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• Re: WBX Nightmares
  Historical mailing list - Mark Rokus
  Mon, 14 Aug 2000 05:21:48 -0700
  ...All three have had leaky heads at one time and I have done the JB Weld repair for not much more than the cost...
• Re: Diagnosing a low (8-10 inches) vacuum gauge reading
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sun, 8 Aug 2004 15:51:54 -0400
  ...dan On Sun, 8 Aug 2004 01:33:48 -0700, jbclem1 <jbclem1@CHARTER.NET> wrote: >Hi Bob, > >When you say that low vacuum is...
• Re: '86 up vanagon owners.....all please read,and post it to the list..
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Czerniak
  Tue, 29 Aug 2000 08:35:30 -0500
  ...I had done the heads(with JB weld) at 141000mi. At the time of the head work I checked the side play on the...
• Re: Double T-fitting for 1.9 cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Myron Lind
  Thu, 16 Jan 2003 21:30:51 -0500
  ...I referenced JB Weld, and he laughed. Said this is many times better. It will only cost a couple of bucks (about $4) to...
• Re: EMT (electrical conduit) for transitions in Vanagon cooling system? (engine conversion)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:38:26 -0700
  ...If I can't find it, and if mild steel pipe comes in 1.25", then I'll butt weld a couple of 45...
• Re: Question about 2.1 cylinder and head question
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Sat, 8 Jan 2005 22:01:41 -0500
  ...They are pitted, though, > and I am going the JB weld route. Should I just send the heads to a > shop and have them...
• Re: Window rain shields?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 30 Jun 2014 05:34:22 -0700
  ...had to mend them using > thin copper sheet, fine wire and JB Weld. I keep fixing them each time > they break because I do...
• Re: 83-85 vanagon rear bleeder screw housing mod or repair?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 27 Nov 2012 05:24:39 -0500
  ...solution until then. > > 10Cent answered my Samba posting and mentioned that JB weld does not adhere > well to the Nylon this fitting is made...
• Re: Water pump impeller wore into case
  Historical mailing list - Tom Lambas
  Sun, 11 Sep 2011 17:49:04 -0500
  ...Water pump impeller wore into case > > Fill the pits with JB weld and file or sand the face smooth. I had one that > was...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
  Tue, 20 Nov 2001 20:45:19 -0800
  ...hose, > some lengths of coolant hose, coolant, H20, some bailing wire, JB weld, hacksaw > blades and a few 1.5" long nut/bolts of...
• Re: One-Ton vans
  Historical mailing list - David Raistrick
  Wed, 4 Mar 1998 17:59:17 -0800
  ...I had furniture piled over 5 feet out the HUGE holes in the roof....made one trip, bald eagle tires, JB welded holes in...
• Pepper those heads
  Historical mailing list - Barry Mercer
  Sat, 23 Feb 2002 15:25:37 -0500
  ...But listees, is this a possibility? Could this work ? Can we toss those tubes of JB weld and trade them in for a spice...
• Transmission slipping?
  Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
  Thu, 19 Sep 2002 20:07:11 -0400
  ...distributor when I bought it and I repaired it carefully with JB Weld as per archive recommendations). Any ideas volks or tests I should...
• Re: Transmission slipping?
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Thu, 19 Sep 2002 17:32:18 -0700
  ...distributor when I bought it and I repaired it >>carefully with >> JB Weld as per archive recommendations). Any ideas volks or tests >>I should...
• Re: Windshield Frame Rust
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 13 Aug 2009 05:56:03 EDT
  ...I'm thinking of cleaning out the rust with a wire wheel, treating with rust converter, patching the hole with JB Weld (or something...
• Re: For the Vanagon Newbies - Oil Filler Neck Secret
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:56:20 -0800
  ...once i dropped it behind the fiberglass bumper...took me 15 minutes > to > get it out LOL > > im thinking of JB welding a little...
• Re: expert advice needed
  Historical mailing list - karl
  Tue, 5 Oct 1999 13:35:01 -0400
  ...down anyway and overall > condition unknown(but it ran well) > 4)JB weld the hell out of the broken portion and retap to get...
• Re: Vanagon safety statistics
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 Jan 1996 11:17:08 -0600 (CST)
  ...Anybody know a good welder? -- James A. Brill Jr. \\ // jbrill@unlinfo.unl.edu \\ \\// // If you're not outraged University of Nebraska \\//\\// you're not...
• Re: recorded long term success of JB Weld
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 21 Jan 2005 08:29:29 -0800
  I hadn't ever know that about hardener. No wonder... Thanks, Mike On 1/20/05 10:21 PM, "David Beierl" <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET...
• Re: head-aches
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Thu, 31 May 2007 00:42:19 +0000
  ...Whenever I do a head gasket repair I always fix these pits with JB Weld and sand the surface back to smooth in order...
