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• Re: funky horn issues
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 12 Jan 2001 11:15:46 -0700
  ...ve rebuilt one better than new with a > circle of small brazing rod, silver-brazed on and ground flat. > > david > ps -- don't wait...
• WTB - upper coolant crossover pipe - 1.9L WBX
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Mon, 23 May 2005 13:22:37 -0400
  ...Even if my first-time-ever-totally-amateur brazing job holds up, I expect more rust-through to happen somewhere, so I'd like...
• Re: re Hella rectangle headlights
  Historical mailing list - Louis Rumanes
  Fri, 29 May 1998 10:25:38 -0400
  ...Alternatively, you can buy the plans for $20, but you may have to do some brazing to make the brackets. The Hella lights used...
• Silver solder?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 7 Jun 95 22:28:34 EDT
  ...Any opinions, I can braze fairly well and might see how small of a brazing rod I can find but that requires a lot...
• Exhaust stud & bolts removal problems
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Tue, 2 May 2006 08:36:05 -0300
  ...Then I heated them up with a brazing torch, got them red hot and snapped the heads of two bolts and the stud would...
• Power Steering Whine from New Hose
  Historical mailing list - Michael Hart
  Wed, 19 Dec 2012 21:53:57 -0800
  ...made the repair for me (cutting the two end fittings off, brazing on two standard crimp connectors and assembling with a new flexible hose...
• My clean garage..idle hands, devil's tools etc
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 3 Jul 1995 18:54:40 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I have heard people on this list talk about about brazing the boxes but I'm afraid that the void is too big to...
• Re: [NVC]-Friday Subject: Howto Locite question
  Historical mailing list - M. Jade
  Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:51:12 -0700
  ...gone from the cast-iron collector piece.� It will need either brazing up or replacing when the system next comes apart.� I haven't...
• Re: 85 muffler question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 24 Apr 2001 20:43:20 -0400
  ...The ends can be repaired by brazing. Homemade ones that I have seen tend to be not stiff enough and not have nearly enough...
• Re: Rust by window seals
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 12 Feb 2007 07:19:29 EST
  ...Welding or brazing causes too much other damage that requires more clean up work and you still need to POR-15 both sides to...
• resurrection?
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Mon, 10 Jul 2017 17:55:43 -0700
  ...The burner box was cracked along one edge, the brazing for the drain tube to burner box was cracked, the tube was bent, and...
• Re: MAPP for brazing? (repair enlarged hole in Vanagon clutch pedal)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:45:52 -0800
  There is no substitute for an oxy-acetylene torch and a #2 tip. Sign a lease for the tanks or make friends with your...
• Re: Chunka Bologna
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 14 Mar 2006 21:06:02 -0500
  ...dipstick tube in the box (This was a basket case) with brazing on the end. So it had broken, and the PO brazed it...
• Re: Vanagon fuel tank r&r
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 3 Jan 1995 13:00:11 -0500 (EST)
  ...The MAPP gas torch kit comes with brazing rods and was under $40.00. Standard cautions apply about gas fume explosions. For My diesel...
• Re: removing engine studs: more questions
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sun, 17 Apr 2005 08:28:59 -0500
  ...When I had the heads off the engine I heated up the stud bosses with the small brazing tip and they all came out...
• Re: Exhaust stud & bolts removal problems
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Tue, 2 May 2006 10:40:12 -0400
  ...Then I heated them up > with a brazing torch, got them red hot and snapped the heads of two > bolts and the stud would...
• Re: Power Steering Whine from New Hose
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Thu, 20 Dec 2012 10:03:25 -0600
  ...A shop in San Jose, CA made the repair for me (cutting the two end fittings off, brazing on two standard crimp connectors and...
• lost into the tranny...
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Tue, 25 Nov 1997 11:23:04 -0800
  ...Filler it out of the filler hole with a piece of brazing wire proved futile.... I am looking for one of brake bleeder things...
• Re: resurrection?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 11 Jul 2017 01:35:12 +0000
  ...The burner box > was cracked along one edge, the brazing for the drain tube to burner box > was cracked, the tube was bent, and...
• Re: Help with exhaust bracket design?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:51:06 -0400
  ...So for example a concave fillet such as from brazing will distribute stresses much better than a convex one, because of the more gradual...
