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• Coolant pipe inserts
  Historical mailing list - Michael
  Sat, 18 Apr 2015 17:08:26 -0400
  Anybody have experience with the coolant pipe inserts from GoWesty? Also, I saw some plastic inserts at a FLAPS and thought they might work...
• Re: trailer lights
  Historical mailing list - raceingcajun
  Tue, 23 Jul 2013 14:01:17 -0500
  Any good FLAPS or a truck and trailer equipment sales & service. A U-haul master store will have a light adaper kit. Howard >Subject...
• FLAPS et al
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Aug 97 12:23:55 -0700
  Ron Lussier has provided a short list of odd acronyms that are frequently used on the list - see them under "Dictionary" at: http://www...
• Crush Washers
  Historical mailing list - Paul Connelly
  Tue, 5 Apr 2005 14:47:53 -0600
  Need to change the oil - anyone had any problems using FLAPS crush washers? (I forgot to order them with the filters) Paul aka "thatscotsgit...
• Re: New Cheap South African Grills are Here! (Also Cheap Mud Flaps)
  Historical mailing list - Marshall
  Mon, 15 Jul 2002 23:23:04 -0500
  ...New Cheap South African Grills are Here! (Also Cheap Mud Flaps) > Well, I got my mudflaps. A few things of note (Ron, you'll...
• Speedo rebuilders in Texas?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Sep 1995 13:48:38 -0400
  Does anyone know about a place in Texas that rebuilds VDO speedometers? Our local FLAPS mentioned that there is such a place, but didn...
• Re: oil drain plug sealing rings?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 29 Apr 1999 23:44:26 +0200
  ...Are > these sold separately or only with certain brand filters? Get 'em at the > FLAPS? Of course, the dealer should have these, but a...
• Re: [Syncro] 1987 Syncro-replace fuel lines
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Sun, 19 Nov 2006 23:35:22 -0500
  ...Your FLAPS guys are fullovit. Raymond Paquette wrote: > Hey > > I'm wondering how to replace the short (2" or so) fuel lines that go...
• Re: 5/8" heater hose questions (searched archive)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:52:44 -0700
  ...AND the FLAPS stuff, or can I just use the FLAPS stuff from > > > core to valve etc.? > > > > > > Bentley appears to show the heat control...
• Re: Heater flaps (more)
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 25 Oct 1999 15:29:33 -0300
  ...Don't see how this > would work, since the flaps are actually flat sheets of foam. > > I don't have one in my hand...
• Re: Oil Light, '85
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 9 Jan 2008 19:04:20 -0800
  Imagine my frustration then with a not too bright FLAPS parts man between me and the brass fittings. -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List...
• Re: RE : availability of OEM westy mudflaps?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Ayers
  Thu, 12 May 2005 07:15:10 -0500
  ...The front flaps get bent slightly back but never any damamge. Rear ones remain untouched. Admittedly one of the rear flaps is now cracking...
• Re: 1980 Thermostat
  Historical mailing list - S.Harrison
  Tue, 20 Apr 2004 09:03:07 -0700
  ...I removed it and simply let the > cooling flaps spring back to their default position. Stan, if I read your > e-mail correctly it...
• Re: Mud Flaps
  Historical mailing list - Arthur,Dave
  Sun, 4 Oct 2009 21:11:32 -0300
  ...Mud Flaps "I love them and they look and fit good, but they are just plastic and the supplied installation hardware is not great...
• Re: mud flaps for busses
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Apr 1995 17:36:24 -0700
  >Hi, > >Would anyone know a source for mud flaps? I found a pair in the West Coast >Metric catalog for about $35, but they...
• Re: Mud flaps
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 26 Feb 1999 15:41:17 -0500
  ...See > http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind9811C&L=vanagon&P=35255 > for a post I made about these mud flaps...
• Re: 80 Vanagon Thermostat ?'s
  Historical mailing list - Beckett Cantrell
  Thu, 4 May 2000 08:39:21 EDT
  ...Please don't listen to the people who say..."I've seen plenty of air-cooleds with out the thermostat or flaps installed...No...
• Re: Mud guard for right front tire?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 7 Jun 2000 06:50:13 EDT
  ...Check again under Mud Flaps. I have them on my '87 Westy and they are great ! Cheers Frank Condelli '87 Westy & Lionel Trains Vanagon...
• Re: Front heat always!
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 14 May 2008 08:56:42 -0700
  ...If the valve/cables work properly, then it may be that foam on flaps has deteriorated. When van up to speed, fresh air comes...
• Re: Front Heater Core Shutoff
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:08:28 -0700
  ...The leaky flaps are really more of a problem when it's, > > like, FREEZING out there. > > that's in your climate. when it is...
• Re: A Better Quality Sink Pump? ShurFlo? FLAPS Alternative?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 5 Jun 2009 13:48:46 -0700
  ...A Better Quality Sink Pump? ShurFlo? FLAPS Alternative? > I realize my pump could have been damaged by lack of winterizing, but > it seems the...
