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• Re: Maybe this is the cause of poor shifting in my air-cooled Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Thu, 2 Oct 2014 06:17:19 -0400
  ...They had too much play so I sanded them down a tiny bit and installed stainless washers at ends for very snug fit. 3...
• Re: Syncro Driveshaft Repair (replacement u-joints)
  Historical mailing list - John H. Rodgers
  Wed, 1 Apr 1998 08:14:22 -0500
  ...They located a firm in CA which made such a device, and ordered it so that they could custom make washers of the correct...
• Re: did I do that-Alternator Bracket
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 18 Dec 2011 10:04:00 -0500
  ...Especially for this application if you obtained the nuts or washers from a parts or hardware you probably have the wrong stuff. You need...
• Re: Shift but no go - Update - CV bolts go wheeeeeeeeee!
  Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
  Sat, 28 Oct 2017 13:45:29 -0400
  ...Proper hardware including the Schnoor washers and properly torqued these do not need Loctite. Loctite is a challenge since you will have grease getting...
• Re: Amplified Subwoofer question
  Historical mailing list - John Wessels
  Fri, 26 Jul 2002 15:16:31 EDT
  ...I used through bolts and removed the rear air intake grills to fit the nuts and washers. I used silicon caulk to water proof...
• Re: What do I need?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 24 Nov 2007 19:59:22 -0500
  ...My FLAPS doesn't carry the right > size washers so I order a bunch of them at a time from places like > BusDepot or...
• Re: Installing rear poly suspension bushings
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Wed, 24 Jul 2019 19:02:07 -0500
  ...trailing arm (two per arm) with 3/8 all > thread and washers until seated. In practice it is helpful to use a sleeve > from...
• Re: The pin goes in
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 1 Jan 2002 15:47:17 -0600
  ...Consider using new rod nuts and crank case nuts and washers, new head bolt nuts and washers are a good idea too. If you...
• canvas replacement
  Historical mailing list - RHS Linux User
  Thu, 8 Jun 2000 12:45:23 -0400
  ...removed the upholstery screws (small with washers, two on driver's side, one on passenger) to gain access to the buried nuts under the...
• My EB Breakdown Story
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Mon, 16 Apr 2007 13:09:02 -0100
  ...Sooo, I unbolted the cat (after it cooled, of course), then put washers in between the cat and the muffler and bolted it back...
• Re: A/C charging and maintenance...
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 28 May 2004 08:41:33 -0500
  ...3) Remove the compressor from the vehicle, noting the placement of all shims and washers, and the routing of hoses and wires. 4) Remove...
• Re: Engine Ground voltage drop under load, please help diagnose.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Tue, 13 Sep 2016 18:32:08 -0400
  ...I removed the transmission front mounting , clean bolts ,studs, washers, any point of contacts, I make them bare metal, used deoxit D5 and di...
• Re: Marker light tip wanted-replacement option.
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Tue, 9 Jul 2013 10:35:14 -0700
  ...screw nuts or remove them and use #8 screws, nuts and washers. These are bright and make it real easy to see the road...
• Re: Okay -- is there a real fix for floppy mirrors?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Fri, 6 Sep 2013 22:36:02 -0700
  ...51 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: >>> Man, I been trying flat washers, star lockwashers. Had to buy some >>> Permatex solvent to clean that red...
• Re: Cheap front door speakers sound Great!
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Wed, 13 Oct 2010 19:56:02 -0400
  ...I think you can buy >spacer washers if you want; or, you could probably build up >thicknesses of cardboard or something to achieve the...
• Tiico: a2 fuel rail installation HOW TO
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Thu, 6 Jun 2002 11:25:42 -0700
  ...NOTE, the screws provided are now about 1/4" too long! Either put in shorter screws or stack a few washers under the screw...
• Re: Front door adjustment question
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 18 Feb 2015 21:07:57 -0800
  ...GMAIL.COM> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> what kind of shims to use? I guess washers right? >>>>> >>>>> thanks >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 11:35 PM, Scott...
• Re: copper crush washers
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 1 Sep 2019 09:53:28 -0400
  When I bought my 86 in 2001 and got supplies to change the oil I got the copper washer from a list vendor. When...
• RE: A Stretching Clutch Cable?
  Historical mailing list - Dan Moy
  Wed, 6 Aug 1997 17:23:02 -0400 (EDT)
  ...you can also make up the angle and tension by slipping washers (big) over the male end and reinstalling the tube and the cable...
• '56 Kombi Progress Update
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Mon, 3 Oct 1994 09:55:30 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I got some nice stainless steel screws to use, with nickel-plated washers. Anopther questing is how to attach the cover to the bows...
• Re: Christmas related Vanagon items?
