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• Re: Window-Driver side door
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:06:22 -0700
  ...I replaced the broken zip ties that hold the harness close to the inner sheetmetal shell and problem went away. If you're window...
• Re: Stupid Alternator Question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 20 Dec 2004 07:12:16 -0500
  ...6 diesel to have it rebuilt and I >noticed that it ties in directly to the battery. So my question is, is this >wrong...
• Stainless Steel Coolant Pipes from Van Cafe
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Mon, 2 Mar 2009 22:28:43 -0800
  ...After pushing and pulling from opposite sides we discovered there were two plastic zip ties just out of sight and reach holding the pipes...
• Re: Shift rod bushings and ball for 85
  Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
  Sun, 30 Nov 2014 16:44:48 -0500
  Thanks a heap...I've got zip ties holding it all together at the moment.... Dave Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 30, 2014...
• WTB: fresh air outlet
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 7 May 2012 14:50:50 -0700
  ...the stick that ties the flaps together so they can be flipped en mass is gone. Digested into the ducting or something. There don...
• Re: Unprecise gearshift on Caravelle Bus 1982
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Fri, 21 May 2004 05:58:14 -0700
  ...I ended up using a section of an old bicycle tire tube and some zip ties. Looks good so far. Shift on, Jake --------------------------------- Do...
• Re: Fitting the battery into the Westy box
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:00:42 -0400
  ...I have also strung zip ties together and used them where the "Handle" should have been (though the battery came without one). Mike Bill...
• Re: Mention of the Possible New MicroBus
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:07:51 -0400
  ...Westfalia is now a subsidiary of Daimler Benz, and their ties to Volkswagen are nowhere near what they once were. VW now designs and...
• Re: EV Update Newsletter
  Historical mailing list - Marvin Westenburg
  Wed, 15 Apr 1998 08:12:46 -0500
  ...Terry Tiessen <TTiessen@providence.mb.ca> To: EV Update <ev_update@db.erau.edu> Date: Tuesday, April 14, 1998 14:47 Subject: EV Update...
• Re: Aaaaargh! Brake failure (long)
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Mon, 17 Apr 2000 14:52:32 EDT
  ...I got some braided for a 71 T2 years ago and had to use rubber grommets and wire ties to secure it. I would...
• Re: Dropping Tank... other maintenance?
  Historical mailing list - Grungy
  Fri, 6 Sep 2002 23:33:13 -0500
  ...of since the tank will be out? I replaced the zip ties that had fallen off of the coolant and A/C lines. The...
• Re: 251 711 167 E Boot
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Ellringer
  Tue, 7 Oct 2003 11:23:23 -0500
  ...I'm curious how the bike inner tube and zip ties would be arranged to act as a boot? aaron in weird green leaves...
• Re: Broken Hall Sender
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 7 Jun 2021 18:24:54 -0500
  ...Mine has been tied more or less in position with zip > ties for years. As you said, it works, it’s just broken. > > > > *From...
• Re: Placement of BlazeCut tubing '91 GL passenger
  Historical mailing list - Dan Lamb
  Thu, 12 Dec 2019 05:45:00 -0800
  Hi John I just flipped the lid over, laid out the blazecut and drilled holes on each side and used zip ties to secure...
• Re: appropriateness (was Re: finding bad syncro wheel bearing)
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 16 Mar 1996 00:08:41 -0600
  ...Me mad. > >Nothing to do with guys in ties. I live in among many of the governemnt >workers since I'm just outside of...
• Re: Shift linkage troubles
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Mon, 28 Oct 2002 16:35:11 -0800
  ...get a bicycle inner tube, pair of sissors and two zip ties and 2 13mm wrenches, rag and grease. squirm under the bus, unbolt...
• Re: Auxilary air regulator?
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Thu, 31 Dec 1998 12:21:36 -0600
  ...If the cable ties are holding it tight and steady, leave it that way. > >#3: The valve does not work off the heat of...
• Re: Painting exhaust pipes?
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Sat, 16 Apr 2005 08:15:19 -0700
  I have had very good luck ceramic coating the exhaust parts and using header wrap with stainless ties to preserve the pipes. dylan --- Zoltan...
• Re: Glove box door nose-dives
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 20 Jul 2006 14:31:24 -0500
  I use nylon cable ties, they work great. It took two loops in a chain. The fastener end pops right into the slot in...
• Newb Gets Hosed -- Coolant Pipes Retrofit
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Sat, 13 Jun 2020 04:02:26 -0400
  ...The pipes had been bound together (as though by the Dark Lord) with 14 cable-ties and a tight screw clamp! in the area...
