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• Trip to Glacier & Banff
  Historical mailing list - Larry Himli
  Fri, 1 Jul 2005 09:50:52 -0500
  ...I quickly crimped the line with vise grips and we pushed it back to the campsite (down hill). Investigated and discovered the ridgid line...
• Re: Solar panels for your Vanagon..
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Sun, 17 Jun 2007 02:46:53 -0500
  ...crimp connectors (plus maybe judicious use of a hammer and a vise) works just fine. In the bigger sizes, you really need the crimp...
• Re: Oven-baked paint finish
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 4 Jan 2024 04:05:51 +0000
  ...paint).  I just did such a job restoring an old Bench Vise, and then somehow I got the idea to "oven bake" it.  Man...
• Re: Cleaning/Checking Cylinder Head Question Follow Up
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Wed, 5 Feb 2014 20:41:17 -0500
  ...On some (most?) you'll > only be able to get a vise grip on because the pipe curves over what's left > of them...
• Re: Oil plug
  Historical mailing list - Frank Romano
  Wed, 10 Jul 2013 14:44:33 -0400
  ...Instead of using vise grips our other methods, I siphon the ol out of the dipstick. a bit of a pain but it keeps...
• Re: Toolkit
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Tue, 23 Nov 1999 01:33:27 -0800
  ...joint special socket, > big socket for the end of the axle, vise grips, bailing wire, duct tape > (the GOOD stuff), multi meter, 100' spool...
• Re: How do I get this EGR filter on??? Fixed! But.....
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 17 Apr 2003 20:35:06 -0700
  ...Threaded a couple of large bolts in the flange, chucked the bolts in the vise, applied some pressure, got things fairly close. 'Course, there...
• Re: linkage woes
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Tue, 6 Aug 2002 15:53:26 -0600
  ...Either that or you went > the wrong way. > > Clamp 2 pairs of vise grips onto it, one on each side of the joint. If...
• Re: Well so far it's beat me. >:-(
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 9 Aug 2010 18:57:27 -0400
  ...Your Visegrips didn't work because they're fairly soft, I expect. You might try the smaller of the two that are specifically designed...
• Re: help: locked e-brake?
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Sun, 2 Jan 2005 05:01:12 -0600
  ...I always heat the socket red hot and work the stub back and forth with a vise grips while pulling it out. I put...
• Re: Vanagon shocks and coils spring
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 9 Feb 2005 18:55:12 -0800
  ...the > > job can be done without press, but it requires a vise and lots of > > banging with a > > hammer. You will deform the old...
• Re: Clutch pedal sticking when depressed-'88 Vanagon 4spd -
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Fri, 18 Feb 2005 08:56:16 -0500
  ...On the weekend, pulled out the pedal assembly, liberally soaked with penetrating oil, gently worked the assembly (with a hammer and vise, at first...
• Re: Most common Nuts 'n Bolts?
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Thu, 22 Dec 2011 06:07:06 -0800
  I keep a couple of Thorsen dog bone wrenches under the seat with vise grips,needle nose pliers,screw drives. they're magnetised and...
• Re: Modified carriage bolts?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Thu, 12 May 2011 22:38:12 -0500
  ...Spot-weld? > > And I guess you could make your own rectangular shoulder with file and a vise. But all depends on if you want...
• Oil filters; was:Re: Disappearing Coolant - Head Lean?
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Wed, 15 Sep 2004 02:00:14 -0500
  ...I just chuck it up in a vise and usea a very sharp old wood chisel to slice the can right under the rolled...
• Subject: Re: Control Arm Bushings (do I need to WELD?)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Fri, 10 Aug 2007 20:59:50 -0700
  ...people have managed it in their garages with a big vise, an Autozone kit and a LOT of time and luck, but pressing out...
• Re: 85 gl manual...shift lever BROKE!!!
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Wed, 1 Oct 2014 22:01:26 -1000
  ...I >> drove ours home 125 miles using vise grips to hold the broken nub up far >> enough that I could insert a screwdriver into...
• Re: drilling out axle bolts - i found the ultimate tool!
  Historical mailing list - Ben S
  Tue, 2 Dec 2003 00:43:03 -0800
  ...but then again, some of the tranny side bolts ended up being messed up, too, and just for kicks i tried vise-grips on...
• Re: Icons, Vendors, and services was Re: new engine
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:53:54 -0400
  ...You dad dies and you never had a good talk with him, never say you loved him Vise versa... i know, it's a...
