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• 215's fitting in the spare tire compartment?
  Historical mailing list - Myers, Thomas A
  Mon, 14 Jul 2003 12:55:20 -0400
  ...Are there issues with a larger tire fitting in the spare carrier? i figured I'd ask first before getting a rude suprise. Tom...
• Re: check your firewall fuel line fittings! the 2nd main cause of engine fires
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 25 Dec 2008 16:32:39 -0800
  even easier than that is just remove the firewall fitting...... and clamp the hose from the engine side, right onto the plastic fuel line...
• Re: westy cabinets trial fitting in syncro
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:12:34 -0700
  ...westy cabinets trial fitting in syncro > had some time to do more fitting of cabinets in my syncro tin top. > > lots of little fitting...
• Re: Suburban Type Furnace Install;
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:30:41 -0400
  ...In regards to the flare fittings, the Propex is CE certified everywhere in the world that it is sold. Propex has been using compression...
• Re: Suburban Type Furnace Install;
  Historical mailing list - W Monk
  Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:07:04 -0400
  ...Fittings can be found here: > http://shop.hoseandfittings.com/catalog/Fitting/Brass/Pipe_-_British.html > and > http://mcmaster.com > > Of course, there is no...
• Plumbing layout for headlight washers--Solved!
  Historical mailing list - Walt Oliver
  Wed, 26 Jul 2006 12:01:40 -0400
  Thanks to John Bange and Ken Wilford, it looks like the central T-fitting/check valve is 281 955 187, and I'll be...
• Re: blown brake line
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:16:52 -0400
  At 11:22 PM 8/12/2009, Andy Morse wrote: >bought 3/16 brass compression fittings (says not to use them on >brake lines...
• OIL COOLER FILTER SANDWICH PLATE + THERMOSTAT experiences need
  Historical mailing list - Christophe Guilbert
  Sat, 15 Apr 2017 21:37:12 -0700
  ...Recently I bought the empi oil cooler filter sandwich plate, AN8 PTFE stainless braid hose, the empi thermostat and all the expensive fitting 3...
• Re: Firewall fuel fitting
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:34:07 -0700
  ...this eliminates the metal or plastic firewall fitting 3 crimped or clamped junctions. plus.. no grommet needed. I have one very good metal firewall...
• '84 Brake Parts needed.........
  Historical mailing list - Jason M. Yasment
  Sun, 30 May 1999 12:33:30 -0400
  ...Do you think a FLAPS could make a set of these up? They appear to be just some brakeline and fittings? As for the...
• Re: blown brake line
  Historical mailing list - Mr.mds
  Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:43:19 -0400
  Hey man! I'd recommend if you are going to cut and patch that you should flare the ends and use union fittings instead...
• Sorry missed thread, LP LEAK, use sealant?
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Mon, 15 May 2000 09:06:30 MST
  ...I managed to crank that fitting hard and stopped the leak, however I tested the flamebox connector with soap and it leaks a tiny...
• Re: Double T fitting broken
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 10 Oct 2001 16:17:10 -0500
  ...Has anyone > tried to > repair (glue) this fitting or has anyone vount a way to use the > newer > single T fitting from the newer...
• Re: Propane tank fill valve
  Historical mailing list - David Vickery
  Mon, 10 Sep 2012 12:34:15 -0700
  The fittings he is talking about are different from the extend a flow/stay fittings.� I have�a similar�adapter that connects to the...
• Re: propane tank question
  Historical mailing list - Tim Whynot
  Sat, 12 Apr 2014 05:17:12 -0400
  ...I went with the dual hose model and also picked up a steak saver fitting in the camping dept to attach the 1# bottle...
• Re: How to fix a leaking banjo fitting
  Historical mailing list - Pat
  Tue, 2 Oct 2012 23:12:55 -0400
  ...How to fix a leaking banjo fitting People don't have a jar of new and used miscellaneous metal sealing rings they saved up...
• Re: 2-week wait on a diesel water hose?
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Tue, 16 Sep 2003 08:05:58 -0700
  ...If you have a brass fitting somewhere, it's aftermarket, not stock. At 07:06 AM 09/16/2003, you wrote: >Doesn't copper...
• Re: New Propane tank fill valve/fitting
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 9 Jan 2012 12:53:46 -0600
  ---- Marius Strom <marstrom@MICROSOFT.COM> wrote: > I'd be curious if fitting this adapter on the tank wouldn't cause issues getting a fill...