• Re: Ring Compressor Ideas
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 18 May 2009 18:31:06 -0400
  ...Any good advice? Zip ties? Any success stories? Or should I just drop the engine down and get on with it! Angus Angus Gordon...
• Speedometer problem
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sat, 5 Feb 2000 18:20:31 -0500
  ...Got new cable in (obviously a PO had put a new cable in as old one had non-German wire ties holding it to...
• Re: Brake bleeding problems
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Sat, 24 Mar 2012 11:14:42 -0700
  ...I > just went out and got some twist ties to wrap the hose around the > nipple. That says there's a lot of air...
• Re: still getting gas fumes
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Thu, 1 Jun 2000 09:02:13 -0400
  ...611-833-D grommet > 113-919-131-A gasket > 251-201-139-B filler seal > plus of course the fuel tank, clips, and ties. --
• Re: VW towing bar and tie down eyelets
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Fri, 5 Dec 2003 17:37:51 -0500
  ...one of the original VW towing hitches that attaches to the ties >down eyelets with the BIG bolts. > >Had anyone used these to tow...
• Re: seatbelts?? was Re: Child safety seats
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 6 Jan 2006 10:30:31 -0800
  ...Basically, the stock belt just holds the bottom of the seat DOWN, and a strap ties the top of the seat to the frame...
• The only ten tools needed
  Historical mailing list - Javier Zavala
  Tue, 10 Jul 2001 13:53:02 -0500
  ...PLASTIC ZIP TIES: After twenty years of lashing down stray hoses and wired with old bread ties, some genius brought a slightly slicked up...
• Re: Small UPS SLA batteries...deep cycle substitute?
  Historical mailing list - Aaron
  Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:59:21 -0800
  ...Nothing that a couple of hours with some wire and crimpers and zip ties couldn't fix. On Jan 11, 2012, at 4:49...
• Re: VW towing bar and tie down eyelets
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 5 Dec 2003 14:34:57 -0800
  ...Todd '88 Westy Mark Carrig wrote: >I've got one of the original VW towing hitches that attaches to the ties >down eyelets with...
• Re: A/C Hose replacement
  Historical mailing list - kathy jacobs
  Sat, 29 Jul 2000 18:14:07 -0400
  ...Didn't have to use any extra wire ties or anything, went through the holes and back into the holding brackets underneath. now WE...
• Done: Re: (rear) cv joint
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Tue, 14 Mar 2006 12:11:11 -0500
  ...them before reinstalling? >> >> Thanks, >> Wes >> >> Roger Sisler wrote: >>> Put two zip ties through each axel to imobilize the joint.If one ball >>> falls >>> out...
• SV: Unprecise gearshift on Caravelle Bus 1982
  Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
  Mon, 24 May 2004 10:00:38 +0200
  ...And thank you very much for the tip about using bicycle tube and zip-ties. I'll let you know how it goes. Btw...
• Friday Funnies
  Historical mailing list - George Jannini
  Fri, 1 Mar 2002 09:03:34 -0500
  ...Plastic Zip Ties: After twenty years of lashing down stray hoses and wired with old bread ties, some genius brought a slightly slicked up...
• Re: Largest diameter... failures in politics.
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Tue, 2 Nov 2004 12:14:26 -0700
  ...It just so happens that "The Big 3" have close ties to the Bush administration, maybe that's the "partisanship" you should be looking...
• Re: space to left of A.C. cabinet
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Thu, 12 Jul 2012 17:34:15 -0400
  ...Anything that fits is what I keep in there, such as my collection of long cable ties, and a folding entrenching tool also goes...
• Request: cross-post to EV
  Historical mailing list - Terry Tiessen
  Tue, 14 Apr 1998 08:23:49 -0500
  ...Thanks, Terry ***************************************************************** Terry Tiessen '97 EVC VR6
• Fwd: Vanagon Tool Box (Friday)
  Historical mailing list - Roy Olynick
  Fri, 30 Jan 2004 09:10:35 -0600
  ...PLASTIC ZIP TIES: After twenty years of lashing down stray hoses | | and wired with old bread ties, some genius brought a slightly | | slicked up...
• Re: Local clip replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 3 Jan 2021 16:43:55 -0800
  ...I just drill holes and use zip ties. On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 1:03 PM Rob <vwrobb@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm...
• Re: 758227.jpg
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Tue, 25 Oct 2005 05:31:04 -0700
  ...All wired up, the wires are all marked and has the wire ties included too. Looks like a nice complete pre-assembled set up...
• Re: Heads leak...wires melt?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Wed, 26 Apr 1995 10:48:19 -0700 (PDT)
  ...when you put the air filter box back, either get > some little cable ties and get those injector wires out of the way ... tie...