• Re: List the city where your from
  Historical mailing list - Scarlett Semko
  Wed, 29 Sep 1999 23:02:01 -0400
  ...if you only want to spen a couple > > a grand, and vise versa. Give me an idea, that's all. > > > > Ron > > Orlando, Florida > > > > William...
• Re: Friday LVC: lubing old electric motors
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 20 Sep 2015 15:37:00 -0400
  ...Driving off, you can rest the wheel on the jaws of a vise with the motor hanging in between. Put something right up underneath...
• Re: Horn problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Mon, 13 Jul 2015 11:45:23 -0400
  ...Take > steering wheel off move steering shaft with vise grips, no horn. Brass > finger is at a 25-30 degree pitch up. I suppose...
• Re: Relays
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 4 Apr 2015 10:04:04 -0700
  ...a relay is wired? Terminal 85 ground, terminal 86 > switch, or vise versa? Likewise for the power and the device (30 & 87) > terminals. > > > > When...
• Re: OT Drilling out a bolt. Expertise solicited.
  Historical mailing list - John C.
  Sat, 18 Sep 2004 13:46:31 EDT
  ...with the help of the blue wrench (torch) and a good vise grips or core the entire bolt and hope to remove the remains...
• Re: Modified carriage bolts?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 13 May 2011 12:37:05 -0700
  ...Spot-weld? > > > > And I guess you could make your own rectangular shoulder with file and a vise. But all depends on if you want...
• Trick to replacing the "Eye" bushing in the stabilizer link
  Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
  Thu, 23 Jun 2005 13:23:00 -0400
  ...I pressed the bushing into the "eye" of the link in a bench vise (with a piece of board on either side to keep...
• Re: Warning about KYB front shock hardware
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 16 Jul 2003 21:36:02 -0700
  ...This requires ones to use narrow vise grips to hold the shock from turning to remove the ^*^*@# nut, all the while trying not to...
• Re: CV Bolts (Stripping For Attention)
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:06:25 -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: replacing heater blower!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 29 Jun 1999 17:30:39 -0400
  ...Bentley wants you to drill them out (and replace them with the proper $8 each bolts from the dealer) but often a visegrip will...
• Re: Splittie Roof 'Grafting'
  Historical mailing list - Jon Christensen
  Thu, 4 Apr 1996 10:35:11 -0600 (CST)
  ...The part from the front seat back I was able to clamp using a make-shift series of Vise-Grips and a comealong. I...
• Re: Oil plug
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 10 Jul 2013 15:08:31 -0500
  ...Instead of using vise grips our other > methods, I siphon the ol out of the dipstick. a bit of a pain but it keeps...
• Re: Oven-baked paint finish
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 4 Jan 2024 14:11:54 -0600
  ...I just did such a job restoring an old Bench Vise, and then somehow I got the idea to "oven bake" it. Man, did...
• Body Work 2
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Feb 1996 12:40:16 -0600
  ...I use a combination of clamps, Vise-Grips and pop rivets. You will need a 4" or 4 1/2" offset grinder to smooth...
• Re: Clutch Master Cylinder Installation Q:'s
  Historical mailing list - Erikson-Coyne
  Mon, 20 May 2002 00:02:33 -0500
  ...You stick it in a vise with the holes up and have a small container of brake fluid at ready. Depress the piston in...
• Re: Boston Bobs day at the dyno
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Fri, 21 Dec 2001 09:48:40 -0500
  ...running out of volume.The increased fuel pressure trick with the vise grips did hold a constant pressure according to my gauge threwout the...
• Re: need help with splitting the case
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Sun, 13 Apr 2003 22:02:57 -0700
  ...Using a pair of pliers (I use needlenose visegrips) hold the nut on the other side of the piston and thread the threadrod onto...
• Fwd: speedo cluster for sale
  Historical mailing list - Tom Smith
  Mon, 28 Aug 2000 18:15:15 EDT
  ...Instead of putting super glue in the hole in the gear, I put the gear down on the anvil of my vise; using a...
• Re: Heater Box Photos
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 30 Jan 2003 17:36:15 -0600
  ...After I remove the 2 shear bolts I clamp vise grips > below > the steering column coupler to keep it from coming out of it...
• Re: Canadian gas vs lower 48 states gas
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 5 Nov 2003 17:17:28 -0800
  ...who travels back and forth from the states to Canada or vise versa about there experience with the two fuels. This past summer I...
