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• Re: CCC's directions repost
  Historical mailing list - Michael Perry
  Mon, 16 Sep 1996 19:43:40 -0700
  filler line to keep it from bouncing. filler line to keep it from bouncing. filler line to keep it from bouncing. filler line to...
• Updated fuel filler neck w/ float ball (to prevent fuel backwash out filler neck
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 Dec 2003 14:29:29 EST
  a few folks asked me the part # for the '88-'91 vanagon fuel filler neck w/ the float ball. this is a updated filler...
• Re: Body filler onto primer/rust treatment paint?
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 11 May 2007 15:14:33 -0700
  Yes that does help! I'm glad I used the fiberglass filler as it was applied to bare metal and had to bond to...
• Re: Body filler onto primer/rust treatment paint?
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Fri, 11 May 2007 13:26:57 -0400
  pros will tell you to use plastic body filler only on properly prepped bare metal. now, with that said, it doesn't mean that...
• 2WD Fuel Filler neck parts / Saddle Tank install tips
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Mon, 21 Jun 2004 22:57:47 -0400
  ...Bus Depot lists several fuel filler grommets do I need a "Grommet To Body" 251201117C and a "Fuel Filler Grommet" 251201139 to attach the...
• Re: Westy Water Filler Solution!
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Sun, 1 Oct 2000 23:51:08 EDT
  FWIW I recently replaced the filler on my 83.5 from the keyed plug filler with this newer style "chute" style water tank filler...
• Fuel filler pipe(s) info needed
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Tue, 17 Feb 2015 07:08:11 -0800
  Hello all, I'm ordering dual filler ports for use on auxiliary tanks in 2wd. Reason being the SA stainless steel tanks use the...
• Re: Updated fuel filler neck w/ float ball (to prevent fuel backwash out filler neck)
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 5 Dec 2003 14:47:48 -0500
  > a few folks asked me the part # for the '88-'91 vanagon fuel > filler neck w/ the float ball. this is a updated filler...
• GAS PUKING OUT FILLER NECK - FINALLY SOLVED!!!!!...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 Oct 2003 17:39:47 EDT
  after replacing just about every piece of my gas tank/fuel line system, and still having gas puke out the filler hole and all...
• Tips and Tricks - Oil Filler NecK Extension Extension.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 10 Sep 2005 21:33:29 -0500
  ...So, how to deal with this? First remove the filler cap. Next, pull the filler neck extension out to it's full length. Then...
• Re: Neat Stuff MVC (Mucho Vanagon Content)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 21 Mar 2005 23:02:29 +1200
  ...Some >modifications have to be made to the filler tube to fit the hole system. > >It Replaces the entire filler opening. > >Prices are: >Filler...
• Re: Fuel filler tube grommet
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 27 Aug 2013 09:47:17 -0600
  I also did that job, a few months ago on my 90Westy2wd without needing to remove the FillerNeck ORR ~ DeanB On 26 Aug , 2013...
• Re: Fuel filler tube grommet
  Historical mailing list - Ed Duntz
  Mon, 26 Aug 2013 23:06:05 -0400
  I just today removed the passenger side expansion tank of my parts van and it was not necessary to remove the fuel tank filler...
• does your van spew gas all over the side from the filler neck when u fill up?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 9 Sep 2006 04:13:22 EDT
  when you top off your gas tank at the gas pump, does your '80-'87 vanagon spew gas all out the filler neck and...
• Tranny filler plug- improved replacement
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 21 Apr 2005 19:47:47 -0700
  The stock filler plug on all Vanagon manual trannys is a sometimes PITA 17mm allen head. I have found a replacement filler plug that...
• Re: Updated fuel filler neck w/ float ball (to prevent fuel backwash out fill...
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 Dec 2003 21:26:17 EST
  ...and a 80 and a 83 vanagon w/ the metal filler neck.. and another 80 with the '88-91 filler neck (someone replaced it...
• gas filler neck leak
  Historical mailing list - David Robertson
  Tue, 24 Sep 2002 20:52:17 -0400
  ...Tank has the original larger sized filler hole (70mm or whatever) that matches the original filler neck parts. Filler neck and all associated parts...
• Fuel filler refresh - what paint to use?
  Historical mailing list - Markus Benne
  Sun, 5 Nov 2023 19:48:14 +0000
  On my 1990, the fuel filler is starting to rust on the wheel well side. This filler, has the filler metal (with the flap...
• Trans. Oil filler plug?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:07:36 -0700
  I must be blind, but I can't see the filler plug in my 5sp manual 2wd trans. The Bently is no great help...
