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• Reviewing what's been done
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:43:46 -0500
  ...on front of vehicle RainX windshields - (2 vans - 88GL) New Wiper Blades - full set (2 Vans) That is the list so far. There is...
• Surepower 1315, auxiliary fuse block, Progressive Dynamics charger, and Vitrifrigo installation questions
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Fri, 1 May 2009 12:12:11 -0400
  ...run wires from the auxiliary battery to a Blue Sea ST blade fuse block (http://bluesea.com/productspecs/5025) to do away with the...
• Re: Blower Fan troubles
  Historical mailing list - Cecil Eastman
  Wed, 2 Dec 2009 16:01:20 -0500
  ...The noise the fan was making was a really bad rattling sound, like something was hitting each blade of the rotor as the fan...
• Re: Door vapor barrier
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 14 Jun 2017 09:07:25 -0600
  ...barrier over it, then just > cut off the excess with a blade. > Got to leave some pocket for the speaker. > Zoltan > > -----Original Message----- > From...
• Re: tips needed for grommet install
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Thu, 18 May 2017 21:57:39 -0400
  ...Work as much of the > grommet's slot into the opening as you can, then use a small flat blade > screwdriver in the slot...
• Re: Blower motor balance
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Sat, 12 Mar 2022 17:33:30 +0100
  ...t be a problem to check noises from motor or fan blades while not yet re-installed in the Van. Put heater box top...
• Re: Help! Stripped trans oil filler plug!
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 16 Apr 2001 12:27:11 -0400
  ...After using screwdriver blades, files, >etc., to clean out the rust and move away the bits of damaged metal >that were protruding into where...
• Re: jumpseat brackets
  Historical mailing list - Jason Kirk
  Tue, 18 May 2004 16:34:26 -0700
  ...The seat back stops just about the bottom of my shoulder blades, but other than that, it's fairly comfortable. Nice not to have...
• Re: best method/chemical/tool to remove very old pinstripe material
  Historical mailing list - Bobby Brown
  Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:09:50 -0500
  ...removing the old pinstriping? Goo Gone & >> plastic scraper? Mineral Spirits? Razor blade? Rubber eraser wheel on >> drill? >> > > > 3M makes chemicals in a spray can...
• Re: Why I love Mercedes Benz but would never own one of their cars
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:00:41 -0600
  ...least $1K each) and a turbocharger with electrically controlled variable pitch blades. This in a vehicle that will return 30-35 mpg ... or in...
• Re: JiffyLube, extras
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Mon, 21 Jun 2004 17:02:34 -0400
  ...Mind you, the same facility had changed my oil once before (and tried to sell me wiper blades... I'll take that as a...
• Re: 87 Syncro axle help needed
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 5 Jun 2002 21:21:30 -0500
  ...driver if you haven't got one. > I use a thin bladed screwdriver to pick out the grease, dirt > combination > then with the Tri...
• Re: Seam rust. Yuck.
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Wed, 19 Apr 2000 22:41:26 -0500
  ...A good utility knife, with retractable blades, and 2 or 3 replacement blades, 6 of the long strips of 80 grit automotive sandpaper some...
• Re: Friday bitch-a-long
  Historical mailing list - Ward Smith
  Fri, 14 Feb 2003 17:32:27 -0800
  ...Owner's that drive Vanagons (and other VW's), other cars, motorcycles, kayaks, roller-blades, etc. They like to talk to other people about...
• Re: lubricating front heater fan
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Sun, 28 Dec 2003 12:11:47 -0500
  ...rod, bent into an artist shape to push on the fan > blades until I got it to move a little. I was then able...
• Re: Low Mileage Syncro Westy for $6,000?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 7 Jul 2005 17:06:42 -0400
  ...S&S header exhaust system > seven horns (wired inline) > oversized wiper blades (21" & 19") > cab window vent inserts > VW logo stove grill inserts > propane...
• Re: mystery hose (FUEL TANK)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 26 Feb 1997 19:41:13 +0000
  ...a second, then cut the hose with a single sided razor blade so you don't break the barb off the tank. I reccomend...
• Re: Rad fan--2 or 3 wire???stumped
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 30 Apr 2003 07:14:59 -0400
  ...a single part because true > Vanagon ones have the right fan blade assembly to go with the right > motor. The vender that I suspect...
• Re: Auto tranny questions...
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 15 Aug 2006 08:50:34 -0700
  ...Wire brush, plastic putty knife, and a flat blade screwdriver for the tight crevices. I scraped most of it off "dry", and on what...
• Re: Cut tranny input shaft while still in tranny? (for engine conversion)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 7 Mar 2008 19:11:07 -0800
  ...of the >>>> tip, again while the shaft is turned. >>>> >>>> The Dremel blade is an abrasive type with fiber reinforcing. >>>> >>>> Mark >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> neil N wrote: >>>>> Hi...