• Re: removing engine studs: more questions
  Historical mailing list - jbclem1
  Mon, 18 Apr 2005 15:14:09 -0700
  ...the engine I heated up the stud bosses with the > small brazing tip and they all came out immediately using a cocave jawed > Vice...
• Re: Elec Ig and low revs
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Apr 1995 09:12:38 -0700
  ...tight over the life of the engine, or even the headers! Brazing not that hard, like soldering, except hotter. I had never brazed anything...
• Re: Rubber mats..
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:18:26 -0700
  ...I find brazing works really well.....not on brass so much , but a metal-to-metal .. works well, is easy to do, and is...
• Re: resurrection?
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Mon, 10 Jul 2017 19:35:30 -0700
  ...The burner box > was cracked along one edge, the brazing for the drain tube to burner box > was cracked, the tube was bent, and...
• Re: MAPP for brazing? (repair enlarged hole in Vanagon clutch pedal)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 23 Mar 2007 21:22:03 -0700
  Yah, if I was set up for welding, I would consider doing that. Another lister mentioned muffler shop. I'll check it out. Thanks...
• Re: Gremlins
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 28 Mar 2016 11:32:14 -0700
  ...Apparently it's a common problem with the 2.1, and MIG welding or brazing is the repair. Stuart -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing...
• Re: Exhaust stud & bolts removal problems
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 2 May 2006 13:22:39 -0400
  ...Then I heated > them up > with a brazing torch, got them red hot and snapped the heads of two > bolts and the stud would...
• Re: Solder cracked steel coolant pipe?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:01:47 -0700
  ...If the split is along the length of the pipe I would recommend either brazing (which may be difficult now that there's solder...
• Re: Purchase price is just the down payment
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 21 Oct 2012 06:48:27 -0400
  ...seq., http://www.brazing.com/techguide/procedures/cast_iron.asp That said, I've watched a machinist join two pieces of cold cast iron...
• Exterior Painted
  Historical mailing list - Joseph F. Fournier II
  Mon, 29 Apr 1996 13:26:42 -0500 (CDT)
  ...I'm planning on doing some brazing to repair these unless I get better advice from the list. So now the '71 has found...
• Re: NEED GAS TANK
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 19 Apr 2005 23:49:50 -0400
  ...A simpler solution than brazing in a new fitting is to simply add the pre-pump filter (and fuel line), which also provides a...
• Westy Luggage rack seal fit
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Fri, 7 Jul 2006 21:33:09 -0400
  ...the spot welds at the gutters, cut the posts at the brazing etc. etc.and mig-welded all back on). It turned out well...
• Alternator Bracket
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:14:51 -0500
  ...David --- neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > True that! I always enjoy reading what Dennis has to write. > > I just finished brazing a washer...
• Help! - strange noise, was 1.9l oil pump
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 5 Nov 1998 21:31:05 EST
  ...the fork of the "Y" which I've temporarily fixed by brazing a couple of strips of metal diaper-fashion around the "crotch," but...
• Re: Power Steering Whine from New Hose
  Historical mailing list - Aaron
  Wed, 19 Dec 2012 22:45:56 -0800
  ...A shop in San Jose, CA made the repair for me (cutting the two end fittings off, brazing on two standard crimp connectors and...
• Re: Removing stuck O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 1 Feb 2015 20:47:12 -0500
  ...It is really limited to brazing soft materials. Need to get steel red hot fast, your need the real deal. Must be nice to...
• Re: Seeking advice for fixing many small rust spots
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:09:21 -0400
  ...Got to either fill them with brazing rod or POR15 Por Patch. The seams are another matter. Got to gouge, gouge, gouge that seam...
• Re: Custom exhaust repair questions. PICS
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:25:56 -0700
  ...I annealed it prior to working it, but >> maybe "cherry" red wasn't hot enough. (working with "brazing" propane >> fuel). Plus I didn't...
• Re: to all WELDERS:advice needed on exhaust
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 18 Jun 2004 06:48:20 -0400
  ...there. Welding close to the head will destroy the gasket anyway. Brazing will not last that long and if you have a torch hot...
• Re: Solder cracked steel coolant pipe?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:43:35 -0700
  ...If the split is along the length of the pipe I would recommend either brazing (which may be difficult now that there's solder...
• Re: Help with exhaust bracket design?
