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• Wanted: Pushrod Tube in Vancouver BC
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Wed, 26 May 2010 05:55:22 +0000
  Anyone got a spare pushrod tube they're not using? I loaned one of mine to someone and now I'm putting my engine...
• Vanagon Shocks Question
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Fri, 9 Apr 1999 08:32:27 -0700
  ...mono tube high pressure gas)? TIA steve
• Re: Are Today's Young People Mechanical Nitwits?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:50:55 -0700
  For the youngsters in our group.... :) I have a great photo of one of the tube tester that was in Hal's Rexall Drug...
• Intake Manifold? Woes
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Brandt
  Fri, 21 May 1999 16:47:54 -0500
  ...They tubes have a bend in them and each has a stud or bolt sticking out the top of the tube near the end...
• What the heck is this?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Lambas
  Sun, 10 Jul 2011 20:46:40 -0500
  ...Looks like something that fell out of a cow's > nose, if the cow was the size of a house. > > There is a tube...
• Re: Oil leaks!!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 Sep 1999 08:15:49 EDT
  Tom, you probably don't need to replace ALL of the tubes/seals. I sell these spring loded tubes with the seals for $19...
• Re: More leaks
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 13 Jan 2016 10:47:53 -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: New adapter plate: DIY Engine Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Fri, 25 Sep 1998 14:57:19 -0400
  ...Actually with my conversion, using the diesel stuff, all I had to do was to put the pickup tube on the exsisting oil pump...
• 82 door parts
  Historical mailing list - Timmy Evens
  Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:06:08 -0700
  ...I did find a small oil leak source > thats > >> coming from the plastic dipstick/filler tube being cracked and Epoxyd > over, > >> does anyone know...
• Re: noisy hydraulic lifter? not going away with oil change, marvel mystery additive.
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Sun, 22 Jul 2007 09:44:19 -0700
  >On reassembly you get a "spring loaded aftermarket push rod tube " designed >specifically for being able to install and remove with out removing the...
• EXT pushrod tube replacement
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:01:08 -0400
  ...http://www.benplace.com/pushrod_tube.htm Have fun. Ben
• Re: !!! ACCESSORY NEEDED !!!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 10 Jul 2001 22:37:07 -0500
  Yeh, well, I have been driving Vanagons since 1990 and just this year discovered the oil filler tube extension!!! I just hate to think...
• Re: Gas tank leaking
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Sat, 14 Jan 2006 19:47:47 -0700
  Some have said grommets, others, the x-over tube. When I recently R&R'd the gas tank on my '88, it was the...
• Re: What the heck is this?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 10 Jul 2011 18:48:04 -0700
  ...Looks like something that fell out of a cow's > nose, if the cow was the size of a house. > > There is a tube...
• Re: Hose has a brass sleeve in it
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Mon, 28 Feb 2005 09:29:27 -0600
  ...That sleeve was part of the plastic >> tube. The tube has failed allowing the sleeve and the flare for the hose >> to grip to...
• Material Source for Custom Table Leg
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Sun, 20 May 2018 09:02:01 -0700
  Can any of you tell me where to buy steel tube material to make a custom rear table leg? I measured it at 1...
• Re: clutch cable tube woes
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 Aug 94 15:54:19 PDT
  >> >>THEN i started sliding the new one in the tube. About a foot from the end >>of the metal tube it STOPPED. Mind you...
• Re: gas consumption and guiness in the oil
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Wed, 8 Mar 2000 19:26:08 -0700
  ...new seal ring in oil filler tube cap or 2. switching to synthetic oil I think water leaks into or condenses from the atmosphere...
• Fwd: Fro sale packed up tube
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:22:11 -0400
  ...Fro sale packed up tube To: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com i think roger is trying to beat me out for the most FS postings...
• Re: Push covers/enging tins
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:13:15 -0400
  ...Those pieces of tin move the airflow across the push rod tubes, and force it to exit to the rear of the engine. If...
• Re: Problem with push rod tube seals?
  Historical mailing list - Scott - IMAP
  Mon, 27 Jun 2016 16:19:38 -0700
  fwiw, I can't get too into this theory on the metal of the tubes not being malable anymore or whatever was said in...
• Re: type IV push rod tubes leaking in 914 (advice needed)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 19 Feb 2003 16:03:37 -0600
  ...Clean the > > push-rod tubes inside and out. > > Install the new push-rod tube seals on the tubes (green = Viton) > (reddish > > brown = silicone) (black...
