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• Re: Another Vanagon Burns Up - how to make the system better?
  Historical mailing list - Aaron
  Thu, 31 Mar 2005 13:15:57 -0800
  ...Instead of a fitting, I just ran a piece of hose through the old hole and then glued a bit of larger heater hose...
• Re: Coolant Change
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Oct 94 16:11:07 EDT
  ...If so, you can just let the coolant out of the back until it > stops, and pull that fitting apart and put the tee...
• Re: A/C Compressor for '84 Wolfsburg Weekender
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 2 Aug 2000 10:03:55 EDT
  ...The fittings on the stock Vanagon A/C pump are both the same size where the Jetta fittings are two different sizes. I sell...
• Re: New owner questions
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 28 Nov 2012 10:25:25 -0800
  The plastic fuel line fitting in question doesn't exist in Syncros so don't worry about it. Since you have an engine conversion...
• propane tank fill valve wierdness
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Mon, 25 Jun 2001 21:38:38 -0400
  ...On that end of the tank there are two fittings. One is near the top, and is an "el" threaded into the tank. It...
• Re: Replacing Propane Regulator Advice?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 10 Jan 2010 09:02:20 -0600
  ...I used a > flaring tool and flare fitting for the pipe ends going into the > regulator and compression fittings for an elbow and attaching...
• Re: OIL COOLER FILTER SANDWICH PLATE + THERMOSTAT experiences need
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sun, 16 Apr 2017 09:52:38 -0400
  ...Since I don't like the EMPI thermostat > "floating and vibrate" adding stress in the oil line and fitting, I > started to look for...
• Re: hydraulic clutch
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 Jun 95 12:00:38 EDT
  ...Our local shop sells Aeroquip fittings for far less than the prices advertised by some people in the mags and are quite reasonable when...
• Plastic ftting on the botton of the sink drain ???
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Fri, 21 Apr 2006 20:19:42 -0700
  ...while gently pursuading the waste line off the bottom of the plastic drain it snaped the 20 year old plastic fitting that the little...
• Splicing damaged brake pipes???
  Historical mailing list - George Wietor
  Tue, 8 Jul 2008 18:47:57 -0700
  Is it permissible/possible to splice in a flare fitting as a coupler between the rear brake line and the brake wheel cylinder? I...
• Re: For Unca Joel
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:01:38 -0500
  Fitting Tribute Maggie and Happy Phryeday to you. Jeff
• Re: An oddball fitting to fit a Westy
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 19 Jun 2011 18:58:47 -0700
  ...you could get a couple to experiment with gluing a fitting > or valve to one of those > > Edward (full of ideas tonight.) > > At 08...
• Vanagon heater restrictor
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Mon, 31 Jan 2000 15:24:38 -0500
  ...There are two factory metal T-fittings that splice off water to the inside of the vanagon to provide heat for the front and...
• Re: Gas tank fittings
  Historical mailing list - Monk Bill
  Fri, 7 Aug 1998 08:41:17 EDT
  ...Well, the plastic tube has a y fitting on each end. This is where on opening goes into a grommet in tank, one opening...
• Re: Firewall fuel fitting
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:56:48 -0500
  ...I was mistaken that my van's firewall fuel line fitting was metal. >> It's not, it's plastic. >> >> The metal versions are around...
• so, I replaced the rear seat lap belts
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:06:03 -0500
  ...They were fully tight to the end of travel, holding the fittings tightly in place before, but now they do not tighten down properly...
• Re: Frig will not stay lit
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 27 Sep 1999 19:15:43 -0400
  ...Also may be poor seal btw body and vent fitting or outside and inside parts of vent fitting. I'll be away for a...
• Re: A question for those smarter than me about Fuel pressure
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:47:44 -0500
  ...That brass fitting clearly has a bit larger of a > diameter on the inside than the stock plastic fitting. So my twisted little > mind...
• Re: Who has after market carpet they like?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 29 Mar 2006 10:44:33 -0500
  ...The SewFine is NOT form fitting, but rather flat strips (a few more than pieces than stock.) I'm overall still pleased with the...
• Re: Where's my fuel tank leaking from?!
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 8 Apr 2010 11:19:11 -0700
  ...I spent a lot of time trying to seat the grommet already installed > on the fitting.. didn't work for me. And might I...
• RE: diesel fuel line
  Historical mailing list - Will Wood
  Thu, 21 Nov 1996 23:00:44 -0700
  If it's anything like my diesel rabbits, then the line you're talking = about with the two banjo fittings is on the pull...
