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• Re: Stainless steel fuel injection hose clamps
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 25 Oct 2006 23:38:43 -0400
  ...How does that sound? Totally stainless steel . Not a steel screw > and stainless band. The kind that can, and should be transfered from > Vanagon...
• Re: Steel brake lines, or "I'm coming to get you, Frank"
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sun, 3 Oct 2004 21:21:19 -0700
  I was talking about the regular steel brake lines you buy at a parts store. Just like the ones that are on all the...
• Re: bigger steel wheels
  Historical mailing list - Modl6971
  Mon, 11 May 1998 01:30:46 EDT
  ...Is the passat offset close >> The offset , I don't know, but I can't tell a difference between the vanagon steel wheels and...
• Re: 85 coolant hard lines - Stainless Steel
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Thu, 7 Oct 2004 11:21:07 EDT
  ...I think) was offering the ultimate solution for this part - stainless steel. If I recall correctly, the SS pipes were no more expensive than...
• Re: Stainless Steel Coolant Lines Now Available!
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 12 Jul 2005 23:35:36 EDT
  In a message dated 7/12/05 11:17:17 PM, jbange@GMAIL.COM writes: << > These German made Stainless Steel replacements are actually a...
• VW wheel compatibility (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Fri, 4 Dec 2015 11:42:19 -0600
  ...I have a 2013 golf wagon with 16 inch steel wheels for winter. I also have an 07 Beetle with 16 inch alloys. i...
• Re: OEM Pop Top Seals
  Historical mailing list - David Menche
  Mon, 19 Jul 2004 22:33:27 -0700
  Maybe try something like a silicone grease on the bare steel to prevent rusting? Silicone Grease should be just fine in contact with the...
• Re: Seeking comments on Muffler Replaceme
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 19 Jun 2000 21:30:17 EDT
  ...This includes all the mounting hardware in stainless steel, doughnut gasket for the connection to the CAT, an integral stainless steel muffler hanger that...
• Re: Radius Arm (strut) Steel Sleeve Measurement
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 29 Aug 2012 19:01:45 -0700
  ...My bet is that the steel > sleeves are at least pretty rusty. Those sleeves are NLA from VW. > > I sourced some DOM ROUND TUBE...
• front wipers
  Historical mailing list - Ian M. Steele
  Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:30:15 -0600
  ...not judge operation on a dry window? Ian Steele 83.5 Westy -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian M. Steele Geophysics: 773-702-8109 Department of the Geophysical Sciences...
• Re: WAS: $15 steel wheel source-how about some 15" steelies?
  Historical mailing list - George Wietor
  Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:56:06 -0800
  I have not seen any reasonably-priced 15 inch steel wheels for our Vanagons. The advantages include greater LT tire availability, but I am...
• Re: More on TR 16x7 steelies
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:02:09 -0500
  At 09:39 AM 12/24/2008, mdrillock wrote... >The ball seat is not quite the same as stock 14" steel Vanagon wheels. >The...
• WANTED: 15 or 16" Steel wheels
  Historical mailing list - Wes Ullrich
  Fri, 19 Mar 2004 21:59:12 -0500
  Does anyone have some 15 or 16" (if they exist) steel wheels they are looking to sell? I would consider alloys as well if...
• Re: What ever happened to Westfalia?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Thu, 8 Nov 2007 17:29:19 -0500
  ...in a style >almost like OEM , in stainless steel.Nobody makes this in stainless >steel. http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id...
• Stainless Steel coolant lines
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:56:27 -0500
  Just wondering if any of the list members with Subaru conversion have used either the volks cafe or Bus Depot stainless steel coolant lines...
• Re: exhaust nuts & bolts is 304, 308, 309, 316 or zinc plated etc
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:52:21 +0000
  ...If you are using stanless, make sure the fasteners are of the correct grade - steer clear of the hardware store stanless steel fasteners which...
• Re: What kind of metal is this? (Jetta exhaust part for my conversion)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 1 Apr 2008 20:31:27 -0700
  ...In fact many stainless > steels are much less magnetic than plain iron. High manganese steel is > another possible material. Regular carbon steels are usually...
• Re: Coolant Hose vs. Coolant Pipe
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Thu, 18 Oct 2012 08:42:42 -0700
  ...wrote: > years ago I replaced just one steel coolant line with some marine hose. > The steel pipe had developed a pinhole leak on the...
• Re: source of vinyl panel paper
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:23:55 -0600
  ...Steele <steele@geosci.uchicago.edu> wrote: > I'm looking to redo the peeling vinyl paper from various panels in my > 83.5 Westy. �Is...
• Rotor thoughts
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 16 Aug 2004 14:53:58 -0400
  ...They are made out of steel (not iron). Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon (often times with a few other miscellaneous additives...
