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• Re: Blue pressure cap, 1 valve or 2?

  David Beierl · Mon, 26 Aug 2013 01:34:07 -0400 · Mailing-list archive

  ...given access to a dead radiator of the desired type. You'd have to cut the cap fitting off and braze across the bottom...

• WTB adaptor to cooling system tester ...

  Zoltan · Sun, 10 Jun 2007 23:53:30 -0700 · Mailing-list archive

  ...radiator fitting, not the threaded one we have. Also to test the cap, what is the way to do? So, is there a fitting...

• Hi, I came up with the following for flushing & filling the coolant system on m

  Erik Valeur · Wed, 13 Jun 2001 10:02:13 EDT · Mailing-list archive

  ...Connect your garden hose to the flush fitting. Make sure the coolant cap is off and the radiator bleeder is removed. Turn on the...

• Cooling system hoses, Vanagon diesel

  Karl Mullendore · Wed, 10 Feb 1999 23:04:05 -0500 · Mailing-list archive

  ...head hose fitting. Works on those cars, why not the Vanagon? And you could replace the Golf / Jetta style expansion tank cap with the...

• RE: Freon Conversions / Substitutes

  Tom Brunson · Tue, 8 Jul 97 19:18:19 UT · Mailing-list archive

  ...Cost of conversion fittings CAN be under $10 in cases where the straight fittings will work. But to fit behind the Westy closet I...

• EXPANSION TANK OVERFLOW FITTING

  Lee Whetstone · Thu, 20 Mar 2003 08:15:01 -0600 · Mailing-list archive

  ...My expansion tank is the type with the standard radiator cap, the nipple comes off the neck of the expansion tank. I don't...

• Brake Bleeder / Coolant Pressure Testor

  Cory Zumbrennen · Thu, 8 Feb 2001 12:54:20 -0700 · Mailing-list archive

  ...Then I attached an air hose to the stem of the radiator cap and a fitting to attach it to the air pressure regulator...

• Re: More 2.1L coolant system woes (long)

  Robert Cardo · Thu, 30 Dec 2004 12:35:23 -0600 · Mailing-list archive

  ...it takes to explode every hose and coolant fitting in the system. Kiss your radiator, heater cores, and your head seals good bye. Why...

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• radiator cap fitting

  a component that fits onto the radiator to seal it

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Video catalog from Podcasts

• Vanagon Radiator and Coolant Flush - Shop Vac Trick

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• Vanagon Radiator Fan Switch - Failure and Fixes

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• VW Vanagon testing radiator fan at both speeds.

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• Bleed VW T25 Vanagon Radiator Coolant Cooling System

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• A Cure for a leaky radiator cap - any car - classic, vintage, older, hotrod, truck leaking leaks

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• VW T25/T3/Vanagon Rock Sliders With Jacking Points Fitting & Demo

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• Vanagon cooling system: Pressurized coolant Blue Cap test.

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• Vanagon T25 T2 cooling system: Pressurized coolant Blue Cap test

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