• Re: ATF filter: urban legend?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 4 Sep 2004 12:53:00 -0700
  ...But what's the easy way to drain that transmission? You wrote of draining the AT fluid through the dip stick tube -- I hesitate...
• Re: Dipstick tube loose, how to =?UTF-8?Q?fix=3F?=
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:32:39 EDT
  ...Noticed my dipstick tube loose at the case, obvious potential vacuum leak. I n the past I've just cleaned the area as best...
• Re: Helpful Vanagon toolbox tip...LVC
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 2 Oct 2008 19:59:26 -0500
  ...The spray cans often came with long flexible tubes. I still have one of those tubes, about 30" long, and it is very useful...
• Re: 182b thermal mastic
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 12 Nov 2005 11:14:09 -0500
  ...The 1/4 the oz tube of radio shack stuff I used, was $1.99,and I only needed 1/2 a tube. They...
• Re: Crossover Pipe HELP!
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sun, 18 Dec 2005 10:34:02 -0500
  ...This tube is NO longer available in the US and Canada from VW. and it alsways leak at the same spot, left side close...
• Re: Pushrod tube seals
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 25 Nov 2003 15:36:58 -0500
  > Anybody know of a source for a set of pushrod tube > seals(WBX;eight big, eight small)? We stock these sets.. http://busdepot.com...
• oil tube extension
  Historical mailing list - AAG - Larry Word
  Fri, 13 May 2005 16:59:56 -0400
  ...1985 Vanagon, 4-spd, gas, 1/2 camper What's this about an "oil tube extension"...I've looked at it many times.... -Help...
• 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: Fuel Filler Tube Question about BD part
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Tue, 22 May 2012 12:31:20 -0400
  ...I had the filler tube out on my truck (86 crewcab) to do some work in that area. I noticed the end narrowed considerably...
• Re: Water tank filling
  Historical mailing list - coyote
  Thu, 9 Jul 1998 09:47:34 -0700
  ...Suggestions? Do you insert the plastic tube down into the opening in the fill hatch? It s a tight fit, but the tube should...
• Re: o-ring cooling crossover tube
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sat, 3 Sep 2005 20:01:54 -0400
  ...When I installed crossover tube on new 1.9L long block, fitting in question got a new O-ring as well as plenty of...
• Re: Oil fill tube, overheating, and stalling
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 30 Apr 2001 17:45:00 -0700
  ...Other than losing a belt and wiping out the wire and the oil filler tube in one fell swoop, these two are probably not...
• Re: Vanagon rear hatchback supports WARNING!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 27 Aug 2006 20:58:20 -0700
  NEVER use the tubes to hold up a hatch that will not stay up on it's own! A fellow Vanagon owner nearly killed...
• 0ne more question...
  Historical mailing list - BILL CARDEN
  Sat, 28 Feb 1998 14:10:03 +0100
  ...Could it be that I have to disconnect the fill tube, or dipstick tube. I'am sorry I should have said that we have...
• hard plastic fuel lines??
  Historical mailing list - Pollard, Matthew
  Thu, 17 Jun 1999 14:23:12 -0700
  ...This hard plastic tube went into the engine compartment. Is this standard? thanks matthew 84 weekender
• Re: Gas Filler Line in your Fill Tube while driving
  Historical mailing list - Trooz
  Fri, 26 Dec 2008 07:26:20 -0800
  M'obeechi wrote: > Have you ever driven away from a fuel stop with the fill line stuck in your fill tube? I can't...
• Re: Leaky Filler Tube 75 Campmobile
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Jun 1996 01:20:43, -0500
  Patrick Flynn inquired about repairing a leaky filler tube to gas tank. The tube actually consists of 3 parts- a plastic flange with screws...
• Re: Adding windshield fluid? Where?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 24 Dec 2005 15:03:41 -0600
  From your comment you must not know about the Vanagons biggest(?) secret!! There is an extension built into the Vanagon oil filler tube. It...
• Re: Carpet Adhesive-Found some that worked
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 5 May 2010 08:05:29 -0700
  ...3.50 a tube and is listed as safe for foam and foamboard > applications. Does not melt the foam. Used a roller to smooth...
• Re: Carpet Adhesive-Found some that worked
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 5 May 2010 16:03:20 -0500
  ...3.50 a tube and is listed as safe for foam and foamboard > applications. Does not melt the foam. Used a roller to smooth...
