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• Re: Sound deadening and door speakers
  Historical mailing list - Bill Glenn
  Sun, 16 Jan 2011 13:32:16 -0500
  On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 23:09:23 -0500, Mike <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET> wrote: >Sound deadening butyl is plain, but ice and water shield...
• Re: Oil Pressure Switch R&R
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:59:26 -0700
  ...The heat shields are different so some modification > of > >that ' 84's heat shield will be necessary. > > > >Cheers, > > > >Frank Condelli > >Almonte, Ontario, Canada > >'87...
• Propane Tank Refurb
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 10 Sep 2001 10:37:41 -0400
  ...I cleaned up the tank and rock shield with a 3M flexible disk and painted with rust-proof primer. Will finish with gloss white...
• Subject: Sink Drip Tray Onto Canadian '81?
  Historical mailing list - Katherine J. Maas
  Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:14:45 -0600
  I installed the drip tray in mine a few years ago, and yes, you need to remove the heat shield. Katherine & Vanita Calgary, AB
• Re: vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dieter Thiessen
  Tue, 16 Mar 1999 15:07:29 EST
  Steve, Got the wind shields today. They fit much tighter than the ones from Mc Neil. Is the dash console shipped seperately? Only got...
• Re: was: co/propane RE: propex
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:59:29 -0800
  ...I attached flexible plastic shields to protect the vital bits and allow me to SEE how much water is in the tank. Then I...
• Re: brake and clutch fluid reservoirs
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 16 Nov 2014 09:09:32 -0800
  When the vans came from the factory they had a clear plastic shield over the dash cluster. The shield had a hole so it...
• Re: Sound deadening and door speakers
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sun, 16 Jan 2011 16:34:20 -0500
  That's funny, it does have a granular surface and it says "Ice and water shield" right on the package. I installed 2 (yes...
• Re: More 89 Bluestar questions
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Wed, 15 Jan 2014 20:21:08 -0500
  ...Anyhow the slightly bigger diameter of this circular seam is what is interfering with the heat shield. I'm sorry if my description was...
• Rebuilt engine project
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:22:35 EDT
  ...Modifications of the muffler heat shield and thermostat housing heat shield were necessary to fit the 2.1 system. See photos here > _http://picasaweb...
• O2 Sensor Wire
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Thu, 13 Jan 2005 08:16:16 -0600
  Anybody got the VW part number for the shielded green wire for a 1.9L Digijet O2 sensor? Lately I've been getting some...
• AC 81 vanagon grill insert
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Sat, 6 Jan 2018 13:18:58 -0500
  so behind the grill is some kid of reinforced "paper" cover (wind shield?) attached. What is it for and any source for replacement? (Mine...
• Re: Burp tank mounting..?
  Historical mailing list - Marion Lathem
  Sat, 9 Sep 2006 19:37:33 -0500
  Your probably right, I will have to make a heat shield then...I wondered what kept the cat and muffler from cooking everything..? Now...
• Re: 89 engine coughs and backfires at quick acceleration when warm?
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sutton
  Mon, 3 Jul 2006 17:53:33 -0400
  ...It's a co-axial cable, unlike any in the rest of the van, with a grounded shield outside and signal carrier inside (like...
• Re: brake dust shields...replacing?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 11 Sep 2000 09:43:33 EDT
  In a message dated 9/10/00 11:59:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time, LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: << brake dust shields...replacing? >> Larry...
• Just got a shipment from Germany
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:07:00 -0500
  ...Front dust shields for syncro Vanagon brakes (stainless steel)- $75 each Syncro speedometer cable- $125 (full length). I am placing another order next week...
• Drove My Vanagon Today-All Is Not Well
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Sat, 16 Dec 2006 21:10:04 -0200
  ...However, on checking it out just to be sure, I found the heat shield above the muffler EXTREMELY hot. So hot, in fact, that...
• WTB Heat shield for stove lid
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
  Mon, 25 Apr 2005 13:49:26 -0700
  Volks, Before using this so-called heat shield as a griddle, be sure the original blue polyethylene plastic film is in place; it'll...
• Re: [WetWesties] Does a dark top increase the temp inside a Westy?
  Historical mailing list - John C.
  Sat, 16 Sep 2006 04:20:53 EDT
  ...RE:Light vs Dark Top I've had both, white/light is better, now use a heat shield on the dark top when parked...
• heat shielding and wires near radiator
  Historical mailing list - Robyn Rudisill
  Wed, 31 Mar 1999 11:49:51 -0600
  ...Anyone know of tubular heat shields that could protect the wires? How susceptible is normal auto-grade 18 gage wire is to heat? Any...