• Re: Syncro Driveshaft Universal Joints
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Tue, 17 Sep 1996 21:24:45 -0400 (EDT)
  ...The > bad news is I spent 2 hours on the phone and none of the FLAPS have any > replacements . They all insisted that this...
• Removal Instructions for the black fender extensions on a Syncro was: Just Kampers mud flaps arrived
  Historical mailing list - John-Reed Maffeo
  Fri, 20 Nov 1998 16:27:28 -0700
  > Mark McCulley <raven@HALCYON.COM> > > The mud flaps I ordered from Jusk Kampers about a month ago arrived today --- snip > There is one problem...
• Re: vacuum lines
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Thu, 28 Jun 2001 19:02:38 -0700
  Yes, i agree that you gotta watch out for cheap wimpy FLAPS hoses. But if you hit a few shops you may be able...
• Re: Mudflaps
  Historical mailing list - David Clark
  Mon, 3 Apr 2000 22:41:26 +0100
  ...If I were you I would just go to your FLAPS and get > some fender mounted heavy duty vinyl truck flaps. > > > -- > Stuart MacMillan > Manager...
• Re: Front heater motor
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 12 Mar 2017 21:50:50 -0400
  Does anyone have thoughts on repairing the hinges of the free-hanging flaps that bypass ram air around the blower? They pins on the...
• Re: A FLAPS question?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 13 May 2012 09:52:00 -0700
  ...Hi gang! I recently been getting a few parts from a local (N) flaps and the > one in the city too,of course they...
• thermostrat.
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Durstewitz
  Mon, 06 Nov 1995 15:52:31 -0800 (PST)
  ...according to him, no damage is done if the flaps are always in the open position (i.e., thermostat disconnected). is that generally true...
• Re: Spark plug heat ranges
  Historical mailing list - tim vb-o'brien
  Wed, 5 Jan 2000 00:34:14 -0800
  ...tim John McLean wrote: > > Bulley wrote: > > > Most FLAPS can help you decide which heat range is > > best for your motor if you bring in...
• Re: Restoring Vanagon Emblems
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 20 Apr 2015 09:06:48 -0400
  You can buy some very shiney chrome paint at some FLAPS. It might work on emblems. It doesn't hold up very long on...
• Re: '86 injector seals - where to buy?
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Wed, 10 Jun 1998 23:25:00 -0400
  NOT at your FLAPS, they are crap (under Sorensen brand name here) you need real Bosch seals, where to get them I don't...
• Re: FLAPS
  Historical mailing list - Brian T.
  Sun, 5 Jan 2003 12:42:16 -0800
  I was told it's free love and potato salad...(foreign local auto parts store) BT __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable...
• Re: It's still friday, so..
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Sun, 31 Aug 2003 16:11:11 -0400
  '89 Carat '86 Syncro '85 Plymouth Voyager (to get to the FLAPS!) '93 Bridgestone RB2 '93 Bridgestone XO1 Assorted road bikes, fixed gear and...
• Re: Substitute for aircooled thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Tue, 22 Feb 2011 06:30:09 -0800
  On Feb 22, 2011, at 6:00 AM, Richard Jones wrote: > I think the thermostat doesn't move the flaps after > engine warm-up...
• Re: Mud flaps
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Tue, 6 Jun 2000 23:52:00 -0700
  ...Mud flaps In a message dated 6/7/00 2:08:24 AM Eastern Daylight Time, transporter99@HOTMAIL.COM writes: << My syncro, an early...
• Re: hub nut
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Jul 1994 06:27:50 -0400
  its a 46mm or 1 13/16" - you'll probably have to hit the FLAPS to get one - the Sears guy will tell you...
• Re: radio antenna replacement
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Thu, 26 Oct 2000 16:23:44 EDT
  My FLAPS sells rubber antennas for under $10 bucks. I don't think there is such a thing as "unbreakable" but they will certainly...
• Re: manual thermostat / heaterflap control?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 17 Nov 2004 08:42:24 -0800
  ...Am I forgetting anything? >> Al Brase >> >> Dennis Haynes wrote: >> >>> If the flaps need to fully open in cool weather, then the engine must be...
• mud flaps revisited
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Thu, 3 Dec 1998 16:32:23 -0400
  ...They are from a FLAPS, the biggest ones I could find, almost Mack truck sized $18Cdn for the pair, with 2 little red reflectors...
• Re: One more front heater question: those "other" flaps
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Thu, 6 Mar 2008 16:36:41 -0500
  ...I'm just wondering about that upper set of >>> flaps, how you might get to the back side of the actual metal flap, >>> and...
