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• Re: Opinions needed. Exhaust pipes too close? PICS
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:35:16 -0400
  ...Exhaust pipes too close? PICS >> >> >> >> >> >> > The vibrations will grind holes in the pipes where they're >> touching. I'd >> >> > move them, myself. >> >> > >> >> > On Sun...
• Re: collant pipes (was gas tank and straps)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 8 Mar 2011 09:17:47 -0800
  If I talk about making titanium coolant pipes, will you also add them to your list? ;) The problem with the marine hose is that...
• Re: Steel coolant pipe removal?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 14 May 2017 13:46:37 +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: Exhaust Pipe Question
  Historical mailing list - Chris 90MV
  Tue, 14 Sep 2004 22:39:05 -0400
  ----------------------------- I have an 87' Vanagon Westfalia and the exhaust pipes are looking pretty rusty. I just got done with a cross-country drive and...
• A few more part for sale
  Historical mailing list - Joe in NH
  Sun, 7 Mar 2004 17:31:10 EST
  ...with pipes over trans,thermostat housing/cover $60 6.starter, $40 7.full intake with injectors, regulator and throttle body,$75 8. AFM and...
• Exhaust Pipe Question
  Historical mailing list - Rich Pournelle
  Tue, 14 Sep 2004 16:55:27 -0700
  I have an 87' Vanagon Westfalia and the exhaust pipes are looking pretty rusty. I just got done with a cross-country drive and...
• Re: Coolant pipes replacement
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 29 Jun 2006 01:43:56 -0400
  > The Stainless cooling pipes lowered my operating > temperatures on long grades and when towing > dramatically. > > Marine grade,thick rubber hose has absolutley no heat...
• Re: hoses for pipes
  Historical mailing list - SStones
  Sat, 14 Jun 1997 11:34:38 -0400
  ...They replaced the steel pipes with what I assume is a polypropylene tube (plastic tubing). Apparently the '87s and newer never had steel pipes...
• GoWesty coolant repair kit vs SS pipes
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Thu, 14 May 2009 01:39:54 +0000
  ...like to hear the pro's and con's vs stainless pipes (Other than cost). I was set on the Go Westy kit, but...
• Federal Cross-Over pipes for Vanagons!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 14 Mar 1997 20:45:11 -0800
  -- Listees, I just got a source on Cross over pipes for the Federal exaust systems. Anyone interested in one of these e-mail me...
• Re: Long coolant pipe guard? (for typical rust areas)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 1 Feb 2008 19:23:19 EST
  ...long steel coolant pipes. > > From what I've read, it seems that *sometimes* these pipes rust at the > rear portions, from the outside in...
• two long coolant pipes
  Historical mailing list - Green Westy
  Wed, 12 Jul 2006 23:35:24 -0400
  I have a set of brand new never installed long plastic coolant pipes. They are from VW and go from the back all the...
• Re: help with waterlines retro-fit
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Tue, 27 Jul 2004 13:40:28 -0400
  ...It only includes the rear ends of the very long stock pipes. To install Terry's short pipes you cut off the rear ends...
• Re: Steel coolant pipe removal?
  Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
  Sun, 14 May 2017 09:24:34 -0700
  I have not installed my coolant pipes personally. They are two piece and they came with the van (Syncro). One observation I have with...
• Re: Replacement of coolant
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 9 Apr 2016 11:55:11 -0700
  ...I've investigated other options and I now understand why these pipes are priced at $300. It's competitive with anything else you'll...
• Metal Coolant Pipes
  Historical mailing list - Phil S.
  Fri, 9 Aug 2002 11:18:40 -0700
  ...Ive narrowed it down to the long metal coolant pipes. Does anyone know how i can clean them out? maybe by using a roto...
• Re: Exhaust system insulation
  Historical mailing list - Jim King
  Fri, 20 May 2005 10:07:04 -0400
  I'm still not sure that I would wrap the pipes on a stock engine/exhaust just to try to keep the engine compartment...
• Re: 73 kombi backfiring
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Mar 96 12:59:06 PST
  ...The EGR feed pipes are not plugged. Finally, I have checked >and tightened all of the nuts and bolts on the exhaust system and...
• Re: White exhaust pipes
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Thu, 9 May 2002 17:35:17 -0400
  Your S&S pipes are doing fine. Mine did the same thing. John Lauterbach Macon, GA '84 7-passenger ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Winesette...
• FS: Syncro header pipes in great cond.
