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• rear heater blower only works on high.. any thoughts?
  Historical mailing list - jesse johnson
  Sun, 24 Oct 2004 09:54:14 -0400
  ...anything i am missing? i did notice the used fan i bought was just a little stiff when i turned the blades... could that...
• Re: 2.1WBX running rich
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 15 Jan 2015 13:58:12 -0700
  ...in the Socket & on the Blades of the I'C'U' & even use a WireBrush on the Blades if they look Bad ~ I'm...
• Re: 1.9L spark plug &water pump suggestions?
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Sun, 2 Jan 2005 15:36:05 -0800
  ...Smooth on with a very flat blade >> ( I use a razor blade) and hit it with a flat file after its dry to be...
• Re: rear hatch panel clip removal on 90 Carat
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Sun, 2 Oct 2005 09:34:48 EDT
  ...I first made sure the flat edge of the clip was to the back. (away from me ) by putting one blade in against the...
• Re: window tint
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 6 Mar 2003 18:56:09 -0600
  ...Be sure you have on hand a squeegee, a sharp razor blade or a snap-off-blade cutter. The tint has two parts. The...
• Re: Antifreeze and pests and pets
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 13 Feb 2004 22:17:29 -0600
  ...They broke my wiper bladed using them for a boost to the roof rack. About the only solution I found was to align the...
• Re: Faulty wiper "parking"
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Diebolt
  Mon, 27 Jan 1997 22:10:10 -0500
  ...At 11:22 AM 1/27/97 -0600, Laurie Loeb wrote: >My wiper blades "park" in random positions after turning them off. >Replacing the...
• Re: snapped off cv/axle bolts in rear axle hub shaft
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Fri, 28 May 1999 02:30:16 -0400
  Is the broken bolt tight in it's threads? If not, try turning it out with a pencil eraser or a straight-bladed screwdriver...
• Extra accessory Fuse Block.
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sun, 17 Oct 1999 16:44:59 EDT
  'gonites; FYI, I found, at my FLAPS, a fuse block that will accommodate six 30 amp circuits. " Accepts BUSS ATC blade type fuses, auto...
• Re: window tint
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 6 Mar 2003 17:17:09 -0600
  ...The key is to clean the window thoroughly with a razor blade and wash > it > down as well. A good squeegee treatment is also...
• Re: How to tighten up the cig lighter socket?
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Fri, 7 Mar 2008 13:03:34 -0800
  If you take a small flat blade screw driver and bend the metal part in a little, you can remove the socket without breaking...
• Fuse Box Misery
  Historical mailing list - Brent Weide
  Tue, 1 Aug 2017 17:52:12 -0700
  ...broken fuse bits with small pick tools and polishing the fuse blade holders individually? I understand that I can replace the entire fuse block...
• Re: Light switches
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Tue, 16 Nov 1999 11:37:31 -0800
  ...connection in the plug base can be bridged by the same blade fuses the vanagon uses. I powered the parking lamps from posts taken...
• Re: Dremels
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 2 Nov 2002 18:53:30 -0800
  ...But really, spending some money on decent files and hacksaw blades would be more cost effective for 95% of the time. Alistair -- '82 Westy...
• Re: gas Cap Key
  Historical mailing list - Philip and Buffy Simmons
  Tue, 12 Nov 2002 18:36:24 -0800
  I use a swill army knife in my glovebox...lost the key but the can opener blade works just fine -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon...
• Re: 89' Wolfsy - Vanagon Syndrome
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 11 Jul 2003 09:12:30 -0500
  >Finally I opened the ECU compartment under the back seat, the cooling blades were hot so I helped it cool down by fanning with...
• WTB: MultiVan or later Westy weekender
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Fri, 24 Oct 2003 22:58:05 -0400
  Van People, I found a note under my wiper blade yesterday. Note said: "Interested in selling your Westfalia?". Well, I'm not about to...
• Re: Need help with price suggestions
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:54:51 EDT
  ...will you work for 5 dollars an hour? you have to also figure in your busted sawzall blades, and the trip to the hospital...
• hole trip report to San Diego and Anza-Borrego
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Wed, 23 Feb 2005 12:53:00 -0700
  ...Anyway, 1 jigsaw blade and two hacksaw blades, and a lot of work later, I had a large hole which I enlarged and smoothed...
• Re: Cheap, sturdy magnetic base for 12v fans
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Fri, 1 Oct 2004 14:33:24 -0600
  ...When it's nice and hot, drive a singleedge razor blade (have plenty on hand) between the magnet and the steel disk. How you...