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:24:41 -0400
  ...So for example a concave fillet such as from brazing will distribute stresses much better than a convex one, because of the more gradual...
• Re: Removing stuck O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 1 Feb 2015 20:00:13 -0600
  ...It is really > limited to brazing soft materials. Need to get steel red hot fast, your need > the real deal. Must be nice to...
• Re: resurrection?
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Tue, 11 Jul 2017 06:56:20 -0700
  ...The burner > box > > was cracked along one edge, the brazing for the drain tube to burner box > > was cracked, the tube was bent, and...
• Re: Vanagon, Rear speaker enclosures- I have them!
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Fri, 3 Oct 2008 15:51:46 -0700
  ...Same with carbon fiber. > > Metal cones don't degrade and sometimes are connected by heat {read solder, > silver solder, or brazing] and those connections...
• oil drain plug repair
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Tue, 9 May 1995 13:22:42 CST6CDT
  ...needle' to tapping the hole with a spark plug insert and brazing up a 14mm spark plug for an oil plug. the most expensive...
• Diesel:Big Trouble
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Mon, 31 Jan 2000 10:54:44 EST
  ...of the above mentioned I applied carb cleaner and used my brazing torch to add a little heat,( not an acetylene, just bottled mapp...
• Re: resurrection?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 11 Jul 2017 14:07:31 +0000
  ...The burner > > box > > > was cracked along one edge, the brazing for the drain tube to burner > box > > > was cracked, the tube was bent, and...
• Re: Solder cracked steel coolant pipe?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:39:20 -0400
  ...The three common brazing metals are "bronze," > "nickel silver" and actual silver which can be had in several melting > points. Any of them should...
• Re: Starter Motor Internal + Strap Replace?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 4 Mar 2014 19:57:14 -0500
  ...solder may melt at the temperatures sometimes produced in abused starters. Brazing would be better if you can do it, or maybe silver solder...
• Re: linkage problems?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 Aug 94 10:06:37 ADT
  ...They did the brazing job! Failed in a few days. I had made the mistake of taking them my tranny, the didn't get...
• Re: subject Re: Vanagon, Rear speaker enclosures- I have them!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 3 Oct 2008 18:49:42 -0700
  ...Same with carbon fiber. >> >> Metal cones don't degrade and sometimes are connected by heat {read solder, >> silver solder, or brazing] and those connections...
• Re: Chunka 1.9 WBX Bologna
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Wed, 15 Mar 2006 09:02:01 -0500
  ...dipstick tube in the box > (This was a basket case) with brazing on the end. > > > So it had broken, and the PO brazed it...
• Re: Silicone tape = rescue tape, was Pesky Oil Leak
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 27 Jun 2010 10:59:04 -0700
  ...to duplicate the fancy (but obviously not quite right) welding or brazing job the Original owner did when he converted my van using diesel...
• Re: Exhaust Leak- Temp. Fix?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 16 Apr 2004 14:13:23 -0500
  ...straight pipe that goes back to the cat on my '91. Brazing is good to slow down future rust. I don't have a...
• Rust by window seals
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Tue, 13 Feb 2007 04:20:26 -0800
  ...Welding or brazing causes too much other damage that requires more clean up work and you still need to POR-15 both sides to...
• Re: Rubber mats..
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:34:34 -0500
  ...filler nick/dipstick �one is a work of art. > > I find brazing works really well.....not on brass so much , but a > metal-to...
• Re: Removing stuck O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 1 Feb 2015 20:04:18 -0800
  ...It is really limited to brazing soft materials. Need to get steel red hot fast, your need the real deal. Must be nice to...
• Re: Power Steering Whine from New Hose
  Historical mailing list - Michael
  Wed, 19 Dec 2012 23:37:28 -0800
  ...A shop in San Jose, CA made the repair for me (cutting the two end fittings off, brazing on two standard crimp connectors and...
• Re: tube bumpers
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:03:05 -0700
  ...Don't even get me started on how to spin the bell!!! Or "worse" yet bronze brazing the seams or planing them!!!! --- ;^) Neil. On...
• Re: Vanagon, Rear speaker enclosures- I have them!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 3 Oct 2008 15:09:33 -0700
  ...Metal cones don't degrade and sometimes are connected by heat {read solder, silver solder, or brazing] and those connections don't degrade but...