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  • Coolant "T"-Piece
    Historical mailing list - Eric Unrau
    Thu, 9 Jan 2003 11:19:51 -0800
    How difficult is it to remove and replace the coolant "T"-Piece? Mine appears to be leaking. Any tips, insight pointers??? Thx, ~Eric~ '89...
  • Re: Coolant "T"-Piece
    Historical mailing list - Eric Unrau
    Thu, 9 Jan 2003 11:46:51 -0800
    ...Coolant "T"-Piece > > How difficult is it to remove and replace the coolant "T"-Piece? Mine > appears to be leaking. Any tips, insight pointers...
  • 84 wet rear carpet (leaking rear heater): vw tech bulletin
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Mon, 04 Apr 94 22:18:09 CDT
    ...An imporved, white plastic T-piece with slightly larger diameter is available to correct this condition: * Replace metal T-piece with white plastic version...
  • fixing rear heater
    Historical mailing list - Dart 330
    Mon, 5 Nov 2001 13:10:45 -0600
    ...I have ordered a new bleeder screw and washer and the new T-piece for the feed hose. They say to use the new...
  • Double T Piece... argghhhh.
    Historical mailing list - Aaron Reams
    Thu, 15 Aug 2002 15:33:54 -0700
    Hi Volks, I'm looking for a double T piece or alternate solution (the plastic piece that connects to the 2 coolant hoses that...
  • Re: Coolant "T"-Piece
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
    Thu, 9 Jan 2003 14:57:23 EST
    ...Any tips, insight pointers??? >> If you're speaking of the T piece that splits the line to run a hose to your rear heater...
  • Heater T pieces are ageing to fail
    Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
    Fri, 11 May 2012 00:29:50 -0700
    I have seen a few of those plastic T pieces fail and leave the owners on the road to get towed and into expenses...
  • Re: Devising a replacement for the double t piece (cooling system)?
    Historical mailing list - jbclem1
    Thu, 9 Sep 2004 15:35:22 -0700
    ...Devising a replacement for the double t piece (cooling system)? > right on the front page. > > http://volkscafe.com/ > > jonathan
  • Re: rear heater leaking coolant?
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Tue, 5 Jan 1999 13:05:37 CST
    ...An imporved, white plastic T-piece with slightly larger diameter is available to correct this condition: * Replace metal T-piece with white plastic version...
  • Re: Rear Heater core leaking (help)!
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Mon, 29 Sep 1997 08:14:53 CDT
    ...An imporved, white plastic T-piece with slightly larger diameter is available to correct this condition: * Replace metal T-piece with white plastic version...
  • Re: Devising a replacement for the double t piece (cooling system)?
    Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
    Thu, 9 Sep 2004 18:14:38 -0400
    right on the front page. http://volkscafe.com/ jonathan
  • Re: Coolant "T"-Piece
    Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
    Thu, 9 Jan 2003 13:16:22 -0700
    ...Coolant "T"-Piece > How difficult is it to remove and replace the coolant "T"-Piece? Mine > appears to be leaking. Any tips, insight pointers...
  • Germans have Double T piece
    Historical mailing list - Javier Zavala
    Thu, 4 Oct 2001 23:05:02 -0500
    Hi volks: Some months ago I purchased this part thru a German friend who asked for it at a dealer there. Javier
  • Re: heater hose
    Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
    Wed, 28 Oct 1998 22:49:00 +0000
    ...The larger end is on the cylinder head, of course, so your adapter would have to go on the T-piece side. Not wise...
  • 84 GL rear passenger auxiliary heater
    Historical mailing list - Lionel Tun
    Sun, 22 Dec 1996 21:13:32 -0000
    ...The tech bulletins mentioned another cause as being the T-piece from the feeder hose to the main hose, but I cannot see how...
  • Coolent Leaks
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 10 Oct 94 18:15:51 EDT
    Gerry, I had leaks from the coolent reservoir inside the engine compartment (they crack and leak with age) and also from the coolent "T...
  • Double T-fitting for 1.9 cooling system
    Historical mailing list - Dieter Thiessen
    Wed, 15 Jan 2003 17:24:36 EST
    Need part # 025 121 438 double T piece fits between coolant resorvoir and hose that goes to head. VWOA and BUSDEPOT say this part...
  • Re: Coolant "T"-Piece
    Historical mailing list - George Goff
    Thu, 9 Jan 2003 18:45:43 EST
    In a message dated 1/9/03 2:20:43 PM, eunrau@YAHOO.CA writes: << Any tips, insight pointers??? >> Eric, Beg, borrow, steal or...
  • double t piece/ fuse box cover 85'
    Historical mailing list - Tracy Bonin
    Fri, 27 Dec 2002 06:20:37 -0800
    ...The double T piece, located by the coolant tank. Part number from bus depot is 025 121 438. Part # 2 is a fuse box...
  • technical bulletins for vanagons, campers, syncros
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Tue, 05 Apr 94 22:33:51 CDT
    ...An imporved, white plastic T-piece with slightly larger diameter is available to correct this condition: * Replace metal T-piece with white plastic version...
  • Heater cable connects to valve... how?
