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• '90 brake probs fixed
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Jul 1995 15:21:15 -0600
  ...Bleeding the front brakes is a chore - I usually use small Vise-Grips to work the bleeder valve and I just couldn't make...
• Re: 2.1L WBX high pressure oil switch - removal
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 6 Dec 2015 23:40:24 +0000
  ...turn it with an open end wrench or Crescent or a ViseGrip. Good luck! Stephen On Sunday, December 6, 2015 6:17 PM, Richard...
• Re: Engine Disassembly, EGR, Air Pump
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Wed, 2 Nov 94 8:54:40 PST
  ...it is a real mother getting > the screws out (screwdriver ...nope... vise grips ...nope... > chisel...nope... drill). What is recommended for cleaning up old...
• Re Re: generation span
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Mon, 14 Jan 2002 09:38:32 -0800
  ...we would make 600 mile trip from nocal to socal and vise-versa. first stick was a 1970's almost dune buggy type VW...
• Re: Tools and parts for Baja trip plus
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 15 Aug 2014 11:22:01 -0700
  I find needlenose Vise Grips to be handy. Hose pick is invaluable�for removing in those hard-to-reach spots. JB Weld. Headlight flashlight...
• Re: Well so far it's beat me. >:-(
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 9 Aug 2010 21:41:48 -0500
  ...Found a pair of new US made Vise Grips at a yard sale last fall, but didn't want to pay $8 for them...
• ATF into final drive phase 2: governor seal R&R
  Historical mailing list - Robert Smythe
  Sun, 16 Apr 2006 08:27:26 +0000
  ...Bail handle off, I tried to remove the gov cover but had to resort to the use of a large vise grip (meant for...
• Re: "drill-out" and Broken Bolt/Stud Extraction Techniques
  Historical mailing list - ThomasD. Hanlon
  Thu, 9 Dec 1999 07:54:41 -0800
  ...on the joint bolts, and it appears that he used a "Vise Grip"or a pipe wrench on all of the bolts instead of...
• Re: CV Bolts (Stripping For Attention)
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:17:25 -0600
  ...Do NOT clamp > the > >axle in a benchvise or with pliers or a vise-grips, it'll cause surface > >damage that will lead to...
• Re: Damn! Rounded over CV Joint Bolt!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Wed, 21 Jul 2004 09:28:52 -0800
  Tom, I did one on our syncro in May with vise-grips, as long as you have a quality pair and get them nice...
• Re: 84 GL Alternator Bracket
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 2 Dec 1997 20:58:01 -0500
  ...end wrench, scored it with a hacksaw, clamped it in a vise, and snapped it in half with a hammer. Spent the next two...
• Re: Dash removal for AC access
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:26:32 -0500
  ...can be easily grasped and removed with a good set of vise-grips or other pliers. Jim On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 7...
• Friday - Raindrops falling on my head.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 1 Nov 2002 22:04:17 -0600
  ...I began to chuck up a cylinder in my older than Strom Therman vintage vise. Not a big deal, right? Not for me, the...
• Re: Need fuel expansion tank valve
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 29 Jun 2012 10:00:42 -0700
  ...Lots of trips off the ground to the > shop vise and back. I think I just invented a new exercise > program--Vanagon repair yoga...
• Re: ... and onto the next thing ...
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sat, 13 Sep 2014 11:07:08 -0300
  ...shut off , > not enough ..and they won't come on. ( or vise versa, seen it several > times, including on newly rebuilt transmissions. ) > > In all...
• Subject: Warning! Do not use... (Stainless Exhaust Fasteners)
  Historical mailing list - Doug Fitz-Randolph
  Wed, 17 Jan 2007 16:45:32 -0400
  ...Even with vise-grips, sawz-all, oxy-acetylene torch, and various other implements of doom, I ended up spending the better part of a...
• Accelerator cable snap
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Tue, 2 Apr 2002 10:20:02 EST
  ...I went to Home Depot and got cable swages (1/16" size), and using vise-grips as a swager I made a loop out...
• Re: CV removal tips?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 14 May 2006 15:09:55 -0400
  ...a cold chisel while the > outer joint was supported in > a vise, but it would't budge. Both my inboard CVs > are now stuck...
• Re: Re-use Used Steering Coupling Disks? (PICS)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:54:05 -0600
  ...PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> If you use vise-grips on the fasteners you won't have to buy new ones...
• Re: Broken Bolt on Fuel Rail-Help
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sun, 5 Oct 2008 10:02:56 -0500
  ...Tapped it in and used a vise grip to back it out...then the screw-out broke in the hole!!!!!!. Am now trying to...
• Re: wasserboxer muffler & CAT
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Feb 1996 20:49:56 -0500
  ...old CAT, I had >to put the old CAT in a vise and use a pipe wrench to get the >sensor off. Chewed up...
