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• Re: Shifter bushing assembly
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Sun, 30 Jan 2000 10:45:36 -0800
  ...Shifter bushing assembly > Brent--just did one of those last week...The rubber assy inside the metal > shell comes out (pry with a screwdriver...
• Re: Battery went dead
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Tue, 11 Feb 2003 19:46:57 -0500
  ...If this is the case, just use a long flatblade screwdriver to keep it level while lifting it with the battery strap. Greg 82...
• Re: Tires/upper balljoint/steering rack work. Report
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:08:28 -0800
  Hey I'm old enough! Dag nab it! (rattles screwdriver) ;^) I used to have a crappy old screw driver for adjusting brakes. Musta got...
• Re: Heater under back seat
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Sun, 8 Jun 2003 23:01:42 -0400
  ...I'm thinking about that unreachable right-side screw and I have seen ratcheted screwdrivers like a small ratchet wrench with a screwdriver head...
• Re: AFM wire harness...
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 1 Dec 2016 11:06:10 -0800
  ...http://www.4130-products.com/step/wiring/index.htm I made a tool out of a narrow flat blade screwdriver. Neil. On 12/1...
• Re: Canvas Replacement: Remove Upper Bed Help?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 5 Mar 2013 17:18:13 -0800
  ...AST/browse/6/Tools/HandTools/MultiTipScrewdrivers/PRD~0588626P/Mastercraft+29-pc+Screwdriver+Set.jsp?locale=en Not sure if it will be of any...
• Re: [WetWesties] 2nd try - stuck back seat so cannot lift & convert to bed
  Historical mailing list - Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski
  Tue, 7 Aug 2012 14:00:54 -0500
  Lift the seat as far as you can, push the latch back with a hefty screwdriver inserted between the seat and kick panel. Alternatively...
• Re: Problem removing grease cap from front wheel???
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:43:11 -0700
  ...These are like a large screwdriver but > with a flattened out tip that has a small Vee in it and a bend. To cut...
• Re: need power mirror help
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Thu, 30 Apr 1998 11:11:41 -0400
  ...use a flat screwdriver to rotate the tab, which rotates the ring, which locks the unit together. Cheers, MJS At 12:58 PM 4...
• Re: Rear Wheel Camber
  Historical mailing list - KBatzler
  Fri, 6 Nov 1998 21:09:57 -0800
  ...This bolt needs to be opened and a screwdriver inserted into the slot to adjust. I you have or know anyone with a Bentley...
• Re: What tools do you carry in your Bus on a daily basis?
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Fri, 27 Oct 2000 03:01:39 -0500
  ...And the most useful tool- >>AAA Card! > >Leatherman, cheapo screwdrivers, snipe-nosed Vise Grip, a little $20 DMM, >cheapo 8,10 and 13mm wrenches...
• Hints on removing diesel injector pump sprocket.
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Sat, 13 Jan 2001 08:41:12 -0700
  ...Using 4 big (and equal size) flat screwdrivers in pairs you can put outward force on the hub. Of course there will be an...
• Re: AFM photos update
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 24 Mar 2001 09:53:49 -0800
  ...Tale a large flat-bladed screwdriver and VERY gently and SLOWLY pry up on the edge of the cover. If you use too much...
• Re: painlessly removing steering knuckles?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 28 May 2014 23:37:38 -0400
  ...If you can't grad the heads with screwdriver cut new slots with a cut wheel. Get grip, heat the knuckle, fast, and the...
• Re: metal cover for refrigerator vent
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 5 Dec 2011 13:57:36 -0500
  ...down a washer and soft-solder or braze it into the screwdriver slot. Or you may find a small knob with brass insert that...
• Re: Tight Canvas??
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:28:17 -0500
  ...I did this without taking the top off like some suggested and used a small dremel rechargeable screwdriver to reach those tiny screws. Now...
• Craftsman tools (was: Spring clip pliers)
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 07 Mar 1996 11:30:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...I've broken three Craftsman screwdrivers-- guess trying to lift an entire bus with one, just isn't a good idea. Replaced free each...
• Re: Lock box for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Barry & Margarita
  Mon, 28 Feb 2000 19:45:23 -0500
  ...They found the battery well and rather than take the 1-2 mins to unscrew the plates, used screwdrivers and such to jack the...
• Re: SA inner lights - how bright?
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Mon, 4 Mar 2002 21:04:31 -0800
  ...My setup also includes relays. > >> Are they aimable? > Yes, you need a phillips head screwdriver with a long shaft to do it. Mine > are...
• Re: Window Removal
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Tue, 28 Oct 2003 20:50:08 -0500
  ...If you want to reuse the gasket start from the inside in a corner, place screwdriver between frame and gasket pry away, then place...
