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• Horrendous Noise - Radiator Fan
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Michal
  Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:56:11 -0700
  ...I figure something is hitting the fan blade or maybe a mounting screw came loose. My daily drive isnt very long and generally the...
• Re: Wiper Arm Question-any source for a replacement rear wiper spring?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:59:59 -0500
  ...would like to replace the spring in the arm so the blade will actually > touch the glass. Thanks all. > > David Clarkson > 90 Westy (254k...
• Re: Tools and parts for Baja trip plus
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 15 Aug 2014 08:43:48 -0400
  ...12V air compressor jumper cables coolant wiper blade fuses dvm elect. wire On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 10:29 PM, Nomadix <subarusyncro@gmail...
• Re: screeching, angst inducing speedometer
  Historical mailing list - David Raistrick
  Sat, 23 Nov 1996 01:26:30 -0500 (EST)
  ...Wilke wrote: > My Speedometer on my 87 synchro sounds like a blade of grass being blown > between two thumbs or maybe a parakeet on...
• Re: Mudflaps - installation ?
  Historical mailing list - George Chapman
  Wed, 2 Jun 1999 11:51:40 -0700
  ...My solution was to use a LARGE flat-bladed screwdriver. I placed the screwdriver inside the clip, rotated the screwdriver inside the clip to...
• Re: Friday topic: what is your favorite low (or no) dollar modification?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Fri, 12 Aug 2005 12:20:46 -0400
  ...to start things off: > > > > - Interior latch to open rear hatch from the inside > > - High output taillight bulbs > > - Oversized wiper blades > > > > What are yours? > > Chris > > > > >
• Re: Decisions, Decisions, Now WHICH Front Blower Motor To Buy?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:20:09 -0500
  ...Incidentally Bentley says (when splitting the case) to split the welded tabs by hammering a knife blade between them. It's much easier to...
• Re: Another helpful product
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Tue, 13 Dec 2022 22:52:11 +0000
  ...of these epoxy products be suitable to repair the windshield frame blade that has rusted away over maybe 1.5".  Should I repair with...
• Re: AFM track cleaning wisdom
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:07:24 -0400
  ...on my >85 Vanagon just came right off, revealing the wiper blade, etc. So someone's had it off before. See if there are...
• Fix for Mass Airflow Meter '91GL
  Historical mailing list - Herb Harmison
  Mon, 30 Dec 1996 20:34:38 -0600
  ...My plan is to lengthen the wiper blade by about 1/16" to get to new carbon on the arc. It will be tricky...
• Re: Beer Fill Level - Only go halfway. Makes a difference!
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 23 Oct 2005 21:12:32 -0700
  ...used to sponser > some of the friday night boxing shows on television.>> > > Yep. > Friday Night at the Fight's, sponsored by Gillette Blue Blades...
• turned 200,000 on the odometer!
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Alfonso
  Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:42:24 -0700
  ...Thoughts? a.) change the oil during the light of the next full moon? b.) new set of wiper blades that don't "moo" across...
• Re: front wipers
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:40:07 -0500
  One of the most cost effective things you can do to improve your wiper blades is to use RainX on your windshield. Honestly. I...
• Re: CV Joint ?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 2 Jun 2011 20:24:55 -0400
  ...Just like when you're grinding a carbon steel tool or blade, it means that the steel is now much softer than before, for...
• Re: connector removal
  Historical mailing list - Bobby Brown
  Tue, 8 Jun 2010 08:25:49 -0400
  ...had been there before. > I heard to use a small flat blade screw driver, but I can;t seem to get it > to go...
• Re: Temp sensor removal
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 28 Aug 2003 14:04:30 -0700
  ...A rod saw is one of those "cuts in any direction" blades that fit into a standard hacksaw frame.) The deep socket along with...
• Re: Oil cooler installation pictures...
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Fri, 5 Jun 2009 20:30:23 -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: Larger Windshield Wipers
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Sun, 27 Feb 2005 19:16:02 -0500
  ...Right now I am using the stock size (16") rear wiper blade, I haven't measured it but it looks like you can't...
• Re: window tinting and rear defroster
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 9 Aug 2005 17:02:05 -0500
  ...If I recall, we just peeled very carefully with the help of a single edge razor blade when needed. Afterward there was adhesive to...
• Re: Front Bumper Trim Removal
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 2 Jun 2009 10:54:29 -0700
  ...Removing the trim strips looks deceptively easy. > Is it as easy as prying them off with a flat blade screwdriver? BTW, I have > a...