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 04 Oct 1995 07:12:12 -0500
    ...I have a coolant leak in the plastic "T" piece next to the overflow tank in the engine compartment so I wanted to order...
  • Little door thingys
    Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
    Tue, 20 Jun 2017 19:18:43 -0400
    ...While removing the old gasket, I lost most of the little plastic T pieces that hold the forward part of the gasket. Does anyone...
  • VDO Part # needed
    Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
    Wed, 10 Sep 1997 13:18:10 -0000
    Does anyone have the part # for the T-piece which lets me keep my oil pressure idiot light and install a oil pressure gauge...
  • Re: Which carbs.?
    Historical mailing list - Ian Hallett
    Tue, 12 Dec 1995 09:45:26 +1100 (EST)
    ...I had to get a T piece made up to connect the brake vacuum hose. I installed the T piece in the reinforced vinyl...
  • Auxiliary heater
    Historical mailing list - Lionel Tun
    Sat, 4 Jan 1997 02:44:28 -0000
    ...How can you tell if the T-piece that is mentioned needs replacing? Lionel Tun 84 GL, 183k miles lionel@ark.prestel.co.uk
  • Cooling system hoses at NAPA?
    Historical mailing list - Steve Blackham
    Fri, 10 Aug 2001 17:49:34 -0600
    ...Anyone have any more info or possibly part #s My thermostat housing to T piece went today. Thanks -- Steve Blackham Centerville, Utah 77 transporter...
  • Re: Double T Piece... argghhhh.
    Historical mailing list - Tony Thompson
    Sat, 17 Aug 2002 09:47:12 -0400
    I did have reasonable success at gluing mine together with heat curing ABS cement. You need to open up the crack to a groove...
  • Re: Coolant leak in the far rear
    Historical mailing list - Tracy Bonin
    Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:12:06 -0800
    ...Watched it on day while running and found that the 2 hoses connected to the coolant tank by the T piece. The T piece...
  • Plastic Coolant tower, NLA?
    Historical mailing list - John Meeks
    Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:25:16 -0400
    ...He also makes stainless T pieces for the rear heater hoses. http://www.rockymountainwesty.com/VanagonWaterboxerParts.htm. John Meeks '91 Multivan Northern Michigan Vanagon...
  • Re: Double T-fitting for 1.9 cooling system
    Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
    Tue, 21 Jan 2003 20:44:50 +0100
    ...Fish Salzburg, Austria 1987 Wolfsburg Vanagon 2.1 GL Weekender 1987 Golf Cabriolet 1991 Golf > > Need part # 025 121 438 double T piece fits...
  • Re: heater hoses?
    Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
    Tue, 9 Jun 1998 08:39:38 -0700
    ...The stuff from the engine to the T-piece is pre-formed, and in metric (I forgot the specs; I just bought the hoses...
  • Heater "T" pipe...
    Historical mailing list - zolo
    Fri, 30 Jul 2004 08:22:22 -0700
    ...The question is, where do I get those T pieces that are residing next to the starter in my '85 Westy. Being made of...
  • Re: Coolant "T"-Piece
    Historical mailing list - Eric Unrau
    Thu, 9 Jan 2003 16:49:34 -0800
    ...Coolant "T"-Piece > > In a message dated 1/9/03 2:20:43 PM, eunrau@YAHOO.CA writes: > > << Any tips, insight pointers??? >> > > Eric, > > Beg...
  • Devising a replacement for the double t piece (cooling system)?
    Historical mailing list - jbclem1
    Thu, 9 Sep 2004 14:57:31 -0700
    ...It's called the double t piece (025 121 438) and is no longer available from the dealer. A few months ago mine cracked...
  • Fuel Tank Grommets/Plastic Pieces
    Historical mailing list - Randy Nunes
    Tue, 14 Aug 2007 07:59:46 -0700
    ...The cross over plastic T piececonnector , a plastic piece which secures the line from the overflow to the gas tank were broken, the lines...
  • Re: Germans have Double T piece
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 5 Oct 2001 10:06:46 EDT
    <<Hi volks: Some months ago I purchased this part thru a German friend who asked for it at a dealer there. Javier>> Um, I...
  • Re: Installing chrome molding strips...tool?
    Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
    Mon, 15 Aug 2005 20:51:33 -0500
    ...The end has a T piece. One side has a larger looped hole and the other has a smaller one. There is a slight...
  • Re: Coolant Preference
    Historical mailing list - David Devere
    Thu, 13 Mar 2003 11:30:20 -0600
    ...At $20 I couldn't afford all the coolant problems I've had like the broken t-piece and ruptured oil cooler seal not...
  • Re: Restrictor on Auxillary Heater
    Historical mailing list - Kevin Dawson
    Thu, 22 Feb 2001 21:16:28 EST
    ...However, on page 19.10 it is noted that on the 1983-1985 vans, the metal T-piece (that feeds the rear heater) should...
  • Re: 80 Westy Engine Fire - Mystery Solved
    Historical mailing list - Bill N
    Sat, 10 May 2003 09:00:39 -0700
    ...The rod went > through the top of the case and severed the fuel line at the "T" piece. And > voila!! Engine Flambe!