• Re: Replacement Canvas for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Ed
  Wed, 18 May 2005 11:20:28 -0400
  ...I think you can do the whole thing with mostly a screwdriver, but I think there are somewhere around 100 screws, so unless you...
• Re: inside door panel materials?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 16 Aug 2005 16:56:29 EDT
  ...He started the work by unleashing the biggest Yankee screwdriver I had ever seen. I swear it was nearly 3 feet long. I asked...
• Re: How do I gut stock speaker holders to install new speakers?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Meuser
  Mon, 5 Jun 2006 00:28:19 -0700
  ...I used an old screwdriver, bent the tip at about 45 degrees and sharpened it a bit and popped it right out. On 5...
• Re: Rear Brake Drum Removal Suggestions?
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:46:32 -0600
  after i tried heating, hammering, prying and other techniques for four hours I pried with three big screwdrivers at the same time. using three...
• Re: Flywheel, crankshaft shims, and seal - was; oil leak between eng & trans
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Sun, 6 Dec 1998 02:33:31 EST
  ...I decide to use a small hammer and a small screwdriver to get under the outside edge of the seal. Then by tapping gently...
• Do as I say, not... [brakes]
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 4 Aug 1994 13:26:24 -0600
  ...Use the hammer on the back end of the big Craftsman screwdriver. It moves. Get close to final, walk around and hand pump the...
• Re: Clutch Master Cylinder Installation Q:'s
  Historical mailing list - Erikson-Coyne
  Mon, 20 May 2002 00:02:33 -0500
  ...Depress the piston in the rubber boot with a screwdriver and pour a little fluid into the intake - it will only take a little...
• Ignition Switch Replacement-Not Amused-Even More!
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Mon, 11 Oct 2010 12:06:19 -0800
  ...Having a gear puller would be handy, but I used 2 large screwdrivers to pry up the center piece. A tiny bit of silicone...
• Re: removing stock lighter socket
  Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
  Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:09:50 -0700
  ...Take a small regular screwdriver, put it between the green plastic and the rear part of the rectangular slot, and bend the metal on...
• Fixed my fuel gauge
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 10 Oct 94 12:00:03 bst
  ...I scraped it with a small screwdriver and put it all back together and it worked! I don't know why it made a...
• Re: Ignition Switch Mystery Continues...anybody out there????
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 23 Jun 2004 13:12:08 -0400
  ...When I turn >the swich with a screwdriver to the 1st position I >hear the fuel pump kick on, oil light blinks, etc. >When...
• Re: Help with input shaft removal
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 16 Jun 2004 12:23:58 -0400
  Thanks, Z, but due to a suggestion from Daryl (AA Transaxle) I used a screwdriver with the blade bent over 90� to get behind...
• Re: Is there a tool for safely taking apart headlight assemblies?
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hill
  Thu, 9 Feb 2006 17:32:32 -0600
  ...I've taken them out with small > screwdriver's and needle nose pliers but looks like there is a > specific tool > for these. Anybody...
• Re: End play (was: Siezed pancake on table)
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Tue, 26 Mar 1996 16:01:00 -0800 (PST)
  >> Take a big flat screwdriver and pry the flywheel away from the case. There >> should be a tiny amount of endplay, thunk thunk is...
• Re: Tool roll
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 13 Nov 2010 15:45:26 -0800
  ...On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 3:18 PM, Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote: > I have 10mm, 13mm, VW screwdriver and bent...
• '66 bus w/ flickering oil light [Part Two]
  Historical mailing list - nick mcree
  Sat, 9 Apr 1994 16:49:36 -0500 (CDT)
  ...While the ol' screwdriver trick works to get the plunger out of the hole, I can't message the plunger or clean the hole...
• Re: Woody's shear bolts
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Thu, 16 Sep 1999 07:40:22 -0700
  ...Dremel, for the DIYer?), then take the thing off with a screwdriver. Actually, now I think of it, I've gotten them loose with...
• Re: Heidelberg Radio Install Problem
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Thu, 12 Jun 2003 11:59:38 -0700
  ...I pushed it in > flush then and ran a flathead screwdriver through > the > ashtray hole..... > Phil 84' Westy, Tiico powered > > --- Jeff Stewart <fonman4277@EARTHLINK...
• Re: Question about front heater core removal... blower motor wires
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 5 Mar 2008 14:05:11 -0800
  ...be released from the connector shell with a jewelers flat blade screwdriver. Mark Jim Felder wrote: > I just now got to the point where...
• Re: Fuel filler cap stuck
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Wed, 21 Jan 2015 18:15:24 -0500
  Can't you use a flat screwdriver or just about anything to unlock some of those caps? On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 6...
