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• 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 flap foam replacement detail
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:16:40 -0700
  ...Should I > > (a) leave the plastic there, and stick my foam to the plastic? > > (b) remove the plastic and stick my foam to the...
• plastic welding tool inquiry
  Historical mailing list - Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski
  Thu, 14 Jun 2012 16:21:21 -0500
  Anyone used this from HF? http://www.harborfreight.com/welding/plastic-welders/plastic-welding-kit-with-adjustable-temperature-96464.html Or can recommend a...
• Re: 25 yr old plastic bits in the winter.. wasRe: 1986 Westfalia Rear Defrost Switch
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:18:48 -0800
  Wikipedia gives a good explanation of why plastics get brittle as they age: Plasticizers for plastics are additives, most commonly phthalate ester. Almost 90...
• Oil filler tube HELP
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 8 Jul 2002 13:49:20 -0300
  For as long as I have owned this van (4 years) I have NOT had the plastic top to the metal oil filler tube...
• Alcohols and Plastic Compatibility
  Historical mailing list - Marty Wallace
  Mon, 5 Oct 1998 22:09:36 -0700
  Not ALL plastics are soluble in ALL alchols. There ARE plastics that are completely impervious to ethanol, propanol, and isopropyl alcohol. Now, whether the...
• Re: Winterize Westy -Why not gin or Vodka
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Mon, 5 Oct 1998 17:19:47 -0400
  No! They do not dissolve plastic. We get ethyl alcohol (200% proof) in plastic bottles. One might argue about "plastic", but one only might...
• Fuel Line Leaking Bigtime
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Marciniak
  Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:12:28 -0500
  Wondering if anyone has had to replace the hard plastic fuel line that runs from the fuel filter to the rubber fuel line that...
• Re: Hard plastic fuel line between fuel pump and firewall connector
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 18 Dec 2010 13:56:10 -0500
  ...Does anyone >else have this hard plastic fuel line in his van? Was the hard plastic >fuel line the original line? Hard plastic is...
• Re: Hose has a brass sleeve (Ferrule) in it
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 22 Feb 2005 01:32:49 EST
  ...It is meant to be retained within the plastic line by the small lip that is on its end. Once the plastic coolant line...
• Re: Adapt 1.9 Coolant Reservoir to 2.1 ?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 1 May 2015 09:33:22 -0700
  I don't think RMW would go to the trouble of making that tank unless the plastic ones currently available are poor quality. If...
• speedo cluster housing brittle plastic, and brown plastic interior bits eroding
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 14 Mar 2005 11:40:00 EST
  ...the quality of the plastic VW used in the speedometer cluster housings doesnt hold up to the UV rays, heat, vibration, force, and time...
• Re: Fuel Line Leaking Bigtime
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:05:39 -0700
  worst case you can just use all new fuel hose to replace the hard plastic fuel line. that hard plastic fuel line amazes me...
• Re: Heater flap foam replacement detail
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 11 Dec 2012 05:19:14 -0500
  ...Should I > > (a) leave the plastic there, and stick my foam to the plastic? > > (b) remove the plastic and stick my foam to the...
• Re: Fuel Line Leaking Bigtime
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:43:34 -0700
  During my recent Subaru installation I eliminated the plastic firewall fitting and just ran new high pressure fuel injection hose all the way to...
• Re: The lid is *NOT* Plastic!
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Mon, 19 Nov 2001 11:49:42 -0700
  Entity Alistair Bell spoke thus: > Ah, so it does burn! Well, when I first got my Vanagon I said "what is with this "plastic...
• vinal plastic paint
  Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
  Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:02:27 -0400
  anyone have a good recommendation for a match to the brown color plastic parts in 85 westy. hopefully a satin or flat sheen in...
• Re: Dead ly Serious Fun with Gasoline
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Tue, 17 Jun 1997 09:51:35 -0700
  ...The problem is not static in the plastic bed... it's that the plastic bed doesn't allow the static generated by pouring the...
• Rear Heater leak, removing the plastic shroud.
  Historical mailing list - KKALnSF
  Sun, 26 Feb 2012 19:24:17 -0800
  ...We removed the six screws around the plastic shroud that covers the hoses and heater core, but were unable to remove the plastic cover...
• Re: 1985 Steel Coolant Pipes and "Air Cooled" 1981 Gas Tank
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 3 Jan 2011 17:58:04 -0800
  ...82 metal 83-85 metal 85 plastic 86-91 plastic Syncro plastic Mark > > ( btw...not all wbxr's have the larger plastic pipes... > until...
