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• Re: Curtain track screws
  Historical mailing list - Chris Szpejankowski
  Thu, 25 Jun 2015 16:00:13 -0400
  Go to an old hardware shop and check out their à la carte screw section. Wysłane z iPhone'a Dnia 24 cze 2015 o...
• Re: Another side window question
  Historical mailing list - Mark Mages
  Mon, 1 Jun 1998 10:49:41 -0500
  Slotted I used a screwdriver bit from my drill and a 1/4" crescent to tighten it. Don't lose the screw - a replacement...
• Re: how to fix cracked intrument cluster housings where speedo/tach mount to cluster
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 28 Apr 2007 07:41:27 -0400
  ...after 15-25 years, its inevitable. > >i remove the speedo or tach, and remove the screws. > >then i coat the screw lightly with grease...
• Re: Curtain track screws
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 24 Jun 2015 19:28:39 -0700
  Those little screws have come loose in my van, not gripping the wood. Queefed out hole. So to fix that poke a flat toothpick...
• Re: Sliding Door Problems
  Historical mailing list - H. Steven Dolan
  Thu, 16 May 1996 11:21:11 -0400 (EDT)
  ...It screws into a long piece of metal that > runs the length of the track. When you loosen the screw, you then tap the...
• Re: 83.5 Westy Missing slider door inside lever retaining screw THANKS!
  Historical mailing list - David Richoux
  Mon, 5 Dec 2005 13:07:17 -0800
  ...no retaining screw! I >> have no idea when or where the screw was lost, nothing in my "hell- >> box" of old screws fits. >> I...
• jammed driver seat
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Fri, 30 Jun 2006 20:38:21 -0700
  My driver seat is totally stuck - - - the screws are loose and you can see them hanging in the track, even lifting the seat so...
• Re: Black oxide finish on stainless steel
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 22 May 2007 14:43:53 -0700
  ...Blackend STainless Screws Why go to all the effort of changing over to screws, why not just go to your local VW parts counter...
• Tail lamp assembly mounting screw
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Sat, 26 Jun 2010 10:51:17 -0700
  I'm missing one of the tail light assembly mounting screws so I paid a visit to my friendly ACE Hardware to see if...
• Re: Black oxide finish on stainless steel
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 23 May 2007 05:59:51 EDT
  ...I think Vw used washers to prevent the paint from chipping when the screw is tightened against the paint.2 screws to attach the...
• Re: Coolant leak...the story continues...
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Tue, 6 Dec 94 10:22:41 PST
  ...Carpet wet by rear seat - heat exchanger bleeder screw broken > > The plastic bleeder screw for the rear heat exchanger may be broken due to...
• Vent window loose
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Wed, 13 Sep 2006 20:30:14 -0400
  The previous poster was right in his description, it is a screw that is hard to get to. I have tightened the screws on...
• AFM with no CO screw
  Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
  Sat, 7 May 2005 11:02:50 -0500
  ...I pulled the black cap that covers the CO adjustment screw to find that there is no screw under it! Have any of you...
• Re: Easier way to fix worn tracks in AFM - Method 2
  Historical mailing list - JM/CO
  Mon, 17 Jun 2002 12:11:57 -0400
  ...So, get the dremel, or a small file, and operate on the area of the screw shaft, to a distance down from the screw...
• Re: Coolant under rear bench carpet
  Historical mailing list - Neal R. Denison, Jr.
  Sun, 05 Jan 1997 10:47:45 -0600
  Victor, The heater has a plastic bleeder screw that fails. As long as you have a mess you might want to start it up...
• Re: Sears Tools
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:55:39 -0400
  ...a 10mm, a 13mm werench, a regular screw driver and phillips head screw driver,and a 17mm socket.:>0 Get a 27mm deep socket...
• Re: Curtain track screws
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 25 Jun 2015 16:49:46 -0700
  ...I used these screws to fix the curtain railing on my weekender (sold now)... I hope this will help.. http://www.homedepot.com/p...
• Screws That Hold Down Canvas
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 24 Aug 2014 23:30:33 -0700
  Anyone know of a source for the itty-bitty screws that go through the aluminum tracks that hold down the canvas on a 90...
• Curtain track screws
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Wed, 24 Jun 2015 17:12:20 -0700
  Does anyone know the exact size of the curtain track screws? I was thinking that maybe I should get the new ones slightly wider...
• Re: Help !! stripped screw
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Wed, 27 May 1998 18:59:09 -0400
  > While trying to take off my window crank knob > I stripped the head of the screw that attaches the handle to the crank > mechanism...