• Heater Fans
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Tue, 10 Jan 1995 11:14:07 -0800 (PST)
  ...as the fan, the hole being the side of the fan blade opening. Then I would take two pieces of PVC pipe, one that...
• Misc. Friday fodder
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 1 Sep 1995 22:57:29 -0700
  ...cent compass, 1/4" drill bit and a round hack saw blade. Goal was to install guages. Another article shows how to cut windows...
• Re: lug nuts and mystery clip
  Historical mailing list - Dr. Rainer Woitok
  Thu, 23 Jul 1998 09:44:29 +0200
  ...This method was superior to using screw driver blades or similar tools since you didn't risk to damage the chrome surface. Sincerely Rainer...
• Re: Windshield "How-To"?---Don't
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Thu, 19 Jul 2001 09:04:26 EDT
  ...I used a razor blade to clean the edge. No lubricant on the glass and rubber contact. WD40 on the rubber where it meets...
• Re: installing rocker arms
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sun, 5 Feb 2006 04:23:15 -0800
  ...Keep your 0.006" feeler blade handy! Jake Beaulieu <jbeaulie@ND.EDU> wrote: Howdy, On Friday I pulled the drivers side head off the...
• Re: Microscopic corrosion on electrical contacts
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 15 Jun 2023 00:46:00 +0000
  ...barrier against incoming humid air.  Consider a simple 1/4" Male blade connector, with a matching 1/4" Female connector.  With some sort of...
• Re: Solved?? Re: further measuring of new GW brake shoes vs old generic brand shoes
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 27 May 2016 11:06:13 -0700
  ...of the Beast ~ Since the Pivot & Drive > Points are > > on a Blade on the Shoes CenterLine & the Shoes are More or Less Just > Floating...
• Re: Heating Control Plate
  Historical mailing list - Wolfsburg
  Sat, 16 May 1998 22:30:48 -0700
  ...With a flat blade screwdriver pry each corner of the faceplate. There are plastic pins in each corner. Use care when removing. Once off...
• Vegemite, Propane filling, Mosquito nets
  Historical mailing list - Tricia Timmermans
  Sat, 15 Sep 2001 22:59:43 -0700
  ...The reporter, Steve Pollick, Toledo Blade's Outdoors Editor, continues: It smells like a can of rusty nails, and tastes salty and yeasty--at...
• Re: Solved?? Re: further measuring of new GW brake shoes vs old generic brand shoes
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 27 May 2016 09:30:37 -0600
  Neil I think that may just be The Nature of the Beast ~ Since the Pivot & Drive Points are on a Blade on the Shoes...
• Fwd: Rear Coils Spring Removal
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Sun, 25 Mar 2012 12:49:52 -0600
  ...By the way, I sometimes have to use a large flat-blade screw driver under the bottom of the spring to lever it loose...
• BODEGA BAY L(!)&F(?)
  Historical mailing list - Marcus Doherr
  Mon, 5 Jun 1995 08:55:50 -0700 (PDT)
  ...At home we realized that my finnish fish (filet) knife (long narrow blade, light brown wooden handle, light brown leather sheath) was missing, and...
• Re: Re; New stickers
  Historical mailing list - Robin Oomkes
  Tue, 21 Nov 2000 10:27:41 +0100
  ...a long story short, I got home and took the razor blade > to the sticker. > What ever became of the second place sticker? > The...
• Re: WHICH WAY to adjust?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 8 Jan 2005 12:36:36 -0700
  ...The adjuster wheel on the right-hand brake assembly should be turned clockwise." that sounds to me like putting the flat blade on the...
• Re: Vanagon Tool Box - What be in it?
  Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
  Sun, 5 Mar 2006 15:49:26 -0500
  ...the edge. > A good razor knife with extra blades inside > metal file > hack saw blade with one of those plastic holder handles > Phillips screwdriver...
• Re: rear curtain access
  Historical mailing list - Dean S
  Tue, 28 Jan 2014 11:22:58 -0500
  yeah a Westy and yeah a hole/I ask to make sure before I release the inner; razor bladed kraken! Thanks Jim On Tue...
• Re: road rage.....not fighting back..
  Historical mailing list - Paul M. Hillbish
  Sun, 11 Feb 2001 21:21:51 EST
  ...am good enough that I can pull out and have the blade shown and in use with the speed of a switchblade. It's...
• Re: rear heater blower only works on high.. any thoughts?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 24 Oct 2004 22:47:36 -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...
