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• Re: JB Weld exhaust studs?...
  Historical mailing list - Mike Garske
  Tue, 21 May 2002 11:31:26 -0700
  I tried to repair a header flange on an old Alfa of mine with JB weld. It sure looked pretty until I actually tried...
• Re: drips of antifreeze off head
  Historical mailing list - Mike B
  Tue, 1 Jan 2013 16:08:30 -0500
  ...The JB weld is being used to replace lost metal and make a smooth surface for rubber gasket to seat against. You're not...
• Re: 2.1 head repair / JB Weld Musings
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Mon, 15 Jan 2001 23:41:25 EST
  ...I have only used JB Weld once as a grout on a semi-precision leveling job and it seemed to me to be about...
• JB Weld
  Historical mailing list - M.R. Nimmo
  Wed, 21 Apr 1999 09:59:27 -0700
  I have successfully used 'JB Weld' for this application for years with success. In my Dodge Cummins repair manual, it even lists JB Weld...
• JB-Weld Temp Rating
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 22 Jan 2001 21:11:36 -0500
  Took a look at my box of JB-Weld t'other day -- sez "Not recommended for use over 315C/600F." Which certainly does make...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Tue, 31 May 2005 14:29:46 -0700
  ...http://www.burningman.com/ tim in san jose ----- Original Message ----- From: "JBL@velocity.net" <jbl@VELOCITY.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday...
• Re: JB Weld temp rating
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 01:19:29 -0500
  ...david At 12:10 AM 1/25/2001, Paul Gilland wrote: >I've always been curious if JB Kwik Weld (cures in 4 hours...
• Re: Bus Boys Stole From me Saga...
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Aug 1997 10:25:08 -0600
  ...1.800.792.2697 > > > > Doesn't work from Dallas, either. > > JB > > -- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > Jerry Brown > > Email: jbrown@onramp.net > > Web: http://rampages.onramp.net/~jbrown > > "When...
• Re: Grill fix glue?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:16:20 -0400
  At 03:41 PM 3/26/2009, Roland wrote: >My favorite these days is JB Weld - some kind of super strong glue. Tired Another...
• Re: Wasserboxer heads and JB Weld
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Aug 1998 16:39:57 EDT
  I did the JB weld thing two years ago. Since that time I have logged about 20K miles and so far all is well...
• Re: JB Weld in Canada
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Tue, 26 Dec 2006 11:36:29 -0500
  ...On 26-Dec-06, at 10:50 AM, Gilles Turmel wrote: > Hi, > Does somedy knows where to buy JB Weld in Canada? > Best regards...
• Re: Water pump impeller wore into case
  Historical mailing list - Bill Glenn
  Mon, 12 Sep 2011 02:49:56 -0400
  ...Don't shortchange this step because you want the JB Weld to have the best bond possible to the case. 3. Because it's...
• Re: Upper control arm bushings, replacement question
  Historical mailing list - PSD
  Sun, 9 Nov 2014 19:34:11 -0500
  Have you used JB? Works pretty good with proper prep. -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of...
• Re: cylinder head drain plug
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 14 Dec 2005 11:41:16 -0500
  ...What I will try, if I have to go back in there, is RTV in the groove, followed up with JB Weld stick over...
• Re: jbweld on exhaust
  Historical mailing list - Alan S Gondry
  Sun, 31 Dec 2000 19:55:34 -0800
  I tried JB Quick Weld on the exhaust crossover pipes or the header. A terrible smell came from it. The hole came back. Alan...
• Re: recorded long term success of JB Weld
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 19 Jan 2005 13:41:06 -0800
  I used JB to fix a leak in my heater core (in my Chevy) about 11 years ago. Worked great, still no problems. I...
• Re: Head treatment for pitting--flattening technique
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Tue, 18 Jan 2005 23:49:49 -0600
  ...That JB patch is just half fast way to be doing the job a second time. An then there is the potential that you...
• Re: How best to JB weld pitted heads?
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Tue, 14 Mar 2000 00:40:37 -0500
  ...It is the regular that has made the reputation of JB so use that. That quickset is new and untried; VW heads are lousy...
• Re: JB Weld question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 1 Feb 2006 23:02:26 -0500
  ...http://jbweld.net/products/jbweld.php Mike Stephen Overmyer wrote: > Apologies for the lack of direct VW content here but since JB Weld is...
• Re: JB Weld question
  Historical mailing list - Doug F
  Wed, 1 Feb 2006 22:35:20 -0800
  ...JB Weld question > It only withstands temperatures up to 500 degrees F (260 C). > > http://jbweld.net/products/jbweld.php > > Mike > > > Stephen Overmyer wrote...
