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Re: removing ball joint nut?
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Thu, 3 Sep 2009 12:20:36 -0400
...I do have a small air hammer that I've never used not sure if > that would work with a chisel end? > > Thanks, Andy
RE: Fresh Air Fan in '84 Westy - ARGHHH!
Historical mailing list
Thu, 22 Jun 1995 13:02:20 -0400
...My switch was welded off inside; I scraped the bad plastic out of the way with knoves, chisels, etc. (carving tools, actually), bent the...
Re: Bus depot exhaust system junk?
Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
Tue, 10 Oct 2000 17:41:17 EDT
...I had to resort to a big cold chisel to bust them in half. Drive Safely & Good Luck Ken Lewis <Kernersville,NC> 86 VW...
Re: Secret of the Exhaust Nuts?
Historical mailing list - gratefulphisher
Sun, 13 Feb 2005 00:22:48 -0600
...Then I take a chisel and hit across as many flats as I can with a moderate thud once or twice while the nut...
Re: tools needed to: (?) fix the rust, or find a new body?
Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
Tue, 10 Apr 2007 14:11:16 -0400
...For fixing rust though I use a wire brush, a wire brush for the drill, a Dremel grinder, chisels, hammer, belt sander, orbital sander...
#8 Wire Terminal Crimp w/DIY Tools. Pass or fail? PICS
Historical mailing list - neil n
Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:26:03 -0700
...Shaped a cold chisel. Tinned terminal, punched, (a few times), soldered. Images: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-IuaaB_cDPBY/UUKE9bVA2HI/AAAAAAAAHJo/_NZkXVzevik/s512/%25238%2520Crimp...
Re: Tie Rod Outer Ball Joint R&R Questions (searched)
Historical mailing list - neil N
Sat, 7 Mar 2009 19:51:31 -0800
...a Dremel cut-off disc or a grinder, then a cold chisel > to split/turn the nut. Plan on replacing it with a new...
Re: Westy Seat Base Lower Shape (swival seat lower base available)
Historical mailing list
Tue, 6 Dec 2005 08:59:00 EST
...the top sections) ..i cut this baby out with a cold > chisel > and hammer a half mile out in a junkyard...lotta work! anyway...
Re: SS header
Historical mailing list - David Bartolini
Fri, 19 Sep 1997 08:13:29 -0400
...At your local welding shop, split the cat, remove the contents and reweld or with a long chisel, make the cat flow through. Now...
Re: Can't remove pilot bearing
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Wed, 27 Jun 2001 14:21:52 -0700
...I resorted to a hammer and chisel, and that just took the top rim off the old shell, but it's really stuck in...
Re: Radio DIN for 1982 camper
Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:22:32 -0600
...the corners comply they are rounded too much used a small chisel and hammer to make the corners just a hair deeper and my...
Re: Well so far it's beat me. >:-(
Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
Mon, 9 Aug 2010 19:26:56 -0400
...Cold Chisel and some swift cracks with a quality Hammer of some weight will usually do the trick. I spray it with some PB...
Re: Vanagon seat story
Historical mailing list - Jesse Gallagher
Wed, 11 Aug 2004 05:26:16 -0700
...I waited three years to have the offending hunk of bone chiselled off! That's my story. Peace, Jesse --- John Rodgers <jh_rodgers@BELLSOUTH...
Re: Best method for remove seized exhaust nuts?
Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:52:13 -0500
...Since it is a stud another way to go is to get a very sharp chisel and split the nut that way. A good...
Re: Rear axle nuts
Historical mailing list
Fri, 6 May 94 9:43:31 CDT
...I can't believe Muir's hammer and chisel > method would ever work. True, and thats why they make that wonderful 1/2 inch...
Re: Replacing window screens?
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:59:19 -0500
...Once out, take a chisel and scrape out the old screen. Reinstall with a hot glue gun. I did this some years ago and...
Re: Friday humour: Top 5 Reasons why you SHOULDN'T try converting an 81 AC Vanagon to water cooled (pic included)
Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
Fri, 7 Dec 2007 16:36:17 -0900
...The > metal is soft and a cold chisel will go through it easily. With it > on the > bench, you could remove the extra metal...
Re: Possible Ready made jack adapter
Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
Sat, 27 Aug 2011 19:05:23 -0700
dear chiseler that is a bit for a Kango I would bet buttons to dodos that if you go to you got to your...
Re: [f] Re: Propane Cautions
Historical mailing list - John Anderson
Wed, 26 Apr 95 11:45:17 EDT
...I used a chisel > > and a sledge hammer and a lot of bending back and forth once it started to > > come off. > > Oh yeah...