• Power steering tech question (will be: Oh my aching hands...)
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Sat, 1 Sep 2007 12:57:04 -0400
  ...took one out(had to slice the lines with a razor blade to get the hoses off-might have been my undoing), cleaned it...
• Re: Availability of replacement dish drainers?
  Historical mailing list - Devin van Tongeren
  Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:47:32 -0700
  ...Good luck - I think you should actually be able to scrape that sh*t off with a razor blade and some WD40 or the...
• 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: Wiper blade recommendation? Now Length?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 1 Nov 2012 05:55:44 -0400
  Weird, I get them from my supplier <www.autocamping.ca> I got my first set as a door prize at Syncro de Mayo a...
• 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: I just love surprises
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Fri, 11 Oct 2002 12:39:47 -0500
  ...Oh! Good Grief Charlie Brown! > Please help me find these kits before I go buy Xacto knife blades and > gasket materials. > My eyesight is...
• Re: Oxygen Sensor Ground
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sun, 26 Mar 2006 19:14:11 -0800
  ...Total cost - 1 coping saw blade, broken while cutting round notches and tabs. NO UNOBTAINIUM WAS USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS SHIELD!! So...
• removing rear hatch panels was Re: Need advice for stripping parts
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Sep 2006 01:03:51 EDT
  ...looks like a flat bladed prybar with a fork in the foot. insert fork around clip and pry up. might want to used a...
• Re: 88 GL Tachometer Inop after New Coil Install
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Fri, 10 Jan 2014 01:14:18 -0800
  ...No way to get that plug wrong > - won't fit but one way on the blades on the coil. However - on the > other side...
• Re: The right tool for a clean cut?
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Fri, 27 May 2011 21:20:48 -0700
  ...The tool is in >the electrical section & has black handles and what looks like a box >knife blade opposite a half moon opening in...
• Re: Engine management (manual control of mixture) A new angle...
  Historical mailing list - David Utley
  Sun, 16 Jan 2000 00:08:34 EST
  ...SImply put, it is a non-moving fan blade that you put in your air intake plenum. As the air passes though it ( with...
• Re: snapped off cv/axle bolts in rear axle hub shaft
  Historical mailing list - Caston/Payne
  Fri, 28 May 1999 12:12:11 -0400
  ...Once on a carberator stud broken off in the intake manifold and on a lawnmower blade nut. Worked both times. Good luck, Dave & Sherrie...
• Re: Lid Clearance - Friday the Cat --Again.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 09:36:12 -0600
  ...I've removed the grill on my Air Cooled van hoping to catch some of the meatier breeds when they use my wiper blades...
• 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: Will post 86 fuse panels fit pre 86 vans?
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Thu, 8 May 2008 09:28:49 -0400
  If you mean to convert from the early Beetle-type fuses to the later blade-types; not without major electrical surgery. The many different...
• Re: How many trips to the Scrap yard for an 86 Syncro?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 4 Feb 2009 02:40:27 -0600
  ...Total weight of the scrap was 750# for a ripe old $23 in cash which just about paid for the Sawzall blades!!! DM&FS...
• Re: Bought Westy with no key for water filler receptacle
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:28:31 -0500
  I use a flat blade screwdriver. I thought everyone knew this. But what I didn't know was that there are metal keyed locks...
• Re: Best Way To Remove Old Westfalia Decal?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Mon, 6 Apr 2009 00:26:25 -0400
  ...A heat gun or even a hair dryer might allow you to get a razor blade under one corner and start peeling up. Then...
• Re: Key broken off in gas cap
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Mon, 15 Jan 2001 22:34:26 -0600
  ...Then break the end off a coping saw blade and see if you can snag the edge of the key with that. Can you...
• Re: ROOF RACK IDEAS
  Historical mailing list - Kevin
  Thu, 7 Mar 2002 07:51:01 -0800
  ...on another westy that bolts to the fiberglass top >with a blade-like end that does not extend above the roofline. I >believe the...
• Re: How wipers work / rain-X
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 25 May 2002 15:04:58 -0500
  ...Same for the wiper blades as well. But knowing is half the battle. John Rodgers 88 GL driver
• 89' Wolfsy - Vanagon Syndrome
  Historical mailing list - Ed Hinchey
  Fri, 11 Jul 2003 09:22:48 -0400
  ...Finally I opened the ECU compartment under the back seat, the cooling blades were hot so I helped it cool down by fanning with...