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• (NVC) help with VW part identifying
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Mon, 9 Aug 2004 09:55:32 -0400
  I know this isn't any vanagon ring gear... hell actually maybe a vanagon one would work similiar (has to fit into the beetle...
• Re: Pulley End - Crankshaft Oil Seals
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 23 Oct 2012 19:54:05 -0400
  If the pulley is dry the crank pulley seal and o-ring is not the problem. The o-ring prevents oil from working out...
• Re: [Fwd: Re: Wind]
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 19 Oct 1999 14:05:10 -0700
  It is possible to put the piston back in using a 4" hose clamp as a ring compressor. It is not easy or fun...
• Flywheel Install / O - ring
  Historical mailing list - John Jensen
  Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:17:37 -0400
  ...There is reference to an O ring that goes somewhere, but I didn't find one when I took the flywheel off, and can...
• Re: URGENT: A/C dryer O-ring size
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Fri, 6 Jul 2018 14:30:01 -0400
  ...7,65 11,21 1,78 (I assume inner diameter/outer diameter/ o-ring thickness). Karl. On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 12:47...
• Changing the Black O Ring On a Cylnder Sleeve...
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Fri, 21 Feb 2014 03:04:46 +0000
  ...I've heard differing opinions about the need to replace that O ring. Thoughts? Personal experiences? I'd love to hear them! Thanks!! Jeff...
• Oil sealing rings on valve shaft???
  Historical mailing list - Aaron J. Wood
  Fri, 9 Feb 1996 21:39:44 +0000
  ...Haynes says there should be a oil sealing ring(looks like a washer in the picture) that goes onto the shaft of the valve...
• Oil Ring!!
  Historical mailing list - Jason & Laura Cornfeld
  Mon, 15 Mar 1999 15:54:28 -0700
  ANyone have a Spare oil Ring or 2 Used preferably??? I am in Dire need and need it here ASAP. I ordered 2 from...
• Re: Govenor Cap O-Ring
  Historical mailing list - Philip Menchions
  Wed, 29 Apr 1998 21:07:49 -0230
  ...I can't seem to find a supplier for the O-Ring for this seal, > and i was wondering if anyone had one, and...
• Re: Sourcing non-standard hollow crush washer for oil drain plug
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 28 Sep 2004 22:11:06 EDT
  ...Check with a BMW bike shop, Beemers are festooned with crush washers. - would an o-ring work? >> An o-ring would work if the...
• Re: Horn question (did some searching)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Tue, 25 Jul 2006 17:32:06 -0400
  ...I will inspect, clean, lube ring and assemble all. The ring looks ok. Hopefully it was just a short due to debris. Thanks. Neil...
• Re: Replacing Fuel Hose
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Thu, 5 Apr 2007 09:53:20 -0700
  ...reaching > up under the ring. The hose will then come off and the ring just falls > free. > > Mike > > > > neil wrote: > > IIRC, I used a...
• RE: Head restoration.
  Historical mailing list - Tom Brunson
  Wed, 9 Jul 97 00:43:18 UT
  The metal sealing rings commonly stick to the inside of the heads - look like a thin raised ring around the top of the bore...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 10 Jan 2002 - Special issue (#2002-33)
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Thu, 10 Jan 2002 16:39:56 EST
  ...The front speaker removal is no problem because I can > reach the retaining ring to keep it from turning, but the rear rings are...
• Re: Upper steering column grease recommendation and what else to do while replacing ignition switch
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Thu, 13 Dec 2012 09:39:32 -0600
  ...Horn Ring - last time I replace the horn ring on my '88 GL, the replacement horn ring would not fit. I - and David Beierl...
• Headlight retainer ring
  Historical mailing list - Roger VanTill
  Sat, 7 Sep 2002 17:31:55 EDT
  Dangit, I broke the little spring flaps off of two retainer ring I have. Does anyone know where to get new ones? They seem...
• Ring and pinion ratio on 5 spds...
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Tu
  Tue, 26 May 1998 09:07:50 -0700
  What is the ring and pinion ratio on a 5 spd tranny that we are all talking about. I don't want some nice...
• Re: Flywheel Install / O - ring
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 13 Apr 2012 23:40:09 -0500
  Of the smaller O rings, is one made of felt? There's a felt O ring which installs up against the pilot bearing. This...
• Re: seal at lower t-stat housing to cyl head
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Tue, 7 Apr 2009 23:30:54 -0700
  Correct - the o-ring will look like a flat seal when it has been in there a long time.� This is an o-ring...
