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• Leaking freeze plugs
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Mon, 24 Jun 2002 11:18:52 -0700
  The freeze plug behind my crank pulley also leaks. I've been told by my mechanic that one can put in some type of...
• Re: Camper question
  Historical mailing list - Alain Thibault
  Mon, 30 Dec 2013 13:18:40 -0800
  Thanks for your help, however there is only one plug where the fridge is plugged in my 1986 and it is used by the...
• Re: Oil drain problem
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 22 Feb 2007 06:16:49 -0600
  Ed, You have gotten excellent advice from Jim and Dennis about that drain plug and thread repair. The one thing I would add is...
• removing recalcitrant gearbox drain plug.
  Historical mailing list - Geoff Law
  Fri, 22 Dec 2000 17:59:27 +1000
  Hi Folks, Tried to change my gear box oil the other day, but when I inserted my trusty plug removing tool, (a bolt with...
• Looking for "Safety Plug" for A/C system
  Historical mailing list - Woten, Rodney
  Mon, 10 May 2004 08:47:29 -0500
  ...It appears that the safety plug that sits atop the receiver/dryer, in the driver's side rear wheelwell, has blown it's plug...
• Re: another question
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 10 Jun 2002 22:56:34 -0600
  ...that's a 110 volt plug. If you were at an RV campsite and were plugged into their electrical power, that plug would work...
• Re: 83 temperature gauge goes berserk
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 27 Apr 2005 11:28:37 -0400
  There are wires going to the top of the coolant resoviour(the one with the radiater cap).The plug at the end of the...
• Re: oil drain screw striped
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 24 Feb 1999 23:23:15 -0500
  Oil-Tite sells an over size drain plug with the correct thread pitch. In fact, you can get a single and a double oversize...
• Re: Greetings / gas heater info
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Dec 1995 12:23:37 -0800
  ...I replaced the glow plug and everything worked well for 3 months. Then the glow plug wouldn't spark sufficiently to start the heater...
• Re: 82 Diesel Glow Plug Problem?
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Tue, 6 Oct 1998 15:48:33 -0500
  ...82 Diesel Glow Plug Problem? 1982 Diesel Vanagon. I had my glow plug relay and glow plug #3 replaced in July because of inconsistent...
• Help, Missing Freeze Plug on Head
  Historical mailing list - zyno
  Sun, 17 May 1998 08:22:19 -0400
  ...Has anyone seen a freeze plug come off the heads on a water cooled Vanagon? The freeze plug adjacent to the coolant drain plug...
• Re: Bosch Platinum Spark Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Mon, 31 Oct 1994 08:19:39 CST6CDT
  ...VW > says 48000 Km or 2 years for spark plug intervals, and after 32000 Km > and a little over a year the plug gap...
• Re: oil plug woes
  Historical mailing list - Carlen, Gregg
  Tue, 3 Jul 2001 09:33:16 -0400
  ...Then, using a large flat blade screw driver, give it a shot at taking out the plug. If you're destroying the plug anyway...
• Denso Iridium Power Spark Lub (5306)
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Wed, 6 Sep 2017 19:13:25 -0400
  Has anyone tried running these Denso Iridium plugs in their 2.1? http://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=292269 <http://www.rockauto...
• Re: Extremely tight Spark Plug
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 14 Jun 2003 15:32:38 -0600
  > Ps is #3 spark plug the forward one on the driver's side ?? Yes ......... 1 and 2 on the right, 3 and 4 on...
• Re: Broken Spark Plug Electrode/Tip
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Tue, 11 Jan 2005 05:02:51 -0500
  ...a loose or under-torqued plug will overheat due to poor heat tranfer, and that may be what caused the broken electrode. i doubt...
• Glow Plug Warning Light-Glo
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  17 Jul 1995 11:56:00 -0700
  ...Glow Plug Warning Light... Time: 11:51 AM Date: 7/17/95 Glow Plug Warning Light The reason I put a special warning light...
• Re: Bosch Platinum Spark Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Fri, 12 May 2000 07:32:08 -0700
  > << Bosch Platinum Spark Plugs >> > I've been using them for the last three years in my '87 Westy. They > perform flawlessly and are the...
• Re: More Oil Plug Leaking - Quick Fix?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Mon, 25 Jun 2001 14:58:23 -0500
  Is the plug actually loose? It can be in quite securely and still dribble oil if the washer is bad or missing. Give it...
• Re: New-Spark-Plugcebo Effect
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 22 Aug 2012 07:00:05 -0700
  ...New-Spark-Plugcebo Effect > > I have to assume that the VW engineers picked plugs with a certain reach as > appropriate for the engine (1...