• FS: 1981 Westy - Memphis/North MS area
  Historical mailing list - Michael D. Landis
  Wed, 1 Apr 1998 10:59:36 -0600
  ...A couple of holes have been patched with JB Weld, it could probably stand to be replaced. I'm asking $4200 but no reasonable...
• Re: WTB: 110 VAC Electric hookup inlet
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 11 Dec 2004 13:56:48 -0500
  ...do this on mine...unless I want it to be 50% JB weld. Edward At 10:24 PM 12/10/2004, you wrote: >The...
• Re: stuck cylinder help
  Historical mailing list - Brian Spisak
  Mon, 2 Dec 2002 10:44:56 -0800
  ...It's also very easy to damage the surface of the head this way (can be fixed with jb-weld - see archives). I've...
• Re: trip odometer myth
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 16 Apr 2003 09:33:12 -0700
  ...I rebuilt it with JB Weld and > it is now permanent. > > I'll bet that the workings get sticky with age and lube drying...
• going down for the second time w/ the waterpump
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Sat, 5 Mar 2005 15:14:10 -0800
  ...enough remains to properly direct the coolant.I once heard of jb weld being used to patch up something like this. Does anyone have...
• Re: Hi resolution pictures of Wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 7 Sep 2007 19:24:15 -0700
  ...Roger pried out the old dead gasket, sanded things a > > > bit and re-filled the gap with JB Weld. Audacious to be sure. :) > > > > > > Maybe...
• Re: Automatic Transmission Welch Plug
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Wed, 7 May 2014 06:06:22 -0400
  ...JB weld, Epoxy, RTV Silicone etc. > All that plug is doing is covering an alternate hole for the dip stick > tube when this tranny...
• New heads?
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Tue, 27 Feb 2001 12:42:11 -0700
  ...Should I pay him $60 to clean it and JB weld it or should I do it? I'm thinking that it is probably...
• Re: plastic blower assembly fix(long)
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:52:32 -0600
  ...Good luck DM&FS At 10:15 AM 2/19/2009, Mike Collum wrote: >Greg S wrote: >I will check out the JB Weld...
• Re: Da FIX!! Loose exhaust bolt again. fix if stripped?
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Thu, 21 Jun 2007 22:28:56 -0400
  ...Is there a >> Lock tite to work in this heat? or should I pack it with sawdust and jb >> weld? (Kidding) >> Im always careful...
• Re: Yum, yum...(what a motor says when eating a rod)
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Thu, 23 May 2002 15:24:00 -0400
  ...JB Weld wouldn't fix it. A new motor was the answer. Tomorrow is another day. Tonight, let it be Michelob. Pax-- G. Matthew...
• Re: Hi resolution pictures of Wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Nunya Business
  Fri, 7 Sep 2007 19:46:59 -0700
  ...remove the heads, but I recall him posting > something about sandpaper, JB weld, used to fill pits in the heads. > > IYARC, (if you are...
• Re: drips of antifreeze off head
  Historical mailing list - Mike B
  Sun, 30 Dec 2012 17:15:27 -0500
  I've read about using JB Weld on the pitting and have repaired a few WBX myself this way. I recommend glass-beading of...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 16 May 2005 (#2005-397)
  Historical mailing list - Dana Showers
  Tue, 17 May 2005 00:48:08 -0400
  ...little fin-cooling fan removed and a larger unit mounted (with JB Weld ); the fan's thermal switch removed, thermally-conductive heatsink compound applied...
• Re: head gaskets
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Tue, 21 Mar 2000 21:46:06 -0800
  ...head gaskets If yours is anything like mine was you are going to have to sand anyway if you use the JB Weld for...
• Head gasket leak - does retorquing work?
  Historical mailing list - Various
  Fri, 10 May 2002 18:04:47 -0300
  ...If I'm f***ed ("fouled", of course, ahem...), how long can I hold off before doing the big JB Weld job? 6. Follow...
• Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 19 Dec 2015 17:05:20 -0800
  ...I've heard of folks using JB Weld and sanding the head smooth, but I can't see that this is a viable option...
• IT IS OUT! was: Broken stud, anyone has a good one?
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Thu, 12 May 2005 08:47:05 -0700
  Finally, I got this stud out by welding a 13mm nut on the end of it and the heat was enough to let it...
• Re: Who has/had the longest lived head gasket on this list?
  Historical mailing list - Joe
  Mon, 15 Oct 2001 20:38:26 -0400
  ...head gaskets and under what conditions (standard heads, ceramic coated heads, JB weld fixed heads, improved head bolts, distilled water in coolant, etc.). I...
• Re: AMC Cylinder Head Question
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:11:04 -0500
  JB weld will not stick to anything but a freshly ground surface can you see it leak ? Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Daniel - Shazam...
