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• Re: Water pump leak with only 300 Miles
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 6 Sep 2005 18:07:34 -0400
  ...Atleast this will tell you a few things.If you have a rubber hose leak, it wont work. If you have a bad water...
• gurgling gas tank
  Historical mailing list - Matthias Kuster
  Mon, 12 Mar 2007 09:00:42 -0700
  ...from busdepot (which did not match the inlet (big) rubber ring or have a gasket for the fuel gauge...). Fuel pump on the way...
• Re: clearance : many assorted Vanagon parts
  Historical mailing list - MC
  Mon, 19 Jul 2004 08:59:34 -0700
  ...Put the gasket around the harness. Use rubber cement to re-glue the cut. Fit the gasket onto he jam. 3) Remove the duct...
• Re: Rubber...Our best friend...Our worst enemy
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:58:21 -0800
  ...Anyone want to >>> talk >>> about gaskets?...more rubber. Vacuum hoses in the engine compartment?: >>> rubber, and they can cause infinite frustration and poor performance...
• Re: Replacing the gas tank, the Bus Depot way....
  Historical mailing list - Emmet McGovern
  Sun, 17 Jun 2001 01:01:13 -0400
  ...Call your local VW > dealer and get the VW 15% club discount on the rubber gaskets you need. I > received the correct gasket in...
• Re: Creepy white/tan powder inside windshield rubber
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:00:15 -0700
  ...The fact that it is on the lower rubber gasket suggests it > entered via the vents, and condensed on the inside of your vehicle...
• Westy fridge combustion chamber gasket replacement
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Thu, 14 Oct 2004 22:49:02 -0300
  I'm in the process of servicing & upgrading my fridge and need to replace the rubber gasket that seals the upper and lower parts...
• Re: Seeking advice for installing poptop seal
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Tue, 15 Apr 2014 20:27:26 -0400
  ...any kind of gasket sealer/weatherstrip cement to hold it in place. Where I would use that is on the rubber weatherstrip at the...
• Re: Winter storage leaking heads seals
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Thu, 18 Feb 2016 23:18:47 +0000
  Well, my last head gasket job lasted 300 miles before it started leaking again, but not in the same place. My failure the second...
• Re: Fuel Injector System
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 21 May 1996 13:02:19 -0400
  ...some sort of gasket. Are they >replaceable , or do I need to get a complete injector assembly? Those little rubber rings on the injectors...
• paint jobs
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Tue, 21 Mar 2000 11:40:34 -0500
  ...The guy did not take out the glass and replace the rubber gaskets (in retrospect, I wish I had asked for that); but he...
• Re: Fuel leak
  Historical mailing list - Eric Henning
  Wed, 20 Oct 1999 07:26:06 -0400
  ...There are three small rubber grommets, the fuel sender gasket, and the big fuel filler grommet. If I can find my receipts I'll...
• Re: Head sealants??
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Fri, 11 May 2007 13:32:40 -0700
  ...Elring gasket set did not come with any instructions. It came with one sealant tube for the rubber gasket, instead of 2 in Victor...
• Re: head gasket goop question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 18 Dec 2006 12:57:46 -0500
  Of course, you probably already know that any kind of rubber in a tube shouldn't be applied at temperatures below 45� Fahrenheit. That...
• Re: Oops --- Here is the link to Original VW Tent for sale in Virginia $999
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 14 Oct 2014 11:34:20 -0400
  ...If I recall > there > is a rubber > > gasket that attaches to the sliding door to keep bugs/rain out, right? > > As I recall the...
• '81 Westy for sale
  Historical mailing list - Rob Braden
  Wed, 28 Oct 1998 22:56:31 -0600
  ...Rebuilt engine with new heads, new CV's, fuel tank gaskets and floater, KYB shocks, brakes. Top was re-gelcoated with new rubber and...
• Re: ATF filter: urban legend?
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Mon, 23 Aug 2004 09:28:18 -0700
  ...It usually comes in the same package with the big rubber transmission pan gasket. John Bange '90 Vanagon "Geldsauger"
• Re: Help! Massive oil leak from behind cooler (2.1)
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Mon, 27 Dec 2004 12:52:13 -0600
  ...The gasket is >a black round rubber seal and you'll never fix the leak by tightening the >nut. You have to pull off...
• Re: Removing sliding windows and saving the gaskets?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:13:59 -0800
  ...Removing sliding windows and saving the gaskets? Anyone have a technique or process for getting them out and not knifing the rubber stuff? Know...
• Re: unpleasant surprise
  Historical mailing list - John Scheckel
  Tue, 30 Mar 1999 22:25:30 -0800
  ...I used a new tube of OEM > VW head gasket sealant from a dealer on the rubber gasket. I have noticed > that the stuff...