• Re: "Idiot Owner Out of Gas" Syndrome and Remedy?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 15 Sep 1998 16:13:08 EDT
  ...Check these lines and the tee fittings on top of the tank. Also the rubber grommets that seal the tee-fittings to the tank...
• Re: Dometic RM182B orifice
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:34:32 EDT
  ...No quartz fitting or any other kind of insert in those jets as far as I have seen. They are solid brass drilled out...
• Re: rear heater smell
  Historical mailing list - Gary Kovach
  Wed, 30 Dec 1998 16:58:41 -0500
  Hi Bill, Mine rear heater was leaking at one of those hose fittings. I took it off and made a new gasket from some...
• Re: Propane leak
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 17 Apr 2000 19:43:18 -0400
  ...You need a Marshall Brass 290 with weather covers (2 snap-on covers) and and excess-flow POL fitting. If you want you can...
• Re: [Syncro] Metric Tee fittings
  Historical mailing list - Joel VanderKwaak
  Mon, 18 Jul 2005 15:42:19 -0700
  ...GENUINE BMW015098 13311251059 Fuel Line "t" Fitting for Joining 8mm Fuel Line t-fitting Not sure if that's the exact part you want...
• Re: Read carefully
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:33:08 -0700
  ...The key (if we did not know already) is the fittings. Either the FI fittings should be on there or some AN fittings. That...
• Re: 85 gas tank removal
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Thu, 12 Aug 1999 00:12:14 -0700
  ...The "Y" fittings are plastic and they have a history of failure. The part is a dealer only at about $25.00, or so...
• Re: Bluestar project progress-Crankcase vent heater.
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Wed, 1 May 2013 22:19:39 -0400
  I found the heated barbed fitting on a German site http://syncrowiki.org/wiki/Datei:025_906_391_A-1.jpg Steve On May...
• Re: Changing the propane regulator -#2
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Wed, 4 May 2011 12:47:38 -0700
  ...the >fittings (& gathering the correct tools) >7/8" for the reverse thread fitting into the tank, 13/16" for the >line fittings (I did...
• Re: LP regulator tester. PIC + Question
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:43:28 -0700
  ...Use hose clamps. > > Make sure you use flared fittings. These are standard and I found the > brass fitting in the Canadian Tire plumbing section...
• Re: Heater core hose
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:35:31 -0500
  ...Also the hose that goes from the "T" fitting to the rear core is wierd. It is 1/2" at the T but then...
• Re: Fuel pressure test gauge ???
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Wed, 26 Dec 2001 17:37:11 -0500
  ...There is a "T" fitting in the fuel line by the distributor that has a screw in one of the ends. Remove the screw...
• Van A/C questiion
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Thu, 13 May 2021 21:43:31 +0000
  ...I looked at youtube and vanagon.com but didn't see anything showing how to get to this fitting. What I remember from putting...
• Re: Another Burning Van!
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 4 Jun 2009 15:27:25 -0500
  Why use any fitting there. Just put in a suitable grommet and run one continuous hose from the fuel pump/filter to the engine...
• Need help with leak at fitting on AC condenser
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Sun, 1 Aug 2010 15:47:40 EDT
  ...Cleaned up the dye here and gently turned the nut on the fitting about 1/8 of a turn. I have been scared to...
• Re: Another Burning Van!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Thu, 4 Jun 2009 15:30:32 -0400
  RE: "replace the plastic fitting on the firewall with a grommet and barbed brass adaptor." Robert What is the size of the barbed brass...
• Propane tank fittings in 90 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Rich
  Sun, 20 Jun 2010 15:58:57 -0700
  ...The propane fittings are just normal right hand threaded fittings so turn anti-clockwise to loosen or remove. I did try that at first...
• Re: Syncro diff lock vacuum actuator position? up or down?
  Historical mailing list - Mister Tom
  Sat, 22 Mar 2008 06:42:29 -0700
  ...Either I have the wrong starter, or I'm > >not understanding something. > > > >2) Also, which color vacuum line goes to which fitting? > > > >http://s275...
• Re: Fuel Pressure T fitting busted!
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 18 Jul 2015 10:42:35 -0700
  ...I was testing the pressure on the fitting and got the tester > stuck...applied a wrench and boom, broke it :-( -- Neil n Blog: Vanagons...
• Re: Fill fuel above 7/8 - overlows?