• Re: drips of antifreeze off head
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 1 Jan 2013 15:22:30 -0800
  ...The JB weld is being used to replace lost metal and make a smooth > surface for rubber gasket to seat against. You're not...
• Re: Coolant Level Sensor: modify & install
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sat, 4 Dec 1999 19:01:11 EST
  ...Since I was in B.F.Egypt on a Sunday I repaired it with JB Weld. After about a week the JB Weld absorbed...
• Re: jbweld on exhaust
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 29 Dec 2000 21:14:03 -0500
  Hi Jason -- At 09:00 PM 12/29/2000, Jason Yasment wrote: >pinhole leaks in the exhaust with jbweld? Will jbweld >hold up to...
• J.B. Weld Head Repair
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Mon, 30 Mar 1998 18:35:45 -0800
  With all of the talk about head gasket failure, I have a coup[le of questions for those of you who have used JB...
• Re: sliding door latch
  Historical mailing list - John Baker
  Fri, 1 Feb 2002 14:04:19 -0500
  ...explain how you can fix a sheared off doorhandle? thats a feat even JB Weld cannot do.. chris
• rebuilt heads- who on the list uses JB weld for the headgasket se aling surfaces, when they should be getting these surfaces rewelded and m achined?
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Thu, 4 Apr 2002 00:58:25 -0600
  Long title isn't it.......but somewhere I remember reading that someone....don't know who....uses JB weld to fix the gasket surfaces...
• Re: SV: Patching pushrod tube?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 14 Jul 2005 11:45:45 -0400
  ...Dont use the jb weld in the 2 tubes. I have never used that product succussfully, anywhere. In never seems to dry, no matter...
• Re: Permatex Plastic weld to create new instrument cluster tabs ??
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 2 Nov 2005 12:04:28 -0800
  ...What I did was grease the screw and then form the JBWeld over/around the screw with some extra 'weld' over the plastic edges...
• Re: '85 with geysering coolant (Update)
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Wed, 6 Sep 2006 21:07:07 -0400
  ...I cursed leaving JB Weld home, but it was fate, I found JB Quick Weld with a much shorter curing time. I filled the...
• Wasserboxer heads and JB Weld
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Fri, 28 Aug 1998 12:34:07 -0400
  ...I have heard that if the pitting is "not too bad" it can be filled in with JB Weld. The trouble is that I...
• Re: jbweld on exhaust
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Mon, 1 Jan 2001 00:12:19 -0600
  ...Sun, 31 Dec 2000 19:55:34 -0800 > >I tried JB Quick Weld on the exhaust crossover pipes or the header. A >terrible smell...
• Re: How best to JB weld pitted heads?
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Mon, 13 Mar 2000 22:53:09 -0500
  ...How best to JB weld pitted heads? > > Volks, > > I'd appreciate the list's advice before I try this one. > > I'm doing the...
• Re: 2.1 head repair?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 16 Jan 2001 05:54:22 EST
  ...Getting a good clean surface for the JB Weld to bond to is very important. Use a hard plastic squeegee to force the JB...
• Re: PORTABLE TOILETS
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 28 Jan 2011 07:28:46 -0800
  ...Mike On 1/28/11 7:19 AM, "Jerry" <jbvelo@BELLSOUTH.NET> wrote: > OK gang, simple subject: > > Any recommendations for the best > > portable toilet...
• Re: JB Weld
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Thu, 22 Apr 1999 01:25:49 EDT
  ...heads-just the gaskets--I filled in the pits & corrosion with JB Weld--Watched it for 5 years--never leaked--over 80k on the...
• Re: Holey muffler, Batman!
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Fri, 5 Jan 2007 07:20:03 -0500
  ...converter with JB Weld, 3 1/2 years later the repair was still holding-that's when I sold the vehicle. I'd try...
• Re: leaky head gasket question again
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 2 Apr 2002 20:53:39 -0700
  Mine were JB Welded, then flycut. Looked like it worked well, but I never had the opportunity to use the heads. Karl Wolz ----- Original...
• Re: leaky head gasket question again
  Historical mailing list - Nick L. Meyers
  Tue, 2 Apr 2002 21:47:47 -0500
  ...Can someone elaborate on the JB Weld application, for instance- 1) application 2)sanding down process 3)pitfalls to avoid. I think this is...
• Re: JB weld on coolant expansion tank
  Historical mailing list - Fredrich Hesterberg
  Fri, 2 May 2003 00:35:42 -0500
  ...Lee, I do not think that JB would work in this situation. I know that 3-M has a polyurethane, pollystyrene repair kit for...
• Re: removing air conditioner without spilling the freon
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Spragge
  Fri, 11 Mar 2016 07:26:58 -0800
  ...Patrick Spragge > On Mar 11, 2016, at 3:43 AM, jbclem <jbclem1@CHARTER.NET> wrote: > > The problem is I can't drive the car...