• Re: Blog post about 85 doka
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 26 Mar 2015 10:05:09 -0700
  ...So I gave the > bottle cap a try, overnight cure of the JB weld, then some extensive > testing.... I tried to get it off...
• Re: Head gasket again...
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Tue, 14 Mar 2000 14:23:42 -0500
  ...Unless you just intend to bead blast, JB Weld the gasket surface, touch up the seats and maybe replace the exhausts, you are going...
• Re: Supporting the pop top to remove the frame
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Wed, 19 Aug 2015 21:06:49 -0700
  ...I propped up >> one side at a time, cut the tube short, turned solid ends from >> bronze, glued them in with JB Weld, and...
• Re: My poor MPG, compression tests results
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Wed, 12 Sep 2007 19:08:04 -0700
  ...JB Weld? > > Anyway, it's much easier to see the bubbles come out than try to guess where > the air is going in. > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Catch...
• Re: Behind the reefer
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 17 May 2005 09:36:49 -0600
  ...little fin-cooling fan removed and a larger > unit mounted (with JB Weld ); the fan's thermal switch removed, > thermally-conductive heatsink compound applied...
• Re: EMT (electrical conduit) for transitions in Vanagon cooling system? (engine conversion)
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:25:56 -0500
  ...I haven't found a > 90* connector for it yet) aluminum, welding up some mild steel pipe, > marine pipe at 90*, or just build...
• Re: Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 20 Dec 2015 12:21:34 -0800
  ...Still haven't put in a new engine. > > > > Anyway, pics of the jb weld part here > > > > https://shufti.wordpress.com/2013/05/21/vanagon...
• Re: Head update and 1 exhaust question
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Fri, 20 Jun 2003 07:39:53 -0400
  ...Have to sand the JB Weld a > bit on the > drivers side engine case tomorrow morning before I put the other > head on. > All...
• Re: Tie Rod end removal/Control arm bushings
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 8 Jun 2009 22:49:59 -0700
  ...press? Since spot welding can >be disastrous to the bushings if not done correctly, what about just using >some JB Weld? The stuff holds...
• Re: Kama Sutra
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Tue, 20 Nov 2001 21:13:28 -0800
  ...hose, > > some lengths of coolant hose, coolant, H20, some bailing wire, JB weld, > hacksaw > > blades and a few 1.5" long nut/bolts of...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Jim Henry
  Thu, 22 Nov 2001 13:27:33 -0500
  ...hose, > > some lengths of coolant hose, coolant, H20, some bailing wire, JB weld, > hacksaw > > blades and a few 1.5" long nut/bolts of...
• FW: My first set of heads ?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Mon, 2 Dec 2002 12:52:03 -0500
  ...If there is any pitting it should be filled with JB weld and the head sanded down. However most of the time the cracks...
• Update: I recently started assembling my engine, and FOR the love of GOD!! Could someone help me???
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Bartnicki
  Tue, 16 Oct 2001 03:31:09 -0400
  ...Now, I lapped the valves on the heads, did the "JB Weld" on them. I use Genuine VW sealant (black and the yellow). Installed...
• Re: The ole head dilema
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 3 Mar 2007 10:04:05 -0600
  ...But like Mike said, I did mine for about $100 = the cost of a gasket set, sandpaper, JB Weld, and stainless bolts for the...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Tue, 20 Nov 2001 21:05:11 -0800
  ...hose, > > some lengths of coolant hose, coolant, H20, some bailing wire, JB weld, > hacksaw > > blades and a few 1.5" long nut/bolts of...
• Re: More powerful waterboxer
  Historical mailing list - AAG - Larry Word
  Wed, 2 Feb 2005 10:14:22 -0500
  ...on fixed on the > > waterboxer, ie new AMC heads or just JB weld and or Ceramic Coated heads > > really seem to be the final...
• Westy living. Was: Westy Questions
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 18 Feb 97 22:36:51 EST
  ...the diesel engine ;) metal brackets with bolt holes, expoxy "radiator" glue (JB weld, PC7 or other)... > 5. I will need to tow a light...
• Re: trip odometer myth
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 16 Apr 2003 18:12:12 -0400
  ...I rebuilt it with JB Weld and it is now permanent. I'll bet that the workings get sticky with age and lube drying...
• Re: scratch on heads mating surface for cylinders
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Sat, 21 Jul 2007 11:14:04 -0700
  ...Is there a sealant that I can use or maybe JB Weld? Thanks > > > >Pascal > >'84Westy > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from...
• Re: List Vendors, Ken Flaming
  Historical mailing list - Steve Macaulay
  Fri, 8 Jan 1999 15:02:07 -0800
  ...be a thrifty lot. > Any one on the other lists describing how you can fix rotted > > heads with JB Weld for instance? > -- > > Regards, > > Rich >