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• door handle fixed
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Mon, 25 Aug 1997 18:27:27 EDT
  ...I found a loose screw on the latch/lock assembly that had managed to back itself out quite a bit. I assumed that this...
• Can't open brake bleeder screw!
  Historical mailing list - Richard O'Halloran
  Thu, 17 Sep 1998 15:18:20 -0700
  Just when my brake fluid change was going well the bleeder screw LR wheel will not budge! I can't shift it at all...
• Re: door panel pain
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 15 Jul 2002 22:08:47 -0500
  ...screws with > the little formed chrome washers. >> > > On page 1234 of a book entitled "Everything Has a Name", I found > this: > Chrome screws with...
• grinding noise under steering wheel while turning.. read!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 3 Feb 2006 01:57:52 EST
  ...one of the screws had worked its way loose and was grinding against the brass horn contact ring on the back of the steering...
• Re: <No subject given>
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 13 Oct 2005 06:59:29 EDT
  ...Ah yes, the propane bleed screw problem. I must relate my experience filling my propane tank. The attendant couldn't get the bleed screw...
• Re: which pliers for GoWesty Fuel line clamps?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:00:31 -0700
  ...GOOD stainless screw clamps, and not el-cheapo american # 4 screw clamps.............those are cheap junk too, but good german screw hose clamps of...
• Re: Overheating while bleeding?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Tue, 26 Aug 2003 08:20:21 -0600
  ...With the system open there isnt enough pressure to push the coolant out the bleed screw at idle speeds (I know its amazing that...
• Re: Why We Keep Odds & Ends (bolts etc.)
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sat, 9 Apr 2011 06:41:17 -0700
  ...The upper screw is a > little fussy to get at. My spare TPS uses shorter screws with goofy > sort of Torx heads. Didn't...
• Re: Alternative to locking gas cap?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:02:51 -0700
  ...Alternative to locking gas cap? > As long as you have a screwdriver you have a key. You do carry a > screwdriver, don't you...
• Re: Curtain track screws
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Wed, 24 Jun 2015 21:02:47 -0700
  ​Thanks, Julianna! I kind of KNEW that the GoWesty screws were not the real deal. So with that in mind, I ought to be...
• Re: Rear hatch screen install w/ passenger AC
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 23 Mar 2014 15:36:21 -0500
  ...The screws will not > hold well, and will pull out. Next step, larger screws, repeat. > > -- > > > > use a coarse threaded screw if your worried about...
• Re: more oil temp
  Historical mailing list - Robert Crawford
  Sat, 22 Jun 1996 08:13:32 -0700
  ...un-screw the sender from th engine 3. screw the new sender in 4. plug in the oil pressure and oil temp wires 5...
• Window crank screw?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sat, 21 Sep 2024 16:56:59 -0500
  I’m looking for a screw that will work with my window crank extender (BusDepot version). I believe stock is M5x10. Would M5x20 work...
• Re: Website for Hard to Find Vanagon Parts on Fryday
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:45:20 -0700
  ...Just ordered the left handed metric screwdriver, they really come in handy for some hard to reach screws.
• Re: need creates inventiveness (tires)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Mon, 19 Oct 1998 08:52:02 -0400
  ...Bj�rn >I screwed a short woodscrew into the hole in the tire. I pumped the tire up and it worked. "Self tapping Tire...
• Re: Radiator Bleed Screw
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:55:35 -0700
  re radiator bolts ...you can also go the luxury route and get the petcock instead of radiater screw from kennedy engineering. yes, its like...
• door hinge plates(long)SUCCESS
  Historical mailing list - ray hale
  Tue, 05 Sep 95 08:53:38 EST
  ...13) once you have both hinges, top and bottom, held in place with the bottom screw in each, you can remove the top screw...
• Conclusion to story of setting Idle
  Historical mailing list - James R. Gilbert
  Tue, 30 Jun 1998 15:08:11 -0400
  ...Then I said don't turn that screw, I'd learn how to properly adjust the idle. (My idle was too high and was...
• Re: In search of Vanagon Poptop stainless hardware
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 8 Sep 2020 10:26:59 -0600
  Wouldn't be surprised @All to find them @ Ace Hardware also ~ @Least here in ABQ, Ace has an amazing selection of Nuts, Bolts, & Screws...
• Re: Fridge again....
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 5 Oct 2008 21:34:47 +0000
  ...Remove the screws on the vent outside the van. Then remove the screws holding the 2 tubes/hoses to the side of the van...
