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• Re: Bleeding coolant without a second person?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Sat, 14 Jul 2007 20:43:57 EDT
  I use a little "prop rod" made from a broken hack saw blade with 2 little "V"s cut in each end to "secure...
• Re: Front Bumper Removal/Fog Light Install
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:48:33 -0700
  ...The rubber strip onthe front bumper can be easily pried off with a small flat blade screwdriver or even strong fingernails applied under an...
• Re: The ultimate vanagon accessory
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sat, 19 May 2001 15:40:13 -0500
  Don't let Wilfy see this or we'll have dozer blades, rock rippers, and cable stuffer accessories soon to follow. Nor to mention...
• Re: cats and campers
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 20 Jun 2003 18:06:30 -0700
  ...Every neighborhood and feral cat I've seen likes to drag my Vanagon wiper bladed down to get to the roof. The neighbors cats...
• Re: fuse box
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 13 Jul 2006 21:52:41 -0400
  Starting in '86 the fuses are the blade type. My knee jerk reaction to the "Mechanically inclined, mechanically/electrical competent person" question is ... Such...
• Re: Modding Vanagon dash
  Historical mailing list - Ed
  Tue, 1 Aug 2017 18:24:23 -0400
  ...Especially if the disc is worn down. (smaller OD) Finish with >shorter hacksaw blade? Be mindful of metal swarf if working above fuse >panel...
• Re: Windscreen wiper prelim review
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 25 Oct 2016 14:34:31 -0700
  ...But found some wiper blades. Michelin > stealth for only 9.99 Ca each. ...... > Alistair > -- Neil n Blog: Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca...
• Re: Electric Water Pump (was: Re: Electric Vanagon? Now really useful tips..)
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:02:33 -0500
  ...The wear on the impeller blades is very evident . So an electric driven water pump might prove a healthy gain in FE (fuel economy...
• Re: Rear wiper - continued(errors in the schematics)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 6 Jun 1997 17:57:13 PST
  ...rear wiper relay was to get a piece of wire with blade connectors at each end and connect terminals 53 and 15 on the...
• Re: Hacksaw to remove upper nut for front shock?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sun, 2 Oct 2005 18:07:36 -0500
  ...fast and painlessly? No heat, no vice grip's, no hacksaw blades, no pain, no strain, no muss, no fuss. Another simple solution brought...
• Fans, was Re: Refrigerator and alarm
  Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
  Mon, 15 May 1995 14:56:25 +0000
  ...How big is it? I have one that runs on one D cell with a 4" blade with adjustable gooseneck that I use to...
• Re: How can I lubricate a front heater blower motor?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 15 Sep 2012 05:07:55 -0400
  ...I can get to the rear bearing, but the front one is >beneath the plastic cover that makes up the blades of the >fan...
• Re: White "corrosion" in distributor cap
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Sat, 8 Apr 1995 15:39:10 -0500 (CDT)
  ...One more thing, are the contacts in the cap supposed to be "scratched" very noticeably by the rotor's metal blade? ---roy
• Re: Engine Teardown Q's
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sat, 14 Dec 2002 20:53:30 -0500
  Curt; I made this tool out of a piece of dowel and an Exacto blade. The dowel diameter should be close to the ID...
• Re: Quick fix for a floppy wiper?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 21 Aug 2006 13:36:58 -0700
  ...Jake On 8/21/06, Thomas Myers <thomas.myers@xerox.com> wrote: > > Hey Folks > > After the second wiper blade change - It looks as though...
• Re: bed conversion, bumper questions
  Historical mailing list - Dan Moy
  Tue, 22 Jul 1997 12:31:30 -0400
  ...Just the blade if it is chrome will cost arount $500.00 from the dealer. You can get a painted (satin black) one for...
• Re: TINTED WINDOWS
  Historical mailing list - John Hurley
  Tue, 24 Aug 1999 12:08:06 -0400
  ...Take a razor blade and scrape at a piece of the tint. Be careful not to scrape the stuff to dust. Old tint doesn...
• Re: [WetWesties] VW Van & Camping Stuff For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 15:21:29 -0600
  ...Bosch Micro Edge Windshield Wiper Blades (two blades) > Brand New - Package Never Opened > Model / PN 40718A > Size - 18" Retail Price: $6.99 ea / $13...
• How to wire on-off-on-switch
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 15 Jul 2013 14:35:16 -0500
  ...This is a six-blade switch on the back, meant to be off in the center and to turn on one device or the...
• Re: Sliding Door Not Locking Open
  Historical mailing list - Joe Gawzner
  Mon, 7 Jan 2002 16:44:22 -0500
  ...the horizontal part of the letter a stub of a flat blade which I was able to fit into the phillips screw and tighten...
