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• Re: FW: Mystery Accessory Get Rich$$$! <F>
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 23 May 2002 18:02:14 -0500
  ...OK I forgot to mention I was a little on the hammered side... > Sean > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM...
• Re: e on velour seats...how do you remove it? any ideas?
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Mon, 17 Nov 2003 09:41:05 -0700
  ...You spray it on, the intense evaporation quickly freezes the stuff, you hit it with a hammer and it hopefully shatters. Can't hurt...
• Re: Sears Tools
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:55:39 -0400
  ...A hammer.An extra jack. I have a $10 Advnace Auto Parts impact screw driver for all those crusted up screws I come across.
• Re: rear axle nut removal (x-post)
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Sat, 17 Nov 2001 22:33:33 EST
  ...As the name implies, a slugging wrench is meant to be struck with a hammer. Your wrench should have flats on either side of...
• Re: Removing rear brake drums?
  Historical mailing list - Mary Beth and Chris Geiser
  Sun, 28 Oct 2001 16:00:10 -0600
  ...Then smack it with a hammer. Again, I don't know if they > are > available in the bigger bus nuts." > > This is made by...
• Re: A/C? Pfui! Need a good fan
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Sat, 10 Jul 2010 18:22:54 -0700
  ...I don't get Jake-style pants-flapping goodness from the center leg vents, even at highway speed -- I should maybe wear Hammer pants...
• stuck sliding door handle
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 23 Jan 2015 14:59:21 -0800
  ...I tried BP blaster --> nope I put the screw back on half way and hit it with a hammer --> nope on my other van...
• Free at last, free at last, thank god almighty...
  Historical mailing list - ZUMBRENNEN JOSEPH CORY
  Wed, 10 Apr 1996 22:20:27 -0600 (MDT)
  ...wrench and the hammer, I finally got out the blow torch. Heated that thing right up and with a twist of the newly incorporated...
• Wasserboxer Jug Reinstall
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 30 Mar 1996 14:32:03 -0600
  ...After some considerable pounding with a rubber hammer and prying with chisels, the jugs came off the heads. Problem is now how to get...
• Heads stuck to piston sleeve
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 Jul 1998 22:02:51 EDT
  ...I have tried tapping with a hammer and a wooden block, WD-40, shaking. Any idea how to unstick these beasties? Maybe a solvent...
• my bus is back
  Historical mailing list - Pat Callaghan
  Thu, 3 Oct 2002 04:19:35 -0700
  ...The pinion bearing looked like someone had gone at it with a hammer & chisal. It was pretty gauled. Seems to be running & shifting very...
• Re: Pilot Bearing/Outer Race Removal -- 81 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Robert Downes
  Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:56:38 -0800
  ...i hadn't already shoved all that grease in there, then hammered it into every tiny crevice... good luck! -bob On Thu, Jan 12...
• Re: Writers aren't artists
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Mon, 25 Dec 2006 10:30:04 -0800
  ...Write >> :::a >> :::> two >> :::> page story that must contain a monkey, a hammer, a naked fakir >> in a >> :::seedy >> :::> Winnipeg hotel room, and a talking...
• Re: oil drain AHU diesel
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 2 Jul 2014 18:52:02 -0700
  ...Then use a hammer to beat it into the tight 6mm bolt head. The beating combined with the really tight fit should let you...
• Re: Steering column shear bolt removal
  Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
  Sun, 16 Feb 2014 21:31:39 -0800
  ...So I used capillary lube on the threads at the brackets, then drilled them out until I could hammer in a small hex bit...
• Re: Bus Depot Vanagon Master/Clutch cylinder - Warranty ?
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:27:49 -0500
  ...It can be like a wand of goodness and knowledge, or, if wielded differently, it can come down like Thor's hammer on an...
• Removing tie rod ends?
  Historical mailing list - Aaron J. Wood
  Thu, 18 Jul 1996 23:12:46 +0000
  ...I can't get the right angle to knock it out with a hammer. Are there any homemade tools that you all have come...
• Re: VW to Buy Rolls Royce
  Historical mailing list - Lebron, Nathan (GEP, Contractor)
  Thu, 7 May 1998 14:15:54 -0400
  Better yet, I can't wait to see people under their Rolls hammering the starter! Nate El Great -----Original Message----- From: Steven X. Schwenk...
• Re: Fan switch
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 3 Jul 2002 13:21:20 -0400
  ...It's the relay then. >X terminal. > >How big a hammer do I need to unstick it? Probably flick it with your finger, at...
• Stuck bolts;
  Historical mailing list - No Name Available
  Sun, 21 Nov 2004 12:48:07 EST
  ...it loose, with a fairly good sized metal ball peen type hammer. Then try it. If it's still stuck, While repeatedly striking the...
