowly. It's a mistery. What is the answer professors? Zoltan would be very appreciative and thankful.
• Re: P-Trap for Vanagon Westy Sink
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sun, 18 Jan 2004 20:42:53 -0500
  > I'm looking for the white plastic piece under the sink drain > that has the drain hose attached to it. I believe it is...
• Re: Drip, drip, drip -- water tank drain cap
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 2 Jul 2010 08:25:10 -0700
  The cap for my sink drain disappeared on my first trip! Never saw much need for it 'cept to keep roaches out so never...
• Removal of "water" drain plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Fri, 8 Jun 2001 07:09:02 -0500
  ...In the bottom of the air intake shafts, in the pan that forms the bottom, exists a rubber plugs that seals a water drain...
• Re: What do I need?
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sat, 24 Nov 2007 21:24:54 -0500
  ...Remove drain plug and drain oil into a suitable > container. Replace crush washer on plug. Put fresh oil into the new > filter (about 3...
• Westy sink basket... will a loaf-style westy basket fit a vanagon westy sink drain?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:09:49 -0600
  ...It's a sink drain basket **the part that removes from the sink, NOT part of the sink or anything connected to the hole...
• Re: Can I drain coolant from someplace more accessible?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 10 Apr 2010 11:46:36 -0400
  At 11:16 AM 4/10/2010, Scott Chapman wrote: >Replacing radiator. >Bentley says to drain coolant at head drain point. I'd rather...
• Re: Winterizing the water system
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Fri, 14 Oct 2016 22:34:52 -0800
  ...I > > have drained my water tank, drain the hoses, and also drain the plastic > > thing that connects the city and tank water. I have...
• Re: For the Newbies - Vanagon secrets revealed
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 29 Aug 2006 07:39:53 -0700
  ...and put the next-emptied > bottle on top of it to drain. so bottle-1 becomes the drain-into for > bottle-2, bottle-3...
• Re: AC water drainage
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 2 Jul 2003 13:41:42 -0400
  ...If the drain hose is kinked, above the drip pan or otherwise incorrectly set up, then you may have water coming down on top...
• Re: My Sunroof syncro "drains"
  Historical mailing list - KIM BRENNAN
  Mon, 2 Sep 2013 09:55:07 -0400
  ...The issue is that air can go through drain tubes, but it may not actually get the clogging agent out. In my case it...
• Another way to drain coolant
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Hartman
  Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:48:32 -0800
  ...In attempting my first complete replacement of coolant for my 2.1 86 vanagon, my Bentley points to the drain plugs between the pushrod...
• Re: Sink drain!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 8 Oct 2013 14:51:41 -0500
  ...You can put really hot water in and then drain it. Stick a big pair of longnose down in the grate and turn gently...
• Re: Reefer Madness one more time
  Historical mailing list - John Pinkham
  Thu, 19 May 94 9:59:03 EDT
  ...Remove the combustion chamber drain cap at bottom left facing the refer and drain. Blowing into the drain with compressed air, *may* work. Use...
• sink drain
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Sun, 21 Apr 2002 22:05:03 -0700
  I am installing a grey water holding tank, and I noticed something odd about the sink drain. It goes into a sort of little...
• Re: Westy Shower Solution --- now on Sale
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 23 Apr 2007 19:01:09 -0400
  Joy Hecht wrote: > Wow! Do they slash your van to pieces if you run water in your sink, too? Only if you let drain...
• Re: Oil Changing
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 16 Jun 2003 17:54:36 -0500
  ...First I bought an oil container from Walmart specifically designed for oil draining. It it flattened, has a drain at one end. It lays...
• Re: AC condensate drainage trouble
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 17 Jul 2016 18:51:47 -0400
  The drain tubes are behind the vent grills on the outside. After removing the grills reach behind and fish them out. There are check...
• body drain holes
  Historical mailing list - ed donnen
  Fri, 1 Jul 2011 08:32:32 -0400
  ...Does anyone have a simple drawing showing where all the body drain holes are for rain water? Or failing that, just the description? Would...
• Re: Oil Drain Plug Seal
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 4 Sep 1996 20:33:46 PST
  Breaker one nine, Has anyone had any experience with oil drain petcocks (valves)? With the rash of oil drain plug/hole thread stripping ect...
• Re: Mysterious Oil Drain Plug Leak
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Sat, 14 Apr 2018 16:28:36 -0700
  ...The surface for the OEM drain plug will be restored with the Time-Sert thereby allowing the use of the OEM drain plug and...
• RE: Drain Plugs
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 1 Jan 1996 18:34:32 PST
  Mr Dworkin wrote: >All this discussion of drain plugs reminded me of an oddness I >encountered on the Wombat ('58 microbus, roughly a '71...
• Re: Drain Caps and such
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Tue, 24 Apr 2001 14:53:15 -0700
  My concern has always been attracting animals with the drained out sink water. The sink water often has bits of food in it, especially...
• Re: Coolant Service Procedure
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Wed, 19 Dec 2001 16:54:35 -0800
  At 02:46 AM 12/20/2001 +0800, you wrote: > >Are you draining the system when the engine is at operating temperature? If you...
• Westy sink drain plug
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 3 Jun 2009 15:00:03 -0500
  Is it possible to get a good replacement for the sink drain in a westy? Is it something you can get at an RV...
• Re: 90 leaking oil out of drain plug
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 16 Sep 1996 19:38:11 PST
  THIMC, Does anybody know the oil drain plug thread size? Ken Lewis kdlewis@juno.com Kernersville NC 86 Doublecab Pickup Transporter 85 GL
• Fwd: Oil Drain Plug, 1.9 vs. 2.1 ??
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Brobst
  Tue, 6 May 2003 09:58:19 -0400
  I have am 84 and a 91 and though I never actually tried to switch drain plugs they sure look the same.
• draining oil
  Historical mailing list - Jason Kirk
  Wed, 16 Jun 2004 19:25:40 -0700
  Is there a certain angle that is more beneficial for draining the oil from a 2.1L engine or is level ground the way...
• Anybody got the metric thread size/pitch & Length of the 2.1 moto r drainplug?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Ray
  Mon, 1 Nov 1999 17:30:40 -0500
  ...If remove the drain plug (one last time)I can't drive the van until it arrives. So..... Anyone got a Drain plug sitting...