• Re: replacing oil cooler O-ring
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Thu, 3 Mar 2005 20:22:11 -0700
  ...replacing oil cooler O-ring > I plan to try to use the method described below. But what about the > O-ring? Do you put...
• Re: Head Gasket repairs Question
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Wed, 9 Feb 2005 10:11:44 -0500
  ...Not replacing the lower O-rings???????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Am i reading right or it's my poor english?????????????? This lower ring... why the heck would you...
• Re: Leak at coolant level sensor
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Mon, 4 Mar 2002 09:33:58 EST
  ...I took it off, and found the rubber o-ring was a bit stiff. It actually made a 'clink' when dropped on the counter...
• Re: [FIX] seal on Expansion Tank sensor
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Thu, 13 Jun 2002 08:12:23 EDT
  ...When I removed the sensor, I found it had a crack in the plastic, just under the O-ring. Rather than get a new...
• Re: replacing oil cooler O-ring
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Thu, 3 Mar 2005 22:15:05 -0500
  ...But what about the >O-ring? Do you put sealer or oil, or nothing on it? >Thanks, >Edward > >At 04:21 PM 3/3...
• Re: Coolant leak(again)
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn
  Fri, 27 Mar 1998 12:48:49 -0800
  At 10:24 PM 26/03/98 -0800, you wrote: >Don't doubt it - the tanks tend to make a 'ring' crack where the...
• Re: Well, It finally did it....
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 13 Nov 1998 07:53:59 EST
  ...Also there is a service bulliten out on that O-ring that cold weather will make that O-ring leak. I believe it was...
• Re: head job
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Wed, 9 Feb 2000 09:14:29 -0700
  ...you will have a lot of trouble putting the cylinders back on as they will NOT slip on the piston rings and there is...
• Re: Steering wheel disassembly
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 17 May 2005 23:14:18 EDT
  In a message dated 5/17/05 10:54:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, alan@DATAX.COM writes: > The metal ring for the horn...
• Re: Automatic transmission leak - fixable?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Mon, 5 Dec 2011 03:19:48 -0800
  Internal snap ring? Remove the bail and gently pry off the cover. There is an o-ring in the body of the diff. It...
• Re: 1985 - Horn COntact ring on Steering WHeel
  Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
  Mon, 14 Jan 2013 08:36:36 -0800
  Don't know much about the horn contact ring on the Vanagons (yet), but I've been pulling parts from an 86 in a...
• Re: Cold Temps Cause Gas Tank Seal Leak?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 7 Dec 2010 16:00:28 -0800
  ...The O rings are only a few years old at most. Sounds like either my install of an O ring was flawed at time...
• Head restoration.
  Historical mailing list - Joe Fahy
  07 Jul 97 14:17:13 EDT
  I just pulled the heads off of my '87, much to my surprise the upper rubber and metal sealing rings that my Bentley manual...
• Head Update (getting worse)
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Sat, 5 Mar 2005 16:30:11 -0800
  Greeting all, If you have been following the upper cylinder o-ring blew and I decided to replace the heads while I was doing...
• Re: horn ring (no global warming content)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 16 Mar 2007 10:44:50 -0400
  ...I'm pretty sure, though, that the ring is worn (or broken) beyond redemption. I'm enclosing an exploded view (.gif) which the list...
• Re: VW horn ring tone
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 6 Oct 2013 10:36:25 -0400
  ...To put the vW horn ring tone on your iphone first download the iPhone ring tone by clicking on the dropbox link. then open...
• Re: Steering wheel problems
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 24 Nov 2001 09:27:28 -0600
  ...Contactor ring part number is #321.419.661A about ($14.99) Stan On Sat, 24 Nov 2001 06:57:51 EST Ben T <BenTbtstr8...
• Re: horn ring
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 22 Aug 2020 14:34:25 -0700
  ...We have the new horn rings if you need one. >> https://www.vanagain.com/shop/horn-contact-ring-for-back-of-steering-wheel-for...
• O ring size
  Historical mailing list - Tromper
  Wed, 9 Jun 2004 22:23:10 -0700
  Does anybody know the O ring size on the two seals for a Diesel vanagon oil filler tube, and the correct size for the...
• T-stat housing to cyl head seal
  Historical mailing list - azsun99
  Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:39:20 -0700
  ...Is it a metric o-ring (26x3) that I can get at ACE, or is it a special high-temp o-ring? Thanks, Jerry
• Re: Steering wheel problems
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 24 Nov 2001 09:08:35 -0600
  I know about the contactor ring because most used steering wheels need the contactor ring. Yes it can be replaced without much problem. I...
