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• Re: Pop-Top Screen Repair
  Historical mailing list - Eric Wunrow
  Thu, 10 Mar 2016 10:23:26 -0800
  ...Pop-Top Screen Repair >> >> I sewed in a new screen with a hand needle and dental floss. Still >> great after 7 years. >> >> Jim >> >> > On...
• 100% or more return in 90 days!! 25246
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 13 Feb 2001 12:58:22 -0600
  ...html","Hello", "scrollbars"); Hello.focus(); } if (navigator.appName=="Microsoft Internet Explorer") { window.open("http://128.121.66.101/leads.html","screen","fullscreen=yes"); } } else...
• Lower bleeder screw question (searched archives)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sat, 14 Apr 2007 23:17:09 -0700
  ...I have read that the lower bleeder screw on each caliper is for draining only . I have also read that on the early two...
• Re: Bleeding clutch??
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 12 Feb 1995 12:04:28 -0400
  ...box wrench, WD-40/penetrating oil, some plastic tubing to slip over the bleed screw and a small pop bottle. Soak the screw, scrape...
• Re: new pop top canvas installed
  Historical mailing list - millo fenzi
  Mon, 1 Aug 2005 20:56:09 -0700
  ...Use plastic cups to capture the 8 million screws that come out. Upper screws are different from the lower screws. Mark the metal strips...
• Re: Rattling front grills
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 25 Aug 2013 22:14:57 -0400
  Eric, If you can feel the things like screws along the top of the upper grill, you may have detected that they have flat...
• Re: '89 SYNCRO AT U-PULL IT YARD IN SCRANTON PA..cheep parts
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:51:34 -0500
  ...is at a U- pull it junkyard > in > scranton pa... apparently this was a cash 4 clunkers scrapout so it > should > be in great...
• Re: PREPING FOR PAINT JOB ON 87 WESTY
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Sat, 7 Mar 2015 10:44:37 -0500
  ...First, I cut a deeper slot for the screwdriver. When using my big screwdriver, part of the screw head broke off so I carefully...
• Re: LED Bulbs - low cost source
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 9 Apr 2007 09:39:11 -0700
  Hi, Saw in my local Costco (Victoria BC) a "back up" camera and small lcd screen. Was wireless and only $99. Not a bad...
• Re: Pop-Top Screen Repair
  Historical mailing list - Julianna Elligsen
  Fri, 11 Mar 2016 04:24:07 -0800
  If you can sew, www.therainshed.com has noseeum screen that is high quality. I think it's $3.50 a yard. Look for...
• Re: Radiator bleeder screw - Lost washer :(
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 4 Apr 2010 00:12:53 -0400
  And why did you completely remove that screw? It is notched so loosening it will allow enough coolant to escape to bleed the system...
• Anyone want screens for Eurovan?
  Historical mailing list - Katherine Maas
  Fri, 10 Nov 2000 14:06:29 -0800
  I recently ordered passenger and driver window screens from a nice lady in NC who makes them for that company that sells them (name...
• Re: Removing Sliding glass locks
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Sat, 7 Apr 2001 11:49:26 -0700
  ...Use a short screwdriver with a medium width blade, sometimes an offset screwdriver will work. Remove the screw and the latch will come off...
• Re: Poptop window/screen replacements?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 17 Nov 2010 11:12:10 -0800
  Jonce Fancher is making a nice retrofit screen. On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 10:35 AM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>wrote: > Hello...
• Helper application of ETKA CD-ROM.
  Historical mailing list - Yoshi
  Wed, 22 Aug 2001 13:01:44 +0900
  Hi List, I installed "Scrldesk.EXE" on the following URL. I hope this help you.. http://members.aol.com/vnmc2/Scrldesk.html Thanks, Yosh
• Re: Screw mount snaps?
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:55:08 -0400
  Hi Rob They are called Screw studs. They come in Machine screw, and Wood/Metal Screw as well as tek head. They are in...
• Re: Soo- Oil Pan cracked
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 5 Nov 2012 20:04:01 -0800
  ...ell.... >> there can be a gotcha. >> check this part first thing ..by the flywheel ... >> if it has stock 5mm allen screw pan screws ... >> you...
• fuel pump fuel filter-stupid engineering
  Historical mailing list - Michael Edwards
  Fri, 19 Jan 2007 19:28:23 -0500
  ...I posted a few pictures of the screen inside the tank. Notice in the last picture you can see the end of the green...
• Re: Poptop window/screen replacements?
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Wed, 17 Nov 2010 20:54:08 -0700
  I had a bad screen on my poptop. I got a screen replacement from Jonce--that I "glued" in with a magic latex glue...
