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• Re: Lockers -- how hard to install LLSD?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 10 May 2011 15:43:32 -0700
  I think I've used a needle nose pliers, or maybe a needle nose vice grips, to hold the spring back. ----- Original Message ----- From...
• Re: '73 tranny trashed?
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Sat, 1 Aug 1998 14:12:11 -0800
  ...It's a few hours of work with no special tools required beyond a set of circlip pliers. HTH -Otmar- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Electric Vehicle Components Ltd...
• Re: Spring Clamps,Harry Houdini, and The love of changing hoses.
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Mon, 9 Jul 2001 00:02:34 -0500
  ...I was using a spring clamp pliers, and it still wouldn't clear the AC bracket. I finally used a needle nose Vice Grips...
• Re: &^%(^&%&^%$b wrist pin clips!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 14 May 2005 06:21:40 EDT
  ...You need GOOD circlip pliers both straight jaw ones and angle jaw ones. ALWAYS, and I mean ALWAYS stuff rags behind the piston so...
• Re: Drive Flange Oil Seal replacement
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 15 Jun 2007 20:52:24 -0700
  ...I have a Stanley >screwdriver, some Craftsmen pliers, a hammer and my secret weapon ..... a >spike with the end bent to a 90 degree...
• Re: DCL
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Mon, 9 Dec 2002 09:59:43 -0800
  ...This allows you to put the pliers on > > and angle them out of the way of the cylinder > > as you push it on. Pull...
• Re: Factory Hose Clamps
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 8 Jun 2012 17:26:33 -0700
  Those are called Spring Hose Clamp Pliers.. get them at your FLAPS. Napa Auto parts carries them. the come straight, or angled, and a...
• Re: oil cooler question...
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 23 Apr 1999 14:42:40 -0700
  Get two large vice grip pliers, pinch off the water lines and remove them. You shouldn't lose much coolant. Fill the overflow reservoir...
• Re: Manual Transmission Drive Flange Seal
  Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
  Sun, 10 Aug 2014 15:42:51 -0700
  ...remove the Adjusting Rings. >> No Special Tools required other than Circlip pliers, seal puller and a method to install the new seal. >> Have I...
• Re: Technique For Removing Speedo needle? Teaspoons
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 3 Oct 2009 14:04:33 -0600
  ...That's sort of the way I used those needle nose pliers, but also why I found the two kitchen knives an easier way...
• Re: hoses in general
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Thu, 15 Aug 2002 21:35:57 -0400
  There is a special set of pliers with little 'nipples' that fit the orifice on those snap rings. The pliers come in two or...
• Re: Heater Ventilation Slider Controls
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 22 Aug 2013 07:27:38 -0500
  ...wrote: > > > Best tool I can think of is some bent-nosed pliers. Hook 'em right behind > > the knob and pull straight out. get the...
• Re: Diff lock servo remove help!
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 1 Jun 1999 12:39:10 -0400
  ...Also, after grabbing the edge with needle nose pliers, I pulled it up but could not locate any pin to push out. AS I...
• Lugnut worries
  Historical mailing list - The Carters
  Tue, 25 Jan 2000 18:50:09 -0800
  ...I have access to an excellant tool source, and would use (or try) a pipe wrench, or a pair or parrot-nosed pliers. After...
• Re: Radiator Leak
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Mon, 18 Sep 2000 18:18:50 EDT
  John; Is the leak from one of the fins? Just pinch it off with a pair of needle nose pliers. Drive Safely & Good Luck...
• Re: Headlamp adjusters
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sat, 19 Oct 2013 18:55:08 -0700
  ...but it was, and it took a lot of force to turn ..like with a pliers. Scott On 10/19/2013 6:51 PM...
• Re: A minimal tool kit?
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Wed, 8 Sep 2010 09:42:10 -0400
  ...Adjustable wrench Mallet (rubber) Side cutting pliers Vice grips in large, medium and small sizes crimping tool with an assortment of spade and ring...
• Re: Heating Control Plate
  Historical mailing list - Wolfsburg
  Sat, 16 May 1998 22:30:48 -0700
  ...Use a pair of needle nose pliers and remove the black heater control knobs carefully one at a time. With a flat blade screwdriver...
• Re: 2.1l auto trans rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 29 Jan 2002 06:56:02 EST
  ...Circlip pliers are important. There's a website <A HREF="http://www.bulkparts.com/">Automatic transmission parts, Makco Distributing, inc.</A> with inexpensive parts...
• Re: Starting Batteries
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 2 Jan 2003 18:09:30 -0800
  ...with vise grips and the other with a large pair of pliers. As long as you don't let the two touch, its possible...
