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• painlessly removing steering knuckles?
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Wed, 28 May 2014 22:55:25 -0400
  ...While replacing my falling-apart-rusty disc brake dust shields, I've run into the universe's rustiest fasteners (the machine screws holding said...
• Re: Stock 2.1 in NC
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sun, 14 Apr 2013 15:38:39 -0400
  I know that the exhaust is not there and it looks like I am missing the heat shield as well. Does it attach to...
• More 89 Bluestar questions
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Wed, 15 Jan 2014 17:06:00 -0500
  ...Having the wrong heat shield probably made things worse. I have no more flashing red lights on the dash :-) Moving on, I have some...
• Re: O2 sensor in gutted cat question
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:28:48 -0600
  "What is more important is to have the clip on shield in place to keep off wind and road debris. Wind will cool it...
• Re: Distributor for 87 question
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Apr 2000 19:18:35 EDT
  That ground tab was for a shield that the older waterboxers had to help lessen radio interferance from the distributor cap. Apparantly they found...
• Re: How to remove pushrod tube shield??
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 28 Aug 2000 10:06:17 -0700
  Don't bother removing the shields for this, they are a PITA. The only other places a leak could come from is the heater...
• Re: O2 sensor coax (sic) wire terminating
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Wed, 13 Feb 2002 21:32:31 -0500
  ...A slight, but significant, > improvement can be made if about 3/8 inch the outer jacket is first stripped > away (without nicking the shield...
• Re: Antifreeze Removal
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 6 Nov 2003 08:44:51 -0500
  Jeff, Drill a small hole in the protective shield. Make it just big enough to get you extention in there. I don't know...
• re:Heat shields on Type 4 manifolds.
  Historical mailing list - Matt Goike
  Mon, 09 Oct 1995 08:55:00 -0400
  ...when my heat shield had to be removed to get at an exhaust leak on my 81, i replaced it with insulating 'header tape...
• Re: Oil Leak
  Historical mailing list - Scott Maurer
  Wed, 9 Apr 1997 23:36:27 +0000
  ...I noticed oil seeping from under this shield and removed it for a better view. I would NOT remove these unless this is obviously...
• 84 WB Misc Parts Needed (U)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 19 Aug 1996 09:16 -0400 (EDT)
  ...This tin piece screws (2) to large tin piece which goes across rear (muffler shield) and also attaches to body frame with more screws...
• Re: Distributor Cap
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 2 Sep 1997 02:50:27 UT
  ...It's not a bad design; it's a good one; twice good! Think about it! The grounded shield allegedly helps reduce radio interference...
• Re: WTB Heat shield for stove lid
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 24 Apr 2005 16:12:07 -0400
  ...Up it is a shield down it is a griddle. > > I can check tomorrow. I may actually still have a cooktop cover in the...
• Re: Replacing Propane Regulator
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Apr 1995 21:20:21 -0400
  ...Instead I'd like to know the function >of the plastic shield. Mine broke off. Thanks. > >Sami ('75 Westy) >dakhlia@wuecona.wustl.edu > > ___________________________________ Derek...
• Re: What does heater lever do?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 07 Feb 1997 13:16:37 +0200
  ...Check the cable if it itself or its plastic shielding are broken. I found two shielding broken in my van because of a small...
• Re: Bad VW! and question
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 19 Apr 2002 06:32:34 EDT
  ...You need to remove that damn shield to change the oil pressure switch which fails quite often. You need to remove that shield to...
• Re: Old Volks Home Update?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 5 Nov 1998 10:37:33 -0800
  At 11:08 PM 11/4/98 -0700, BILL wrote: >Anyone know why the only years the RFI shield for the distributor cap was...
• Front Shock Installation - Upper Spacer Sleeve?
  Historical mailing list - James V
  Sun, 25 Jun 2006 15:03:00 -0700
  ...dust shield, (upper control arm), 3/8" stepped bushing (same as the one included w/ the new Bilstein) inside of rubber donut bushing, large...
• Re: O2 sensor in gutted cat question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:12:26 -0700
  ...about like making a heat shield for a rubber engine mount near an exhaust pipe in an engine conversion ....... you arrange some way to...
• Re: Pic of melting wiring in my Air cooled '81. How's yours? --- :^)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 5 Mar 2008 13:07:21 -0800
  ...I was corrected earlier in this thread. --- :^) The shield is still on the engine I pulled. As far as I can tell, the heat...