• I just love surprises
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 11 Oct 2002 11:18:50 -0500
  ...Oh! Good Grief Charlie Brown! Please help me find these kits before I go buy Xacto knife blades and gasket materials. My eyesight is...
• Re: Damn! Rounded over CV Joint Bolt!!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 21 Jul 2004 00:53:57 -0500
  ...You can also just cut the head off with a hacksaw blade. I've done this several times, and found that once I removed...
• Oil pressure light and buzzer.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 18 Dec 2015 07:34:59 -0600
  ...The socket will now fit over the blade on the switch. Turn the socket with a standard straight wrench. I found I only had...
• Re: Starter for 1981 automatic: questions
  Historical mailing list - Michael S. Nichols
  Sun, 16 Jun 2002 23:05:16 -0400
  ...Radio Shack and get a 2>1 blade adapter that will slide on the starter blade terminal and make two terminals for you. A...
• Power Steering Pump Wiring Question?
  Historical mailing list - John-Reed Maffeo
  Fri, 2 Oct 1998 10:03:44 -0700
  ...to be a pressure switch with two white wires attached using blade connectors mounted on the pressure side of the power steering pump. I...
• Re: how to install a radio on a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Wed, 14 Feb 2001 23:00:02 -0600
  ...Kenwood and others have small blades which slide in the front on both sides and release the head unit from the metal box. Once...
• Re: What's this wire for?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 13 Aug 2005 08:22:35 -0700
  ...At the left there is a loose wire, > green and white with a single blade connector, male, yellow plastic > housing. What is it? > TIA >
• Re: What is the size of the cooling fan behind the radiator?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Mon, 30 Jun 2003 16:58:59 -0700
  The fan blade is 12" across, 1.5" deep. Cheers, Jeff -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf...
• Re: which windshield wiper to get? (my bosch excels have been disappointing)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 26 Nov 2005 00:32:57 -0500
  ...I ususually get the run of the mill blades at Wal*Mart. It sounds like your left wiper arm may need tweeking. Mike Houlton...
• Rad Fan Bearing (bushing?) Question. With pics.
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 26 Jan 2008 12:19:14 -0800
  ...little squeeky when turned by hand, so I pressed off the blade unit to better get at bearing to lube it. (dig the white...
• Re: Only ONE drive wheel?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 12 Apr 2009 21:17:01 -0500
  ...In the tri-gear machines the blade angle on a propeller is the same on all blades, and all rotate in the same plane...
• Re: VERY UNUSUAL REQUEST (long)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 21 Feb 2002 20:04:48 -0600
  ...Some of your applications could fall in between Carbide and Heat Treated steel for circular say blades, lathe chips etc. Another high volume application...
• Re: '87 AC Radiator Fan Question
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sat, 8 Sep 2001 10:52:41 -0400
  ...such as the electrical plug or the size of the fan blades. On the other hand it may be a direct swap, or even...
• Re: Improve comfort of Buddy Heater
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 16 Nov 2022 18:38:51 +0000
  ...so low that they can't injure, or because the fan blades are of a soft material that will not cause injury, or both...
• Re: Goopy stuff on dish drainer
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:21:04 -0400
  ...And/or a razor-blade scraper. Could try freezing it piecemeal with "canned air" held upside down -- might scrape off clean then. Yours, David
• Re: Dometic Fan
  Historical mailing list - Blaine Bachman
  Sat, 14 Aug 1999 10:13:14 EDT
  ...As reported on these pages a couple of years ago, my stock fan actually caught on fire, melted the blades, and tried to set...
• help! part needed
  Historical mailing list - Jay & Kim Schmidt
  Fri, 27 Aug 1999 14:33:28 -0500
  ...It's threaded with a nut on one end and has a slot for a small screwdriver blade on the other. See Bentley 20...
• Re: vanagon sliding door FS
  Historical mailing list - Alain Pierre Hovasse
  Sun, 3 Sep 2000 19:10:28 -0400
  I'm looking for a couple of windshield wipers for my 86 westy (not including the blades), also those little side utility inlets. Mine...
• Re: New to the list... and some upgrade questions, too
  Historical mailing list - Jon Joyce
  Tue, 15 Jan 2002 22:04:24 -0600
  ...I know the wiper blades are shot, though! Also, thanks for the heads-up on the fender trim; it's really a vanity issue...
• Re: SA GRILLE
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Wed, 29 Mar 2006 13:50:25 -0600
  ...grill, you create a space where you can use a flat bladed screwdriver to spring the push pins loose, thus avoiding the need for...
