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Date:         Wed, 2 Aug 2000 11:10:51 -0700
Reply-To:     Matthew Pollard <poll7356@uidaho.edu>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Matthew Pollard <poll7356@uidaho.edu>
Subject:      Re: Oil drain plug for '85
Comments: To: "Carrington, Tom" <TCarrington@ReliTech.com>
In-Reply-To:  <51174A1097F8D311824C00E029104B9D053D7D@rtiserv4.relitech.com>
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what! 22$!!! that is outrageous! Does he change the oil and install it too? I got one from the dealer, with five or six washers (aluminum, not copper) for $7.50. This was in Santa Clara or Sunnyvale CA, march 99.

As for bus depot, i'm sure their plug is just as good but no oil change included ;o)

Matthew Pollard http://www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356 Dept. of Chemistry http://www.chem.uidaho.edu University of Idaho http://www.uidaho.edu

On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, Carrington, Tom wrote:

> Howdy all, > > After 18 months and and a good 10k miles or so, I finally felt ashamed > enough to change my Crew Cab's oil. I went out to do it last weekend, but it > looks like the PO buggered up the drain plug pretty well. I want to have a > replacement plug on hand before trying to remove the old one. > > I called the local dealer, and he told me I needed part # 068 103 193A as > the replacement drain plug. His price is about $22.00! But at least he will > include the washer for that price. ;) > > When I look on the busdepot.com site, I see part # N 029 7012 for $3.95 > > Does anyone know if the Busdepot $4 plug will work? > > TomC > tcarrington@relitech.com > http://www.relitech.com/tomc > http://volksweb.relitech.com > 85 Vanagon Crew Cab > 82 Westy diesel=>gas conversion > 65 Notchback >


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