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• Re: Part number for Westy mudflaf grommets
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Sun, 1 Jun 2008 18:17:11 -0400
  ...We had to customize it a bit, and the plastic grommets didn't match up either. Go Westy sells the plastic grommets for under...
• are grommets for USA mudflaps available?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Fri, 21 Jul 2000 19:25:40 EDT
  ...The grommets are similar to the rubber wire grommets you use when snaking wires through the body--but the mudflap grommet is sturdier. Turns...
• Part number for Westy mudflaf grommets
  Historical mailing list - Todd P. Last
  Sun, 1 Jun 2008 13:28:03 -0700
  Hello, I am trying to find out the part number for the little plastic grommets that the factory mudflap on the Westy goes into...
• rubber grommets and paypal
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Mon, 20 Aug 2001 11:13:17 -0700
  ...Do these grommets pull stright out and do the hoses simply slide through the grommets and you carefully push the new grommets in place...
• 1991 westy - van repaint messed up front windshield wiper grommets
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Gilleran
  Mon, 13 Feb 2023 21:22:37 +0000
  ...I was not paying attention and ripped the grommets on the front windshield wipers - essentially taking the top half off and the bottom half...
• Re: Jumping Grommets!
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 18 May 2000 18:29:33 +0200
  If the grommets just fell down, they should be lying in the engine compartment! The shaft is open in the bottom, unless your 84...
• gas overflow
  Historical mailing list - Deborah Walters
  Wed, 23 Oct 2002 19:09:01 -0400
  ...Can someone tell me what I am looking at (no pun intended)? Do the expansion tank hoses simply insert into the grommets, or over...
• They're baaaack - Fuel Tank crossover tubes
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Fri, 10 Mar 2006 18:09:42 -0800
  ...FYI - the tube did not come with the grommets, so if you order one, make sure you order the grommets as well. New crossover...
• Re: front mudflap installation tip
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Wed, 26 Jul 2000 13:42:48 EDT
  ...In the meantime if the dealer can find the mudflap on the micro fiche the grommets are shown there. The grommets work sort of...
• Help Installing German mudflaps from Bus Depot?
  Historical mailing list - Will Taygan
  Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:54:07 -0800
  ...I assume I drill into the rubber to install the pointed end of the stud? Then drill into the van to install the grommets...
• Jumping Grommets!
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Thu, 18 May 2000 07:39:28 -0500
  ...each grill has two fingers that go into holes into the body flange, and the holes have grommets to snug up the fingers... anyhow...
• Re: 1985 1.9 Hesitation at higher RPM (kind of long)
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Tue, 5 Jun 2012 21:27:56 -0600
  ...All new tank grommets, clamps, and hoses > 3. Had to by bass the Pass side expansion tank (because it was broken) - so > tank is...
• Re: Squeeking Noise Passenger Front
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 14 Dec 2000 09:31:31 EST
  Could be the Rubber Fuel tank grommets and pads are bad. My squeak turned out to be my fuel tank. The tank is supported...
• Westy Fresh water tank.... grommets
  Historical mailing list - Dominic Provini Jr.
  Wed, 8 Jul 2015 15:48:38 -0400
  Good afternoon, Does anyone happen to know what type of rubber grommets are used on the side of the fresh water westy tank for...
• Re: Westy Fresh water tank.... grommets
  Historical mailing list - Dominic Provini Jr.
  Wed, 8 Jul 2015 16:05:05 -0400
  ...grommets Good afternoon, Does anyone happen to know what type of rubber grommets are used on the side of the fresh water westy tank...
• Re: gas overflow
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 23 Oct 2002 17:14:57 -0700
  ...Vaseline helps reinstall the grommets. The vendors have the kits with all this except the sender unit and the breather tube. Trust me, order...
• Re: gas overflow - but at the fill opening, not the top of tank...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 24 Oct 2002 14:42:50 EDT
  ...Can someone tell me > what > I am looking at (no pun intended)? Do the expansion tank hoses simply > insert into the grommets, or over...
• Re: gas overflow
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Wed, 23 Oct 2002 16:34:57 -0700
  ...You have a large plastic tube with spiked endpieces that fit into rubber grommets on top of the tank. Those grommets can be split...
• Re: rear hatch emblem removal
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 7 Feb 2012 08:18:05 -0800
  The little plastic grommets that the stubs on the emblem sit into are almost a one use item. You might be able to get...
• Re: Dirty fuel lines?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 6 Sep 2005 11:58:35 -0700
  ...checked the grommets on top of the fuel overflow tanks located in each front wheel well? Some people have found the grommets completely rotted...