• Re: 1.9L spark plug &water pump suggestions?
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sun, 2 Jan 2005 13:59:16 -0500
  ...Smooth on with a very flat blade > ( I use a razor blade) and hit it with a flat file after its dry to be...
• Re: Speaking of Windshield Wipers...
  Historical mailing list - Hotch
  Fri, 24 Jan 1997 13:48:46 -0500
  I put trico snow blades on and found out they don't work very well at high speeds, over 60 MPH. I didn't...
• Re: 84 Westfalia Refrigerator noise...? (continued)
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 5 Sep 2001 14:03:45 -0300
  ...My guess is that the fan blades are hitting something back there - a wire, or a fin, or a kid's toy. And Yes...
• Re: LOUD! cooling fan
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 5 Aug 1998 16:01:09 CDT
  ...i wonder if they changed the fan blade shape or something?? joel
• Re: PROJECTZOW BULBS
  Historical mailing list - Dr.Chris
  Thu, 12 Oct 2006 21:51:42 -0400
  ...I haven't burned any out in 3+ years, but one wire lead seems to have separated from the blade that makes contact with...
• Re: fuel injector hoses, replacing
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Sat, 8 Dec 2007 10:49:57 EST
  ...I also used the slim pointed exacto blade to remove the old lines without cutting the collars off the injectors. David Clarkson 1990 Westy...
• Re: plastic blower assembly fix
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:54:50 -0500
  ...toward the outer side of the outlet opening, i.e the blades will cross from outer to inner side of the outlet. -- David Beierl...
• Re: Tire Blocking Safety Question (not the usual one :)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:47:40 -0800
  ...I think the stock black/white the black ends where the hacksaw blade points to. I brought the black out further to the 1...
• Re: hole saws/floor cutting
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sun, 23 Jan 2005 10:45:49 EST
  ...A sabre saw with a 32 TPI blade will work if its blade width can swing the radius you're trying to cut. Hole...
• Re: Solvent / Chemical Guru needed - Sikaflex-227 removal
  Historical mailing list - Karl Hartmut Filc
  Tue, 14 Sep 2004 18:38:39 -0400
  ...Solvent / Chemical Guru needed - Sikaflex-227 removal A Sawzall blade for metal cutting will go right through it, unless the "dots" are thinner than...
• Re: loose blade conncectors
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:23:26 +1300
  To tighten a femals spade connector in a connector-block: The connector has a tab which springs out of the bottom of the connector...
• Re: /f Regional Oddities
  Historical mailing list
  02 Jan 1996 16:49:12 GMT
  ...below the level of the road surface, thereby escaping the long blade of the plow. Norman "I've got 50 series tires on my...
• Re: RE Removing Dealer Logo - how to?
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Fri, 27 Apr 2001 17:08:27 -0700
  ...the ones that look somewhat like this _________ [ o o ] with only one blade, and a reinforced | | top edge | | -------- and then winshield washing soluthion without...
• Re: Exercise while camping.
  Historical mailing list - DrCory
  Wed, 20 Jun 2001 16:39:07 -0600
  ...It is a fiberglass 'blade' with a handle in the middle and weighted tips. the idea is the osalation. the harder you work it...
• no fan, big fan, fuse blow, no fan - bare wire??
  Historical mailing list - Jon Kanas
  Tue, 20 Sep 2005 11:10:51 -0600
  Hi Kim, I recently had something similar happen and discovered that one of the fan leads had been dragging slightly on the fan blades...
• Re: SA GRILLE
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Tue, 28 Mar 2006 13:28:47 -0700
  ...The blades are not very thick in comparison to the og grille. And it seems like it is going to break into pieces when...
• Lube Raditor fan motor bushings?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:28:23 -0800
  ...affair and not worth trying to lube? It appears that the blade unit is press fit and won't slide off easily, (and I...
• Re: Mini's
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Sat, 16 Nov 2002 13:32:05 -0000
  ...draught came in the front and with a reversed fan blade (more blades on the 'S' of course, denser rad matrix too, almost every...
• Re: fuel injector hoses, replacing
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 7 Dec 2007 19:07:14 -0800
  ...My solution was use of a Dremel tool with the thin cut-off blade. I VERY CAREFULLY cut diagonally down through the ring as...
• Re: Tool Suggestion? Re: Rear Trailing Arm Replacement Fun!
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 21 Jan 2015 00:46:40 -0600
  ...This would most likely work we usually break a hack saw blade in half and > use that > > Eric Ley > Garage Mechanic ELM > 2001 Demers...