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• Front shock dust cover bumper
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 18 Dec 2016 12:14:54 -0800
  ...install the lock nut so we deleted the dust covers (I kept them) and mechanic used a new stock large washer, rubber donut and...
• Re: incredible find: dashtop tray with cupholders
  Historical mailing list - Lionel Tun
  Tue, 9 Sep 1997 18:59:20 +0100
  ...pens, sweets, coins, paperclips, sunglasses, nuts and bolts from work in progress etc etc and also a large flat section that holds a road...
• Re: Replacing Starter on 85 Vanagon - Jackstands or Ramps ?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:27:08 -0700
  ...I use a large 12mm tap to pull it out.. and a shouldered punch ( even a bolt with a nut on it for a...
• Gas heater installation?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Danke
  Sun, 02 Oct 94 22:04 CDT
  ...There is a large fan for blowing heating air and a smaller fan which my dad thinks is for combustion air. There is also...
• VANCO 2/CLK Alloy 16's FIT!!(long)
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:42:09 -0500
  ...Eventually I'm going to put the bigger front brakes on, so the rims had to get larger. Snooped around on Samba to see...
• Re: Rear Axle Wiggle
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 21 Feb 2004 06:10:34 EST
  ...But before getting too excited, try removing the large centre nut, cleaning it and the threads well, allying liberal amount of anti seize to...
• Re: Front outer CV on Syncro
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Thu, 21 Nov 1996 07:26:27 -0500 (EST)
  ...Remove the center nut and push in on the axle, with a hammer over a piece of wood, to see if it is loose...
• Re: transmission 4 speed
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 8 Aug 2000 20:22:30 +1300
  ...These gears are welded, wider than stock and come with a larger-diameter mainshaft. The case may break, but these gears won't. About...
• Re: ignition switch part #
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Tue, 3 Feb 2004 18:00:52 EST
  ...Take off steering wheel. (Large nut), hit from below, towards yourself, with the palms of your hands. This exposes the switch. You do not...
• Tool choice and source
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Tue, 11 Mar 2014 23:19:56 -0400
  ...Seems rugged without being overly large or thick. Best of all, it's $9.99. Seems like a deal. Paired with the 3/4...
• Re: Survey--shower mod
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Sun, 1 Feb 2026 10:55:07 -1000
  ...Survey--shower mod > > > > > I'm surprised some of modification nuts out there haven't rigged up a > > shower > > > using the little used luggage rack...
• Re: How do you get to the passenger side wiper shaft?
  Historical mailing list - azsun99
  Mon, 18 May 2009 09:51:08 -0700
  ...of having the proper washer under the nut. That > washer has to have the inside diameter large enough so that it will go over...
• Re: Tie Rod end removal/Control arm bushings
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 9 Jun 2009 15:35:29 -0700
  ...It's a larger tapered part , > than the tie rod is, so you'd need a pretty wide/large pickle fork for the > upper...
• Re: How do you get to the passenger side wiper shaft?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 18 May 2009 08:21:53 -0500
  ...of having �the proper washer under the nut. �That > washer has to have the inside �diameter large enough so that it will go over...
• Re: A minimal tool kit?
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Wed, 8 Sep 2010 07:17:46 -0700
  ...Might be six and seven mm. > > If you contemplate messing with coolant hoses, go to Napa and get > their large hose clamp pliers meant...
• Pesky Vanagon exhaust system.....
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Sat, 23 Apr 2011 19:18:36 -0700
  ...Well after start up it looks like I have an exhaust leak at one of the connections to the large elbow flange. Damm - I...
• Re: exhaust gaskets leaking
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 2 Feb 2008 18:03:22 -0800
  ...The studs and nuts notoriously are badly corroded, rusted, and stuck. Getting the nuts off without breaking a stud off is 'the hard part...
• Re: tools and stress LVC
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 19 Feb 2003 22:54:24 -0600
  ...Many larger wrenches were equipped with welded on D rings for use with power pulls or other leverage increase devices. Cam over devices for...
• Re: bus? Polo (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:04:22 +1300
  ...The Polo is still a distinct model, smaller than the Golf (though with models growing, the current Polo is considerably larger than the Golf...
• Re: converting an 83.5 to power steering ?
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Tue, 22 Mar 2005 11:10:14 -0500
  ...4) Removed the tie-rod end nuts (both were pinned-castle nuts) and used a generic puller to push the ends up thru the...
