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Coolant Pipe Locations Metal vs. Plastic. Retrofitting diesel coolant hoses.
Historical mailing list - Will Taygan
Sat, 11 Dec 2010 22:33:50 -0900
(Cross posting for gas and diesel Vanagon-types.) I'm retrofitting '82 diesel Westy #2 (with metal coolant pipes) with '84 + Euro-style (1...
Re: 85 exhaust source needed
Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
Fri, 5 Jul 1996 11:17:55 PDT
...About 1/3 the way, the pipe that goes from the collector to the > cat broke off the collector. (This is the pipe with...
HELP LEAKING EXHAUST (DANSK)
Historical mailing list
Wed, 9 Oct 1996 09:35:10 -0700
I have just installed new Dansk pipes on my 84. The two pipes I replaced are the pipe from the rear (cyl 2&4...
Re: 1985 Steel Coolant Pipes and "Air Cooled" 1981 Gas Tank
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 3 Jan 2011 17:39:26 -0800
re Is it possible the early style tank is not meant to be used with the > WBX pipes. Or, were the long pipes on...
Re: Did I receive the correct stainless steel coolant pipes?
Historical mailing list - Kevin Duvernay
Sat, 10 Jan 2015 12:22:13 -0600
...The instructions say I should have two pipes with yellow stickers, those are the rear pipes. Instead I have one yellow and one red...
Re: Coolant pipes replacement
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Mon, 26 Jun 2006 18:23:18 -0700
...The pipes are made from seamed tubing. The seam runs the full length of each pipe. The seam is where the worst corrosion occurs...
Re: 1985 Steel Coolant Pipes and "Air Cooled" 1981 Gas Tank
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 3 Jan 2011 17:54:05 -0800
...http://tinyurl.com/2e3ev52 >>> >>> With P-side coolant pipe UN-clamped, tank loosely in place, pushing up >>> on tank moves pipe up. Pipe clamped...
Report: Stainless Coolant Pipes
Historical mailing list - John Meeks
Mon, 7 Aug 2006 13:58:39 -0400
...As promised in the recent Coolant Pipe replacement thread, here is a report on the Bus Depot stainless replacement pipes. I ordered these 2...
(Robot) Your digest for Newsbot Query Vanagon_Mentioned
Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
Thu, 2 Feb 1995 09:47:32 -0500
>----- Forwarded message (The-Newsbot@pipeline.com) -----< >From derekdre@pipeline.com Thu Feb 2 09:40 EST 1995 >Received: from pipe1.pipeline.com (pipe1 [198...
Did I receive the correct stainless steel coolant pipes?
Historical mailing list - Kevin Duvernay
Sat, 10 Jan 2015 11:50:24 -0600
Hey guys, I just got my SS pipes from RMW in the mail this week. Im nervous I may have gotten the wrong pipes...
Re: Did I receive the correct stainless steel coolant pipes?
Historical mailing list - Kevin Duvernay
Sat, 10 Jan 2015 12:23:34 -0600
...The instructions say I should have two pipes > with yellow stickers, those are the rear pipes. Instead I have one yellow > and one red...
Headups.. 83-85 coolant metal H pipe install
Historical mailing list - TC
Sat, 30 Dec 2006 09:37:36 -0800
Just a heads up for you guys with 83-85 & that stuoooopid plastic H pipe off the reservoir Of couse I have a winter...
Re: 1985 Steel Coolant Pipes and "Air Cooled" 1981 Gas Tank
Historical mailing list - craig cowan
Mon, 3 Jan 2011 19:20:24 -0500
Diesel pipes are different. Diameter? I don't remember. But they are different than WBX pipes. -Craig On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 6...
I need Coolant pipes 85 1.9
Historical mailing list - steven brendemuehl
Tue, 16 Dec 2003 07:47:58 -0500
I need the coolant pipes from the pump to the heads. I am talking about those metal pipes. My 1.9 has some po...
HELP!!! Changing coolant pipes under a diesel westy...
Historical mailing list - Sylvain B
Mon, 30 Oct 2000 17:34:50 EST
I am presently changing the two coolant pipes under my diesel westy. I will also change other metal pipes near rthe engine and radiator...
Re: #1 and #3 exhaust pipes - question answered
Historical mailing list - Steve Macaulay
Mon, 23 Aug 1999 11:19:23 -0700
Thanks to Eric's explanation and Ron's exhaust pipe diagram http://www.busdepot.com/exhaust8.htm ), I now know that what I had...
Re: Did I receive the correct stainless steel coolant pipes?
Historical mailing list - Kevin Duvernay
Mon, 12 Jan 2015 13:45:02 -0600
Turns out I did receive some kind of weird mix of 2WD and syncro pipes. Joe at RMW is taking care of it however...
85 exhaust source needed
Historical mailing list
Fri, 5 Jul 1996 00:08:02 -0400
...About 1/3 the way, the pipe that goes from the collector to the cat broke off the collector. (This is the pipe with...
