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• Re: Vanagondalism
  Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
  Wed, 26 Jan 2005 21:58:50 -0500
  ...Air-cooleds and the Diesel use a metal filler neck. You can cover the filler neck . It sounds like they gave up trying to...
• Re: Gray Water Tank
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 11:20:49 -0700
  ...I've been contemplating a filler like you describe (actually since you described it over a year ago, I think), but it is rare...
• Re: '82 1.6L Diesel Oil Filler Neck?
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Fri, 29 Aug 2014 16:46:37 -0500
  ...dmueller@wack.com> wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I'm seeking an oil filler neck for an '82 1.6L diesel engine. I was > rear-ended...
• syncro disadvantage...... recall on that filler problem
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Wed, 9 Dec 1998 01:07:00 EST
  ...Time, rountree@planeteer.com writes: << There was a recall on that filler problem.... see attached... VW fixes it for free if it's never...
• How to sep filler neck from tank on 84?
  Historical mailing list - Schmidt
  Sun, 4 Mar 2001 19:45:09 -0500
  I think my tank is all set to drop, except that the filler is still connected to the tank(dc'd from body tho...
• Re: oil filler
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 01 Nov 96 21:11:15 CST
  ...do NOT put the oil filler cap on the bumper. set it up in the rear deck area or on the ground. if you...
• Re: Fuel Filler Tube Question about BD part
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 20 May 2012 15:42:32 -0700
  ...this is a feature of current new filler necks ? original ones don't seem to have anything like that. I just had one in...
• Re: Westfalia features!
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Wed, 27 Nov 1996 09:33:09 -0800
  ...I still haven't figured out how the oil filler extension tube works! Coyote -- Ron 'Coyote' Lussier /\_/\ ____ Chaco Communications (408) 865-0657 ( ) \ _/__ 10164 Parkwood...
• Need '82 water tank key
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 19 Apr 2006 07:44:35 -0700
  ...It is a metal key which fits the brass lock in the round plug covering the water tank filler hole. (Not the later style...
• Re: Need advice on replacing Westy tank filler valve
  Historical mailing list - Roman Haag
  Wed, 15 Mar 2017 20:24:40 -0400
  ...I thought you were talking about the Fuel Neck Filler :rolleyes: Roman On Mar 15, 2017, at 8:07 PM, Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI...
• Re: Expansion Tank Hose Weeps: Fuel Tank Full
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:08:15 -0800
  ...The top of the filler pipe is higher than the tank so I"m thinking that at least the fuel expansion tank hoses would...
• Tank Filler for '80 to '91 Westy - Pay it Forward
  Historical mailing list - Markus Mumper
  Tue, 28 Mar 2006 20:22:45 -0800
  ...I purchased the on board tank filler hookup for a '80 to'91 Westfalia from GoWesty awhile ago because the lid blew off the...
• Re: Oil Filler Tube
  Historical mailing list - Peter
  Wed, 9 Feb 2005 13:37:40 -0800
  ...While I knew about the filler tube I found that I was not able to simply dump the oil can into the tube and...
• Re: Looking for propane filler mod
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Sun, 24 Dec 2006 15:31:56 -0500
  ...can't seem to find the "mod" that I want: > > PROPANE FILLER EXTENSION > > I can remember the page vividly...I even borrowed the "add...
• Re: Tranny Oil Question '66 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Wed, 15 May 1996 16:56:15 -0700
  ...YOu'll need the 17mm hex tool to get the filler and drain plugs off. Remove the filler plug first, so you know that...
• Re: 87 Synchro, Gas Filling Shuts off too early
  Historical mailing list - ed
  Mon, 25 Sep 2000 23:15:10 -0400
  ...The MSDS 911 engine conversion includes a re-routed fuel filler that Martin Schneider claims eliminates the problem as well as making room for...
• Re: Looking for a Console Filler Strip for Automatic Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:25:25 -0400
  ...Nunes wrote: > >> Does anyone have the console filler strip on an automatic >> transmission for >> sale - 1984? >> >> >> >> Randy Nunes >
• Re: westy stove burner grate fillers
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 12 Aug 2023 06:26:04 -0500
  ...OR, has someone got their own design for a nifty > > gap > > > filler? > > > Spencer > > > > > >
• Pressure in Fuel Tank at fill up
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Thu, 22 Mar 2007 22:25:32 -0800
  ...No more grommets, all solid brass barbed fitttings and a flange installed at the filler tube part of the tank as well. This has...
• SOT (slightly off topic) Compress air vanagons ?
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:05:04 -0700
  so leave it to my son to ask the simple question Dad you always bitching about how much it costs to filler up why...