• Re: Fuel filler tube grommet
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Mon, 26 Aug 2013 21:06:10 -0700
  I have re-used filler neck grommets and they've been fine. It's really good neoprene , seems to me. get the tank down...
• Anybody have a steel fuel filler pipe for sale?
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:47:19 -0700
  Hi Gang, As the title says, I'm looking for one of the older metal filler pipes instead on the newer plastic pipes. Can...
• Re: Gas Filler Line in your Fill Tube while driving
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sun, 28 Dec 2008 11:12:38 -0500
  ...Also, did you know that the nozzle MUST remain grounded to the filler neck of whatever container you're filling during the entire fill...
• Body filler onto primer/rust treatment paint?
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 11 May 2007 09:36:53 -0700
  ...Repaired cracked body filler/surface rust on slider door and seam rust work on PS rear fender area. Even pounded out dents at fender...
• Re: Rubber elbow connecting filler neck and gas tank
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 4 Jul 1996 14:26:30 -0400
  ...The '79 had the filler perpendicular to >and flush with the body, the '73 has the filler behind a door and vertical. >I don...
• 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: WTB: Propane Filler Assembly (This ever happen to you?)
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Fri, 12 Mar 2004 22:27:09 -0500
  > Anyone want to sell me the filling assembly off of their > old rusted propane tank? (Mine's an '87) My filler > has sprung a...
• Re: fuel tank filler tube removal
  Historical mailing list - Pete
  Tue, 26 Jun 2001 09:45:44 -0700
  ...Behind the sheet metal is the filler tube and a small plastic overflow tube. Remove this small tube from filler tube and then with...
• Re: For the Vanagon Newbies - Oil Filler Neck Secret
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:43:06 -0500
  "John Rodgers" <inua@CHARTER.NET> said: > The secret - the oil filler neck has an extension telescoped down inside > the filler tube. Just grasp the...
• westy stove burner grate fillers
  Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
  Fri, 11 Aug 2023 20:43:07 -0500
  ...Are those Stainless fillers made way back when still available? The ones that are the VW logo. OR, has someone got their own design...
• Fuel tank filler neck seal.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Mon, 5 Oct 2015 12:13:34 -0400
  ...I have the fuel tank reseal kit but do not have a new tank filler neck seal. Is the filler neck seal reusable? Will...
• Re: Vanagon Oil Filler
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Nov 1996 23:26:18 -0500
  I just take off the plastic oil filler cap and wedge it between the body and the door when it is fully open. It...
• Re: Gas tank filler seal numbers
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 9 Oct 2006 10:46:48 -0700
  ...It was used with Filler Pipe 251 201 165. Fiche I have indicates it was also used on Filler 251 201 121 D (83...
• Fuel filler tube grommet
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Mon, 26 Aug 2013 22:49:19 -0400
  ...It appears to be necessary to remove the fuel tank filler tube to gain access to the right side expansion tank. Question is, if...
• Re: Any last words before siliconing the filler parts?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 17 May 2012 09:49:26 -0400
  ...You would have to either change your tank since that filler neck is much smaller (50mm vs 70mm) or find someone selling the filler...
• Re: What parts needed for gas filler tube install
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 21 May 2012 11:02:22 -0700
  ...http://www.airheadparts.com/vintage-vw-parts/vanagon-fuel-filler-assembly/gas-filler-neck-shield-50mm-251201117 vagcat appears to show the same styles...
• Re: Fuel filler tube issues
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 14 Aug 2015 20:56:45 +0000
  Hi Nick, no , the anti-spill check ball can't be installed on pre-1988 filler tubes.Robert1982 Westfalia From: Nick Feickert <thesuperflydisco@GMAIL...
• Gas tank filler seal numbers
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 9 Oct 2006 10:24:33 -0700
  ...The "B" version was a special part to allow a mix of new filler neck pipe with old fuel tank after the old filler...
• Re: Any last words before siliconing the filler parts?
  Historical mailing list - Gregg Carlen
  Thu, 17 May 2012 10:19:52 -0400
  ...You would have to either change your tank since that filler neck > is much smaller (50mm vs 70mm) or find someone selling the filler...
• Dual Filler for 2WD Vanagons w/ auxiliary tanks
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Wed, 18 Feb 2015 03:44:29 -0800
  ...It takes the place of the original 2wd filler. There are two (2) holes inside the main filler. You fill each tank by simply...
• Re: Gas Tank Groms
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 1 Sep 2006 17:08:49 -0700
  ...251201139 Grommet - Filler Pipe to Tank 70x57.5, 1980 ONLY Vanagon with Original Filler Pipe and Tank 251201139A Grommet - Filler Pipe to Tank 50x37...
