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Ear Gas...
Historical mailing list
Mon, 17 Jul 1995 11:18:35 EDT
...of Foo (and draining all the gas out of the tank through my nifty all brass/stainless steel stopcock valve) I had to cut...
Re: AC Converting/Procedure/R134A
Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
Tue, 13 Jun 2006 13:18:51 -0400
Check your blue "relase" valve. The threads should be on the inside of the stem. Not on the outside. The outside should be smooth...
Re: Cooling system tip and involved question
Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
Mon, 10 Dec 2001 09:45:29 -0500
...The last time I did this, I did the old fashioned method (drain, fill/flush, drain, fill with new coolant/h2o). This time, I...
Propane take fill valve anatomy
Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
Sun, 12 Feb 2006 10:36:42 -0500
...someone had fitted a strange valve in place of the fill valve. It was actually a "boiler drain" spigot, like you probably have on...
Re: Two Oil Change Questions
Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
Sun, 17 Jun 2001 13:53:45 -0400
Dave; Is it a sliver of the threads from the oil drain hole? Good Luck and Drive Safely Ken Lewis 86 Crewcab,60 356...
Re: Frozen slave cylinder
Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
Fri, 17 Mar 2006 12:45:25 -0500
...Fluid will drain to the rear slave(open that valve too).I fear a pressure bleeding device is needed here to do it right...
Re: Mann Oil filter confusion Listees/Vendors please help....
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Wed, 16 Nov 2005 23:45:40 -0800
...These do not have Anti Drain-Back Valves that I know of. I have > > used this filter on my Westy on one occasion a...
Re: Just interesting observation
Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
Fri, 17 Dec 2004 13:34:34 -0500
...The original equipment oil filters have an anti-drainback valve to prevent the oil from draining out of the heads and back to the...
Re: Lowering A/C cabinet in a Westy easier than bus ?
Historical mailing list - Timothy J. Hannink
Fri, 23 Jun 2000 08:29:19 -0400
...But my Westy - I checked the drain hose valves under the air scoops and they were clean. So I'm thinking either the hoses...
oil filters and I-4 conversions
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Mon, 1 Mar 1999 08:54:29 -0800
...The obvious difference between the I-4 and the wbx filters is location of what I can only assume is the anti- backflow valve...
Re: 85 AC problems...pressure too high with small amount of refrigerant
Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
Mon, 13 Jun 2005 11:05:14 -0400
...Dave On 6/9/05, Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@optonline.net> wrote: > My bet is you have a bad expansion valve. The replacement valves are...
LP, propane regulator adjustment
Historical mailing list - roger sisler
Tue, 24 May 2005 13:50:35 -0700
...A better valve is the Marshall 299. It is uncommon. The difference is the vent location.It is 90 degrees different from the 290...
Re: Rich Running Chilly 1.9l WBX-Thermostats
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 5 Jun 2010 09:51:02 -0400
...This is a special design as this is actually being used as a mixing valve. None of these should have a bypass or bleeder...
Re: TIICO- Oil Filters
Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
Thu, 1 Nov 2001 05:46:53 -0500
...would I know if an aftermarket filter has a valve to prevent the drainback? Our conversion is at about 5k. Been running dino oil...
Re: '86 Valve job question - details
Historical mailing list - Bulley
Tue, 10 Aug 1999 18:04:25 -0400
...Re: '86 Valve job question - details >Drain engine oil. Change filter to any brand. >Refill with 1/2 & 1/2 engine oil and Automatic...
Re: AC Conversion: R12 to R134A
Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
Mon, 23 Jul 2001 17:52:53 -0400
...Where is the expansion valve, and where do I purchase one? I didn't see it on our friendly internet vendors' sites. 2: I...
Re: Sink pumps
Historical mailing list - Dave Black
Fri, 13 Jan 1995 14:00:55 -0700 (MST)
...get a small in-line check valve (again from the local RV supply) so the water doesn't drain out. Dave '71 Westfalia & SB
Re: Trying to light fridge!
Historical mailing list - Roy Olynick
Tue, 16 Apr 2002 13:46:47 -0500
...Unscrew the drain cap and connect an air pump with a flexible hose. Pumping air with the foot pump while pressing the igniter button...
Re: valve job--transmission fluid
Historical mailing list - James Flanigan
Fri, 13 Aug 1999 20:05:05 EST
...In the early '80's, I drained the oil and ran a gallon of kerosine in the crackcase of a 1970 International PU at...
Re: Clakity-Clack
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Mon, 6 Aug 2001 19:20:23 -0500
...Most oil filters have two valves. One of > them, the non-return or anti-drainback valve, is usually a rubber, EPDM, > plastic, or neoprene...