• Diesel parts questions for I-4 (TiiCo) conversion
  Historical mailing list - Sean B.
  Tue, 2 Oct 2001 14:47:00 -0700
  Anybody have experience with both diesel vans and the 2.1L vans? In specific, would the Diesel exhaust heat shield (p/n 251 863...
• Re: � � � Re: Fire Extinguisher s
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 30 Aug 2002 14:09:47 EDT
  ...I've got some lovely heat shield tubing I plan on using when I redo my headlight wiring. Note this is heat shield tubing...
• Re: Water in Oxy sensor.
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Merrill
  Thu, 28 Jan 1999 09:36:01 -0800
  If you mean the metal half circle shield, It was -and still is in place.
• Re: Wire gauge for the shielded wire for the O2 signal?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 20 Sep 2014 18:09:01 -0700
  ...http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/elpages/shieldwire.php On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 10:35 AM, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks...
• 86-91 oil pressure switch
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 30 Aug 1997 20:49:42 CDT
  ...Bentley book says to "bend" the muffler shield ... ha! i was able to get a little more room, by knocking a big dent in...
• Re: Diesel heatshield; how necessary?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 19 Jul 2001 08:08:45 -0700
  ...The protection plate mounts (sketch 14, sheet 1) at the rear to the stock muffler heat shield (the one that often rattles) by means...
• Re: O2 sensor coax (sic) wire terminating
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 24 Jan 2002 14:05:09 -0500
  At 12:39 PM 1/24/2002, Rico Sapolich wrote: >Terminating the shielded O2 sensor wire this way replicates the factory >scheme, complete with...
• Re: Loss of power - super hot muffler
  Historical mailing list - PNC Allen
  Wed, 11 Dec 2002 15:07:37 -0500
  ...My O2 sensor has 3 wires (two white, one black) covered by a black shield, so I can�t figure out where the bright...
• Re: Oil leak - '91 Carat - 2'1L
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 20 Dec 2014 23:08:16 -0500
  ...Can't actually see where because of the shield potecting the push rod tubes. But a lot of oil is pouring out. Haven't...
• Re: distributor connection on 90 westy
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 9 Nov 2001 13:54:15 -0500
  ...It's the grounding tab for the metal shield that's supposed to be mounted on the distributor cap -- the shield has a short...
• Re: Crew Cab License Lights
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Sat, 14 Mar 1998 20:28:46 -0800
  ...The lights look the same, with the two black shield coming down from the body, but the Westy shields are made of plastic where...
• Re: Push covers/enging tins
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:54:26 -0700
  ...I believe the original question > involved the push-rod tube shield, where adding an access hole or modifying > the exhaust nut mount is a...
• Yikes! I toasted my digitool!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Thu, 10 May 2001 20:38:16 -0500
  ...Anybody have a spare Digijet ECU for sale? I was moving my digitool up front permenantly, so I purchased a rounded shielded 25 pin...
• Re: More 89 Bluestar questions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 15 Jan 2014 19:54:20 -0500
  The heat shield, muffler brackets, and the rear support are different for the Syncro. Not only are the mounting holes in a different location...
• Re: Window rain shields?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Ley
  Fri, 27 Jun 2014 12:21:42 -0400
  ...Window rain shields? > Don. I had a pair on my 90 Multivan and liked them. I know i've seen > some > available through the...
• Re: Need an O2 sensor heat shield...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 17 Jun 2004 12:19:12 -0700
  ...Need an O2 sensor heat shield... I just might have one in my basement, forgot to look over lunch, I will look tonight though...
• Heat shield
  Historical mailing list - Dom and Diane Fraser
  Thu, 6 Apr 2006 13:45:12 -0700
  Looking for drivers side pushrod tube cover/heatshield, and muffler/exhaust straps (all of the drivers side). Dom Fraser 1985 1.9
• Heat Shields
  Historical mailing list - Marion Lathem
  Tue, 12 Sep 2006 18:17:50 -0500
  Well, I spent much of the day, building my heat shields out of aluminum... ! This afternoon, I was cleaning out the van as it...
• Fuel injector cleaner: harm O2 sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 6 Mar 2016 10:07:44 -0800
  My 88 westy 2.1 wbx still has that shield. I'd read that an o2 sensor (references?) outside air through small holes at...
• Re: Spade terminal on Distributor?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:36:06 -0700
  The distributor came with an RF shield that goes over the distributor cap. It has a braided strap on it that ends in a...
