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• Re: Refrigerators, alarms, fans and other toys
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 May 95 10:03:35 -0400
  ...I built an awning with two wood dowels, a joiner, an 8x10 tarp, two spring clamps and two telescoping legs (from REI). I wrap...
• Re: Whistling Gland Nut Disease
  Historical mailing list - Joe Clark
  Sat, 1 Apr 1995 14:53:12 -0500 (EST)
  ...The dowel pins was all wallered out, as my Dad would say, and I'm sure the 100 or so miles I drove after...
• Re: Flywheel Dowel Pins - Continued
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 7 Jul 2010 12:47:01 -0400
  At 12:01 PM 7/7/2010, Kurt Grotz wrote... >I mean the flywheel gets 80 lbs and the clutch only 20 lbs at...
• Re: Vanagon Manual, Hex Wrenches Part 2
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 22 Jan 2000 17:42:56 -0500
  ...The fastener would have a >dowel or post in the center of the opening. A standard Allen will not >fit, as without the hole...
• Re: EZ-up awning
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Mon, 5 Apr 2010 16:57:43 -0400
  ...Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Robert Mac Dowell Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 4:47 PM To: vanagon...
• Dooping sunvisor fix
  Historical mailing list - Douglas L Urner
  Sun, 27 Jul 2003 10:16:58 -0700
  ...As luck would have it I had a hunk of heat shrink tubing that was a nice fit over the "dowel" on the bracket...
• Re: Westy cabinet lid prop?
  Historical mailing list - Miller, Ryan
  Mon, 13 Oct 2003 12:01:14 -0600
  ...in my '90 Westy? I've been using a long thin dowel, but frequently it gets knocked loose and the lid comes own on...
• Re: I4 Happenings in turbovans land
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:38:21 -0700
  I agree, the inline VW engine has large dowel pins that precisely locate it with respect to the adapter plate or stock DV bell...
• Re: Dealing with coolant line for drive belt change
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Fri, 2 Nov 2001 06:46:36 -0500
  ...I used sections of one inch diameter dowels drawn together by long wood screws. Works better than the $15 hose clamps I purchased from...
• Re: Captain's Chair Arm, '87 camper
  Historical mailing list - Gregory M Daughtry
  Tue, 25 Feb 97 16:53:00 PST
  ...In my armrest the piece is a little metal dowel that is removed by a punch and a little force. You just need to...
• Re: Finding TDC revisited
  Historical mailing list - Mike Jeffrey
  Sun, 29 May 2005 11:31:18 -0700
  ...On 5/28/05, tabe johnson <xtabe@yahoo.com> wrote: > First of all, I would use something soft like a piece > of wood dowelling...
• Table leg modification (Loren Bush)
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Sun, 24 Jun 2007 21:31:07 -0800
  ...This actually worked out better for me as I took a 1 1/4 inch dowel rod, and shape it down to 1 3...
• Re: Heli-Coil an Engine Oil Drain? / From the Real World
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Thu, 21 Jul 2005 17:13:38 EDT
  ...I once made a temporary filler plug for a chainsaw oil tank by sanding a hardwood dowel to a slight taper then gashing some...
• Re: fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 29 Sep 2012 16:33:15 -0400
  ...On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 3:02 PM, Robert Mac Dowell <yakandhike@comcast.net> wrote: > My 84 westy has a bosch fuel pump...
• Re: Refrigerator lighting
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:54:23 -0700
  ...A wood dowel can be used to tweak the manifold so it lines > up. You want 12-6, �3-9 o clock correct and...
• Re: Westy friendly step stool
  Historical mailing list - Joe Gawzner
  Fri, 16 May 2003 12:51:38 -0400
  ...I made one for about $15 with a dowel purchased at a local hardware store, painted grey and then affixed 2 metal drain covers...
• Re: WAS Change fuel hose from tank to pump NOW stopping smaller lines
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Sat, 12 Oct 2013 08:27:28 -0600
  ...to stop brake lines? I find I have to take a dowel and > sharpen it in a pencil sharpener to get a decent fit...
• Re: tire circumference
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 14 Oct 2011 17:28:10 -0500
  ...Rob wrote: > > > At 10/14/2011 06:41 AM, Robert Mac Dowell wrote: > >> Let me rephrase that. How many RPM'S should it be...
• Re: Cylinder sleeves, I HATE IT when that happens
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sat, 21 Sep 2002 14:36:52 -0400
  ...I found a wooden dowel that fits inside the wrist pin and added ax x-acto blade that scrapes off the build up in...
• Re: Piston Pins - putting them back in?