• Tools, lamps, 'accessory' list
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 1 Aug 1995 13:06:35 -0700
  ...guy with a wharehouse in the Midwest who buys $0.17 screwdrivers in Xian and sells them for $0.49 isn't a friend...
• Re: Ignition Key Warning Buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Tue, 28 Apr 1998 11:26:54 -0700
  ...If you take a pen or screwdriver, you can push it in and then up or to either side a little so that it...
• Re: need help with a couple of questions...
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Tue, 5 Feb 2002 00:49:36 -0800
  ...You can remove all the material with a screwdriver until your new one comes in. Blockage could cause overheating as well.
• FW: removing cigarette lighter redux
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Sun, 1 Oct 2006 08:01:52 -0400
  ...way or the other first? Do you need to use a screwdriver to pry it off? When I try simply to lift it off...
• Re: Tool Suggestion? Re: Rear Trailing Arm Replacement Fun!
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 21 Jan 2015 10:19:49 -0800
  ...It was tough to see in there but it seemed that wedging a screwdriver (cold chisel might be better?) in between a bracket ear...
• Re: Change a VW Fan Belt In 5 Seconds?
  Historical mailing list - W Monk
  Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:04:27 -0400
  ...it just prying the belt off with the tip of a screwdriver ? > that works REALLY well.... > just arrange the screw driver, bump the starter...
• common rust problem?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Gajewski
  Tue, 13 Jul 1999 10:28:30 -0400
  ...After some poking with a screwdriver I discovered this patch was much larger than I first thought. It turns out this spot is in...
• Re: O2 Reset switch location?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Sat, 23 Oct 1999 06:54:07 -0400
  ...Push it using a small allen wrench, phillips head screwdriver, etc. Ric At 05:31 PM 10/22/99 -0400, W. Silva wrote: >Hi...
• Re: ignition switch for 87 syncro
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 24 Jun 2002 12:19:25 -0500
  ...it something that could > be > accomplished by rank amateur and a screwdriver? or should I take it > to a > shop? > > thanks for any info...
• Re: Ft Lewis troubles
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 23 Feb 2009 02:06:11 -0500
  ...Most likely a regulator/brush set and a little right-angle screwdriver to reach its mounting screws will get you back running again. NAPA...
• Re: Funny question re GoWesty/Concept 1 16 inch alloy wheels
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sat, 21 Sep 2024 16:49:04 -0500
  ...There isn’t enough room to wedge a screwdriver in there and I don’t want to scratch up the new wheels. Should I...
• Re: Rear hatch
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 23 Sep 2021 08:24:31 -0700
  ...I’ve had to use impact screwdriver, I mean the type you whack with heavy hammer to impact loosen the fastener. And I’ll...
• Re: Another strut use.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 31 Mar 2017 15:19:27 +0000
  Ordered! My Banggood orders have ranged from a set of jeweler's screwdrivers I threw in the trash without as soon as I saw...
• pumping up new shocks
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 13 Sep 1996 16:33:12 -0700
  ...I stuck a screwdriver through the lower mounting bushing and held that end stationary with my feet while I moved the piston in and...
• Re: german vanagons accessories
  Historical mailing list - Lee Roesner
  Fri, 17 Aug 2001 09:22:27 -0600
  ...covers up the holes where you would normally put in your screwdrivers to > remove the grille, I gave up on the idea of bringing...
• Re: 88 Vanagon auto transmission indicator lamps - how to change?
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Thu, 28 Mar 2002 21:25:37 -0800
  ...I've done some minor prying with a > screwdriver to see if the top would pop off, but so far no luck. > > Can anyone...
• Re: fuel sender: replace with tank?
  Historical mailing list - G. Jannini
  Sun, 22 Oct 2006 09:24:41 -0400
  ...teeth inside so that you can make adjustments using a small screwdriver- large adjustments, it seems. <G> I'm guessing the instruments were calibrated...
• Re: Vgon Locking gas cap - I hate it!!
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:46:16 -0500
  ...On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 5:42 PM, Mike Miller <mwmiller@cwnet.com> wrote: > Put a screwdriver in the lock, twist and viola...
• Re: Stabilizer link
  Historical mailing list - Chris Higgins
  Fri, 20 Mar 1998 20:50:10 -0500
  ...Use flat blade screwdriver to pry-off upper strut bar bushing. Squeeze some penetrating oil in there to loosen things up a bit. Use...
• rear brakes ?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 14 Jun 2007 08:35:36 -0700
  ...Prying with a screwdriver against the backing plate, you could see some slight movement around the lug bolts, but it felt like the shoes...