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• Re: loose cigarette lighter
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:34:06 -0400
  ...that looks like a small screwdriver but it has a hook on the end instead of a screwdriver blade). Simply hook the metal sleeve...
• Re: side door window knob tightening
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 8 Oct 2016 22:50:20 -0400
  ...amazon.com/TEKTON-2944-Offset-Screwdriver-3-Piece/dp/B000NY8OQU <https://www.amazon.com/TEKTON-2944-Offset-Screwdriver-3-Piece/dp/B000NY8OQU> <https://www...
• Re: Torque value for thermo switch on WBX rad?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 1 Mar 2008 12:19:18 -0800
  ...ca> wrote: > Hi Neil. > > Maybe not wrenches, but there are torque screwdrivers. I recently > discovered this when I started a new job servicing wide...
• Re: Electrical discharging a capacitor
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Sat, 2 Jul 2005 12:52:10 -0700
  I was taught in school to use a screwdriver. Touch the tip to one terminal, and lay the shaft down across the others. It...
• Re: Change a VW Fan Belt In 5 Seconds?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:17:49 -0500
  ...Anyway, guess you gotta be pretty quick with the screwdriver. Michael in San Antonio 91GL AT 'Gringo' 73 Beetle On Mon, Oct 26, 2009...
• Re: Electrical discharging a capacitor
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 2 Jul 2005 19:56:31 -0500
  ...When in the Navy and learning my trade( sonar - had lots of BIG capacitors) , I managed to get a heavy screwdriver across capacitor terminals...
• Re: First Time Rear Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Tue, 6 Jan 2004 11:56:28 -0800
  ...I guess there are some special tools for doing this - maybe something like a bent screwdriver? - but I've always managed just with a...
• Re: 81 won't start in Colorado
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 16 Feb 2003 18:29:16 -0600
  ...Pull a wire off a spark plug, stick a screwdriver into the end of the wire and hold the metal shaft of the screwdriver...
• Re: 2.1 WBX Noise Is?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 21 Oct 2014 09:28:18 -0700
  I actually get better sound transfer placing the end of the screwdriver against the the bone immediately behind my ear. My hearing is pretty...
• Re: removing main engine seal?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Tue, 8 Jun 1999 14:47:31 -0700
  ...I was never able to get enough leverage with any screwdriver I had. I think the seal for the trans can only be removed...
• Re: Back lock to hatch
  Historical mailing list - Art Jury
  Tue, 11 Aug 2015 22:06:46 -0700
  ...Removed rod from actuator and can make it work with a screwdriver but cannot get it to repeatedly work from the out side. Weatherman...
• Door Panel Removal Tool
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 5 Jun 2011 23:42:46 -0500
  ...There has got to be something better and more efficient than a screwdriver. Any suggestions? Thanks, John -- John Rodgers Clayartist and Moldmaker 88'GL...
• Re: Alternative to locking gas cap?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 15 Aug 2009 11:26:31 EDT
  ...the pump jockeys can even open it w/ a screwdriver. no need to risk having them bend your key chris
• Re: Special Screwdriver Source
  Historical mailing list
  21 Aug 96 10:05:08 PDT
  I just called Sears, the details: Name - Screw Starter Stock Number - 41024 (division 9 hardware) - Jeff '80 Westi, '67 Sqbk, '64 Ford Crewcab, '87...
• Paint job $$?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Mages
  Wed, 30 Dec 1998 07:27:54 -0600
  ...children decided that my van was the place to do their artwork with a screwdriver the other day.... the blood boils and I start...
• Re: FW: Starter problems
  Historical mailing list - joe brown
  Mon, 18 Nov 2002 19:56:44 -0800
  Pull the starter, remove the solenoid -snip- My solenoid screws wouldn't budge with a screwdriver. I was ready to drill them out but...
• Re: how do you break into a vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 15 Apr 2004 17:12:02 -0400
  ...You can remove the grill with a screwdriver .... or a dime ... or whatever's handy that'll work. Mike
• Re: how do you break into a vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 15 Apr 2004 19:41:42 -0500
  ...You can get in with a screwdriver, and it will never fall off. You may have to drill the key out for the bolt...
• Re: Temp II Sensor Release
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 29 Dec 2013 20:53:34 -0600
  ...easily you will probably need to > push a ScrewDriverBlade between TheConnector & TheSensor & then give the > ScrewDriver a GentleTwist ~ To remove the Sensor you Pull...
• A genuine NOS Gedore tool for removing ACVW pull switches.
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 Jan 96 13:47:32 +0100
  ...These are screwdriver looking things with a red wooden grip, the guy i bought them from told me they were used for old carradios...