• Lugnut worries + Repost of Secret to removing stuck nuts
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 25 Jan 2000 11:55:04 -0500
  ...Larger bolts/nuts would take harder blows, smaller; lighter. Tap if you were driving a picture-hanging nail into a cheap sheet rock wall...
• biodegradation, organics, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 22 Mar 1999 12:48:52 -0800
  ...either feed the stuff into large bioreactors that have been inoculated with the approriate bacteria and other nutrients (nitrogen source for example) or onto...
• Re: Self-tapping screw size for headlight assy?
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Wed, 2 Oct 2002 07:04:03 -0700
  ...Or drill out a couple of the holes in the sheet metal where the screws go and use machine screws and nylon locking nuts...
• Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 9 Aug 1998 23:42:48 EDT
  The archives machine is way too slow on searches (AOL will log you out before large searches return hits, if any.) VW Stock wheels...
• Re: Syncro cv-joint fun
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Mon, 26 Oct 1998 04:02:04 -0800
  Mark Drillock wrote: > The torque for the 46mm nut is 500 Nm or 350 ft lb. from the Bentley page 42.4 Are you...
• Re: Where does this relay go?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 21 Feb 2009 19:13:42 -0600
  ...causing my >>> temp gauge to go nuts on really cold mornings. >> >> Jim, if it still "goes nuts" with the controller out, then it's...
• Re: Vanagon Head Leaking Around The Head Nut(S)
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Tue, 15 Apr 2014 10:38:15 +0000
  ...or large leak? The head may have been cracked > all along. If it is a small leak, try resealing the one nut. If small...
• Oil Change Screwup - HELP!
  Historical mailing list - David Johnson
  Wed, 19 Jul 2006 15:43:52 -0600
  ...As I finished draining the oil from this, I saw the larger bolt that I then figured out was the drain plug. So no...
• Re: Front end overhaul
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 10 Jan 2016 21:23:23 -0500
  ...a large pair of groove lock (Channel Locks) and grab the bottom of the joint and the mount where the stud-nut is on...
• Re: Tool Suggestion? Re: Rear Trailing Arm Replacement Fun!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 20 Jan 2015 14:26:07 -0600
  ...I can get the nut off the bolt on the outboard, but can't drive the bolt out of the bushing. It will have...
• How to Remove and Replace ignition switch.
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 Nov 1999 14:44:03 EST
  ...Undo the nut that holds the steering wheel on (a large one- 24mm?). 4. You might be able to give the steering wheel a...
• Re: What is the best way to work on a VW deisel engine?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 2 Apr 2000 22:04:19 -0700
  ...I have found engine stands are too large for the VW engines! I got my machine shop to make a ring that is the...
• Re: Fuel Additive
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 4 Oct 2005 15:24:58 +1300
  ...the tree, it also constantly got 21MPG, pulling one of >the largest wagons in history. And finally, in 1976, Plymouth came out >with a...
• Procedure: Replacing Trans Final Drive Seals
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 2 Jul 1999 22:11:18 -0700
  ...The drive flange needs to be pressed back on the side gear; I used the real large washer, a pipe coupling, the 10mm nut...
• Re: Replacing cat and muffler.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 23 Aug 2013 20:19:42 -0400
  ...The muffler (Made in South Africa) is attached with 2 large clamps, one of which is attached to an exhaust pipe. In replacing the...
• Re: Part needed: Sliding door roller bearing
  Historical mailing list - Ian Allan
  Sun, 17 Oct 2010 09:21:23 -0400
  ...larger than the bearing. d) install the bearing on the axle e) install another fender washer, a small normal washer and locktite the nut...
• Re: Lighting ideas for cargo area?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 26 Jan 2001 13:17:22 +1200
  ...I fitted larger chesp domelights to my 57 in place of the originals, and what a difference. I also added an engine-compartment light...
• Re: drive from Oklahoma to Spokane, WA
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 5 Oct 2014 12:55:13 -0500
  ...Of course, the posts were easily fixed with nuts and washers, and the radiator guy could have done it had he both wanted to...
• Re: Kill Switches: Question: Does Defense attract Offence ???
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sun, 14 Aug 2005 10:43:00 -0700
  ...Trigger the alarm, the lights flash, the audible alarm goes off and a second or two later a large angry dog starts going nuts...
• Loose Exterior Mirror Fix
  Historical mailing list - Jon B. Kanas
  Tue, 1 Aug 2000 14:21:14 -0600
  ...The normal mode of failure is that when you tighten the nut, in pulls the hex end out of the base of the mirror...
