what! 22$!!! that is outrageous! Does he change the oil and install it
too? I got one from the dealer, with five or six washers (aluminum, not
copper) for $7.50. This was in Santa Clara or Sunnyvale CA, march 99.

As for bus depot, i'm sure their plug is just as good but no oil change
included ;o)

Matthew Pollard             http://www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356
Dept. of Chemistry               http://www.chem.uidaho.edu
University of Idaho                   http://www.uidaho.edu

On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, Carrington, Tom wrote:

> Howdy all,
>
> After 18 months and and a good 10k miles or so, I finally felt ashamed
> enough to change my Crew Cab's oil. I went out to do it last weekend, but it
> looks like the PO buggered up the drain plug pretty well. I want to have a
> replacement plug on hand before trying to remove the old one.
>
> I called the local dealer, and he told me I needed part # 068 103 193A as
> the replacement drain plug. His price is about $22.00! But at least he will
> include the washer for that price. ;)
>
> When I look on the busdepot.com site, I see part # N 029 7012 for $3.95
>
> Does anyone know if the Busdepot $4 plug will work?
>
> TomC
> tcarrington@relitech.com
> http://www.relitech.com/tomc
> http://volksweb.relitech.com
> 85 Vanagon Crew Cab
> 82 Westy diesel=>gas conversion
> 65 Notchback
>