• Re: Westy Fresh water tank.... grommets
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 8 Jul 2015 16:30:49 -0500
  ...grommets > > Good afternoon, > > Does anyone happen to know what type of rubber grommets are used on the > side of the fresh water westy tank...
• Re: Fuel tank leak
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Sat, 3 Oct 1998 10:27:52 -0600
  ...just remember to put the grommets in the tank before you put the grommets on the Y's. i think i put some fuel...
• Fuel Tank flush
  Historical mailing list - paul gordon
  Mon, 8 Aug 2011 16:35:14 -0400
  ...When installing the power cable to a new battery #2 and 1315, I inadvertently knocked off one of the vent grommets on the top...
• Re: gas overflow
  Historical mailing list - zolo
  Wed, 23 Oct 2002 17:08:24 -0700
  ...Can someone tell >me what >I am looking at (no pun intended)? Do the expansion tank hoses >simply >insert into the grommets, or over...
• Re: Help Installing German mudflaps from Bus Depot?
  Historical mailing list - Will Taygan
  Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:04:33 -0800
  ...the van to install the grommets, but then how do I screw > the flat stud into the grommets? Do I twist the grommet itself...
• Shop experience gas tank
  Historical mailing list - bernie
  Sun, 3 Jul 2016 10:20:30 -0700
  ...He said "at the point that the grommets connect to the tank it's rusted". I said " you mean there is nothing for grommets...
• Re: replacing gas tank crossover tubes
  Historical mailing list - Boroko
  Fri, 22 Jun 2001 01:41:37 -0700
  ...I did lubricate the grommets and pipe to ease it in a bit. One thing to be careful with is not to push the...
• Re: Restoring Vanagon Emblems
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Mon, 20 Apr 2015 10:16:46 -0400
  ...The rear emblems, I think, use two grommets each to > attach. If I were ordering, I would go ahead and order the grommets. > The...
• Fuel expansion/overflow tank grommets
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 14 Mar 2005 10:27:21 -0800
  ...Sadly the grommets in the top of my fuel expansion tanks have totally deteriorated, one of them appears to have split in two several...
• Re: Can I Reach Fuel Level Sender?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 31 Aug 2005 20:27:17 -0700
  ...I put in the tank with the grommets already in and just coated all the plastic parts that go in the grommets with Teflon...
• Re: major fuel leak
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:11:40 -0800
  ...Clean the areas around the grommets before doing anything to them. Use vasoline on the grommets to make installing them easier. Use vasoline on...
• Re: fuel tank leak...
  Historical mailing list - John Hung
  Fri, 29 Aug 1997 09:53:30 -0500
  ...On top of these bulges are plastic T-fittings that press fit into rubber grommets - my grommets were bad, and one fitting was broken...
• Re: Water in fuel. (85 westy)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 29 Jan 2006 18:26:43 -0500
  ...You'll probably have to remove them to inspect them, their lines, and their grommets. Next ... where the fuel filler neck enters the tank...
• Fueling prob. Diagnosis help: resolution
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 11 Dec 2016 07:52:19 -0800
  ...the rubber grommets were about gone. I replaced my temp II sensor (in that blizzard in Tonapah) thinking that maybe matched my symptoms, it...
• Re: replacing gas tank crossover tubes
  Historical mailing list - Charles McGehee
  Thu, 21 Jun 2001 23:03:18 -0700
  ...I did >lubricate the grommets and pipe to ease it in a bit. One thing to be >careful with is not to push the...
• Leaky windshield washer fluid reservoir
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sun, 25 Apr 2021 14:16:28 -0500
  ...I don’t believe it’s holding any fluid so I suspect the entire tank is kaput not just grommets or hose. How hard...
• Re: Small gas leak
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 9 Jun 2010 20:00:34 -0700
  ...There is a complex of hoses and plastic fittings plus some grommets in the top of the tank going to two overflow bottles that...
• Re: removing brake fluid reservoir
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Wed, 13 May 1998 08:49:11 -0700
  ...So, since the new master cylinder had new rubber grommets in it, I carefully destroyed the grommets in the old one to get the...
• Re: Aux Battery Wiring safe? - NEW TOPIC (I think)
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Fri, 4 Jun 2004 20:55:27 -0600
  Absolutely put grommets in, delaying abrasion of the wire is a very good thing. tom On 4 Jun 2004 at 8:56, Antaki wrote...
• Re: New Gas Tank Install on '85
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Tue, 2 Sep 2008 17:47:30 -0400
  I always clean and lightly lubricate my fuel tank grommets, o-rings and lines/fittings with Dow Corning silicone grease. I pre-position the...
