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• can i run holes instead of pipes from front to back on vanagon
  Historical mailing list - steve
  Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:36:47 -0700
  can i just run holes instead of pipes from front to back on my 1984 Vanagon Westy - until i get the time to wait...
• Re: Metal coolant bypass pipe
  Historical mailing list - George Wietor
  Thu, 1 Jul 2004 10:55:21 -0400
  ...Metal coolant bypass pipe Well... Tried to fix the pin hole leak, but it was on the corner of the pipe and maybe there
• Re: '84 Coolant pipes question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 28 Aug 2011 13:56:08 -0700
  several vendors sell stainless steel replacement pipes. I recommend the type that come in two sections.. the forward half, and the rear half, joined...
• Crossover Pipe HELP
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Fri, 16 Dec 2005 08:23:42 -0800
  ...I thought he was offering the fuel crossover pipe for $125. This may be a fair price in the future when they fuel crossover...
• Re: coolant lines being burned by exhaust
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Oct 1999 19:00:26 PDT
  >Peeking under our '87 2WD the other day, I noticed that >the driver's side >coolant pipe near the engine tin has some of...
• Re: Need your opinions: stainless exhaust opportunity
  Historical mailing list - Steven Cu
  Sun, 20 Feb 2000 07:07:50 +0800
  Ron, I changed my muffler to a completely stainless one (glasspacked, custom fabricated) and some pipes, eversince i never had any rust and it...
• exhaust pipes for `88 Vanagon GL Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - CBK
  Mon, 8 May 2000 10:15:25 -0700
  Can anyone supply me with the exhaust pipes & manifold for my `88 Vanagon GL? I have headers on now, and it won't pass...
• Re: Steel coolant pipe repair ideas
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 31 Oct 2005 09:30:10 -0800
  ...1) welding a bead around the pipe to > > > simulate the stock flare. 2) Buying the expensive tool to create the flare in > > > the pipe...
• Stainless Coolant Pipes Endanger Engines
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Thu, 14 Oct 2010 09:51:23 -0400
  It has become very common in Vanagon circles for owners to change their coolant pipes to stainless steel designs. Terry K introduced one of...
• Re: Painting the exhaust - High Temp - POR??
  Historical mailing list - Bill Monk
  Wed, 1 May 2013 16:36:22 -0400
  ...First the pipes are well made and has all mandrel bends. Thick flanges are nicely welded on. Very nice! The fit was perfect. Nothing...
• Re: cutting off exhaust "elbow pipe"
  Historical mailing list - Mark Brush
  Wed, 1 May 2013 13:54:03 -0400
  ...10 PM, "Mark Brush" <mbrush@gmail.com> wrote: > >> My exhaust pipe - the collector pipe to the catalytic converter - has a >> hole in it. I...
• Gowesty Stainless Exhaust
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Wed, 1 May 2013 13:51:54 -0700
  ...But at the time I had no idea that the Dansk pipes were so bad. Though I am pretty sure that goWesty did not...
• Re: 2.1 L Oil Cooler Seal Replacement
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 7 Feb 2015 11:31:57 -0600
  ...Slid > the internal pipe wrench inside to loosen it - and the end of the pipe > wrench inside the pipe sheared off, leaving no way...
• Re: Coolant Pipe repair
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Sat, 9 Nov 2013 10:36:34 -0800
  ...Coolant Pipe repair > > 90 2.1L > > Does anyone have any advice on coolant pipe repairs ? > > I was about to change out the two large...
• Re: [T2] An Air-Cooled Vangon X-over pipe question
  Historical mailing list - The Old Volks Home
  Thu, 10 Oct 2002 09:03:34 -0700
  ...My question has to do with how the lower end of the EGR >filter connects to the crossover pipe. The crossover pipe on my...
• Re: Mufflers re-dux (pipe strangeness)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 27 Feb 2012 13:16:52 -0600
  ...I guess this type of fail is not too > uncommon then? I would have expected the tail pipe to have rusted, but > not for...
• Re: Home Made Bull Bars--Pipe Benders
  Historical mailing list - Melvin Mudgett-Price
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 12:06:56 -0400
  ...Home Made Bull Bars--Pipe Benders What about exhaust pipe. Would this work? If so you get a muffler shop to do the bending.
• rad hose/pipe fixed
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 29 Sep 1996 04:20:12 -0300 (ADT)
  ...Bit smaller than the 1 +1/8" the steel pipe, but we'll see. One pipe was toast, huge rustthroughs all over it, end...
• Re: vanagon exhaust (in STAINLESS STEEL!)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 27 Nov 1996 10:08:53 -0400 (AST)
  ...This would be the best startup choice, 2.1l pipes, if so. The Syncro front pipe will likely still be NA outside dealer. grrr
• Replacing Gas Tank Cross-Over Pipe on 84
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Fri, 26 Jul 2002 08:50:14 -0700
  I have replaced the cross-over pipe om my 87 and I can say without question that you are much better dropping the tank...
