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• WTB: Heidleberg Radio from Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 30 Jul 2002 06:20:28 EDT
  ...Saturday for $99 CND with satellite radio capabilities and aux input jack. I really must be nuts to have not bought that one. I...
• Re: Trying to understand starter stuff adding a relay failure points
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Wed, 24 Dec 2014 23:15:41 -0800
  ...Use it to remove the rear axle nuts. My normal alloys rims do not allow a socket to capture the axle nut� Pz On...
• Re: repost: anyone taken a power mirror appart and back again?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 3 Oct 2001 06:47:28 EDT
  ...bottom plastic cap (the one that hides the third bottom screw). >> sTinkerman, If you keep trying to screw with my nuts, I'm going...
• Re: Best way to clean out a 1985 Vanagon Radiator?
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 11 Jun 2003 17:08:06 -0700
  ...screw in the nut again - good and snug but not gorilla tight. As the engine cools down, the reservoir cap will open and draw...
• bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:16:55 -0400
  ...There are 3 on each side (6 total.) On the South African, the nuts are held captive in a cage, are nylock nuts and...
• Re: Real time help needed
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Sat, 28 Mar 2020 17:11:27 -0700
  ...Set engine at TDC #1 Remove distributor cap Pull center wire from cap and set end of wire on metal Loosed the 13mm nut...
• Can anyone translate Russian?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 17 Apr 2000 17:10:34 +1200
  ...Nadeyus` > na razreshenie. > >Best regards, > Captain of the Hope mailto:wildalex@chat.ru > Andrew Grebneff mollusc nut 84 VW Caravelle Geology Department, University of...
• Re: Battery Compartment ground cable; Was: Dead (almost) in the garage
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 28 Aug 2011 10:25:32 -0700
  ...Get it out of the garage and you can easily catch the (not so) captive nut w/ a pair of Vise-Grips� through the...
• Re: Vanagon Wiki: MODS?
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Tue, 4 May 2010 07:28:30 -0700
  ...the search for recovered or saved material, which should be an open request; and the nuts and bolts of banging the thing back on...
• 'VW Driver' Fall 97, error
  Historical mailing list - Jon Christensen
  Tue, 16 Sep 1997 09:47:22 -0500
  ...There is a picture of an early, carbureted wasserbox motor with "2400cc 6-cylinder diesel" captioned underneath. Did anyone else catch this boo-boo...
• Alloys for sale
  Historical mailing list - Sorin Bejenaru
  Mon, 10 Nov 1997 12:28:45 -0500
  ...The set also includes the special lug nuts and bolts necessary to install them and the small hub caps. The price is $500 and...
• crud in the gas tank....(tech question)
  Historical mailing list - JordanVw
  Sun, 26 Apr 1998 18:58:45 EDT
  ...vehicle has been sitting awhile w/ no gas cap. there is rust particulate in the bottom of the tank, and it is blocking jets...
• Water pump replacement (1.9l)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 30 Apr 1999 18:36:05 -0700
  Hi, I decided that it is high time to consider myself capable of replacing my own water pump. I have always considered it a...
• Re: How to remove HUb cap (inner)? - Springloaded?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:21:58 -0400
  ...Mike Jens Jakob Andersen wrote: > Hi > > How do I remove the hubcapon the driverside (the one protecting the > hub nut on the steering knukle...
• Re: carat alloy wheels was Re: Westfalia VW aluminum wheels
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 29 Jan 2003 10:52:41 -0700
  ...specific lug bolts and nuts. the bolts are longer, and the lugnuts are deeper and have a chrome cap on them. might try to...
• Re: Alloy wheel deal 2 (real picture finally!)
  Historical mailing list - David-M
  Tue, 8 Dec 1998 09:38:57 -0500
  ...They have a cap in the center of the wheels to cover the lug > nuts/bolts. > I am selling them for $412 a set...
• Re: removing front brake grease caps
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Fri, 29 Jun 2001 21:52:07 EDT
  ...I've taken the little retaining clip off the little square nut thing sticking out of the grease cap, what next? I've tried...
• Re: Black oxide finish on stainless steel
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 23 May 2007 05:49:35 EDT
  ...Machine screws with Nylock nuts and two flat washers, one for inside the cap and one for under the nut, to hold the bumper...
• Re: FS: 15" SA vanagon steelie(was: Now alloy lug nuts
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 6 Mar 2010 11:23:41 -0800
  ...They're 'cap nuts' - the look great on an alloy wheel. And they seem strong enough for the job. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike" <mbucchino...
• Alloy Rims For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Ken Herman
  Sun, 23 May 1999 11:50:28 EDT
  ...I am using my old lug nuts and center caps, so they will not be included. I am asking $600.00 for all (plus...