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Fri, 13 Apr 2001 18:13:42 -0700
  ...It turned out that the crossover pipe, a t-shaped affair with fittings on both ends, had been installed incorrectly in relation to the...
• Re: jumpseat brackets
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 18 May 2004 13:49:59 EDT
  ...you have a plywood subfloor in your westy, all you do is drill 2 correspondiong holes in the plywood, and insert brass plumbing fitting...
• Re: Air Conditioning help
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Wed, 22 Jan 2014 08:04:55 -0800
  ...All the AC hoses and fittings are standard. Those fittings on the compressor are hard to find but some length changes can do away...
• Re: fuel lines; the injector side
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Sun, 13 Jun 1999 16:51:29 -0500
  ...Aero quip, earls and other high performance hose and fitting manufacturers sell similar fittings, and they are VERY reliable. High performance hose and fitting...
• Re: third brake light
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 5 May 2001 22:52:37 +1200
  ...a smaller cheaper pot needed than fitting them in parallel. A resistor can be used to adjust brightness. Include a few blue LEDs for...
• Re: Double T fitting broken
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 10 Oct 2001 18:01:46 -0500
  ...If you look at > the link > shown below it is part #19 referred to as the Double Tee fitting > > http://busdepot.com/water19N.htm...
• Re: No Start 83.5: Fuel pump test?
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Tue, 17 Jul 2007 23:17:09 -0700
  ...My 83.5 has a metal connecting fuel line fitting right above the tranny/starter area. Mine had a severe clog once in it...
• Re: 3 minute Water Tank Fill
  Historical mailing list - Erik Simes
  Tue, 13 Jul 1999 08:01:09 +0000
  ...I can literally fill my tank in about 3 minutes! And > no drips unless you try to over fill the tank. > > The exact fittings...
• Type IV oil dip stick tube fitting? (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Roger Reynolds
  Fri, 26 Apr 2002 21:29:30 EDT
  Does anyone out there know where I might be able to find a fitting that would allow me to add a dip stick tube...
• Re: FS: rare 1.9L coolant tee fitting (its NLA at dealer) 83-85 van owners read
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 26 Mar 2003 21:46:39 -0800
  ...dont be > stranded! being stranded because of a failed plastic coolant fitting that > you cant get anymore is just not fun! its happened to...
• Re: firewall fuel fitting
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 15 Oct 2007 06:29:33 EDT
  ...firewall fuel fitting Jerry, you do not need any fitting. Check how the return hose connects to the main plastic fuel line behind the...
• Brake Line Fittings
  Historical mailing list - Jason M. Yasment
  Sun, 2 May 1999 17:57:32 -0400
  ...Brake Line Fittings > I was installing a set of stainless stell brake lines on my '84. I screwed > up the > threads on one side...
• Re: Plastic ftting on the botton of the sink drain ???
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Fri, 28 Apr 2006 18:15:31 -0700
  > so any one wanta sell the plastic drain or know what else > you use an oem fitting to replace this drain ... OK they also...
• Re: VW Necessity...
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Fri, 21 Jan 2011 11:37:43 -0800
  The hydraulic fittings are 11 mm. I have an 11 mm flare wrench. Mark
• Re: Brakes completely died.
  Historical mailing list - eric ley
  Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:42:38 -0400
  Need to use bubble flare fittings they should be at any parts store.
• Re: Steering Rack Hydraulic Fitting Size?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 19 Oct 2008 19:59:40 -0500
  ...I'd like to put some metal caps > over the hydraulic fittings on the power steering rack until the > system is complete. Can anyone...
• gas leak
  Historical mailing list - Tony Smith
  Sun, 12 Oct 1997 13:22:17 -0700
  ...They connected the two of these top "lobes" with a vent line and some fittings. The fittings can break (Didn't find out why...
• Westfalia water tank fitting -- impossible to find?
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Alfonso
  Tue, 3 Jul 2001 16:54:42 -0700
  ...So I'm hunting around now for an elbow fitting that's at the top of the water tank. There's barbs at both...
• Re: firewall plastic fitting/grommet
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:29:55 EDT
  ...So now the Archives has it in there TWICE ! You do not need to replace the plastic fitting with another one and you do...
• Re: what is POL fitting?
  Historical mailing list - Michael J. Sullivan
  Wed, 12 Jul 2000 07:56:21 -0400
  ...Cheers, MJS >>Does an 82 Westy have a POL fitting for the propane fill? >>I want to a hose to connect the fill inlet...