• Mangeled lug nuts (slight rambeling)
  Historical mailing list - Rob & Lrae Winterkorn
  Tue, 25 Jan 2000 14:07:10 -0600
  ...The simple cure for mangled lug nuts is, a 12 point 18 mm socket and a hammer. depending how badly mangled the size may...
• Re: speaking of flat tires. . .
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Thu, 2 Nov 2000 19:04:16 -0600
  ...Buy a small bottle of ColdSpray, and get a ball-peen hammer. Spray the lug nuts with the coldspray, and give a good sharp...
• Re: Upper Ball Joint Removal (!#$%^&)
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sun, 6 Oct 2002 04:50:09 EDT
  ...The hammer is swung from side-to-side, its path being perpendicular to the axis of the stud. Strike the SIDE of this lug...
• New Starter time?
  Historical mailing list - Andy Morse
  Mon, 3 May 2004 11:28:23 EDT
  My 86 westy starter has been acting up, I did the whack it with a hammer trick that worked well for a while as...
• Newbie - Getting Ready for Cross Country Trip
  Historical mailing list - Stu Schwartz
  Fri, 4 Apr 2008 07:11:23 -0600
  ...one with many different heads ... >crescent wrench >hammer ... >flashlight ... >smile in the face of absolute failure >yours I found the best tool to be...
• Final Report: Help on brake drum.
  Historical mailing list - Mike White
  Tue, 25 Apr 1995 12:49:21 MST
  ...Tried a hammer, lots of WD40, > >etc. I thought I would report to all on the brake drum problem: I was unable to get...
• Re: Shuddering clutch engagement
  Historical mailing list - jeff crane
  Tue, 18 Apr 2000 00:16:40 -0400
  ...The problem with poor engagement of the drive clutch can be traced to the flywheel and or clutch pressure plate hammer surface. It is...
• Re: Decided to Rebuild my 2.1-Bottom split
  Historical mailing list - Frank Miller
  Fri, 22 Sep 2000 15:51:09 -0400
  ...These >> >things can only be hammered thru the water pump opening on one side and thru >> >some other opening on the other side. Had...
• Re: Taking apart a distributor -- arrgh!
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 3 Jun 2005 21:24:32 EDT
  ...I hammered on it like mad and tried heat to no avail. Anyone have any suggestions? >> Tabe, A press is best, but . . . I went...
• Re: Help--Stuck in Mammoth Lakes
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 26 Dec 2008 22:02:17 -0500
  ...Try wacking the starter or solenoid by crawling under the van with a small hammer or something while someone else holds the key in...
• Stuck, corroded,rusted,rounded,nuts
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Tue, 25 Jan 2000 11:38:33 -0600
  ...You can sit and hammer, chisel, bang, beat, twist,squirt,or whatever else you can think of, short of TNT, when all you would...
• Re: You've Got Snow! <F>
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Fri, 18 Feb 2000 10:42:23 EST
  ...the snow shovels, here in the North East we are getting hammered by another snow storm. >> It's darn freezing here in South San...
• Re: You've Got Snow! <F>
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Fri, 18 Feb 2000 18:58:32 -0800
  ...the snow shovels, here in >the North East we are getting hammered by another snow storm. > >Ken Wilford Out here on the correct coast...
• Re: removing bolts
  Historical mailing list - Frank Miller
  Thu, 24 Aug 2000 08:02:22 -0400
  ...Oxy/Acetelene torch or hammer & chisel. It ain't no fun!!!!! Good luck. > >Tom Smith >83.5 Westie >Charlotte, NC >
• FW: CHT
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Fri, 26 Jan 2007 11:56:02 -0800
  ...max I mean before valve seats start falling out or getting > hammered into the head. > > Thanks for the info > > This is what I got...
• Axle Rebuild Notes
  Historical mailing list - Robert S. Williams, MD (laptop)
  Thu, 27 Jan 2000 20:29:36 -0600
  ...sledge hammer (short handled) to smack the wrench with. Really, it makes a big difference; get a bigger hammer! I also bought a 46mm...
• Re: You did your own body work? I'm not worthy, I'm not worthy...
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Thu, 29 Nov 2001 21:02:26 -0800
  Body work IS EASY if you are not afraid to use a 2 by 4 and a big hammer and take parts off and...
• RE: Another Tire Q
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Wed, 17 Apr 1996 12:15:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...well on later model busi? This question has been hammered and hammered and HAMMERED on this list, both recently and in the past. If...
• Re: CV removal tips?
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Tue, 16 May 2006 02:03:21 -0400
  ...worked on their car on this list has used a > bigger hammer at one point or another on a CV, and > hit on the...
