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• Re: total seal ring end gap on 95mm pistons?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 3 Aug 2003 21:43:12 -0500
  ...013" (T.S.) >oil scraper: .037" (bentley)/ .015 min. (T.S.) > >Now so far, the uppers and oil scrapers seem fine per >T.S...
• Re: Westy Shelf Tip & question
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 3 Apr 2013 11:34:10 -0700
  ...Some kind of vinyl? And, a rigid 3" scraper with a sharpened edge really helps too. On 4/3/13, neil n <musomuso@gmail...
• Re: Van-Cafe fuel-line firewall adapter
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 29 Oct 2010 02:24:53 -0500
  Man, some folks are made of money, aren't they? I could buy 2 of the high tech Ice Mater windshield scrapers for the...
• Re: DIY windshield de-icing solution?
  Historical mailing list - TonyCollin
  Sun, 9 Feb 2014 23:41:18 -0500
  ...Really even in Michigan where winters are famously cold I always used a scraper to get started and let the heater do the rest...
• Re: Availability of replacement dish drainers?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:38:41 -0700
  ...A paint > scraper would get globbed up in a second, with thick strands of this > substance between the lifted scraper and the stuff remaining...
• Re: Westy Shelf Tip & question
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 3 Apr 2013 11:48:46 -0700
  ...On 4/3/13, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > And, a rigid 3" scraper with a sharpened edge really helps too. > > On 4...
• Re: Driver/Passenger window seals
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 9 Apr 2016 22:15:02 -0500
  ...Two of the retaining clips pulled out of the door when the inside scraper was removed. Only way to get those back in the...
• Re: rear hatch panel clip removal on 90 Carat
  Historical mailing list - hunnam
  Mon, 3 Oct 2005 08:57:27 +1000
  ...The only way is to sharpen an old paint scraper ( mine was a 2" wide steel blade and using as much force as necessary...
• Removing South African Grill
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Sun, 7 Nov 1999 19:48:31 -0500
  ...Mine is on wicked tight and a little gentle prying with a paint scraper didn't do the trick. Before I use some more...
• Re: Another solvent question
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 14 Sep 2004 14:39:07 -0500
  ...I'm not about to aim a razor scraper at my fingers. Stan Wilder More Power with Performance Coatings http://www.engineceramics.com --- Outgoing...
• Re: Hard water spots on Westy windows
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 30 Aug 2004 23:37:36 +1200
  ...Same goes for a razor scraper blade - always use >new on glass. It is a fact that softer materials will abrade harder. It's...
• Re: How to remove tree sap (it's almost Friday!)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 19 Jun 2015 21:56:11 -0700
  I sometimes use a small plastic (Lexan, actually) scraper I made...just a scrap of Lexan with a bevel sanded onto the ends...I...
• Re: DIY windshield de-icing solution?
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Sun, 9 Feb 2014 16:42:13 -0800
  ...My handy-dandy ice scraper just slides over it. I get >>>> good results using the aerosol can of de-icing solution, but I wonder...
• Re: DIY windshield de-icing solution?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 9 Feb 2014 18:29:53 -0500
  ...A scraper with a metal edge will help a lot with the tough stuff. They also make window washer with a de-icer that...
• Re: Door window scrapers
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 25 Jun 2010 21:24:46 -0700
  IIRC GoWesty sells them. Not sure who else has them. Your van may not have had them originally. They were on the late 87...
• Re: 90 Westfalia poptop flocking decay
  Historical mailing list - EarthNOW!
  Wed, 25 Jul 2001 20:45:28 -0700
  ...We are removing it with a scraper and respraying the ceiling with a product similar to "Zolotone". We have the top off of the...
• Re: Another solvent question
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 14 Sep 2004 12:37:16 -0700
  ...m talking about. >I'm not about to aim a razor scraper at my fingers. > > Oh, I am sure you are right! That's...
• Re: end of camping season????
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Mon, 20 Sep 2004 19:16:07 -0800
  ...I turned it over, put it in front of the westy door, and > now I have a great, light, compact boot scraper. STOMP, STOMP...
• Re: Sea to Shining Sea In a Graham Paige Mdl. 57 Blue Streak or a 365 GTB/4
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:14:11 -0700
  ...on a cassette tale box made > the > world's best ice scraper on that flat windshield. ;) > > Bryan > -- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender...
• Re: DIY windshield de-icing solution?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Mon, 10 Feb 2014 09:56:41 -0500
  ...My handy-dandy ice scraper just slides over it. I get >>>> good results using the aerosol can of de-icing solution, but I wonder...
