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• Re: tire jack suggestions for 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 19 Jun 2010 08:44:56 -0500
  ...needed it, if I had a platform to keep it from punching a hole in the ground. Last time I had the table saw...
• Tin-can westy toaster
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 7 Jan 2012 09:47:34 -0600
  ...I punched holes in the bottom of a large coffee can (I had to look around to find one that wasn't made of...
• Re: 3/4" Socket set
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Mon, 6 Nov 95 9:20:09 EST
  ...While ordering some other nice considerations are the 16 pc industrial punch/chisel set (extremely nice quality, but only the top of the line...
• Rear Shock Hangers, Bay
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 4 Jun 96 13:58 CDT
  ...Scratched the undercoating but didn't punch through to the petroleum supply; it was able to angle itself out diagonally. YMMV. If that hadn...
• Re: Power of a 2.0L Air cooled vs 2.1L???
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Thu, 11 Dec 2003 13:29:10 -0500
  >>>>I've heard they can be punched out to as much as 3.0L. *However*, I've also heard that the engine is right...
• Mystery sound found...hard accel vibration...
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 18 May 2013 18:37:51 -0700
  ...It happens when I punch it in a low gear, for a long time just in second and my very low 1st, and it...
• Re: Ultimate ... Bears
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:27:35 -0700
  ...Then they started bashing at the doors...standing up on their hind legs like boxers and punching the box of men... Pretty spectacular footage...
• Re: Fix for "locked" factory radio
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sat, 5 Jun 1999 08:13:42 -0700
  ...I have > the > > correct code, but my wife read it out wrong as I was trying to punch it in > while > > driving. > > > > I have...
• Drivers Report: Yoko 370 vice BFG AT
  Historical mailing list - Forhan, Thomas
  Mon, 13 Sep 1999 09:46:57 -0400
  ...While the BFGs have a larger diameter and so will cruise at slightly lower rpms, the smaller Yokos seemed to have more passing punch...
• Re: Hole in luggage rack/ best repair material?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 6 Nov 2010 14:24:51 -0700
  ...Hole in luggage rack/ best repair material? > At 04:45 PM 11/4/2010 -0700, Michael Hart wrote: >>A low hanging tree branch punched...
• Re: Canadians - Don't Forget to Vote! (We have a leader in less than 1 day!)
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 27 Nov 2000 21:02:32 -0800
  ...what is this punch ballot thing anyhow? Is it like the pull tabs you get at the pub? With a 61% voter turn out...
• how to make your locking gas cap accept the same key as your doors/ignition
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 25 Jan 2007 03:41:34 EST
  ...use a finishing nail or center punch to tap it out. then push out the lock cylinder (the part you put your key into...
• Re: BRAKE SHOES DIFF. DOPE
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:05:31 -0700
  ...beginners? > How about a training shoe? > > I'm getting a little punchy... it must be Friday. > > Cheers, > > Jeff > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List...
• Re: New Vanagon Support
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Wed, 21 Apr 2021 13:34:57 -0400
  ...45 PM PDT, Richard Koerner < > rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > Ooof....strong punch in my gut. But I can take it sir. Great respect for...
• Re: replacing ignition switch
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Fri, 15 Jun 2001 13:33:44 -0700
  ...Then take a punch an push down the spring in the whole that you drilled. This will bend the little metal leaf spring that...
• Re: AVP motor report & questions (pictures)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 5 Jul 2006 21:30:44 -0400
  ...The guides were driven out with a punch, hopefully by press, not a hammer. As the guides get pushed out, they mushroom out and...
• Re: Replacing Front 84 Brake Discs
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 25 Apr 2010 23:58:50 -0400
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > I tap them in with a brass drift punch.Make sure everything is glinty clean, > put the race in place...
• Re: Carrier Bar
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 19 Aug 2020 18:00:19 -0400
  ...When I went to clean it up, I found that my welder's chipping hammer would punch right thru the metal in many places...
• Re: Engine compartment door hinge
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Sep 94 17:55:37 ADT
  ...threaded-in bit, the time spent here is worth it, centre punch it to start. 2) don't break the drill or you're...
• Re: front wheel snowies
  Historical mailing list - LAWS HOME
  Mon, 27 Dec 1999 15:27:05 -0500
  ...This is really not a big problem, just point the front in the direction I Want to go and punch the throttle and everything...
• Re: No Cost Power Upgrade???