• Oil cooler installation pictures...
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Fri, 5 Jun 2009 20:14:14 -0400
  ...I discovered it by having someone observe the blades in a box fan that was covering the opening while I drove. I have been...
• Re: put headrests on all your seats..tan headrests for sale
  Historical mailing list - Jim Davis
  Sun, 17 Jan 1999 01:03:20 EST
  ...After the first headrest (10 minutes), you'll get over your aversion to cutting through the seat's fabric with a razor blade and...
• Re: Decals
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 17 Sep 2002 02:56:04 -0500
  ...old, worn WESTFALIA decals? >I've started by using a razor blade and can see that will take paint with >it. Any solutions that...
• Re: front shock removal problem
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Jul 2005 17:17:52 -0500
  ...If you can burn a bit of the rubber away, you may be able to find the split and tap a flat blade screwdriver...
• Re: Success!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 5 Oct 2007 14:34:14 -0400
  Make your own blade that fits the entire screw head with no slop. Fashion a way to turn it evenly like with a T...
• Re: Swiss Army Knife - Necessary Tool Content
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Sun, 18 Feb 2007 08:04:16 -0500
  ...My first knife was rather beat up (lost the side covers, broke the large blade, small blade had been melted by trying to cut...
• Re: Fuse Block Sources
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 9 May 2011 17:45:07 -0700
  ...be some sources of 18-or-so >>> slot >>> fuse blocks for blade type fuses? Couldn't find them on the JCW >>> site. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> John...
• Re: cleaning glass
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 1 Apr 2009 17:59:17 -0700
  ...Use good clean blades with no rust on them. Rust is harder than glass and will scratch the windshield. Karl Wolz On Mon, Mar...
• Re: 84 Hatch Openers
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 15 Jul 1996 20:46:51 -0400
  ...They're about $5.00-$7.00 each and come with a little hacksaw blade to trim the prop to the right length. Jim...
• Re: Santa Barara Orange
  Historical mailing list - Scott Beckstead
  Fri, 6 Oct 1995 17:26:42 -0700 (PDT)
  ...If anyone sees this bus in the Santa > Barbara area you might stick a note with the vanagon list address under the > wiper blade...
• Re: Steering Wheel Rasp
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 11 Nov 2006 12:57:48 -0700
  Pull the "VW" out of the center of the S/W (I use a small flat blade screwdriver). Don't remember the size socket...
• Re: Only ONE drive wheel?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:05:03 -0700
  ...In the tri-gear machines the blade angle on a propeller is the same > on all blades, and all rotate in the same plane...
• Re: Wipers STILL don't work!! Arrgh!!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 7 Apr 2011 18:28:36 -0500
  ...The connection is a blade type, and the new female >> side >> of the connection was one half the width of the old female connector...
• Re: F$&#$*& Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Sun, 18 May 2003 19:43:14 -0500
  ...mine........................I just used a > very large, maybe 18's long, blade screwdriver as a prying tool. Are you > following the info on Tom...
• Re: Remote Starter Switch Wire-up for '88GL
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:25:02 -0400
  ...battery terminal post on the solenoid or one >of the mail blade terminals on the solenoid? And do you just leave it there? *NOT...
• Re: 7 1/2 vs 8 amp fuse
  Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
  Thu, 20 Jul 2006 08:49:45 -0700
  ...in person? 7.5 amp is a common size in a blade fuse (commonly used in modern cars, even available at Safeway), 8 amp...
• Re: front seat swivel removal
  Historical mailing list - J. Harvey
  Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:47:27 -0700
  ...A piece of a hacksaw blade held with vise grips did the trick. It took about an hour and was well worth it considering...
• Re: Troubleshooting the Basic Idle Stabilizer System - Manual Transmissions- Part I
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:24:04 -0400
  ...If you need to fake it, take care not to insert anything thicker than the male terminal blade into the female connector; you don...
• How to replace the ignition lock cylinder?
  Historical mailing list - Leif
  Tue, 1 Jun 1999 10:28:16 -1000
  ...Bent the blade and frankly I don't think I am attacking it in the right place. Any one out there have a clue...
• Re: Keys locked in van
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Mon, 9 Jul 2001 08:21:13 -0700
  ...Use a flat rigid piece of something (like a hand saw blade) and slide it in > the between the sliding side windows and push...