• Re: Advice: Camping/Biking/Hiking in NM and AZ
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 13 Nov 2001 11:26:41 -0700
  ...The knife blade is the best trick. I was able to get my shelf apart and run the wires w/o any problem. Thanks...
• Re: 1.9L exhaust system comments
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Sun, 28 Apr 2002 19:03:51 -0500
  ...Also on some other plane the pitch of the blade and other more complicated stuff most constantly be monitor or adjusted. We have learned...
• True Grit---
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Sun, 26 May 2002 23:41:44 -0500
  ...all new 50 watt bulbs for the tail lights, winsheild,wiper blades , arms, radio, speaker's,rear hatch struts, antenna,propane tank valves, complete...
• Re: Rubber...Our best friend...Our worst enemy
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:16:01 -0600
  ...thing to the air filter.� Power steering and suspension and wiper blades and shock absorbers...more rubber things to fail. Now, rubber is an...
• Re: Fuel clamps, fuel lines
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Thu, 25 Apr 2002 00:40:14 +0200
  ...It has flat "blades" at the front but at 90 degrees (meaning it is like a rabbit biting, not a scissors). A nice large...
• Re: Awnings
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sun, 27 Aug 2023 02:13:11 +0000
  ...ARB awning I picked up a few months back - just another blade on the Swiss Army knife of vehicles. This post made me think...
• RE>84 Westy -- Adding Seating
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  Sun, 28 Sep 1997 14:59:35 -0700
  ...I basically disassembled the seat, and sawed the structure pieces in half using hacksaw blades in a variable speed scroll saw at low speed...
• Re: Series resistance unti question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 18 Dec 2012 23:27:56 -0500
  ...For those tabs, though, a jeweler's saw with a coarse (#6-#8, say?) blade would go through them like butter. Come to think...
• RE> Addn'l seat for Westy
  Historical mailing list - Chao, Harvey
  Sun, 28 Sep 1997 15:10:02 -0700
  ...I basically disassembled the seat, and sawed the structure pieces in half using hacksaw blades in a variable speed scroll saw at low speed...
• Re: Vanagon key blanks
  Historical mailing list - Steven Yoon
  Tue, 6 Dec 2011 16:20:35 -0500
  ...There has never been a > >> replacement blade made for the flip keys in the Vanagon keyway. With > >> worn locks, yo can force the key...
• Re: vans
  Historical mailing list - -------------
  Thu, 21 Dec 2006 12:48:38 -0500
  ...S&S header exhaust system > seven horns (wired inline) > oversized wiper blades (21" & 19") > cab window vent inserts > VW logo stove grill inserts > propane...
• Re: rear air scoops on eBay
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Wed, 4 Jun 2008 17:37:05 -0600
  ...You will have to drill 2 small holes in your grill (lower blade). Even if you didn't like them, the holes are hidden...
• # Freewheelin' power mirrors...
  Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
  Mon, 1 Oct 2001 02:03:23 -0700
  ...nut and no proper tool (which seems to be a wide blade with a cavity in the middle) proved too hard to do. My...
• Re: Upper Control Arm Bushing Replacment?
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Mon, 7 Jan 2008 23:02:28 -0500
  ...Had to cut one with a sawsall blade. Hopefully yours will come right out. There are a couple of offset (eccentric) washers on this...
• Type2 List T-Shirts!
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hooper
  Wed, 22 Jan 1997 00:41:04 -0600
  ...They're black, the better to hide spatters and smears and filthy patches at the shoulder blades. Hey, we are who we are. ;) Sizes...
• Re: Distributor rotor heat damage? (Solving intermittent engine stall)
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 21 Jan 2017 14:13:54 -0500
  ...There >>> is no evidence of arching there, only at the outer blade. Some arching >> wear >>> there is normal. >>> >>> Is the engine getting so hot...
• Re: Power Steering: leak and pressure switch ?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 3 May 2000 08:39:47 -0700
  ...wasn't doing a > good job of keeping window clear (new blade too). It was nighttime > and a Westy, so rear window wasn't...
• "Syncronize" a 2 wheeler. (Long) Was T3 syncro production
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Sat, 13 Jan 2001 12:05:10 -0700
  ...Power tools included a half inch drill, recip saw with metal blade, angle grinder, and circular saw with metal (cutoff) blade. A welder or...
• oil pressure gauge install done (long)
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Sun, 21 Sep 1997 14:38:02 +0000
  ...I had picked up some electrical blade and clamp connectors, which were the same size as those on the back of the gauge. As...
