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Re: oil filler tube top nut
Historical mailing list - Owen
Wed, 19 Nov 2003 00:29:10 -0600
...oil filler tube top nut > Volks, > Can anyone enlighten me as to the best way to tighten the upper nut on the oil > filler...
Re: tube bumpers
Historical mailing list - neil N
Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:09:13 -0700
...1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco" http://web.mac.com/tubaneil http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
Re: water pump
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Wed, 24 Aug 94 21:09:03 CDT
...NONONONONO!!! not an aluminum tent pole!! i said 'Tubing', like plastic or rubber tubing! hell, if you listen to any water pump with aluminum...
Push Rod Tubes ?
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Sun, 6 Oct 1996 07:25:23 -0400 (EDT)
I'm looking for push rod tubes that can be fitted to my '87 Vangon's 2.1 l engine without removing the heads...
Re: Diesel Exapansion Tank Problem Solution
Historical mailing list - Myron Lind
Wed, 14 Nov 2001 18:15:52 -0800
...I have a "rotary draw" tubing bender with mandrels for many sizes > of tubing. I made up sections of tube with bends. You could...
Re: Building carrier (load bar) Square or rectangular tube steel?
Historical mailing list - neil N
Sat, 15 Mar 2008 11:00:45 -0700
...1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco" > > > > http://web.mac.com/tubaneil > > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ > > > > > > > > > -- Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco" http://web.mac...
Re: For the Newbies - Vanagon secrets revealed
Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
Tue, 29 Aug 2006 08:21:15 -0700
>the oil filler tube has a telescoping inner extension The PO was helpful enough to point this out to us during our "Westy coaching...
Check for rust while fridge is out! (PICS)
Historical mailing list - neil N
Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:50:42 -0700
...http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/KitchenSeamRust.jpg/KitchenSeamRust-full;init:.jpg Dreaded rust: http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/Rusthold.jpg/Rusthold-full;init:.jpg I did...
Re: User Input: Oval's Motorsport Rebuilt Engines
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Tue, 3 May 2016 16:16:24 -0700
...Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> >> >> 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> >> >> 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages...
Re: Porterfield R4-S Rear Brake Shoes
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Thu, 9 Oct 2014 11:25:50 -0700
...tubaneil.blogspot.ca > > '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p > > '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ > > Vanagon VAG *Gas* inline-VR Engine...
Re: Brake line Flare Nut Threads + Antiseize Ok?
Historical mailing list - neil N
Thu, 9 Apr 2009 15:28:27 -0700
...The tube gets buggered when nut rusted. Tube twists with nut. Neil. On 4/9/09, Jonathan Farrugia <jfarrugi@umich.edu> wrote: > I have...
Front Heater Fan Lube Tube
Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
Wed, 7 May 2014 15:38:59 -0700
...I also used a barbed 1/4" hose fitting in the dust cap to about 18" of tubing led out the ram air intake...
Re: AC Drip Drop
Historical mailing list - Mary Creasy
Sun, 17 Jul 2005 11:05:11 -0400
...We replaced the dry kinked drain hoses with flexible silicone tubing and after discovering that the tray is lower than the outlet tubes, we...
Opinions needed. Exhaust pipes too close? PICS
Historical mailing list - neil N
Sun, 30 Mar 2008 10:54:26 -0700
...1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco" http://web.mac.com/tubaneil http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
Re: E-brake upgrade..works great.
Historical mailing list - Mark
Mon, 7 Dec 2009 08:56:25 -0500
...I need to move the tube into the correct place. If I disconnect the e-brake at the lever (from inside the van), I...
Rust at Gas Filler Tube
Historical mailing list - Roy O.
Fri, 13 Aug 1999 20:51:41 -0500
I've been noticing increasing rust on the gas filler tube metal collar (?) whenever I remove the gas cap to fuel up my '87...
Useful Brake Drum Tip - ?? - PICS
Historical mailing list - neil N
Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:54:38 -0700
...http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/AxleFlangeFace.jpg/AxleFlangeFace-full;init:.jpg http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/DrumAntiseize.jpg/DrumAntiseize-full;init:.jpg A while back, I...
Oil Tube Extention
Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
Tue, 14 Aug 2001 12:51:43 -0400
Has anyone made a second extention tube to fit inside the original? Seems like an easy thing to do. VW could have made it...
Re: Measuring fuel pressure
Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
Fri, 31 Aug 2007 01:53:01 -0400
That 'spiral tube' is called a bourdon tube. Widely used in industry, of course, to measure psi and even as a switch.........just an...
coolant overflow tank
Historical mailing list - Bill MacLachlan
Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:26:36 -0800
...Should the coolant overflow tank drain freely through the tube that connects to the pressure cap? I disconnected the connecting tube at the pressure...
