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• Re: CO Adjusting Screw. PO Set it All The Way In? Base Setting?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 22 Jun 2012 00:26:42 -0400
  The O2 sensor should over ride any CO screw adjustment anyway unless things are really off. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
• Re: westy speaker replacement
  Historical mailing list - Mike Meuser
  Sun, 4 Jun 2006 14:48:00 -0700
  ...I can see no screws. The door speakers are same as rear cabinet speakers, both have plastic clips that spring out when speaker is...
• Re: Vent windows past 90 degrees -- nope
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:48:07 -0400
  ...pulls off and reveals the screw, the little cup inside the door handle lifts out revealing the screw, the end covers on the grab...
• Re: No idle when engine cold
  Historical mailing list - Alex MeVay
  Wed, 22 Apr 2020 09:20:31 -0700
  ...Have you checked the idle adjustment (bypass screw on throttle body)? I recall having similar symptoms when mine was set too low (screw damaged...
• Valve adjustment advice
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Sun, 13 Dec 2015 18:28:36 -0500
  Bentley says to back out the adjusting screw until it is flush with the rocker arm, then turn engine to TDC on #1 and...
• Headliner screws
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Sun, 17 Oct 2010 15:04:52 -0700
  Hi, I know it's not as interesting as audio equipment, but all I want to know is what kind of screws hold up...
• Re: how to remove rectangular headlights on later vanagons ?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 9 May 2003 22:48:25 EDT
  ...seem to have a metal frame attached > to it, but the screws look to me like adjustment screws. take the whole frame and assy
• Mirror Screws
  Historical mailing list - Melvin Mudgett-Price
  Mon, 23 Aug 2004 11:14:13 -0400
  Where would I find the screws that hold the side mirrors on my 83.5 Vanagon. I'm also looking for the tool used...
• Re: 1980 AC model speedo
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 3 Dec 2004 17:50:09 -0800
  Actually, AFAIK 1981 was the last model year for the screw on speedo cable type. All later years have the push on version. Mark...
• Re: Auto tranny questions
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 27 Apr 2006 11:49:13 -0400
  ...The adjustment screw is on the passenger side of the gtrans. It is a hex screw with a nut that locks the adjustment. EZ...
• Re: Fryeday: machine screws and Loctite?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 9 Jul 2010 20:45:49 -0500
  ...little tired of having to constantly re-tighten the bitty > little screws that hold the temple pieces to the glasses. Especially if > one is...
• Re: Sliding Window Latch
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Wed, 3 Mar 2010 09:33:16 -0700
  Remove the two screws, being careful not to lose the spring. Then you can reattach the inside plate to the glass and outside plate...
• Re: Coolant leak...the story continues...
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Dec 1994 11:00:21 -0500 (EST)
  ...Carpet wet by rear seat - heat exchanger bleeder screw broken The plastic bleeder screw for the rear heat exchanger may be broken due to...
• Re: Curtain track screws
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 25 Jun 2015 16:27:38 -0700
  Problem is not the screw size, but the head size. They are, so far as I've been able to determine, not available this...
• Re: High Ratio Rockers
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 31 Aug 2000 07:38:04 EDT
  ...This wear is not immediate but over time new adjusting screws are needed as they wear out. With the slider style you need to...
• Re: poptop Stainless Steel Screws
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Sun, 4 Jun 2006 11:43:38 -0400
  Hi Karen, Again I have a set of these gowesty screws new in stainless but I am not in a position to mail them...
• Re: Flywheel Bolts
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Thu, 2 May 2013 12:59:01 -0400
  Metric socket head cap screws have a slightly higher yield than the grade 12.9 screws per Bossard. Steve On May 2, 2013, at...
• Re: Black smoke - diesel running rich?
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Sun, 2 Apr 2000 08:53:33 -0700
  ...The screw you want to turn OUT to make lean and IN to make rich is called the full-load adjusting screw and is...
• Re: '91Westy Coolant loss
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 9 Feb 2002 09:37:40 -0600
  ...At the time, I assumed that a PO had replaced spring clamps with screw type but apparently the screw type were original in this...
• Re: Soo- Oil Pan cracked
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 3 Nov 2012 19:59:47 -0700
  ...if it has stock 5mm allen screw pan screws ... you need a long thing 5mm allen to get up in there on 3 screws...
• Re: snap on curtains
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Thu, 24 Nov 2016 18:05:00 -0800
  ...But he warned, there > > are subtle differences in the snaps, one of which is the amount of > > clearance above screw head. If screw head...