• Re: lug nuts question
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Thu, 31 Oct 2019 18:45:30 -0400
  When I changed out my steel rims on my 84, I got all my lugs / bolts / studs from T3 Technique. High quality, reasonable price...
• Dual Filler for 2WD Vanagons w/ auxiliary tanks
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Wed, 18 Feb 2015 03:44:29 -0800
  Hi Folks, For those who bought an SA Stainless steel tank for use for fuel in a 2wd and have trouble having a second...
• Re: LPG tank ... white paint or varnished steel?
  Historical mailing list - Vincent Dow
  Tue, 4 Nov 2014 09:41:39 -0500
  ...It's perhaps stupid to try and explain why I wanted to keep the tank shiny steel. Some of you will get it. Some...
• Re: OEM Pop Top Seals
  Historical mailing list - MC
  Mon, 19 Jul 2004 22:06:33 -0700
  ...The cost constraint of using spring steel instead say stainless steel. They should at least apply a heavy galvanized coating. Why they didn't...
• Re: air cooled rear hatch ...
  Historical mailing list - Mudd \"Not Jack\" Sparrow
  Fri, 3 Apr 2015 07:23:55 -0700
  ...they are steel, if that's what you want. A lot of >>>> > people have swapped them out for plastic hatches because the steels are...
• Re: water spots on windows... how to get rid of them
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 19 Oct 2014 12:32:38 -0700
  ...Rust is harder than > steel. > > Larry A. > > > On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 12:18 PM, Abel Longoria <houstonphotog@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Good to...
• Re: Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust sale - reminder
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 15 Apr 2010 08:52:56 EDT
  Folks, just a reminder there is less than two weeks left on the special sale price of my Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust System for...
• All those with 205 tires...
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Arbaugh
  Wed, 8 Sep 1999 20:12:25 -0700
  ...are they mounted on the alloy wheels or the steel wheels? I've got the steel wheels, and at only 5.5 inches wide...
• steel rims
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Wed, 6 Nov 2002 17:09:22 EST
  ...Is there a 15" steel wheel that will fit my 85? (with minimal work and minimal price ;) ). Thanks! Bill Marshall 85 GL Tiico "Pandora...
• Re: Lug wench, steel nuts
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Wed, 12 Mar 2003 23:00:54 EST
  ...BTW, steel wheels. I parallel park with no fear! And the rust keeps the lugnuts tight! Bill Marshall '85 GL Tiico "Pandora" Aurora, IL
• BZ Shelf w/ Stainless Steel Racks Orders?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:56:35 -0600
  Dear Volks, I am getting ready to run another batch of shelves, this time w/ an optional pair of 33'"long stainless steel towel...
• Re: Braided Steel Flexible Brakelines
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Mon, 12 Aug 2002 09:24:06 -0600
  ...Braided Steel Flexible Brakelines >> Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 07:41:30 -0700 >> >> Does anyone have a source for braided steel covered >> flexible brakelines...
• Re: Warning! Do not use...
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 17 Jan 2007 15:58:53 -0600
  Geza Polony wrote: > stainless steel bolts on your muffler/catalytic converter. > > The more experienced among us know this already. I thought I'd beat...
• Re: Stainless steel fuel injection hose clamps
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 25 Oct 2006 08:11:04 -0700
  ...How does that sound? Totally stainless steel . Not a steel screw > > and stainless band. The kind that can, and should be transfered from > > Vanagon...
• Re: LPG tank ... white paint or varnished steel?
  Historical mailing list - eric ley
  Mon, 3 Nov 2014 21:07:36 +0000
  ...white paint or varnished steel? > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > I got the tank off my van for the first time. I definitely have...
• Re: Looking for 14" steel rims
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 31 Mar 2015 16:32:43 -0700
  #50 for 3 steel rims 14" http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/pts/4886620664.html On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 4:22 PM, sailingfc @dslextreme...
• Re: Steel coolant pipe repair ideas
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 31 Oct 2005 11:39:35 -0500
  ...Gotta drop the gas tank > to change them.The steel pipes corrode from the > outside, to the inside. As I recall the hoses that...
• Re: Steel 15" wheels
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Wed, 12 Oct 2005 14:43:55 -0400
  Tiico are out of stock right now but normally sell genunine VW 15" x 6" steel wheels: http://www.tiico.com/Vanagon_Accessories.htm...
• Re: 15" wheel options
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 3 Mar 2018 15:35:19 +0000
  How about adding spacers to steel wheels if you decide to add bigger brakes? Has anyone done that? Steel wheels don't break, alloys...
• Re: Fuel line replacement
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 11 Feb 2011 06:33:32 -0500
  ...The line is steel and has rusted enough to begin leaking. I got a price for a replacement steel line from a dealer, $260...