• Re: sliding window lock
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Wed, 22 May 2002 23:53:11 -0700
  ...These are the bits made to put into a screwdriver handle with interchangeable bits so the one handle can be flathead, phillips, allen, etc...
• Re: Stuck brakedrum
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 25 Jul 2004 10:22:28 -0400
  Using a screwdriver or pry bar to remove the drums will bend the backing plate. A bent backing plate will affect the mounting of...
• Re: Steering Column bolts again
  Historical mailing list - Sean Birkner
  Sat, 26 Feb 2000 20:55:33 EST
  ...Use this to make the cones look like slotted screws, then just attack them with a screwdriver bit attached to a ratchet handle. Sean...
• Re: Maybe a dumb question
  Historical mailing list - Pat Callaghan
  Fri, 4 Oct 2002 09:09:19 -0700
  ...It works but you have to use a little screwdriver to turn it off & on. Really do not need it but it would have...
• Re: F$&#$*& Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Paul Rogers
  Sun, 18 May 2003 20:38:21 EDT
  I just did the same procedure on mine........................I just used a very large, maybe 18's long, blade screwdriver as a prying tool...
• Re: How to Pop off Sliding Door Panel
  Historical mailing list - STEVEN G WACKER
  Sun, 14 Sep 1997 18:30:03 -0700
  ...Simply get under the panel with a screwdriver close to the retainer and gently pry is out, should come out very easily. You may...
• Re: Removing Cylinders from head idea!
  Historical mailing list - Blake C. Thornton
  Fri, 24 May 2002 08:39:47 -0600
  ...I'm not sure about the screwdriver idea, but the open end wrench works greak: http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2...
• Re: Tool for removing sliding window latch?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 26 Sep 2014 14:32:54 -0700
  ...wrote: > > I can't get any of my Allen wrenches or screwdrivers to grab anything, and I > can't see anything up the hole...
• Gas cap
  Historical mailing list - Vwbrain
  Thu, 16 Sep 2010 19:05:23 -0400
  I have also seen that the early caps can be opened with a screwdriver,where the later ones thatneed the ingnition key it is...
• Re: Oil Drain Plug Bolt Rounded Off.
  Historical mailing list - Scarlett Semko
  Thu, 3 Jun 1999 05:06:43 -0400
  ...The problem with unscrewing a > tight screw, especially a slotted one, is that the screwdriver wants to slip > out of the slot or bugger...
• Re: Uninstalling SA headlights
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Thu, 25 Oct 2012 23:25:26 -0500
  ...Life becomes very simple when working on the lights when all you need to do is pull out a nut-spinner (screwdriver with a...
• Re: End play (was: Siezed pancake on table)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 26 Mar 1996 16:51:24 -0600 (CST)
  > Take a big flat screwdriver and pry the flywheel away from the case. There > should be a tiny amount of endplay, thunk thunk is...
• Re: Ham radio ?
  Historical mailing list - Phil Baird
  Sat, 1 Mar 2003 16:27:37 -0800
  I'm sure there's a few, including yours truly. ...de Phil, n6qca, in Bakersfield '85 Westy Don Johnson Screwdriver Antenna Icom IC-706...
• Re: Steering Wheel Rasp
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 11 Nov 2006 23:47:54 EST
  ...center of the S/W (I use a small flat blade > screwdriver). just remove the whole horn button. pull out w/ your fingers. lots...
• Re: lost gas cap key
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 23 May 2006 23:43:44 EDT
  ...key than ignition, what do i do???? use the RBS. (really big screwdriver) stick it in the key slot and turn.. works every time..
• Re: A minimal tool kit?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 7 Sep 2010 18:56:43 -0700
  ...One of those plus a couple pairs of pliers (Vise Grips!) and a few screwdrivers is all you'll need. On Tue, Sep 7...
• Re: 2.1 WBX Noise Is?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 21 Oct 2014 10:28:00 -0700
  ...I also have a two foot screwdriver which keeps the danglies out of the engine compartment. I alsays get a kick out of the...
• Exhaust Screw back in place
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 1 Oct 96 17:40:45 EDT
  hey now, i borrowed a screwdriver and was able to get the exhaust screw back in. running fine now. my worry now is what...
• Re: It Begins!!!
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Thu, 21 Aug 2003 19:47:28 -0700
  If you buy a very small flat blade screwdriver and examine the way the pin fits and the little tab that keeps in in...
• Re: A minimal tool kit?
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Wed, 8 Sep 2010 09:42:10 -0400
  ...large, medium and small phillips and slotted screwdrivers 12-pt driver for CV bolts Jewelers screwdrivers. a small bit of emery cloth one packet...
