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• Re: Still another Audi wheel question
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sat, 21 Feb 2004 21:18:04 EST
  ...With the billet caps at about $50, that makes things economically impractical. I am studying getting the center caps replicated in the Philippines. They...
• Re: "Spare" Vanagon gas cap?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 14 Feb 2005 14:47:15 -0700
  ...Anybody with a newer fuel system will get an alarm if the cap doesn�t fit right. I forget which codes, but I have...
• Re: distributor cap tolerances
  Historical mailing list - Scott Walker
  Thu, 11 Mar 1999 18:45:43 -0500
  ...distributor cap tolerances >I went to my FLAPS and bought a new distributor cap ($6) for my '84 GL, 1.9 >L. I noticed...
• Re: Drip, drip, drip -- water tank drain cap
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 1 Jul 2010 16:00:55 -0700
  ...two plastic cap parts, and an |elastomer ring captured between the two pieces. This latter provides a |seat for the lip of the tank...
• Re: locking gas cap
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:59:56 -0500
  ---- John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET> wrote: > On my two "88 GL's - the ignition and the gas cap are fitted to the > same key...
• Re: Silly question about hub caps
  Historical mailing list - Joe Luther
  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:32:12 -0500
  Rob - the mounting surface of my caps wouldn't even get to the same zip code as the wheel surface when the center bottomed...
• Re: on locking gas caps..
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sun, 18 Sep 2005 18:47:01 -0500
  ...Ok, and this would go with your spongy tumbler / cap theory. However, when it was required of me to buy a new cap to...
• Re: "Spare" Vanagon gas cap?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 14 Feb 2005 20:07:33 -0600
  ...years without a gas cap as it has that metal >over gas inlet hole..... > >Does not having gas cap affect (1) mileage and/or...
• Battery Reserve Capacity Calculations
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Sun, 6 Oct 2002 17:12:16 -0600
  ...Reserve Capacity - Minutes: 124 Capacity (C/2 rate) - Amp Hours: 52 Capacity (C20 rate) - Amp Hours: 65 Am I correct in assuming that a...
• Caps for armrests...
  Historical mailing list - Marc Hoelscher
  Sun, 2 Oct 2011 22:13:54 -0700
  ...I have captain seats that are in pretty good shape, other than the missing caps, and it would be great to know if there...
• Re: Non-locking gas cap
  Historical mailing list - Richard Jones
  Wed, 23 Feb 2011 07:04:02 -0700
  ...If I leave the ignition keys in the cap I have a real hard time > forgetting the cap. > I left the original cap on...
• Watertank cap
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 3 Oct 1997 17:11:28 -0400
  A while ago someone posted a query trying to find the water tank cap (the one under the chasis) for a Westfalia. I just...
• Need some hub caps
  Historical mailing list - jsnyder
  Mon, 15 Nov 1999 19:54:39 -0500
  Hi I am badly in need of some nice hub caps for my '82 Diesel Vanagon. Does anyone have a good used set of...
• whatever happened to Euro-American RV?????
  Historical mailing list - W. Silva
  Tue, 28 Mar 2000 08:36:56 -0500
  ...John & Wendy Cape Cod, MA '85 Westfalia "S-Cape" '98 Passat "The Do Dah Machine" CAMPERS ON CAPE COD a LiMBO sponsored event SEPTEMBER...
• non-locking gas cap for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 29 Jun 2001 23:49:41 EDT
  ...NET writes: > I am getting tired > of a locking gas cap. > > > > i have a non-locking gas cap for sale..pmail me [text/html]
• Re: Cooling System Results - Interpretations anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Mon, 7 Jan 2008 13:42:52 -0500
  ...Coolant tank cap - appears not to be functioning. I can both blow >>into the cap and suck through the cap This can't be...
• Re: '86 Westy coolant questions
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Sun, 8 Apr 2012 08:51:00 -0400
  ...So, > check which cap you have, who knows. > > Hector > 1990 Carat 'Ursula' > > > > > > > > hi ... > > Re pressure testing the cap .. > > have you made an adapter gizmo...
• RE: Splittie gas cap problem
  Historical mailing list - Mike White
  Wed, 1 Nov 1995 15:10:16 MST
  > Lee, > > I don't know for sure, but I think that your older bus expects the gas cap > to include a vent. > > I am...
• CAMPERS ON CAPE COD 2000 September
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 8 Jun 2000 09:09:41 -0400
  ...Here is the info for Campers on Cape Cod-2000. http://members.xoom.com/Cape_Westys/index.html Please allow LOTS of time for...