• Re: Inspection bummer
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:19:34 +0000
  ...sure all the small stuff is Ok- lights, turn signals, wiper blades, etc. If you know your brakes are questionable, do them before taking...
• Re: Cracked expansion tank
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 1 Mar 95 16:32:42 gmt
  ...the following: >You go to the Parts counter for new wiper >blades, and are pointed to the Sales area for >a new vehicle. ;-) A...
• Re: [WetWesties] Busted Bo-hunkus
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 27 Sep 2002 23:25:28 -0500
  ...I've learned how to shave paint runs off with a razor blade ........... neat trick once you get the hang of it. Stan On...
• Re: jumpseat brackets
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 18 May 2004 19:05:20 -0400
  ...The seat back stops just about the bottom > of my shoulder blades, but other than that, it's fairly comfortable. Nice > not to have...
• Re: Utility Plug
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Sat, 1 Nov 2008 19:44:40 -0400
  ...Utility Plug The external 110v plug on the side of my syncro is getting old and the blades that go into the external power...
• Re: Broken Spark Plug Brand?
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Wed, 22 Jul 1998 10:22:15 -0500
  ...i don't remember if it was the John Muir Book or somewhere else, but the fellow with the short hacksaw blade may have...
• Re: headlight switch mystery, help!
  Historical mailing list - Noto-Gaudette
  Thu, 24 Jun 1999 00:05:09 -0400
  ...I once used part of a disassembled headlight switch--just the piece that has all the blades, but with a wire bypass soldered on...
• Re: Transmission -- hard to get in first
  Historical mailing list - karl
  Tue, 16 Nov 1999 18:52:01 -0500
  ...here is what i have done > twice... > take two 13mm wrenches (box or open), channel locks or the sort, and a big > flat blade...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons: connectors?
  Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
  Thu, 14 Nov 2013 17:37:28 -0800
  ...That said, I haven't looked into how to interface modern circuit boards with old style relay blades, so I don't know how...
• Re: Beach Vanagons and a window slider question
  Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
  Thu, 14 Aug 1997 10:24:21 +0000
  ...You need some sort of flexible or right angle flat blade screwdriver to get it out. A mechanic's mirror helps to see what...
• Re-stubbing fuel injectors
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Thu, 25 Sep 1997 11:46:03 EDT
  ...All that was needed was an Exacto knife with a long, sharply taper blade. First I slit the hose down the entire length . This...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Javier Zavala
  Sun, 5 Nov 2000 12:44:06 -0500
  ...are: * installing a bigger radiator * getting a new propeller with more blades for the water pump that is the only pump I have and...
• NLA Parts and Common Problems
  Historical mailing list - June Kinerson
  Thu, 12 Apr 2001 19:46:39 -0400
  ...Also, a list of spares that one should carry other than the usual plugs, caps, rotor, wires, and wiper blades. Thanks Soon to be...
• Re: replacing the rear heater core...
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 22 Feb 2002 14:09:36 EST
  ...You can cut away this portion pretty easily using a hacksaw blade. Just take the blade and insert it into the slot between the...
• Re: rear hatch panel clip removal on 90 Carat
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 2 Oct 2005 08:47:16 -0500
  ...clip >was to the back. (away from me ) >by putting one blade in against the clip, >& rotating the clip, using the flat side. >I...
• Re: Removing old window tint film
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 4 Feb 2002 12:32:31 -0600
  ...On all the windows EXCEPT THE REAR WINDOW WITH THE DEFROST STRIPS , he uses a razor blade to lift an edge of the existing...
• Re: Fuse Block Sources
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 9 May 2011 16:24:20 -0700
  ...be some sources of 18-or-so slot > fuse blocks for blade type fuses? �Couldn't find them on the JCW site. > > Thanks. > > John...
• hubcaps again
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 13 Jul 94 13:28:04 CDT
  ...and the GTS looks like the blades on a Norelco electric shaver. really. so ... maybe they are still around. maybe not. if you really...
• Re: Help with fuel lines!
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sun, 17 Jan 1999 10:01:20 EST
  ...I used a long pointed Exacto blade. Drive Safely & Good Luck Ken Lewis<Kernersville,NC>86 VW crewcab;60 T-5 Coupe On Sat...
• Re: Need size of CV bolt socket tool...12 pt 6mm???
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Fri, 19 Jan 2001 22:47:25 EST
  ...If you want to go cut rate, Napa will sell you the driver blade without the 3/8 square socket adapter. Just plug it...