• Re: New AC Thing
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 18 Jun 2003 14:17:33 -0400
  ...For Freeze 12 the high-side fitting needs to be replaced with a 7/16", 14 tpi, LH fitting, and the low-side with...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 29 Jul 2009 to 30 Jul 2009 - Special issue (#2009-605)
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:21:52 -0700
  ...Total cost for the hoses and new fittings was ~$150 from Arizona Mobile Air (www.ackits.com). I paid $300 total for hoses, a...
• fridge....saga continues
  Historical mailing list - Don Spence
  Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:10:14 -0700
  uh, left hand thread on the propane fitting? On 12-Nov-08, at 12:51 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote: > Date: Wed, 12 Nov...
• Re: Propane
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Tue, 8 Jul 2003 20:01:01 -0700
  ...The other leg of the tee goes to a second shut off valve (valve B), then to a female quick disconnect fitting located under...
• Re: Platinum Cat Install suggestions
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Sun, 2 Oct 2005 21:37:47 -0700
  ...You can super high quality 100 psi flex fuel hose at Ace as well and use barb fittings with zip ties. With only the...
• A/C question...
  Historical mailing list - John Gladu
  Thu, 20 Jun 2002 07:25:25 -0500
  I can only find one pressure fitting near my A/C compressor - where's the other one? The findable one is within six inches...
• Re: check your firewall fuel line fittings! the 2nd main cause of engine fires
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:39:49 -0600
  I had a problem with this fitting location a couple of months ago. The 2 to 3 inch hose connecting the fitting to the...
• Re: Firewall fuel fitting
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:01:41 -0500
  ...Fit the grommet into the firewall opening where the current plastic fitting is, and pass the hose through it, attaching it at both ends...
• Steering Rack Hydraulic Fitting Size?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:14:48 -0700
  ...I'd like to put some metal caps over the hydraulic fittings on the power steering rack until the system is complete. Can anyone...
• Re: Syncro diff lock vacuum actuator position? up or down?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 22 Mar 2008 02:19:54 -0400
  ...Either > I have the wrong starter, or I'm not understanding something. > > 2) Also, which color vacuum line goes to which fitting? > > http://s275...
• Re: fuel leaks
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 24 May 2005 14:10:59 -0700
  ...The dangerous plastic fitting allowed them to have a short bit of hose on the engine and plug it right there. For us, with...
• propane fill valve
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Sun, 30 Jan 2000 09:57:33 -0800
  ...but his fill hose fitting was stuck onto my fill fitting. I don't know how these things work, but it seemed to me...
• Water tank drain spout
  Historical mailing list - T-rev Reynolds
  Mon, 5 Jul 2010 19:17:10 -0600
  ...I bought a $15 PVC tap from the Home Builder Supply store along with a fitting that almost goes right over the downspout of...
• Re: Fridge Tips
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 08 Aug 97 07:59:37 -0700
  ...The sealing surface is not the threads, but rather the thin "bead" where the copper pipe itself mates up to the male fitting coming...
• RE: 87 Vanagon: installing VDO oil pressure and temperature
  Historical mailing list - Dirk Wright
  Thu, 30 May 1996 08:32:52 -0400 (EDT)
  On Wed, 29 May 1996, Mark McCulley wrote: > Anyone know more about problems using teflon tape on oil pressure fittings? The instructions that came...
• Re: major fuel leak
  Historical mailing list - Vern in Bend
  Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:51:59 -0800
  >Or install the shift linkage rod after the tank is >already in? Or use flare fittings so a metal line >could be attached to...
• Re: Another Vanagon Burns Up - how to make the system better?
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Thu, 31 Mar 2005 12:29:06 -0800
  I used Aeroquip braided lines and fittings on one of my Syncros, along with fuel rails that have built in VDO pressure guages($175...
• Re: Broken Gas Tank Fitting...DOH!
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:55:49 -0400
  ...Broken Gas Tank Fitting...DOH! On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 7:57 PM, Mark<mbrush@gmail.com> wrote: > Hmmm.... you broke the fitting...
• Fuel Line Firewall Fitting Hissy-Fit!!!!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:18:23 -0500
  ...Follow the fuel line from the firewall fitting to the fuel ""T" over the engine and disconnect the fuel line at th3e "T" The...
• Re: Sorry missed thread, LP LEAK, use sealant?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 15 May 2000 12:41:16 -0400
  ...I managed to crank that fitting hard and stopped >the leak, however I tested the flamebox connector with soap and it leaks a >tiny...
• Re: An oddball fitting to fit a Westy
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 19 Jun 2011 21:12:55 -0400
  ...you could get a couple to experiment with gluing a fitting or valve to one of those Edward (full of ideas tonight.) At 08...