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Sun, 27 Aug 2000 16:22:59 PDT
  ...lucky that I had them]) Anyway, I do remember having more punch off the line with just those two belts not in place - thing...
• Re: Roof Rack Options - ladder
  Historical mailing list - Shane Eddy
  Mon, 3 Jun 2002 16:09:00 -0400
  ...teats to pull, no hay to pitch, don't have to punch a > hole in the sombitch. (apologies to the condensed milk historians) > > pensioner
• 84 Vanagon GL Intake Air sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Chad Lyles
  Wed, 3 Oct 2007 18:12:36 -0700
  ...when i take off from a dead stop or just try to accelerate quickly, like passing gear (punch it) i am "hopping" its not...
• Re: Cleaning up CV joint for spare
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 27 Jul 2015 17:52:52 -0400
  ...wrote: > > > What I do: > > Before disassembling the joint, take a center punch and put a mark on the > > three main parts, on the same...
• Re: Replacing Front 84 Brake Discs
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 25 Apr 2010 17:05:16 -0700
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > > > I tap them in with a brass drift punch.Make sure everything is glinty > clean, > > put the race in place...
• Re: tool find
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sun, 29 Sep 2013 20:18:20 -0500
  ...I picked up a set of chisels & punches sometime back, this afternoon I needed a chisel & tried those. After 3 different ones I tossed...
• Re: repairing arm rest
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Tue, 1 Jun 2010 14:13:42 -0700
  ...Is that the pin >that I punched out, referred to in the post referenced below as a >"steel plug? Seems such an odd term...
• Re: Syncro
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 8 Apr 1994 12:36:40 -0600
  ...line about Porsche >designing the viscous coupling unit and Steyr-Damler-Punch buiding the front >diff. He even said the name of the Porsche...
• Re: Radiator cardboard and its replacement
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 17 Feb 2008 18:52:30 -0800
  ...I then used a > hole-punch to put holes in the places I was going to attach it at, using > zip-ties and screws...
• Re: Vanagon Bass experiment(fishless)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 3 Feb 2003 23:28:15 -0800
  ...too much space. <DIV></DIV>The Baooka's sound is very punchy and it would augment the door and rear <DIV></DIV>speakers nicely...
• Re: Westy kitchen LED panel overlay
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:40:45 -0800
  ...backside of lexan with clear windows for the LEDS instead of punching > them out). Remove your old metal panel and sand and respray it...
• Re: Replacing Front 84 Brake Discs
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 25 Apr 2010 17:05:59 -0700
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > > > I tap them in with a brass drift punch.Make sure everything is glinty > clean, > > put the race in place...
• Re: Need "MUST-HAVE" Tool List
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 2 Jan 2018 14:32:25 -0500
  ...drift for hammering on things without injuring them (set of pin punches) Set of metric open end wrenches Set of metric box end wrenches...
• Re: Tin-can westy toaster
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 7 Jan 2012 18:38:38 -0600
  ...A random, background pattern of small nail holes with larger holes punched by a larger nail that form the VW sign? Better toast coverage...
• Re: CV's
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Sun, 10 Mar 2002 08:17:42 -0800
  ...The hammer/punch method works, but the puller is a lot simpler in my opinion. Whatever you do (puller or hammer), make sure you...
• Re: broken gas pedal
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 11 May 2009 23:08:54 -0500
  ...away from home, of course, so I > punched out what remained of the broken rivets and ran long wood screws > through from the top...
• Re: radiator grill
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:30:40 -0700
  ...those you just pop inward with a small pointy tool, like a small screwdriver or punch . and that releases the clip in the body...
• radio problem
  Historical mailing list - Charles Lees
  Wed, 6 Oct 1999 00:05:32 -0400
  ...Whenever there is a break in the current to the radio it has to be reset with a code that has to be punched...
• Re: Front Suspension - Screws
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 24 May 2009 17:59:08 -0500
  ...out of there. >> Even with a nut off........hammering with a punch wouldn't drive out the >> bolt, just super stuck. >> I finally had...
• Re: Idle Stab.-OK to bypass?
  Historical mailing list - L&A Johnson
  Sat, 2 Jan 1999 21:09:55 -0500
  ...It would hover around 4000 and > sometimes drop when I would punch it. I thought maybe a bad return > spring of some kind and...
• Hesitation off idle, throttle body issues?