Re: coolant overflow tank
Historical mailing list - Bill MacLachlan
Mon, 25 Feb 2013 22:07:03 -0800
thanks all- and especially to Dennis for reminding me to keep my kidneys for processing beer! Tube comes off the overflow tank tomorrow, I...
Re: Dipstick tube loose, how to fix?
Historical mailing list - pdooley
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:17:17 -0400
...Dipstick tube loose, how to fix? Noticed my dipstick tube loose at the case, obvious potential vacuum leak. I n the past I've...
Re: Brake Bleed Tubing
Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
Mon, 24 May 1999 17:25:29 -0700
Jason, I don't remember the diameter, but when I replaced my clutch master cylinder I used aquarium tubing. I think it only comes...
Re: Another Fridge vent question for all westy owners
Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
Fri, 1 Oct 2004 09:37:11 -0600
> A quarter inch does not seem to be much to make the vent sit centered on = > the body, seems like the tubes still have...
A/C Condensor--Serpentine vs Tube Type
Historical mailing list - George Mercer
Tue, 11 Oct 2005 11:31:01 EDT
...I'm also told the tube type condensor will put 40% more load on the compressor and thus wear out the condensor sooner and...
Re: Building carrier (load bar) Square or rectangular tube steel?
Historical mailing list - neil N
Sat, 15 Mar 2008 11:38:33 -0800
...1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco" > >> > > >> > http://web.mac.com/tubaneil > >> > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco" > > > > http://web.mac...
Re: Removing my 1.6 na
Historical mailing list - Scott Ohana
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:28:11 -0700
AAZ dipstick tubes ( as used in a Golf/jetta type , which is not a filler tube , just a dipstick tube ) break if you look...
Re: [A] 73 1700 push rod tube question ...
Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
Thu, 2 Feb 1995 08:23:03 -0800 (PST)
...I am in the process of putting our 73 Westy's engine back together, > and am having some trouble with the pushrod tubes. The...
Re: Engine Carrier installed: The Good Bad, and the ugly! --- ;^)
Historical mailing list - neil N
Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:02:56 -0700
...1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco" > > > >http://web.mac.com/tubaneil > >http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ > -- Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco" http://web.mac...
Re: coolant overflow tank
Historical mailing list - Bill MacLachlan
Sat, 2 Mar 2013 20:15:08 -0800
...Couldn't suck coolant >> from the overflow tank either. >> If I can't get coolant to move through the tube, how can the pressure...
Re: lifter replacement
Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
Tue, 13 Apr 2004 22:25:06 -0400
...The replacement push rod tubes are in short supply. so have them in hand before you tear out the old one try Ken a...
damaged push rod tubes vanagon
Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
Sat, 1 May 2004 13:14:52 -0400
hi all last night i took on the job of R/R stock push rod tubes with expandable double O-ring style. so i...
Re: Seattle secrets and an oil filler tube
Historical mailing list
Thu, 3 Mar 2005 02:32:20 EST
...there is a factory spring steel clamp at the bottom that holds the plastic tube to the metal tube.. replace that with a universal...
Re: tube bumpers
Historical mailing list - neil N
Tue, 8 Apr 2008 16:08:25 -0700
...1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco" http://web.mac.com/tubaneil http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
Re: fridge thingy
Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
Sun, 5 Nov 2000 10:50:44 -0500
...what is the little metal tube coming >out from under the fridge? It is a drain tube for the fridge combustion chamber, unscrew the...
Windshield washer tubing size
Historical mailing list - Rob
Fri, 4 Mar 2011 13:13:19 -0800
Before I start cutting my windshield washer tubing to find the blockage does anyone know what size I need to replace it? Rob becida...
'81 Westy CL Vancouver - $1000
Historical mailing list - neil N
Sun, 30 Mar 2008 07:14:45 -0700
...1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco" http://web.mac.com/tubaneil http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
Oil Dipstick Tube
Historical mailing list - Stephen Fry
Wed, 16 May 2001 13:03:19 -0400
I am looking for an oil dipstick tube. A belt broke and made mine into and unedible pretzel. Email with details.. Thanks Stephen Fry...
Fro sale packed up tube
Historical mailing list - Roger sisler
Wed, 18 Oct 2006 11:55:49 -0700
Fro sale packed up tube Sorry,messed the last one up. http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/rogersisler2000/album?.dir=/a9bare2&.src=ph&.tok...
Re: Home Made Bull Bars--Pipe Benders
Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
Thu, 30 Sep 2004 15:58:14 -0700
...The projektzwo bumpers are made of tubing. > Bending pipe is much easier than tube because of the thicker wall. Bending > tube is not something...
Re: Propane lines
Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
Fri, 3 Apr 2015 20:20:18 -0300
You should be able to find the correct gauge tubing in the home heating section of your favourite hardware store. On 03-Apr-2015...
