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• [Fwd: VW to FLAPS Conversion - Coolant Hoses]
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sun, 18 Apr 1999 16:02:00 -0400
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• Re: OEM mudflap question
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Wed, 27 Jul 2016 07:09:09 -0700
  ...It feels pretty thin and worn. > > Also the pin sticking out of the mud flap only comes out about a quarter of a inch...
• Re: A FLAPS question?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Sun, 13 May 2012 13:44:04 -0400
  ...12:15 ralph meyermann <ralphmeyermann@GMAIL.COM> napisał(a): >> >> > Hi gang! I recently been getting a few parts from a local (N) flaps and...
• FS - Rear mud flaps
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 29 May 1997 09:09 -0600 (MDT)
  ...I'm selling a pair of Vanagon rear mud flaps. Because of the way they mount, they won't fit any of the models...
• Re: AFC Measurements
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 3 Apr 2001 13:20:57 -0400
  ...Arm >movement is different than the internal flapper movement? No, they're the same (they call it a "vane"). Your understanding is exactly correct...
• About those mud flap holes...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 10 Mar 2006 21:30:37 -0600
  ...I am happy with the Bus Depot flaps I have on all four wheels. I will probably never ever use those holes for their...
• Re: Mudflaps
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Mon, 27 Mar 2000 16:02:39 -0800
  ...But there is >no corresponding hole (or flap) on the right side of the van, nor any >evidence there ever was. Is this normal...
• Re: Stock German Mud Flaps Available Again
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Fri, 5 Dec 2008 19:19:20 -0800
  I bought a set (4) of these HD German flaps for my Westy and when they arrived I liked them so much I ordered...
• Re: mud flap
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 27 Jul 2017 06:04:16 -0700
  ...Several vendors have new mud flaps, but (1) one has to > buy 2, for a > > vehicle that never had 2 when it was new...
• Re: ventilation controls
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 11 May 2016 05:41:06 -0700
  ...I can >> hear my flaps slapping shut but a lot of air still comes through if I try >> to turn off all the air...
• Re: A/C? Pfui! Need a good fan
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:36:58 -0600
  ...There are some >> gravity >> flaps that push open when under way and let fresh air get directly to >> the early hoses without passing through...
• AFM test readings
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Wed, 2 Jul 2014 16:30:18 -0400
  ...My question concerns the measurement between terminals 2 & 3 --- Bentley says the value should be a resistance change when the air sensor flap is...
• Mudflaps
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sullivan
  Mon, 27 Mar 2000 15:22:22 -0800
  ...But does anyone else have any nifty things they've done, or know of an aftermarket flap that would fit in the correct place...
• Re: Mud flaps
  Historical mailing list - e-mail
  Wed, 7 Jun 2000 18:41:44 -0400
  ...Mud flaps > My Syncro has clear plastic film covering the rear wheel arches, but no > black screw-on splash guards. Anyone else out there...
• Heater flap foam replacement detail
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:21:30 -0600
  It looks to me like the heater flaps are constructed with a metal base into which a plastic rectangle was pressed, the foam seal...
• Re: Heater box foam material?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 1 Dec 2010 10:32:53 -0800
  ...On another flap I tried polyester woven batting type material, thin, in sheets, a strip glued on. Its still in good shape, I have...
• Front heater flaps
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Tu
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 17:48:18 -0800
  Hi, My heater flaps are a bit binded I think. The ones that control the lower footwell area. I have got in there a...
• Re;SA Mud Flaps,
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Thu, 20 Jul 2000 05:22:26 -0500
  ...I didn't call a dealer in SA, I called VW,SA, and they gave me the part numbers for mud flap's, for...
• Re: Vent flapper noise?
  Historical mailing list - Randal Jett
  Tue, 6 May 2008 19:30:17 -0700
  ...Playing with the slider vents on the lower front door panels makes my flapping noise go away. Randal '85 Adventurewagen '87.5 Wolfsburg ----- Original...
• New obscure heater part just arrived from Germany
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 1 Nov 2012 06:53:55 -0400
  ...Bearing Plate, LH, lower vent flaps, 251 259 143 01C - $4.80 The RH ones are NLA as of now. This is the small...
• Re: 1.9 without expansion tank?????????
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 Dec 2004 10:36:14 EST
  ...via the > "rear flap". > > all wbx vans in North America have the coolant expansion tank begind the lisc plate flap. the main coolant resivoir...
