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• Re: easy front heater blower air speed question...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 14 Jan 2002 10:10:08 -0500
  At 09:38 AM 1/14/2002, Chris Stann wrote: >highest speed it seems equivalent to driving at 25 MPH with air flaps open...
• Need coolant
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Fri, 29 Jul 2005 16:03:40 -0700
  ...I like the security of packing it in Mellow Yellow for those times I am not near a FLAPS. I'm near a FLAPS...
• Re: Front Heater Core Shutoff
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:14:02 -0700
  ...But, why leave the valve open when heat is not wanted? Though leaving the flaps closed means not so much heat gets out to...
• Re: Mud flaps
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Wed, 7 Jun 2000 15:51:22 -0700
  ...Mud flaps > > > My 87 parts Syncro has them on all 4 fenders. > > Walt > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Brent Christensen <bpchristensen1@HOME.COM> > To: <vanagon@GERRY...
• Re: SA parts and Transporters by the Tunnel
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Sat, 15 Jul 2000 02:39:48 EDT
  ...The mud flaps mount inside the wheel well instead of three or four inches behind the wheel well like the "stock" american flaps of...
• Re: FLAPS for 50 amp fan fuse?
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Thu, 21 Sep 2000 16:05:07 -0700
  ...Mine went out a few days ago and I went to every FLAPS (3) in my small town plus the local auto electric. Nothing...
• front heater flaps
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Tue, 28 Apr 1998 20:20:59 -0500
  ...I noticed all 3 of the flaps that direct the air to defrost , floor , and back vents have very little foam rubber along the...
• Re: Heater Box, how to remove the flaps?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 5 May 2012 19:40:31 -0400
  ...And the swinging flaps I mentioned they call forced air flaps. I'm pretty sure the end cap and operating lever are red herrings...
• Re: '83 Thermostat Questions
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 Apr 1996 23:40:26 -0700
  Listen to Muir, install the flaps and thermostat. Don't tempt fate. James >Greetings all, > >After taking a two month break from work I...
• Re: '99 SA Vanagon pics
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sun, 23 Feb 2003 16:18:59 -0500
  > I just saw VW SA mud flaps for sale along with USA mud flaps at go westy > com.. they were 99 bucks.. > WWW.gowesty...
• FLAPS? not in my experience (No Van Content)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 16 May 2007 09:25:37 -0700
  ...my experience you usually get ignored for a while, and then some kinda attitude or just a 'blank stare".. FLAPS, my patootie! Don Hanson
• Re: Mud Flaps, generic or otherwise? Sugestions
  Historical mailing list - Justin M. Mayrand
  Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:31:35 -0400
  Not sure on mud flaps, but I know Beetle hub caps fit all but the driver's side wheels. The drivers side dust cap...
• Mud flaps
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Tue, 6 Jun 2000 17:49:15 -0700
  This talk of mud flaps got me thinking about something I discovered recently on the ETKA CD. In the Syncro parts section, there are...
• Re: Replacing starter: Bosch reman. VS "some other"
  Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
  Wed, 20 Nov 2002 11:13:23 -0500
  ...I don't know yet if they will last any longer than the FLAPS parts, but having the starter engage instantaneously was certainly impressive...
• [Fwd: VW to FLAPS Conversion - Coolant Hoses]
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sun, 18 Apr 1999 16:02:00 -0400
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• Re: One more front heater question: those "other" flaps
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 6 Mar 2008 13:22:20 -0600
  ...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: A FLAPS question?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Sun, 13 May 2012 13:44:04 -0400
  ...12:15 ralph meyermann <ralphmeyermann@GMAIL.COM> napisał(a): >> >> > Hi gang! I recently been getting a few parts from a local (N) flaps and...
• Re: Stock German Mud Flaps Available Again
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Fri, 5 Dec 2008 19:19:20 -0800
  I bought a set (4) of these HD German flaps for my Westy and when they arrived I liked them so much I ordered...
• Re: ventilation controls
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 11 May 2016 05:41:06 -0700
  ...I can >> hear my flaps slapping shut but a lot of air still comes through if I try >> to turn off all the air...
• Re: A/C? Pfui! Need a good fan
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:36:58 -0600
  ...There are some >> gravity >> flaps that push open when under way and let fresh air get directly to >> the early hoses without passing through...
• Re: Mud flaps
  Historical mailing list - e-mail
  Wed, 7 Jun 2000 18:41:44 -0400
  ...Mud flaps > My Syncro has clear plastic film covering the rear wheel arches, but no > black screw-on splash guards. Anyone else out there...