• Re: cv joint/boot and idle/ac questions
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 13 Oct 2005 12:01:16 -0400
  ...Also, before you grease the new axel, put 2 zip ties through each joint to stabilize the joint and keep the balls from falling...
• Re: 251 711 167 E Boot - cheap fix
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Tue, 7 Oct 2003 16:29:01 EDT
  ...Use the zip-ties, or wrap with wire, at top and bottom. If you look at the cup part, you will notice a groove...
• Fw: Re: Essential Tools
  Historical mailing list - Roy Olynick
  Wed, 16 Apr 2003 11:59:21 -0500
  ...PLASTIC ZIP TIES: After twenty years of lashing down stray hoses | and wired with old bread ties, some genius brought a slightly | slicked up...
• Re: Block heater question
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Tue, 14 Dec 1999 16:24:02 -0500
  ...Be sure and route it carefully - away from hot things and moving parts - using plenty of zip ties! Doug Fitz-Randolph Yarmouth, ME '90...
• Re: Hall Sender question
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly
  Wed, 24 Dec 2003 14:53:26 -0700
  ...don't use white zip ties, use black. John Aircooled.Net Inc. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Stelz" <gstelz2@YAHOO.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON...
• Re: Spare 1.9 cooling system part?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 17 May 2010 07:25:48 -0400
  ...to the "firewall" at the front of the engine > compartment and ties 4 radiator hoses and the bleeder hose all > together? I have three...
• 97 Furnace & battery
  Historical mailing list - Terry Tiessen
  Thu, 19 Mar 1998 21:00:10 -0600
  ...was probably in the -20C range that night.) Thanks, Terry ***************************************************************** Terrance Tiessen � Phone: (204) 433-7488 Providence Theological Seminary � Fax: (204) 433-7158 Otterburne...
• Re: VW towing bar and tie down eyelets
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 5 Dec 2003 21:19:58 -0500
  ...VW towing bar and tie down eyelets I've got one of the original VW towing hitches that attaches to the ties down eyelets...
• for sale
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Mon, 14 Sep 1998 15:43:31 -0500
  ...I have no ties with Bill other than I looked it over pretty closely as my son Tom is wanting a westy and I...
• Re: Removing rear heater (Putting copper in coolant line)
  Historical mailing list - John Clavin
  Fri, 24 Apr 1998 00:49:45 -0500
  ...Tie the two lines together loosely and secure them to the main radiator line with some cable ties so they don't flop around...
• Eurovan banter...was Re: Update the database
  Historical mailing list - Robert Tommaselli
  Tue, 5 Dec 1995 11:09:20 -0500
  ...I have resolved to either plasticoat those cloth ties or replace > >them with a non wicking fabric (nilon?). > > > > Good point. I noticed those ties...
• Re: Part Request
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 8 Dec 2014 17:27:51 -0500
  ...to imporvise using hooks from the hardware store and large cable ties. BTDT Larry A. On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 2:00 PM...
• (F) Re: Help deciphering German
  Historical mailing list - sstones
  Wed, 6 Sep 1995 15:30:41 -0400 (EDT)
  ...6163526 > > Under it on a silver sticker: > > Tizianrot L 555 Pronounced Ties Yer Knot It is suggesting that the seatbelt be fastened with a...
• Unofficial alliance to become corporate alliance??
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sun, 25 Sep 2005 10:16:47 -0600
  ...about 20 percent in Volkswagen AG, a move aimed at strengthening ties between the automakers and preventing a future hostile takeover of Volkswagen. Porsche...
• Re: Blinking stops, relay out ...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 6 Nov 2008 17:18:15 -0500
  ...Same thing. >Where would ground be for this sensor, when I have to clean it? It ties into the licence-plate light ground, which...
• Re: Fuel Hose Replacement
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 5 Jul 2010 23:10:04 -0700
  ...of linking to a page with a picture > of "No Zip Ties", he would know how many FI clamps I need to get if...
• Re: Vanagon Newbie
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 2 Oct 2002 12:37:30 EDT
  ...www.bookfinder.com It's a search engine that ties into several other search engines, around the world. I posted this reply to p...
• Re: westy tent info needed
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Aug 1997 14:29:31 -0600
  ...x 99 x. White fringe around edge. Snaps to connect > to side panels. Ties to attach to frame. > > any help would be appreciated, > chris >
• Re: Interior Lighting
  Historical mailing list - Carter
  Wed, 5 Aug 1998 20:27:45 -0700
  ...I wired in a small fluorescent fixture (two bulb, 12" long) from an RV supply store and, using plastic wire ties, attached it to...
• Re: Local clip replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Sun, 3 Jan 2021 20:25:08 -0600
  ...I just drill holes and use zip ties. > > On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 1:03 PM Rob <vwrobb@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I'm...