Re: Mono Tube vs Twin Tube Shocks (dampers)
Historical mailing list
Thu, 14 May 2020 13:14:07 +0000
...Mono Tube vs Twin Tube Shocks (dampers) Ouch. Rotten shock perches? Good times! Well, mine are ok, afaik. As you do, I tend to...
Help! 2 liter ACVW oil filler tube slinging oil!
Historical mailing list - puzerewski
Tue, 3 Apr 2001 19:12:01 -0400
...Have had a small oil leak for a while, and traced it to the base of my old oil filler tube. It was not...
What Type/brand of brake pad? + Rotor question - PICS
Historical mailing list - neil N
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:08:46 -0700
...Is this pad metallic or semi metallic? http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/BrakePadFront.jpg/BrakePadFront-full;init:.jpg First letter of PN might be O...
Re: Replacing fuel lines with Copper tubing/Steel braided lines?
Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
Fri, 16 Dec 2005 20:35:52 -0500
...Looks like one could do the fuel lines with stainless steel tubing and Swagelok fittings. At points where rubber tubing must be used, Swagelok...
Looking for a ballast resistor (86+ Vanagon)
Historical mailing list - David in Portland
Sun, 24 Aug 2003 01:22:54 -0700
Its the wire-wrapped ceramic tube that lives behind the driver's side headlight and gives a low speed to the radiator fan. (I...
Dometic 182B wiring question (not in manual) PIC
Historical mailing list - neil N
Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:36:35 -0700
...http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/Dometic182BWire.jpg/Dometic182BWire-full;init:.jpg Please and thanks, Neil. -- Neil Nicholson '81 JettaWesty "Jaco http://groups.google.com/group...
Re: Propane and refrigerator success
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Tue, 30 Jun 2015 15:23:11 -0700
...Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages...
Re: These German ATE Pads ever sold by VW Dealerships as OEM? (pics)
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Sun, 5 Apr 2009 09:08:33 -0700
...On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 12:43 PM, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ATEbrakePadsFront.jpg/ATEbrakePadsFront-full;init...
type IV push rod tubes leaking in 914 (advice needed)
Historical mailing list - Roger Reynolds
Wed, 19 Feb 2003 09:58:05 EST
I'm doing a bit of work on my 914 and want to take care of the leaking push rod tubes. I have new...
Re: AW FS in Vancouver/Sunshine Coast
Historical mailing list - neil N
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:22:31 -0700
...1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco" > > > > http://web.mac.com/tubaneil > > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ > > > -- Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco" http://web.mac...
Re: Exhaust hangers for the 1.9 don't exist either......
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Sun, 6 Jul 2008 10:05:35 EDT
...Push rod tubes absolete? Can't you use air-cooled push rod tubes which are plentiful? We're discussing push rod tube COVER TINS...
1986 vanagon auto trans
Historical mailing list - "Carmann10 (by way of Ron Lussier )"
Mon, 8 Dec 1997 08:06:27 -0800
any info on what causes trans fluid to foam and come out of dip stick tube? also when i ad more trans fluid, it...
Re: Westy fridge combustion chamber gasket replacement
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Thu, 14 Oct 2004 21:17:42 -0500
Just a brief note about inner tubes. Heavy Truck inner tubes can withstand a lot of heat, much more than 220 degrees. You should...
Re: Tubes in tires.
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Sat, 20 Aug 2011 22:52:33 -0500
Running tubes in tubeless tires causes sidewalls to run hotter. And although it was a less than 0.1% problem, enough accidents have happened...
Final - air cool pushrod tube install
Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
Mon, 22 Mar 1999 21:42:42 EST
...I used an old pushrod tube and a rubber hammer and set them easily with one or do light blows. Worked great. For the...
Re: More leaks
Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
Tue, 12 Jan 2016 18:53:00 -0800
...Now I know why is > was just hanging there on the plastic tube. > > I'm reluctant to drill into the tube since that creates...
Re: type IV push rod tubes leaking in 914 (advice needed)
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Wed, 19 Feb 2003 09:42:58 -0600
Remove the following, valve covers, rocker arms, wire retainer,push rodss,push-rodd tubes,push-rodd rock guards. Clean the bores in the block...
Re: Lifter adjustment... How can I tell if they are really hydraulics?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:49:45 -0400
At 07:42 PM 3/23/2009, Mike S wrote: >Can this be done without removing the push rod tubes? Even then, is >there...
Re: S&S Headers
Historical mailing list - Dan Arnfeld
Thu, 4 Sep 1997 14:29:01 -0700
What is this "sniffer" tube? I installed the S&S headers, Turbo Muffler and CAT - Seems all was in place... My gas mileage is...