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• Re: Sourcing parts for my '90 Automatic project.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Lieb
  Tue, 8 Nov 2011 09:06:55 -0500
  Craig, I went up in my garage and I have.....drum role please......both pipes for 1&3 and 2&4 cylinders. I bought...
• Re: can i run holes instead of pipes from front to back on vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:55:50 -0400
  On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 1:36 PM, steve <nuts4photos@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > can i just run holes instead of pipes from front...
• Re: Plastic coolant pipes (again)...
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 11 Jun 2001 22:57:31 -0400
  ...These are the pipes that connect to the long plastic ones. We can get the long plastic ones but we get them from the...
• Re: Replacing coolant pipes - Drop gas tank?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 06:49:27 -0500
  ...Replacing coolant pipes - Drop gas tank? I want to replace the long coolant pipes going to/from the radiator, as the flanges have corroded...
• Re: Stainless Coolant Pipes Endanger Engines
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Fri, 15 Oct 2010 13:07:18 -0400
  ...The problem is > with a steel insert that is inside each end of the plastic pipes. It is > there to support the plastic where...
• Re: exhaust quality questions
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 7 Nov 2002 21:19:20 -0600
  I had to return my first set of S&S pipes for my 83 Air Cooled. They would not fit under the body. The...
• How hard is it to remove exhaust?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sun, 8 Sep 2002 17:14:31 EDT
  ...The pipes have never been off this engine, which is 18 years old, with 80k miles. Am I going to have a problem removing...
• Re: Coolant Hose vs. Coolant Pipe
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Thu, 18 Oct 2012 08:54:26 -0500
  ...24px"><DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma>Do Not Use Steel Coolant Pipes.</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma>There is a...
• Re: You can blame Me - was: steel coolant pipes 82 diesel Westy
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Sun, 8 Nov 2009 23:06:27 -0500
  Turbo guys put a raised lip on their aluminum intercooler pipes with a fabricated vise grip tool. I lifted this quote from a webpage...
• Re: hoses vs. pipes
  Historical mailing list - T.P. Stephens
  Fri, 19 Nov 1999 05:23:21 -0800
  ...If you powder coated the pipes inside and out, you would have sealed the metal from both air and water. You can take 80...
• Re: Stainless Coolant Pipes Endanger Engines
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Fri, 15 Oct 2010 10:33:00 -0500
  ...Stainless Coolant Pipes Endanger Engines I thought that's what I said. DMc ---- Tom Hargrave <thargrav@hiwaay.net> wrote: > How about just changing your...
• Re: Opinions needed. Exhaust pipes too close? PICS
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:55:20 -0700
  ...Exhaust pipes too close? PICS > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > The vibrations will grind holes in the pipes where they're > >> touching. I'd > >> >> > move them, myself. > >> >> > > >> >> > On Sun...
• Re: Coolant pipes replacement
  Historical mailing list - --------------------
  Tue, 4 Jul 2006 12:51:10 -0400
  ...Without careful consideration about location of the old pipes, installation location, and your work sequence, these will never go in place. These pipes are...
• Re: Bus Depot coolant pipe tips needed
  Historical mailing list - Al Carey
  Mon, 24 Feb 2025 07:12:27 -0500
  ...The GW pipes in the video and on Eric’s van are different, the return pipe has a 90 degree bend at the engine...
• Re: Coolant Hose vs. Coolant Pipe
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 19 Oct 2012 05:35:22 -0400
  Kevin, I "presume" your speaking of the metal coolant pipes on the early 1.9 vans ? If so then yes, I use Gates Green...
• Re: Coolant pipes replacement
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 5 Jul 2006 15:19:58 -0400
  ...Without > careful consideration about location of the old pipes, > installation location, and your work sequence, these will > never go in place. These pipes are...
• Re: Coolant hoses for '84 NLA - what are people using?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:16:09 -0500
  ...Then the end of the hose is the same size as the old hose and can work on the metal pipes. I have these...
• Re: WBX Plastic Coolant Pipe Inspection
  Historical mailing list - Mike B
  Tue, 20 May 2014 08:30:14 -0400
  ...So replacing hoses and long pipes is not good enough. You've also got to replace those thirty-something-year-old plastic fittings, tees...
• 1.9l Steel Pipes
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 5 Nov 2002 09:29:31 -0500
  In Ken's defense, there are 18 year old steel coolant pipes out there in good shape. I replaced mine last spring when I...
• Coolant Hose Inside Diameter Reducers
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Fri, 30 Mar 2007 09:04:49 -0300
  ...The only hoses available are for the Vanagons with the plastic Coolant pipes and they are of a larger diameter where they fit on...
