No worries. The 71 was definitely the last year for the uprights. Age and
memories get the better of all of us.

On Thursday, December 31, 2015, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hm, my memory ain't getting any better. My bay window must have been a '71
> then -- it most certainly was a 1600 dual port with no oil filter. Though
> it did have a nice oil-bath filter.
>
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> Bend, Ore.
>
> On 12/31/2015 04:39 PM, Tyler Hardison wrote:
>
>> I concur. My 72 bay had an oil filter. And dual carbs that were a bitch to
>> tune.
>>
>> On Thursday, December 31, 2015, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> VW added oil filters with the type 4 pancake motors with them being used
>>> in
>>> the busses starting in 1972. They didn't go to the hydraulic lifters
>>> until
>>> the 1977 model year. They type 4 still had a removable inlet screen that
>>> could be serviced at every oil change.
>>>
>>> Dennis
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>> Subject: Re: Dodged a bullet -- blowed the oil filter right off Why, I'll
>>> tell you BTW
>>>
>>> Replaceable oil filters came in with hydraulic lifters. Before then all
>>> VWs
>>> had only cleanable pickup screens to filter out the "big stuff".
>>>
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>>> Rocket J Squirrel
>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 10:02 PM
>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <javascript:;>
>>> Subject: Re: Dodged a bullet -- blowed the oil filter right off Why, I'll
>>> tell you BTW
>>>
>>> On 12/30/2015 07:11 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yes the wrong filter feels OK once the gasket makes contact. The
>>>> noticeable difference is how much they wobble or sag just hanging on
>>>> the
>>>>
>>> threads.
>>>
>>> Makes sense.
>>>
>>> The 72 bus if it had the 1.7L pancake engine had an oil filter.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Naw, it had the 1600cc dual-port. No oil filter and no particularly easy
>>> way
>>> to install one. Man's got to change the oil every 1,500 miles. But it
>>> was a
>>> good excuse to adjust the valves anyway.
>>>
>>>
>>> I am in Florida not heading back to New York until this weekend. It
>>>> was 85 today. I am not looking forward to cold weather.
>>>> Leave the van alone and wait for spring.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Good advice. Gotta get me a second car . . .
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
>>> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
>>> Bend, Ore.
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