• vertical bike mounts on rear hatch???
  Historical mailing list - Fred Porter
  Thu, 9 Jul 1998 14:59:20 -0600
  ...nuts that allow one to blindly bolt a yak tower to sheet metal only accessed from one side--can't imagine the load capacity...
• changing transmission fluid...
  Historical mailing list - James Ballen
  Wed, 24 Sep 2003 19:57:57 -0700
  ...I tried to do it the other day using the little trick w/the 17mm bolt head and nuts...and even with repeated dousings...
• Re: easy test of Hall unit and ignition spark system
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:03:07 -0800
  ...remove only center lead from dizzy cap > 2. remove dizzy cap and push it aside hanging from other wires > 3. loosen 13mm nut holding...
• Re: how much head stud corrosion is OK?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 11 Apr 2003 20:57:57 -0400
  ...of the studs broke and another stretched to the point the cap nut could be wiggled. Disassembly showed that those two studs were badly...
• Re: folding mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Mon, 9 Oct 2000 22:51:52 -0700
  ...the plastic cap on the bottom. Look up inside and you will see a bunch of wires going up through a nut with a...
• Re: Adjusting Rear Camber
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 2 Jan 2010 17:16:11 -0800
  ...cap from the big nut, loosen the nut, pry the trailing >> arm by inserting a big screwdriver in the slot, tighten the nut and...
• Re: a newbie with some problems: hissing 2.1 L WBX and thrown belt
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:54:58 -0400
  ...When I inspected it, I could wiggle one of the cap nuts and, of course, coolant escaped around that wiggly nut. After tearing it...
• Qs: Downgrading to fiberglass bumper and spoiler
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Mon, 15 May 2006 01:29:15 EDT
  ...I see the spoiler when factory mounted is secured by bolts into a "riveted cap nut" (part # N 030 400 1). From ETKA it...
• BALL JOINT REPLACEMENTS
  Historical mailing list - gerry rafferty
  Sun, 25 Oct 1998 16:34:50 -0800
  ...4.Remove tierod nut(19mm).I used a TieRod End Lifter(a hammer could be used)-back off locking nut 1/8 turn and...
• Re: Funny noise on 79 Westy and other ??'s
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Tue, 4 Apr 1995 15:43:35 -0700 (PDT)
  ...The Muir book says to loosen > the allen head nut under the plastic cover and to adjust the alternator > body slightly to the right...
• Headbolt Leak
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 Feb 95 08:08:00 MST
  ...I found it when I was desperately searching for a fix to my leaking headbolt (actually cap nut) problem. However, by the time I...
• Looking for some radiator parts
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Fri, 10 Jun 2016 17:30:38 -0400
  ...a chisel pretty easily) Lower radiator mounts with hardware (bolts and captured nut mounts) Radiator fan plug (cut from harness is fine) Radiator fan...
• Re: Radiator
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 18 Jan 2002 19:15:57 +1200
  ...to buy a new one? Any decent radiator shop should be capable of making something to fit. It will most likely be brass, however...
• Re: Has anyone seen plastic cap covers for 17mm lugnuts??
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Mar 2003 00:56:32 EST
  ...most alloys w/ exposed nuts had them. also A4's etc chris
• Re: Carbon Fiber vanagon bumpers!!! yeah!! lets do it!Re: Fiberglass bumper repair
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 26 Dec 2005 15:08:45 -0800
  ...I guess maybe the wiper arm nut caps too? Not much else left after that. I wonder how much a carbon fiber westy top...
• Re: Rear axle torque specs?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Mon, 1 Jun 2015 12:02:26 -0400
  ...Wheel axle nut > torqued to 360 ft lbs. I then drove the Westy back to my > farm 60 miles away. Remove hub caps and...
• Re: ISO: Bumper Corner Cap
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:40:10 -0700
  ...cap, bolt, nut and screw are all gone so ... I need to tap into a proven effective source for a replacement before I go...
• Re: Fires
  Historical mailing list - Paul M. Hillbish
  Fri, 26 Jan 2001 20:13:53 EST
  ...Time, andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ writes: << You could weld captive nuts to your exhaust, or put exhaust clamps or hoseclamps over the...
• Re: Speaking of the Wing Vent Window
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sun, 23 Sep 2007 05:46:46 +0000
  ...This led to problem #2 the stripping of one of the captive nuts that holds the glass in place to the frame. So be...
• Re: Thread locker on rod bolts?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:11:16 -0400
  ...Also one set of nuts (for one cap) has no shoulder. Maybe this helps them "balance" the set. Thoughts anyone? Tom L. On Mon...