• Re: Summary-Long Coolant hoses, copper & otherwise
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Tue, 4 May 1999 23:10:20 -0700
  ...In 10 years, I didn't use much antifreeze and had no trouble with the EMT radiator pipes corroding. KEP taught me the trick...
• Re: Exahust Pipes
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Thu, 23 Aug 2001 12:28:09 EDT
  ...front pipe if you have a Syncro), I also stock the pipes in Stainless Steel >> Why is the Syncro the bastard child? With all...
• Re: Coolant pipe *REPAIR* kit, was: Coolant pipe kit and distributor kit from GoWesty
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:32:52 -0700
  After parting many vans and switching to stainless on converted vans�I have accumulated many of these plastic pipes. I have only kept the...
• Re: Stainless Coolant Pipes Endanger Engines
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Fri, 15 Oct 2010 09:09:45 -0500
  ...Stainless Coolant Pipes Endanger Engines ---- Jay Brown <badkarma@TTLC.NET> wrote: > How about internal ceramic coating as a barrier against galvanic corrosion? > If it...
• Satisfaction Plus, & Installation Ease Of Stainless Coolant Pipes.
  Historical mailing list - Ron Mueller
  Sat, 11 Mar 2006 18:20:38 -0600
  ...He was concerned about my satisfaction so he sent the 2 piece pipe set upon my approval!!!! I received the pipes last thursday, installed...
• Re: front to rearcoolant pipes-starting to rust more than a bit!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 Aug 1994 05:48:21 -0400
  ...Did you think of plumbing it in with 1" PVC - $20 or less for both pipes more time on your part but i think...
• Re: Exhaust Pipes 2.1 86and up!
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Wed, 20 Nov 1996 21:18:54 -0500
  ...the 2.1 are For everybodies info are these crappy DANSK pipes or the US made jobbies and if the later, have you pesonally...
• Re: Summary-Long Coolant hoses, copper & otherwise
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Tue, 4 May 1999 23:40:54 -0600
  ...steel coolant > pipes George, Several years ago I used galvanized steel electrical conduit (EMT) in 1-1/4" for coolant pipes. Worked great and...
• Re: Replacement of coolant
  Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
  Sat, 9 Apr 2016 17:04:47 -0400
  ...I've investigated other options and I now understand why these pipes are priced at $300. It's competitive with anything else you'll...
• Re: Advice needed for replacing front and rear header pipes and hardware
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Sat, 16 May 2009 06:45:08 -0700
  ...Advice needed for replacing front and rear header pipes and hardware Hi, The bolts (I think they are hex head cap screws and not...
• Re: Exahust Pipes
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 23 Aug 2001 12:18:37 -0400
  ...And since these are direct OEM replacements, they will interchange with your existing pipes. This means that if you don't want to do...
• Re: You can blame Me - was: steel coolant pipes 82 diesel Westy
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 8 Nov 2009 23:21:47 -0500
  At 11:06 PM 11/8/2009, pdooley wrote: >Turbo guys put a raised lip on their aluminum intercooler pipes with a >fabricated vise...
• H2O crossover pipe corrosion
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 23 Dec 1996 09:56:39 -0800 (PST)
  ...my crossover pipes sure have a lot of rust happening inside -- concerns me. hate to have one fail on a road trip. what's...
• Re: Coolant Pipe repair
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 7 Nov 2013 17:51:55 -0700
  but sounds to me like you need to fix those pipes properly. ....and there is a very effective replacement of those old plastic pipes...
• WBX Plastic Coolant Pipe Inspection
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 19 May 2014 18:32:59 -0700
  ...The pipes don't leak at this point, but if there's hairline cracks anywhere on them, is it best to replace them now...
• Re: Dometic woes
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:50:52 -0400
  ...Very brittle pipes. When bent to much, they will crack at a bend. If you have cracked vent pipes, remove the side grill and...
• Re: 85 coolant hard lines
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Thu, 7 Oct 2004 10:44:26 +0000
  ...Then you are also going to need to replace four coolant hoses (one on each end of the pipes) because the plastic pipes are...
• Re: '84 Coolant pipes question
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 28 Aug 2011 13:33:14 -0700
  Terry K offers SS pipes http://community-2.webtv.net/VanStuff/VanagonWestfalia/ Ken at vanagain has them too http://www.vanagain.com/search_result...
• Re: WTB: coolant tubes
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Thu, 14 Apr 2005 13:19:14 -0700
  ...Nearly Friday Mike On 4/14/05 12:30 PM, "jbange" <hfinn@INGRATES.NET> wrote: >> Another note- stainless steel pipes are sometimes >> avaliable on...
