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• Re: (Real) Noisy Rad Fan
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Sat, 8 Aug 2015 21:46:17 -0700
  ...Pretty much has to be bearing related, or fan blade related. Either way, you'll need to pull it and check it out. Keith...
• Re: rear curtain access
  Historical mailing list - Dean S
  Tue, 28 Jan 2014 11:30:25 -0500
  ...I ask to make sure before I release the > inner; razor bladed kraken! > > Thanks Jim > > > On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 11:19 AM...
• Re: Wipers
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Mon, 14 Aug 2006 20:00:56 -0400
  ...It presses the >wiper blades harder on to the windshield as you drive forward faster. Next >time you are driving in rain, take note...
• Re: Dometic fridge (external) fan replacement...
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 28 Aug 2016 17:25:25 -0700
  ...Recently I removed both muffin fans and put the stock fan blade on a salvaged 12 v motor, a little larger and faster turning...
• Rain-X:How wipers work
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Thu, 12 Jan 95 15:49:54 PST
  ...Each time the wiper blade skips it leaves a microscopic pile of rubber on the glass. Each pile begets another pile and like topsy...
• What to do for a seized heater fan?
  Historical mailing list - Keith Olsen
  Tue, 16 Nov 1999 18:30:42 EST
  ...Ive poked around trying in vain to spin the fan blades in an attempt to free them, and I can't even reach them...
• Re: Light wiring and little plastic caps
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sat, 10 Nov 2001 13:11:47 -0800
  ...I use a small sharp knife blade to slip under the edge and carefully pry off. Even with this, I've marked a few...
• Re: Friday: Best Stupid Automotive Product
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Fri, 23 Nov 2007 15:51:06 -0800
  ...Silicone wiper blades. > > The list is endless... and some of these products(*) are guaranteed > to do severe damage to your car. Bad ideas or...
• Re: who sells good german chrome new bumpers???
  Historical mailing list - RiffOil
  Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:10:55 -0700
  ...I > paid OEVeedub- shipping can be an issue tho as the blade weighs 76# +- > & I think it was $40-50 to get it from...
• Re: Power window disaster, help needed!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:12:22 -0500
  ...you'll need a phillips head screwdriver and a 10mm wrench for most of the work, and a flat bladed screwdriver with tape around...
• Re: Yakima rack on westy
  Historical mailing list - Chris Arnold
  Mon, 30 Jul 2001 08:16:35 -0500
  ...Yakimas "1A Raingutter" feet have what look like blades rather than pads where they contact the vehicle. "But it won't reach the rain...
• Re: Headlamp upgrades to brighter lights - night vision
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 14 Sep 2003 11:08:45 -0500
  ...it's better to put a bit more than you think at first, then you can trim it later with a razor blade and...
• Re: 2.1L WBX high pressure oil switch - removal
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Tue, 8 Dec 2015 11:30:47 -0800
  ...A 15/16th sochet fits >> perfect, but every socket I looked at is either to short, and the >> blade on the switch interferes with...
• Re: rear hatch lock failed locked...
  Historical mailing list - Grungy
  Sat, 22 Mar 2014 10:52:35 -0500
  ...Swiss army knife short blade to cut off the plastic fasteners to remove the inner liner. Could then see that the power lock actuator...
• Re: Fuse Box 85 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Sat, 22 Jun 2013 14:50:18 -0400
  ...d like to know if there is a fuse box with blade fuses for my 85 Vanagon. > -- > "Until one has loved an animal, a...
• Re: Strangest thing you've found in a new bus?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Rotblatt
  Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:05:20 -0800
  ...the one I lost 30 years ago that I loved - 2 blades, can & bottle openers. scissors, awl, phillips screwdriver and it still had the...
• Re: Stuck accelerator at throttle body
  Historical mailing list - Roger VanTill
  Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:34:37 -0400
  ...I've cleaned the torque spring that sits on > top of the throttle body with carb cleaner and a blade to remove the years...
• Re: Removing Stickers
  Historical mailing list - Bill Hays
  Wed, 8 Jul 1998 07:13:48 -0600
  ...Sometimes the vinyl part of the decal becomes brittle and you can use your fingernail or get a plastic razor blade at an auto...
• Re: '80 Westy - Fuel Line Replacement Time
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 23 Jul 2003 23:19:23 -0700
  ...very good shape.) In a tight I've taken a razor blade and cut lower small seals from FI line, works good but long...
