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Re: tools question;
Historical mailing list - Vanman
Sun, 22 Nov 1998 14:17:15 -0800
...One last thing, a mirror on a stalk and a magnet are invaluble, and stainless bailing wire goes hand in hand w/ the zip...
Re: da trip
Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
Thu, 21 Jul 94 7:47:12 PDT
...First Aid Kit - Always bailing wire - To hold things together. lug wrench - To remove wheels. 3' of pipe to put over lug wrench to...
review: reno area van shop for those desert breakdowns
Historical mailing list - Brian Cochran
Thu, 25 Oct 2001 13:32:48 -0700
...The spring lost, I tied the linkage to the throttle with bailing wire (and it seems to work better!)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV...
Re: Engine Removal
Historical mailing list - neil N
Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:36:05 -0700
...You may even want to run a long piece of bailing wire through them to hang them while painting. Sure i think of that...
No emergencies anymore, (longish) was: emerg. repairs/solutions
Historical mailing list - Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
Thu, 22 Oct 1998 21:41:41 -0400
How about posting some 'bailing wire and string' fixes we've used to get us home when something craps out. I'm not talking...
Re: Trip Report. Pics.
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Tue, 9 Nov 2010 20:40:28 -0800
...Learned to enjoy "the > >> journey" and not the destination. > >> > >> Glad I brought the bailing wire. > >> > >> Do not use the laundry mat in Lincoln City...
Re: A friend bought a NEW Camero Z28 in the midst of the first oil crisis
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:09:08 -0700
...And ..........interestingly .............look at all the things that do need subsidizing or bailing out - or they are a lot of bankrubcies - airlines, the post...
Re: spam
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Wed, 11 Apr 2001 16:36:36 -0400
...I definitely think it's worth doing even though it's bailing out the ocean. http://www.singapore.cnet.com/news/2000/11/03...
Re: VW supplied reman. 2.1
Historical mailing list - Pensioner
Mon, 22 Jan 2007 14:53:08 -0800
...Now JB Weld, real steel bailing wire, Cloth duct tape, hose repair tape, and other such things as quick set epoxy are really handy...
Re: Undoing the big nut on the upper ball joint - who knows how?
Historical mailing list - raceingcajun
Sat, 27 Apr 2013 13:37:38 -0500
...Gumbo, not to mention a couple of Volkswagens held together with bailing wire, "duck tape", and a few cuss words (in Cajun French of...
Re: Caliper Bleeder Screw: RF Typically Seize More Often?
Historical mailing list - neil n
Thu, 2 Aug 2012 18:18:39 -0700
...I strapped a small rag to the screw with bailing wire and will continue to soak it with penetrating fluid. I doubt it'll...
Re: VW supplied reman. 2.1
Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:00:02 -0500
...So you can understand what it looked like before it broke. > Now JB Weld, real steel bailing wire, Cloth duct tape, hose repair tape...
Re: Clutch Pedal Click
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 2 Jul 2010 11:20:24 -0700
...struts falling off, due to lack of even a bit of bailing wire to replace the missing e-clip and a shot or spray...
Stealth Vanagon Camping
Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
Tue, 9 Nov 2010 20:52:15 -0800
...Learned to enjoy "the >> journey" and not the destination. >> >> Glad I brought the bailing wire. >> >> Do not use the laundry mat in Lincoln City...
Re: Need A Checklist...
Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
Mon, 10 Mar 1997 08:44:10 -0800 (PST)
...First Aid Kit - Always bailing wire - To hold things together. lug wrench - To remove wheels. 3' of pipe to put over lug wrench to...
Re: Has anyone saved a burnt engine?
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Mon, 3 Mar 2003 16:15:00 -0600
...I bent the wire bails like bailing wire, all spring tension gone from them. #8) The push rods tubes were stuck into both the...
Re: VW supplied reman. 2.1
Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
Mon, 22 Jan 2007 15:43:55 -0800
...So you can understand what it looked like before it broke. > Now JB Weld, real steel bailing wire, Cloth duct tape, hose repair tape...
Re: Questions, questions more questions
Historical mailing list - Sean J. McAusland
Thu, 29 Sep 1994 19:15:47 -0400 (EDT)
...You could get thirsty or worse dehydrated. > First Aid Kit - Always > bailing wire - To hold things together. > lug wrench - To remove wheels. > 3' of...
Re: Undoing the big nut on the upper ball joint - who knows how?
Historical mailing list - Dan Andrews
Sun, 28 Apr 2013 22:01:08 +1000
...Gumbo, not to mention a couple of Volkswagens held together with bailing wire, "duck tape", and a few cuss words (in Cajun French of...
Re: Long trip-Moving
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:33:11 -0700
...good engine ) ........thought it was kinda funny that the guy recommended bailing on the whole van. I would expect a shop to say 'new...
Questions, questions more questions
Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
Wed, 28 Sep 94 8:31:04 PDT
...First Aid Kit - Always bailing wire - To hold things together. lug wrench - To remove wheels. 3' of pipe to put over lug wrench to...
Re: VW supplied reman. 2.1
Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
Mon, 22 Jan 2007 21:27:41 -0500
...So you can understand what it looked like before it > broke. > Now JB Weld, real steel bailing wire, Cloth duct tape, hose repair > tape...
Re: Undoing the big nut on the upper ball joint - who knows how?
Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
Sun, 28 Apr 2013 09:35:39 -0400
...Gumbo, > not to mention a couple of Volkswagens held together with bailing wire, > "duck tape", and a few cuss words (in Cajun French of...