• Re: New Propane tank fill valve/fitting
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 9 Jan 2012 16:18:48 -0500
  ...You'd have to carry around an adapter to >go from the larger fill hose fitting to your smaller one, and I Andrew Martin...
• Re: KOMBI ON FIRE or A GOOD
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  6 Oct 1995 08:21:19 -0700
  ...SMAHER@po2.gi.com >> The small outlet brass pipe or fitting going to a rubber fuel line to >> the carburetor had popped out of...
• Re: Replacing Propane Regulator Advice?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Duvernay
  Sun, 10 Jan 2010 06:14:30 -0800
  ...I used a flaring tool and flare fitting for the pipe ends going into the regulator and compression fittings for an elbow and attaching...
• Re: Gas tank fittings
  Historical mailing list - marcus
  Thu, 6 Aug 1998 20:55:17 -0700
  ...Gas tank fittings > > > > > > Will the kind person who e-mailed me a list of p/n's for all the > > rubber bits > > h
• Re: fitting on an 82 Westy
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 18 Dec 1999 19:50:56 EST
  ...Zcoop1@AOL.COM writes: << My 82 Westy has a round silver fitting on the dash. It is located just right of the steering column...
• Re: A/C hoses
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 10 Aug 1998 21:31:00 -0700
  ...I used "push-in" fittings for AC which has small barbs to hold the hose on under pressure. I also used hose clamps. I...
• Re: Do AC hoses HAVE to be replaced on a 134a conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 6 Jun 2011 11:19:09 -0500
  ...They have the equipment and supposedly knowledge to do the job (e.g. > hose fittings fabricated, etc). > > One of the things the guy at...
• Re: A/C question...
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Thu, 20 Jun 2002 08:53:26 EDT
  Hey John, On my '90 AC, the high-pressure side fitting is located inside the plastic housing, on the driver side rear. Follow the...
• Re: westy cabinets trial fitting in syncro
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:59:50 -0700
  ...westy cabinets trial fitting in syncro > had some time to do more fitting of cabinets in my syncro tin top. > > lots of little fitting...
• Re: install a grease fitting into the stub
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 7 Sep 2004 11:25:13 -0500
  If you install grease fittings into the rear axle housing you need to install some type of vent so the heated grease will not...
• RE: Freon Conversions / Substitutes
  Historical mailing list - Tom Brunson
  Tue, 8 Jul 97 19:18:19 UT
  ...Cost of conversion fittings CAN be under $10 in cases where the straight fittings will work. But to fit behind the Westy closet I...
• Re: A fuel line check is always prudent...
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 15 Nov 2005 08:47:26 -0800
  ...Replace it with an appropriate brass fitting, or just run a continuous fuel line from the plastic pipe to the tee by the oil...
• Re: busted AC fitting
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Mon, 29 Jul 2002 10:28:11 -0400
  Not positive, but pretty sure these same fittings were used on the A2 series VW's ACs. Have you checked the ETKA for similarities...
• Re: Bluestar project progress
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 1 May 2013 20:45:08 -0400
  Steve, guess I miss understood which fitting you were describing. That fitting with the electrical connection has a small 12v heater in it to...
• Re: replacing power steering lines with hoses
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 21 Aug 2010 12:06:39 -0500
  ...fittings I use are superior to the metal lines. > > No flex and are rated for higher pressure than stock metal due to the > > fittings...
• Wiring VDO oil preasure gauge.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 27 Jun 2001 18:54:38 -0500
  ...The hose is rated at 3000PSI and already has 1/8" NTP fittings on both ends it also have small 3/32 holes in...
• Re: Another Burning Van!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 4 Jun 2009 14:28:32 -0700
  Why did VW do the fitting? Robert 1982 Westfalia --- On Thu, 6/4/09, Larry Alofs <lalofs@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > From: Larry Alofs <lalofs...
• Re: heated window washer fluid ... a question
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 10 Oct 1994 12:41:21 -0400 (EDT)
  ...It was a cannister with two fittings on it to take a windshield washer hose on one end from the w/w pump, and...
• Re: Clutch Slave Cylinder (bleeding)
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Sat, 19 Sep 1998 00:30:50 -0700
  ...The fitting on the MV bleeder configuration >proved not to provide an air- tight fit, and I am certain that the >clutch cylinder still...
• More oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Skip Emmert-Keaton
  Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:03:31 -0700
  ...I need to buy a fitting that replaces the oil filter. Does the new fitting replace just the oil filter or the oil filter...
• Brake line fittings
  Historical mailing list - Jay Brown
  Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:53:08 -0400
  ...Does anyone know off the top of their head what size fittings will be needed as well as a total quantity to do a...