• Re: Where to get A-pillar Molding / was Door window scrapers
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 1 Jul 2010 06:52:04 -0700
  On Jul 1, 2010, at 4:28 AM, mikes@flatsurface.com (Mike S) wrote: > At 06:35 AM 7/1/2010, BenT Syncro wrote...
• Re: Cleaning corroded connectors
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sun, 13 Apr 2003 10:56:35 EDT
  ...Scrape the bore of the connector with a machinists 3-corner scraper. Don't have one? Grind a used-up file into one. Don...
• Re: DIY windshield de-icing solution?
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Sun, 9 Feb 2014 11:10:29 -0800
  ...My handy-dandy ice scraper just slides over it. I get > good results using the aerosol can of de-icing solution, but I wonder...
• Braising in our Aircooled, was: Brrr - is it always so cold in a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Mon, 17 Jan 2000 09:20:07 -0500
  ...If you think your cold now borrow a friends air-cooled vanagon and drive it for a week (don't forget your ice scraper...
• Parts wanted
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wyatt
  Sun, 18 Jul 2010 15:08:15 -0600
  ...I'm looking for a left and a right, bottom exterior window scrapers that accepts the chrome strip. Doesn't have to be like...
• Re: Goopy stuff on dish drainer
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:21:04 -0400
  ...And/or a razor-blade scraper. Could try freezing it piecemeal with "canned air" held upside down -- might scrape off clean then. Yours, David
• Re: Driver/Passenger window seals
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Sun, 10 Apr 2016 16:46:41 -0500
  ...Two of the retaining clips pulled out of the door when the inside scraper was removed. Only way to get those back in the...
• Window Seals, scrapers, etc, etc
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 25 Nov 2005 23:18:15 -0600
  Well, I got started on a maintenance program and the items in the project keep increasing in number. First Power Steering Rack, then muffler...
• Re: How to Remove Front Door Glass? (Bentley is not Helpful)
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 29 Jun 2006 22:46:28 -0700
  I think you may need to take the other scraper off. My initial memory of the process is slightly in error. The 90 degree...
• Re: scraping glue in the sun
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 1 Aug 2011 23:14:56 -0700
  ...glue from the >> plywood, I found that using a sharp paint scraper to remove most of >> the bubblegum-like glue, followed by a random...
• Re: DIY windshield de-icing solution?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Mon, 10 Feb 2014 12:10:36 -0600
  ...Not even a premium Lexan windshield scraper will remove that kinda ice. On Feb 10, 2014 12:00 AM, "Jeff Palmer" <jpalmer@mymts.net...
• Re: DIY windshield de-icing solution?
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Sun, 9 Feb 2014 21:01:37 -0800
  ...Really even in Michigan where winters are famously cold I always used a scraper to get started and let the heater do the rest...
• Re: scraping glue in the sun
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 1 Aug 2011 20:52:15 -0500
  ...glue from the plywood, I found that using a sharp paint scraper to remove most of the bubblegum-like glue, followed by a random...
• Unreal oil consumption on diesel Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Gary A Meek
  Wed, 27 Aug 1997 00:23:25 -0600
  ...My question is then, can the compression rings be good, but the oil scraper ring fouled or broken? Alternatively, can the valve stem seals...
• Re: DIY windshield de-icing solution?
  Historical mailing list - ANTONY MARSH
  Mon, 10 Feb 2014 12:08:27 -0500
  ...My handy-dandy ice scraper just slides over it. I get >>>>> good results using the aerosol can of de-icing solution, but I wonder...
• Re: HEAT glorious heat!!!
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Fri, 15 Feb 2002 13:11:54 EST
  ...We could speculate about this forever; the only way to know for sure is to sharpen up your ice scraper for the inside of...
• Wind noises 'round the door - Followup
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Sun, 25 Jun 2006 08:00:00 -0700
  ...I re-did all the seals and scrapers on both doors, but not the door seal itself, and the problem is gone. Posted for...
• Re: Removing old window tint film
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Mon, 4 Feb 2002 20:00:26 -0800
  ...Removing old window tint film > > Entity Vanagon Man spoke thus: > >> I want to remove the window tint film > Razor blade scraper. Use a vacuum...
• stripping the undercarriage
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 23 Apr 1995 10:23:18 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Well, with a plastic scraper, a screwdriver, and a wire-brush, it took me 3 hours to clean up, oh say... 10% of the...
• Removing very old stickers from glass.How?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 6 Apr 92 14:51:43
  ...I am afraid of using a scraper in case of scratching the glass. Anyone got any ideas? Of course if they were Grateful Dead...
• Re: best method/chemical/tool to remove very old pinstripe material
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:14:07 -0700
  ...experience do you have removing the old pinstriping? Goo Gone & > plastic scraper? Mineral Spirits? Razor blade? Rubber eraser wheel on > drill? > > Please give me...