Re: #1 and #3 exhaust pipes
Historical mailing list - gerry rafferty
Mon, 23 Aug 1999 08:07:06 -0700
See Bentley 26.7 (or 13.32) The Exhaust pipe, front connects to #1 and #3 cylinder heads (as you can see it's...
Re: Radiator pipe upgrade
Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
Tue, 20 Jul 2004 22:51:27 -0400
...the plastic pipes have a larger diameter than the steel pipes. installing them would require enlarging the pipe holes in the van body. the...
Re: front to rearcoolant pipes-starting to rust more than a bit!
Historical mailing list
Fri, 5 Aug 94 8:11:58 EDT
> any chance you guys could use the later pipes? my 88 doesn't have any metal > pipes at all ... great big mother plastic pipes...
2.1 L Oil Cooler Seal Replacement
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Fri, 6 Feb 2015 16:05:13 -0600
...Slid the internal pipe wrench inside to loosen it - and the end of the pipe wrench inside the pipe sheared off, leaving no way...
Re: I need Coolant pipes 85 1.9
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
Tue, 16 Dec 2003 13:24:07 -0800
Steve, I should have all the pipes you need. Send me a list of exactly what you need and I'll double check. Cheers...
Coolant Pipe Alternatives?
Historical mailing list - Jeff Davis
Wed, 5 May 2010 17:57:33 -0700
Hello Vananaughts, All the stainless steel coolant pipe info I have been reading lately has made me wonder one thing. Is there an alternative...
Federal Cross-Over pipes FS!
Historical mailing list
Fri, 04 Apr 1997 18:28:42 -0800
I have the Cross-over pipes for the Federal Air-Cooled Vanagons! I wanted to let the list know this because these pipes were...
1985 Steel Coolant Pipes and "Air Cooled" 1981 Gas Tank
Historical mailing list - neil n
Mon, 3 Jan 2011 15:19:53 -0800
...http://tinyurl.com/2e3ev52 With P-side coolant pipe UN-clamped, tank loosely in place, pushing up on tank moves pipe up. Pipe clamped...
Re: cigrette lighter or silver socket - amp problem with air compressor
Historical mailing list - BA
Mon, 10 Jul 2006 20:30:16 -0700
...Wires are pipes. Capacitance is a well that's somewhere along the pipe. For a while, the water fills the well and doesn't...
Re: 1985 Steel Coolant Pipes and "Air Cooled" 1981 Gas Tank
Historical mailing list - neil n
Tue, 4 Jan 2011 12:16:39 -0800
...Heck, I'm running 3 of 4 sections of pipe (all my pipes are cut > in half) which are "left" pipes. And, they're...
Re: 85 exhaust source needed
Historical mailing list - M Kelly
Sat, 06 Jul 1996 01:26:42 -0700
...About 1/3 the way, the pipe that goes from the collector to the > cat broke off the collector. (This is the pipe with...
Coolant Pipes
Historical mailing list - Jack Newton
Thu, 28 May 1998 20:33:55 +1000
While looking for the cause of a coolant leak at the junction of one of the long plastic coolant pipes and the radiator hose...
Re: Oil cooler R&R
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 11 Sep 2015 22:46:24 -0400
Actually the pipe for the oil filter is a 3/4 thread the same as used on many Ford and other American vehicles. You...
Coolant pipes replacement
Historical mailing list - JP
Mon, 26 Jun 2006 08:42:56 -0400
Hi all, I need to replace my coolant pipes on my 84 westy's (not the flexible one) Those are the rigid ones that...
R&R alt/wtr pump belt; re-seating coolant pipe insert
Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
Sat, 17 Jun 2006 13:45:15 -0700
...This was on the front end, right side pipe. Other pipes are okay. Now I am installing the GW coolant pipe repair kit. The...
Re: #1 and #3 exhaust pipes
Historical mailing list - Steve Macaulay
Mon, 23 Aug 1999 10:57:44 -0700
Eric, It sounds like I may have misunderstood what was written on my repair ticket, and perhaps it is only a single pipe like...
New SS exhaust pipes for Vanagons
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Tue, 19 Jul 2005 07:10:28 EDT
Attention Vanagon Waterboxer owners ! I have just received the first shipment of stainless steel exhaust pipes from the new company in Montreal I contracted...
Re: Coolant pipes replacement
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Mon, 26 Jun 2006 07:00:23 -0700
...Will not kink with the gradual bends needed to follow the path of the original pipes. You will need to enlarge the hole in...
Re: Did I receive the correct stainless steel coolant pipes?
Historical mailing list - nirav patel
Sun, 18 Jan 2015 13:12:30 -0600
I picked up steel pipes from VC back in the day, during the Bostig conversion. During that time, I felt at a loss as...
Re: Bus Depot Stainless Coolant pipes
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Sat, 9 Feb 2008 18:41:12 -0800
...Besides, what else are you going to do anyway ..............choices are - - use the old plastic pipes, new plastic pipes, metal vanagon pipes, ( which is...
Re: Coolant pipe connection
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:47:05 -0700
...85's can have either the smaller diameter metal main coolant pipes - 'early 85's ' or the later style- the larger plastic main pipes...