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 1 Jan 2017 09:00:57 -0700
  ...well have the same result. > >>> > >>> Will be handy retrieving nuts or washers dropped in tight spots. > >>> > >>> Alistair > >>> > >>>> On Dec 30, 2016, at 8:40...
• Re: Cheap front door speakers sound Great!
  Historical mailing list - Annie
  Sun, 10 Oct 2010 09:31:52 -0700
  ...I think you can buy >> spacer washers if you want; or, you could probably build up >> thicknesses of cardboard or something to achieve the...
• Re: General engine bolt/nut sizes
  Historical mailing list - Joe Luther
  Tue, 15 Feb 2011 09:16:50 -0500
  ...Best results for the heads would be to replace those nuts and make sure the washers are the proper extra thick through hardened type...
• Re: gear oil - rebuilt tranny
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 6 Nov 2004 10:18:14 -0500
  ...I can'f find one of those > felt washers. Hope it is not critical. > > But I sure would like to go ahead and run...
• Re: Question about pressure bleeder
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sat, 26 Feb 2005 11:11:42 -0800
  ...if I did it again, I'd probably find right size washers and used the threaded brass fitting. Hooked up to a compressor, and...
• Re: Shift but no go - Update - CV bolts go wheeeeeeeeee!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 28 Oct 2017 12:42:40 -0700
  ...Proper hardware including the Schnoor washers and properly torqued these do not need Loctite. Loctite is a challenge since you will have grease getting...
• Re: Cheap front door speakers sound Great!
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 13 Oct 2010 18:23:35 -0700
  ...speaker in the grill enclosure.� I think you can buy >spacer washers if you want; or, you could probably build up >thicknesses of cardboard...
• Re: Air conditioning
  Historical mailing list - Yo vanguy
  Mon, 25 May 1998 22:10:04 EDT
  ...These brackets basically act as VERY large washers distributing the weight of the ducts over about a 16 square inch area compared to the...
• Re: Front end suspension
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Wed, 11 May 2011 19:03:51 -0400
  ...Same for the eccentric washers.The only reason to replace them is if they are so rusted in place that you have to cut...
• Re: Broken bolts on 1.9L lower alternator bracket....
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 11 Feb 2005 17:53:11 -0500
  ...Replacement hardware here must be at > least grade 10.9 including the washers. The wrong nuts are what probably > cuased the failure in the...
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  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Tue, 24 Aug 2021 14:38:15 -0700
  ...worth. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>> > https://shufti.blog/2021/08/23/vanagon-all-wipers-and-washers-stuck-on/ > >>>>> > >>>>> Alistair > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> On Aug 23, 2021, at 11:15 AM, Alistair...
• =?utf-8?Q?Re:_All_wipers_on,_won=E2=80=99t_turn_off_=28fixed!=29?=
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 23 Aug 2021 15:22:43 -0700
  ...worth. >>>>> >>>>> >>> https://shufti.blog/2021/08/23/vanagon-all-wipers-and-washers-stuck-on/ >>>>> >>>>> Alistair >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On Aug 23, 2021, at 11:15 AM, Alistair...
• Re: [wvwv] oh fridge guru
  Historical mailing list - Marshall
  Tue, 16 Jul 2002 00:07:03 -0500
  ...I guess when dudes work up a thirst, after playing with their new pressure washers (last season's "in" appliance) they want to drink...
• Re: tip needed for Van Cafe oversized tire carrier install
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Wed, 12 Mar 2014 15:54:57 -0700
  ...side bars and then use a threaded rod, >> some nuts, and washers to secure the tire to the welded plate. >> >> Dennis >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From...
• Questions re Billy Bones
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Sun, 22 Feb 2004 19:46:56 -0600
  ...How could I have lost or misplaced so dang many bolts, nuts, and washers? Billy Bones' sez he knows his anchor's still draggin...
• hardware and torqueing was Flexing cranks and Yielding Bolts one last time
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Wed, 21 Feb 2001 11:02:19 -0500
  ...have had to chase the threads in the crank and add washers to get the pulley secure there does not seem to be more...
• Re: 1.9L long blocks
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Thu, 3 Jul 2003 06:49:46 -0500
  ...Replace old bolts, nuts, washers with the new ones. It will look great when it goes back in. You should consider the 2.1...
• Re: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 18 Oct 2013 21:18:25 -0500
  ...From that I set up some nuts and washers sticking out of the water jacket hole and ran another bolt down on the all...
• Re: hard turning after replacing power steering rack
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Plichta
  Sun, 12 Nov 2006 20:35:46 -0500
  ...I opted to get some big washers to act as shims or >>spacers so that the rack would mount flat without any stress on...
• Re: daily driver = RUST Re: Friday Ramblings, probably long, possibly pointle...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 14 Apr 2007 22:11:35 -0700
  ...Some of those small home pressure washers are rated at 2 or even 2.5 gpm- You're not supposed to run water hotter...