• Re: Electrical discharging a capacitor
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 5 Jul 2005 17:49:33 -0400
  Hello, still interested in the instructions? Yur very brave.I hope your not discharging a capaciter that is bigger than you. If your discharging...
• Re: weird smog rule
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 13 Nov 2002 22:13:27 EST
  In a message dated 11/13/02 7:06:24 PM Pacific Standard Time, fortinoj@SPEAKEASY.NET writes: << smog check now checks gas caps...
• weird smog rule
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 14 Nov 2002 08:00:26 -0800
  JoeFo, Interesting enough I think that it is not pressure that is important for the working cap but negative pressure. It maybe that this...
• Re: Silly question about hub caps
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:11:13 -0600
  ...The center grease cap assembly was too tall and the > > outer diameter of the cap seemed totally wrong to fit the boss on > the...
• Re: Lost coolant cap?
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Fri, 12 Jan 2018 23:46:18 +0000
  ...Lost coolant cap? Coolant cap...No.  Oil cap - yes!  I used to have a habit of propping the door open with the cap.  Until...
• Re: Coolant cap
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 28 Oct 2015 13:49:28 -0700
  ...Coolant cap My blue coolant cap is leaking slightly. I have another cap on order it will take 2 days. Any suggestions on what...
• Re: blatant plea for sympathy (LVC!) hair attack
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 15 Jan 2007 10:01:57 -0800
  ...Baseball Caps Speaking of ball caps, the other day I saw several guys wearing really cool caps that I'd like to find. They...
• Re: Non-locking gas cap
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 23 Feb 2011 07:36:12 -0600
  ...If I leave the ignition keys in the cap I have a real hard > >time > >forgetting the cap. > > My cap tucks nicely in the...
• Re: locking gas cap
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Fri, 17 Sep 2010 10:20:26 -0400
  My 89's original gas cap unlocked using the ignition key and I am living proof that a person can be distracted enough to...
• Re: probe port on exhaust
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Tue, 5 Sep 2006 20:06:01 -0600
  > On this down pipe there is a little probe fitting that > has a metal screw on cap. Well.. my little screw on cap has...
• Re: Childish question
  Historical mailing list - W. Silva
  Wed, 21 Jul 1999 12:57:08 -0400
  ...Who's paying for YOUR tires? Wendy Cape Cod, MA '85 Westy, "S-CAPE" An unpaid commercial announcement: Campers on Cape Cod- A LiMBO...
• Re: gas cap "HELP"
  Historical mailing list - chris jackson
  Tue, 28 Mar 2006 22:04:15 -0800
  ...Very happy I think it's time for a new cap! ? are all the cap keys the same? ----- Original Message ----- From: "chris jackson" <chriscjack...
• Re: on locking gas caps..
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 18 Sep 2005 20:15:59 -0400
  Maybe both my caps are aftermarket, then. They were both on my vehicles when I got them (1991 and 2002) and I don't...
• Re: Fresh Water Tank Drain Cap - Non VW replacement source?
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Thu, 17 May 2007 13:03:45 -0700
  > Best thing to do is measure the outside diameter of the drain outlet to > determine which cap it is. The larger earlier one is...
• Re: Locking Gas Cap
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:18:10 -0700
  re Another alternative is to remove the wafers so any key can open your cap." or any screw driver. a lot of them will...
• Re: 82 diesel expansion tank cap
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:51:42 -0700
  That style cap is basically identical to radiator caps used on American cars for years, back before plastic tank radiators. If you take it...
• Non-locking gas cap
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sat, 19 Feb 2011 16:30:17 -0500
  ...I figured that might be a weird description for a gas cap, and I was right. The Stant cap was actually the VW OEM...
• Re: Rear Washer Reservoir Cap Needed
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 15 Apr 2015 09:14:08 -0700
  ...Rear Washer Cap I answered my own question. The cap needs the vent in it so that you don't pull a vacuum when...
• Front wheel dust caps.
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 7 Jul 1997 03:13:17 -0400 (EDT)
  Anyone know an easy way to remove the dust caps on the front whels? I'm tying to replace the rotors in my westy...
• distributor caps
  Historical mailing list - Rick Koller
  Thu, 13 Nov 2003 12:56:35 -0500
  ...There's a choice of 3 different distributor caps for these year vehicles. Does anyone know how critical it is NOT to mix and...
• Re: Blue pressure cap, 1 valve or 2?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 26 Aug 2013 01:34:07 -0400
  ...Probably the easiest way to achieve that is a radiator cap of the type that's meant to suck coolant back from an overflow...