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Thu, 14 Mar 2002 20:57:29 -0500
  ...A long dowel and a mallet? Thanks Mark __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! http://mail.yahoo...
• Re: Swinging table
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 18 Jun 2014 08:58:26 -0500
  So, could you describe the " 1" dowel trick"? Thanks, mcneely ---- Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > Speaking of adjustable height, everyone should consider...
• Re: volvo(volkswagen)5cyl turbo diesel in a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Robin Oomkes
  Thu, 23 Nov 2000 08:25:21 +0100
  ...Robin 90 Vanagon Westfalia Atlantic TD Tony Dowell wrote: > i was debating with my fellow mechanic and he told me that until several > years...
• starter re-install woe...
  Historical mailing list - Ethan Kiermaier
  Thu, 15 Jul 2004 17:16:58 -0700
  ...I drove the new bushing in using a short piece of dowel but now the new starter shaft will in no way fit into...
• Re: Price of a 72 camper
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:26:43 -0500
  ...David Mc ---- Robert Mac Dowell <yakandhike@COMCAST.NET> wrote: > ----- Back in 1972 I bought a brand new 1972 vw camper. The price was > $5500...
• Sliding door - lubing
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Tue, 1 Oct 1996 23:28:48 -0700
  ...at the bottom track where all the cr*p scraped off yer shoes ends up - use a soft dowel w/ a rag damp w...
• Re: Vanagon Manual, Hex Wrenches Part 2
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 23 Jan 2000 10:12:07 +0100
  ...The fastener would have a > >dowel or post in the center of the opening. A standard Allen will not > >fit, as without the hole...
• Westie luggage area
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Marshallsay
  Thu, 18 May 2000 11:32:19 GMT
  ...Trying hard to write in 'international' English trunk -> boot wooden rods -> dowel hob -> cooker (from a previous post) ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail...
• Re: How do I remove the sliding window catch - 82 westy
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sun, 3 Jul 2005 21:39:23 -0700
  ...Maybe a dowel rod with some bubble gum (regular or > sugar-free) stuck on the end might also work. I guess I should have...
• Table mod pic
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:27:30 -0700
  ...and easily reversible in case I want to try the internal dowel. http://picasaweb.google.com/bike2vcu/TableMod02/photo#5081242097264314626 Use 1 1/2...
• Re: How to remover pistons from wasserboxer?
  Historical mailing list - David O. Bradshaw
  Fri, 20 Dec 1996 08:38:25 -0500 (EST)
  ...Some folks just tap them out, using some sort of wooden dowel rig, or, you can buy an official VW piston pin puller from...
• Re: fridge blowing out
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Wed, 26 May 2004 11:52:58 -0400
  ...You can align it with a broomstick or large dowel ---- this is the most important part. I also siliconed the covering baffle to the...
• Re: Chunka Bologna
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 15 Mar 2006 11:07:37 -0800
  ...to insert something inside it. > Maybe > a short length of hardwood dowel or a properly > sized > bolt with the head cut off. > > Good luck...
• List of stuff for sale in Vallejo
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 18 Apr 1995 18:49:22 -0700
  ...Good used magna fluxed and polished 69mm counter-weighted crank with new .010" undersize main and new standard size rod bearings, 8 doweled, new...
• Re: shivering van.....
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Sat, 5 May 2007 21:40:40 -0700
  ...used the alignment dowel, so i dont know what i could have done wrong there. thinking about it, dirt in the cv is definetely...
• Re: NVC: Type 1 case
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:50:36 -0500
  ...The problem is the thrust > surface (and dowel pin hole) are really bad - the flywheel side of the > thrust surface is pounded in about...
• Re: Migrating Mirrors - help!!
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Mon, 14 Oct 1996 17:29:44 -0700
  ...fix is to press the fitting back into the mirror, cross-drill thru the whole mess, & install a SST roll or dowel pin. Austin
• Re: Tight Engine
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sat, 22 May 1999 17:36:08 +0200
  ...A dowel pin had come out of it's seat, and I squashed it into > the bearing when I tightened the block. > > In the...
• Re: Table leg modification (Loren Bush)
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 25 Jun 2007 07:59:21 -0700
  ...If it were removed a larger diameter dowel could be used and might make a better fit. 2. What's the diameter of the...
• 88 GL: Changing coolant distributor- Tips?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
  Tue, 15 Feb 2005 11:21:40 -0800
  ...C-clamp or carpenter's "pony" clamp, and larger diameter wood dowels. As always, you'll want to be gentle with any such clamp...