• Re: Rocker shaft and rocker wear question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:41:04 -0500
  ...Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:05:46 -0400 > >My four intake valve adjuster screws are a little pitted, so I am >looking for replacements...
• Re: Auto trans - 2nd gear brake band adjusting screw
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 10 Mar 2011 14:10:55 -0800
  ...Auto trans - 2nd gear brake band adjusting screw > If you don't know what you're doing tightening that screw too much is an...
• Jacking a subject
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 4 Mar 2003 08:57:59 -0600
  Long before the Automotive World became so closely associated with the word JACK, Railroading, Construction and the Industrial World used a racheting or screw...
• Re: Tail lamp assembly mounting screw
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 27 Jun 2010 16:37:40 -0400
  ...The end of the screw is blunt, offering more thread >engagement in short length applications. Ps -- There must be at least a hundred variations...
• Headlight adjustment screws
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Thu, 21 Oct 2004 16:51:28 -0700
  Does anyone have a procedure for replacing the headlight adjustment screws? And adjusting them properly? Looks like mine on my recently broken headlight are...
• Re: Auto trans - 2nd gear brake band adjusting screw
  Historical mailing list - Daniel O Stevens
  Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:05:54 -0500
  ...Auto trans - 2nd gear brake band adjusting screw > If you don't know what you're doing tightening that screw too much is an...
• Battery Question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Snyder
  Fri, 1 May 1998 16:31:06 -0400
  ...The red wire is screwed down and on the other screw there is a red wire coming from it. Can anyone tell me what...
• Re: westy table wiggle
  Historical mailing list - Roy Olynick
  Mon, 22 Sep 2003 21:24:03 -0500
  ...I | stuck it on the upright tube of the table in the spot where the screw | tightens down. Now the screw (and related tightening...
• Re: CO Adjusting Screw. PO Set it All The Way In? Base Setting?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 21 Jun 2012 14:45:09 -0700
  my thoughts ... ( thanks for saying which engine .) personally I would not expect AFM mixture screw to have an affect on when fuel shut off...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 26 Sep 2004 12:53:49 -0400
  ...Problem is, while trying to back the screw out, I have to loosen the exhaust valve adjustment screw ALL THE WAY, and even then...
• Re: sliding window opener
  Historical mailing list - Mark Mages
  Tue, 1 Aug 2000 10:31:10 -0700
  ...Inside is a spring and a screw. The spring is the same as a pen spring (pretty much). The screw is a 3-5...
• 3rd Party Temp.Gauge. Where to locate sensor???
  Historical mailing list - Tom Rowsell
  Thu, 6 Jun 2002 11:15:48 -0330
  ...If I want to add a separate temperature gauge, where/how would I locate the sensor? Most gauges come with several screw-in fittings...
• Re: afm air screw question?
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Thu, 13 Mar 2003 15:20:57 -0800
  clockwise - richer counter clockwise - leaner --- milford <ims14519@SHAW.CA> wrote: > Does anybody know how the air mixture screw in the > afm rotates? Which way...
• Re: how to fix cracked intrument cluster housings where speedo/tach mount to cluster
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:10:10 -0500
  Another way to do it is to cut the heads off of long screws so that you end up with studs. Then, epoxy the...
• Re: vent window adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Michael Nichols
  Thu, 20 Sep 2001 15:50:34 -0400
  ...I used a set of needle nose Vise Grip pliers to tighten the vent window screw. Works great! Regards, Michael and Christina Nichols 2...
• Re: westy help please
  Historical mailing list - Steve Selin
  Sun, 23 Mar 2003 08:43:03 -0500
  > Also the water filler has a locking cover and I was not given a Key! > I think I can remove it with four screws...
• Help!!!!! My VDO oil pressure brass T broke in half
  Historical mailing list - Dave Chameides
  Sun, 3 Oct 2004 17:26:12 -0700
  ...of the engine (the VDO oil sensor screws into the end and the stock sensor screws into it at a right angle), the brass...
• Re: Propane and refrigerator success
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 30 Jun 2015 15:23:11 -0700
  There should be a screw to hold the element in place. Image of 182A 1 pc. elements: http://tinyurl.com/pvkoum6 The screw doesn...
• Re: painlessly removing steering knuckles?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 28 May 2014 23:37:38 -0400
  ...If you can't grad the heads with screwdriver cut new slots with a cut wheel. Get grip, heat the knuckle, fast, and the...
• Re: Westy Fridge- Checking Propane Pressure Setting]
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 24 Sep 2002 07:20:01 -0700
  ...Remove this plug to get at > >the adjustment screw. A Phillips screwdriver is needed to turn the > >adjusting screw. DO NOT MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENT...
