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• Re: fuel hose sleeve alternative?
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon DougF
  Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:44:42 -0800
  ...Who has the factory crimp clamps and crimper tool? Thanks for the pics, Doug ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan Streib" <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU> To...
• Re: Fuel line clamps-how to remove?
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Tue, 16 Jul 2002 05:39:27 -0700
  ...the left > expansion tank is leaking. > How do I remove the crimp style clamps that secure > it? The one where the > hose attaches to...
• 2.1 Fuel Pump Spewing Gas
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 22 Jul 2006 09:24:59 -0500
  ...Anyone ever had their electric fuel pump spew gas out the joint between the bakelite plastic body and the crimped aluminum housing? No question...
• Re: No water--faulty submersible pump?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Mon, 28 Jun 2004 12:27:26 -0400
  ...I had a break at one of the crimp-on connectros, and the hardest part was whittling down a new crimp connector small enough...
• Re: Factory Hose Clamps
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Fri, 8 Jun 2012 19:58:14 -0400
  ...Search for "oetiker pliers" for the tool to crimp them on. ~$25. The Knipex ones are the best.
• Re: Battery or Charging System Help Please
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 14 Dec 2010 15:46:38 -0500
  ...I'm guessing that your problem is a deteriorated crimp connection(s) to the wire(s). To check that you need a needle to...
• Pop Top Spring & Cable
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 2 Aug 2010 17:51:58 -0700
  ...cable? Easy to find cable, but am not sure if simply crimping a "Z" part to cable would be strong enough. (though I bet...
• Re: Aux Battery: Life span of charged battery?
  Historical mailing list - Brenda Zendzian
  Mon, 4 May 1998 18:55:39 -1000
  ...Life span of charged battery? On the cable that goes to the main (starting) battery there are several things crimped together. The big fat...
• dieing battery/alternator
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Tue, 2 Jun 1998 11:30:04 -0300
  ...wire back a few inches and splice in a fresh length. Crimped connectors don't work as well, and won't work at all...
• Re: Soldered Connections
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Sun, 7 Feb 1999 22:54:58 -0800
  ...I don't remember who, but they advised to use good copper crimp on connectors. I replied, yes but they all look like aluminum...
• Re: Old fuel rails Ok or Disaster waiting to happen?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Engel
  Thu, 7 Jan 2016 05:37:21 +0000
  ...If the end crimp is not rusting you are > probably OK. There is an o-ring in there which I have never seen fail...
• Re: Replaced Fuel Lines
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 16 Aug 2010 05:36:40 -0700
  ...of the hoses , where the hose clamps are. > > the original style 'crimp' hose clamps ...I don't trust those too much. > and ...'where they...
• Re: How to deal with short ALT cable
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:52:26 -0500
  ...I crimped on some copper closed loop connectors and may solder them soon. My cost was roughly 20$ for the connectors and 8 feet...
• Re: Always Look Under a Bus!
  Historical mailing list - Luke Bakken
  Thu, 30 Sep 2010 07:47:12 -0700
  ...and did a search for good hose clamps and > found some crimp style for sale on the Samba. �When we did the rebuild over...
• Re: A/C hose
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Wed, 31 Jul 2002 16:39:53 -0400
  ...I lucked out and found a small parts place here that could crimp new hose to your old ends. Had all of them done...
• Re: replacing hoses on oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 9 May 2011 23:45:22 -0400
  ...Originally they used a crimp clamp on the pipe and the spring clamps on the cooler. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
• Re: Heater controls, 84.
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 09:36:14 -0700
  ...Found piece of thin metal tubing, cut to length equal to length of exposed cable in closed position and crimped it on. Made cable...
• Re: Post-waterpump replacement - wires and noises
  Historical mailing list - C B
  Fri, 25 May 2007 12:02:22 -0700
  ...Please, let's not re-start an oil thread!) Also, properly crimped a new terminal onto the *inner* green O2 sensor harness wire. Which...
• Re: van 'stutters' and runs rich
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 26 Apr 2007 02:02:01 -0400
  ...Not only do you need to check the connections where the terminals are screwed to the chassis, but the crimps themselves. New crimp terminals...
• Re: PS pump switch, engine compartment wiring harness, ECU, starter
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Wed, 10 Feb 2016 16:30:53 -0500
  ...http://www.powerwerx.com/fuses-circuit-protection/crimpable-inline-atc-ato-blade-fuse-holder.html#desc . On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 3:52...