• For the Vanagon Newbies - Oil Filler Neck Secret
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:31:59 -0600
  ...The secret - the oil filler neck has an extension telescoped down inside the filler tube. Just grasp the edge of the filler tube between...
• Re: do NOT use BONDO to fix RUST...wasRe:Body filler on primer/rust treatment paint?
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sun, 13 May 2007 10:36:06 -0700
  ...I sanded to metal and of course applied fiberglass filler AFTER that. The original work had failed in that the filler had cracked quite...
• Re: Can I Reach Fuel Level Sender?
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Thu, 1 Sep 2005 09:35:07 -0700
  > 1a) did you put the gromets & filler gasket on the tank first then slide > the > vent lines in > what did you coat the filler...
• Re: Water filler lock and key for an '84
  Historical mailing list - Jose R. Moscoso
  Thu, 9 Mar 2000 12:29:08 -0800
  ...I just unscrew the filler set from the van's wall, disconnect the flexible hose, unscrew the nut retaining the lockbar, took the filler...
• gas spilling out filler hole when topping off tank
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 26 Jul 2003 17:26:15 EDT
  anybody have a idea as to why gas is spilling out the filler hole when i top off the tank? does this every time...
• does gas spill out your vanagon's fuel filler neck? i have the fix
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Oct 2016 14:04:29 -0400
  i have a later style vanagon fuel filler neck for 2wd vans. it has the float ball. so gas will not spew out the...
• Re: Gas Tank Alignment Questions. PIC
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:00:17 -0800
  ...FWIW though, the filler elbow appears to be the same part for all years from Bus-Boys website: "251-201-119D Gas Filler Elbow...
• Re: Trans. Oil filler plug?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:25:54 -0700
  ...Oil filler plug? I must be blind, but I can't see the filler plug in my 5sp manual 2wd trans. The Bently is...
• Re: Fuel Filler Tube Question about BD part
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 21 May 2012 03:43:57 -0400
  ...this is a feature of current new filler necks ? original ones don't seem to have anything like that. all 88-'91 2wd gas...
• Re: fuel overflow
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 23 Mar 1997 13:54:08 -0500 (EST)
  ...The gas seeps through the cloth covered fuel line(which sits just above the filler tube) and drips down onto the filler pipe, it...
• Re: do NOT use BONDO to fix RUST...wasRe:Body filler on primer/rust treatment paint?
  Historical mailing list - vt
  Sun, 13 May 2007 14:38:01 -0500
  ...I sanded to > metal and of course applied fiberglass filler AFTER that. > > The original work had failed in that the filler had cracked quite...
• Re: Vanagon choking when feeding gas
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Jul 94 18:21:29 PDT
  ...It has been through smog checks without any question on its fuel fileer cap and filler tube (all visible). Its filler tube's diameter...
• Rubber hose on fuel filler neck
  Historical mailing list - Dave Yates
  Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:27:05 +1000
  Is the hose near the top of the Vanagon fuel tank filler neck (the rubber part that connects it to the filler-cap receptacle...
• Re: Gas Tank Fitment; Subframe Crooked?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 28 Dec 2010 18:56:00 -0800
  ...Got the old metal style filler pipe. You and Mark Drillock suggested the plastic filler neck, but I want to get this job done...
• Aluminum 82' DV Oil Filler Tube - 1 Left!
  Historical mailing list - William D. Pool
  Sat, 11 Jun 2016 21:53:02 -0700
  ...for oil-filler tube) > N01224110 x 2 spring washer (for oil-filler tube) > N 01152513 x 2 washer (for oil-filler tube) N 90090501...
• Fuel Filler neck 91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Shannon Mitchell
  Tue, 15 Apr 2003 10:16:01 -0400
  ...I went to a junk yard and found the part, but also realized that this part is pressed on to the Fuel Filler Neck...
• Replace oil filler neck - EH?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:34:32 -0400
  So I need to replace the oil filler neck as my donor engine, out of a Syncro, has the tall filler. Question - what's...
• filer tank key
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Mon, 6 Nov 2000 21:30:09 -0600
  The only way I know of to get the filler apart without the key is to remove the filler from the body of the...
• Re: Oil Filler Mods/Question on a 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:55:48 -0500
  Max, Are you saying you removed the oil filler tube and no oil came out? Hmmm. The last time I had a block apart...
• Re: fuel overflow
  Historical mailing list - Ron Pascal
  Sun, 23 Mar 1997 09:29:30 -0800
  Happens to me too ('88 Westy w/ key locked filler cap). Every time I filler-up there's gas on the ground and sometimes...