• Re: Self-tapping screw size for headlight assy?
  Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
  Wed, 4 Sep 2002 09:46:21 -0400
  ...I bought a new > assembly, but I don't have the screws to screw in the > headlight assembly. What size do I need? > > Thanks...
• Another SA Grill Installation Request
  Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
  Mon, 5 May 2014 12:36:34 -0700
  ...For folks w/existing SA grills, what are the distances between the inboard outer headlight mounting screws and the outboard inner highbeam mounting screws...
• Re: Headlights Out
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sun, 30 Jan 2011 15:00:09 -0800
  I experienced this on my previously owned '87 GL, and it turned out to be the ground bundle screwed to the body above the...
• WTB: Dometic Fridge gas valve knob & Westy table screw
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wyatt
  Tue, 16 May 2000 21:39:08 -0700
  ...Also looking for a table screw for the front table. Thanks all, Ken 82 westy
• Re: Those brown caps that go over the screw heads in the westy
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 26 Oct 2005 09:44:52 -0700
  RE: Screw head covers/caps In addition to the Local Lowes, I certain at least one of the online vendors has them, I believe...
• Re: Caliper Bleeder Screw: RF Typically Seize More Often?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 2 Aug 2012 23:33:13 -0700
  I'm sure leaving the screw alone was a judgement call and maybe not such a bad one in some ways but.... They may...
• Re: Bummed and need advise about my 87 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 18 Aug 1998 10:50:25 EDT
  ...Adjust the screws on the rocker arm assembly all the way out. Now put the assembly back on. Adjust the two screws for number...
• Re: AT final drive oil sump gasket?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 14 Nov 2006 19:04:17 -0800
  ...AT final drive oil sump gasket? > The length of the screws in not the only thing VW changed. The replacement > screws have a larger...
• Re: map pocket repair
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:30:13 -0500
  ...i run the screws into beeswax then put the screws >into the JB weld. that way the screws dont stick to the JB weld...
• Re: '91 GL Campmobile
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:37:07 -0400
  ...just >> drain the oil, take out the port screw, and replace the gasket on >> that >> screw? Is the gasket a crushable gasket like on...
• Re: Removing seat arms
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 7 Apr 2005 15:49:29 -0600
  ...The arms are held onto the seat by a steel bracket that is screwed onto the seat. 2 screws, and those are the things...
• Digijet Idle Problems
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:46:57 -0700
  ...the function of the mystery screw: > That screw is for adjusting the mixture at idle -- it regulates a > small bypass that allows air to...
• Re: '85 1.9 Manual accelerator cable replacement
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Thu, 16 May 2013 09:10:11 -0400
  Scott - At the throttle end mine does have that barrel clap - but it is not secured with a regular screw. The set screw is...
• Re: Screw mount snaps?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:17:33 -0400
  At 02:20 PM 6/10/2009, Rob wrote... >I've been looking on-line for those snaps with a screw in the middle...
• Re: Projektzwo Fog Lamps
  Historical mailing list - Blaine Bachman
  Thu, 18 Jun 1998 00:56:14 EDT
  ...Remove the two outboard screws that hold the lower grill on each side. Place the lights in on the body so that the screw...
• stainless screws some more
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 12 Oct 2006 18:58:22 -0700
  stainless screws some more Those pictures were so much fun,I decided to send you all some more. These are my skylight kit and...
• Eurovan headlight bulb
  Historical mailing list - Lee&John Howard
  Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:53:05 -0700
  ...I've removed the grill, and I see the two large screws that attach the headlight assembly at the top, but don't see...
• Re: Adjusting valves on '91 Carat?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 8 Apr 2001 16:07:18 -0500
  ...When I got home and diagnosed the > problem, I > found that the screw threads were damaged beyond use. No problem, I > pulled > another screw...
• Excellent Info on Interior Trim removal etc
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Wed, 18 Aug 1999 01:28:29 -0500
  ...better than that. :) exterior door handles are held on by one large phillips screw. this screw is hidden, behind the rubber gasket that goes...
• Re: '85 1.9 Manual accelerator cable replacement
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 16 May 2013 14:32:32 -0700
  ...The set screw is a very small allen type screw. Mine > seems to be the only Non-Metric fastener I have come across. 1...
• Re: removing westfalia letters (in praise of WD40/Duct Tape)
  Historical mailing list - Frank E. Terhaar-Yonkers
  Tue, 16 Apr 1996 09:15:17 -0400
  ...it hurts like hell as it removes > several layers of hair and skin as it comes off, but it CAN be removed. > >Drywall screws...