• Re: A/C Hoses
  Historical mailing list - Puzerewski
  Sat, 17 Jun 2000 14:59:27 -0400
  Take the hose off, and persistently search for a place that will crimp the old ends on a new hose. There are out there...
• Re: Reverse Lights not working - 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - Barrett Willet
  Tue, 28 Sep 2004 17:53:53 -0700
  ...The crimp-on > butt-splices > sold at most FLAPS are not weather sealed, and will corrode internally. My > '85 had a bad switch (verified...
• Re: � � How to test the Temp I Sender?
  Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
  Tue, 17 Aug 2004 11:21:36 -0400
  ...I snipped off the old connector and crimped on a ew one. I'll see if this works for now. Thanks, Ed Jonathon is...
• Re: Transmission cooler for 86 automatic?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Desanti
  Sat, 27 Feb 1999 18:07:52 EST
  ...rated up to 500 psi and doesn't require clamps or crimps - neat stuff) Check your local hydraulic supply dealer. The fittings were pricey...
• Re: A/C hose availability?
  Historical mailing list - Puzerewski
  Tue, 13 Jun 2000 20:31:38 -0400
  A lot of people have said that it is posible to have a hose shop crimp your old ends on a new piece of...
• Re: cylinder head sensor location
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 13 Feb 2002 13:43:54 -0600
  ...head temp gauges with the long "sensor" that > has the circular crimp on the end. Where do I bolt this to the each > head...
• Re: Wire Gage for Water Pump
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 3 May 2002 14:49:59 -0400
  ...I'd suggest trying to find 3M (or Ancor marine) crimp connectors though -- RS ones have been pretty cheezy in the past, especially the...
• Re: Electric door locks
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Thu, 4 Aug 2022 17:06:58 +0200
  ...357972754 Ready to cut out, crimp new Vanagon blade terminals, and good to go. I just cut out my second last week, and the...
• Re: speaker wiring
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014 22:44:02 -0300
  ...In my case it went easily with only the need to crimp on two new connectors. I used the existing speaker wires. > Eric Caron...
• Re: Chronic fuel pump problems
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Snook
  Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:31:46 -0700
  ...then after looking at the wire, cut a new on and crimped on new connectors... ...Reinstalled in Hector, not a sound was to be...
• Re: Q's re: radio wires
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Tue, 7 Jan 2003 12:21:06 -0800
  ...You can crimp or solder this harness to the one on your new radio and your new radio will plug into your existing radio...
• Foil Replacement - GW Kit
  Historical mailing list - LarsP
  Thu, 4 Jan 2024 19:01:40 -0700
  ...you cut off the factory connector.  That is a lot of crimp connections, working over, around or through the steering wheel and down in...
• Re: fuel tank update
  Historical mailing list - Ed
  Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:39:23 -0700
  ...111 >127 537 A > >>I thought one other reason was that they crimp to the >>correct "tightness" not too tight or too loose as...
• Re: Battery or Charging System Help Please
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Wed, 15 Dec 2010 19:42:03 -0700
  ...I did the tests that I should have done in the first place and found that one of the crimps had failed on the...
• Re: Electrical connectors
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 11 Mar 2022 13:29:15 -0800
  ...VW mentions them as > 000979102E > a yellow repair wire with two crimped ends, but of course NLA. No single > terminals to be seen... > > I...
• Re: 1985 van instrument cluster
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 10 Nov 2016 10:52:25 -0500
  ...In '86 those pads would have had connector pins crimped through them and there would be a hole in the speedo case with a...
• gas lines and fires
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Nowaczek
  Mon, 28 Sep 1998 13:53:54 -0600
  ...off the ring line - but it looks like those hoses are crimped right into the injector. Does anyone know if these can be replaced...
• 4-wire O2 sensor swap...
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Mon, 22 Sep 2003 14:58:33 -0700
  ...Since the OEM one is rather expensive I figured I'd go with one of the "universal" replacements with no plug (and some crimp...
• Re: Replaced Fuel Lines
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:06:31 -0400
  ...of the hoses , where the hose clamps are. >> >> the original style 'crimp' hose clamps ...I don't trust those too much. >> and ...'where they...
• Re: Power steering high pressure hose - pump to metal line
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 15 Jan 2016 06:02:59 -0500
  ...We do not put the restrictor in as it’s unavailable and removing the old restrictor and crimping it back in cannot be done...