  Historical mailing list - mike and shari
  Sat, 31 Mar 2001 07:44:24 -0800
  Dear vanagon gearheads, Still trying to get rid of my 2.1 engine, computer and header pipes. Won't someone make an offer and...
• re: Rusty pipes
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 1 Apr 1996 21:39:29 +0000
  Well made it to the archives on a friends machine and came up with the fact that the pipes will likely set me back...
• Re: stainless steel coolant pipes
  Historical mailing list - DW
  Thu, 23 Dec 2010 11:55:16 -0800
  ...I actually went to the site to purchase a stainless coolant tower which they threw in for free with a purchase of coolant pipes...
• 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...
• Replacing coolant pipes - Drop gas tank?
  Historical mailing list - James
  Thu, 6 Mar 2003 23:46:13 -0800
  I want to replace the long coolant pipes going to/from the radiator, as the flanges have corroded/broken. Is it necessary to remove...
• Re: Save That exhaust! try POR-15
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Wed, 23 Oct 1996 23:10:18 -0400
  ...Not a hint of bubbling This amazes me, painted the new Dansk pipes with their silver stuff (higher temp rated so I got it...
• 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: Exhaust system insulation
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Thu, 19 May 2005 19:31:49 -0700
  Exhaust wrap works very well to keep the exh pipes on my Turbo from frying the fuel rail and hoses that are within a...
• Re: Coolant Hose vs. Coolant Pipe
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 18 Oct 2012 11:55:57 -0700
  I wouldn't recommend main front-to-back hoses, and I'd think of the several vendors selling stainless steel pipes ... someone will have...
• Re: Coolant Hose Failure Survey
  Historical mailing list - Dave
  Fri, 9 Apr 1999 15:56:38 -0500
  I have had the joints at the rear of the two main white coolant pipes fail more than once. I've also had one...
• Re: WBX Plastic Coolant Pipe Inspection
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 19 May 2014 20:42:11 -0500
  Neil, I understand that the most common failure of the pipes is migration of the steel collar that is supposed to prevent the ends...
• Re: Hose Clamps for coolant pipes
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Tue, 11 Apr 2017 21:41:21 -0700
  ...Hose Clamps for coolant pipes > > Hello volks, > > Im having a hard time finding replacement hose clamps. I need the ones for > the cooling pipes...
• Re: coolant pipe replacement
  Historical mailing list - Chris Geiser
  Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:12:30 -0500
  When I made new pipes for my van, I had a problem finding a way to flare the edges to keep the hoses on...
• Re: Coolant pipe *REPAIR* kit, was: Coolant pipe kit and distributor kit from GoWesty
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:48:37 -0400
  ...If the ends of your pipes are bad it will not fix this. You will still need to buy new pipes to get good...
• Re: different exhaust Q? studs or bolts?
  Historical mailing list - John Clavin
  Thu, 5 Mar 1998 21:59:20 -0600
  ...The secret I discovered is to disconnect the other end of the left and right exhaust pipes from the fitting where the two pipes...
• Re: [Syncro] Stainless Coolant Pipes Endanger Engines
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 14 Oct 2010 08:48:24 -0700
  ...Now, many vendors offer stainless pipes, and > the plastic pipes that seemed so stupid to us because they fail are > becoming NLA (no longer...
• Re: Coolant Pipe repair
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Sat, 9 Nov 2013 10:36:34 -0800
  ...I need to pull the hoses and better inspect the plastic coolant pipes to best determine how to proceed, and whether a repair is...
• Re: Exhaust wrap on eBay
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Mon, 16 Aug 2004 14:59:53 -0700
  >For anyone installing exhaust pipes on their engine or wanting to boost >performance I have just listed this exhaust wrap on eBay. >http://cgi...
• Re: '88 Exhaust help
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 29 Aug 2012 20:56:48 -0400
  ...Anyway, the new pipes and gaskets are great, but I can't seem to get the dual-pipes-to-manifold joint to seal, where...
• 1985 Steel Coolant Pipes and "Air Cooled" 1981 Gas Tank
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 3 Jan 2011 15:19:53 -0800
  ...Is it possible the early style tank is not meant to be used with the WBX pipes. Or, were the long pipes on the...
• FW: [DIESEL] Coolant Pipes in Vanagon (was Reinhardt Lives!!)
  Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
  Wed, 5 Sep 2001 06:34:46 -0400
  ...RE: [DIESEL] Coolant Pipes in Vanagon (was Reinhardt Lives!!) The inner diameter of my pipes is 1-3/8" and the outer is diameter...