• Re: Erratic idle
  Historical mailing list - Antaki
  Wed, 4 Apr 2001 22:19:25 -0700
  ...I am not sure if this would screw it up or not. I ended up screwing in the idle bypass screw about .5 turns...
• Never again, was: locked out
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Wed, 4 Sep 2002 15:34:00 -0400
  ...Hide the small screwdriver someplace smart, like under the bumper, or cable-tied to a fuel line. If a no-good finds the screwdriver...
• Re: Nice low cost tools source
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 26 Jan 2004 17:01:24 -0600
  ...http://www.vwalley.com/index.html My 76 Porsche has about twenty of the Cheese Head screws in it's sheet metal, my 356...
• Re: Bad plastic(s)
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Thu, 3 Feb 2011 03:23:01 -0800
  ...That's where the screws crack the plastic. Mark On Feb 3, 2011, at 3:17 AM, BenT Syncro wrote: > Put a washer & screw...
• WTB: One round headlight holdy-inny thing and screws, to '85
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Sun, 18 Nov 2012 07:55:27 +0000
  ...falling out on 85 and earlier vans, as well as the screws that hold it into the headlight bucket. Does anyone have one they...
• sliding door cover plate-baywindows
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 10 Mar 1996 23:55:07 -0500 (EST)
  ...It's held in place by two screws. My question is, after these 2 screws are off, how do you remove this plate? There...
• Re: rusty brake bleed screws
  Historical mailing list - Bio
  Wed, 6 Oct 2004 21:38:00 -0400
  ...http://www.kanolabs.com/ Jon Schaer wrote: >All, > >Any advice or tricks for un-sticking rusted caliper bleed screws? I'm leary >of heating...
• Instrument cluster screws
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sun, 10 Jul 2005 23:41:13 -0500
  While removing my instrument cluster I put those four screws in such a safe spot that I can't find them. Does anyone have...
• Installed: new 3 window canvas (Looong)
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 19 May 2000 11:00:27 -0300
  ...First I popped the top and, with an electric screw-driver, I un-screwed all of the screws holding the rail holding the BOTTOM...
• throttle position switch
  Historical mailing list - Ed Carroll
  Mon, 13 Aug 2001 15:19:48 -0400
  ...Unfortunately, the adjusting screw (which operates the eccentric cam mechanism) is barely recognizable as a screw. It looks like it was the same type...
• On the issue of Speedometer Cluster Repair
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Wed, 10 Nov 2004 14:23:43 EST
  ...I imbedded the required screws in the remaining screw threads after first coating the screw body with WD40, then built up the required support...
• Headlight Adjuster Fix - Upper Outboard Corner
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 14 May 2009 09:33:52 -0500
  ...3) Greased the existing screw with vaseline. 4) Mixed epoxy putty, and squished it around the screw and through the holes in the sheet...
• 89 syncro westy has leaky propane fill valve
  Historical mailing list - Matt Bezark
  Wed, 11 Aug 1999 22:42:28 -0600
  ...Looking at the valve as it's attached to the van, on the right side you see the four screw heads that hold the...
• Re: how to make your locking gas cap accept the same key as your doors/ignition
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sat, 27 Jan 2007 11:38:35 -0500
  Hi Karl, With a big screwdriver and a wrench to turn it I think you could open any vanagon gas tank. Or door lock...
• Re: 89 syncro westy has leaky propane fill valve
  Historical mailing list - karl
  Thu, 12 Aug 1999 08:56:32 -0400
  ...He also has the removeable plate that the bleed valve screws into. Karl ----- Original Message ----- From: Matt Bezark <mbezark@PROLYNX.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY...
• what tool am i looking for? Limited vanagon content ...
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Thu, 13 Jul 2006 00:11:38 -0500
  ...Can somebody tell me what tool I'm looking for? The panels come with these special screws, roofing screws that have a rubber washer...
• Re: Camper swivel seat ? Battery box?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 4 May 2004 15:48:23 -0600
  ...It lies there and is screwed down with four screws. That's in an '81." -- Karl Mine too and it's an '87. However...
• Re: Map Pockets
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 3 Feb 2011 12:37:02 EST
  ...kind of screws etc. ?? > > Thanks, > Doug > > are you talking about the "euro" parcel tray instead of the glovebox? it just screws in. i have...