• Re: End Caps
  Historical mailing list - --------------------
  Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:21:36 -0400
  ...End caps > >Just recently purchased new end caps, the "Hardware" is nothing more than a >little shim that seemed not necessary and a simple...
• Re: water in fridge vent?
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Mon, 2 Feb 2009 09:55:18 -0800
  With the cap off the drain tube could let air into the combustion chamber and possibly allow dangerous fumes to came out. I doubt...
• replacing gas cap lock or gas cap
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:33:42 -0230
  ...I'm guessing the cap may have to be drilled out altogether, and I'll have to get a new one. Does anyone know...
• Fwd: Pressure cap problem?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Fri, 25 May 2012 13:25:46 -0400
  ...Pressure cap problem? > > I think my pressure cap on my 87 is dead. Here are the symptoms. Temp gauge is in middle. But coolant...
• Re: Fresh Water Tank Drain Cap
  Historical mailing list - Jim Stout
  Thu, 17 May 2007 19:44:28 -0500
  The best part of this solution is that you now have to finish the bottle of Crown because you no longer have a cap...
• Go Westy tune up kit
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 10 Aug 2011 06:08:44 -0400
  ...The early caps as were fitted to the 1.9 engines and the later cap fitted on the 2.1 engines. These caps are...
• Re: ARRRGGGHHH Re: Tantalum capacitors to stop blinking temp LED
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:06:22 -0400
  At 07:56 AM 9/29/2009, Mike S wrote: >If charging the cap turns off the blinking, then changing to a 0 pF...
• hub cap w/speedo connector question
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 06 Jul 1995 14:35:23 -0500 (EST)
  Hey? Is the hub cap on the drivers side, which connects the speedometer, the same in the bugs as in the Vanagons? I got...
• Re: Vgon Locking gas cap - I hate it!!
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:35:18 -0800
  I hear this from time to time, but I've had no problems whatsoever with the locking caps on both of my 84's...
• Re: outlet Cap for westy water tanks
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Fri, 26 Feb 1999 15:35:13 -0500
  Maybe our bottom water tank cap is just a replacement, but our Westy has no fancy-schmancy negative neutron particle reticulation chamber, or whatever...
• Re: 90 Vanagon Syncro - Emission Test Gas Cap Failure - Solution
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:39:27 -0700
  dear gasser things are clearly out of hand when gas cap OEM fails and it is nearly new i would suggest there is some...
• Re: coolant level rising - A solution?
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Thu, 23 Aug 2001 12:59:16 EDT
  ...Tightening the cap to the spigot of the pressure tank seals the valve plate between the pressure tank and the expansion tank. If the...
• Re: Drip, drip, drip -- water tank drain cap
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Thu, 1 Jul 2010 19:42:32 -0400
  Read somewhere - probably this list that the back hatch washer fluid container cap is the same thread and can be used in a pinch...
• Re: Locking Gas Cap
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 15 Sep 2010 22:07:56 -0600
  Archive search gets: < http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?S2=vanagon&L=vanagon&q=Gas+Cap&s=Gas+Cap&f=&a=May...
• Battery Reserve Capacity Calculations - 2nd Posting
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Fri, 11 Oct 2002 21:04:19 -0600
  ...Reserve Capacity - Minutes: 124 Capacity (C/2 rate) - Amp Hours: 52 Capacity (C20 rate) - Amp Hours: 65 Am I correct in assuming that a...
• Re: fresh water tank drain cap
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Sun, 25 May 2003 22:34:37 -0700
  ...fresh water tank drain cap > Does any one know where I can get a drain cap for my water tank? 1987 Westy > > Dan
• Re: VW radiator caps
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Thu, 9 Jan 1997 12:32:50 -0500 (EST)
  On Thu, 9 Jan 1997, Rocko Flamefart wrote: > THHBBPT! ACK! (snip) > i've had a bad cap on both my '85 and the '87...
• vanagon hub caps
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Fri, 20 Apr 2001 12:49:48 -0400
  The old dog dish style chrome hub caps with the vw logo in the middle should fit. They give vanagons a cool retro look...
• Re: Water tank cap
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 5 Sep 2005 11:29:38 -0700
  While Bob has a good idea here, I just took a screw clamp and put that around the outside of the water drain cap...
• Re: Flue Cap?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Tue, 15 Aug 2000 22:56:55 PDT
  Whats a flue cap?? > > I saw a link to a member's van online and noticed a flue cap-- Is this a > > production item...