• Sold my 81, but need a gas filler neck grommet........help with size needed
  Historical mailing list - Adam Puzerewski
  Wed, 19 Dec 2001 23:35:24 -0500
  ...Well, I could see that it was the fuel filler grommet (pg 39 bus depot catalog, #9)..So, I remove the filler neck and...
• Re: Auxiliary fuel tanks for Syncros and 2WDs
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 30 Sep 1999 10:25:40 +0300
  Martin, >Any idea how the filler to the >aux tanks is routed? I looked >at the www site but didn't see >any pics...
• Re: Tips and Tricks - Oil Filler NecK Extension Extension.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 11 Sep 2005 10:42:51 -0500
  ...Tips and Tricks - Oil Filler NecK Extension Extension. > I've simply laid my thumb across the 7 o'clock to 5 o'clock position...
• Re: how much have you filled your gas tank??
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Fri, 16 Aug 2002 15:15:40 -0700
  ...This was a bona fide Mexican fill, in which the pump runs full blast until gas blow back out the filler hole. We *were...
• Re: 1984 vanagon gas tank parts...
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Thu, 26 Jul 2012 18:46:51 -0400
  ...http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/smartlist_292/fuel_tank_crossover_pipe.html http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/smartlist_283/filler...
• Re: emergency--gasoline leak
  Historical mailing list - Keith & Lynn C.
  Fri, 26 May 2000 20:26:08 -0700
  Don't fill up with as much until you redo your filler seals....................... Keith Lee Kouns wrote: > Help! When I filled my van with...
• leaking gas filler neck seal
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Sun, 8 Oct 2006 17:05:25 -0700
  ...whole re-seal thing, including the big donut seal where the filler tube enters the tank. All was well until just last week when...
• anybodying parting a bus... in need a fuel filler assembly
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:50:45 -0800
  folks, anybody parting a vanagon? i need a complete fuel filler assembly from a 2wd vanagon. I would prefere an older one from a...
• Re: Gas Filler Line in your Fill Tube while driving
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:30:25 +0000
  ...I saw this happen in the '70's to guy filling up a '77 Corvette-which had the fuel filler in the "trunk" area...
• Re: Adding windshield fluid? Where?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 24 Dec 2005 13:13:16 -0600
  ...I know this is very easy but never had the need to fill > until now. > > Have you discovered the oil filler neck extension??? It...
• Re: Expansion Tank Hose Weeps: Fuel Tank Full
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:13:59 -0700
  ...The top of the filler pipe is indeed higher than the tank, but the gasoline shouldn't get right up to the top when...
• Re: 82 Vanagon Gas Tank Seal/Installation Question
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Mon, 26 Aug 2002 06:39:44 -0400
  ...This tank is designed for the 68 mm fuel filler grommet for use >with the 58 mm fuel filler tube. I noticed that the...
• Re: Transmission filler
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Sat, 21 Jul 2001 21:21:39 -0400
  ...Transmission filler The drain plug requires a 17mm allen wrench that you can get from Sears or NAPA. The filler plug needs the same...
• How do you get the restrictor out of the fuel filler nozzel?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 18 Jun 2002 23:14:55 -0700
  ...How do you get the restrictor out of the fuel filler for the unleaded fuel pump nozzle? The Diesel nozzles in the USA are...
• Re: changing transmission fluid...
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 24 Sep 2003 16:07:53 -0500
  ...Beleive it or not, some filler plugs are stuck and cause real grief. A short bolt whose head fits into the filler plug and...
• Tranny fluid change, how much??
  Historical mailing list - Robert Zezoff
  Mon, 31 Mar 1997 07:04:30 -0800
  ...I put 4 in and thought the excess would flow out of the side filler hole when I lowered the van off of the...
• oil filler
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Fri, 1 Nov 96 21:58:03 EST
  Hey all, I know you all probably knew about this forever, but I just discovered tonight that the oil filler tube actually extends out...
• Re: Pull out oil filler
  Historical mailing list - John
  Thu, 9 Nov 2000 15:57:22 -0500
  ...Pull out oil filler > Am I the only one who didn't know that there's a nifty slide out extension > inside the oil...
• Re: Front bumper sill rust repair
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Thu, 18 Jan 2001 12:57:59 -0500
  I sand blasted out the rust, used rust converter, spread "bondo Hair over the bare metal holes then i used bodo filler HAND-sanded...
• Re: Wrench Size Inquiry
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 13 Jan 2001 11:43:00 -0600
  ...It's a good idea to remove the filler plug before the drain plug > in case you run into trouble... > > JN > > Chad wrote: > > > > What...