Re: Coolant pipe *REPAIR* kit, was: Coolant pipe kit and distributor kit from GoWesty
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:12:26 -0400
...If the ends of your pipes are bad it will not fix >this. You will still need to buy new pipes to get good...
Re: HELP LEAKING EXHAUST (DANSK)
Historical mailing list
Thu, 17 Oct 1996 06:45:40 -0400
...Shepherdson) writes: << I have just installed new Dansk pipes on my 84. The two pipes I replaced are the pipe from the rear (cyl...
Re: Steel coolant pipe removal?
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Tue, 16 May 2017 07:57:40 -0700
On my 88 i did the pipe r&r using new 2 piece pipes with fuel tank in place. I dont recall if the...
exhaust leak/replacement pipe
Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
Tue, 2 Sep 2003 22:24:57 EDT
...can i use the pipe and manifold I was given or will it require a different pipe or converter? Jim Morgan 86GL "Breadbox" 207...
Installed Long Coolant Pipes Wrong? (Pic)
Historical mailing list - neil n
Mon, 3 Jan 2011 22:58:34 -0800
...pic of pipes installed: http://tinyurl.com/25y9px5 Maybe I'm "seeing" things backwards, but are the pipes on the wrong side of the...
An Air-Cooled Vangon X-over pipe question
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Wed, 9 Oct 2002 20:18:35 -0700
...My question has to do with how the lower end of the EGR filter connects to the crossover pipe. The crossover pipe on my...
Re: Exhaust Pipes 2.1 86and up!
Historical mailing list
Wed, 20 Nov 1996 19:00:57 -0800
...I work in a VW shop and We install these pipes. There was a batch of 1.9 Pipes that were Awful, they fit...
Re: #1 and #3 exhaust pipes
Historical mailing list - �ric Giroux
Mon, 23 Aug 1999 10:55:26 -0400
Steve, The pipes are usually referred to as front, back, and collector. The front pipe is for cylinder 1 and 3 The back pipe...
Re: Exahust Pipes
Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
Thu, 23 Aug 2001 08:32:07 -0700
On 23 Aug 2001 at 7:35, Karl Wolz wrote: > Replacing the front (driver's end) pipe is actually a piece of cake, and...
Re: 1985 Steel Coolant Pipes and "Air Cooled" 1981 Gas Tank
Historical mailing list - neil n
Mon, 3 Jan 2011 18:20:58 -0800
I installed metal pipes from an '85. I see what you mean. The metal pipes were used on gas and diesel models. Searching BD...
Re: Oil cooler R&R
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Fri, 11 Sep 2015 22:06:32 -0500
...To make it > easier remove the screw securing the pipe that goes to the t-stat housing > to the head and the other pipe...
Re: hoses for pipes
Historical mailing list
Fri, 13 Jun 97 12:49:26 EDT
> Hi all > I had my Transporter checked, and the mechanic said that the long > coolant pipes under tha car were leaking. That seems to...
Re: Honey I shrunk the coolant pipes
Historical mailing list - Milo's Kitchen
Sat, 19 Nov 2005 20:31:40 -0500
Hi Jim, Have you checked to see if the metal insert in the plastic pipe end (forming the bead) is moving out of the...
exhaust repair/smashed my pipe
Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
Fri, 12 Apr 1996 14:08:23 -0400 (EDT)
I smashed one of my exhaust pipes on my syncro while offroading. The pipe is now nearly flat. I don't want to replace...
Re: HELP!!! Changing coolant pipes under a diesel westy...
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Tue, 31 Oct 2000 07:40:10 -0800
Hi, last year i replaced one of my pipes ('82 westy, gas conversion). The pipe was leaking, weeping through tiny pinholes, where it went...
Re: Replacing hose on right side
Historical mailing list - David Bayer
Mon, 15 Dec 1997 17:32:44 -0800
>| Have any of you had to replace that piece of 3 inch hose that connects a metal >| pipe that comes out of the waterpump...
Re: Stainless Steel coolant lines
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:10:06 -0800
Be aware that 2wd models need 1 of 3 possible pipe sets depending on your year/model. The Bus Depot store knows this but...
Re: Exhaust Systems: Syncro/Stainless
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Sun, 10 Nov 2002 21:37:07 -0500
> Are Stainless Steel pipes available for a Syncro? I know that one of the > head pipes is the same for Syncro/2wd, what about...
URGENT - ?Best Price for Syncro Header Pipe?
Historical mailing list - George Goff
Thu, 22 May 2003 15:56:53 EDT
I need a new front (cylinders 1&3) header pipe for my '89 Syncro. I have the parts guy at the local VW dealer...
Coolant Feed/Return Pipes Repair
Historical mailing list - James V
Tue, 2 Sep 2003 15:01:13 -0700
Well, I'm finally going to fix my coolant feed and return pipes, as the ends have corroded and broken. (they've been ghetto...
Fuel filler pipe(s) info needed
Historical mailing list - Ben
Tue, 17 Feb 2015 07:08:11 -0800
...Now the vendor asked me what pipe to make which would connect to the existing filler pipe. I see there are two size grommets...