dear allan
was that you looking for a new crushable washer for the oil drain plug
try Beetle Auto Service Ltd. 629 David Street Victoria, BC V8T 2C9
250-382-1814

I have no connection with this place

yours

On Jan 28, 2008 7:15 PM, Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu> wrote:

> Tonight, I ground down the walls of a 19mm socket to fit the tight
> clearance between the oversized drain plug bolt and the recess in the
> case.  Drained the oil, seemed thinnish which I hope accounts for the
> intermittent oil buzzer I get when decelerating.  We'll see, I'm
> refilling with 15-50 Mobil 1.
>
> While I had the case drained of oil I decided to fix the leaky
> junction between the case and the filler tube.  This was heavily
> smeared with black RTV, apparently from the outside, and when I got
> it off sure enough there was no gasket.  I fabricated one from my
> stock of gasket paper, but while I had the tube off I noticed that
> the telescoping plastic section was cracked where it joins the metal
> section of the filler.  More RTV was evident, and a hose clamp had
> been applied in an attempt to hold it all together.
>
> I hunted around on the usual vendor sites and did not see that this
> telescoping section is available as a replacement.  So, I'm thinking
> of making up one out of some PVC drain pipe.  I'm pretty sure this
> could work; I've seen rubber clamping unions and threaded end caps
> for this stuff in the plumbing section at Lowes.  Might even be able
> to get a telescoping function with two different sized lengths.
>
> Allan
> --
> 1991 Vanagon GL
>

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