• Re: '81 thermostat necessary?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 19 Jul 1997 20:48:56 -0400
  ...Some have said to just wire the flappers open. The guy at VW said to just remove the flappers completely.<< Some people agree and...
• Re: Mod. Fresh air box to recycle cabin air? (did some searching in arch.)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:10:37 -0700
  ...On 3/22/07, Ryan Miller <rmiller@azteca.com> wrote: > I had thought about fabricating a flap for the air intake as well. Then...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 9 Jul 2008 (#2008-711)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:43:38 EDT
  ...The problem with that front window flap is that you must undo the zipper then pull down the flap undoing the Velcro. So, now...
• Re: Need epoxy type suggestion...
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Thu, 1 Sep 2005 08:44:17 -0700
  ...I haven't gone to the FLAPs yet to pick out what I'm going to use. But I'll take my compiled list...
• Re: Also Cheap Mud Flaps
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Tue, 16 Jul 2002 22:05:51 -0400
  ...I did not use >the clips on the wheel well rim to mud flap connection point. They would not >clip and hold due to...
• Re: SA mud flaps
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 4 May 2006 07:12:22 EDT
  ...What are others experience wth these flaps? Are they more durable than they seem? Are the GoWesty (and other American vendors) SA mud flaps...
• Looking for Special Camping Utensil
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 21 Jun 2011 23:41:02 -0500
  ...Around 1990 when in Alaska I bought an injection molded plastic two-flap pistol-grip fly swatter. There were two flaps mounted on a...
• Re: Physics phun
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:52:09 -0800
  ...And, having one heat exchanger flap open to bring hot air to cabin, and blocking the other, may cause an cooling imbalance in engine...
• Re: Interstate Battery Update
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 28 Jan 2007 17:11:08 -0800
  ...When you go to the FLAPS and the plastic case of the Bosch battery looks just like the Energizer, which looks just like the...
• Re: Heater fan replacement
  Historical mailing list - Alan Sinclair
  Tue, 23 Aug 2005 14:01:09 -0700
  ...While you have it out take the heater box apart and >do the seals on the flappers to. Mine were all disintegrated and had...
• Need '82 water tank key
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 19 Apr 2006 07:44:35 -0700
  ...which fit the plastic flap, this lock is round and fits in the water filler hole, under the flap). Or do I need to...
• SA mudflaps
  Historical mailing list - James S. Cohen
  Thu, 20 Jul 2000 21:19:01 -0400
  ...The mud flaps mount >> inside the wheel well instead of three or four inches behind the wheel >well >> like the "stock" american flaps of...
• Re: About those mud flap holes...
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Tue, 14 Mar 2006 13:25:53 -0500
  ...I've got this pair of holes at all four wheels (and a set of four flaps with pins to match), I haven't...
• Westy Water Tank Filling
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sun, 9 Aug 1998 16:43:06 -0700
  ...It seems there is a plastic partition with three of four holes in it backed up by a rubber flap that covers the entire...
• Re: About those mud flap holes...
  Historical mailing list - Ron Mueller
  Wed, 15 Mar 2006 01:04:17 -0600
  ...About those mud flap holes... > I filled mine with clear silicone... you can see the bead up close, but it > keeps the hole sealed...
• Re: What is a FLAPS?????
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Thu, 3 Dec 1998 11:06:24 -0600
  ...What is a FLAPS????? MAn I hate to sound stupid..... But people have been referring to this.. my friend jokingly says... F***ing local...
• Re: Heater flaps (more)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 25 Oct 1999 19:04:49 -0700
  ...You need a soft open cell foam (or the polyester batting/"felt" that I used) to allow the flap to seal with the force...
• Re: heater flaps (not FLAPS)
  Historical mailing list - Sean Birkner
  Mon, 25 Oct 1999 02:16:03 EDT
  Well assuming it's just some foam rubber strips with adhesive on one side, I may have something for you. A while back I...
• source for 80-84 ivory-beige westy touchup spraypaint
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 28 Oct 2003 20:29:12 EST
  ...you get touchup spraypaint? > I need some L567 for inside but flaps don't carry it > Duplicolor DSGM366 "Yellow Beige" is an EXACT match...
• Re: couple of abrasive recommendations
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:17:04 -0800
  ...wrote: > Hi all, > > Ive used probably thousands of the flap drums in my 40 + years in machine > shops. > But mostly applicable to my work...