• Re: ford window cranks?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Mon, 20 Oct 2003 11:54:14 -0700
  ...Some cranks had a #2 phillips screw, some had a torx screw and a few had allen screws, so take a selection of tools...
• Re: upper bunk hangs up
  Historical mailing list - Bill M
  Mon, 25 Jun 2012 11:56:13 -0400
  I have seen where the hinge gets hung up on one of the screw heads. If you unfold the board and watch you will...
• Re: Countersunk screws on latch on rear of the sliding door
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 5 Dec 2019 15:47:38 -0700
  ...The screw in question dose not look like the threads are intact. Do > you know where I can get replacement screws? > John > On Thu...
• Re: was:Plastic Ramps/Slider Screen
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 3 Jun 2010 08:57:45 -0600
  ...I wouldn't > want to screw in snap fasteners from the front, when a > through-bolt/nut/washer is needed to keep the screws...
• Re: Headliner screws
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 17 Oct 2010 16:56:27 -0700
  they are the little sheetmetal screws with curved bottom (can't recall the name)... the ones at the windscreen end have snaps for the...
• Re: water tank key
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 10 Jul 2001 15:04:13 -0700
  ...You'll see a plate on the floor of that cupboard with 2 screws holding it down. Remove the screws and you have access...
• Re: door panel pain
  Historical mailing list - Richie Chunda
  Tue, 16 Jul 2002 11:09:36 EDT
  ...Yeah, that's the ticket! A better scheme might be to use plastic screw covers. These will accommodate a screw of almost any head...
• Re: 88 Vanagon auto transmission indicator lamps - how to change?
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Thu, 28 Mar 2002 08:09:45 -0600
  Lift the carpet up at the perimeter of the base of the console, take the 4 screw's out, take the set screw out...
• Re: At Idle: AFM Flap, CO Screw Relationship. Explanation Found
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 8 Jul 2012 08:57:32 -0400
  With the sensor disconnected from the engine the mixture screw should affect the O2 sensor reading. You want to adjust for about .5 volt...
• sliding door screen (long)
  Historical mailing list - ncdragonfly
  Fri, 21 May 1999 11:18:56 -0400
  ...In fact one of the screws twisted off leaving a stub of the screw proud of the surface. This is just below the upper...
• Re: stethescoper
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 14 Feb 2003 07:31:20 -0500
  At 02:14 AM 2/14/2003, Bob Stevens wrote: >I've done this using a long, plastic handled screw driver, putting the metal...
• Re: 91 Westy, idle problem
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:55:45 -0700
  ...also ............" the lowest level the set > screw " you don't adjust the idel with any set screw. There is a screw with lock nut...
• Re: battery compartment
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Fri, 9 Jul 2010 17:58:32 -0700
  Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: > hi , I was gonna pull a screw out of a vanagon .. and of 14 or so > vanagons that are here...
• Re: Replacing Voltage Regulator.
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:36:32 -0700
  ...But be aware, you may need a little right angle Phillips screw driver to get to one of the two screws without moving things...
• P-Trap/Gasket
  Historical mailing list - Channell, Ralph
  Mon, 27 Mar 2006 08:39:40 -0800
  ...I guess the part that is really stuck is the large threaded end on gasket that screws onto the flange of the sink itself...
• Front Spoiler Screw Size
  Historical mailing list - SKP
  Thu, 10 Aug 2006 22:02:49 -0700
  ...By chance, does anyone know what screw size I would need to utilize the existing holes in the frame to secure the new spoiler...
• Re: Removing door panel
  Historical mailing list - Ed Wiebe
  Wed, 12 Jul 2006 20:16:20 -0700
  ...Yes, once one sees that little slot to pry with a little screwdriver it comes apart to get to that screw out. I have...
• Key Code Lock Code removing handles removing locks (for the archives...)
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Mon, 5 Jun 2006 00:48:48 -0400
  ...You'll see a philips screw moving when you turn the door handle. Loosen that screw. Mine was frozen. Rather than stripping the head...
• AFM cleaning (was Re: Thanks for the help)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 21 Oct 1999 10:27:37 -0700
  ...The arm is held onto the shaft by a screw clamp. There is another screw that will allow adjustment of the arm on the...
• Re: I need left door power window mechanism
  Historical mailing list - Dr. Rainer Woitok
  Thu, 27 May 1999 12:41:14 +0200
  ...Then turn the ignition key to the "run" position and lower the window just about half an inch, so the two screws attaching the...