• Re: nuts vs head gasket job
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Wed, 4 Sep 2013 21:10:07 -0700
  ...The other thing that is going on is that >>> the head also squeezes a rubber gasket between the head and the water >>> jacket on...
• Pealing Rubber Gasket
  Historical mailing list - Edwin O'Shea
  Wed, 28 Oct 1998 16:59:02 -0800
  ...Later when I pulled the motor shields there was what looked like a piece of a rubber gasket where head meets the cylinder that...
• Re: nuts vs head gasket job
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 4 Sep 2013 22:42:48 -0600
  ...The other thing that is going on >>> is that >>> the head also squeezes a rubber gasket between the head and the >>> water >>> jacket on...
• Head gasket FIX!!!
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Sat, 12 Jul 97 20:29:00 -0500
  ...gasket stay cooler? Would the heads stay cooler under the same conditions? I am the chief engineer at a company that makes rubber seals...
• Re: Door gasket
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 18 Feb 2018 16:43:25 -0500
  ...Door gasket Hi Jim, It is amazing how you come through for us for so many hard to find vanagon items! Eric On Feb...
• Re: Poptop Seal adhesive
  Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
  Wed, 2 Jun 2004 09:27:28 -0600
  ...Think about putting rubber gaskets or some adhesive between the luggage rack brackets and the roof... they can leak. -Simon On Jun 2, 2004...
• Re: Vanagon Mileage (New Beetle TDI Mileage)
  Historical mailing list - marcus
  Tue, 14 Jul 1998 10:22:33 -0700
  > James only 40mpg? yea but bet you don't have rubber head gaskets, so > there. > > For those interested in knowing, I only got 40mpg...
• 2.1L heads leaking @ -10?
  Historical mailing list - Richard C Welsh
  Tue, 18 Jan 2000 14:16:30 -0500
  !@#$ Vanagon! just when i think i have her 'Dialed in', the damn van starts squirting coolant out the rubber head gaskets at start up...
• Re: "windage tray" and other I4 conversion comments
  Historical mailing list - The Southards
  Fri, 12 Jan 2001 21:39:42 -0500
  ...studs;..." > > Here is a paste from the web site: > > OEM Rubber Valve Cover Gasket Part #037103483C > Comes with studs to convert. For all 8V...
• Re: Was running rich cold...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 25 Dec 2003 22:15:14 -0500
  ...to both metal and rubber surfaces. American OEMs use it to replace formed oil pan and valve cover gaskets, it can fill larger gaps...
• Re: Evaluating a "Found" Engine
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 3 Nov 2008 15:12:28 -0800
  ...For this waterboxer guy I was going to suggest looking at the edge of the rubber 'water retention gaskets' ..........sometimes you can see there...
• Head Gasket Woes
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Mon, 13 Feb 95 12:06:08 PST
  ...Head= VWPN 025.101.065.C if ordered from AJ at Lasher VW in Sacramento $403 ea INCLUDING THE GASKETS.( VWPN 025.198.012...
• Re: Thanks re: Heads Leak, Dang It!
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Tue, 29 Jan 2002 22:27:11 -0500
  ...2) SAW DARKER AREAS ON THE HARD RUBBER HEAD GASKET - on the HEAD SIDE, not the cylinder sleeve side. Areas seem to be at...
• Head gasket replacement (83.5 Westy)
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Tue, 25 Aug 1998 20:42:02 -0400
  ...a low spot at the very center of the head gasket (thick "rubber" gasket under the head)as the area around the very visible...
• Re: Help! Massive oil leak from behind cooler (2.1)
  Historical mailing list - David Devere
  Mon, 27 Dec 2004 11:57:04 -0600
  With out a doubt, you cracked the gasket for the oil cooler. The gasket is a black round rubber seal and you'll never...
• Re: My 2 cents on head leaks and rubber studs
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 15 Feb 2007 06:40:49 EST
  ...Resealed not long ago, rubber gaskets glued to the block using the Dirko whick is peeling off just by looking at it and between...
• Re: Last gasp: low compression exhaust valve can't pass smog
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:51:49 -0700
  ...It's important to check that gap there .....put head on engine block without the rubber gasket, measure that gap ...make sure it's...
• Re: Grille emblem
  Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
  Thu, 28 Sep 2017 19:00:06 -0700
  ...What is RTC ? >> >> >> Room Temperature Vulcanizing silicone adhesive/gasket/caulking compound. >> Also polysulfide and similar rubber caulks and such, but I hear it used...
• Re: Windshield is in
  Historical mailing list - Bill Shawley
  Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:30:02 -0400
  ...BD gasket and once I started the string about 3/4 up the > side, where I was able to pull the rubber lip buy...
• Re: MICE: points of ingress in cab area?