• Re: How to turn the van over from the back
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 13 Jun 2001 08:42:20 -0700
  Yeah, I kept that old screwdriver with all of the arc pits for years! Karl Wolz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Oldenburg" <ELEVENHALF@AOL.COM...
• Re: Vgon Locking gas cap - I hate it!!
  Historical mailing list - Ben Cichowski
  Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:20:49 -0600
  ...I have read about other owners having issues with those lockers, so I just kept the same screwdriver that the PO was nice enough...
• Re: Website for Hard to Find Vanagon Parts on Fryday
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:45:20 -0700
  ...Just ordered the left handed metric screwdriver, they really come in handy for some hard to reach screws.
• Re: Where is the O2 sensor LED reset button?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Vickey
  Sat, 23 Mar 2002 00:09:44 -0500
  ...You will need a small screwdriver, or something similar to push the button in all the way. MJV My T3, T4 Web Page http...
• Re: Door Panel Removal Tool
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 5 Jun 2011 23:02:30 -0700
  ...Looks like a screwdriver with a bend near the tip. It has rounded end and edges with a "v" to catch the stem of...
• HAMS?
  Historical mailing list - Phil Baird
  Sun, 4 Apr 2010 08:11:08 -0700
  ...Right now, running an IC-706 Mk11 with a Tarheel screwdriver. Very pleased. Also running a Microtrac TinyTrack 3 for APRS. Excellent unit. Now...
• door latch problem
  Historical mailing list - Arlene K Sondergaard
  Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:32:37 -0700
  ...Using a couple screwdrivers to manipulate it is all I can do. Is this an easy fix? Thanks, Arlene
• Re: Problem removing grease cap from front wheel???
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:56:58 -0700
  ...or two long beefy slot screwdrivers, lever up on edge of cap. alistair On 14-Aug-09, at 1:38 PM, aaron bright wrote...
• Re: PREPING FOR PAINT JOB ON 87 WESTY
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 7 Mar 2015 10:29:55 -0800
  ...First, >>> I cut a deeper slot for the screwdriver. When using my big screwdriver, >>> part of the screw head broke off so I carefully...
• 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: Temp Gauge -- why did this happen?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 8 May 2012 23:12:28 -0400
  ...He told me >to test the new radiator by jamming a screwdriver through the coils. I'm >not sure I can trust him any...
• removing mirror glass (non-power)
  Historical mailing list - Alex Towner
  Fri, 10 Nov 2006 22:17:31 -0500
  ...I pryed the trim ring off by using a wide flat-bladed screwdriver. By working slowly around the perimeter and loosening a little at...
• Starter problem?
  Historical mailing list - John Schaper
  Tue, 15 Aug 2000 07:50:38 -0700
  ...the key while I crawl under the car and hit the starter with a screwdriver. Is this a bad starter, solenoid, short, or what?
• Vanagon Tool Box
  Historical mailing list - Frank
  Thu, 29 Jan 2004 23:07:13 -0500
  ...Apart from screwdrivers, pliers and duct tape, what are some handy tools/items I should have on hand in case of emergency? Frank
• Re: Looking for a part: the little balls that hold up the dish drainer
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 16 Aug 2004 08:07:28 -0500
  ...Didn't have special tool, filed > notch in center of large flat screwdriver(spare or junky one) > Leon > 85 Subwagen > > Don't know why...
• Re: start of a rear bumper build
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 1 Aug 2013 16:43:21 -0400
  ...the ribs on the transmission literally disentigrated when you hit them with a screwdriver...
• Re: Removing door panel
  Historical mailing list - Ed Wiebe
  Wed, 12 Jul 2006 20:16:20 -0700
  ...Yes, once one sees that little slot to pry with a little screwdriver it comes apart to get to that screw out. I have...
• Re: What tools do you carry in your Bus on a daily basis?
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Thu, 26 Oct 2000 23:32:26 -0400
  ...Various screwdrivers and one of those magnetic bolt-fishing tools with a mirror on the other end. Oil filter wrench, hammer, and 3/8...
• Re: Manual Transmission Drive Flange Seal
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 10 Aug 2014 10:53:33 -0600
  No SpecialTools Needed to change the DriveFlangeSeals ~ It might be Helpful to have CirClip Pliers & a VeryLarge ScrewDriver(to Pry the OldSeal out) & a...
• Re: Keys locked in van
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 10 Jul 2001 19:06:19 +1200
  ...You'd need to carry a short screwdriver or similar implement, or modify the screws so they can be turned by fingertip. Andrew Grebneff...