• Re: GoWesty coolant repair kit vs SS pipes
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Mon, 18 May 2009 17:38:54 -0600
  ...I used a hair dryer to heat the plastic thoroughly and then using a piece of wood to dampen the blows, I hammered them...
• Head studs: how to get'm out???
  Historical mailing list - Cliff Ober
  Sat, 21 Nov 1998 12:18:15 -0600
  ...off!); I've applied heat, penetrating oil, and banging with a hammer to no avail. What's the secret? TIA, Cliff Ober [text/html]
• Re: Tools....
  Historical mailing list - Terry
  Fri, 25 May 2001 07:18:08 -0500
  Good List Joel ! Here is a couple of more items to consider-- Ball pein hammers ( Medium, and large) A couple of different sizes of...
• Re: Advice on new install of ignition key part?
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Sat, 27 Apr 2002 17:03:29 -0500
  Dan, Look out for the sledge hammer your going to be applyng to the steering column, when you get pissed at the progress your...
• Re: Upper ball joint - WTF? GOT IT!
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 17 Feb 2007 10:19:40 -0500
  ...Then, using a 2 pound hand sledge hammer, hit the cast iorn wher the shaft goes throught the cast iorn. Vibrations wil cause the...
• Those sticky head (video)
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:44:34 -0500
  ...Of course, sleeve where not stuck with some good hammering. Note: if you don't intend to do deep work inside an engine, please...
• Re: Ball Joints
  Historical mailing list
  20 Nov 95 17:56
  ...Use a claw clamp to remove the balljoint taper from the steering knuckle - I used a big hammer because I didn't have a...
• The Front Bearing "saga" continues...
  Historical mailing list - Richard Bias
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 07:05:31 -0500
  ...I went home, changed into my "work on the Van clothes", got my hammer and went out to beat the bearing right off the...
• Rear axle nut-easy
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 04 Nov 94 17:01:34 EST
  ...put on the nut and bang on it with a regular hammer. I got one, and it takes about a minute to loosen it...
• Re: CV joints
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sat, 6 Dec 1997 12:53:40 EST
  If the axles will not come out of the CV joint once you remove the C-clip _DO NOT HAMMER _ on the axle ends...
• Re: What tools do you carry in your Bus on a daily basis?
  Historical mailing list - Drew Bedford
  Thu, 26 Oct 2000 19:23:18 -0400
  ...Rides in my van along with the 7,8,10,13, 19 mm hexes, old piton hammer, needle noses, vicegrips, duct tape, baling wire...
• Re: Electronic Rust Protection?
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Wed, 8 Aug 2001 06:55:41 EDT
  ...You're talking about the same guys who buy $500 hammers and toilet seats. They may even classify snake oil as military spec rodent...
• Re: Yakima Roof Rack Questions
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Carrubba
  Sat, 21 Jun 2003 11:13:30 -0400
  ...If you have the raingutter towers you can open them with a big flat head and a hammer buy turning the lock untill that...
• Re: Wiper Arms
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Wed, 14 Jul 2004 10:36:19 -0600
  ...Wiper Arms > > Something that can work is to remove the 10mm nut, then give the > threaded stud a rap with a hammer. > > -Simon
• Re: Drug of choice
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Thu, 25 Nov 2004 08:54:59 -0800
  Coffee can be ground without batteries, hammers, or... Putchaself in a nice third world country where the water is boilt (Br.) over an ancient...
• Re: pilot bearing
  Historical mailing list - Bob Mac
  Thu, 23 Jun 2005 17:31:58 -0400
  ...Place it over the hole filled with grease and give it a wack with the hammer. The hydraulic pressure is more than enough to...
• Re: Whiff of propane
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:46:34 -0700
  ...No matter how big of a > hammer you use. I'm assuming it didn't need resetting when you first > tried.
• Re: wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Fri, 14 May 2021 21:48:02 -0400
  So, you just hammer it out with the hammer and brass drift, per Bentley? (IE we haven't thought of anything new since then...
• thank you
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Sun, 27 Jul 2014 16:56:51 -0400
  ...Should have been simple, right? Ultimately, I had to resort to hammer and drift to get the old handle out of the square-ish...
• Re:Just Starting
  Historical mailing list - Michael D. Dower
  Sun, 16 Mar 1997 13:41:39 -0500 (EST)
  ...a hammer. It is hard to turn the key and tap the starter at the same time not to mention lyingg on the ground...
• Re: Help! rounded oil plug
  Historical mailing list - Karl M.
  Sun, 13 Aug 2000 20:39:51 -0400
  ...If it is too rounded, maybe a careful application of small hammer and chisel will knock it loose. Karl Mullendore Westy Ventures 1987 Syncro...