• Re: Modified carriage bolts?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Fri, 13 May 2011 22:53:32 -0400
  ...Spot-weld? >> >> And I guess you could make your own rectangular shoulder with file and a vise. But all depends on if you want...
• Re: Tranny swap time
  Historical mailing list - MacLachlan, Bill
  Tue, 1 Apr 2003 12:37:12 -0800
  ...I clamp the clutch rubber line with some vise grip pliers to stop that incessant dripping. If you got a good imagination I think...
• Gas Tanks, fuel hose clamping
  Historical mailing list - Carl Turner
  Mon, 11 Jan 1999 12:04:29 EST
  ...BTW, to another poster concerning how to clamp fuel lines, I use a little pair of locking pliers (vise grip type) with a couple...
• Re: Tips and Tricks Request - Change fuel hose from tank to pump
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 12 Oct 2013 13:24:08 -0400
  ...can be clamped without much stress by using small needle-nosed > > vise > > > grips with pieces of hose on the jaws. > > > > > > Larry A. > > > did you...
• Re: Dash / Air Distribution Box removal
  Historical mailing list - Timothy J. Hannink
  Tue, 11 Jul 2000 08:27:02 -0400
  ...Hopefully, vise grips will do the trick for me too. Once the box is out, what do you use to replace the rotten foam...
• Re: Door Lock Problem
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Mon, 9 Jul 2001 08:24:30 -0500
  ...I sprayed some liquid >wrench on everything then proceeded to put the handle in my vise and >attempted to rotate the locking mechanism with...
• Re: The King's English
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 29 Apr 2003 10:24:25 -0600
  ...I couldn't have done this with my lack of tools (vise, etc.) and space. On the other hand, there is another mechanic recommended...
• Re: It's Flyday
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Fri, 28 Nov 2014 20:18:10 -0500
  ...will certainly look anyone up if I get out their way. Vise-versa any fellow pilot/vanagon owner is always welcome here! I've...
• Re: What's the definitive word on tires??
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Sat, 20 Nov 2004 15:10:48 -0800
  ...The sidewall will be marked '2-ply' construction vise the single ply sidewalls on most passenger car tires and the max inflation pressure will...
• Re: Air Cool Pushrod Tube Install
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Mon, 22 Mar 1999 07:11:56 -0500
  ...Muir says to use visegrips on the tube and bang them - Well I'm not going to follow that route (although that was necessary...
• Re: CV Bolts (Stripping For Attention)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:23:02 -0500
  ...on the transmission side where I could get a pair of vise grips on them to ease them out. I never had to do...
• Re: Replacing fiberglass insulation...
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 4 Nov 2014 10:44:40 -0600
  ...from the cold outside temps and the warmish inside temps(or vise versa) cause more rust than leaks. Getting rid of the fiberglass insulation...
• Re: ... and onto the next thing ...
  Historical mailing list - Mike B
  Mon, 8 Sep 2014 08:10:37 -0400
  ...shut off , >> not enough ..and they won't come on. ( or vise versa, seen it several >> times, including on newly rebuilt transmissions. ) >> >> In all...
• Re: Front Heater Control Valve Replacement Tricks?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 25 May 2000 09:57:22 -0700
  ...angle to the spring clamp. Your message confirms these > styles exist. Vise grips work ok if you can get at the clamps but access...
• Buggered Fill Plug Game Plan (way long)
  Historical mailing list - Simon
  Sun, 22 Sep 2002 22:03:24 -0600
  ...wrist bracers I wear with my renaissance fair costume, then use vise grips to twist that sucka outta there. Failing that, at least I...
• Re: Can't wait!Kampers near Knoebels
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 12 Aug 2004 23:01:17 -0600
  ...Maxons; > :::Tim Schwartz; Conley Myers; corvairranchinc@earthlink.net; Ian > :::Hollenbeck; michael viselli; todd drew; bryan blackwell; Karl Bower; > Ron > :::Wolff; Brendan Allen; Todd Thompson...
• Re: Well so far it's beat me. >:-(
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Mon, 9 Aug 2010 20:19:16 -0700
  ...Found a pair of new US made > Vise Grips at a yard sale last fall, but didn't want to pay $8 for > them...
• Re: Aluminum to brass thread galling
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:26:46 -0600
  ...Eventually, a big pipe wrench an d a bench vise separated the two. Apparently the threading of one or the other was not wholly...
• Re: Engine Disassembly, EGR, Air Pump
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 2 Nov 94 11:53:05 -0500
  ...it is a real mother getting >the screws out (screwdriver ...nope... vise grips ...nope... >chisel...nope... drill). What is recommended for cleaning up old...
• Re: Metal coolant bypass pipe
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Thu, 1 Jul 2004 11:45:12 -0400
  ...I've pulled off the belts and pulley >for the water pump to see if I could get a vise grip on the bolt...
