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Date:         Sun, 16 Feb 2003 11:23:42 -0600
Reply-To:     Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: O ring making kit
Comments: To: mdlind@RICA.NET
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Count the O rings on your Vanagon. You'll see that they are used on the A/C system and almost nowhere else. Your power steering on later Vanagons would be one of the exceptions. Fresh O rings are most desirable, your kit will go sour and be useless. It is also very difficult to make the newer silicone O rings in the small diameters used in the A/C system. I wouldn't trust a home made O ring on my Oil Pickup Tube since this is the key to getting home. I've got an O ring assortment in a very nice 24 compartment kit ................ I'm thinking about transferring the O rings to a zip lock bag and using the assortment box for wavy washers, relays, switches, sun visor hold up clips and assorted plastic plugs that often get lost from windshield wiper arms, seat belt bolts. If you had an equipment rental yard, I'd say buy the kit for emergencies.

Stan Wilder

On Sun, 16 Feb 2003 11:54:33 -0500 Myron Lind <mdlind@RICA.NET> writes: > Hi all > > Perusing through a Reid Tool catalog 1-800-253-0421 or > www.reidtool.com. > They have a kit to make o-rings, here is their description: > > "Eliminates the need for extensive o-ring inventories. Contains > everything > to make fast, on the spot o-rings of any size. . . . Contains cord, > cord > cutter, adhesive, and splicing fixture. . ." Part number is > PER-80851. > > You can buy extra cord material in various sizes, the cost of the > kit is > $45.72. I thought this could come in pretty handy for an old vanagon > (not to > be confused with an old vanagon owner). > > They also sell a variety of metric bolt, nut, washer kits which have > come in > quite handy in my TDD conversion endeavors, and some pretty cool > looking UL > approved rubber "wrap and seal", part number SW-2. "Forms a strong > rubber > coating in minutes with no adhesive. . . Max holding pressure 100 > psi." All > this along with a bunch of industrial type hardware. > > Cheers > > Myron Lind > 1982 TDD/5 speed Westy that finally runs (but now we have 10" of > snow on the > ground with more on the way!!) > >

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