• Re: Starter motor do-it-yourself rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Sat, 18 Aug 2007 21:54:36 -0600
  ...Tapped off the outer ring with a 1/2" deep socket, and took off inner c-clip with pliers. Martin On 8/18/07...
• Re: worm type fuel line clamps
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:24:02 -0700
  ...i purchased the proper clamp pliers at foreign auto in Chico where i did the work ... interestingly enough while on my way back to...
• Re: Dremel, was Re: Best Way To Remove
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 6 Apr 2009 16:49:59 -0600
  ...I used a carbon cutting disc on my Dremel to cut most way through the flange, then used pliers to leverage it off the...
• Re: Evil Front Bilstien Shock--Lower mounting bolt froze
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 27 Apr 2002 06:10:30 -0700
  ...I tried > grip-lock pliers to hold the shock tube in place while > I undo the bolt counter clockwise, but it slips. > > Am i...
• Re: Electrical "Locking" Terminal Info + Question
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 8 Feb 2013 18:25:09 -0800
  ...type: > > http://i00.i.aliimg.com/photo/v0/359917598/Crimping_Pliers_Wire_Crimping_Pliers_Terminal_Crimping.jpg > > but please tell me more of this...
• Re: headlight switch
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 18 Mar 2025 06:53:49 -0700
  ...the tabs broke off when I tried to squeeze them with pliers. The plastic is very brittle. Crap part, Febi, but all that is...
• Re: Multi meters, Was Dang Headlights.
  Historical mailing list - Rowan Tipton
  Sat, 7 Jan 2017 13:59:21 -0500
  ...few challenges in there in the way that no wrench or pliers > can. > > May I suggest that once a week or so those of...
• Re: Headlight low beam failure
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 4 Dec 2016 12:48:36 -0800
  ...be sanded clean and the female ends easily re-formed with pliers, but often they break from corrosion. Gotta love the old car hobby...
• Re: late vannie arm rest flopping
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:21:03 -0700
  ...You can bolt them back in w/o removing the armrests by using a needlenose pliers on the side of the screws. The thorough...
• Re: replacing padded part of dashboard/ brown dashpad FS
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 6 Mar 2010 13:26:50 EST
  ...tiny right angle ratcheting socket wrench w phillips bit and tiny pliers. and that's only because i had one already removed as a...
• update: power mirror fixed
  Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
  Mon, 8 Oct 2001 09:15:42 -0700
  ...Yep, working against gravity made the task MUCH more challenging...A chisel and needlenose pliers did the trick. 2. Any original ideas how to...
• Re: Question on Surepower 1315 Install
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sun, 26 Aug 2007 11:00:49 -0700
  ...Easy to remove with a pair of pliers to just pull it off. I'm about to install a Surepower 1315, and that is...
• Re: Throttle adjustment
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Sat, 24 May 2014 22:04:07 -0400
  ...Gave me plenty of room to put the clip on, release the pliers, and ease the spring back onto the retaining clip. What I...
• Re: Heater Control Question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 20 Jan 2007 10:47:19 -0600
  ...With a pair of curved longnose pliers, grab each lever by the shaft (don't hook the "handle," you'll likely pull it off...
• Re: tools question;
  Historical mailing list - Vanman
  Sun, 22 Nov 1998 14:17:15 -0800
  ...An assortment of pliers, wire cutters, crimpers, a hammer, and a volt/amp/ohm meter should also go with you. Take all of the...
• Re: "Rrrr, rrrrr, rrrr..skritch skritch...rrr rrr " (speedo noise?)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:17:04 -0600
  ...it >>> with a little help from some long-handled needle nose >>> pliers...still can't >>> get it to click on. When I had the...
• Re: 1983 window regulator
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 17:36:44 -0600
  ...With a vise and some pliers and some things to pry with, you can get a little machine screw where the rivet was and...
• Re: 87 Synchro CV Boots
  Historical mailing list - Peter Larsson
  Sun, 27 Oct 1996 14:50:09 +0100
  ...I wonder if it is some kind of polyuretane? I also bought the special pliers to crimp on the steel clips on the both...
• Oil Filter tool!!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 16 Mar 1998 17:40:49 -0800
  ...As far as a tool, I use a LARGE pair of Channel lock pliers to do that job:) The difference IS in the pressure...
• Re: What tools do you carry in your Bus on a daily basis?
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Fri, 27 Oct 2000 03:01:39 -0500
  ...in my bus i have a full set of cheap-o metric sockets >>and wrenches, pliers, needle nose, cutters, large cresent wrench and large...
