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Frustration: 85 Vanagon Cooling
Historical mailing list - Michael Orbon
Mon, 14 Jun 1999 08:18:29 -0700
This year I have replaced fittings, hoses, head gaskets, a cooling fan switch, and now a radiator. The head gaskets were put in three...
Syncro Muffler Brackets Self Destruct!
Historical mailing list - John-Reed Maffeo
Mon, 22 Nov 1999 12:35:28 -0700
...There is an adjustable fitting upstream from the cat. When I get the new brackets and reassemble everything, I will try to adjust things...
Re: TIREd of TIREs
Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
Tue, 23 May 2000 09:14:02 EDT
...ie; concern about added stress to steering box as well as fitting chains when needed? >> Donna, The Yokohama Y356 tires suck. They are, by...
Re: Anyone have Audi 5000 lug bolts?
Historical mailing list - Jouko Haapanen
Mon, 7 Jan 2002 13:33:51 -0500
...Anyone have Audi 5000 lugbolts? I just got finished fitting the longer rear studs (Thanks Ben!) to mount my Audi rims, and all I...
Re: Squeaky upper control arm bushings
Historical mailing list - Todd Daley
Sun, 9 Jun 2002 13:56:53 -0400
...do > > this would be to through drill the pivot shaft, have kurfs machined at > > the bushing ends, and add grease fittings on the ends-- > > > > >
Re: Plug wires
Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
Wed, 30 Oct 2002 02:06:29 -0000
...There is no way to > >clean the fittings to a degree that they won't come back. Replace both the > >plugs and wires, and...
Re: FS Behind the Dash Air Conditioning System
Historical mailing list
Tue, 12 Nov 2002 15:34:54 EST
...will need three feet of extension > hose with your compressor pressure fittings. > http://www.williamwareagency.com/forsale/stanvan/acsys1.jpg > http://www.williamwareagency.com...
Re: New heating system for the vanagon... nonVW
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Sun, 12 Dec 2004 13:46:08 +1300
...Anyone else tried fitting a different heater to their van? -- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin New Zealand Fossil preparator <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Seashell...
Re: Propane Fillup?
Historical mailing list - jimt
Fri, 29 Jul 2005 14:46:37 -0600
...dealer offering propane? To read the GoWesty info, I should order a > brand new tank with all the fittings, sooner rather than later... > Woody > >
Re: This is why we're driving a Vanagon :)
Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:49:34 -0700
...Can some explain how this works? I don't recall seeing anything fitting this description on my van, not even a rear axle load...
Re: Fitting Dunlop Radial Rover in spare carrier?
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Sun, 28 Oct 2001 20:42:27 -0800
...27, 2001 1:36 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Fitting Dunlop Radial Rover in spare carrier? Hi all - I've got 5...
Re: Airconditioning 1987 Westy
Historical mailing list - Open Wheel Racing
Sat, 29 Mar 2003 00:41:22 -0600
...Use a tire air fitting at the service port, put in about 150 lb's or so. Use a spray bottle filled with soapy...
Re: Darn Westy Skylight and 7 days of nonstop rain
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 24 Jun 2003 19:36:13 -0400
...The right stuff is a wad of goo with paper release backing, tell the RV dealer you want the stuff to seal roof fittings...
Propex Installation, Day Three :-(
Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
Mon, 02 Dec 1996 22:28:15 +0000
...The next morning, I went out and took another look at the pile of fittings I had used to connect the furnace 1/4...
Re: Fuel Hose Replacement
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 3 Jul 2010 17:39:24 -0700
...the one spot that leaks first - if it still has the infamous 'firewall fitting' ...is ...they start to leak at the forward side of...
1981 Vanagon Clutch Hydraulic Cylinder Replacement
Historical mailing list - Geoffrey Toye
Mon, 17 Apr 2023 13:48:20 -0400
...This reduced the drip rate of the fluid while the hydraulic fittings were disconnected. - I thought the master cylinder replacement was tricky until I...
Fuel flow regulator
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sun, 13 Jun 2021 10:53:23 -0500
...There is a fourth wire - brown with black stripe - with a loop fitting on the end. Definitely looks like a screw goes thru it...
overfilled the oil
Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
Thu, 16 May 2019 22:32:54 -0400
...I then got a plastic container with a fairly tight fitting lid and drilled a hole in the lid a little smaller than the...
Re: Stopped in Moro... fuel? Resolved try
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Fri, 21 Oct 2016 20:43:52 -0700
...I took out that filter and replaced the little fitting to the larger pump hose....Quiet and smooth again...the rain and the missing...
Re: RELIABLE Air Conditioning!
Historical mailing list - PSD
Sun, 17 May 2015 23:27:26 -0400
...I had to have a new hose built with the old fittings from a CA ac shop. I couldn't find any local shops...