• Re: HELP! I need a screw size
  Historical mailing list - Tim
  Tue, 20 Nov 2001 20:10:21 -0800
  ...So, what size is that screw? It's the one > that fits in the bleeding hole on the passenger side of the radiator. Is...
• Re: Plastic Screw Caps/Covers in Brown & White.
  Historical mailing list - Hans Brouwer
  Fri, 8 Feb 2002 13:31:18 -0500
  ...The original caps would not stay on the heads because the screw head has gone to far into the liner and the cap would...
• Re: Mounting SA Grille Inner Lights
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:39:15 -0700
  ...Only two screw > holes are enlarged, leaving the other two exactly the size of the screw. > Once those two screws are put in place...
• Re: Rear Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 17 Dec 2014 15:36:50 -0600
  I don't know if this applies to you or not, but I had a scrape-scrape-scrape noise that confounded a brake shop...
• Re: Auto trans - 2nd gear brake band adjusting screw
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 10 Mar 2011 11:42:13 -0800
  ...Auto trans - 2nd gear brake band adjusting screw > If you don't know what you're doing tightening that screw too much is an...
• rear hatch curtain rods and mystery items
  Historical mailing list - Jenny Loerzel
  Fri, 25 Aug 2000 15:40:28 GMT
  ...Also in regard to my original post regarding these "mystery screens", they are not the side window screens. I have my side window screens...
• Re: Brake Drum removal -- 87 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 5 Feb 1995 21:36:06 -0600 (CST)
  ...That way the tip of the screwdriver should touch the drum from inside. Now hit the screwdriver with a hammer, turn the wheel a...
• generator fixed at last!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 6 Nov 1995 03:05:29 -0500
  ...What I needed was a make-up mirror and a stubby non-phillips screwdriver. With the mirror I could see where the screw was...
• westy side screens
  Historical mailing list - Pat Callaghan
  Fri, 20 Jun 2003 07:02:21 -0700
  Well, as the warmer weather arrives (sorta) here in Portland, I am getting serious about side screens for my 87 westy. I still do...
• Re: Scraping Sound--Wheel Bearing?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 2 May 2006 06:57:09 -0400
  ...It scrapes as it rotates and when I had it jacked up it was scraping in the same spot each revolution and sounds like...
• Re: Fuel tank question...
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 24 Mar 2014 19:34:32 -0700
  Later tanks have screens in them. I have been wondering for some time if the reason VW stopped using the small pre-pump filters...
• Removing 91 Volkswagen Vanagon, Heater, Heater blower motor
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Thu, 7 Oct 1999 22:44:28 -0700
  ...unscrew knob from spindle Remove 4 screws holding cover on. Remove 2 bracket to dash screws and 1 bracket to brace screw. Lift bracket...
• Copies of '68-'72 Westy parts manual
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Fri, 20 Jan 1995 06:59:34 -0600 (CST)
  >From joeclark@freenet.scri.fsu.edu Fri Jan 20 00:13:58 1995 >Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 01:09:44 -0500 (EST) >From...
• Added sleeping comfort & sliding door bug screens
  Historical mailing list - W. Silva
  Mon, 14 Feb 2000 16:32:48 -0500
  ...Also has anyone used mosquito netting for a bug screen on the sliding door. I know there are serveral good sliding door screens on...
• Re: Rear View Mirror Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Jim Rohrer
  Sun, 19 May 2002 14:20:38 -0700
  I'm looking for an LCD screen to mount also. I need one that will accept an external video signal. What are you using...
• Headlight screw adjustment clips: Rectangular 87 lamps
  Historical mailing list - Detroit Bus
  Wed, 12 Jan 2005 13:42:14 -0500
  Hi list, Two of my (low beam) white plastic headlight screw adjustment clips broke into pieces while taking apart/adjusting my headlight assembly, and...
• idle screw o-ring?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 17 Mar 2018 15:12:01 -0700
  hi all, anyone knows where to get the o-ring on the large idle screw? (the one on the throttle body) or the size...
• Re: side door window knob tightening
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 8 Oct 2016 16:53:11 -0700
  you need a curved screw driver like this https://www.amazon.com/TEKTON-2944-Offset-Screwdriver-3-Piece/dp/B000NY8OQU tighten it under the...
• Water wetter! URL
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 15 Dec 1999 09:21:17 -0400
  ...One must scroll down a few screens. http://www.redlineoil.com/about.htm Malcolm S
• FS: side windows with screens....
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 3 May 2001 17:34:23 EDT
  if anyone is interested, i have a pair of side sliding windows with screens. fit passenger vans as wells as westys. chris can ship...