• Re: yet another engine choice - VW "twincharger"
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Thu, 29 Sep 2005 21:00:34 -0500
  ...The major significance is that they are positive displacement pumps. >> And can also be flat lobed counter rotating blades,andthey can be gear driven...
• Re: Electric Water Pump (was: Re: Electric Vanagon? Now really useful tips..)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:49:42 -0800
  ...The impeller is 3 inches max in diameter, and only about 3/4 of an inch thick, with perhaps 9 small blades on it...
• Re: Your Outrage
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Thu, 13 Sep 2001 08:53:10 -0700
  ...How could 4-5 men armed with only razor blades take over 150 people? And while passengers wittnessed the terror inflicted on the crew...
• Re: O ring making kit
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sun, 16 Feb 2003 18:41:24 EST
  ...A sharp razor blade is used to cut through both ends at an oblique angle. The angle does not need to be exact as...
• Re: HELP : Window regulator trouble
  Historical mailing list - john Runberg
  Sat, 24 May 2003 18:30:44 -0400
  ...Go find yourself a wide-blade flat screwdriver. Remove the motor from the regulator (it was a tight fit w/ the ratchet, but not...
• Re: front wipers
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:07:47 -0500
  ...front wipers One of the most cost effective things you can do to improve your wiper blades is to use RainX on your windshield...
• Re: Loss of head lights, wipers and rear heater blower
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 26 Dec 2013 09:57:03 -0800
  ...For the > quick solution you need both a phillips and a flat blade screwdriver. > 2 phillips screws to remove the lower cover from the...
• Cockpit carpet removal, vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 10 Mar 2016 00:01:49 -0500
  ...use a flat bladed putty knife and a hairdryer. along the front of the pedestals remove the plastic triangular trim piece, and use the...
• Re: /f Regional Oddities
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 2 Jan 1996 19:20:02 -0600
  ...below the level of the road surface, thereby escaping the long blade of the >plow. > >Norman "I've got 50 series tires on my...
• [FIX] Instrument Housing Repair
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 29 Sep 2002 21:09:46 -0500
  ...Something with a blade and good handle. Procedure: Rough up the area around where the boss is broken out. There must be grooved surface...
• Re: Microscopic corrosion on electrical contacts
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 15 Jun 2023 01:08:02 +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: clear plastic bras
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 15 Dec 1999 07:47:20 -0600
  ...It was a very good protector for leading edges of helicopter rotor blades. The auto racing industry picked up on it, because it would...
• Re: upgrading door speakers
  Historical mailing list - Geoff Wilke
  Tue, 22 May 2001 21:19:24 -0700
  ...With a flat blade, I popped the door covering off of the door from the front so that I got good access to the...
• Re: alternative carburetion of FI 2.0 Liter vanagon engine???
  Historical mailing list - Bob Elliott
  Wed, 7 Sep 2005 20:24:22 -0700
  ...fuel I'm seeing loads of folks walking, >riding bikes, roller blades, scooters and my neighbor is talking about >buying a Vespa for short...
• Re: radiator grill
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:30:40 -0700
  ...Maybe a tightly bent blade of a common >> screwdriver? >> >> Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@mac.com> wrote: >> >> > the lower grill has 4-6 screws that thread...
• Re: IT WORKS!!! Mostly
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sun, 17 Jun 2007 06:52:11 -0700
  ...They would not spring closed on the ECU blade contacts reliably any more. Some of them even had evidence of arcing. A few minutes...
• Re: How to remove Vanagon battery?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 24 Jun 2002 18:14:08 -0500
  ...Also tried using a pair of long flat-blade screwdrivers to > ease it > out. Also no luck. > > Such a simple task, and the manuals...
• Re: bus bars for bus (engine conversion wiring questions)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 10 Feb 2003 12:50:58 -0800
  ...Has fusible links and blade type fuses. Alistair -- '82 Westy -> diesel converted to gas in '94 albell@uvic.ca http://members.shaw.ca/albell...
• Re: necessary vanagon accessory - trenching shovel
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 29 Nov 2013 10:00:06 -0600
  ...one enough often they'll crack near the rivets in the blade. > Mine is welded there. > I prefer the threaded colar system to lock...
• Of wipers, windshields, and gas-station attendents...
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Tower
  Fri, 13 Jan 95 11:27:44 CST
  ...from dirt and such. (Do not use with brand new wiper blades, creates this ugly gray smear as they take off the initial coating...
• Re: Electrical Question: Adding charger ports for accecories
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:53:46 -0500
  ...I'd recommend for that to install a polarized two-blade socket (boat places have them for trailer wiring, but they're not set...
