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• Has anyone fabricated a steel tube frontbumper?Bulli-bars?
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Tue, 31 Jul 2001 09:13:30 -0700
  If i could get the plans/dimensions on the bulli-bar- (German made?) I could have one welded up by my friend whos a...
• re. Dispsable Acetelene Tanks?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee
  Thu, 5 Sep 2002 22:33:42 -0700
  >I've been welding for 35 yers and have yet to see, hear of, or >experience any disposable, aceteleyene, oxygen, CO2/ Argon tanks---never...
• Re: allen wrench for gear oil change
  Historical mailing list - Paul Gilland
  Sat, 13 Jan 2001 18:17:46 -0800
  ...Does anyone know of something off-the-shelf that I can buy? Otherwise I'm going to have to find someone with a welder...
• Re: ABA 2.0L 15 degrees
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 8 Nov 2007 08:35:45 -0800
  ...Make some tack welds. > Support the engine again and remove the carrier bars. Weld stuff up > right. Replace carrier bars and you should be...
• Re: Merffler options?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:54:55 -0400
  Stock Vanagon mufflers do not require welding... Cheers, Jeff -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Dave...
• Re: Can a 91 GL 7 Seater be Converted to Carat Interior?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Fournier
  Wed, 16 Apr 2003 17:41:45 -0000
  ...You'll have to: -weld-in floor brackets that the jump seats fit into -rear jump seat mounting points on the back of the...
• Re: If you're bored.... Vanagon Engine Conversion Progress (welding pics)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:55:04 -0700
  ...This is a decent (Hobart) welder, so wire feed > > > system is good. No birds nests or binding. I'm careful about how I > > > position...
• jb weld, radiators, taps, and draincocks
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Mon, 16 Jun 2003 23:37:33 -0700
  ...then, after steel epoxy is cured (its pretty fast), going to add a layer of jb weld, which takes longer to cure... (is there...
• Re: If you're bored.... Vanagon Engine Conversion Progress (welding pics)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:30:48 -0800
  ...Vanagon Engine Conversion Progress (welding > pics) > > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/passengersideenginecarrier > > Getting better! > > Neil. > > > > -- > Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco" > > http://web.mac...
• Re: ABA 2.0L 15 degrees
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Thu, 8 Nov 2007 11:23:21 -0500
  ...Make some tack welds. > Support the engine again and remove the carrier bars. Weld stuff up > right. Replace carrier bars and you should be...
• Re: 82 Coolant Tank retrofit help
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Fri, 18 Nov 2011 22:26:57 -0500
  ...extend the life of a plastic coolant overflow tank using JB Weld. AIR, I cleaned it well with soap and a degreaser, scratched up...
• Re: Blower Fan troubles
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Tue, 1 Dec 2009 18:24:39 -0500
  ...But clip should be there. > >Mon cher Benoit, > >[Technicalement]? ils ont [fuse']? (welded) par une >[machine/mecanisme]? ultrasonique. Et Bentley dit pas des 'clips...
• Re: JB Weld exhaust studs?...
  Historical mailing list - Mike Garske
  Tue, 21 May 2002 11:31:26 -0700
  I tried to repair a header flange on an old Alfa of mine with JB weld. It sure looked pretty until I actually tried...
• RE: Weld heads
  Historical mailing list - Dyen Fred D.
  Tue, 3 Oct 1995 13:47:41 -0800 (AKDT)
  Regarding welding heads on wasserboxers. I've had good luck with RIMCO. They charge $150.00 a pair to clean, resurface, install new valve...
• Re: Mufflers re-dux (pipe strangeness)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 27 Feb 2012 13:16:52 -0600
  ...A local shop has offered to put a "universal" muffler on including tail pipe, everything welded, for $150, or an Ansa muffler, with new...
• Re: Coolant leak from the engine!
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Mon, 18 Jun 2007 23:33:15 -0400
  ...It appears to be on a >>welded seam under behind a bolted-on metal panel close to the oil filter. >>The drip amount is...
• Re: throttle body rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Mon, 19 Aug 2013 19:34:29 -0500
  ...throttle body rebuild "Filling with JB Weld is probably the worse way to repair one of these. JB Weld is epoxy & will wear through...
• Re: Exhaust Bushing Inner Weave Premature Failure
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 7 Feb 2014 12:53:51 -0800
  ...I was shown > this....pretty large movements were apparent as the welder worked. On > something as long and obviously vulnerable to stress as the...
• Re: leaky head gasket question again
  Historical mailing list - Data Services
  Tue, 2 Apr 2002 19:26:19 -0500
  I imagine the JB weld was only used on the jugs/water jackets, not the heads themselves. Your heads should be flycut if they...
• replacing DS VNGN FENDER?