• Source for Exhaust Analyzer bung?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Tue, 8 Jun 2004 17:15:40 -0700
  ...The Federal air-cooled crossover pipe I purchased and installed on the Westfalia doesn't have the exhaust gas analyzer bung that the OEM...
• Re: Long Pipes- Copper replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Bias
  Fri, 14 Sep 2001 11:33:41 -0400
  Peter, I have a section of copper pipe in my system for about 1 1/2 years now and the only thing I see...
• PVC pipe awning trick
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 18 Jul 1995 14:54:02 -0700
  ...The V cut helped to attach the pipe to the gutter. There is no reason to run/slide the pipe down the length of...
• Re: Long coolant pipe guard? (for typical rust areas)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 1 Feb 2008 16:43:45 -0800
  ...long steel coolant pipes. > > From what I've read, it seems that *sometimes* these pipes rust at the > rear portions, from the outside in...
• Re: PVC pipe awning trick
  Historical mailing list - Rusty VanBondo
  Wed, 19 Jul 1995 12:59:31 -0700
  ...Then lay the pipe on top of the tarp which is on top of the gutter. Place the cut out edge of the pipe...
• Re: Replacement of coolant
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 9 Apr 2016 11:55:11 -0700
  ...Replacement of coolant Pipes have male ends, hoses have female ends. They join nicely. If you replace a pipe with a hose you need...
• Re: Coolant Pipe Alternatives?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 5 May 2010 18:18:35 -0700
  ...Coolant Pipe Alternatives? Hello Vananaughts, All the stainless steel coolant pipe info I have been reading lately has made me wonder one thing. Is...
• Re: - 83.5-85 Vanagon Stainless Coolant Pipes!
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 23 Sep 2005 05:22:17 EDT
  ...Unlike tubing, pipe sizing is nominal and its schedule determines its wall thickness. If you are talking about pipe, 5S, is the lightest available...
• coolant pipe
  Historical mailing list - Jeff and Deb
  Sun, 15 Aug 1999 11:56:55 -0700
  On my way from Haines AK to the Canadian border, the coolant pipe on my 86 vanagon, leading into the thermostat, rusted through. This...
• Coolant Pipes needed!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Chad G
  Fri, 26 Apr 2002 10:53:15 -0400
  I'm looking to replace 2 coolant pipes on my 85GL. The pipes are steel and run from the water pump underneath the crankshaft...
• Re: Mufflers re-dux (pipe strangeness)
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:22:28 -0500
  ...I guess this type of fail is not too uncommon then? I would have expected the tail pipe to have rusted, but not for...
• Re: Coolant hoses for '84 NLA - what are people using?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 26 Feb 2007 14:58:42 -0500
  ...The plastic pipes have a very thick wall and the hoses need to be larger to fit.That is why two diffeent hoses are...
• Re: Solder cracked steel coolant pipe?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:07:17 -0700
  there's all kinds of pipe or hose you can use to replace/repair that section. I have sections of good steel coolant pipes...
• Re: WBX Plastic Coolant Pipe Inspection
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Tue, 20 May 2014 09:10:52 -0400
  In order to inspect those pipes you are going to need to pull the hoses off of both ends. That is where they fail...
• Catalytic converter and muffler, how do they join?
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Fri, 12 Jul 2013 14:29:48 -0700
  ...The last place to replace the cat appears to have cut the existing cat pipe and welded the (generic) cat on. So on the...
• Re: Satisfaction Plus, & Installation Ease Of Stainless Coolant Pipes.
  Historical mailing list - Ron Mueller
  Sun, 12 Mar 2006 00:28:09 -0600
  ...The connection where the two pipes went together is silicone hose, and I used new to me double stainless silicone hose clamps at each...
• Re: '83.5 wasserboxer exhaust parts sources
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Fri, 04 Oct 1996 17:51:57 -0400
  ...ie 1.9 2.1 1&3 (front) header pipe $84 $140 2&4 (rear) header pipe $84 $140 connector pipe $77 $70 cat...
• Re: Question about breather pipe on 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 17 Aug 2002 07:30:32 -0500
  ...John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Tim Marciniak wrote: > Is the crankcase breather pipe on the 2.1L just a straight pipe from > the crankcase...
• Looking for an exhaust
  Historical mailing list - A J I
  Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:42:29 -0500
  I am looking for a couple of the exhaust pipes for my vanagon. I need the rear pipe,|the one towards the front of...
• Server Pipe?
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Sat, 16 Dec 2000 08:19:06 -0800
  ...or were you just seeing if we were awake, David ...;) Congrats on the little one glad everything is doing ok even the server pipe...