• Re: OEM Pop Top Seals
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 16 Jul 2004 19:53:50 -0400
  ...poptop being a separate part), a few minutes with a razor blade can create a nearly invisible seam. This is no different from what...
• quest 1 (longish)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 8 Nov 1995 09:11:54 -0500
  ...They appear under my wiper blades when I'm out running errands, stuck to the windshields of various projects in my back yard, and...
• Re: How hard can YOU push a Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Fri, 11 Apr 2003 17:16:14 +0200
  ...so I managed to reach out of the passenger window, while travelling, and do a swap of the left and right wiper blades. We...
• Re: AL Knol Decoder Software was Snakes in a Bus
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 5 Nov 2008 11:40:02 -0800
  ...the > windshield wishywashy with winter grade washywishy (local > colloquialism here), new blades, clean and lube the seat > sliders...the tasks never end. Why do...
• Re: Fuel flow regulator
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 13 Jun 2021 15:55:16 -0500
  ...When I went back and looked, I found a blade for a spade connector. So rusted and covered with black oil that I missed...
• Re: Dometic in 100F ambient?
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:31:15 -0700
  ...http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0212C&L=vanagon&P=R17292 FWIW I have an extra Dometic fan (with blades) AND...
• Re: Instrument cluster tab repair
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 4 Mar 2023 17:29:00 -0600
  ...I have a metal blade on my bandsaw that should do the job. Hopefully after all these years of all those vanagons, this will...
• Re: Tune up help pleeassseee! and oil light !!
  Historical mailing list - Andreas Fenner
  Mon, 22 Jun 1998 00:23:20 -0400
  ...check the wiper blades and replace 7.fill up both tanks for wiper fluid 8.Listen to your engine and check the idle, should...
• Re: How easy is it to put a poptop into a standard vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
  Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:19:38 +0000
  ...the only tools you need to >put a westy poptop on your hardtop van is a drill and a jigsaw w/ metal >blade. > the...
• The Tool List
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 13 Feb 1995 10:11:01 -0600 (CST)
  ...Ridiculously large flat blade screwdriver with a lifetime guarantee. (TM) At least one with interchangeable bits and allen heads. A good rechargeable one might...
• Re: striking caution by dennis
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 8 May 2016 11:05:37 -0500
  ...Sweeney Wrench to tighten and loosen the nut that held four blade propellers on the shaft. Some of those went to 2400 foot lbs...
• Re: Temp II voltages
  Historical mailing list - Jason Yasment
  Mon, 30 Apr 2001 21:31:48 -0500
  ...Not very much >difference. >> > >> >My Temp II is rock steady at 0.4 volts, with an indicated temperature >1 >> >needle blade width below the...
• Re: Vanagons are too cool?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:42:24 -0700
  ...I see some crude build up under the wiper blades. I lift up the wiper arm to wipe that out of there. The < spring...
• Re: Valve adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Tue, 21 Dec 1999 08:47:55 -0500
  ...tighten the lock nut then check the lash with the feeler blade repete with the next cylinder always check the valve covers for leaks...
• Re: MT Transmission Gasket Set Install Question
  Historical mailing list - Ben Cichowski
  Fri, 9 May 2008 09:56:16 -0500
  ...10 > bolts to take it off after you drain the oil...clean both surfaces with a > razor blade and dry with brake kleen...Apply...
• Re: Metal can around distributor cap...do you need it?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 5 Apr 2012 19:32:39 -0700
  ...would un-snap those clips on that puppy, dress the rotor blade with a file or some croucus cloth, snap it back on, and...
• Re: another old bus story (long)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 27 Feb 1995 15:39:54 -0800
  ...mud with a >bulldozer!! In the process of towing it the blade of the 'dozer crinkled >the back door and the engine compartment! So...
• Re: Fuses-last response blocked.
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 12 Dec 2022 00:31:59 +0000
  ...The adaptor for the blade fuses, mentioned by Todd,  sounds interesting but I don’t want to add too much complexity and I want...
• Re: rear air scoops on eBay
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Wed, 4 Jun 2008 23:45:46 +0000
  ...You will have to drill 2 small holes in your grill (lower > blade). Even if you didn't like them, the holes are hidden...
• Re: best method/chemical/tool to remove very old pinstripe material
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:00:23 -0600
  ...removing the old pinstriping? Goo Gone & > >> plastic scraper? Mineral Spirits? Razor blade? Rubber eraser wheel on > >> drill? > >> > > > > > > 3M makes chemicals in a spray can...
• Re: Surepower 1315, auxiliary fuse block, Progressive Dynamics charger, and Vitrifrigo installation questions
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Fri, 1 May 2009 16:44:43 -0600
  ...run wires from the auxiliary battery to a Blue Sea ST blade > fuse block (http://bluesea.com/productspecs/5025) to do away with the...