• Re: Oxygen sensor wiring question.
  Historical mailing list - Karl M
  Thu, 13 Jun 2002 09:28:07 -0400
  ...Karl Mullendore Westy Ventures 1987 Westfalia Syncro 1.9TD ----- Original Message ----- 3 wires...2 white, one green with shielding...........What are they for? I...
• WTB: propane tank stone shield
  Historical mailing list - Joachim Preiss
  Mon, 5 May 2003 10:44:52 -0700
  Can be rusty, I'll need to paint the thing anyway. Please pmail me if you have one 4 sale. Joachim ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1985 Westfalia 1...
• Re: splash shields
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 1 Mar 2007 12:21:19 -0800
  ...net> wrote: > > I'm looking for a new set of splash shields for my 84 westy. I'm talking > about the ones behind the...
• NEED HELP!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Jaime Bates
  Fri, 29 Jan 1999 15:13:40 -0500
  Attempting to change O2 censor and can't seem to be able to get the shield off !!! Any suggstions??? we want to take care...
• Re: http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/car/540019138.html
  Historical mailing list - G. Jannini
  Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:00:14 +0000
  >> http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/car/540019138.html << Still has its original blue plastic film protecting heat shield/drain board! George/ATL '89 Westy...
• Re: O2 sensor in gutted cat question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:03:44 -0400
  ...O2 sensor in gutted cat question "What is more important is to have the clip on shield in place to keep off wind and...
• 1987 Oxygen Sensor Wiring 2.1 liter Digifant MV engine
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Sun, 24 Feb 2002 22:09:49 +0100
  ...The wire appears to me, to be a format typical to "shielded-type" cable... however I have never seen a shielded cable in a...
• Re: heat shielding and wires near radiator
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Wed, 31 Mar 1999 16:21:16 -0500
  ...heat shielding and wires near radiator >Vaganons (what'd you call me?), > >I am getting ready to string the wiring for my aux/fog...
• Diesel:Big Trouble
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Mon, 31 Jan 2000 10:54:44 EST
  ...When I took out #3 injector I couldn't get the heat shield out. I tried everything, I had a punch and tapped about...
• Re: Brake dust shields
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Fri, 5 May 1995 09:50:52 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I remember seeing shields that fit between the rim and the > rotor/caliper in the JC Whitney catalog but I never looked into them...
• Re: Syncronicity Achieved! (LONG)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 6 Oct 1995 12:34:26 -0400
  ...One of the brackets holding the shield in place is broken. Non-Syncros do NOT have this shield. > If I get the go-ahead...
• Re: Vanagon Sparkplugs Wires
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Sep 1995 01:51:28 -0400
  ...One end is the handle that I pull on and the other end goes into the little hole in the metal boot shield. I...
• Re: Dream guages
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 Jan 1997 14:09:23 -0800
  ...The sender uses a shielded wire, and you need to extend it with similarly shielded wire. Cheap Tach, works good -- and it's that...
• Re: NEED HELP!!!
  Historical mailing list - Mark A. Williamson
  Fri, 29 Jan 1999 13:30:24 -0700
  The shield on my 88 GL Weekender simply attaches by way of a clip, so it slides off (perpendicular to the cable). It is...
• Re: Window rain shields?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 27 Jun 2014 10:56:22 -0700
  ...He has the rain shields, and the combo of my height (6-2) and the westy seat height makes it such that I look...
• Re: Coolant Pipes needed!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Fri, 26 Apr 2002 10:32:01 -0500
  ...so i got 10' of 1 1/2" shieldsflex II (series 250) wet exhaust hose from my local west marine and it works fine...
• Re: Loss of power - super hot muffler
  Historical mailing list - Rodney Woten
  Wed, 11 Dec 2002 12:45:46 -0600
  ...As I said before, the SHIELDING on this signal level conductor can wear through the insulation of the inner conductor at the terminus of...
• Re: was: co/propane RE: propex
  Historical mailing list - Tom
  Wed, 29 Nov 2006 12:25:39 -0700
  ...I attached flexible > plastic shields to protect the vital bits and allow me to SEE how > much water is in the tank. Then I...
• Re: Sound deadening and door speakers
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 16 Jan 2011 17:21:58 -0600
  ...It has been a long time ago, but I remember well the use of the ice and water shield, and what was installed was...
• Re: Metal can around distributor cap...do you need it?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 5 Apr 2012 23:36:42 -0400
  >Ralph, I just took a stud-type cap and fitted the metal shield to it >(bloody nuisance). I then removed it and fitted a...
