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• Bus Boo:
  Historical mailing list - George Wietor
  Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:36:54 -0700
  ...Don't be messing with my SnapOff Metric vise-grips. Looks like another perfect weekend. George & Beth __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo...
• Re: Fuel line valve for changing a fuel filter
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 19 Dec 2003 14:12:42 -0700
  ...Fuel line valve for changing a fuel filter > Seems like a lot of trouble when a pair of needle nose vise grips will do...
• Re: 12-point tool
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 May 96 06:38 CDT
  ...You can take them out with the 6-point if you use vise-grips at the same time, but it will destroy them. I...
• Re: Damn! Rounded over CV Joint Bolt!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Don Deitke
  Wed, 21 Jul 2004 08:07:24 EDT
  The best way tis the vise grips plus heating the thread area red with a welding torch it works for all model VW applications...
• Re: Rebuilding a distributor.
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sat, 19 Feb 2005 17:02:29 EST
  ...I clamped it in a bench vise.) I've seen the results whenever the coupling is held in a bench vise then wailed on...
• Mirror fixes
  Historical mailing list - Thomas J. LaLanne
  Tue, 12 Mar 2002 15:05:11 -0800
  ...tube of JB Weld vise Vise Grips bench grinder (wear safety goggles/gloves) 1. Remove mirror from door. 2. Disassemble the nut/spring assembly...
• Re: Shear Bolts/Steering column
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Mon, 9 Aug 1999 12:22:43 -0400
  ...I think the shear-bolt concept was > invented before ViseGrips made it to Germany <g>. > > When you're replacing them, if you don't...
• Re: Noisy fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 24 Jun 2002 08:45:13 -0400
  ...Take a vise grips or something to pinch off the line from the tank. Jay
• Re: Sliding window opener
  Historical mailing list - Puzerewski
  Sat, 12 Aug 2000 18:08:37 -0400
  > Unmounted screwdriver blade from below -- turn with vise-grips or > whatever. has to be very short to clear the metal door. > Was able to...
• Re: Oil Pressure relief
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Mon, 29 Jun 1998 23:22:27 -0500
  ...I bought some very large washers, clamped the right number together with a vise grip and out it comes. Shouldn't be in there...
• Re: still can't pull CIS injectors!
  Historical mailing list - wb6otg
  Tue, 31 Dec 2002 20:19:58 -0500
  ...Use vise grips to pull on the easy-out. Bill
• Re: Sliding window opener
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 12 Aug 2000 16:34:39 -0400
  ...Unmounted screwdriver blade from below -- turn with vise-grips or whatever. has to be very short to clear the metal door. d David Beierl...
• Re: Steering column shear bolt removal
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 16 Feb 2014 14:16:43 -0800
  Give them a good whack with a hammer and then visegrips. Replace with good grade hex bolt or allen bolt. The sheared off heads...
• Location of Vanagon Archives?
  Historical mailing list - LouiZe!
  Wed, 7 Oct 1998 11:20:51 -0400
  ...highway this weekend) '72 Westy "The Villa" (presently leaking gas with a pair of vise grips on the fuel line into the fuel pump)
• Re: My passenger mirror has fallen and it can't get up
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Tue, 21 Aug 2001 10:28:54 -0400
  ...tube of JB Weld vise Vise Grips� bench grinder (wear safety goggles/gloves/french maid uniform if you want) keen line of vision beer...
• Re: glow plugs
  Historical mailing list - Dan Stevens
  Wed, 26 Jul 2000 00:50:03 -0400
  ...things could get ugly. ( I mount the plugs in a vise or visegriops and attach the ground there) these parts are made for gettng...
• Re: Size for the clam shell bolt
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Jul 2017 13:58:21 -0400
  ...Clamshell bolt is M12 with an enlarged 19 mm head so the lug wrench will fit it (vise 16 mm for standard head). Yrs...
• Re: tools question;
  Historical mailing list - YauMan Chan
  Sun, 22 Nov 1998 20:11:17 -0800
  ...Anyway, from you list of tools, the only addition I would put in there is a good set of vise-grip.. 7" or 9...
• Re: mirrors won't stay in place on 84
  Historical mailing list - Dave Caston & Sherrie Payne
  Wed, 17 Mar 1999 13:17:31 -0500
  ...tube of JB Weld vise Vise grips bench grinder (wear safety goggles/gloves/french maid uniform if you want) keen line of vision beer...