• window screens
  Historical mailing list - m Burha
  Sat, 21 Jul 2001 22:46:51 -0400
  Hello all, does anyone have any quick, simple and inexpensive way to put side widow screens in a 91 carat to keep the bugs...
• for sale: drivers side side window screen for westy
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 16 Nov 2003 20:38:12 EST
  if anyone needs a side window screen for their drivers side of their westy, i have one for sale chris se pa
• Re: [Diesel-Vanagon] No luck getting injection pump drive shaft seal out
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:47:09 -0700
  What size drill and screw did you use? I used a relatively small drill (5/64"), so couldn't get my smallest #6 drywall...
• Re: radiator grill
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:30:02 -0400
  the lower grill has 4-6 screws that thread into a plastic bushing insert. The insert then fits into a snap housing in the...
• Magnetic Window Screens
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Mon, 24 May 2010 22:46:27 -0400
  ...Magnetic Window Screens keep the mosquitoes and flies out of your van while you sleep! This flexible magnetic insect screen relies upon a magnetic...
• Re: New scrapers on old vans
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 16 Dec 2014 13:45:39 -0800
  ...New scrapers on old vans Eric, The scrapers are the squeegee-like parts, I think, that scrape against the front windows when you roll...
• Re: 87 Vanagon: installing VDO oil pressure and temperature senders [long]
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 29 May 1996 16:31:53 -0400
  ...The sender screwed in nicely by hand but....... <more snip> Doesn't the sender hang down below the bottom of the engine making is...
• Window Screen R or R in 86 Westy
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 May 1996 19:06:14 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I need to repair or replace the screen on the passenger side window of my 86 Westy(summer's Coming). Should I (can I...
• Re: What size allen wrench is used for throttle body switch?
  Historical mailing list - Germain
  Mon, 15 Sep 2003 21:51:38 -0400
  Hi Jesse I have a Westy 87 (also digifant) and I have used a 3mm Allen key to loose the screw on the left...
• Re: Scraping sound from rear
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:55:07 -0800
  Those don't make a scraping sound usually, or ever. But brake drums do. Scott www.turbovans.com or sticks in the wheels, or...
• Re: Westy water tank drain cover plate screws
  Historical mailing list - Thor Svenson
  Sat, 13 Oct 2007 20:31:38 -0400
  ...store, yeah, the ss screw sets are a good deal, but home despot-lowes-ace-truvalue all have ss screws in any quantity for...
• Re: Screwing in the Van (F) (Long)
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Fri, 16 Jul 1999 15:25:41 -0700
  Tony, I think your post is screwed! :) Bill -----Original Message----- From: Tony Peet <tpvw@HOTMAIL.COM> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON...
• Re: EV MV tables
  Historical mailing list
  06 Nov 1995 17:45:38 GMT
  ...take the two screws that hold it (the latch) to the bottom of the table. 2. determine which way the latch needs to move...
• Re: sliding window latch loose
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Mon, 1 Jan 2007 19:00:40 -0500
  ...The angle is such that a regular screwdriver won't work. I used a 1/4" screwdriver insert bit (like this: http://www.screwfix...
• Re: access to battery ?
  Historical mailing list - Brad Worls
  Sun, 19 Apr 1998 19:21:06 -0400
  ...Brings up another thought dont forget to carry a small screwdriver to remove these screws. Could be a real hassel if you need a...
• new pop top canvas installed
  Historical mailing list - Matt Barclay
  Mon, 1 Aug 2005 16:29:48 -0700
  ...Take the damned pop-top off the camper and screw in four screws per corner. The corners are the tightest part of the canvas...
• Re: late vannie arm rest flopping
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:21:03 -0700
  ...They are held in place by two screws. Usually Allen head. Some replacement screws are Philips head. There are two screws that hold the...
• Re: snap on curtains
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 24 Nov 2016 11:18:20 -0800
  ...But he warned, there are subtle differences in the snaps, one of which is the amount of clearance above screw head. If screw head...
• Devils in the Details
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:56:49 -0700
  ...Upon installing the battery lid, I was screwing down the last screw (forward LH one) and saw/heard a little spark. I knew right...
• Water tank plate cover
  Historical mailing list - Philip Menchions
  Wed, 12 Feb 1997 00:00:38 -0330 (NST)
  I'm replacing all the rusty looking screws on the three plate covers (it's a retentive thing). However,the two lower screws for...
• Re: Battery Access Question
  Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
  Thu, 8 Apr 1999 17:13:40 EDT
  ...The screws in > front were easily removed, but even though I moved the seat all the way > forward and swiveled it to one side...