• Re: puzzler
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 10 Feb 1995 12:18:13 -0500
  I had the accelerator pump tube experience too. After I rebuilt the engine for my 1972 Super Beetle, it ran very poorly. I did...
• Re: JB weld on coolant expansion tank
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 1 May 2003 21:03:41 -0400
  <Hi , I have an 83 1/2 waterboxer , My engine coolant expansion tank has a 1/2 inch long tube coming off the neck...
• Re: For the Newbies - Vanagon secrets revealed
  Historical mailing list - Drew Phillips
  Mon, 28 Aug 2006 20:45:13 -0700
  ...Just remove the cap, feel around the end of the tube, insert thumb insid the tube, and fingertips at the rim of the tube...
• More Info on Copper Core German Radiators
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Mon, 30 Sep 2002 15:13:11 -0400
  ...Aluminum 10 fins per inch, Copper 12 fins per inch Aluminum rows of tubes 44, Copper rows of tubes 43 Aluminum Height of core...
• Re: Mysterious leak
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
  Thu, 12 Aug 1999 15:52:50 -0700
  ...Find tube. Snip off clogged end of "evaporator" material. Watch gusher. If you're really enthusiastic, send water up one tube and watch it...
• Re: Strange oil deposit on s-tube from air filter box to intake
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 21 Jul 2006 21:06:20 -0400
  ...Strange oil deposit on s-tube from air filter box to intake My 1990 Westfalia has had a strange build up of what appears...
• Re: And rear headrests too
  Historical mailing list - Normand Gagnon & Sylvie Brunet
  Fri, 16 Feb 2007 22:17:04 -0500
  ...Basically, I put metal tubes (welded) on plates. Those tubes (found at the hardware store) with a notch for the plastic inserts. I have...
• 2.1 L push rods
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 7 Feb 2015 14:23:22 -0600
  Finally got around to fixing my pushrod tube leak. Found there was a 4 inch crack in one tube. Upon disassembly and removal of...
• Reinstall refrigerator( or dance the Hokey Pokey)
  Historical mailing list - Christine Murdock
  Sat, 26 Feb 2000 15:18:17 -0500
  ...Bend tubes to clear bottom of stove. 2. Using 2-3'-2x4's and 2-1x2's total 2-1/2" each set as...
• Re: push rod tubes dilemma
  Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
  Mon, 18 Mar 2013 13:04:16 -0500
  ...push rod tubes dilemma 85 Vanagon, what size engine? > I've had better luck with the spring loaded replacement tubes. > http://www.jbugs.com...
• Re: Mystery Parts
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Wed, 6 Oct 1999 10:30:30 -0400
  > There are two tubes, only slightly different. > They are metal, over an inch in diameter, over 4' long. markus, maybe they are coolant tubes...
• Re: New 12V fridge venting issues
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Fri, 6 Jun 2008 07:08:48 -0700
  ...I recall him roughing up the inner tube with something that looked like a cheese grater, then clamping the patch to the tube and...
• Re: Power steering leak- plastic tube on rack
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 19 Apr 2004 22:44:26 -0400
  That tube is to equalize the air from one side to the other as the rack moves side to side. There should never be...
• New 12V fridge venting issues
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Fri, 6 Jun 2008 09:07:27 -0800
  Guess I was dating myself talking about inner tubes;) I remember those kits well! Home Depot sells a PVC material used to line the...
• Re: Any last words before siliconing the filler parts?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Thu, 17 May 2012 09:18:29 -0400
  ...8:36 "B Feddish" <uprightbassghost@hotmail.com> napisał(a): > Will the later model gas tank, tube, etc. fit on the '83? > > Thanks, > Bryan > > -----Original...
• throttle spring
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Thu, 14 Jan 1999 17:45:55 -0400
  ...Tie a SMALL rag onto cable, spray WD-40 into tube/on rag and then pull it through to clean out the tube. Repeat...
• Re: push rod tubes dilemma
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:29:31 -0700
  ...Clever folks those German engineers! Stuart -----Original Message----- The tubes shown are for a 1200 to 1600cc upright engine! Howard
• SV: Patching pushrod tube?
  Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
  Thu, 14 Jul 2005 08:49:13 +0200
  ...I am worried about turning the pushrod tube around - I am worried that turning the pipe can create a leak at the endseals? Will...