Re: Calling all wood carvers/craftspeople (Vanagon content)
Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
Wed, 12 Feb 2014 21:40:29 -0800
...Calling all wood carvers/craftspeople (Vanagon content) I have a set of mortising and carving chisels and I'm not afraid to use them...
Re: Vanagon rust
Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
Mon, 3 Apr 2006 20:52:33 +0200
...Mine looked good, until I got at them with a chisel and a hammer, showed up they were solid block of rust, not solid...
removing ball joint nut
Historical mailing list - Don Spence
Thu, 3 Sep 2009 13:13:11 -0600
...I do have a small air hammer that I've never > used not sure if that would work with a chisel end? > > Thanks, Andy >
Re: Still need help getting some Vanagon radiator related parts
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Tue, 28 Jun 2016 14:34:02 +0000
...I need the upper radiator mount (welded > on but can be easily taken off with a chisel and hammer), the two lower > mounts and...
Re: Now, Front Bearing "saga"...
Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
Sun, 23 Dec 2001 12:14:04 -0500
...Go back to Sears, trade in the broken screwdriver and buy a set of "cold chisels" and punches. Use one on the smaller chisels...
Re: Starter removal
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 17 Sep 2010 15:36:59 -0700
...vice grips, heat it in place, or unscrew it with a large semi-blunt cold chisel. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Danny Bean" <dannybean@ME.COM...
Re: 1985 Vanagon - rear wheel bearing job
Historical mailing list - George Goff
Thu, 20 Jan 2005 03:20:07 EST
...beater and a well-used tool which looked like a cape chisel with a half round nose. Also, I once saw a flywheel hammered...
When Is A Project Finished?
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
Wed, 18 Aug 2004 10:18:43 -0700
...With only a pneumatic chisel, a wheelbarrow, and two cases of Jolt (The World's Most Powerful Cola), we hurriedly reduced the remaining cars...
Wheel stud problem
Historical mailing list - neil
Mon, 30 Oct 2006 17:31:24 -0500
...Vice grips, Cold chisels, heat, drilling, blah-blah butcher-butcher curse-curse. Can wheel studs be replaced without removing hub? I really don't...
Re: Front axel nut "peening"
Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
Tue, 12 Feb 2002 18:40:26 -0500
...http://volksweb.relitech.com/tech/frntbrg/rotor2.jpg I use a dull cold chisel to make the indentation. A complete writeup is online at...
Re: Need graywater tank ideas
Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
Thu, 19 Aug 2004 17:05:30 -0700
...to why its illegal to use a >bucket, and why the chiseled old man would infer such a thing. > > That was "grizzled" old man...
Re: Lugnut worries continue
Historical mailing list - Davidson
Tue, 25 Jan 2000 07:45:47 -0800
...Lugnut worries continue >Well, I smashed and banged with a cold chisel for about forty minutes. >The damn thing just softly disfigured into a...
Re: Rear Wheel Bearing Options
Historical mailing list - Robert Downes
Tue, 3 Apr 2012 20:43:32 -0700
...pushers like a big socket or pipe section, nuts, washers, cold chisel, > punch, hammer, dremel. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry...
Re: tranny swap
Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
Fri, 7 Mar 2003 15:04:58 -0500
...I finally wound up just hammering it out using a chisel. I scratched the crank shaft a little but, but the new one went...
Re: Heater Box
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Wed, 13 Jan 2016 17:46:00 -0800
...On 1/13/16, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: > I use a chisel and a hammer to get a point started and...
Re: rear axle nut removal (x-post)
Historical mailing list - il cikaspers
Sat, 17 Nov 2001 23:16:34 -0800
...i think i am going to try the dremel/chisel method that george pointed out on this one (i have a spare axle nut...
Re: Please pass the Salt :o) cylinder head drain plug
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Tue, 13 Dec 2005 17:10:21 -0600
...I had to get it apart with a cold chisel. I threw away everything external on it made of aluminum, as my wife already...
Re: rust, nuts, and bolts
Historical mailing list
Thu, 1 Sep 1994 15:35:12 -0500 (CDT)
...liquid wrench (sorry, didn't get Mopar, Dodge dealer is too far), cold chisel, hacksaw, etc. And now to something completely different: I got...
Drivers door hinge assembly - spot welds failed?
Historical mailing list - Dennis
Fri, 12 Aug 2005 10:36:23 -0400
...When repairing panels before, they have to be drilled out, and often coaxed with a cold chisel. There is no indication that the van...
Re: Looking for some radiator parts
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 10 Jun 2016 18:12:33 -0400
...What I need is the upper radiator mount (welded to body but can be removed with a chisel pretty easily) Lower radiator mounts with...
Re: Summary: Re: How hard is it to remove exhaust?