• Throttle Valve Stop Screw Adjustment.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 3 Jul 2012 15:38:53 -0700
  ...The idle stop screw had red adhesive keeping it in place. I am checking, resetting this screw and will reapply adhesive of some kind...
• Re: sliding window latch removal
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 20 Jul 2002 07:28:41 -0400
  ...I used a cheap old long >shaft screwdriver and bent it with a vise. If they >made that screw a phillips head it would...
• Re: Can't open brake bleeder screw!
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Fri, 18 Sep 1998 08:47:36 -0400
  ...Can't open brake bleeder screw! > > > Just when my brake fluid change was going well the bleeder > screw LR wheel > will not budge! I...
• Re: Ignition Switch
  Historical mailing list - Kurtis Thomas
  Tue, 31 Aug 1999 21:36:45 EDT
  ...then remove the 2 screw that hold the turnsignal assmbly and connector, then rnove the lower steering shavft cover(2 screws) and 1 small...
• Re: Canvas Replacement: Remove Upper Bed Help?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 4 Mar 2013 21:55:24 -0800
  ...rear screws. Had wondered if a flexible attachment on a Dremel tool might do but it seems a good cordless screwdriver with 90� head...
• Re: side door window knob tightening
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 8 Oct 2016 22:50:20 -0400
  Hi alistair, OK, it must be the latch to glass as the only place a flat screw driver goes is very tighte and I...
• Re: Missing window crank screws... what size?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 5 Dec 2005 13:46:26 -0800
  > Who knows what size screw attaches the window crank to its fitting on > the inside of the front doors? > > I've finally purchased cranks...
• spring clamps (was Front Heater Control Valve Replacement Tricks?)
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Wed, 24 May 2000 20:56:39 -0700
  ...There are full circle contact screw clamps available, & more rare still screw clamps that have a spring under the screw to maintain tension. Austin
• Bentley/Brake Bleeding Question
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Thu, 27 Sep 2001 21:26:28 EDT
  ...What the heck is this upper and lower thing on the front? The illustrations on 47.4 and 47.5 show a bleeder screw...
• Re: sliding door handle screw
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 Nov 95 12:29:39 EST
  BrianI, When you install the new screw for your sliding door handle, make sure you use some LocTight or ThreadLoc or whatever it's...
• Re: Special Screwdriver Source
  Historical mailing list
  21 Aug 96 10:08:54 PDT
  ...compression tester for $25. > > Found the special screwdriver that retains the screw, invaluable for > > the points screw. $6 I already have one, they're...
• Fw: Re: Interior noise, how much is normal
  Historical mailing list - Roy O.
  Wed, 26 Jan 2000 09:34:21 -0600
  ...get a Phillips screwdriver and spend and hour or two simply tightening every screw you can find. I did this last millenium on my...
• Re: Black oxide finish on stainless steel
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 23 May 2007 05:49:35 EDT
  ...American sized screws wont fit. The #12 is just a tiny bit too small.The screw spins and spins after the screw seats. The...
• Re: Flush & Fill & Fan Switch questions
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 31 Jul 2002 12:47:49 -0700
  ...These are the square things the screws were screwed into. The screws make them expand behind the holes they are pushed into. Mark Marla...
• Re: Countersunk screws on latch on rear of the sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Dan Lamb
  Thu, 5 Dec 2019 07:25:28 -0800
  I would suggest a drop of loctite blue on the screw threads. This can still be removed by hand tools. The red version needs...
• [off-topic] screw-head decoder ring
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 17 Dec 2010 19:14:02 -0800
  ...dan@geer.org > > Subject: [T2] [off-topic] screw-head decoder ring > > [off-topic] screw-head decoder ring > > http://www.instructables.com/id/When-a...
• Re: stainless truss head screws for poptop
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 18 May 2005 23:19:40 -0700
  ...each screw to get more details, ie: > > "Truss Head Screws are also knows as oven head or stove head screws, > Truss Head Screws have...
• Re: Curtain track screws
  Historical mailing list - Julianna Elligsen
  Wed, 24 Jun 2015 17:57:27 -0700
  ...They are an old school hardware store! The screws are very specific, as the head has to go thru the edge of the track...
• Fix for loose battery terminals
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Hutton
  Sun, 4 Dec 1994 18:29:30 -0700 (MST)
  ...take a wood screw and screw it in between the terminal and the connection. Be sure not to use too long of a screw...
• stainless steel screw kits
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 16 Aug 2006 08:37:45 -0700
  stainless steel screw kits Here are some photos of teh screw kit. More will be sent in another posting. These kits are avaliable now...
• Re: Rear Heater core leaking (help)!