• Re: Window rubber replacement
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sat, 30 Mar 2013 15:28:46 -0700
  ...Non Chrome Style http://www.airheadparts.com/vintage-vw-parts/vanagon-door-window-scraper-slot-seal/seal-dr-wdw-slot-lft-outer-right-inner...
• Re: tool identification request
  Historical mailing list - George Wietor
  Mon, 17 Feb 2003 13:32:36 -0500
  Bearing scraper. George -----Original Message----- From: Alistair Bell [mailto:albell@UVIC.CA] Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 12:07 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON...
• Re: Over spray care
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 9 Apr 2021 13:16:05 -0400
  ...If your overspray is thick, you might use a plastic scraper first, and maybe one of those sponges wrapped with nylon mesh. Isopropyl alcohol...
• Re: How to remove rear wheel well stone guards?
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Fri, 6 Oct 2006 14:35:05 -0700
  ...ve been cracked > and discolored. > > fingernail or credit card (as a scraper) and a hairdryer. and a lot of time. any other way and...
• RE What is a Zamboni
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  29 Apr 1996 11:27:43 -0700
  ...Immediately behind the scraper blade, a thin fim of water is laid down to freeze to a new smooth ice surface. The particular machine...
• Re: DIY windshield de-icing solution?
  Historical mailing list - TonyCollin
  Mon, 10 Feb 2014 00:06:29 -0500
  ...Really even in Michigan where winters are famously cold I always used a scraper to get started and let the heater do the rest...
• Re: total seal ring end gap on 95mm pistons?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 3 Aug 2003 21:19:18 -0400
  ...upper: .035" (bentley)/ .020" (T.S.) middle: .035" (bentley)/ .013" (T.S.) oil scraper: .037" (bentley)/ .015 min. (T.S.) Now so far, the...
• Re: DIY windshield de-icing solution?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 9 Feb 2014 17:12:27 -0800
  ...My handy-dandy ice scraper just slides over it. I get >>>>> good results using the aerosol can of de-icing solution, but I wonder...
• cold weather package?
  Historical mailing list - Robyn Rudisill
  Fri, 28 Jan 2000 14:20:08 -0800
  ...spot), started the van, turned on the rear defroster, grabbed the scraper (which I only own because we spent a couple of years in...
• Re: Front door window rubbers
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 11 Aug 2005 21:06:31 -0500
  ...bottom two seal, do you mean the two inner > and outer scrapers? If yes how do you do that? I have been puttign > that...
• Re: Wrist pin removal was Re: Wrist pin dimensions.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 21 May 2010 14:12:56 -0500
  Just use a triangular machinists scraper and you can peel the burr right off. Jim On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 1:56 PM...
• Re: How to Remove Front Door Glass? (Bentley is not Helpful)
  Historical mailing list - Cary Chiang
  Fri, 30 Jun 2006 03:12:18 +0200
  ...I still have the lower inner scraper installed, to prevent scratching my window tint on the metal window frame. Now if I could remove...
• Re: winter in a VW
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Mon, 6 Dec 2004 12:09:50 -0500
  ...and all cross the land, bus owners are driving with ice scrapers in hand. They're scraping without and they're scraping within, to...
• Re: flush kit woes
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 9 Sep 1996 22:17:04 PST
  ...the radiator rodded out and I had to pull a round >scraper >thru the pipes to get out some kind of crud stuck inside...
• Re: tool identification request
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Mon, 17 Feb 2003 14:31:34 -0500
  This tool looks like a bed or bearing scraper to me. By this I mean for the hand scraping of a machine tool bed...
• Re: cleaning glass
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 1 Apr 2009 17:59:17 -0700
  Any alkali deposits or any such thing (on glass), use a razor scraper. DO NOT use a 3M green scratch pad. Glass is harder...
• Re: Removing very old stickers from glass.How?
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Sat, 06 Apr 1996 12:00:34 -0800
  ...by mm leaving >gunk/smear. >I am afraid of using a scraper in case of scratching the glass. Anyone got any >ideas? I've...
• Re: Toolkit
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Tue, 23 Nov 1999 11:36:06 -0500
  ...you can get the key in the lock) - a window ice scraper - an emergency sleeping bag - some chocolate bars or Christmas cake (for energy...
• Re: [Syncro] syncro fuel tank fire blanket?
  Historical mailing list - Karl M.
  Sun, 13 Aug 2000 20:36:45 -0400
  ...Just used a wide scraper / putty knife to remove it. I washed the dirt off with plain old soap and water. Then let it...