• Re: GoWesty coolant repair kit vs SS pipes
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 14 May 2009 10:23:34 -0400
  ...The inserts are an inexpensive and workable fix for a design problem with the plastic pipes, and I'm pretty sure they're easier...
• '84 Vanagon water pipe
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Apr 94 16:43:36 EDT
  One of the metal engine coolant pipes that cary the coolant the full length of the vehicle on my '84 Vanagon is leaking. It...
• Re: collant pipes (was gas tank and straps)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 8 Mar 2011 07:31:14 -0800
  CVPC pipes as a substitute material for coolant lines in the van? In a word, no. Take some time to do a quick look...
• Bus Depot S&S exhaus system
  Historical mailing list - Fetner Greg
  Fri, 2 Mar 2001 07:24:20 -0600
  ...And looking at the factory pipes from a header system operations viewpoint, the RH cylinders have the "long" exhaust primary pipes while the LH...
• Re: Radiator pipe upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Fri, 23 Jul 2004 09:22:26 -0400
  ...After the pipes are in place then tie-wrap away. Just like VW put 20-30 tie wraps on these pipes, you need to...
• Re: Oil cooler installation 2.1 L WBX
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Thu, 1 Oct 2015 13:08:18 -1000
  ...the forward pipe connects to the forward-ish pipe nipple. the water pump pipe connects to the aft nipple. I wouldn't be possibly...
• Re: Coolant Hose vs. Coolant Pipe
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Thu, 18 Oct 2012 08:34:13 -0700
  Kevin, it took 20+ years for the original steel pipes to rot out of my `85. IDK if�I [let alone the Van] will...
• Coolant Hose vs. Coolant Pipe
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Gilbert
  Thu, 18 Oct 2012 08:44:36 -0400
  Vanagoneers, Has anyone out there replaced their steel coolant pipes with suitable hose? Is it reliable and durable? Cheaper? Easier to install? I have...
• Waterboxer Coolant Pipe
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 22 Jun 1996 18:11:23 PST
  Hello listers, I'm in the process of rebuilding my engine and I noticed the large coolant pipe from the water pump is very...
• Re: Water Pump Replacement -2.1 L WBX
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 28 Sep 2015 14:25:05 -0700
  .... "(clamp obviously on hose beforehand)" Or I had clamp on pipe, slipped pipe under pulley onto hose, then slipped on the clamp. On Mon...
• Re: 1985 Steel Coolant Pipes and "Air Cooled" 1981 Gas Tank
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Mon, 3 Jan 2011 22:43:06 -0500
  ...Heck, I'm running 3 of 4 sections of pipe (all my pipes are cut in half) which are "left" pipes. And, they're...
• STAINLESS STEEL Exhaust is HERE!
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 15 May 2000 10:20:05 -0400
  I now have STAINLESS STEEL header (crossover) pipes for 2.1 liter, 2 wheel drive Vanagons! These are true 409 stainless construction, and priced...
• Re: exhaust pipes
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Thu, 9 Dec 1999 12:44:35 -0800
  ...exhaust pipes >speaking of exhaust pipes... >my weekender has been without pipe brackets since I've owned it (three >years... 30K miles). I recently...
• Re: Steel coolant pipe removal?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 14 May 2017 17:40:56 -0700
  ...Steel coolant pipe removal? > > Can these pipes be removed without dropping the gas tank? And can the SS > pipes be installed as well that...
• Re: Honey I shrunk the coolant pipes
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 20 Nov 2005 08:27:35 -0600
  Yes, but the plastic pipe (the hot one running to the radiator, not the cooler one returning from it) is subjected to higher extremes...
• Re: BD SS coolant pipes
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Wed, 2 Feb 2011 07:23:13 -0500
  ...BD SS coolant pipes I see that bus depot has their stainless steel cooling pipes on sale, so wanted to ask if anyone had...
• Re: '85 GL manual - Draining old coolant
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 9 Apr 2008 14:03:13 -0700
  Fwiw, I replaced the stock steel metal pipes in a 82 diesel vanagon once. The engine was already out. But beyond that I had...
• Re: Steel coolant pipe removal?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 15 May 2017 01:01:29 +0000
  ...Steel coolant pipe removal? Can these pipes be removed without dropping the gas tank? And can the SS pipes be installed as well that...
• Re: Intro and New Engine Question
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 1 Jan 2006 11:29:21 -0800
  > Is there anything else that that I > have forgotten. > That flanged elbow coolant pipe (025 121 171) that bolts to the right side head...
• Re: Tail pipes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 30 Aug 2013 00:55:21 -0400
  ...Tail pipes I just installed the go Westy entire s.s. exhaust . I am not fond of the tail pipe as it is angled...