Idle Screw O-ring

[hareless at gmail.com (Sean Whalen)]

Halsey Automotive  -  Portland                Discount Import Auto  -
Beaverton
(503) 256 0182                                      (503) 626 7036
NE  78th and Halsey St                         On the corner of SW Scholls
Ferry Road
                                                            and Hall Blvd


Both of these places cater to VW, air and water-cooled, their prices make
the Schucks', Napas, Baxters', etc. look like a joke.  Make sure you get 5
or so, they're cheap.


On 5/15/07, Nate Mellom <doubt@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Unless I missed something, the idle screw (with O ring) and the O ring
> itself should be available for very cheap at the dealer.  I replaced my
> 8v idle screw as a unit for something like $4.00 at my local dealership.
>
> Nate
>
>
> Matt Gregory wrote:
> > I bought every size o-ring I could find at Advance, Autozone, Napa,
> > Pepboys, Lowe's, HomeDepot, and Ace.  Some of the inside diameters were
> > right, but the outside diameter would be way too big or small.  Hadn't
> > thought of tractor supply places or heavy equipment.  I just left the
> > closest size o-ring on and applied teflon tape liberally to the threads
> > and left it at that.  I was sick of looking.
> >
> > But if you come across one, I'm certainly interested.
> >
> > matt.
> >
> > On 15 May 2007, at 10:14 AM, Camron D. Crouse wrote:
> >
> >> Karl Krupke wrote:
> >>> Hi Cameron,
> >>>    This might sound odd but as an O-ring source you might try a
> >>> Caterpillar dealer/ service shop if there's one close to you (or try
> >>> other Heavy Equipment/ Agricultural shops; John Deere, Case, etc.).
> >>> Cat puts out O-ring kits to their dealers; each box has a wide
> >>> variety of diameters and cross-section sizes... you can probably just
> >>> pick through until you find the correct fit and then purchase
> >>> quantity one of same.
> >>>    Eh... if you do, please post to the list the Cat part number, I'm
> >>> sure someone will find the informtion helpful.
> >>> good luck, Karl
> >>
> >> Thanks for the tip, there is a number of heavy-equipment dealers
> >> across the river in Portland, and a few tractor and farm equipment
> >> places here in Da 'Couve.  But don't suppose we'd find what we need
> >> just over at a NAPA store?  I haven't looked yet, but they seem to
> >> have that sort of stockpile of doo-dads.
> >>
> >> - Camron from Vancouver, WA USA
> >>   '86.5 Black 16V 2.0L
> >>
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