• Re: cheap vanagon skylights
  Historical mailing list - PJBerr
  Tue, 3 Jan 2012 11:11:35 -0500
  ...Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Robert Mac Dowell Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 8:18 AM To: vanagon...
• I need help on my conversion.
  Historical mailing list - John Stepto
  Sun, 1 Jun 2003 22:13:56 -0400
  ...I did remove the two alignment dowel at the starter as they didn't appear to go into anything. As I was drawing it...
• Re: Hose clamps
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 30 May 2011 13:27:31 -0400
  ...Try a piece of hardwood dowel. Put two or three small pan-head screws around the perimeter so it can't crawl back out...
• Re: wiper blades
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Tue, 30 Oct 2012 07:54:05 -0600
  ...na westy On Oct 30, 2012 8:45 AM, "Robert Mac Dowell" <yakandhike@comcast.net> wrote: I got tired of buying blades every year...
• Re: putting up with caravan ...idiocy
  Historical mailing list - John Dagastino
  Sat, 18 Nov 2000 23:53:21 -0800
  ...Vanagon Mailing List > [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf > > Of Tony Dowell > > Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2000 8:19 PM > > To: vanagon@GERRY...
• 090 trans(delayed 2-3 shift)
  Historical mailing list - Tony Dowell
  Fri, 17 Nov 2000 19:18:05 EST
  ...thanks t.dowell
• Re: calendar
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:22:21 -0800
  ...http://www.facebook.com/people/Jim-Thompson/100000710343835 *********************************** On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Robert Mac Dowell <yakandhike@comcast.net> wrote...
• Re: Mirror replacement alternative: tightening (was Re: Truck Mirrors Installation - Pics Needed - Advice)
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 28 Apr 2010 08:30:34 -0700
  ...a 1/8" dia x 1 1/8 long stainless steel dowel pin through the hole, "pinning" the bolt into the ball (doesn't...
• Re: Jail Bars Q
  Historical mailing list - Oxroad
  Fri, 10 Jun 2011 22:45:53 -0700
  ...or can I just find a supplier of metric > sized aluminum dowels to finish off the kit? > The aluminum rods at my local hardware...
• Re: Stuck distr. drive shaft ...
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:40:23 -0400
  Hi Zoltan, I have had good luck driving a hardwood dowel into the gear with a hammer; then gently lifting. Some WD40 to help...
• Brake hose-pinching device
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
  Fri, 21 Nov 2003 10:06:25 -0800
  ...and a couple sections of a split 1/2-inch wooden dowel to prevent damage to the rubber hose. Kind of a large-scale...
• wiper blades
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Tue, 30 Oct 2012 11:28:51 -0700
  ...Robert Mac Dowell <yakandhike@COMCAST.NET> > Subject: wiper blades > > I got tired of buying blades every year so I decided to give the = > silblade...
• Re: Problems removing rear brake shoe pivot
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 27 Mar 2002 13:44:10 -0500
  ...The pin is a dowel pin, drive fit in both pivot and hub. david -- David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon...
• Finding TDC revisited
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Sun, 29 May 2005 01:31:38 -0400
  First of all, I would use something soft like a piece of wood dowelling, not something that can scratch the cylinders. Anyway, get your...
• Re: nuts and bolts to use on exhaust
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:28:49 -0600
  ...moldhaus.com On 11/30/2011 7:28 AM, Robert Mac Dowell wrote: > Back in the old days us greasers used brass nuts. The...
• Re: Table mod pic
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:25:36 -0700
  ...cramped space of the bottom cubbyhole (which is why the wooden dowel idea is better, though probably more work). That and the fact that...
• Re: WAS Change fuel hose from tank to pump NOW stopping smaller lines
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sat, 12 Oct 2013 11:59:12 -0700
  ...to stop brake lines? I find I have to take a dowel and > sharpen it in a pencil sharpener to get a decent fit...
• Re: Bike Rack Rec
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:50:26 -0800
  ...That prop is simply an oak peice with a short 1/4"dowel in one end, sticking out about 1/2" inch. I drilled...
• Re: metal cover for refrigerator vent
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 5 Dec 2011 13:57:36 -0500
  ...Drill a wooden block or dowel section as a spacer between tub and vent so you can snug the screw down without injuring the...
• Re: Removing starter bushing
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 23 Mar 2013 09:30:35 -0700
  ...fitting drift (he might even have said a close-fitting wooden dowel). Give it a good whack on the end with your three pound...
• Re: coolant level sensor
  Historical mailing list - Dave Caston
  Sat, 19 Aug 2000 12:51:19 -0400
  ...I > made clamps out of large dowels/broom stick handles. I draw them together > with two screws to pinch off the hose right next...