Check this part out on ebay..............
Historical mailing list - Paul
Sat, 22 Sep 2012 08:59:06 -0700
...a new water pump as well but I have my doubts about my T-stat cover fitting on the housing. TIA, Paul in Tracy
Re: Steel fuel line adapter & curtain springs
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Wed, 27 Jun 2012 01:27:31 -0400
...attached to the nipples at the fuel tank and the firewall fitting by short lengths of hose. Someone may have run hose all the...
Re: 1.9 Coolant hose Diameter
Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
Sat, 13 Nov 2010 10:20:39 -0500
...Works great - except that I need heat now :) So I have a lot of 5/8 hose and some "T" fittings for reconnecting everything...
Re: Fuel Line Firewall Piece
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sun, 4 Oct 2009 21:14:10 -0500
...Pull the two pieces of the hose off the fitting. and fit the two hose ends together with a brass gasline coupling, using clamps...
Re: Bad Gas Saga Update
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:40:04 -0400
...The diesel bugs, btw, that I sucked out of a too-skinny clogged pipe fitting on a 57-foot dragger yacht drifting half way...
Re: maplite & heater Q
Historical mailing list - Subject: Re: maplite & heater Q
Fri, 6 Oct 1995 02:23:56 -0400
...Consider fitting a set of heat excangers and tubes under the back seat like a 74, add a few cables and you will always...
The Ultimate Oil Cooler
Historical mailing list - charles fladger
Thu, 13 May 1999 16:32:56 -0700
...Since it uses some strange metric fittings not available in my hick town, I retapped it for 3/8 pipe thread. I mounted it...
Re: Diff locks on 2WD Vanagons
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Mon, 19 Jul 1999 13:39:29 -0700
...wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > Been thinking about the possibility of fitting a diff lock to my *2WD 88 > > Westie*. Why, well for the odd occasion...
Tacho Cluster and Parts required for 89 Vanagon urgent ( Caravelle GL - Australia)
Historical mailing list - Chris Mundy
Wed, 11 Oct 2000 07:59:48 +1000
...I believe there are instructions for fitting on Archive. With Thanks, Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Christopher W. Mundy 89 VW Caravelle GL Canberra Australia Ph: 61 2...
Re: preventive maintenance alert
Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
Thu, 14 Dec 2000 08:22:01 -0800
...If I had an 83 I'd go through and replace ALL the coolant hoses and plastic fittings and ALL the fuel hoses. Bill
Re: Parinoid Trip
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Tue, 29 May 2001 08:24:16 -0500
...my curiosity I adapted my compression tester > > with a > > few brass fittings to check my oil pressure and I see that I'm > > idling...
Idle Hunting in 85 Westy Fixed
Historical mailing list - David Baker
Mon, 16 Sep 2002 21:09:13 -0500
...and began systematically moving the other end over all the hose fittings. Ah ha! What's that unusual noise coming from the point where...
Re: diesel-gas conversion problems solved!
Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
Thu, 30 Jan 2003 08:01:25 -0800
...Clamped this hose to the manifold fitting and the hard hose that comes through the firewall, and it works well. Dana >> By the way...
Re: More 2.1L coolant system woes (long)
Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
Thu, 30 Dec 2004 12:35:23 -0600
...Especially if you want to find out how much air it takes to explode every hose and coolant fitting in the system. Kiss your...
Re: Oxygen Sensor Recommendations for 83 WBX
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Tue, 12 Oct 2004 15:03:34 -0400
> I assume that Bosch is the way to go, but I see multiple > items listed as fitting my machine. Anyone know the Bently > part...
Re: R134 conversion
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Wed, 29 Jun 2005 13:16:52 -0500
...R134 conversion > <<Years ago my wife had a Bronco II with NO freon in it.and I changed > the fittings to the 134 style...
Brake Vacuum Booster Replacement Questions
Historical mailing list - Cary Chiang
Thu, 18 Aug 2005 02:22:03 +0200
...I checked the vacuum hose fitting to the right of the brake master cylinder that connects to the brake booster, but it doesn't...
Re: Propex heater
Historical mailing list - jimt
Wed, 27 Apr 2005 22:32:58 -0600
...I takes a bit of searching but you can find compression fittings to change to the common 3/8 line used by most US...
Re: power steering reservoir
Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
Thu, 3 Nov 2005 16:23:36 -0500
...than the supply line.The supply line has expensive looking metal fittings on either end, and is high pressure hose( will your filter take...
Re: Tire wear question
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 1 Oct 2007 23:27:26 -0400
...Everything on that side looks good (as compared to my 82, which had zerk fittings and torn rubber and lots of obvious slop) so...