• Re: Broken Spark Plug Electrode/Tip
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Sun, 9 Jan 2005 18:04:36 -0800
  ...Broken spark plug tips and loose plugs are both indicative of an engine pinging itself to death. The W7DTC plugs are too long. They...
• Re: 5th spark plug
  Historical mailing list - Casa Gofastica motorcycle service
  Sat, 8 Sep 2001 17:35:27 -0700
  ...What I did was take all of the ceramic out of the plug, and filled it in = with weld. Then I drilled the plug...
• Re: Utility Plug
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Sat, 1 Nov 2008 19:44:40 -0400
  I used a replacement plug that would typically go on the end of an extension cord, and a little Goop Glue, it was a...
• Re: Oil plug
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 11 Jul 2013 16:39:07 -0700
  ...The longer plug will thread into the remaining undamaged threads in the case - the threads that the shorter stock plug did not reach. Now...
• Sockets and Accessories for sale Was:missing a hole in my vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Fri, 30 Nov 2001 00:14:38 EST
  ...HTH JinNJ >> I offer an accessory kit which contains the socket, hinged cover, adapter for plugging in a cig. lighter plug, a straight plug...
• Re: ALTERNATIVE SPARK PLUG WIRES
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:22:58 -0600
  ...I found what I was looking for in >Magnecor Spark Plug Wires. > >http://www.magnecor.com/magnecor1/main.htm > >The #4521 8.5mm plug...
• Re: Loss of power - super hot muffler / Read Again
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Thu, 12 Dec 2002 08:53:43 EST
  ...Flooding? Pulled the plugs - they are BLACK. Changed the plugs, rotor & cap (overdue anyway) 2) Engine starts. Runs rough. Exhaust smells like fuel. 3...
• Re: Bosch or NGK plugs?(Autolite)
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 30 Jan 1999 09:54:22 EST
  The plugs I like to use are Autolite Platinums (pause while some folks click the delete key because of anti-American sentiment). Autolite makes...
• Re: removing oil drain plug
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:51:50 -0500
  An oversized plug has been installed. I usually just grind a 19mm socket until the walls are thin enough so it will fit and...
• Re: How to remove transmission plugs?...problem solved
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Tue, 14 May 2002 10:09:36 -0500
  Tom, Be sparing with the heat on aluminum? This was a massive understatement---!! What a disaster to have the area around the plug go...
• Re: Tapping oil drain plug
  Historical mailing list - Joe Glisson
  Fri, 22 Aug 2003 10:47:02 -0400
  If the plug is stripped, just get a new plug. I bought one recently for $2.00 - if you mean the drain hole, that...
• Sparkplug question
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Wed, 8 Sep 2004 21:29:57 -0400
  On the standard sparkplugs for the 1.9L WBX, do you put the plugwires directly on the threaded top of the plug or do...
• Re: 80 air cooled oil galley plugs
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Tue, 7 Sep 1999 00:44:42 EDT
  The engine rebuilder we used (before he & I retired from cars) always staked them in place and JB Welded the galley plugs after installation...
• Re: OIL PRESSURE RELIEF PLUG
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Sat, 27 Jan 2001 11:47:31 -0800
  Here is what i ended up doing to remove the plugs before i rebuilt air cooled engines. I took a piece of dowell and...
• Re: ALTERNATIVE SPARK PLUG WIRES
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:17:21 -0400
  I had a Bosch plug wire set fail in a Jetta within a week of installation, the Vanagon set lasted a couple weeks more...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 11 Jun 2004 - Special issue (#2004-549)
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 20:15:32 -0400
  ...You mark where the cathode is, screw the plug in and note where it ends up. You try all your spark plugs and usually...
• Re: Aluminum in the threads
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 27 May 2002 12:41:29 -0500
  ...When a spark plug, especially a cold plug, (and plugs removed from a warm engine because of their smaller mass will cool faster than...
• Oil drain plug (Westy 85)
  Historical mailing list - Normand Gagnon
  Thu, 18 Apr 1996 09:23:14 -0400
  Hi, My mechanic had installed (as a patch) a spark plug as oil drain plug. He said to me that the oil pan treads...
• Re: spark plug upgrades.....3 electrode for 1.9L and 4 electrode for 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 17:25:41 -0600
  ...It depends on whether the plug wires require attatchment to the metal bulb of the plug, or the little screw atop the plug. You...
• Re: Oil Drain Plug Options
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 19 Aug 2002 10:38:32 -0400
  ...Oil Drain Plug Options It is no sweat. Just re-tap it, move up to the next size plug. Apply some (gentle) compressed air...
• Re: What do I need?