• Re: wire from alternator to front of case 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Myers, Thomas A
  Wed, 9 Jul 2003 10:00:31 -0400
  ...Twist? I've given it a good couple of yanks with a pair of pliers, but no dice. Many thanks, d. 1990 GL -- "Mudskipper"
• Craftsman tools (was: Spring clip pliers)
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 07 Mar 1996 11:30:00 -0800 (PST)
  >I think Craftsman tools are still fairly good. The only one I've >ever broken is the 3/8" u-joint ratchet extension, and...
• Frozen Odometer
  Historical mailing list - John Klun
  Tue, 28 Nov 2000 12:35:12 -0700
  ...To repair this, I pinched the pointed end of the spindle as hard as I could with a pair of pliers to keep it...
• Re: tiny little bulb issue
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 16 Nov 2000 18:17:48 -0600
  ...I used a pair of parallel jaw pliers to hold them. The white thingy stays put! Sorry I don't have the part number...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 7 Nov 2012 15:53:53 -0500
  ...The common, pliers-like ones, with the half round recesses don't work well, if at all. And those are what people who don...
• Re: 89 Vanagon 4spd Problem - Stuck in 3rd-
  Historical mailing list
  22 Jul 96 16:34:09 PDT
  ...He used a pair of pliers on the shift rod, placing a small nick in just the RIGHT spot. Whenever I shifted into reverse...
• Re: Battery went dead
  Historical mailing list - David Wilhite
  Tue, 11 Feb 2003 20:05:09 -0500
  It may not be the best practice, but I use two pairs of pliers (make sure they are insulated) to grab the two terminals...
• Re: Is there a tool for safely taking apart headlight assemblies?
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hill
  Thu, 9 Feb 2006 17:32:32 -0600
  ...I've taken them out with small > screwdriver's and needle nose pliers but looks like there is a > specific tool > for these. Anybody...
• Re: Instrument lamp replacement
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
  Thu, 17 May 2007 18:08:13 +0000
  ...I had to use a set of >pliers to push down real hard and then turn to get >those stubborn light receptacles to release...
• Re: can I fix my power steering?
  Historical mailing list - Curtis Graham
  Wed, 17 Mar 1999 11:29:39 -0700
  ...Used a vice to secure the tie rod while loosening the retaining nuts (17mm or 19mm), but locking pliers would also work. 12) Removed...
• Re: Current coolant hose repairs
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 8 Nov 2022 16:29:43 -0800
  ...I had to take my disk cutter and cut off the protruding metal tune on the side that the fork on my special pliers...
• Re: Throttle Body Removal
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 5 May 2011 09:34:12 -0700
  ...push that spring on the rod back, like with a needle nose pliers, then remove that small clip on the end. then the rod...
• Re: Tool trick..(not Xmas related)
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Fri, 25 Dec 2009 01:08:31 -0500
  hose removal pliers will pop it right out. -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Don Hanson...
• Re: Cold Morning Puzzlement Part Deux
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Sat, 19 Feb 2000 08:45:38 EST
  ...The exterior of the head looks considerably thinner than screw 2 -- like somebody attacked it with pliers. I checked with a local parts guy...
• Re: CV's
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 10 Mar 2002 00:51:11 -0800
  ...You need a snap-ring pliers, a vise, and sledge hammer to knock the old CV's off the shafts. sand and paint the...
• Re: Changing fuel injection temp sensor
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Fri, 11 Jul 2003 12:40:19 -0700
  ...t have 5 of the right type of hose clamp-off pliers, do you? Replace it, refill the system and purge the air properly...
• Floppy vent window
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Mon, 13 Sep 2004 21:19:57 -0400
  ...Because I might have rubbed a bit of paint off with the pliers I sprayed a bit of primer in there after I finished...
• Re: Front Heater Control Valve Replacement Tricks?
  Historical mailing list - Vince P.
  Wed, 7 Jun 2000 13:43:42 -0700
  ...I did however, buy the hose clamp pliers (before I sold the van) for $13 from a local parts store. I think I could...
• Re: Manual Transmission Drive Flange Seal
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 10 Aug 2014 10:53:33 -0600
  No SpecialTools Needed to change the DriveFlangeSeals ~ It might be Helpful to have CirClip Pliers & a VeryLarge ScrewDriver(to Pry the OldSeal out) & a...
• Re: Dometic drain plug removal; 86 Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
  Wed, 5 Aug 1998 16:06:58 EDT
  ...That gave me a little T-handle; with that and some pliers, I was able to get the thing off. When I put it...