• Re: oil cooling
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Sat, 12 Feb 2000 11:37:29 -0800
  ...into the filter, through the center and out the side or > vise versa. The little driving I have done shows 180-200 deg on...
• Re: Cold steering wheel
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:37:44 -0400
  ...to make it too hard for the guy to get his visegrips on the shear-head bolts... ;-> d -- David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http...
• NaSTy CV joint removal
  Historical mailing list - Steve Elfelt
  Fri, 3 Dec 1999 20:10:34 -0500
  ...The stripped screws are of course on the wheel side inside the housing where I can't get at them to apply a vise...
• Re: Oil Filter Tube Mount Removal?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Mon, 10 May 2010 12:54:00 EDT
  ...Wrap it in a rag and use Vise-grips. The correct answer is to use two nuts of the correct threads, run against each...
• Copy of: Copy of: Ch**slers "inventions"
  Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
  01 Dec 96 22:20:38 EST
  ...think I remember seeing pics of that car, but I always thought they had "borrowed" the design from Porsche, rather than vise versa. chris
• Re: Oxygen Sensor Woes
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 25 Dec 2002 00:12:50 EST
  ...just watch where that torch is pointed or else, first remove the j-pipe and clamp it in a vise. George
• Re: Exhaust Manifold Removal
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 14 Aug 2005 20:13:15 -0500
  ...Then you may also be able to apply vise grips without messing up the threads if you care. Of course my view is that...
• Re: Front-end workout
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 20 Sep 2013 16:12:12 -0500
  ...You need a BIG vise. You lock the bar up in the vise with one end close to the jaws and the other end...
• Re: help needed quick! Bleeding Clutch...
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Thu, 27 Nov 2003 19:35:14 -0500
  If the the bleeder is begond repair and vise grips will break it off, you mat be able to bleed it at the line...
• Re: '91 Westy Manual Transmission Fluid
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 14 Nov 2000 14:47:51 +0000
  Stuart wrote in part: >If you are a purist and just can't bring yourself to mash your >drain plug with vise grips, you...
• Steering Column Shear Bolt Part Number?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Mon, 24 Apr 2006 06:50:50 -0700
  ...Can anyone send me the part number - the visegrip techinique to remove it did not work. Don't expect it matters, but this is...
• Pressing control arm bushings
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 28 Jun 2013 06:30:20 -0500
  ...Is this something that can be done with a large vise or some allthread with nuts and washers, or do I need to send...
• Re: 88 GL Power mirror base & spring assembly
  Historical mailing list - Bobby Brown
  Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:23:01 -0500
  ...Thanks, Bobby > youll have to put the mirror in a padded vise, and make a tool out of a > section of pipe w/ a...
• Re: Front heater core / Screw Removal
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 10 Sep 2003 00:25:22 EDT
  In a message dated 9/9/03 1:46:22 PM, drillock@EARTHLINK.NET writes: << The 2 bolts can be removed with vise grips...
• Re: Installing torsion bar bushings?
  Historical mailing list - Gregg Carlen
  Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:01:04 -0500
  ...of PB blaster and forcing it between the jaws of a vise to essentially push the link/bushing combination onto the bar worked. Still...
• '83-'85 bad schematic wiper relay
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 25 Apr 2010 18:56:12 -0400
  ...For '85 they mislabeled 53m as 53s and vise versa, but didn't actually fix the drawing. And that's my good deed for...
• flywheel bolts stuck
  Historical mailing list - Scott Norville
  Sat, 20 Nov 2004 17:33:39 -0500
  ...If I were to drill the heads off, would there be enough left to use a vise grip or such on the stub after...
• tool for oil relief valve?
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Sat, 12 Jul 1997 23:47:12 +0000
  ...be able to do it with a silver dollar and a vise grip (not seriously though). I'm sure there's an "official" tool...
• Exhaust Manifold Removal
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Sun, 14 Aug 2005 18:55:09 -0400
  ...The reply I have so far is to heat up the studs again & turn them off with a vise grip. Does anyone have any...
• Bosch heater blower disassembly/reassembly
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 17 Dec 2010 12:06:04 -0500
  ...Set 4-6" vise jaws just wider than motor and align case so that lips of motor housing have maximum support from jaws. Make...
• Re; Permanent Door Mirror Repair
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Tue, 23 Nov 2004 08:03:36 -0600
  ...Remove all the hardware.( sping washer etc.) Wrap it in a rag and put the arm in a vise with the stud up. Lock...