• Re: Sound deadening and door speakers
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Sun, 16 Jan 2011 14:31:46 -0800
  Mike, I am a builder, I have seen and used ice and water shield products with and without the granules. As explained by my...
• Was: Coolant bottle is out of whack!-- Now SOLVED! Thanks to the list!!
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Fri, 26 Mar 2010 22:14:06 -0400
  ...Once I put the proper bar on and raised it up to position, the top of the heat shield raised and rotated to a...
• Re: Tools and spare parts
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 8 Feb 2012 07:03:46 -0800
  " i don't think toyota supplies to its dealers instructions for adding a roof canopy for being out in the sun, or engine shield...
• Re: What is this connector for?
  Historical mailing list - shawn luft
  Fri, 11 Apr 2003 08:33:55 -0400
  That should be for the ground shield, as people said. On some new caps w/ shield, it seems to ground through the holding clamps...
• Re: Distributor cap on '88 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Bulley
  Tue, 26 Aug 1997 19:34:31 -0400
  ...On examining the cap, I saw that the cap had a metal shield snuggly fitted around it (grounded) that probably caused the early breakdown...
• Rear Heat Shield
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Thu, 4 Apr 2002 10:57:29 -0500
  ...Last night, I installed the large aluminum heat shield (behind the muffler/cat) that bolts to the motor mounts and has 4 small bolts...
• Re: Rain shields
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sun, 8 Feb 2009 00:31:21 -0500
  I did this same thing on mine (thanks Mike!) and it hasn't been a problem since. It didn't sound like it would...
• Re: Seeking comments on Muffler Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 20 Jun 2000 08:33:27 -0500
  ...In such a case, I'd imagine you could simply > cut away a part of the heat shield with tin snips and end up...
• Re: Digifant ECU: Corrosion? And.... Rosin or Heat Damage? PICS
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 8 Jul 2012 14:49:49 -0400
  ...There will also be a thin whitish plastic shield wrapped around the entire inner assembly, held on by pop fasteners. >I don't recall...
• Part needed
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 15 Apr 2023 20:24:53 -0500
  I need the plastic shield that goes under the steering column. Mine is cracked beyond repair. Anyone got one of these they care to...
• Can I drain coolant from someplace more accessible?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Chapman
  Sat, 10 Apr 2010 11:16:15 -0400
  ...I'd rather not remove the shield beneath the head. Is there a place I can drain coolant besides this that will suffice?
• Oxygen sensor
  Historical mailing list - Jerry Holland
  Wed, 23 Mar 2005 16:44:15 EST
  ...There is a heat shield that seems to prevent putting a wrench on the sensor. Does the exhaust system have to be dropped to...
• Re: WTB Heat shield for stove lid
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 26 Apr 2005 02:01:45 EDT
  In a message dated 4/25/05 4:57:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jefferrata@YAHOO.COM writes: << Oh, and that little mysterious silver...
• Re: Pigtail needed
  Historical mailing list - Jennifer Rabbitt
  Sat, 12 Dec 2015 22:33:18 -0800
  ...The green wire going to the sensor is a shield wire like an audio cable. Get to that outer shield wire and with the...
• Re: Darrell Boehler's digifant tool
  Historical mailing list - Robert Williams
  Tue, 14 Jul 1998 16:01:04 -0700
  Dave, Yes you can shield ribbon cable. There is a product called zipper tube, or you can get self adhesive copper foil to wrap...
• Re: Oil leak - '91 Carat - 2'1L
  Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
  Sat, 20 Dec 2014 23:00:34 -0600
  ...Can't actually see where because of the shield potecting the push rod tubes. But a lot of oil is pouring out. Haven't...
• Antifreeze Removal
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Bourdeau
  Thu, 6 Nov 2003 07:56:57 -0500
  ...To get to that plug, I would need to remove the protective shield below the push rods. To remove the shield I would need...
• Re: Using FM stereo for film soundtrack: tach effect
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Wed, 8 Sep 2004 15:07:05 -0400
  Hi Scott, Have you tried upgrading the jack from the ibook to the CD player? Better audio stores will sell shielded cabling that may...
• Re: Heat Shields
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 12 Sep 2006 17:05:47 -0700
  ...Happy Motoring! On 9/12/06, Marion Lathem <resiolute@copper.net> wrote: > > Well, I spent much of the day, building my heat shields out...
• Vanagon stuff for sale - Atlanta area but will ship
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 6 Jan 2009 21:45:01 -0500
  ...place. - a Syncro engine carrier bar. - a Syncro muffler heat shield or splash shield. This is the large piece of stamped sheet metal that...