  • Re: cogito ergo nomics
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 24 Aug 1994 14:10:32 -0400 (EDT)
    ...A Halda Twinmaster complete with all the drive cables and the "T" piece, a Heuer dash mounted 8-day clock and a Heuer dash...
  • Re: Vanagon burned to the ground ( long reply)
    Historical mailing list - Georgios A. Stylianides, PhD
    Tue, 3 Aug 2004 09:06:21 -0400
    ...As you face the engine, there is a plastic T piece on the upper front engine wall (right above the starter and behind the...
  • Re: Fuel Tank Grommets/Plastic Pieces
    Historical mailing list - Peter R. Guerzenich Small
    Tue, 14 Aug 2007 10:30:56 -0600
    ...The cross over plastic T > piececonnector , a plastic piece which secures the line from the > overflow to the gas tank were broken, the lines...
  • Re: Plastic Coolant tower, NLA?
    Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
    Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:29:58 -0400
    ...He also makes > stainless T pieces for the rear heater hoses. > > http://www.rockymountainwesty.com/VanagonWaterboxerParts.htm. > > John Meeks > '91 Multivan > Northern Michigan > > Vanagon...
  • Re: Germans have Double T piece
    Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
    Fri, 5 Oct 2001 12:08:24 -0400
    > Some months ago I purchased this part thru a German friend who asked for it > at a dealer there. > Um, I purchased this part...
  • reinstalling gas tank
    Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
    Sat, 3 Feb 2007 17:24:19 -0800
    ...filler tube, I cannot push in as it is not a t piece and therefore harder to push in at this angle (harder to...
  • Re: Double T-fitting for 1.9 cooling system
    Historical mailing list - milpo_buff
    Wed, 22 Jan 2003 08:24:23 -0500
    ...Fish Salzburg, Austria 1987 Wolfsburg Vanagon 2.1 GL Weekender 1987 Golf Cabriolet 1991 Golf > > Need part # 025 121 438 double T piece fits...
  • Overheating (still) Help!
    Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
    Tue, 21 May 2002 19:15:50 +0000
    Ok, So the old brick overheated on me the other day and blew a "t-piece"(that's the real name of a plastic...
  • Re: Little door thingys
    Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
    Wed, 21 Jun 2017 05:03:53 -0400
    ...While removing the old gasket, I lost most of the little plastic T pieces that hold the forward part of the gasket. Does anyone...
  • Re: VDO Part # needed
    Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
    Wed, 10 Sep 1997 15:08:50 EDT
    ...oshaug@INFINET.COM> writes: > Does anyone have the part # for the T-piece which lets me keep my >oil pressure idiot light and install...
  • Re: oil press. sender relocation
    Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
    Sun, 8 Jul 2012 09:45:23 -0400
    ...http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OIL-PRESSURE-GAUGE-REMOTE-T-PIECE-KIT-3xM10-1-FITS-VW-SEAT-SKODA-AUDI-/140737260515?pt=UK_CarsParts...
  • Re: Vanagon burned to the ground ( long reply)
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Tue, 3 Aug 2004 11:47:33 -0500
    ...The > plastic T piece was not broken. The hose was pretty bad. I replaced the > hose with high pressure fuel injection hose (from PepBoys...
  • Ground strap from out of nowhere
    Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
    Tue, 11 Nov 1997 12:16:36 -0800
    ...After I replaced the hose from the right side cylinder head to the T-piece near the rear heater after it blew (a daunting...
  • Re: Fuel Tank Grommets/Plastic Pieces
    Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
    Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:56:54 -0400
    ...The cross over plastic T >> piececonnector , a plastic piece which secures the line from the >> overflow to the gas tank were broken, the lines...
  • Re: Engine Compartment Fires but Erovan This Time
    Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
    Tue, 25 Dec 2007 06:58:33 -0500
    ...On the 93, one of the fuel line "T" pieces had shrunk over 7 years and began to leak (over the distributor). VW claimed...
  • Another fuel line question
    Historical mailing list - Bob Mund
    Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:42:31 -0600
    ...either ends are hoses that lead to 1) Pressure regulator 2) T-piece. Those of you playing at home you can reference page 24...
  • Re: name of strange plastic fittings feeding coolant pipes to radiiator
    Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
    Sun, 15 Aug 2004 07:12:29 EDT
    ...Items Forsale_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/sales.htm) webpage > Coolant T piece, plastic junction, 2.1, 251 121 438B - $61.00 This part...
  • Re: Wheel Bearings
    Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
    Mon, 31 Oct 1994 18:51:11 -0600 (CST)
    ...like the little T-pieces in the heating system. so i guess it's ok for long life. i'll bet they are NOT...
  • Re: Heater "T" pipe...
    Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
    Fri, 30 Jul 2004 09:29:03 -0700
    ...The question is, where do I get those T pieces that are residing next to the starter in my '85 Westy. Being made of...
  • changed coolant and rear heater core
    Historical mailing list - Dart 330
    Sat, 22 Dec 2001 19:54:15 -0600
    ...Then I put in the 5/8 inch T piece (from the prestone flush kit $4) up front above the spare wheel where the...