• Re: Westy mud flaps
  Historical mailing list - Oxroad
  Wed, 1 Apr 1998 02:36:10 EST
  ...Is the dealer still the only option for mud flaps? Last year I checked on replacing the damaged one and adding 3 more and...
• Front heater flaps
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Tu
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 17:48:18 -0800
  Hi, My heater flaps are a bit binded I think. The ones that control the lower footwell area. I have got in there a...
• Trouble with lower front heater flaps
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Tu
  Tue, 28 Apr 1998 22:29:45 -0700
  Hello, I am absolutely fed up with the lower front heater flaps on my van. Before the cable would be very rough and the...
• Re: manual thermostat / heaterflap control?
  Historical mailing list - aircooledchris
  Wed, 17 Nov 2004 07:43:34 -0800
  ...Am I forgetting anything? > Al Brase > > Dennis Haynes wrote: > >> If the flaps need to fully open in cool weather, then the engine must be...
• Re: To Flap or Not To Flap?
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Tue, 3 Jul 2001 00:43:38 -0400
  Rod, i for one would definately keep the flaps. i know on my van, the lack of flaps has led to many an hour...
• Re: SA mud flaps
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 4 May 2006 07:12:22 EDT
  ...What are others experience wth these flaps? Are they more durable than they seem? Are the GoWesty (and other American vendors) SA mud flaps...
• Re: Interstate Battery Update
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 28 Jan 2007 17:11:08 -0800
  ...When you go to the FLAPS and the plastic case of the Bosch battery looks just like the Energizer, which looks just like the...
• mud flaps for busses
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Apr 1995 10:29:33 -0500 (CDT)
  Hi, Would anyone know a source for mud flaps? I found a pair in the West Coast Metric catalog for about $35, but they...
• SA mudflaps
  Historical mailing list - James S. Cohen
  Thu, 20 Jul 2000 21:19:01 -0400
  ...The mud flaps mount >> inside the wheel well instead of three or four inches behind the wheel >well >> like the "stock" american flaps of...
• RE : availability of OEM westy mudflaps?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Wed, 11 May 2005 15:00:45 +1000
  ...The front flaps get bent slightly back but never any damamge. Rear ones remain untouched. Admittedly one of the rear flaps is now cracking...
• Re: What is a FLAPS?????
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Thu, 3 Dec 1998 11:06:24 -0600
  ...What is a FLAPS????? MAn I hate to sound stupid..... But people have been referring to this.. my friend jokingly says... F***ing local...
• Re: heater flaps (not FLAPS)
  Historical mailing list - Sean Birkner
  Mon, 25 Oct 1999 02:16:03 EDT
  Well assuming it's just some foam rubber strips with adhesive on one side, I may have something for you. A while back I...
• source for 80-84 ivory-beige westy touchup spraypaint
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 28 Oct 2003 20:29:12 EST
  ...you get touchup spraypaint? > I need some L567 for inside but flaps don't carry it > Duplicolor DSGM366 "Yellow Beige" is an EXACT match...
• Re: stud kits
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sat, 1 Jan 2005 18:25:12 -0600
  Pep Boys. Auto Zone, Murray's, and local Flaps.
• Re: Grill
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 26 May 2006 17:57:51 -0400
  satin black spary paint at flaps will do it right.
• Re: New Cheap South African Grills are Here! (Also Cheap Mud Flaps)
  Historical mailing list - Fryday
  Mon, 15 Jul 2002 16:30:39 -0700
  ...Any ideas anyone? Did I get the wrong flaps? A bientot, Philippe > Mud Flaps - $65.95 for a set of 4. My part # 6881...
• Re: Starter Testing @ FLAPS WAS: Starting problem or startER problem
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 8 Apr 2013 13:36:00 -0700
  ...Starting problem or >> startER >> problem > > >> All, >> Has anyone ever used the starter testing at your FLAPS? >
• Re: Heater Box, how to remove the flaps?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 5 May 2012 19:29:34 -0700
  ...But I do recommend replacing foam on everything except the swinging flaps operated solely by airflow. > > d
• WTB: Mud flaps for my Westy
  Historical mailing list - Marshall
  Tue, 26 Feb 2002 23:41:53 -0600
  ...I'd feel much better if someone could sell me a set of mud flaps for it. Perhaps you have a set of the...
