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• WTB: LUG nuts and center caps

  No Name Available · Wed, 17 Sep 2003 07:38:32 EDT · Mailing-list archive

  ...nuts of the Carat variety? I need 20 for my Syncro (to mount the alloys). NUTS NOT BOLTS. I also need 4 center caps...

• Re: wipers no longer aligned with each other 87 westy

  Malcolm Stebbins · Wed, 4 Dec 2002 15:45:58 -0400 · Mailing-list archive

  > At the base of the wiper where the arm is attached is a cap. Remove > the cap. Underneath is a nut. Loosen the nut...

• Re: head cap nuts

  David O. Bradshaw · Mon, 16 Dec 1996 09:33:40 -0500 (EST) · Mailing-list archive

  ...I must admit also that I did'nt buy new cap nuts, which I would recommend. Has anyone else experienced the cap nuts not...

• Re: LVC. Bracket Design: Captive Nuts; A "Last Resort" ?

  Jim Felder · Sat, 13 Oct 2018 11:18:46 -0500 · Mailing-list archive

  ...Captive nuts that are truly captive—welded to the material part—have to be very precisely aligned. Plus not everyone has a way of...

• Re: DIESEL need rod cap nuts

  James Felder · Sun, 21 Aug 2011 15:12:33 -0500 · Mailing-list archive

  ...Does anyone know? Jim On Aug 21, 2011, at 2:06 PM, "pat " <psdooley@verizon.net> wrote: > Jim, are the diesel cap nuts different...

• Simple Question on Pop Tops

  Loren Busch · Tue, 9 Oct 2012 22:48:27 -0700 · Mailing-list archive

  ...There appears/feels like there are nuts that those bolts go into, not threaded into the hinges themselves. So, are the nuts captive nuts...

• Re: DIESEL need rod cap nuts

  Dennis Haynes · Sun, 21 Aug 2011 18:27:41 -0400 · Mailing-list archive

  ...DIESEL need rod cap nuts AFAIK, the typical VW gas inline engines use a different rod nut, except for the supercharged Corrado which uses...

• LVC. Bracket Design: Captive Nuts; A "Last Resort" ?

  Neil N · Fri, 12 Oct 2018 12:41:21 -0700 · Mailing-list archive

  ...From a design standpoint, for parts using nut & bolt fasteners, since one tightens the nut to the bolt, are captive nuts more or less...

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Shared Vanagon Dictionary

• Cap Nut

  A type of nut used to secure the cylinder head to the engine block

• Lock-tight sealer

  A type of sealant used to secure head cap nuts

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Video catalog from Podcasts

• Lug Nut Cap Removal

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• Torque multiplier adapter for Vanagon 46mm axle nut (cut from wheel)

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• Impact wrench to remove Vanagon castle nut

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• Mercedes spindle/hub nut for the Vanagon T3 T25 front wheels 1163340372

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• Parts Corner Ep 1: Differences in Vanagon waterboxer spark plug wires, caps and coils.

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• Milo the Vanagon: One Minute Hack, part 3 (Window Cranks)

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• Finding Escape in a 1985 Volkswagen Vanagon Westfalia | Why I Drive #11

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• Réparation et installation du capteur d'oxygène sur le VW Vanagon

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