• Re: Front End Suspension - 1985
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 9 Jan 2013 09:52:41 -0800
  ...make sure threads are clean, turn each nut a little at a time (they're locking nuts). You DON'T want to snap one...
• Re: Busted wiper bolt
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:01:44 -0700
  ...The part that is secured into the body with a large nut. ( hidden under a plastic cap ) and has the shaft sticking through it...
• Re: Gas Pedal
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 6 Feb 2007 06:17:02 EST
  ...STAINLESS STEEL machine screws using large diameter SS washers both sides to distribute the load and nylock SS nuts to keep everything in place...
• Re: Is this new gas saver for real?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:53:59 -0800
  ...Is this why, for example, >> BP is >> one of the worlds largest providers of solar cells? All facts on the >> subject appreciated. > > Indeed. Conspiracy...
• Re: [NVC]-Friday Subject: Howto Locite question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:26:59 -0700
  ...The new hose comes with a new nut and an O-Ring. I had the car jacked up and put large blocks (1 foot...
• Re: Tire size question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sun, 17 Nov 2024 16:41:11 +0000
  ...So I have a few additional variables:  Wheels nuts, just think of what that weight does, being unsprung and all. To say nothing of...
• Re: V-belt replacement
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Thu, 14 Jun 2007 10:44:21 -0700
  ...Loosen 17mm nut underneath (may be very tight). To remove belt, you will have to remove small coolant hose that runs through it and...
• Swapping out the alternator and fun with a pivot bolt
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Sat, 20 Oct 2012 18:59:15 -0700
  ...Now the electrical on the alternator is fairly easy the large connections are one nut and washer. I suggest you grab your digital camera...
• Re: coolant pressure gague
  Historical mailing list - Caston/Payne
  Sun, 13 Feb 2000 11:32:25 -0500
  ...water level and >close enough to the tank cap to be able to fit a washer and a nut onto >the silicon caulked threads...
• Re: Audi 100/200 dual piston callipers
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 11 Feb 2004 09:17:07 -0800
  ...You need a 7mm spacer (nut shaved down) and an 12.9 hardness 60mm long bolts with a recessed 'Allen key' head that will...
• Re: Easy way to tell which W.B...
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 14 Jan 2017 18:31:19 -0800
  ...I'll probably have the local tire guys impact the axle nut loose as I have only a 'Bash Wrench' along, and no breaker...
• Re: Some NVC to break things up a bit...
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Fri, 22 Feb 2002 15:23:40 -0800
  ...She and one of her Indian friends in my kitchen > one evening one day dared me to eat a whole large raw chili of...
• Re: Rocker arm question
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:50:27 -0400
  ...2.1 > > The visual differences are that the adjuster screws/nuts are different > (larger on the 2.1). If there's a difference in...
• Re: 2.1 rebuild - new nuts for case halves-thoughts for all bolted connections.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 10 May 2011 20:37:00 -0700
  ...the heads are held down onto these metal rings by the nuts on the studs. the torque on the nuts is 37 foot lbs...
• Re: Stainless steel screws for Vanagon exterior --- now avaliable
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 14 Aug 2006 14:52:01 -0400
  ...washers (2 inch),and carriage bolts/nuts. 4 pieces per cap.That is 16 pieces of expensive ,large stainless steel items. The OEM items...
• Re: Arm rest
  Historical mailing list - A & C Grobey
  Tue, 1 Jun 1999 15:05:43 -0700
  ...Then you can drive it back in place with a large Phillips screwdriver. Its a pain to fix if you have one that keeps...
• Re: hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - John Koloski
  Sat, 5 Feb 2000 17:34:05 -0500
  ...cover > only the center portion of the wheel, where the lug nuts/bolts are. > The big things (now usually plastic) that cover the whole...
• Re: Website referrals
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 30 Jun 2003 09:22:41 -0700
  ...and Importation - European Lighting for most Volkswagen models Due to the large volume of email we receive, PLEASE include previous emails when responding. This...
• Re: What is best program to make a website?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 20 May 2004 07:04:20 -0700
  ...and Importation - European Lighting for most Volkswagen models Due to the large volume of email we receive, PLEASE include previous emails when responding. This...
• Re: Yeah! It's a water pump weekend! (questions of course)
  Historical mailing list - Roland
  Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:37:28 -0700
  ...This holds it perfectly from turning >> while you loosen the first nut ............I hope I don't need to say, >> loosen all 3 first...