[Re: Trip reports] - one of my own
Historical mailing list - Andrew Payton
Sat, 12 May 2001 10:56:15 EST
...probably more important, but unless I'm the one who > > needs bailing out, usually less interesting. There is also simply the > > feeling of community...
Re: What can go wrong.....
Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
Wed, 17 May 2017 19:04:32 -0700
...I would replace them with a proper screw type hose clamp or even some thin bailing wire properly secured. I think with the demise...
roadhouse. NVC - TYrue To Form
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Fri, 7 May 2004 15:59:47 -0500
...bent pushrod, backed off valve adjusting screw or a piece of bailing wire wrapped around an axle. I remember a desperate call for AIRS...
Re: Caliper Bleeder Screw: RF Typically Seize More Often?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 2 Aug 2012 18:55:49 -0700
...Your "tapping" tip was one I'd read of in the archives. > > I strapped a small rag to the screw with bailing wire and...
Re: 2.1 L WBX Overheat -1991 Carat
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Sat, 21 Mar 2015 14:26:01 -0500
...That is, we are willing to keep putting time, energy, and some bailing wire into them. Actually, we differ from the third worlders in...
Re: What can go wrong.....
Historical mailing list - George Gaudette
Sun, 21 May 2017 11:45:22 -0400
...with a proper screw type hose clamp or even > some thin bailing wire properly secured. > I think with the demise of Unions and proper...
Re: A/C Grey Filter Spewing
Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
Wed, 21 Jul 1999 18:41:47 EDT
...I removed the old foam (what was left of it) by clipping the bailing wire that holds it to the evaporator. (Actually, it took...
Re: Cockeyed Parking Brake Equalizer
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 10 Jul 2010 13:02:03 -0700
...ground because no one could put at least a twist of bailing wire there and give it a bit of grease and a shot...
Re: What can go wrong.....
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 21 May 2017 18:39:57 +0000
...with a proper screw type hose clamp or even > some thin bailing wire properly secured. > I think with the demise of Unions and proper...
Home from Inuvik (Long, Part1)
Historical mailing list
Mon, 12 Aug 1996 16:55:36 -0700
...I used duct tape and bailing wire to get it back where it belonged. Gary Millang and I had a discussion about the starting...
Re: A/C ducting
Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
Mon, 3 Aug 1998 17:59:32 EDT
...I cut the bailing wire that was holding it and removed the remains. There was also lots of disintegrating weather striping up there. I...
was spark wires , now about the future of diesel and fuel prices
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:06:02 -0700
...Just today a woman in California is thinking about bailing on a 98 and a 99 tdi's cars of hers, mainly over repair...
Re: Cockeyed Parking Brake Equalizer
Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
Sat, 10 Jul 2010 13:14:21 -0700
...ground > because no one could put at least a twist of bailing wire there and give > it a bit of grease and a shot...
Re: More about tires...somewhat early ..sort of Friday
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 14 Oct 2011 20:26:54 -0700
...wilds of Baja or wherever, with nothing to work with except bailing wire and chewing gum ... over 'fancy equipment' any time. I would even...
Re: [WetWesties] The Misadventures of Vanagon Stan. Long, Long
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Wed, 19 Jun 2002 08:02:48 -0500
...figured out and mastered the air > cooled VW > engine, you are bailing out. > > No intestinal fortitude.---:>) > > Now what you should do, as you have...
The Tool List
Historical mailing list
Mon, 13 Feb 1995 10:11:01 -0600 (CST)
...electrical, bailing Test light Brake adjusting tool, better than a screwdriver for this purpose. Also good for all around prying. Tap and die set...
Driving a Vanagon in Belize (long but good)
Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
Tue, 13 Mar 2012 09:54:22 -0400
...That means they can do minor repairs or bailing wire repairs to get you down the road a piece but you really wouldn�t...
Re: Driving a Vanagon in Belize (long but good)
Historical mailing list - Chris S.
Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:57:46 -0400
...That means they can do minor repairs or bailing wire repairs > to get you down the road a piece but you really wouldn’t...
Re: Cockeyed Parking Brake Equalizer
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:08:04 -0700
...ground >> because no one could put at least a twist of bailing wire there and give >> it a bit of grease and a shot...
Re: Driving a Vanagon in Belize (long but good)
Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:49:00 -0700
...That means they can do minor repairs or bailing wire repairs to get you down the road a piece but you really wouldn’t...
Re: Wheel suggestion. The spare tire carrier!
Historical mailing list - Ben T
Fri, 3 Jan 2020 17:54:55 -0800
...5) I have neglected to mention that the u-bolts serve as hinge pins in place of the bailing wire tire retainers. One side...
Re: Wheel suggestion. The spare tire carrier!
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Sat, 4 Jan 2020 10:41:07 -0500
...the u-bolts serve as hinge pins in place of the bailing wire tire retainers. One side of the i-bolt goes in the...
Re: Wheel suggestion. The spare tire carrier!
Historical mailing list - Ben T
Sun, 5 Jan 2020 10:56:59 -0800
...the u-bolts serve as hinge pins in place of the bailing wire tire retainers. One side of the i-bolt goes in the...
Re: Wheel suggestion. The spare tire carrier!
Historical mailing list - David M
Sat, 4 Jan 2020 20:22:48 +0000
...the u-bolts serve as hinge pins in place of the bailing wire tire retainers. One side of the i-bolt goes in the...
Re: Wheel suggestion. The spare tire carrier!
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Sun, 5 Jan 2020 16:18:51 -0500
...the u-bolts serve as hinge pins in place of the bailing wire tire retainers. One side of the i-bolt goes in the...