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• Fwd: 1981 2L Type IV Strainer Cleaning - Where Does the Rubber Washer Go?
  Historical mailing list - Geoffrey Toye
  Fri, 23 Oct 2020 15:54:30 -0400
  ...However, > when I > > took the strainer off, in addition to the three gaskets I have in the > kit a > > fourth rubber washer came out...
• Re: filling the filter?, was: lube guys
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 12 Feb 2000 14:35:43 -0600
  ...and also be SURE to take some nice fresh clean oil and rub it on the rubber gasket of the new oil filter. this...
• Re: poptop gasket
  Historical mailing list - Richard Lumb
  Mon, 23 Jun 1997 18:15:34 +0200
  Woody, On Mon, 23 Jun 1997 10:55:21 -0500 you wrote... > The rubber gasket on the poptop of my '84 Westy has started...
• Re: drips of antifreeze off head
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 2 Jan 2013 09:54:43 -0800
  ...The thought being that the electrical contact between the heads and case is poor because of the stud nut sealant and rubber gasket. The...
• "chrome" window trim
  Historical mailing list - John McLean
  Fri, 27 Apr 2001 08:02:15 -0700
  ...The guy recommended replacing the plastic chrome with a ribbed round rubber gasket that is normally used for holding window screens in aluminum frames...
• Installing a slider window
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:21:41 -0800
  I've installed a slider window in a Westy once, and ended up tearing a little bit of the gasket, but counted my blessings...
• long term engine storage
  Historical mailing list - Greg Stelz
  Sat, 26 Jan 2002 16:00:26 -0800
  ...cleaning up the gasket mating surfaces to prevent further corosion then reinstall the heads (lightly tightened) without new rubber gaskets to prevent dust from...
• Re: BUS BOYS
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Jul 94 10:37:23 ADT
  ...They claim 'rubber products' mostly. Anyone dealt with them yet? It's time to do my leaky head gasket over, hence the question. What...
• Re: Head machined or my way ...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 21 Jul 2007 14:08:20 -0700
  ...determines how much the head squeezes the 'water retention rubber gasket' (a joke design if there ever was one. ) If you just 'flycut' the...
• Re: Coolant Tank and Gasket
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sun, 12 Dec 2010 19:34:26 -0600
  ...com> wrote: > the only rubber gasket associated with the overflow bottle by the license > plate is the black rubber gasket for the cap. > I...
• Re: Buying a Westy Help
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Tue, 30 Mar 2004 08:39:55 -0500
  ...Second, check under each rubber head gasket for sign of leak / coolant corosion. Put your nail into the rubber gasket, it need to be...
• Heater Control Box Baffle Repair???
  Historical mailing list - Michael Nichols
  Mon, 20 Aug 2001 21:42:04 -0400
  ...replace the rubber baffle in each of the two heater control boxes in air cooled Vanagons? This is a rubber gasket that fits inside...
• Re: 2.1 strange running before and after head gasket repair
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:02:24 -0600
  ...mistake by letting a wire get caught under the driver side > rubber gasket, which cases coolant to pool on top of the cylinder. I...
• Re: Creepy white/tan powder inside windshield rubber
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:17:02 -0700
  ...I'm not sure of the exact material >>> used in these gaskets, if they are true rubber or some synthetic. >>> Different materials break down...
• Re: Door Gasket Sealing
  Historical mailing list - Blue Eyes
  Wed, 21 Oct 1998 04:17:04 -0500
  ...Door Gasket Sealing Applying wide (2" is good) clean masking tape to a metal surface side, and some slow drying colorant, like artist's...
• Re: Vacuum leak sources
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Tue, 16 May 2000 21:35:25 -0400
  ...Various sources of leaks: > > Air Runners: > Intake gasket- head to air runner > Small injector seals > Rubber boots around runners and center plenum > Leaks where...
• Re: head gasket replacement
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 3 May 2003 14:47:02 -0400
  ...Westy was in Virginia) My big rubber head gaskets disentegrated. I was over 1000 miles from home but had tools with me, so I...
• Re: Looking for rubber filler tube neck for gas tank (and oil cap gasket)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:56:07 EDT
  i have the 88-'91 style filler neck w/ the float ball at the end for sale. ..keeps gas from spewing out the side...
• 68-7x brake fluid resiviors
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Feb 1996 19:26:50 -0800
  ...I think I was able to get the rubber gaskets still from the dealer. Mercifully, the resevior-to-master-cylinder gaskets come with the...