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Thu, 2 Sep 2004 13:24:05 -0800
  Mice have eaten quite a lot of the tubular rubber sealing gasket at the bottom of my rear hatch (regular Vanagon). I know they...
• Re: oil drain screw striped
  Historical mailing list - Eckie Prater
  Wed, 24 Feb 1999 22:49:52 -0600
  ...drain plug, so I >>switched to throw away cardboard gaskets. >> >>Another solution is a rubber expanding plug for about $5. These probably >>don't...
• Re: 2.1L heads leaking @ -10?
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Tue, 18 Jan 2000 19:20:24 -0500
  ...Dialed in', the damn van starts > squirting coolant out the rubber head gaskets at start up on these crazy cold > mornings. this can't...
• Re: overfull coolant reservoir
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 21 Jun 2003 22:45:06 -0400
  ...This is usually caused by gasket failure where the head meets the cylinders, (not the rubber outer gaskets) or a cracked head. Dennis -----Original...
• Re: Frig fixed but...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 25 Aug 2006 18:02:28 -0500
  ...Well > for an > hour at least. > > Next question: > > I have the exterior cover, a metal plate with screw holes in it, a > rubber > gasket...
• Re: Installing a slider window
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:56:40 -0400
  ...The black that you said is getting everywhere, sounds like oxided old rubber; clean as much off as you can before installing the rubber...
• Re: Head machined or my way ...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 22 Jul 2007 00:30:49 -0700
  ...determines how much the head squeezes the 'water retention rubber gasket' (a joke design if there ever was one. ) If you just 'flycut' the...
• Re: 85 Vanagon - windshield change out info. needed
  Historical mailing list - Matthias Kuster
  Thu, 24 May 2007 10:29:29 -0700
  ...the seal and spray the > lube in all around under the rubber gasket. (pry seal away from body > using non-metallic putty knife or...
• Re: Best case sealing glue???
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Feb 1996 20:50:01 -0500
  ...with Permatex Super 300 and the FEL-Pro Blue can gasket dressing,(Rubber type adhesive). I use thre Fel-Pro on transmission flanges too.
• Re: The infamous leaking head gasket
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 21 Jan 1997 07:40:40 -0500 (EST)
  ...The rubber seal on the other hand has gone about 5 times this. So you have now lost alot of seal squeezs and probably...
• Vent cover passed test!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Brancolino
  Wed, 3 Oct 2001 02:17:15 EDT
  ...for the fridge vent fits snug on the inside of the rubber gasket. I added two footman loops (like the ones on the luggage...
• Filling water tank when no hose is available (GoWesty connector)
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 16 Aug 2013 08:56:26 -0700
  ...foam gaskets that do all the driver�s side seam damage! I was thinking of gearing up to make these in silicon rubber of...
• Re: 1981 2L Type IV Strainer Cleaning - Where Does the Rubber Washer Go?
  Historical mailing list - Geoffrey Toye
  Fri, 23 Oct 2020 15:53:47 -0400
  ...However, > when I > > took the strainer off, in addition to the three gaskets I have in the > kit a > > fourth rubber washer came out...
• warm up and coolant pressure on head gasket seals
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Fri, 4 Jan 2002 08:15:58 -0800
  ...I do believe the thick rubber water jacket gasket uniqueness of the waterboxer is a better clue head corrosion better than the fact that...
• Re: Windshield washer tank repair questions
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 14 May 2017 21:47:13 -0400
  ...is slid down into it, with a nipple plunging through a rubber gasket at the bottom. Yrs, d On Sun, May 14, 2017 at...
• Re: noise reduction
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sat, 23 Oct 2004 07:42:42 -0500
  ...Go to Ace Hardware , Home Depot, Lowe's, any household repair supplier,and purchase a roll of foam rubber window gasket material. It comes...
• Re: My 2 cents on head leaks and rubber studs
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 15 Feb 2007 06:47:00 EST
  ...Gary, i think i was clear on my post (read bellow) as to which stuff to use on the heads outer soft gasket, unless...
• Re: Engine swappers: How low can your engine go and keep you going?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 8 Jan 2001 23:49:27 EST
  ...The added plus is that the thermo barrier reduces the heat that the rubber gasket gets during running prolonging the service life. I also...
• Re: Sure Flow faucet problem
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Fri, 16 Aug 2013 10:04:22 -0400
  ...foam gaskets that do all the drivers side seam damage! I was thinking of gearing up to make these in silicon rubber of there...
• Re: Door gasket
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 18 Feb 2018 16:36:26 -0500
  ...Do you need that rubber tube that the speaker wires go through as well? Jim On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 2:19 PM...
• Re: Fuel expansion tank float valve
  Historical mailing list - raymond markett
  Sun, 7 Sep 2014 23:30:25 -0700
  ...The float valve is available from several sources, but I see no mention of the rubber gasket/grommet/boot in which it sits. The...