  Historical mailing list - curt welsh
  Thu, 14 Nov 2002 18:06:47 -0800
  ...Does anyone know where the weld seams for that panel run? Does anyone have a partrs van they want to cut up? --------------------------------- Do you...
• Re: Shocks
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 4 Dec 2003 19:44:35 -0500
  ...bump...both of mine now have a big welded ring around the outside, after I welded up the cracks. More work than it was...
• Muffler RE: Merffler options?
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:14:56 -0400
  ...Merffler options? For my money, muffler replacement (which for most vehicles does require welding, not sure what different folks might call "advanced welding skills...
• Re: J.B. Weld Head Repair (Bill Knight)
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Tue, 31 Mar 1998 12:13:50 -0800
  ...Weld Head Repair (Bill Knight) > > >Bill, > > > >why isn't using JB weld as a coating to prevent galvanic corrosion > >caused by pooled coolant between...
• HELP, starter question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Pedersen
  Sat, 13 Dec 2003 14:20:15 -0800
  ...But when I went to pop off the starter, (nice place...) I found is a blob of weld on top of the upper starter...
• Re: Welders in Denver?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 21 Dec 2005 06:35:05 EST
  ...From my personal experience, 110V MIG welders are pretty worthless. Everyone I know who has bought one, has regretted it. I have a Miller...
• Re: expert advice needed
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 5 Oct 1999 10:26:45 -0700
  The head can most likely be welded (weldment will completely replace the broken off ear) and re-tapped for about $50. You will have...
• Re: Windshield Frame Rust
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:05:43 -0400
  ...MIG welder, right here in the shop, use it almost every day, no problem. BUT grinding down the welds in the area of the...
• Rear Bumper Concerns
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 17 Nov 1998 20:44:58 EST
  ...He said he could weld a 2" x 3" tube between the brackets, but was concerned about what might happen in a crash to...
• Re: roadtrip spares
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Wed, 15 May 2002 11:58:04 -0700
  ...I drilled the welds out of the factory mount on a junkyard van and welded it in the proper position on my '82. This...
• Re: 85 gl manual...shift lever BROKE!!!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Wed, 1 Oct 2014 01:52:08 -0400
  Take it apart and have it welded. OR, an emergency fix I did one time that held for months, before I finally remembered to...
• Re: Tongue Weight, Hauling Stuff, Bicycle Racks, et al.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Thu, 4 Aug 2005 18:04:12 -0500
  ...And just to make you feel a bit better dissimilar metal's can be welded together with no problem at all, and be as...
• Re: Holey muffler, Batman!
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Fri, 5 Jan 2007 01:42:14 -0500
  ...maybe that would work? sudhir On 1/5/07, Mike Collum <collum@verizon.net> wrote: > J-B Weld might be disappointing in this case...
• Re: Jump Seat Levers
  Historical mailing list - Nathan Wood
  Sun, 23 Mar 2014 13:04:25 -0500
  ...If it breaks off in the future I would have them welded back together. On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 12:53 PM, Larry...
• Re: body panel repair
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Ensing
  Fri, 14 Mar 2003 09:08:23 EST
  ...My question is what is the best way to deal with this? Grind out the welds inside at the weld? Or, cut behind the...
• plastic weld product
  Historical mailing list - Geneva Saint-Amour
  Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:33:22 -0600
  Check out www.sugru.comHack things better!
• Re: Soo- Oil Pan cracked
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 2 Nov 2012 20:24:13 -0700
  ...I would imagine that any welder would say anyway .. take it off, clean it up real good, and I'll take a look at...
• RUST on propane tank R&R, comments needed...
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Mon, 20 Mar 2006 12:14:09 -0800
  ...One has to cut it out nad weld in a plate of the same size and bent to shape. Good welding is essential. You...
• Friday humour: Top 5 Reasons why you SHOULDN'T try converting an 81 AC Vanagon to water cooled (pic included)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 7 Dec 2007 13:19:42 -0800
  ...I'll just drill out a few spot welds and ...... " --- ;^) All done in humour. I WILL be proud of this when it's done...
• Catalytic converter and muffler, how do they join?
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Fri, 12 Jul 2013 14:29:48 -0700
  ...The last place to replace the cat appears to have cut the existing cat pipe and welded the (generic) cat on. So on the...
• Wierd Westie...
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Wed, 9 Sep 1998 21:20:35 -0500
  ...Someone had taken a mid '70's Westie, removed the front half of the poptop, and welded - yes, welded - a mid '60's Beetle...
• Re: UPPER float/wishbone/contol Arm bushings
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Fri, 5 Mar 1999 22:35:11 -0500
  I did my own upper control arm bushings and took them to the dealer for spot welding, they said they don't do it...