• Coolant Overflowing!
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL POPE
  Sat, 27 Dec 2003 09:24:43 -0500
  Hey now volks, Well I have been battling some drips on my main rad pipes for a couple of weeks, seems like I have...
• Re: Painting exhaust pipes?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Sun, 17 Apr 2005 20:50:03 -0400
  ...I had the pipes wrapped with header wrap too, but I removed after some research on the effect of header wrap on pipe longevity...
• Re: 1985 Steel Coolant Pipes and "Air Cooled" 1981 Gas Tank
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 3 Jan 2011 18:24:24 -0800
  ...So maybe the 70mm fill hole opening tank was designed to work with the '82 diesel pipes and maybe they were a smaller OD...
• Re: BD SS coolant pipes
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Tue, 1 Feb 2011 14:43:05 -0700
  ...I have a Subaru conversion, > so the extra bend that Go Westy has with their pipes is is not of interest. > How detailed of...
• Re: Stainless Coolant Pipes Endanger Engines
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 15 Oct 2010 10:13:29 -0500
  ...Stainless Coolant Pipes Endanger Engines > > ---- Jay Brown <badkarma@TTLC.NET> wrote: > > How about internal ceramic coating as a barrier against galvanic > corrosion? > > If it...
• Re: WBX Plastic Coolant Pipe Inspection
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 19 May 2014 21:35:55 -0700
  ...Admittedly I'm not overly familiar with these plastic pipes so don't have an experience based point of view, but have seen images...
• exhaust quality questions
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Thu, 7 Nov 2002 18:53:48 -0600
  I need to replace a few exhaust pipes on my 85 Westfalia. My local repair shop suggested S+S pipes as a more economical...
• Re: Stainless Coolant Pipes Endanger Engines
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 15 Oct 2010 08:24:55 -0500
  ...That said, I've not had a problem with the plastic pipes on my '91 Volkswagen Vanagon GL Campmobile. What again is the reason...
• Re: Propex install near water tank
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:06:10 -0400
  Ah, yes, the oldies can be run with or w/o pipes, there are only a few safety functions in that heater. On 3...
• Re: Coolant pipes replacement
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Mon, 3 Jul 2006 19:41:30 -0400
  On 6/29/06, The Bus Depot <vanagon@busdepot.com> wrote: > > > Where can one purchase the SS pipes? > > I now (finally!) have German ones...
• Re: - 83.5-85 Vanagon Stainless Coolant Pipes!
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 22 Sep 2005 22:51:45 -0700
  ...If you've got evidence that the pipes Ron is selling are of lower grade than your own *minimum industry standard* 304L/5S pipes...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 26 Jun 2006 - Special issue (#2006-531)
  Historical mailing list - JP
  Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:49:32 -0400
  ...He then cut the pipes in two section and remove it. Didn't have to make the hole bigger then it was. Thanks again...
• Re: problem with front radiator hoses coming loose from plastic pipes
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 27 Feb 2007 20:24:10 -0800
  ...problems with the front radiator hoses > coming loose from the plastic pipes? Does it look like this? <http://www.gowesty.com/library_article.php...
• Re: Replacing coolant pipes - Drop gas tank?
  Historical mailing list - James V.
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 11:41:11 -0800
  ...Replacing coolant pipes - Drop gas tank? > > > I want to replace the long coolant pipes going to/from the radiator, as the > flanges have corroded...
• '88 Exhaust help
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
  Wed, 29 Aug 2012 08:52:46 -0700
  Hi gang, I recently had to replace my header pipes and 2-1 manifold. I'll spare the horror stories of getting the old...
• Re: Long coolant pipes alternative.....
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 17 Jun 2012 19:26:10 -0500
  Why do you want to replace the long coolant pipes? Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.stir-plate.com www.towercooler.com www.kegkits.com www...
• Re: Exhaust system insulation
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Fri, 20 May 2005 08:24:48 -0400
  ...I did that to my ceramic coated S&S header pipes with good results. No more burns from accidentally touching hot exhaust pipes while...
• 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...
• Fixing coolant pipes, Seattle
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Wed, 1 Apr 2009 13:57:05 -0700
  In the Seattle are I can fix your coolant pipes on the car cheaply and can even come to your place in emergency. There...
• Re: Replacing coolant pipes - Drop gas tank?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 10:40:43 -0500
  ...Replacing coolant pipes - Drop gas tank? I want to replace the long coolant pipes going to/from the radiator, as the flanges have corroded...