Re: Floor Covering
Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:27:17 -0700
...I have e-mailed > asking about how plyable the material is (for > fitting over the contours of > the floor) and how it might react...
Re: voltage stabilizer/gauges not working
Historical mailing list - J Stewart
Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:43:51 +0000
...It turned out to be an ill fitting POC, and made no difference, so I stuck the original back in. I then found some...
Re: SALVAGE YARD SPARE TIRE CARRIER
Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
Thu, 15 May 2008 13:42:58 -0700
...off another model vehicle (SUV) at a pick and pay and > fitting it to their vanagon? I would love to have a Gary > Lee...
Re: lost brake line...
Historical mailing list - robert feller
Mon, 24 Dec 2007 23:27:20 -0500
...lost brake line... > > > > Gang, > > Just to answer my curious mind, you guys mention a "no no" for compression > fittings. I found this site on...
Re: WTB: EVAP charcoal canister
Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
Fri, 22 Aug 2014 13:24:16 -1000
...Some 2.1 air boxes have a similar fitting ...but I've never seen one used...just capped off. most 2.1 air boxes...
Re: LED Lighting upgrade: summary
Historical mailing list - Mario Montanez
Mon, 8 Jun 2009 17:45:37 -0400
...dexterity with a soldering iron to >> assemble them into the existing fittings >> >> 1). Instrument Cluster: Quantity: 4: Product: B8.3D-x Instrument LED >> bulb...
RE[2]: Enging transplants, radiators on ba
Historical mailing list - King, Robert
3 Oct 1995 12:14:53 +1000
Hi Bob, A few more details on fitting a rotary into a bus. My brother-in-law and I put a 13B bridgeport rotary...
Re: Curious location change of water, electric vents 85 to 86
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Olson
Mon, 1 May 2006 11:41:47 -0600
...Rather than using the stock westy exterior fittings, which the people at Campbell-Nelson VW in Seattle said were flimsy, I did as you...
Re: Bleeding clutch system--update
Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
Mon, 19 Jun 2000 09:12:15 -0700
...Sean's instructions say to bleed the master cylinder at >the hydraulic fitting until no more air bubbles come out. > >I've been doing...
Re: Proper hose Gas Tank to Vapor Tanks
Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
Sun, 31 Mar 2024 01:49:54 +0000
...Tank and turns into hard plastic on its way to Crossover Fitting, it is in close proximity or actually rubbing on the frame! I...
Re: Aluminum to brass thread galling
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:05:17 -0800
...the thread stuff) as I've taken apart a lot of fittings and never found evidence it became more than sludge, nothing like real...
Re: Tires again
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Tue, 5 Jul 2011 18:14:59 -0500
...I wanted to have five tires alike, and all fitting the original specs, and I got Kuhmo tires. Discount Tire gave me a good...
Re: 1.9 > 2.1 cooling kit?
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 18:41:48 -0700
...Yes, Capital One and I will be very proud of it. > Yes, that's the big fitting that connects the big > hoses and incorporates...
ring around the dizzy and other questions
Historical mailing list - Chip & Co.
Wed, 10 Jun 1998 13:04:40 -0500
...But where does it ground to? Also, the wire coming into the dizzy seemes a little detatched from the plastic fitting that holds them...
Re: coolant pressure gague
Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
Mon, 14 Feb 2000 10:34:24 -0800
...If the hose you use does not leak air around the fittings, its initial expansion won't count for much inaccuracy in the gauge...
Re: vanagon Digest - 10 Nov 2002 to 11 Nov 2002 - Special issue (#2002-1326)
Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
Mon, 11 Nov 2002 18:27:51 -0600
...OLDER RIMS FITTING NEWER WESTY > > Anyone know if a 66 westy i saw at the auto wreckers with 15 inch wheels will > fit on...
Re: vanagon 5spd converison-porsche trans....
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Tue, 3 Dec 2002 18:37:37 +1300
...There is a van in NZ with 3.8 Holden V6, and someone wasted his time & money fitting a 901 to it. If you...
Re: R12 or R134? (fwd)
Historical mailing list - William Davidson
Tue, 29 Jul 2003 12:30:46 -0600
...I now make sure the fitting is tight every time I "get under the hood". And we all know that averages at least once...
starter re-install woe...
Historical mailing list - Ethan Kiermaier
Thu, 15 Jul 2004 17:16:58 -0700
...Is there a trick to this or is it just a case of cheap parts not fitting correctly? thanks in advance... -=e=- '85 wolfsburg...
Re: repair gas tank--Busdepot.com
Historical mailing list - jimt
Fri, 24 Sep 2004 18:27:32 -0600
...Busdepot apparently does not > check the specs on the aftermarket items they sell---if you followed the > "exhaust not fitting" thread last week, you...