• Re: Stock Aircooled heater fan/Ode to Bently
  Historical mailing list - Jacob Shaun Dustin
  Wed, 8 Nov 1995 23:29:42 MST
  ...endplay measuring tool looks like, and using aluminum bar stock, a vise, a drill, and a hacksaw, fabricate my own. No mor wrench/feeler...
• Re: Can't wait!Kampers near Knoebels
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Fri, 13 Aug 2004 09:02:14 -0400
  ...Maxons; > :::Tim Schwartz; Conley Myers; corvairranchinc@earthlink.net; Ian > :::Hollenbeck; michael viselli; todd drew; bryan blackwell; Karl Bower; Ron > :::Wolff; Brendan Allen; Todd Thompson...
• Followup to refurbing sunvisors--the final chapter
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 5 Jun 2009 16:21:11 -0500
  ...I put the visor between two boards and cranked the woodworking vise down on the setup. When I returned home, I took it out...
• Re: tightening up vent window
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 29 Jun 1998 08:45:04 CDT
  ...can't see it at all) and a small pair of Vise-Grips to turn the screw. it's a phillips-head screw, but...
• Re: Advice if you ACTUALLY REPLACED your exhause headers
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 13 Aug 2005 20:35:28 -0500
  ...Stretch a nut by squeezing it as hard as you can in three different directions with large ViseGrips. If you remove a bolt or...
• Re: It's Flyday
  Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
  Fri, 28 Nov 2014 18:22:34 -0800
  ...will certainly look anyone up if I get out their way. Vise-versa any fellow pilot/vanagon owner is always welcome here! I've...
• Re: Tips and Tricks Request - Change fuel hose from tank to pump
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 12 Oct 2013 12:50:54 -0500
  ...can be clamped without much stress by using small needle-nosed >> > vise >> > > grips with pieces of hose on the jaws. >> > > >> > > Larry A. >> > > did you...
• Update on the alternator story
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Tue, 24 May 2011 22:22:49 -0700
  ...Do not install a round button housing regulator into an alternator originally equipped with a rectangular housing regulator or vise versa. Damage will occur...
• Re: Tools
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Tue, 11 Jan 2011 20:16:54 -0600
  ...i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa190/becida/Tools/Tools.jpg > >The extra visegrips I bought just for the tool bag were not what I >was...
• Re: Stsbilizer Link Broke
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Thu, 12 Sep 2002 13:01:24 -0600
  ...If it broke off >> higher, use vise-grips to hold the top while you loosen the bottom nut. >> tx, >> bmc :) >> "Faith will move mountains...
• Re: How do you re-key steering lock cylinder?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 28 Jan 2007 20:59:02 -0800
  ...2) Locate roll pin and place cylinder on a hard flat surface or hold in a bench vise. 3) Drive pin out with suitable...
• Building that engine, but got sidetracked with the car (part2)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Apr 1995 22:47:42 -0700
  ...Torch studs so the nuts will come off, (am I changing the heat-treatment?) nuts that were hopelessly locked (bench vise and vise grips...
• Free '84 L, starts & runs, for picking up in Cincinnati
  Historical mailing list - Walt Oliver
  Sat, 8 Feb 2003 18:38:35 -0500
  ...98 Acura RL 92 Saab 900S (assembled by a couple of 12-year-olds playing with visegrips) Vision R-40 pilot own two feet...
• Re: key blanks for vanagon in Vancouver BC
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:56:09 -0700
  ...Stephen --- Brendan Slevin <brendan@BELLATAZZA.COM> wrote: > Is it possible to cut your own keys with a vise and > an assortment of files? > Seems...
• Re: Vacuum System Parts on 1.9 - "Y's" and Constrictors...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 16 Oct 2014 16:58:42 -0400
  ...With steel drills you could use a pin vise or a hand-held Dremel with a miniature chuck; but I don't think steel...
• Re: headlights with relay setup are inop
  Historical mailing list - Scott Ohana
  Sun, 21 Jul 2013 19:23:35 -0700
  ...The dimmer switch has to supply +12 to >> the relay 86 terminals, and the 85 terminals have to be grounded (or >> vise versa). >> >> The...
• Re: side door window knob tightening
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 8 Oct 2016 22:50:20 -0400
  ...Don't use it in the handle, rather hold it with vise grips or better yet 1/4" socket and 1/4" ratchet wrench...
• Re: Tie Rod end removal/Control arm bushings
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:24:21 -0400
  ...Then just squeeze it back together with the vise and tack weld and you are done. Pretty easy. We have all of the parts...
• Re: Torque Wench - calibration?
  Historical mailing list - Myron Lind
  Wed, 28 Nov 2001 18:10:08 -0800
  Clamp a socket, extension, etc in a soft jaw vise with the torque wrench sticking out perfectly horizontal (the handle must be able to...