• Re: Oxygen Sensor Ground
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sat, 25 Mar 2006 08:16:39 -0800
  ...More important that you have the deflector shield to keep airflow from cooling it off and road spray off it. Both can cause most...
• Re: Pigtail needed
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 12 Dec 2015 23:11:07 -0500
  ...The green wire going to the sensor is a shield wire like an audio cable. Get to that outer shield wire and with the...
• Re: Pic of melting wiring in my Air cooled '81. How's yours? --- :^)
  Historical mailing list - Justin M. Mayrand
  Wed, 5 Mar 2008 15:30:09 -0500
  There is supposed to be a heat shield. I made one for my AFC (with similarly burned wires) from a piece of steel stovepipe...
• Re: occasional hesitation
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 23 Dec 2017 12:43:43 -0500
  ...Unplug the single sensor wire from the bright green ECU (shielded) wire. Verify 0.45V to ground on bright green wire with key on...
• Re: fuel line shield?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 15 Jun 2018 11:50:42 -0700
  10ç has a good idea... easier to check and replace the fuel hoses and cooler fuel. I reroute some of them. thanks
• Re: Eurospec Conversion: Digifant Comment
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 29 Jul 1998 12:36:49 -0700
  ...So I removed the shield and the oil temp returned to normal. What I think happened was that the shield changed the way the...
• Response from clear "Bra" mfgr (Was: Vanagon Bra??)
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Wed, 27 Oct 1999 08:45:55 -0700
  ...Brent Christensen '89 GL Syncro Westy "Klaus" Santa Barbara, CA ----------------------------------------------- Thank you for visiting our web site at http://www.invinca-shield.com. We...
• a thing to share...
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 21 Sep 2016 20:28:28 -0700
  for you the one who has WBX engine... *OIL FILTER SHIELD* http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=261355&start=8700
• Re: O2 sensor in gutted cat question
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:02:07 -0400
  What did this O2 sensr shields look like? Thanks, Tony -- 82 Scirocco "Rodolfo" 85 Vanagon "El Guapo" 90 Fuji Ace
• O2-sensor blues and more on '84 1.9L engine
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sat, 13 Aug 2011 11:46:31 -0400
  First, thank you to one of the list gurus who suggested checking on shorts between O2-cable and its shield. I had one of...
• Need an O2 sensor heat shield...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Wed, 16 Jun 2004 21:35:05 -0700
  Anybody have one fore sale? I looked under there and noticed it was gone, What now we have sensor thieves??? TIC Robert
• Re: Heat Shields
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Sep 2006 01:20:48 EDT
  lyle...nevermind..i didnt read your whole post.. ***smacks head hard with open palm** duh chris.. anyway kudos to you for your creativity and...
• Re: O2 sensor in gutted cat question
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:37:17 -0700
  Following Dennis' excellent recommendation, I bought an OEM o2 sensor shield from The Bus Depot a few years back. After I installed it and...
• Re: Stock 2.1 in NC
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:59:49 -0400
  ...Stock 2.1 in NC I know that the exhaust is not there and it looks like I am missing the heat shield as...
• Re: Thanks for EV tire info and more.
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 10 Mar 1996 19:45:20 +0000
  ...Took several visits to convince them it was a real noise (man, some MGs are really DEAF), but they said the heat shield bracket...
• drain plugs - coolant - what now?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Hartman
  Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:28:08 -0800
  ...Problem is that here in Juneau, no fasteners survive under a 22 year old vanagon without massive rust, and sheet metal shields are anything...
• Re: ECU Monitor
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 5 Oct 2013 15:54:40 -0700
  ...The shielding wires (aka "reference ground" ?) around the O2 centre "signal" wire connect to ECU then split off to a ground point at engine...
• Re: 1.9 fuel injection / O2 problem
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 22 Jun 1997 13:42:46 -0400
  ...The shield >is= > >connected to pin 6, a wire from the air flow sensor. I found the >center >conductor of the coax is shorted...
• Re: Fires
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 26 Jan 2001 23:53:22 +1200
  ><< you could always make stainless or aluminum heat shields... >> > >What could they bolt to though? I've been thinking about this the last few...
• Re: rusty engine compartment, no splash shields?
  Historical mailing list - Marcus Burhanna
  Mon, 15 Jan 2001 20:03:28 EST
  Is the tin an aftermarket addition or is it standard on vanagons and the one I looked at was lacking it? Thanks, Marcus