• Re: Dealers and Vanagons, was Re: Pics Of The Blue Star
  Historical mailing list - Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski
  Mon, 5 Nov 2012 15:09:47 -0600
  ...And that goes for FLAPS as well as dealerships in my opinion, although turnover tends to be higher at the FLAPS. -Jarrett 89 Westy...
• Re: 86 syncro running cool
  Historical mailing list - Joe Beckham
  Mon, 23 Nov 1998 08:02:05 -0800
  Perl, The flaps thermostats were costing about $8. The dealer one was $33 and change. ---------- From: Per Lindgren [SMTP:lindgre@ONLINE.NO] Sent: Monday...
• Re: Heater flaps (more)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Mon, 25 Oct 1999 18:09:31 -0700
  ...Mike Snow 1982 Westfalia Diesel > Several posts have suggested using weather-stripping. > Don't see how this > would work, since the flaps are actually...
• Re: any deals out there for vanagon mudflaps?
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Thu, 16 Dec 2004 09:15:46 -0500
  ...looks or function simple but more effective mud flaps aren't hard to make. After looking at the stock flaps that came on the...
• Re: Mud Flaps, generic or otherwise? Sugestions
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:32:04 -0500
  ...The Bus Depot <vanagon@busdepot.com> wrote: > > Not sure on mud flaps, but I know Beetle hub caps fit all but the > > driver's...
• brake pressure switch
  Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
  Wed, 21 Jan 2015 08:05:33 -0500
  ...Need one in a hurry from flaps and they don't have the switches for vanagons in their computers? Mike
• Re: All accessories on aux batt
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Tue, 4 Aug 2009 21:29:24 -0400
  ...http://www.sportsimportsltd.com/20amppigtaat.html Most FLAPS carry them. Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com/ in statu viae
• What is a FLAPS?????
  Historical mailing list - Mike Ray
  Thu, 3 Dec 1998 11:08:58 -0500
  MAn I hate to sound stupid..... But people have been referring to this.. my friend jokingly says... F***ing local auto parts store Lost...
• Thanks ... SA Mud Flaps
  Historical mailing list - Sam Stone
  Tue, 9 May 2006 21:15:39 -0500
  Thanks for all the input ... I guess I'll be installing them this week. Hopefully I'll the as much use out of them...
• A Better Quality Sink Pump? ShurFlo? FLAPS Alternative?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 5 Jun 2009 12:45:06 -0700
  ...Anyone using a ShurFlo? Anyone using some kind of FLAPS alternative? Saw a comment in archives of one person using a JC Whitney pump...
• Re: FLAPS? not in my experience (No Van Content)
  Historical mailing list - BA
  Wed, 16 May 2007 20:19:35 -0700
  ...while, and then some kinda attitude or just a 'blank stare".. > FLAPS, my patootie! > Don Hanson Hah! And on top of all that, try...
• '83 Thermostat Questions
  Historical mailing list - Bill Ernest
  Thu, 11 Apr 96 08:08:00 PDT
  ...Last night I noticed that the Thermostat has been removed from the engine and the flaps for any air flow have just been left...
• Air Filter Desperately Needed
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 29 Mar 96 17:12:56 EST
  ...my FLAPS used to carry them but say their supplier has been for a couple of months. i have a '74 bus with a...
• Vacuum Distributor Available
  Historical mailing list - dean c aukes
  Mon, 08 Apr 1996 14:15:40 -0500
  ...was around $402.00!!!! So I called around to the FLAPS and foreign FLAPS. Beck/Arnley offers a rebuilt unit for $84.00. I...
• Re: Alternator Light Just Came On
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 9 Aug 2009 18:07:42 -0700
  ...And IIRC the regulators are available at the local FLAPS.
• Re: exhaust system
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 26 Feb 1997 14:14:56 +0200
  ...Maybe I have to get in contact with FLAPS to get some more people involved. Any other ideas? Helmut '80 Camper
• Muffler
  Historical mailing list - John Houser
  Mon, 4 Dec 2000 18:13:44 EST
  ...My FLAPS wants over a hundred dollars for a Vanagon muffler. Does anyone have a source for a more reasonably priced muffler? TIA, John
• Re: questions of lifting saggy butt Vanagons,and coil spring spacers
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Fri, 23 Mar 2001 21:23:17 -0600
  Rod, Any local FLAPS will order them for you. I think mine cost $75.00 with tax. Air Lift Part # 60789 Later, ______________ |[ ] [ ] [ ]\ | | | | ||-(())----(())-| Terry 85...
• Re: sticky lifter
  Historical mailing list - joe brown
  Thu, 8 May 2003 23:48:36 -0700
  ...It should be at your flaps. It cured my noisey lifter that the mystery oil didn't. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search...
• Re: stands vs ramps
  Historical mailing list - Tom Sinclair
  Mon, 13 Dec 2004 10:27:12 -0800
  ...Most of the > ramps sold at your FLAPS are > > just too flimsy to risk performing major repairs > under... IMHO. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Jeff > > > Note on ramps...