• Re: A sturdy little fuse box?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:11:23 -0400
  ...Who's got a nice selection of sturdy little fuseboxes? The new fusebox needn't use them stock Vanagon pointy fuses, blade types would...
• Re: autotrans (again)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Diebolt
  Tue, 04 Feb 1997 22:15:43 -0500
  ...Then take a hack saw blade without the handle and cut through the bushing being careful not to cut into the steel portion of...
• Re: R.Power Window Won't Budge:'90 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Nigel Bennett
  Thu, 3 Aug 2000 09:37:22 +0200
  ...Don't know how your connections look, but mine have 2 input plastic connectors (blade type) and 2 smaller plastic output connectors (cylindrical type...
• Re: cluster troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 5 Jun 2012 09:24:25 -0400
  ...is polyester - you may have an easier time with a belly-blade X-Acto knife, either coming in at a very shallow angle or...
• Adding Dometic Fans by Bill Davidson
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Tue, 27 Apr 1999 08:42:49 -0700
  ...Because the mounts of these Fridgemate fans hold the blades out further from the back of the fridge, I was concerned about clearance between...
• Re: Ovaled Radius Arm Hole Repair
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:28:27 -0700
  ...Probably a higher tooth count blade would have helped. Anyway.... once I got started cutting things with the hacksaw I just kept at it...
• Re: Seat Belt hardly retracts
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Sat, 15 May 1999 11:15:18 -0700
  ...A hot knife (soldering iorn with a blade tip or just a knife heated with a flame) can be used to melt the edges...
• FS: 1988 Vanagon GL Auto
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Fri, 22 Apr 2005 18:39:30 -0400
  ...Front and rear wipers have fairly new blades. Body in good condition, with one dent/scratch on sliding door, and various small dents and...
• Re: side door window knob tightening
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 8 Oct 2016 19:25:46 -0700
  ...So bent flat bladed driver will work. Or, one of those 1/4" drive short slot screw drivers. Don't use it in the...
• Re: PS pump switch, engine compartment wiring harness, ECU, starter
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 10 Feb 2016 14:34:19 -0800
  ...http://www.powerwerx.com/fuses-circuit-protection/crimpable-inline-atc-ato-blade-fuse-holder.html#desc . On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 3:52...
• window trim
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 19 Jan 1995 12:24:51 -0800 (PST)
  ...one broad bladed to open up the rubber and one to push the filler strip down and into place. Wiping washing-up liquid over...
• window trim
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 19 Jan 1995 12:24:51 -0800 (PST)
  ...one broad bladed to open up the rubber and one to push the filler strip down and into place. Wiping washing-up liquid over...
• Re: vanagon 15" rims and tires
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Wed, 1 Apr 1998 14:32:13 -0500
  ...Also, > i checked with discount tire and along with the mercedes replica rim, the TSW > Hockenheim R and the TSW Blade rim will also...
• Re: Circuit tester, was Re: D15 connector revealed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 6 Nov 2011 20:28:46 -0800
  ...Littlefuse brand blade fuses have exposed contacts at the exposed head of the fuse that you can get at with needle probes. Or if...
• Re: leaving fuel injector cleaner in the tank for nine months
  Historical mailing list - Raceingcajun
  Tue, 3 Jan 2006 08:29:50 -0600
  ...7) Remove wiper blades. 8) Putting window shades on the inside of glass if parked outside. 9) Depending on the parking location, inside, heated...
• Re: Question about front heater core removal... blower motor wires
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Wed, 5 Mar 2008 23:08:08 -0500
  ...The power wire from the fuse panel to the fan switch connector can be released from the connector shell with a jewelers flat blade...
• Re: Improve comfort of Buddy Heater
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Wed, 16 Nov 2022 12:44:13 -0800
  ...Is that because the fan > > speed is so low that they can't injure, or because the fan blades are of > a > > soft material...
• Re: hole saws/floor cutting
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 22 Jan 2005 20:13:40 -0500
  ...I'll always find a use for it or other blades if I find a great one that allows blade changes and if I...
• Re: '81 Vanagon - Front Window Scrapers
  Historical mailing list - Geoffrey Toye
  Fri, 25 Jun 2021 21:48:35 -0400
  ...I cut them either > with a Dremel tool with a cut off wheel or a single edged razor blade in a > holder like guillotine...
• Re: Fuse Box 85 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 22 Jun 2013 14:36:14 -0400
  At 01:52 PM 6/22/2013, Jon Durham wrote: >I'd like to know if there is a fuse box with blade fuses...