Re: vanagon Digest - 19 Jun 2011 to 20 Jun 2011 - Special issue (#2011-505)
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Tue, 21 Jun 2011 05:27:13 -0400
...Remove the drain hose from your fluid collection container and place it in a convent drain then run fresh water through the system for...
Oil Drain plug oil temp sensor, WTB
Historical mailing list - Kenneth W. Wyatt
Fri, 9 May 1997 11:32:16 -0400
...Last week some one mentioned a VDO oil drain plug sensor. This would eliminate drilling the sump plate for installation. Does anyone know much...
Re: valve adj. 90-2.o
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sun, 5 Jun 2011 23:39:13 -0500
...That is, the oil in the lifter will drain out, so that the valve clearance is incorrect at the next start of the engine...
Replace Hydraulic lifters with solid lifters?
Historical mailing list - neil
Thu, 9 Nov 2006 18:30:20 -0500
...Oil must be draining out of lifter and isn't coming up to pressure, so too much clearance in valve train. Blah blah blah...
Re: Back to that Auto-Stop LPG valve subject...
Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
Wed, 30 May 2007 15:20:16 -0800
...figured that maybe > he could > drain the LPG tank so I could put on this manual fill valve + manual > bleeder combo that I purchased...
Re: AC filter?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 18 Jun 2016 09:35:58 -0400
Yes and don’t remove and throw away those rubber flaps-check valve. Without the part the combination of outside air pressure with the...
Re: Coolant Drain - 2.1 L
Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
Tue, 15 Sep 2015 22:42:33 -0400
...Not near the van right now, but if you have none of the taps or valves mentioned by the others you might try this...
Re: '90 Westy 2.1L Coolant System Concerns
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Wed, 14 Mar 2001 08:42:55 -0800
...It works fine as a coolant/antifreeze mixed this way, but will provide no extra life, you must drain and flush all old stuff...
Re: WAS:trip out west-NOW: Heater valve
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Sat, 21 Aug 2010 13:09:52 -0500
...and that it is full of coolant that will drain out if the valve is out for even a few minutes. But, if the...
Re: oil pump failure? please help...
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Tue, 21 May 2019 10:52:04 -0700
...a question here if you don't mind... - is it bad practice to drain the oil when engine and the oil are very hot...
Under-Rear Seat Heater (Core)
Historical mailing list - Todd Brown
Mon, 6 Dec 2004 10:27:15 -0800
...Bentley manual has zero info on removing/installing the core/leaky valve.</DIV> <DIV class=RTE> </DIV> <DIV class=RTE>As luck would...
Re: How to convert to 134?
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Tue, 6 May 2008 15:02:14 -0400
...What I did was, I replaced the receiver/dryer, removed the compressor and drained the old oil out and flushed it, flushed the system...
Re: Help!! auto trans woes
Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
Wed, 5 Nov 2003 17:38:05 -0800
...clean the Valve Body, replace the drained fluid with your choice of Synthetic or Dextrin II and hopefully symptoms will disappear! Good luck Phil...
Re: Deep in the Abyss... a Tranny fill plug!
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Sun, 22 Sep 2002 20:10:00 -0500
...If you remove the drain plug and drill a hole thru it and tap it to accept a small valve, you could force the...
Re: radiator bleeding valve
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Mon, 8 Jan 2007 19:52:11 -0600
...You could probably use any number of pitcock-style valves as the brass ones you used to see on british car radiator drains that...
more on lifter noise
Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
Sun, 14 Sep 1997 12:22:23 +0000
...of the relief valve hole (unscrewed partially) and out of the filter hole. I even took the filter off, drained it, put it back...
Re: stripped oil drain thread
Historical mailing list - J Roth
Mon, 17 Jul 2006 16:04:14 -0500
...fram SD-2 oil drain > never have to worry about striping that oil drain again untill the spring > loaded valve > fails but I bought...
Smoking 2.1 troubleshoot--> Help!
Historical mailing list - Mark Vermillion
Sat, 11 Jan 2003 18:12:13 -0500
...It developed a nasty smokescreen a few weeks ago, which I attributed to the busted exhaust valve which in turn washed out cylinder #2...
Re: My Van has been found!!!
Historical mailing list - TC
Tue, 11 Apr 2006 18:05:38 -0700
...out the casing around the oil drain plug so i can get a fram sd2 oil drain valve in & remove it with a socket...
Re: Coolant Leak
Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
Fri, 21 Feb 2014 12:04:37 -0500
Those are oil drain plug washers. The coolant drain plug washers are the one's that are hard to find. Kenneth Wilford said he...
