AHA- now I see it. I was looking for something down inside the filter. But I now see the valve/flap just under the holes outside the thread-on connector. 

Thanks,
Ed

> Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:45:37 -0400
> From: dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET
> Subject: Re: 719/5 vs 719/12
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> 
> At 08:21 AM 8/27/2008 -0400, Edward Duntz wrote:
> >The W719/12, which Van-Cafe says is the one they sell for the
> >Vanagon, has a spring on the bottom, but ci can't see holes and a rubber seal.
> 
> He means the threaded end of the filter, not down inside.  The holes
> with the check-flaps are between the large central hole and the outer
> edge of the filter.
> 
> 
> --
> David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
> '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage," '85 GL "Poor Relation"

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