• JBWeld Status Report...ctd.
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Mon, 11 Aug 1997 15:16:36 -0700
  ...this is due to the engine design, not JBWeld. In cold weather the higher contraction of the outer aluminium water jackets reduces the preload...
• Re: Bad plastic(s)...and how to fix them.. (cracked screw bosses, etc)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 3 Feb 2011 12:46:49 EST
  ...sometimes i make a "mold" with electrical tape to hold the JB weld in if there are big chunks missing. the stuff is very...
• Re: drips of antifreeze off head
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 1 Jan 2013 12:25:53 -0800
  Checking Ben's web pages (benplace.com) he writes of JB. http://benplace.com/head_check.htm So JB is not to be used...
• Re: drips of antifreeze off head
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 1 Jan 2013 16:51:21 -0800
  ...I'd be afraid to experiment with RS in place of >> JB, especially in light of the labor required to re-accomplish the task...
• Re: (F)Jack the heater guru
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reed
  Sat, 22 Jul 1995 21:17:45 -0600 (MDT)
  ...After I contacted JB's about heat for my van he steered me towards a Stewart Warner unit for installation under the rear seat...
• Re: Heyyyyy JB Weld people...
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Wed, 30 Mar 2005 15:47:38 -0700
  ...I > put a light near the JB weld because it's been cool. > > The epoxy is still soft. When I poke it with my...
• Re: map pocket repair
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:30:13 -0500
  ...i run the screws into beeswax then put the screws >into the JB weld. that way the screws dont stick to the JB weld...
• Re: New Carver P4 Propane or rebuilt EBERSPACHER gasoline
  Historical mailing list - David Bogle
  Thu, 12 Aug 1999 00:10:42 -0400
  ...After exhaustive archive searches that was about all that I found. >I was considering putting one of these in my '72 and contacted JB...
• Re: small hole at exhaust header patch
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 9 Dec 2019 12:25:49 -0500
  > > I use this JB Weld Extreme heat combined with a hose clamp... so far so > good it's holding well https://www.jbweld.com...
• Re: EMT (electrical conduit) for transitions in Vanagon cooling system? (engine convers
  Historical mailing list - Ben Cichowski
  Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:03:16 -0500
  ...but as far as using JB to make a lip - I've seen a lot of posts where this worked very well for them...
• JB Weld; Hold T Type Bolt Head? Removable Later?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 30 Sep 2017 14:47:44 -0700
  ...https://photos.app.goo.gl/osFSf2l1iSaThBqX2 Hard to say via a .jpg image but if applied properly, is there a good chance JB Weld...
• Re: Need epoxy type suggestion...
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 30 Aug 2005 16:45:44 -0400
  Any JB weld stick type product will work. I used this on mine. Also, that non stainless steel spring that keeps the door closed...
• Re: JUICE BOX
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 6 Dec 2007 20:06:33 -0800
  Its not Frydaye yet! :) On Dec 6, 2007 7:37 PM, Jerry Baker <jbvelo@bellsouth.net> wrote: > Anybody out there in the Vanagon world...
• jb weld, radiators, taps, and draincocks
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Mon, 16 Jun 2003 23:37:33 -0700
  ...then, after steel epoxy is cured (its pretty fast), going to add a layer of jb weld, which takes longer to cure... (is there...
• Re: 82 Coolant Tank retrofit help
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Fri, 18 Nov 2011 22:26:57 -0500
  ...successfully extend the life of a plastic coolant overflow tank using JB Weld. AIR, I cleaned it well with soap and a degreaser, scratched...
• Re: Vanagon Spark Plug Wires
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:12:33 -0800
  ...Jerry <jbvelo@BELLSOUTH.NET> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 11:11:49 PM Subject: Vanagon Spark Plug Wires Just...
• Re: throttle body rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Mon, 19 Aug 2013 19:34:29 -0500
  ...throttle body rebuild "Filling with JB Weld is probably the worse way to repair one of these. JB Weld is epoxy & will wear through...
• Re: leaky head gasket question again
  Historical mailing list - Data Services
  Tue, 2 Apr 2002 19:26:19 -0500
  I imagine the JB weld was only used on the jugs/water jackets, not the heads themselves. Your heads should be flycut if they...
• Re: Repairing the piting in WBX heads.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 31 Oct 2006 10:31:46 -0800
  ...When I got them back to do the JB work they were spotless, even down in the pits. I agree that you want to...
• Non-remote Mirror fix
  Historical mailing list - Dave Caston & Sherrie Payne
  Wed, 13 Jan 1999 19:51:51 -0500
  ...9-Mix up JB Weld. 10- Glop some JB Weld into the hole. Glop some JB Weld onto the surface of the stud. Not...