• Re: stud kits
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sat, 1 Jan 2005 18:25:12 -0600
  Pep Boys. Auto Zone, Murray's, and local Flaps.
• Re: Grill
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 26 May 2006 17:57:51 -0400
  satin black spary paint at flaps will do it right.
• Re: New Cheap South African Grills are Here! (Also Cheap Mud Flaps)
  Historical mailing list - Fryday
  Mon, 15 Jul 2002 16:30:39 -0700
  ...Any ideas anyone? Did I get the wrong flaps? A bientot, Philippe > Mud Flaps - $65.95 for a set of 4. My part # 6881...
• Re: Starter Testing @ FLAPS WAS: Starting problem or startER problem
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 8 Apr 2013 13:36:00 -0700
  ...Starting problem or >> startER >> problem > > >> All, >> Has anyone ever used the starter testing at your FLAPS? >
• Re: Heater Box, how to remove the flaps?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 5 May 2012 17:03:47 -0700
  ...David Beierl pointed me to Bentley 80.14 -- the assembly I'm inquiring about is the defroster/footwell flap assembly -- the two sets of...
• Re: Heater Box, how to remove the flaps?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 5 May 2012 16:07:44 -0700
  ...One is a full-width flapper -- that ain't the one I'm struggling with. Another is dual-port thingy that fires downward behind...
• Re: Heater Box, how to remove the flaps?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 5 May 2012 19:29:34 -0700
  ...But I do recommend replacing foam on everything except the swinging flaps operated solely by airflow. > > d
• WTB: Mud flaps for my Westy
  Historical mailing list - Marshall
  Tue, 26 Feb 2002 23:41:53 -0600
  ...I'd feel much better if someone could sell me a set of mud flaps for it. Perhaps you have a set of the...
• Re: Cv Circlip removal tool?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 5 Mar 2005 16:33:28 -0600
  Most FLAPS carry the snap ring pliers with interchangeable tips thst should work for you. Or, you could buy a pair pliers whose tips...
• Re: manual thermostat / heaterflap control?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 17 Nov 2004 08:42:24 -0800
  ...Am I forgetting anything? >> Al Brase >> >> Dennis Haynes wrote: >> >>> If the flaps need to fully open in cool weather, then the engine must be...
• Re: that little light behind the heater controls
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 10 Dec 2005 19:58:27 -0600
  ...Take the burn out bulb into a flaps and get a duplicate or close to it. I got an exact match. If one flaps...
• Re: One more front heater question: those "other" flaps
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Thu, 6 Mar 2008 16:36:41 -0500
  ...I'm just wondering about that upper set of >>> flaps, how you might get to the back side of the actual metal flap, >>> and...
• SA heavy duty mud flaps on ebay
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Tue, 12 Jul 2005 00:08:15 EDT
  I saw these (rare in the USA) South African mud flaps on ebay. They are better than most mud flaps I have seen available...
• Re: Snapping Mudflaps
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 2 Feb 2009 23:39:48 +0000
  ...I put this same flap on my '91 and pretty much disregarded the provided hardware for attachment to the wheel well/fender and drilled...
• '81 thermostat necessary?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Nolan
  Fri, 18 Jul 1997 17:52:36 -0700
  ...Some have said to just wire the flappers open. The guy at VW said to just remove the flappers completely. Has anybody done this...
• Re: Low Power woes...
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 13 Oct 2001 19:03:28 -0500
  ...descends to 500 ohms > Flap fully open - 0 ohms > > I got the same results when testing the AFM directly (not through the > multi-pin...
• Re: FLAPS
  Historical mailing list - Erik W. Burtis
  Wed, 1 Nov 1995 17:41:31 -0400 (EDT)
  ...1/95 -0600, you wrote: > >Please excuse my ignorance,What is FLAPS? Perhaps some one could clue me in > >to these anachronyms you all...
• Re: SA Mud flap questions
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 13 Oct 2002 08:28:48 -0400
  ...02 05:20 PM, you wrote: >--Having received my SA mud flaps and decoded the installation of the fronts >successfully, I find myself a...
• Re: Mud flaps
  Historical mailing list - Ian Allan
  Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:53:46 -0500
  ...I got a set of SA flaps a couple of years ago. Installed them with 3M 5200 adhesive (Black) AND the clips. Nothing has...