• Re: Fuel expansion/overflow tank grommets
  Historical mailing list - Michael Rule
  Mon, 14 Mar 2005 10:44:32 -0800
  ...mike --- audin@OKB-1.ORG wrote: > I just did the seal-replacement dance with my 85 westy's fuel > tank. > Sadly the grommets in...
• How long should fuel tank grommets last? (a little long)
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:33:41 -0500
  ...Mainly the breather grommets, filler neck seal and fuel tank sending unit O-ring. Other receipts are for vast a arrays of fuel lines...
• Re: Leaky windshield washer fluid reservoir
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 25 Apr 2021 17:46:25 -0400
  ...If you need a tank definitely also get the grommets. If I could figure it out by touch you will have no trouble. Inspect...
• Re: New filler tube in, grommets and gas line replaced, still smell gas....
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Sat, 26 May 2012 07:34:31 -0400
  ...the top, joining the plastic gizmo's that plug into the grommets in top of the tank. That cross-over vent/ evap line is...
• Re: Leaky Master Brake Cylinder
  Historical mailing list - gerry rafferty
  Sun, 9 Aug 1998 14:49:54 -0700
  When I had this problem,the cause were the grommets that the reservoir sits in. Drain reservoir,put lots of rags under master brake...
• speaking of parts failing too soon,
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 27 Feb 2012 13:27:45 -0600
  ...This winter I had to do the reseal again, the tank was leaking at two of the grommets and from all the hoses associated...
• Re: FUEL TANK
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 17 Nov 2022 10:35:06 -0500
  ...But it will not be easy and you have the chance of loosing the old grommets into the tank. And, as you know I...
• Re: Gas tank fittings
  Historical mailing list - Monk Bill
  Thu, 6 Aug 1998 22:14:04 EDT
  Ijust replaced all the grommets and the plastic tube that goes across the top of the tank(it has a white y connection at...
• Re: Gas tank fittings
  Historical mailing list - Vernon Craddock
  Fri, 7 Aug 1998 07:55:42 -0700
  ...Gas tank fittings Ijust replaced all the grommets and the plastic tube that goes across the top of the tank(it has a white...
• Re: fuel tank update
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:40:29 +0000
  Ken is right, about the plastic tank grommets - mine were toast! I did not bother pulling the sender though, but yes, you want to...
• Re: Shop experience gas tank
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 3 Jul 2016 13:52:45 -0400
  ...point that the grommets connect to the tank it's rusted". > I said " you mean there is nothing for grommets to hold to". > He...
• Gas Vapors
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Sun, 22 May 2011 18:06:19 -0400
  ...He used some special RTV silicone on all the rubber grommets before installing it. Now it's a year later and the smell of...
• New filler tube in, grommets and gas line replaced, still smell gas....
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Wed, 23 May 2012 20:09:57 -0400
  So I took the tank out again and replaced the grommets and gas lines. I found a bad leak in one of the larger...
• F.S. '84 fuel tank
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Fri, 26 Nov 1999 12:15:30 -0500
  For sale: Fuel tank from 1984 Vanagon. Grommets are good. Needs all hoses and tubes. Best offer, plus shipping. Woody
• Gas tank fun
  Historical mailing list - Rick Koller
  Mon, 12 Feb 2001 14:37:46 -0500
  ...I put the new tank grommets in the top of the tank first before raising it. I scraped up my arms pretty good reaching...
• Re: Fuel Pump Noise
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 31 Mar 2006 09:36:11 -0500
  ...The grommets on the recovery tanks in each wheelwell can be bad, the grommets on the top of the tank can be bad, or...
• Re: FUEL TANK
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 17 Nov 2022 10:10:24 -0600
  ...But it will not > be easy and you have the chance of loosing the old grommets into the tank. > And, as you know I...
• Re: Spillage when filling the gas
  Historical mailing list - Peter Small
  Wed, 13 Jun 2001 17:00:35 -0700
  ...Where is the vent located? Can you tell me which grommets and what cross member? I'm not that familiar with how the gas...
• Re: Leaky gas tank fix?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sat, 15 Jun 2002 00:54:18 EDT
  JJ, Search the archives under "leaky gas tank" and you shall be rewarded. Rubber grommets, hoses, etc. those are the culprits. BenT
• Re: Replacing expansion tank hoses
  Historical mailing list - Ron Komoroski
  Tue, 7 Sep 2004 14:11:47 -0400
  ...While there replace ALL the rats nest of hoses AND the grommets that fit into the top of the tank. In my case one...