• Re: Rewiring bell/ringer, 90 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - George Jannini
  Fri, 26 Apr 2002 16:25:11 -0400
  James, you asked, << Is it possible to rewire the bell/ringer ? I would like for this ringer to not ring in the usual situations...
• Re: RE-INSTALLING CYLINDERS?
  Historical mailing list - DeCristoforo
  Sun, 6 Dec 1998 16:56:19 -0800
  ...Get a piece of banding wire to make a ring compresser which is wide enough to cover the rings but is narrow enough to...
• Re: Noisy ring & pinion
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Mon, 30 Aug 1999 21:02:38 EDT
  Harry-- Quite a bit of the time I see a piece of "stuff" that gets pulled thru the gear sets or ring/pinion and...
• Pulley End - Crankshaft Oil Seals
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Tue, 23 Oct 2012 10:23:38 -0500
  ...Might be the oil pump, but I suspect a seal There is/was a large diameter "O" ring seal and a smaller seal - and...
• Re: Any recommended sealant for o-rings?
  Historical mailing list - Walter E Stephens
  Sat, 18 Aug 2001 15:51:29 -0700
  ...O-rings should be lightly lubricated with a light grease such as vasaline. It is a common practice to to use a sealant on...
• Re: horn whacky again
  Historical mailing list - Johnny DeVilla
  Tue, 15 Jul 2003 11:39:30 -0700
  ...Did I install the horn ring incorrectly? Should I not have put > dielectric grease around the ring? > > Any ideas would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Marc...
• Re: 1985 - Horn COntact ring on Steering WHeel
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:32:33 -0800
  ...wheel back on and that contact ring snagged on the little tab and > it tore the ring at the bottom. That's no good...
• Re: Strange braking problem!!!! (this week challenge)
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Sun, 31 Oct 2004 06:30:00 -0800
  ...The way I get the ring off is to lock the injector in a vice and cut the ring off with a hacksaw, being...
• Coolant pressure tank level switch o-ring size
  Historical mailing list - Bob Clemmer
  Wed, 20 Sep 2023 08:18:59 -0400
  91 2.1 automatic Anyone want to take a WAG as to what size o-ring is on the level switch on the coolant...
• horn ring
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sat, 22 Aug 2020 20:44:38 +0000
  Vanalites, need to replace my horn ring, copper wore out. Need to know: How big is the nut that hold the steering wheel on...
• Re: Changing the Black O Ring On a Cylnder Sleeve...
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Fri, 21 Feb 2014 09:35:55 -0500
  ...The piston should not therefore be far enough out to release the lowest ring. Then the new O ring is pushed down over the...
• fresnel lens
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Tue, 7 May 2002 18:37:53 EDT
  ...Imagine taking a plastic magnifying glass lens and slicing it into a hundred concentric rings (like the rings of a tree). Each ring is...
• Re: Engine Rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 1 Mar 2012 20:59:15 -0500
  http://www.totalseal.com/ Can supply any size piston rings you need. For a real treat try a set with the gapless 2nd ring...
• Re: head seal replacement
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Fri, 7 Feb 2003 12:14:21 -0500
  Logically this is very sound advice but I have "disturbed" dozens of these lower, black "O" rings without a problem. Of course, I have...
• Re: Head Gasket repairs Question
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Wed, 9 Feb 2005 00:26:33 -0500
  ...Not replacing the lower O-rings???????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Am i reading right or it's my poor english?????????????? This lower ring... why the heck would you...
• Re: Another NLA O-ring
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:34:13 -0400
  ...I believe they come with the o-rings you have been searching for plus some other seals you are going to need before everything...
• Re: HEAD JOB gasket questions
  Historical mailing list - D. Ranoel
  Wed, 22 Sep 2004 19:06:40 -0700
  ...My gasket kit was short 1 "O-ring gasket " (Bentley Page 15.22). Desperate to not lose more time waiting for a replacement, I...
• Re: Need Parts Numbers - Coolant O-Ring
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 17 Feb 2000 20:33:19 -0500
  > > Well, apparently the Bus Depot can't order me o-rings > > without exact parts numbers for an O-Ring, and the > > closest dealership is...
• Re: Rogue Horn
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Fri, 21 Mar 2003 15:12:30 EST
  When that happened to me, it was my horn ring going bad. It had worn thin and pieces of it were coming off and...
• Re: O-rings for air conditioning
  Historical mailing list - Roger Van Till
  Fri, 31 Mar 2006 05:38:57 -0500
  ...I need to change out > the O-rings first. I will be recharging with Freeze-12. Are the > O-rings special or something I...