• Re: Questions on Camper
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 11 May 2003 15:34:04 -0600
  ...The older kind has a metal key that unlocks a white plastic plug inside the plastic door that you have to open to get...
• Re: Winterize Westy -Why not gin or Vodka
  Historical mailing list - YauMan Chan
  Mon, 5 Oct 1998 14:42:30 -0700
  ...and "most" plastics will dissolve in it... some plastics are more resilient than others. If you put gin in a laboratory grade plastic bottle...
• Re: Winterize Westy -Why not gin or Vodka
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 5 Oct 1998 21:02:43 EDT
  ...and "most" plastics will dissolve in it... some plastics are more resilient than others. If you put gin in a laboratory grade plastic bottle...
• Re: Hose has a brass sleeve in it
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Mon, 21 Feb 2005 16:34:35 -0800
  >The hose (it goes over the tranny) has a reducer, >looks like brass sleeve, which goes into the long >plastic return line. >Do I...
• Please, put this in P-mail: Toxic plastic?
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Thu, 7 Oct 1999 15:12:06 -0400
  ...Toxic plastic? Not all plastic is in fact toxic to burn. Although the standard culprits on burning are cyanide related compounds, carbon monoxide, chlorines...
• glove compartment?
  Historical mailing list - roch
  Tue, 27 Aug 2002 19:40:29 -0700
  ...On the right side, there is the same hole but no plastic cable. Instead there is a plastic cable that loops on below this...
• dash heater flaps
  Historical mailing list - Daniel O Stevens
  Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:44:18 +0000
  ...Should I >=20 > (a) leave the plastic there, and stick my foam to the plastic? >=20 > (b) remove the plastic and stick my foam...
• Re: Fuel tank cross over tube
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Sat, 12 Nov 2005 07:51:44 -0800
  > So, what's so special about this plastic pipe? > Seems to me that I read a post once about someone using ordinary fuel > hose...
• Re: repair of leaky water pump tank
  Historical mailing list - Renee Norris
  Sat, 15 Feb 1997 11:26:14 -0500
  Don Parce wrote: > > On my 85 Westy, the black plastic resevoir that houses the faucet/pump > in the sink leaks. I can't find...
• Brown paint for interior plastic parts
  Historical mailing list - Doug Fitz-Randolph
  Sat, 7 Jun 2008 12:02:48 -0400
  Hi all, Some of the brown plastic pieces - e.g. defroster vents - on my '82 were quite faded. I found a spray paint color...
• failing brown plastic parts in early vanagons was: Re: pick n pull
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 4 Apr 2008 13:55:57 EDT
  ...for some reason the brown plastic VW used does NOT hold up to the UV rays.. black plastic does fine..brown plastic turns to...
• Re: painting plastic interior parts black to brown, or brown to black
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 4 Apr 2004 17:07:14 -0400
  About 10 years ago I painted some of the hard plastic parts (brown) in my '84 GL using Pactra plastic model spray paint such...
• Fuel line??
  Historical mailing list - lauterba
  Sat, 30 Aug 2003 16:34:33 -0400
  Most of the line between the fuel pump and the bulkhead fitting on the engine compartment is hard plastic. The connecting rubber hose between...
• Re: speedo replacement
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 15 Sep 2003 16:08:12 -0400
  Plastic strip is attached to plastic connector. Pull it out of the back of the speedo, carefully. Pretty easy, really (you'll be so...
• ON PLASTIC ROT
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 14 Mar 2005 11:15:54 -0500
  On plastic rot. The plastic creators keep improving their product. Cars from the 60s where the first to start using large amounts of plastic...
• Re: Water, water and plastic t-pipes
  Historical mailing list - John Andersen
  Sat, 7 Oct 2000 13:38:20 -0700
  The plastic that is used in European vehicles seems to go bad in the heat and smog of the states, my experience with VWs...
• Re: Oil filler tube HELP
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Mon, 8 Jul 2002 14:10:27 -0400
  ...Now let me be exact - I've been missing ALL of the plastic not >just the extension tube that is inside the other plastic...
• making obsolete plastic parts.? Re: '80-'84 westy plastic pass Curtain rod cover
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 20 Apr 2005 11:42:23 EDT
  ...i just need to locate someone who does plastic extrusion or injection molding.. do u know anyone? chris
• Speedometer Disassembly Question
  Historical mailing list - Doug Fitz-Randolph
  Mon, 27 Nov 2006 13:56:23 -0400
  Does anyone know how to remove the speedometer/odometer assembly from its plastic housing? I've got the needle and faceplate removed, and I...
• Re: Bad plastic(s)
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Thu, 3 Feb 2011 08:13:20 -0800
  Two more bad plastic parts: The washer fluid reservoir (one of the three attachment ears crumbled as I was taking mine off to test...