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Duvernay
  Mon, 12 Jan 2015 11:58:41 -0600
  ...It's worse if I punch the throttle rather than ease into it. Once I get up off idle it runs fine. Problem is...
• Re: Fwd: Need help!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 11 Aug 1999 19:31:39 -0700
  ...It will have to be punched out and emptied for driving in Baja and > then replaced when you return to the land of unleaded...
• Re: Coolant Movement Problems
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Tue, 21 Jun 2005 16:09:02 -0400
  ...syndrome. > > At highway speed it cools fine. > > Now here's the punch line. > > His mechanic told him that Vanagon's have an inherant cooling...
• Re: Late 1.9l vacuum system was Ground Cleaning time...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:05:06 -0700
  ...Find/make a pin to size and punch through heavy aluminum foil > into soft wood, maybe, then glue it across the end of a...
• Re: Power Steering Boots
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 28 Jan 2005 06:55:55 EST
  ...It has a lip on it that you bend toward a slot the rack (with a chisel or a punch) after you get it...
• Re: VC replacement with a surprise
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 23 Oct 2011 22:32:10 -0700
  ...see if I can spot the raised edge formed when holes punched (those raised edges have a role in initiating the plate to plate...
• RE: '72 Westy update (was Re: '71 single cab
  Historical mailing list - Munnelly, Mike
  Thu, 07 Sep 95 22:23:00 P
  ...I lean up to open a zipper in the tent, and > *riiiiiip* my big 'ole butt punches right through the canvas and I fall...
• Re: Thermostat Replacement (1.9 L)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carrington
  Mon, 14 May 2001 11:21:36 -0400
  ...Then you can use a punch to knock the bolts back through the housing. TomC -----Original Message----- From: Donald Baxter [mailto:onanov@mindspring.com...
• Re: Best 4 spd Syncro starter replace solution?/ Beware of the Theorist
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 22 Mar 2005 06:14:22 EST
  ...GoWesty had said the starter loses punch because some windings get shorted over a period of time and the magnetic flux density is dimished...
• Re: holy smokes (melted the instrument circuit)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Harris
  Sun, 8 May 2005 10:21:02 -0400
  ...Aaaack! Punched off the >light switch to stop the juice, yanked the gauge cluster out again, and >back to the workbench. Ahh, the heady...
• Re: There's a New Wheel in Town... Almost
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 12 Oct 2005 08:17:31 -0700
  ...put together a transmission calculator (excel spreadsheet) which allows you to punch in the numbers for tires and various transmissions, and gives speeds at...
• Re: cat failure....
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 3 Oct 2006 21:31:16 -0400
  ...If pieces are indeed broken therein, punch out all of it so that you have a hollow shell and reinstall it. Leaving broken pieces...
• Re: Passenger door woes
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sat, 6 May 2017 12:22:19 +0000
  ...New York and took out my front passenger door.  It got punched in on the mid to lower front and the window cranks, but...
• Re: '87 Vanagon GL: Oil leaks
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:07:54 -0500
  ...I ended up hand tightening and going underneath and pecking it tight with a long, sharp punch on the flats. Jim On Tue, Aug...
• Re: oil drain plug repair
  Historical mailing list - THOMAS CARRINGTON
  09 May 1995 19:19:19 GMT
  ...break off the heli-coil 'tang' not by punching >>it like the instructions but just wiggle it back and forth with a >>needle-nose...
• Re: Tightening armrests
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Thu, 24 Jan 2002 18:14:51 -0800
  ...You need to carefully pry back the fabric and then use a punch and hammer to drive out the pin. Once the pin is...
• re:Passing on the right(was wed. humor)
  Historical mailing list
  18 Oct 95 16:02:00 -0500
  ...It's got a thick square steel tube <snip> >Perfect for punching holes in the radiators of those tailgaters when I >tap the brakes...
• Re: Fry-day Fun, Question from an OLD FART
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 4 Jan 2002 16:18:39 EST
  ...The age of punch cards, vinyl, platform shoes for men. BenT
• Re: unclas Wheel Bearing Replacement Costs
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Thu, 1 Jul 2004 12:18:10 -0400
  ...a >drift (punch) and a block of wood will do the trick. I have never taken >the rear bearing assemblies apart so can't...
• Re: A good ham setup
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 1 Nov 2004 11:00:21 -0800
  ...VHF / UHF is basically line of sight and the communications to a >repeater generally don't need a whole lot of punch - at least...