  Historical mailing list - Brian Jarvinen
  Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:00:49 -0800
  --- JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote: > drain plug. (ps, the drain plug > is screwed into the bottom of the engine case..if > you strip the threads...
• Re: Oil plug
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Wed, 10 Jul 2013 08:16:50 -0500
  When that happened on one of my earlier vans - air-cooled, long before I really knew much about them - I used a sparking plug...
• Re: Universal inline plug?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 24 Jan 2014 17:03:50 -0800
  ...Mark Don Hanson wrote: > Those small 2 wire plugs that are found on Battery Tenders? They have 2 > bullet plugs and opposed sockets, allowing...
• Oil Drain Plug Removal - unable to remove plug
  Historical mailing list - bob mendonca
  Mon, 19 Aug 2002 16:23:23 -0700
  ...The plug turns in place, but doesn't leak, and the mechanic tried putting a wrench on it to tighten up the plug and...
• Help! rounded oil plug
  Historical mailing list - michael schiesser
  Sun, 13 Aug 2000 23:45:47 -0400
  ...Help! rounded oil plug Help! rounded oil plug I can't get the oil plug out even after trying to use a standard socket...
• what is with the plug
  Historical mailing list - Jonc
  Wed, 2 Aug 2000 10:07:04 -0400
  ...She had the plugs that are normally used to set the timing plugged together and was not aware of it.. it seemed to be...
• Re: Looking for "Safety Plug" for A/C system
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 10 May 2004 09:44:32 -0500
  ...Looking for "Safety Plug" for A/C system > MOst AC systems today have blowout plugs. These are usually > holes drilled in the recieved/drier...
• Re: Spark Plug Recommendation
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:15:14 -0700
  Good plugs - I'm using them. On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 5:16 PM, Edward Maglott < emaglott@buncombe.main.nc.us> wrote: > I...
• Re: removing oil drain plug
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sun, 27 Jan 2008 17:16:28 -0800
  My van had over sized oil-drain plugs (re-tapped) and I did need a thin-walled socket to get up in the space...
• It looks like the Triple Electrode Spark Plug might be the best f or the 1.9L Motor
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Wed, 27 Feb 2002 17:32:05 -0600
  Here's some advice from someone who has knowledge about the triple electrode W7DTC spark plug and others "Malibu Tony" wrote: > Since you guys...
• Re: oil drain screw striped
  Historical mailing list - Eckie Prater
  Wed, 24 Feb 1999 22:49:52 -0600
  Dennis, Is this plug for the AC engine? If so where could I get one? Thanks, Eckie Prater -----Original Message----- From: Dennis Haynes <dhaynes57...
• Re: Stripped drain plug solution?
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Thu, 5 Nov 1998 09:18:06 -0600
  Oil Drain Plug Stripped-EEs, Search the archives on this problem. I did on my strip-out and went to my local FLAPS and...
• Re: stripped oil pan plug
  Historical mailing list - Michael Harrnacker
  Mon, 7 Dec 1998 20:37:37 -0700
  I finally got that additional info on the drain plug for Vanagons that can't be retapped for a new traditional plug. My mechanic...
• Re: Some (Simple!) Diesel Question to do with Glow Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Fri, 7 Apr 2000 06:10:03 -0700
  I'm no electrical whiz, but 1 ohm of resistance sounds way too low for a glow plug. Try applying power to them while...
• Re: 87' Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 8 Oct 1997 07:13:28 -0400
  I second this problem, with the Platinum plug. I have seen to many problem with them. Besides, the regular super plugs are only$.65...
• Re: Bosch Platinum Spark Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Thu, 11 May 2000 19:20:45 -0600
  ...are they worth paying three times the normal price for Plugs??? No, especially since they're not as good as normal Bosch plugs. I...
• Re: Plugs, what does the colour say?
  Historical mailing list - GMBulley
  Sun, 24 May 1998 22:46:11 EDT
  In a message dated 98-05-24 12:12:23 EDT, sxs@Schwenk-Law.com writes: << The lighter/whiter the plug is, the leaner...
• Re: difficult shifting
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 31 May 2005 10:27:07 -0400
  ...Take the 17mm hex plug out, and stick your finger inside. If you dont find any fluid, consider topping off. Check your drive flanges...
• Re: Cut you spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 09:16:43 -0800
  I'm using Bosch quad plugs and I notice my MPG is lower but I'm not sure it is the plugs just yet...
• Re: Coils and Platinum Plugs!
  Historical mailing list - KBatzler
  Fri, 8 Jan 1999 20:48:18 -0800
  I've been running platinum plugs on ALL of my cars for years...every thing from Vanagons, Jettas, Passats without a single problem. Karl...