• Re: Screen on pop top canvas. (LONG)
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Mon, 5 Jun 2000 21:10:36 -0500
  ...Remember that I took the pop-top off the hinges, 4 nuts/bolts on each side with plastic washers between the hinges and the...
• Re: It's never that easy (WAS: SS version of luggage rack bolts?)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Wed, 18 May 2005 18:30:49 -0700
  ...Add truss head style heads (or even oval heads and SS >>>> finishing washers to the mix as Lucas kindly suggested in p-mail) and...
• Re: Okay -- is there a real fix for floppy mirrors?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 6 Sep 2013 19:54:54 -0700
  ...51 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: >> Man, I been trying flat washers, star lockwashers. Had to buy some >> Permatex solvent to clean that red...
• Re: Getting parts numbers (& rumor of dealer parts departments)
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Sun, 12 Mar 2000 01:11:57 -0800
  ...251 598 101, around $75 each (includes joint, boot, retainer, bolts and "schnoor" washers) (4 per vehicle) Upper ball joint: 251 407 361, around...
• Re: Moving forward - with an autotranny.....
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 22 May 2014 16:14:54 -0700
  ...hoses with crimped banjo ends and banjo bolts and copper sealing washers in a kit for people that want to do the same mod...
• Re: Rear wheel bearings and trailing arm mounts.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 7 Feb 2014 00:24:30 -0500
  ...The washers if used need to be hardened also. If the wrong hardware is used when it comes loose by the time you notice...
• Re: Clutch parts/repair (Syncro): Help me figure this out...
  Historical mailing list - Don McCallum
  Mon, 3 Aug 1998 23:54:14 +0100
  ...clutch, pressure > plate, throw out bearing, pilot bearing, felt washers for pilot bearing. > What else should I order if I want to have all...
• Re: Westy Water Tank Fill
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Mon, 12 Jul 1999 02:32:51 -0400
  ...What I did was pick up a bag of assorted washers at the hardware store. This had pretty much everything I needed but I...
• Re: Aluminum door cards
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 24 Mar 2022 14:40:17 +0000
  ...But it was held to the door with machine screws sitting in cup washers, riv nuts to accept screws in the stock holes in...
• Re: Tie Rod end removal/Control arm bushings
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 8 Jun 2009 22:49:59 -0700
  ...like >a person could use a threaded rod with some fender washers, making sure to >use a block of wood in between the control...
• Rear hatch struts on '84 Westy & other stuff...
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Wed, 18 Apr 2001 13:12:29 -0700
  ...Keep the washers in order. One is a rubber washer. Now you it's time to take out the strut. I usually take out...
• Re: Screen on pop top canvas. (LONG)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Kroll
  Tue, 6 Jun 2000 10:28:07 -0700
  ...Remember that I took the pop-top off the hinges, 4 >nuts/bolts on each side with plastic washers between the hinges and the...
• Re: 2.1 rebuild - new nuts for case halves-thoughts for all bolted connections.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 9 May 2011 23:41:55 -0400
  ...In order for these bolted connections to work the nut and if used washers need to be matched. The nut has to be strong...
• brake shoe installation help (long)
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Thu, 21 May 2009 10:50:03 -0800
  ...The only modification I have made to these shoes is to put 3, 1 mm washers at the bottom pivot points so that the...
• Re: 1.6L Diesel Blow-by
  Historical mailing list - BADASSBUS
  Wed, 12 Sep 2001 14:13:46 -0400
  ...The guy who rebuilt this used brass > washers as heat shields, and they're about half the thickness of the regular > heat shield. Unfortunately...
• Re: ATF/MMO
  Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
  Wed, 26 Jul 2000 19:53:24 -0500
  Dear fellow ATF engine-washers. Please be warned that the large chunks could clog some small oil orifices or perhaps an oil pick tube...
• Update (not fixed...) Re: FIXED? (and, advice needed...) (was: Re: low voltage, starter running intermittently, but alternator is okay?)
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:38:11 -0500
  ...check also for star washers and tight, clean, crimps and > connections at all grounds. > > the wire at the alternator output may a bit short...
• Rousing the napping van - wasting time on a miserably hot Tuesday
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Tue, 16 Jul 2019 23:42:13 +0000
  ...t pumping out the cold and when I tried the windshield washers they seemed weak and not up to the task.  Needs real fluid...
• Re: Bottom end reassembly?
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Mon, 24 Apr 2000 17:40:07 -0400
  ...Use some on the washers for the head bolds and the six BIG case half bolts. 6. Have fun. Keep in mind that dirt...
• Re: Engine balancing
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Thu, 2 Dec 1999 06:31:53 -0500
  ...In some of the propellers you would add lead wool to hollow bolts to get the balance right, or add or remove lead washers...