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 29 Sep 1997 08:14:53 CDT
  ...Carpet wet by rear seat - heat exchanger bleeder screw broken The plastic bleeder screw for the rear heat exchanger may be broken due to...
• HOW TO CLEAN YOUR LUGGAGE RACK a step by step procedure
  Historical mailing list - Ray-Corp
  Tue, 7 Oct 1997 20:08:47 -0400
  ...Remove all screws and bent roof bracket. Try screws again. Hah, no luck. Wonder if roof will fly off with only 3 screws. Not...
• Bye for now, 86 Vent window fix
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 1 Jul 1996 20:23:36 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Turn the screw Towards the FRONT of the car. Turning the other way will unscrew the screw and you. I tightened the screw so...
• Brake Fluid Bleed Questions
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Mitch Daughtry
  Sat, 16 Nov 1996 17:59:44 -0500
  ...I only see a single bleed screw on the front caliper. Is this the only bleed screw in the front? If not, is that...
• Re: Curtain behind wardrobe >>>>> Set Free
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Thu, 7 Mar 2002 08:23:28 -0800
  Hey Larry, If you come up with any brilliant ideas on screw retrieval, let me know. Hypothetically, I might have dropped one of the...
• Re: map pocket repair
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:10:29 -0700
  > My map pocket has most of the plastic pieces where the screws hold > the pocket to the drivers door broken. Has anyone else repaired...
• Re: Brake Fluid Bleed Questions
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 16 Nov 1996 18:52:48 -0800
  ...I only see a >single bleed screw on the front caliper. Is this the only bleed screw in the >front? If not, is that...
• Re: Berg Shifter TOP
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 11 Mar 2004 11:28:09 -0700
  ...Berg has a set screw retained ring on the shaft to position the spring. " ...and the Berg package even provides the drill bit to...
• Overheating while bleeding?
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Tue, 26 Aug 2003 00:11:54 -0400
  ...Anyways, before getting any coolant out of the thermostat bleed screw or radiator bleed screw, my coolant boils over! What a mess! Thoughts? Bad...
• power window motor, etc.
  Historical mailing list - The CiKaspers
  Fri, 3 Aug 2001 18:13:46 -0700
  ...the grease protected the screw mechanism pretty well, but the seal on the motor side of the screw was rock hard and thus completely...
• Re: Tail lamp assembly mounting screw
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Sat, 26 Jun 2010 11:23:54 -0700
  ...Tail lamp assembly mounting screw > I'm missing one of the tail light assembly mounting screws so I paid a > visit to my friendly...
• how to fix cracked intrument cluster housings where speedo/tach mount to cluster
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:56:50 EST
  nearly all vanagon instument clusters are going to have some of the screw bosses cracked where the speedometer or tach screws into the back...
• Re: Small Screws for curtain rods
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Tue, 26 Sep 2000 11:20:10 -0700
  ...The screw head on these screws is very tiny. > >Currently the curtain tracks in my van are held in by friction, they > >frequently fall...
• Re: Two emblems on back of Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - James
  Wed, 19 Mar 2014 20:49:38 -0400
  I didn't think the screws were original - they're little Robertson machine screws, not the right size or shape to attach any sort...
• Re: air vent repair
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 21 Sep 1995 14:27:33 EST
  ...As you said the screws which hold the flap to the shaft come loose. I noticed that the screws were NOT locating on the...
• Re: couple brake job questions (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - David E Most
  Mon, 8 Jul 1996 21:55:16 -0400
  ...Ok, just to make sure about the order of things.....I open the bleed screw (is this actually a screw or nut?) and let...
• Re: Exhaust Screw back in place
  Historical mailing list - **WeRd**
  Tue, 01 Oct 1996 20:39:53 -0400 (EDT)
  borrowed a screwdriver???? woah. On Tue, 1 Oct 1996 snuggles@vnet.ibm.com wrote: > hey now, > > i borrowed a screwdriver and was able to...
• Re: poptop Stainless Steel Screws
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 3 Jun 2006 06:25:59 -0600
  ...I'm presuming that you're talking about the phillips screws that hold the canvas on? bob Subject: poptop Stainless Steel Screws > Where can...
• Re: Timing and hot starts (not)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 12 Jul 2012 22:56:54 -0400
  ...I wonder what screw you're talking about. The idle adjust screw is a plug about half an inch across with a big screw...
• Re: Need a pop top hinge screw to send to a bolt manufacturer
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 4 Aug 2006 18:48:42 -0700
  Roger, I'm still waiting for a price on the Westy Weekender Stainless Steel screw set. And I'd like to hear the current...