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  • Main crank pulley problem 85 Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Lon Bordin
    Mon, 12 Jun 2006 23:00:01 -0400
    ...the crank pulley bolt out by taking a punch or a chisel and carefully tapping on the bolt remnant in a couterclockwise direction until...
  • Re: Rebuilding Vanagon Electric Windows or How To Go Into Debt rebuild electric motor
    Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
    Fri, 29 Apr 2005 10:08:42 -0700
    ...Using two thin bladed devices, screwdriver, chisels, etc, work the motor and regulator flange about enough to insert a wd 40 type spray straw...
  • Lugnut worries + Repost of Secret to removing stuck nuts
    Historical mailing list - Bulley
    Tue, 25 Jan 2000 11:55:04 -0500
    ...Lugnut worries continue Well, I smashed and banged with a cold chisel for about forty minutes. The damn thing just softly disfigured into a...
  • Re: sounds like a go-cart
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Wed, 12 Jun 2002 12:57:55 -0500
    ...to seven years of 83 Westy ownership I'm pretty much > chiseled > down to a lump. > Her next expenditure is going to be on...
  • Re: sounds like a go-cart
    Historical mailing list - Tracy Bonin
    Wed, 12 Jun 2002 11:25:48 -0700
    ...to seven years of 83 Westy ownership I'm pretty much > chiseled > down to a lump. > Her next expenditure is going to be on...
  • Re: Lugnut worries + Repost of Secret to removing stuck nuts
    Historical mailing list - EMZ
    Tue, 25 Jan 2000 12:28:18 -0500
    ...Lugnut worries continue > > Well, I smashed and banged with a cold chisel for about forty minutes. > The damn thing just softly disfigured into a...
  • Re: Main crank pulley problem 85 Vanagon (Solution and thanks)
    Historical mailing list - Lon Bordin
    Tue, 13 Jun 2006 10:01:49 -0400
    ...the crank pulley bolt out by taking a punch or a chisel and carefully tapping on the bolt remnant in a couterclockwise direction until...
  • Re: Lugnut worries + Repost of Secret to removing stuck nuts
    Historical mailing list - Davidson
    Tue, 25 Jan 2000 09:07:42 -0800
    ...Lugnut worries continue > >Well, I smashed and banged with a cold chisel for about forty minutes. >The damn thing just softly disfigured into a...
  • Tune Up into CV repair story
    Historical mailing list - Joel Danke
    Tue, 21 May 96 22:51 CDT
    ...The CV joints had previously been repacked, and they have small chisel marks to prove it. (much like the punch marks on the rods...
  • Re: Was: Exhausted, but quite...finally! Now Dremel!
    Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
    Wed, 20 Jun 2001 09:48:03 -0500
    ...A chisel and mallet were >>used to bust out the bolts once the flange was cut away. >> >>A word about the Dermal tool. If...
  • Building that engine, but got sidetracked with the car (part2)
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 19 Apr 1995 22:47:42 -0700
    ...Chop it off the backing plate with a chisel I sharpened just for this purpose. Ask the forklift dude at Buds about hydraulics. He...
  • Re: sounds like a go-cart
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Wed, 12 Jun 2002 13:37:48 -0500
    ...to seven years of 83 Westy ownership I'm pretty much > chiseled > down to a lump. > Her next expenditure is going to be on...
  • Re: Lugnut worries + Repost of Secret to removing stuck nuts
    Historical mailing list - EMZ
    Tue, 25 Jan 2000 12:32:12 -0500
    ...Lugnut worries continue > > > >Well, I smashed and banged with a cold chisel for about forty minutes. > >The damn thing just softly disfigured into a...
  • Parts question... (RE: Main crank pulley problem 85 Vanagon (Solution and thanks))
    Historical mailing list - Lon Bordin
    Sat, 17 Jun 2006 10:31:52 -0400
    ...the crank pulley bolt out by taking a punch or a chisel and carefully tapping on the bolt remnant in a couterclockwise direction until...
  • Re: It's not my fault.
    Historical mailing list - marcus
    Mon, 8 Jun 1998 22:52:41 -0700
    ...So someone said he just took a chisel to it, and so I did. About 3Hours later the old was out and the new...
  • another story: Africa by bus
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Sun, 05 Feb 95 22:19:47 CST
    ...adjustable wrenches, pliers, hand-operated drill and bits, grease gun, cold chisel, extra jack, tire pump, tire levers, tire pressure gauge, ax and shovel...
  • Grinders and sanders
    Historical mailing list - Green Eric L
    Mon, 11 Apr 1994 20:24:10 -0500
    ...Still on cutting, if you have an air compressor, an air hammer fitted with a chisel/sheetmetal cutter bit is how many body shops...
  • Volkswagen tool list for 1963-1967.(long)
    Historical mailing list - Eric Oster
    Thu, 16 Feb 1995 16:10:12 -0800 (PST)
    ...VW 124 Chisel (peening) VW 159a Oil pressure switch wrench VW 161a Circlip pliers VW 165 Socket wrench for cylinder head nut VW 170...
  • Procedure on my 85 Westy tank reseal
    Historical mailing list - Scott Chapman
    Sun, 18 Apr 2010 14:55:07 -0400
    ...I took a 1/2 inch cold chisel and carefully scraped the rubber off the tank and put the new seal on. Don't...
  • Re: off with her heads
    Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
    Thu, 7 Nov 2013 15:48:40 -0800
    ...Or, I chisel away at this asbestos/gum material, grip and remove bolt remnants, and then replace bolts and goop. Or I try and...
  • Re: Procedure on my 85 Westy tank reseal
    Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
    Sun, 18 Apr 2010 21:56:06 -0700
    ...I took a 1/2 inch cold chisel and > carefully scraped the rubber off the tank and put the new seal on. Don't...
  • Re: Procedure on my 85 Westy tank reseal
    Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
    Sun, 18 Apr 2010 13:19:11 -0700
    ...I took a 1/2 inch cold chisel and > carefully scraped the rubber off the tank and put the new seal on. Don't...
  • Re: Procedure on my 85 Westy tank reseal
    Historical mailing list - Scott Chapman
    Mon, 19 Apr 2010 05:43:01 -0400
    ...I took a 1/2 inch cold chisel and > carefully scraped the rubber off the tank and put the new seal on. > Don't...
  • Re: Procedure on my 85 Westy tank reseal
    Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
    Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:04:08 -0700
    ...I took a 1/2 inch cold chisel and > > carefully scraped the rubber off the tank and put the new seal on. > > Don't...
  • Re: off with her heads
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
    Thu, 7 Nov 2013 18:35:22 -0800
    ...Or, I chisel away at this > asbestos/gum material, grip and remove bolt remnants, and then replace > bolts and goop. Or I try and...
  • Re: Manual trans replacement
    Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
    Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:42:13 -0700
    I see 1 in 10 that I can just pull off...No easy way unless you have an air chisel...That even works IN...
  • Big Trip Report [part 11, long]
    Historical mailing list - Tobin T. Copley
    Fri, 29 Sep 1995 07:22:20 -0700 (PDT)
    ...starter, much less work on it, unless I had a good chisel and hammer and several hours of time. Even then, I figured the...