• Starter hesitation
  Historical mailing list - radish150
  Tue, 2 Oct 2001 19:33:11 -0700
  ...You can solder if you want, or you can use good crimp connectors and heat shrink (I did not use heat shrink Ha). If...
• Re: Swage Bit + Bolt for Pop Top Cable. Strong enough?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 3 Aug 2010 22:09:23 -0700
  ...bending (curving) the entire piece (including hollow portion) risk malforming the crimp thus possibly making the cable loose? On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at...
• Inexpensive O2 Sensors - A Suggestion
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Thu, 15 Feb 2001 22:59:51 EST
  ...Both crimping and soldering wires offer the possibility of repeated failure as a function of temperature if not done well. Doing it well (general...
• Re: Intermittent hot start problem - check all connections!
  Historical mailing list - James
  Mon, 14 Sep 2015 17:17:39 -0400
  ...I had a Rabbit once that had a completely dead ignition system, due to a single bad crimp in a single relatively inaccessible plastic...
• Re: crank crank THUD
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 8 Mar 2000 23:33:30 -0500
  ...If the crimp rusts away the cap shoots off. Somewhere in there you ought to find it, I think. If you want to talk...
• Re: minimal tools - was things you should have with you on a long trip
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:34:54 -0700
  ...regular pliers > multimeter > wire cutters > wire cut-strip-crimp pliers > electrical tape > an assortment of crimp on electrical �connectors > mechanics wire > small wire brush...
• Re: Replacing Fuel Lines
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Mon, 17 Apr 2006 11:29:07 -0400
  ...Some worm gear hose clamps, some original crimp on, and one that was the same as the ones I got from Bus Depot. It...
• Re: redoing ground connections on left cylinder head ('84 1.9L engine)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 4 Jan 2012 22:18:26 -0500
  ...My own opinion is that a properly secured crimp connection is more likely to survive for a long time than a solder connection in...
• FS: NEW Pack Rack Storage 4' X 2' Shelf for use over rear deck $75
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 19 Nov 2010 04:25:07 -0800
  ...There's a small crimp on the edge of one tube leg which should be fixable. Store your gear on top and still have...
• Re: Need referral to replacing short FI hose (between injectors and fuel rail)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 13 Sep 2005 00:06:49 -0400
  ...A good set of Klein > diagonal cutters cuts those crimp-on hose clamps quite well also. >
• Re: Oil Leak
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:54:36 -0500
  ...Last month I had a > Mahle filter fail at the top crimp. One thing with cold weather, you > need to let the engine idle...
• Re: fuel tank update
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:37:22 -0700
  ...Does anyone know of a source for the crimp-type hose clamps that are the original style? Are they worth using or should I...
• Re: Temp Warning Light Mystery
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Sun, 20 Sep 1998 10:52:33 EDT
  It is not necessary to "crimp" the connectors together. But it is necessary to check the connectors to ensure a tight fit. The low...
• Temp Warning Light Mystery
  Historical mailing list - Marty Wallace
  Sat, 19 Sep 1998 18:24:36 -0700
  ...Another suggested that I "crimp" the connector to the sensor contacts. Finally, one fellow said that he solved this problem by replacing the coolant...
• Re: westy silver socket
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 8 Jul 2006 20:10:19 -0600
  ...I kept the original wiring and used one of those crimp-on > quick-connects to wire it to the cig lighter wiring. > > Ed in...
• Re: A minimal tool kit?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 8 Sep 2010 17:29:57 -0500
  ...Combining it with the soft iron wire >will let you fix surprisingly large holes/cracks. > >Some crimp terminals and a decent stripper/crimper like...
• Re: Start Issue with Hard Start Relay
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 6 Mar 2011 21:20:27 -0500
  ...If the crimp of that connector to the wire is a little corroded, the resistance will produce a lot of heat. If anyone else...
• Re: repair panel
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:30:11 -0500
  ...smaller areas? Is there some good reason why one wouldn't crimp a recessed flange on the surrounding sheet metal? Seems like it would...
• Re: Fuel Line Replacement Kits Galore!
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Sun, 20 Aug 2017 08:30:58 -0700
  ...The crimp type > clamps are fast to install (good for pros), but you need a special tool. > The installation is not particularly difficult, just...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 28 Dec 2003 to 29 Dec 2003 - Special issue (#2003-1205)
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Mon, 29 Dec 2003 12:06:41 -0700
  ...As in you have to crimp on your own female spade connectors to > this end. To attach the cable to the thermocouple they supply...