• Lifter removal
  Historical mailing list - James B. Morris
  Wed, 2 Sep 1998 09:30:16 -0500
  ...I removed the pushrod with vise grips, and found that the lifter bore has a burr on it as well. I would like to...
• Re: Re; Window Moulding Tool
  Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
  Mon, 19 Jun 2000 23:49:28 -0400
  ...molding tool from one of those springy paper clamps and a vise grip. -Karl > Snap On has them,& Mac Tools, or you can probably...
• Re: battery hold down
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 20 Aug 2005 08:58:48 -0400
  ...a vise and a hammer. Mike Bob Mac wrote: > On my 84 vanagon their's a battery hold down that bolts to the seat...
• Re: '91 Westy Manual Transmission Fluid
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 14 Nov 2000 11:31:02 -0800
  ...I use a pair of vise grips to remove it, the hex tool won't fit with the exhaust pipe there, and as long...
• Re: Battery Compartment ground cable; Was: Dead (almost) in the garage
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 28 Aug 2011 10:25:32 -0700
  ...Get it out of the garage and you can easily catch the (not so) captive nut w/ a pair of Vise-Grips� through the...
• CV regreasing/needle method
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Apr 1995 16:40:02 -0700
  Paul, You only need about a 4X4 foot area for you and space to disassemble the joint, although a bench with a vise is...
• Re: preparing trip to NS
  Historical mailing list - Jim A
  Thu, 13 Jul 2000 12:03:15 -0700
  Vise Grips�, WD-40�, Duct-tape... All that's missing is a BFH, though I suppose one could use a BFR (Rock) instead. ;o...
• Re: Non-remote Mirror fix
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 13 Jan 1999 17:20:19 -0800
  ...Draw >a picture if you need to. >3-Now...place the arm of the mirror in a vise so that you can pull on...
• Inner tie rod
  Historical mailing list - Michael
  Sat, 7 Feb 2015 12:47:52 -0500
  ...torque spec without lifting the whole rack off the table (no vise). So, do most of you just tighten it up real good and...
• Re: heater blowers
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 29 Sep 2000 18:26:47 -0400
  ...I put new coolant Be sure you've got good sharp vise-grips to get the steering-column bolts out, and someone to help...
• Re: Stripped CV Joint Bolt
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 26 May 2005 12:23:07 -0400
  Vise grips will often work on the tranny side. Next option is cut off wheel or carefully used torch. Dennis ----- Original Message ----- From: Matt...
• Removing heater fan from alternator?
  Historical mailing list - Oliver Mueller-Heubach
  Tue, 5 Aug 2008 17:04:25 -0400
  ...SO- having neither VW special tool nor a vise at hand, is there any way I can undo this bolt and get it to...
• Front seats...
  Historical mailing list - Richard Bias
  Wed, 20 Sep 2000 11:10:50 GMT
  ...Can I "rotate" my front seats? That is, put the front passenger seat on the drivers side and vise-versa. It appears that I...
• Re: Mirror fixes
  Historical mailing list - Craig Rogers
  Tue, 12 Mar 2002 19:14:10 -0500
  ...Place the arm of the mirror in a vise so that you can pull on the > stud extending from the swivel part and it...
• another odometer repair
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Fri, 22 Jun 2018 12:27:52 -0400
  ...I put in in a vise and peened those collars around the shaft hole on both sides of the gear. when I went to...
• Re: Ball joints, upper / lower photo procedure
  Historical mailing list - Airic
  Sat, 27 Jan 2007 00:20:11 -0600
  ...the lower joint out while the spindle is clamped in a vise works rather well, and then a normal loaner press works great to...
• Head studs: how to get'm out???
  Historical mailing list - Cliff Ober
  Sat, 21 Nov 1998 12:18:15 -0600
  ...I have two pairs of vise grips on them and I have a quarter turn of flexure in the stud (I'm afraid I...
• bad bolt head on front syncro cv
  Historical mailing list - William Dummitt
  Mon, 22 Feb 1999 22:51:12 -0500
  ...I've tried several removal techniques (vise grips, etc.) to get this bolt out with no success. Normally at this point I'd remove...
• Re: Shear Bolts/Steering column
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Mon, 9 Aug 1999 12:18:40 -0400
  Vise grips. While you are in there, check the where on the clutch linkage, and replace the motor for the heater fan. Eric 86...
• Re: Tools....
  Historical mailing list - Terry
  Fri, 25 May 2001 07:18:08 -0500
  ...pein hammers ( Medium, and large) A couple of different sizes of Vise grips. ( I use the needle nose variant often) Standard needle nose pliers...