• Re: [Syncro] WTB: diesel Syncro gas tank
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Wed, 1 Mar 2006 10:04:30 -0800
  ...Both > part numbers are molded into the tank but a different filler hole is > bored depending on the vehicle type. The only difference between...
• Re: 87 Syncro Westy Puking Coolant
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:38:05 -0800
  ...I can't > open the filler tank as the coolant level is higher than the > filler cap. The back of the Westy is covered...
• Re: gas tank filler tube seal
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Miller
  Tue, 31 Oct 2006 13:08:59 -0700
  ...Seems some of the new fangled pumps out there just don't like the filler tube I have or more specifically the opening for...
• Re: engine stalls when oil cap is off, is this normal?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Tue, 29 May 2001 23:58:43 -0500
  ...The way you run the test is to take out either the dipstick? or take off the oil filler cap to let in unmetered...
• Re: RUST HOLE
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Tue, 28 Sep 1999 13:32:47 EDT
  ...Two brands of filler, Claw Glass and Metal-2-Metal, are waterproof and are no harder to work with than the Bondo crap you...
• Re: Gray Water Tank
  Historical mailing list - wb6otg
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 13:13:01 -0400
  ...around 13 gallons in, but then it spills out the exterior filler on cornering. I don't think I could get that much in...
• Re: The key question and dual voltage lights.
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Fri, 12 Jul 2002 20:30:35 -0400
  << I can't reach the place listed on Vanagon.com as being able to provide the key for the water filler door. Are they...
• Re: Oil Fill Tube.
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/3 WBXs
  Tue, 6 Aug 2002 06:48:10 +0000
  Hi Fred, The 2.1L oil filler tube inside 13mm nut is tough to access. When disturbing this crankcase attachment, do the following: 1...
• Re: Bought Westy with no key for water filler receptacle
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:28:31 -0500
  ...David McNeely On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 6:54 PM, Bob Stevens wrote: > I fill my tank both ways, from the outside filler...
• Re: fuel leak, '91 VW Vanagon GL Campmobile 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 27 Nov 2011 08:23:46 -0800
  could be the large grommet sealing the filler tube to the tank, the connections on the filler tube itself (adjacent to the body, inthe...
• Re: Tin
  Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
  Fri, 12 Nov 1999 16:59:13 -0600
  ...Did the dealership have a new filler tube? Nope! So I have to call around for a new filler tube for a 1.6...
• Re: some big trouble with a locking gas cap
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 Jun 1996 18:52:38 +0100
  ...Pop the hood and disconnect the filler tube. Then remove the vent hose alongside of the filler tube together with its screw-in connector...
• Manual Trans refill
  Historical mailing list - Racer X
  Mon, 15 Mar 1999 21:17:09 +0000
  ...Open the filler, first, to determine that if you remove the drain plug,tht > you can access the filler lplug and not be caught...
• Water tank filler cap key?
  Historical mailing list - David Klein
  Mon, 16 Sep 2013 15:14:37 -0700
  Hi all, My steel key which unlocks the tank filler hole that i just realized I had on my key ring is now missing...
• 82 diesel coolant filler tank needed
  Historical mailing list - Timmy Evens
  Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:31:35 -0700
  anyone in vanland have a diesel coolant filler tank they don't need? they are super expensive and i need one badly. part number...
• Gas Leak (Overflow) Source and Access '84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Fri, 02 Aug 1996 10:17:22 -0500
  I've experienced a spontaneous leak which I suspect is somewhere between the end of the filler tube and its connection to the gas...
• Re: new owner - dumb question!
  Historical mailing list - Dane Tessler
  Wed, 9 Sep 1998 02:00:07 -0700
  ...The filler cap is there. Hopefully, your reservoir tank is intact (not cracked) Dane Tessler 87 Westfalia 138K Treasure Island, FL http://members.aol...
• Oil Filler Tube vs Oil Bottle Neck
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 13 May 2005 23:23:15 -0500
  ...And they no longer go into the filler tube on the Vanagon. Really ticks me off!! How dare they!! Now i have to pour...
• Re: 1983 Westy Propane Tank Question
  Historical mailing list - David Vickery
  Sat, 19 Mar 2011 21:17:27 -0700
  I have had fillers swear up and down there was a problem with my 1990 tank. "I been doing this for 20 years, etc...
• Re: replacing fuel tank - Using different filler neck
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 18 Jul 2013 10:18:04 -0500
  ...There is a grommet > you can get that enables you to add a narrower filler tube from a later > model that has the "floaty...