• Re: Westy fridge combustion chamber gasket replacement
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 14 Oct 2004 21:09:09 -0700
  ...process of servicing & upgrading my fridge and need to > replace > the rubber gasket that seals the upper and lower parts of the > combustion > chamber...
• Re: Have to redo heads every 30K miles after a rebuild?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sun, 28 Jul 2013 10:49:02 -0700
  ...and usually until something happens....like external leaks out of the rubber outer gaskets, coolant consumption through the combustion chambers, or combustion getting into...
• Re: Windshield is in
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:00:32 -0400
  ...BD gasket and once I started the string about 3/4 up the side, where I was able to pull the rubber lip buy...
• Thermostat gasket?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:29:47 -0800
  ...On a '90 Westy, is there only the one rubber gasket for the thermostat swap is there more like maybe a cardboard like one...
• Head Gasket oddity
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 26 Jan 2005 09:05:51 EST
  ...Brand new head gasket, rubber one, installed on rebuilt engine. Engine sat for approximately one year before being put in service. Failure occurred at...
• Re: poptop gasket
  Historical mailing list - John Welsh
  Mon, 23 Jun 1997 11:49:22 +0000
  ...John Welsh, San Diego 87 Syncro Westfalia GL 81 Triumph TR8 Bruce Wood wrote: > > The rubber gasket on the poptop of my '84 Westy...
• Re: Head-Nut Sealant - alternatives?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 19 Mar 2002 05:45:09 EST
  ...the gasket kit ! Use Loctite brand or Permatex brand Copper high temp silicone head gasket sealant for both the rubber 0-ring gaskets and...
• Re[2]: waterboxer longevity
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Tue, 31 Mar 1998 15:26:55 -0500
  ...There are some solvents in it that make rubber parts (like our water jacket gaskets) swell slightly and seal better. Also works on connections...
• Tightening the Throttle body
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Fri, 23 Jun 2006 10:48:57 -0700
  I have developed a leak in the gasket/boot/rubber bit that goes between the throttle body (TB) and the air distribution manifold on...
• [vanagon] ceramic caotings/corrosion
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 29 May 96 20:03 CDT
  >This is caused by the thick rubber gasket allowing coolant to seep >under it when under pressure. This forms little pools of trapped coolant...
• Re: Question re water tank cap
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Tue, 12 Jun 2012 12:41:25 -0600
  ...I'd suggest addiing another rubber gasket inside the cap to allow the cap to be tightened a little more, appllying so much pressure...
• RE: Help from Mexico!
  Historical mailing list - David I. Tanzer
  Sun, 8 Jun 1997 10:12:07 -0400
  ...make sure you put some soapy water on the screwdriver and the= rubber gasket ... it makes the rubber slippery and helps every thing sl...
• Re: Throttle body
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 1 Jul 2015 18:14:04 -0700
  ...Tapping lightly with a steel one, or banging with a rubber one. Be sure to replace the gasket, it's shot: http://www.van...
• Re: Lead sealing plug for vent wings?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 15 Apr 2016 07:44:58 -0700
  ...I put a thin rubber gasket on the lock and the noise was gone. I think I mentioned this earlier,
• Re: uh-oh
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
  Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:38:17 -0800
  ...BTW, the tightness is not on that rubber gasket that you see between the head and the block, but it is between the head...
• Re: Winshield seal
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 4 Jul 1997 00:06:46 -0400
  ...rubber windshield sealant. Parts Stores carry it. NAPA has both, the nod goes to the Urethane, but this is a "truck type gasket" ie...
• Re: Spring Spacers?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:15:20 -0400
  Waaaay back in the 80's I tried some rubber spacers to lift the sagging back end of my Cougar XR7. The rubber split...
• Re: Window chrome moulding
  Historical mailing list - John McLean
  Thu, 4 May 2000 10:17:27 -0700
  ...don't you have to replace it with plain rubber in order to maintain the seal of the gasket? John McLean 87 Vanagon GL
• Re: Diesel Oil Pan Bolts and Washers (for gas inline engine)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 18 Nov 2016 09:27:27 -0800
  ...Windage tray > gasket was rubber or the like, and same thickness as stock gasket. > > Just for the rubber gasket I'd put one in...
• Re: head gaskets
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:01:37 -0500
  It's not the head gaskets proper but the rubber water jacket gaskets. Well... the head gaskets may be leaking as well, but in...
• Re: leaky head gasket question again
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 2 Apr 2002 20:09:55 -0500
  ...I used JB Weld to level the pits where the rubber gasket fits between the head and the water jacket. No problems so far...