• Re: ? Lock Washers on Exhaust Fasteners?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 18 Sep 2002 05:58:21 EDT
  In a message dated 9/18/2002 12:01:07 AM Eastern Daylight Time, LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: > the locking nuts I know...
• Re: Steering rack replacement question
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Sun, 16 Nov 2003 00:03:27 -0500
  ...capped the lines with aluminum foil. > >7) Removed the final two loosened fasteners and snaked-out >the rack and >rods. Discarded old nuts. > >8...
• Bearing Problem - Any Ideas??
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:18:15 -0500
  ...peened the spindle nut and put the end caps back on. Secured the speedo cable with the circlip. Then gave it a test run...
• Re: Thread locker on rod bolts?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Lambas
  Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:44:32 -0500
  ...Also one set of > nuts (for one cap) has no shoulder. > Maybe this helps them "balance" the set. > Thoughts anyone? > > Tom L. > > On Mon...
• Re: Shocks again
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 3 Jan 2011 08:43:44 -0800
  ...install ! There is supposed to be a plastic cap thingy there to cover the nut and threaded end to keep corrosion at bay. Probably...
• Re: Trying to understand starter stuff adding a relay failure points
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 25 Dec 2014 10:20:06 -0800
  ...Use it to remove the rear axle > nuts. > My normal alloys rims do not allow a socket to capture the axle nut… -- Neil n...
• Re: main bearing torque
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 5 Apr 2004 00:21:22 -0400
  ...on a 2.1 waterboxer(the 4 cap > nuts inside the water jacket, and the two nuts on the outside?) The manual > that I...
• Re: Where does this relay go?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:25:05 -0600
  ...causing my >> temp gauge to go nuts on really cold mornings. > > Jim, if it still "goes nuts" with the controller out, then it's...
• Vanagon Specifications Sheet
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Wed, 2 Sep 2009 16:20:52 -0400
  ...Trailing Arm Pivot Bolt 76 (103) Wheel Lug Nut 133 (180) POWER STEERING ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CAPACITY - Fluid capacity is approximately 1 qt. (.95L). FLUID TYPE - Recommended...
• Re: lug nuts torque-
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Fri, 2 Jul 2010 06:04:46 -0700
  Thomas Buese wrote: > My last resort cheater bar is a 4' piece of 1 1/2" dia black iron pipe > w/ a cap on...
• Re: Armrest for 1988 GL needed
  Historical mailing list - marcus
  Tue, 21 Jul 1998 20:18:56 -0700
  ...Marcus > > > I'm looking for a "right side armrest" for my passenger side captains > seat. I have a standard 1988 Vanagon GL, with grey...
• F/S:Passat 15X6 steel wheels and hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Tue, 16 May 2000 16:23:32 EDT
  ...for a Vanagon and also size 15X6, 5X112mm, no spacers, nuts or caps, $200 plus freight from NM. Ken Hunter 82 Westy 1.9D...
• Re: Stove grate
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 30 Aug 2002 13:29:00 -0300
  ...Westy is driving me nuts, rattling every > time I hit a bump. Are there supposed to be little rubber caps or > something on the...
• Re: Thread locker on rod bolts?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Lambas
  Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:50:54 -0500
  ...Also one set of > nuts (for one cap) has no shoulder. > Maybe this helps them "balance" the set. > Thoughts anyone? > > Tom L. > > On Mon...
• Re: Rear axle torque specs?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Engel
  Mon, 1 Jun 2015 08:42:33 -0700
  ...Wheel axle nut torqued to 360 ft lbs. I then drove the Westy back to my farm 60 miles away. Remove hub caps and...
• Re: Bumper End Cap Bolts---
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Mon, 27 May 2002 10:17:02 -0400
  ...I've resolved that every single nut bolt or screw that I ever remove from any part of my van shall be replaced with...
• Re: Bumper Painting Info/Pics! (who's bored on a Saturday? Me!)
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 6 Feb 2008 13:13:27 -0500
  ...32 pieces, with 4, M8 Carriage bolts ( w/ washers and nylon insert lock nuts ) that fit the end caps. Heads painted POR15 black. 4...
• NEW 15" VW SA alloys now available.
  Historical mailing list - John Wessels
  Wed, 26 Dec 2001 17:09:43 EST
  ...the Starburst for Sunburst alloy which has a center cap that covers the lug nuts. These wheels are NEW not used, take-offs or...
• Re: Thread locker on rod bolts?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:29:23 -0400
  ...Also one set of nuts (for one cap) has no shoulder. Maybe this helps them "balance" the set. Thoughts anyone? Tom L. On Mon...
• Re: Info on Westy water tank keys
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 24 May 2002 14:31:30 -0700
  ...The rear of the cap is now exposed. There is a 10 mm nut on the > >rear of the lock. Once that nut is...