• Re: swing away tire carrier
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Mon, 19 Aug 2002 10:58:50 -0700
  ...the only thing i would consider doing different is welding a piece of longer tube to the latch tube, and match it with a...
• Non-remote Mirror fix
  Historical mailing list - Dave Caston & Sherrie Payne
  Wed, 13 Jan 1999 19:51:51 -0500
  ...9-Mix up JB Weld. 10- Glop some JB Weld into the hole. Glop some JB Weld onto the surface of the stud. Not...
• Re: Aluminum coolant tanks
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 21 Jul 2021 09:46:11 -0700
  ...See all the taco stuff :-) And yes, can be cracked weld from stress cycles. A weak weld or maybe porosity in weld etc. I...
• Re: Swivel Mods for 91GL Captain's Chair
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 21 Mar 2009 10:47:17 -0500
  We have a no weld option http://secure.mycart.net/catalogs/catalog.asp?prodid=4757896 Steve SKL Enterprises Inc. http://EuroCampers.com 888-797...
• Re: Middle Seat Installation
  Historical mailing list - David Bogle
  Tue, 7 Sep 1999 23:11:20 -0400
  ...Here's my diagram: _____bolted seat track (2) front and (2) rear ______ | _______seat track ( __ | __ ) \_ \__ | ___/ _/ floor track _____________ | ___________floor |__|__| welded nut | ________________seat track ( __ _____ __ ) bolted floor track...
• Re: Head treatment for pitting--flattening technique
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Wed, 19 Jan 2005 09:12:03 -0600
  ...ROBERT DONALDS >The OEM heads alloy sucked so bad that they would have pitted around the JB >weld no kidding and it does conduct...
• Re: High quality two pole 60A wiring connectors
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 12 Sep 2011 23:16:33 -0700
  ...check out welding supply places or sites. Acr welding cable is typically battery cable size.. and welding stuff is usually made quite well. nothing...
• Re: Custom 15" wheels? Why not go to the Source?
  Historical mailing list - John Wessels
  Fri, 11 May 2001 12:21:15 EDT
  ...I have checked and it will cost $60 to have the welds machined out and the centers welded back in for an ET35. This...
• Re: JB weld on coolant expansion tank
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 1 May 2003 20:21:30 -0500
  would JB weld be something that would work effectively , reliably and durably to reattatch my nipple/ tube to my expansion tank? --------------------------- Clip --------------------- Aren't...
• Re: JT's Magic Bus Project Update
  Historical mailing list - John T. Croteau
  Wed, 6 Sep 1995 10:25:37 -0500 (CDT)
  ...You can get > a decent lowe-end MIG welder for about $300, and you'll make that back in > what you save on shop...
• more '54 RHD deluxe bus progress
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Sat, 29 Jun 1996 21:56:55 -0700
  ...drill the holes and weld the nuts _before_ installing the section. That would have made it a lot easier! Before I can weld in...
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  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Mon, 25 Feb 2019 18:24:57 -0600
  ...Re: [VANAGON] Does anyone know if this aluminum “welding” rod is useful for anything? Well I know it's not welding, but a meltable...
• Re: radius arm hole looks awefully wonky.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 21 Jan 2013 19:20:55 -0800
  ...https://sites.google.com/site/tubaneil2/radiusarm if a weldor made a pass then shaped, would that be structurally sufficient? Or even required? Neil...
• Re: Head treatment for pitting - recorded long term success of JB Weld
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Wed, 19 Jan 2005 01:27:45 -0500
  If you search the archives for JB Weld in posts by Tim Smith and Doug Houg, you will find detailed descriptions of how to...
• Increasing strength of engine mount area for 3.3l Subaru
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:14:51 -0400
  ...Of these, which do you guys think would be best? Attach a 3/16" steel plate under the frame rail (braze or weld). Attach...
• Re: Your going to love this!
  Historical mailing list - Doug Jones
  Fri, 5 Feb 1999 00:36:35 -0800
  >Eric wrote: >I could Weld a BIG steel beam on for a bumper! >I wonder If I could get in any trouble for that...
• Re: Otmar's stretch vanagon...Re: Interesting vanagon seen today...
  Historical mailing list - t
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 23:34:33 -0800
  ...was it a white westy welded to a gold syncroGL? chris Yep, that be it... I looked nice. tim
• Heyyyyy JB Weld people...
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Wed, 30 Mar 2005 16:17:21 -0500
  ...I put a light near the JB weld because it's been cool. The epoxy is still soft. When I poke it with my...
• Re: Heyyyyy JB Weld people...
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Thu, 31 Mar 2005 00:11:55 EST
  ...JB Weld tech support. Give them a call. If it happens that the product is out of code, they will probably send you some...