• 15" Steel Wheels on Vancouver Craig's List
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 15 Aug 2010 10:30:27 -0700
  Good morning, I just came across an ad for a full set of 15" Mercedes steel wheels on Vancouver Craig's List. These are...
• Steel 15" wheel up date
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Fri, 28 Jan 2000 16:26:30 -0500
  ...Several weeks ago I was looking into making 15" steel wheels with 30-35 et offest, 6.5" wide and the Vanagon bolt pattern...
• Re: Stainless Steel Head Studs
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Mon, 11 Dec 2000 10:00:55 -0800
  ...Stainless is not as strong as steel! That is why you can't use stainless fastners when you build a house (but ok for...
• Free: 5 Vanagon Stock Steel Rims in S. New Hampshire
  Historical mailing list - JR Denton
  Wed, 6 Aug 2008 22:14:05 -0400
  Free- 5 Vanagon Steel Rims w/ lugs from my 91 Westy. Rims have only 70K orig miles on them and I just don't...
• Re: Lowering vanagon springs
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Tue, 23 Aug 2005 16:51:10 -0400
  John Well, it isn't just steel rod... it's spring steel with the correct alloy and heat treatment to support the weight of...
• poptop assist fotos
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Sun, 8 Jun 2008 13:34:25 -0600
  ...sesnextrep=786782370072955&tab=find&FastTrack=False&WRCntxt=OrdHist> 2 Each13 Mm Steel Ball Socket For M8 Thread 29416K79<http://www.mcmaster.com/itm/find...
• STEBRO/Vanagon Stainless Steel Muffler
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 19 May 2000 06:18:42 EDT
  I though it was about time to announce the availability of the STEBRO/Vana gon Stainless Steel Muffler to the List again since there...
• Re: Stainless steel fuel injection hose clamps
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 25 Oct 2006 22:36:35 -0700
  ...How does that sound? Totally stainless steel . Not a steel screw > > and stainless band. The kind that can, and should be transfered from > > Vanagon...
• Re: Heavy duty steel bumpers anyone?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 19 Mar 2015 13:20:20 -0400
  ...Wondered if any of you might have any "not in service” robust steel bumpers I might repair/paint before I go to get another...
• FS: Steel Wheels & Hub Caps
  Historical mailing list - KENYON FAIREY
  Mon, 24 Mar 1997 14:58:12 -0500 (EST)
  As I upgrade to Alloy Wheels and Michelin MXT reinforced 205/70 R14 tires I have a set of 4 VW original steel wheels...
• Re: STAINLESS STEEL EXHAUST SYSTEM?
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 24 Sep 1998 16:31:22 -0400
  ...Stebro Stainless Exhaust NEWS ! (July 18) and Stebro Stainless Steel Muffler News (july 30) These are the latest that I have heard from him...
• Re: 15 inch wheels
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Wed, 18 Oct 2000 08:10:27 -0600
  David, What are these steel wheels you are getting? I'm not really into spending a bunch on alloys for my van, but rather...
• Re: Is it possible to "remodel" the stove top?
  Historical mailing list - phil hans
  Tue, 23 Jul 2002 22:22:24 -0700
  ...I have an '80 Westfalia and it has the stainless steel drainer you saw. I understand that in Canadian model this stainless steel protector...
• Replaced my steel lid, installed fire extinguishers
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 20 Dec 2003 16:42:17 -0600
  I wrote a while back about swapping the heavy steel lid on my diesel for one of the lighter-weight late models. I found...
• Poptop screws back to original paint WAS hair attack-
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 15 Jan 2007 14:02:49 -0600
  ...I went to Lowes this > weekend and > bought stainless steel screws to replace all the rusted ones on > my'84 (and > even the ones...
• Re: Want to paint camper roof
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 15 May 2002 09:06:44 -0700
  ...inside that cab that is also steel > --gussets, hardware, controls, that are mild steel----- > > Aluminum rivets and steel nuts bolts and screws hold all...
• Re: A response from Prestone about Stainless Steel Pipes
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 2 Nov 2010 11:31:13 -0400
  ...Many people tell me not to use the stainless steel > > pipes in the coolant system because stainless steel has a high galvanic > > voltage and...
• Re: Looking for stainless steel pop top carriage bolts
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 24 Apr 2005 05:23:32 EDT
  ...I have been looking for replacement stainless steel carrage bolts for my = 84 Westy pop top. No luck yet searching the web. Anyone find...
• ISO upper and lower cupped steel washers for bottom sway bar mount
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 17 Jul 2017 23:06:38 +0000
  I've pulled together most everything I will need to replace my broken sway bar downlink except for the two cupped large steel washers...
• Re: Stainless Steel exhaust
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Wed, 2 Nov 1994 09:49:25 -0800 (PST)
  You know, I really wish they made stainless steel exhaust for the early type I/II/III motors! Thom -- >> I used to have a...