• Re: Heater flap foam replacement detail
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:41:33 -0500
  At 01:21 PM 12/10/2012, Mike South wrote: >(c) remove the plastic, put my foam in, stick the plastic back on? Yes...
• Seat track plastic inserts source?
  Historical mailing list - jesse johnson
  Thu, 7 Oct 2004 20:35:11 -0400
  Anyone know where you can get the plastic inserts that fit into the seat track that keeps everything tight and lets the seat slide...
• Re: plastic welding tool inquiry
  Historical mailing list - Bill M
  Thu, 14 Jun 2012 19:36:33 -0400
  ...If you can find a scrap piece of the same kind of plastic you are welding it's easy to cut bits out of...
• joining plastic and rubber fuel vent line
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:46:53 -0400
  I had to cut the plastic line where it was attached to the broken nipple on TOP of one of my fuel expansion tanks...
• Re: Speedometer Disassembly Question
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Mon, 27 Nov 2006 13:23:49 -0500
  ...I've > removed the four screws holding the clear plastic > assembly to the black > plastic housing, and it seems like the only thing > holding...
• License plate plastic opener.
  Historical mailing list - Mark Watts
  Sun, 13 Feb 2000 11:07:24 EST
  Anyone have an extra plastic license plate opener? The PO did not grease the spring steel catch and consequently broke off the plastic pull...
• Re: Plastic sheet inside doors?
  Historical mailing list - raceingcajun
  Fri, 19 Jul 2013 10:35:07 -0500
  Marc, you can get a product called "Visaquine" (might want to check the spelling) at Home Depot,or any place that sells plastic sheeting...
• Re: Plastic Lens Buffing (Off Topic, but need advice on a Deawoo)
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 17 Dec 2003 08:35:32 EST
  ...Use with some kind of mechanical buffer if you don't want to work your arm off, but this stuff works great. >> Plastic buffing...
• Re: Fuel Line Vent Hose Clamps
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Sun, 28 Aug 2005 20:35:15 -0700
  > Why do they have 6" of 5mm rubber hose from the vent tank > that goes to this small 6" diameter plastic hose that then...
• Hard plastic fuel line between fuel pump and firewall connector
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sat, 18 Dec 2010 13:10:33 -0500
  ...Does anyone else have this hard plastic fuel line in his van? Was the hard plastic fuel line the original line? I plan on...
• Re: failing brown plastic parts in early vanagons was: Re: pick n pull
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 5 Apr 2008 17:56:53 -0700
  > I think, the chemical engineer, who designed the mix for the plastic, has > made it for early disintegration, as planned obsolescense. Nah, it's...
• Re: Heater flap foam replacement detail
  Historical mailing list - Bill M
  Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:29:03 -0500
  Yes David the plastic pieces do have barbs. I used EPMD foam from NAPA and from autozone. The stuff used between bed caps on...
• Re: OK, OK, new topic
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Tue, 8 Sep 2009 19:36:32 -0400
  ...Though I do have a little bit of worry about those plastic rails, since plastic has a tendency to get brittle with age. Allan...
• Re: Manual Window Regulator. Plastic Square; Most Common Failure Point?
  Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
  Wed, 9 Aug 2017 14:11:44 -0500
  ...The square plastic piece was one of the things broken on mine. There are some plastic guides too that were worn almost in half...
• Re: A fuel line check is always prudent...
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 15 Nov 2005 08:47:26 -0800
  > the plastic firewall connector I'd get rid of that (or at least keep a close eye on it). Replace it with an appropriate...
• Plastic parts making
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 1 Mar 2016 20:12:08 -0800
  A few years ago there was someone here that mentioned having plastic forming capabilities. (Was it John Rogers? I can’t remember.) If that...
• re. It's Alive! It's Alive!, power window plastic clip
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee
  Tue, 4 Jun 2002 13:43:49 -0600
  ...I used a small bolt to reattach the plastic cable guide, much stronger than the plastic insert pin. I bolted both the top and...
• Re: The lid is *NOT* Plastic!
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Mon, 19 Nov 2001 13:36:54 EST
  FRP or fiber reinforced plastic is what most people call fiberglass. I don't think the lids are made in this manner. If you...
• Re: Clutch Bleeding
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:57:29 -0700
  The white plastic lines became standard around 86, used on 2wd and Syncro. You can buy them new for the front but the rear...
• Re: <no subject>
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 4 Apr 2000 12:44:38 EDT
  ...bumper for '87 I was fortunate enough that the PO did me the glorious favor of removing all that extraneous, useless plastic junk. He...