• Re: Cv Circlip removal tool?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 5 Mar 2005 16:33:28 -0600
  Most FLAPS carry the snap ring pliers with interchangeable tips thst should work for you. Or, you could buy a pair pliers whose tips...
• Hanging flaps in heater box
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 4 Oct 2000 15:44:30 -0400
  Ok, I understand what the free-swinging flaps do in the heater box. They matter... Heater box has three functional parts: cold air inlet...
• SA heavy duty mud flaps on ebay
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Tue, 12 Jul 2005 00:08:15 EDT
  I saw these (rare in the USA) South African mud flaps on ebay. They are better than most mud flaps I have seen available...
• Re: Hanging flaps in heater box
  Historical mailing list - M Kaz
  Thu, 5 Oct 2000 09:46:16 -0400
  ...Hanging flaps in heater box > > Ok, I understand what the free-swinging flaps do in the heater box. They > matter... > > Heater box has three...
• Re: Heater Box, how to remove the flaps?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 5 May 2012 16:50:45 -0700
  ...And the swinging flaps I mentioned they call forced air flaps. > > I'm pretty sure the end cap and operating lever are red herrings...
• Re: FLAPS
  Historical mailing list - Erik W. Burtis
  Wed, 1 Nov 1995 17:41:31 -0400 (EDT)
  ...1/95 -0600, you wrote: > >Please excuse my ignorance,What is FLAPS? Perhaps some one could clue me in > >to these anachronyms you all...
• Heater flaps (more)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 25 Oct 1999 09:16:09 -0700
  ...Don't see how this would work, since the flaps are actually flat sheets of foam. I don't have one in my hand...
• Re: Mud flaps
  Historical mailing list - Ian Allan
  Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:53:46 -0500
  ...I got a set of SA flaps a couple of years ago. Installed them with 3M 5200 adhesive (Black) AND the clips. Nothing has...
• Re: FLAPS? not in my experience (No Van Content)
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Wed, 16 May 2007 11:36:35 -0500
  ...while, and then some kinda attitude or just a 'blank stare".. FLAPS, my patootie! uh, there IS another F-word that fits those types...
• Re: 1980 Thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Tue, 20 Apr 2004 07:09:31 -0700
  ...I removed it and simply let the cooling flaps spring back to their default position. Stan, if I read your e-mail correctly it...
• Re: anybody used these Mud Flaps
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:40:15 -0700
  On 9/11/07, Wesley Pegden <wes@cs.uchicago.edu> wrote: > > Anybody tried "generic" mud flaps like these: > > http://www.amazon.com/Black-Diamond...
• Re: Battery
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Mon, 21 Feb 2000 18:00:24 -0800
  ...Most battery places like Sears, FLAPs, etc. have charts that will tell you what will fit. Bill -----Original Message----- From: Steve Sullivan <Steve@NORTHWESTWATCH...
• A real offbeat question
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 10 Feb 2003 13:49:08 -0800
  ...I was cleaning up the fan housing and cooling air control flaps for the engine I'm going to install in the Westy and...
• Re: manual thermostat / heaterflap control?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 16 Nov 2004 21:40:59 -0500
  If the flaps need to fully open in cool weather, then the engine must be overheating in warm or hot weather. The thermostat will...
• Re: 1980 Thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 20 Apr 2004 14:52:41 -0500
  ...To fully realize this you need to have a air shroud on your work bench and operate the flaps and then you can see...
• Re: [WetWesties] Brake lights don't work
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Wed, 28 Jan 2004 16:38:33 -0800
  ...Good thing they are stocked at > most FLAPS. Intersting thing is some FLAPS were charging $15.00 for the > part, and others $5.00...
• Re: mud flaps
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Wed, 31 Jan 2001 10:46:39 -0800
  ...The clips to hold the mud flaps on suck. I made some clips out of some channel (shape of U) and then tapped a...
• Re: One more front heater question: those "other" flaps
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 6 Mar 2008 11:31:44 -0800
  ...I'm just wondering about that upper set of > > > flaps, how you might get to the back side of the actual metal flap, > > > and...
• FLAPS LED taillights
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Mon, 5 Apr 2004 11:58:58 -0700
  I was at my FLAPS this weekend (getting Mobile 1) and saw they have LED taillights ("off road use only") that fit into normal...
• Re: SA mud flaps
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Thu, 4 May 2006 08:30:38 -0700
  ...102A, BCW 821 801) including some other bits; i think the flaps are the 813, 824, 833B, and 834B numbers. this is as of...