Historical mailing list - Claudio Cella
Mon, 9 Sep 2002 20:30:13 -0700
In regards to using a hammer and a chisel - the hammer and chisel method would be used parallel with the stud (at least as...
Re: Friday humour: Top 5 Reasons why you SHOULDN'T try converting an 81 AC Vanagon to water cooled (pic included)
Historical mailing list - neil N
Sat, 8 Dec 2007 09:28:17 -0800
...The > > metal is soft and a cold chisel will go through it easily. With it > > on the > > bench, you could remove the extra metal...
Re: Rear cargo door seal for '71 bus
Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
Wed, 19 Apr 1995 21:38:47 -0700 (PDT)
...Since I'm repainting my bus, and I literally had to _chisel_ the old dried rubber out of my bus, I am faced with...
Re: stripped flywheel bolt
Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
Thu, 2 Mar 2000 08:55:18 -0500
...use the hammer and chisel to turn the bolt. you could drill the head off the bolt and then turn the remander out if...
Re: removing ball joint nut?
Historical mailing list - VW Doka
Thu, 3 Sep 2009 13:10:05 -0400
...I do have a small air hammer that I've never used not sure if >> that would work with a chisel end? >> >> Thanks, Andy >
Re: stripped flywheel bolt
Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
Thu, 2 Mar 2000 08:54:43 -0500
Do you have a compressor with an impact chisel by any chance? This works best. The problem with heating is that you want to...
Re: Changing Front Rotors
Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
Mon, 27 Dec 2004 14:33:57 -0500
...Easiest done by using a chisel. Then you have to pound the H#ll out of the rotors to break the rust off. Eric...
Re: Replace oil filler neck - EH?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:00:32 -0700
...here's a trick...........assuming you have another nut - you unscrew that hard to access one with a small chisel and hammer. But you...
Re: block core heater
Historical mailing list - Dan Snow
Fri, 19 Oct 2001 21:24:35 -0700
...there a tool for this? >My experience is the sharp chisel, take the chisel to a shop and have it >SHARP! The installation of...
update: power mirror fixed
Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
Mon, 8 Oct 2001 09:15:42 -0700
...Yep, working against gravity made the task MUCH more challenging...A chisel and needlenose pliers did the trick. 2. Any original ideas how to...
Re: How hard is it to remove exhaust?
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sun, 8 Sep 2002 19:47:26 -0500
...Many times I grind the nuts off on one side down to the stud thread and remove it with a chisel (space available activity...
Re: Propane Cautions
Historical mailing list
Tue, 25 Apr 1995 21:20:29 -0400
...I used a chisel and a sledge hammer and a lot of bending back and forth once it started to come off. Derek ___________________________________ Derek...
Re: Summary: Re: How hard is it to remove exhaust?
Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
Tue, 10 Sep 2002 07:42:54 -0600
...tx, bmc :) "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel...." > In regards to using a hammer and a chisel - the hammer...
Re: flywheel bolts stuck
Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
Sun, 21 Nov 2004 10:11:42 -0800
...If you have an impact chisel, use it to beat a notch in the bolt, and then go in at a 45 degree angle...
Re: some big trouble with a locking gas cap
Historical mailing list
Fri, 21 Jun 1996 18:52:38 +0100
...Then you should be able to slide the whole thing from the inside out and use your drills/hammer/chisels/file/ what have you...
Re: Tool Suggestion? Re: Rear Trailing Arm Replacement Fun!
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Wed, 21 Jan 2015 10:19:49 -0800
...It was tough to see in there but it seemed that wedging a screwdriver (cold chisel might be better?) in between a bracket ear...
Re: Can't remove pilot bearing
Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
Wed, 27 Jun 2001 13:45:17 -0700
...I resorted to a hammer and chisel, and that just took the top rim off the old shell, but it's really stuck in...
Re: converting an 81 AC Vanagon to water cooled
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Sat, 8 Dec 2007 10:59:47 -0800
...Since my Vanagon is a Diesel , I can only use a Diesel Vanagon radiator, unless I want to start chiseling. I have a spare...
Re: Pilot Bearing in crankshaft from Automatic...
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sun, 6 Mar 2005 21:50:13 -0600
...I chiseled for an hour. Finally I went to my FLAPS, and found that they "rent" high-quality pullers for free (a returnable deposit...
Re: QE: Cylinder head temp.
Historical mailing list
Fri, 30 Sep 94 15:58:12 MDT
...The few times I've used it it's made the job painless (as opposed to driving it around with a chisel and hammer...
Getting the OXS Sensor out.
Historical mailing list - Andy Morse
Sat, 20 Sep 2003 00:00:39 EDT
...I used heat and excellent rust free magnetic stuff, vise grips after the box wrench failed, then a chisel, stopped short of using a...