• Re: Coolant Pipes and runs hot (150k miles)
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Fri, 12 Jun 1998 09:00:19 EDT
  ...It is kinda funny because the paint seems to be over the rust, >but if >you look in the pipes they are still shiny...
• Re: Coolant pipes replacement
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 26 Jun 2006 18:49:19 -0700
  ...The leak in one of my metal pipes was right on a weld seam, as if there was some slag or other imperfection. The...
• Re: cost of heat exchangers
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Dove - VAX Master
  Thu, 11 Aug 1994 14:59:33 -0400 (EDT)
  ...From memory, I think that it is casted with the heat sinks part of the pipes, welded and covered up with sheet metal. I...
• Re: Painting exhaust pipes?
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Sat, 16 Apr 2005 08:15:19 -0700
  I have had very good luck ceramic coating the exhaust parts and using header wrap with stainless ties to preserve the pipes. dylan --- Zoltan...
• Cleaning intake manifolds
  Historical mailing list - Steve Gough
  Fri, 11 May 2001 14:49:49 -0500
  ...The intake manifold pipes (the four "spider legs") have a LOT of carbon in them. Most is in the bend (center of pipes) where...
• RE: hoses for pipes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 15 Jun 97 15:51:37 UT
  ...hoses for pipes Hi all I had my Transporter checked, and the mechanic said that the long coolant pipes under tha car were leaking...
• Re: Coolant line complications - early vs. late vanagons.
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Tue, 25 Apr 2006 04:19:30 -0400
  Ian, The early vans, 83.5 - 85 w the 1.9l WBX have a pair of steel pipes about 1 1/2 inches in...
• Looooong Coolant Pipes part 2 (The rest of the story)
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Fri, 19 Apr 2002 09:20:49 -0400
  After lunch went back out to finish installing the long plastic coolant pipes. I asked my father, who works with plastic piping all the...
• Re: Engine Mgmt. Question
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 5 Mar 2002 12:59:30 -0500
  ...I would guess the metal pipes radiate much more heat than the plastic 2.1 pipes. Jay
• Re: high-dollar pipes
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Pearson
  Mon, 2 May 2005 15:37:45 -0600
  ...high-dollar pipes Check a couple weeks ago on the list. Several posts on where to buy these.Also go westy has a repair...
• Re: Exhaust wrap on eBay
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Mon, 16 Aug 2004 17:51:49 -0700
  I would think the heat of the exhaust would evaporate any moisture, but you have a good point. > >For anyone installing exhaust pipes on...
• Re: Major exhaust woes! (Stud replacement???!!!)
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 30 Mar 2005 10:31:51 EST
  ...In the past, I've even installed used VW pipes which outlasted new Dansk stuff and the used OE pipes also fit as they...
• Exhaust for 84
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 22 Apr 1996 09:35:31 -0700
  I just discovered cracks in two of my pipes. The pipe that connects #4 & #2 accross the back of the engine and the short...
• Re: Dansk pipes
  Historical mailing list - Henckel
  Wed, 11 Oct 2000 15:51:00 -0700
  ...Just installed a full set of pipes from Bus Depot and they went on with very little problem. Next comes a new cat, muffler...
• Re: coolant leak repair
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 19 Mar 2018 23:26:01 +0000
  ...Personally I would try it long before the effort of changing the entire pipes. Jason On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 1:45 PM...
• Re: copper coolant hoses?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
  Tue, 27 Apr 1999 22:04:02 -0700
  Noto-Gaudette wrote: > my mechanic (a VW specialist w/whom I have no experience) is suggesting a > combination of hoses and copper pipes, which...
• Re: Will Tiico coolant hoses fit an '82 diesel
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sun, 2 Feb 2003 18:11:02 EST
  ...If so, they would have to be using 2 different types of hoses, one for the 83-85 engines with the steel coolant pipes...
• Re: Coolant Feed/Return Pipes Repair
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 3 Sep 2003 07:42:40 -0400
  I had "repaired" one of my metal pipes this way. One of the ends was rusted through at the firewall where the the SS...
• Re: Steel coolant pipe removal?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 15 May 2017 01:01:29 +0000
  ...I don't know how difficult the one piece pipes are to install versus the two piece pipes, but it's something to consider...
• Re: Painting the exhaust - High Temp - POR??
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Wed, 1 May 2013 15:10:21 -0700
  I was importing pipes from Ernst in Germany last year. Quality was a little better, but not the price. Cheers, Jeff On Wed, May...
• Re: [subaruvanagon] Stainless Coolant Pipes Endanger Engines
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 14 Oct 2010 11:50:20 -0700
  ...Terry K introduced one of the first stainless steel pipes in North America, and other thinner walled pipes were later introduced from Europe and...