<syncro> vac. reservoir probs/fix
Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
Thu, 25 Jun 1998 11:53:42 -0300
...Took off the 3 balled vac tank hung underneath, drained out the rusty/sandy/muddy water, it was half full! Rinsed it out and...
Re: NAPA Oil Filters
Historical mailing list - Cathy Thompson
Wed, 20 Jan 1999 09:41:05 EST
...They use an excellant paper stock, the proper drain back valves, and a good grade if steel for a solid shell. I have cut...
Re: Oil Filters: Fram vs Others?
Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
Thu, 9 Nov 2000 10:49:52 -0700
...Finally I experienced oil drain back indicating a bad valve in the filter ... something that Frams are supposedly famous for. Then I switched to...
Re: coolent bleed valve on 84GL 4 speed
Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
Sun, 19 Sep 2010 14:29:04 -0700
...as you have another > way to drain and fill the system, you can do without the bleed valve > (which > is prone to breakage due...
re: my windshield washer gizmo
Historical mailing list - Jack Reed
Thu, 4 May 1995 16:39:19 -0600 (MDT)
...the fluid drains back down the > line. Some sort of check valve is needed. I would vote against a check valve on the basis...
Re: Hesitating automatic transmission
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Fri, 3 Oct 2008 10:56:21 -0500
...The other, more challenging, approach is to pull out the valve body and take it apart, making sure all the valves slide well. You...
Re: winter oil
Historical mailing list - Tom and Dana Cates
Mon, 6 Nov 2000 21:26:02 -0500
...You can easily tell a filter that is equipped with a drainback valve, just exhale through the center hole; if you can breathe out...
Lower bleeder screw question (searched archives)
Historical mailing list - neil
Sat, 14 Apr 2007 23:17:09 -0700
...I started to bleed them again with a one man one way valve hose but it popped off the RR so I went with...
Re: Was Techron, now MMO
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:27:34 -0500
...friend about this procedure after looking under his valve covers & > seeing serious sludge. He drained the oil, poured in 4 quarts of > transmission fluid...
Re: 719/5 vs 719/12
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:58:19 -0400
The difference is the bypass not anti drain back valve. Both do have the flap type anti drain back valve on top. If you...
Re: TIICO- Oil Filters
Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
Thu, 1 Nov 2001 07:58:40 -0600
...How would I know if an aftermarket filter has a valve to prevent the drainback? Our conversion is at about 5k. Been running dino...
Re: a/c rebuild and retrofitted to R134a
Historical mailing list - harald.nancy
Wed, 13 May 1998 18:57:59 -0700
...This set contains two adapters (for low and high pressure valves) and a sticker. <>Additionally order the receiver (reservoir) including it's O-rings...
Re: Red tek r-134 question
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Mon, 7 Jul 2003 14:09:42 -0400
...dryer, the expansion > valve and > all O-rings at the time of conversion. Additionally, the compressor > was > removed and thoroughly drained of any residual...
oil filter and oil pressure on cold start
Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
Mon, 1 Feb 1999 09:51:44 PST
...Aren't Vanagon filters designed with a valve that keeps oil from draining out of the filter for the purpose of getting the oil...
Re: Strategy for low-mess oil drain.
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:32:49 -0700
...outboard boat engine fuel hoses have a squeeze bulb with one way valve .. that also would be useful to start a siphon. here's...
Re: Post winter storage sticky valve noise
Historical mailing list - Richard Smith
Sat, 11 Apr 2015 09:52:11 -0700
...I was assured by the mechanic that it wasn�t harmful (the noise is valve �lifters� not the valves themselves), and lived with it...
Oil Drain Plug Removal - unable to remove plug
Historical mailing list - gary hradek
Tue, 20 Aug 2002 09:25:45 -0700
...I have heard that you can suck the oil out of the crankcase from the fill valve. Perhaps let sleepy dogs alone and make...
Re: [F]Re: Return Message
Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
Fri, 13 Jan 95 11:06:51 PST
...They drained or > flushed the hot water pipes on campus here this week. From the > newspaper it sounds a little like bleeding a Vanagon...
Re: Reason for Saddle-shaped gas tank-Syncro tank into 2WD Vanagon?
Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
Sat, 23 Sep 2006 15:42:46 -0700
And always keep in mind some simple hydralics facts- the higher tank will always drain into the lower tank first. The leaking vent tubes...
Re: Head and valve condition
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:58:49 -0800
...with the new valves, or at least the exhaust valves replaced with new better valves. I don't see that you have checked how...