• Re: Stainless_steel_fastener_information_and_more
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Fri, 19 Jan 2007 08:39:09 -0500
  Hey Roger, When I replaced the foam gaskets on the utility outlets on my van I used a rubberized foam material I found at...
• Re: Directional Signals
  Historical mailing list - Lewis Horn
  Thu, 11 May 1995 09:46:04 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I was thinking more in terms of possibly cutting pieces out of an ordinary rubber gasket to make some type of seal. Lewis Horn...
• Re: REPLACE YOUR POP TOP SEAL FOR ABOUT $30 BUCKS
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Thu, 2 Apr 1998 19:30:52 -0700
  ...has been for a few years now in fact! The clips in mine rusted away entirely -- the rubber is more or less fine. Where...
• Windshield is in
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:12:14 -0400
  ...BD gasket and once I started the string about 3/4 up the side, where I was able to pull the rubber lip buy...
• Re: More windshield stuff
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sun, 4 Feb 2001 11:33:47 -0600
  ...A rubber gasketed windshield offers little or nothing in the way of a structural member to the body of a vehicle. Later, ______________ |[ ] [ ] [ ]\ | | | | ||-(())----(())-| Terry 85...
• Re: Fuel hose question
  Historical mailing list - Ed
  Thu, 3 Jul 2008 15:47:28 -0400
  To keep rubber hoses, window gaskets and other parts fresh, store them in a plastic bag away from sunlight to keep them away from...
• Re: Folllow-up on head gasket question
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
  Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:01:58 -0500
  When the rubber head gasket leaks on our wasserboxers, you're only going to get coolant leaking, no oil. When my head gasket leaked...
• Re: Speaking of water runoff...
  Historical mailing list - Steve Hoge
  Fri, 26 Oct 2001 12:07:45 -0700
  Richard Bias wrote: >I sealed, very well, with clear silicone, between my wind shield and >the rubber window seal. I think you'd find...
• Re: those plastic breather thingys under the front wheel-wells
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 1 Aug 2010 20:00:48 -0700
  On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 7:58 PM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > On mine the lower lip on each rubber gasket...
• Re: Diesel Oil Pan Bolts and Washers (for gas inline engine)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 22 Nov 2016 18:23:05 -0800
  Hardly really matters when there is a rubber gasket between surfaces. Any particularities between the metals pale in significance with the great amount of...
• Re: Good Price on 1.9l heads?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sun, 10 Oct 2004 18:41:08 -0700
  ...Often this will be accompanied by a corrosive reaction where the rubber gasket contacts the head. Unfortunately, there is no easy way out of...
• Re: Question about flue vent mounting
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 4 Oct 2006 12:55:33 -0700
  My black rubber gasket (that goes against the van) has an egg shaped cutout in the middle and that must orient to the flue...
• Re: water in the engine lid area
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 1 Mar 2010 15:32:59 -0600
  ...open), the rubber gasket and the painted lid surface that seals to the gasket. If any dirt gets on the rubber or the painted...
• Re: drips of antifreeze off head
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 1 Jan 2013 15:22:30 -0800
  ...and RS is a fantastic gasket sealer. I'd use it to seal the rubber gaskets even ... but not to fill in missing metal...
• Re: Head machined or my way ...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 21 Jul 2007 19:00:53 -0400
  ...determines how much the head squeezes the 'water retention rubber gasket' (a joke design if there ever was one. ) If you just 'flycut' the...
• Re: Sudden head gasket coolant catastrophic leaking
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Sun, 8 Jul 2007 09:31:59 -0700
  ...Together they caused the rubber gasket to fail. If the rubber gasket is not torn it is likely it can be reused still. Just...
• Re: Need advice for head gasket leak
  Historical mailing list - David E Most
  Tue, 24 Sep 1996 12:18:23 -0400
  ...Though technically not a traditional head > gasket, what most folks are referring to are the large odd-shaped rubber > gaskets which ARE visible externally...
• Re: 2.1 strange running before and after head gasket repair
  Historical mailing list - Pat
  Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:03:14 -0500
  ...Anyway, I made a mistake by letting a wire get caught under the driver side rubber gasket, which cases coolant to pool on top...
• Re: Oil in Coolant
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Sat, 7 Apr 2001 16:38:45 -0400
  ...camshaft bearings and on the gasket there is a little plastic/rubber ring around the passageway in the gasket that shrinks and pulls away...
• Re: Coolant Tank and Gasket
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
  Wed, 8 Dec 2010 11:03:17 -0700
  The coolant reservoir behind the license plate has a rubber gasket on the *inside* of the cap. This keeps the coolant from draining out...