• Re: CV Bolts (Stripping For Attention)
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:45:30 -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: going down for the second time w/ the waterpump
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 6 Mar 2005 06:12:50 EST
  ...If you are able to grab on with the Vise Grips, use heat from a propane torch to heat the surrounding aluminium and a...
• Euro-Body: 82 Volkswagen Vanagon, sliding door, door lock
  Historical mailing list - "Byron Hildebrandt (by way of Derek Drew )"
  Sat, 1 Apr 2000 20:02:42 -0500
  ...I eventually got it open by removing the panel and pulling on the actuator cable with vise grips. Anyway, the lock button on the...
• Re: VANAGON digest 1278 topic 3
  Historical mailing list - Don Lancaster
  Tue, 25 Feb 1997 12:06:48 -0700
  ...And using vise grips (!) on a brand new set of rear hatch gas springs, totaling them. I'm convinced the harness was total incompetence...
• Re: New CJVs: How stiff is TOO stiff?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Oct 1994 18:34:31 -0700
  ...tap it onto the axle with the axle clamped in the vise, THEN pack grease into the CV from the inside until it pokes...
• Re: Tips and Tricks Request - Change fuel hose from tank to pump
  Historical mailing list - Michael
  Sat, 12 Oct 2013 14:21:28 -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: loose '84 sliding door handle
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Mon, 9 Apr 2007 10:17:50 -0700
  ...Compress it back to its original shape using a press, a vise, a hammer, whatever you have. But you need to be fairly exact...
• Re: Dash removal Instruction for all of you ready to fix your heater
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 3 Feb 2003 19:30:40 -0500
  ...What I've actually done is use the longest #3 I could get, and clamp one of the special Vise-grips made for hex...
• Re: Wheel bearing dust cap fell off... trouble ahead?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 13 Jun 2015 09:10:22 -0700
  ...I just lightly squeeze the cap in a vise to accomplish the same thing. Stuart -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry...
• Re: Exhaust fun never ends
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 8 Oct 2011 22:20:03 -0500
  ...I’m thinking propane torch and Vise Grips. I’ve heard of welding nuts to what’s left and turning them out that way...
• Re: Replacing coolant level sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Mon, 14 Apr 2003 21:25:10 -0700
  ...work, except I'll have to rig something up with some visegrips or c- clamps. I'll give it a shot after it cools...
• Re: Rear wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 5 Feb 2014 09:22:18 -0600
  ...I have a vise big enough for the job but I doubt the table it is bolted to will hold up. Jim > On Feb...
• Re: Mike B's Method For Removing Outer CV Joints
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:00:12 -0700
  ...4:30 PM, Jason <uberhare@gmail.com> wrote: > Channel lock 410. Visegrips suck in comparasin. > On 2012-02-19 4:11 PM, "Daryl Christensen...
• Re: Exaust Woes- REVISITED
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:49:36 -0400
  ...I vise-gripped a bolt to my TIG torch, and actually welded the bolt to the end of the stud recessed in the head...
• Re: CV boot replacement
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 8 Feb 2000 16:07:34 -0800
  ...do this in. . . > You will need a bench with a bench vise, the correct 12 point socket screw tool, a pair of circlip pliers...
• Re: Power Steering reservoir filter question
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Sat, 28 Dec 2013 08:56:59 -0500
  ...I have a pair of oil filter vise grips that come in handy for removing that cover. If I didn't have these, it...
• Re: building tool kit-vendor recomendations?
  Historical mailing list - Felder
  Mon, 1 Dec 2003 11:36:51 -0800
  ...Soft hammer Set of cold chisels Vise grips (great for holding up read door struts the first time it falls in cold weather). With...
• Re: Exhaust fun never ends
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 8 Oct 2011 12:38:40 -0700
  ...I’m thinking propane torch and Vise Grips. I’ve heard of welding nuts to what’s left and turning them out that way...
• Re: Proper Brake Pedal Feel/Travel?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:31:42 -0700
  ...If you got way hot in the front, but kinda cool in the rear, or vise versa .. that could tell you something. there is...
• Re: CV Bolts (Stripping For Attention)
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:26:07 -0400
  ...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: What Determines Steering Knuckle Replacement?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 9 Sep 2012 17:50:40 -0700
  ...Looking and staring at my spare knuckle beside me in the vise, I see the shoulder where the small bearing inner race bumps up...