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• Fwd: Squeaky front end parts
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Blong
  Tue, 19 Sep 2006 09:12:39 -0400
  ...I've read a post ont he Samba that suggests application of PB Blaster. I have been trying to eyeball whether or not there...
• Re: o2 sensor troubles
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Wed, 2 Aug 2006 20:58:46 -0400
  ...I would > also use a liberal amount of PB Blaster or such. > > Geo H > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG...
• Re: Interesting Thing About My Brakes....
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 7 Sep 2012 11:46:57 -0500
  ...Jim > BTW, buy yourself a good flare nut wrench set (14mm is what you need) and > use PB Blaster on the nuts before you...
• Re: Stubborn oxygen sensor
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:21:03 -0500
  ...Generous application > of PB > blaster is ineffective. Would applying torch heat risk damage to the > sensor? > It seems obvious that it is made for...
• Re: Tips for removing drums??
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Thu, 3 Jul 2008 12:58:16 -0400
  ...a pick/knife/whatever and soaked it a lot with pb blaster. The next day, 5 minutes of hard work with the hammer got...
• Re: A minimal tool kit?
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Wed, 8 Sep 2010 09:42:10 -0400
  ...One can of PB Blaster/Release all and a can of brake cleaner, plus a roll of blue shop towels. Happy Trails, Greg Potts...
• Re: Control Arm Bushing Squeak?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
  Sun, 8 Jan 2006 21:35:13 +0000
  ...PB Blaster dry lube eliminated squeaks immediately. I spreayed every rubber thing I could see in the front wheel area and no more squeak...
• Sandblast!
  Historical mailing list - David Easterwood
  Thu, 20 Jun 1996 09:55:41 -0400
  ...Totally wore out the ceramic tip on my blaster. Shouldn't a tip last longer than 1 bag of sand? I would welcome any...
• Re: Gas Tank Removal
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 22 Sep 1997 22:15:41 -0700
  ...My way to get the blaster clamps was to use tin snips to cut the crimped bulge, cutting parallel to the hose. I did...
• Re: [Rookie Questions][F]
  Historical mailing list - t obrien
  Mon, 15 Nov 1999 15:23:22 PST
  ...radio to cover road noise? > Get a couple of those boom blaster deep bass modules. If you still have teeth when you get there...
• Re: whats the book time for installing a new exhaust OR...
  Historical mailing list - Cory Sammons
  Wed, 16 Jun 2004 00:40:14 -0400
  ...12 hours with cutting pipes, heating off bolts, waiting for PB blaster to sink in, rethreading holes and posts, reassembling and welding hanger brackets...
• Re: '88 Exhaust help
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:32:50 -0700
  ...Except to > mention the one broken stud that took more than 4 hours to coax out > using heat, PB Blaster, vice grips and patience...
• Re: Rear trailing arm repair: Port Townsend (WA) Muffler?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 2 Sep 2014 21:13:53 -0400
  ...Are you saying it rusted to the point that the bushing areas was flexing? Don’t bother with the PB blaster and stuff like...
• Re: Cool Tool
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Mon, 14 Feb 2000 17:24:29 EST
  ...To remove the last trace of crust from the >bones, >they were using an air brush\sand blaster type tool. It was small and...
• Re: coolant overflow fears and thoughts
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Thu, 9 May 2013 19:41:47 -0500
  ...now and hit everything you are going to remove with PB Blaster, <SPAN class=misspelled>Zyglo</SPAN>, whatever is the best <SPAN class=misspelled...
• removing a broken cv joint stud
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Sun, 7 Oct 2007 19:46:03 EDT
  ...I ended up drilling a second hole that also was off center and then trying to soak the broken piece with PB Blaster. The...
• Re: Ball joints and steering rack
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Sat, 8 Dec 2007 18:50:26 -0800
  ...spray the two (8mm I think) allen bolts with PB Blaster the night before. While you're at it spray the large nut and...
• Re: Lower Ball Joint Adaptor Questions (PICS)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:49:20 -0800
  ...Heat them with a propane tourch, douse > them hot with PB Blaster, get a stout punch and a BFH! > > Mark > > neil N wrote: >> >> Hi...
• Re: Favorite Penetrating Oil?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Sun, 30 Dec 2007 09:32:30 -0800
  ...Also use PB Blaster. I'm still not sure which is better, but they're both really good. I happen to really like the...
• Re: westy rust redux
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Mon, 29 Jan 2001 18:27:38 -0800
  ...I have axcess to a large garage with alot of tools for body work-compressor, sand blasters etc. I am also an artist(sculpter...
• Tips for removing rear trailing-arm bolts?
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Blong
  Tue, 26 Sep 2006 21:03:54 -0400
  ...torque to the > bolt heads. > > I've tried lots of PB Blaster & tapping over several days, plus > attempted persuasion by 4-lb sledge, all...
• Stubborn oxygen sensor
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:15:32 -0500
  ...Generous application of PB blaster is ineffective. Would applying torch heat risk damage to the sensor? It seems obvious that it is made for...
• Re: Rear trailing arm repair: Port Townsend (WA) Muffler?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 2 Sep 2014 17:28:07 -0700
  ...Patch likely made arm stronger at area of damage but I'll be applying PB Blaster to bolt-bushing area every day. Will replace...
• Re: Tips for removing rear trailing-arm bolts?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 26 Sep 2006 22:13:21 -0400
  ...I've tried lots of PB Blaster & tapping over several days, plus attempted persuasion by 4-lb sledge, all with no luck. I'd...
• Re: Stuck Oil Drain plug
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 7 Apr 2008 11:51:29 -0400
  ...oil drain plug will not budge. > Have > sprayed it with PB blaster and tried and tried but the darn thing wont > budge. We were...
• Re: getting paint off LP tank?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Wed, 28 Oct 1998 02:25:27 EST
  ...paint off? I obviously don't have access to a sand blaster or glass bead'r; and I don't want to chew up...
• Re: (Resolved) Tips for removing drums??
  Historical mailing list - Ben Cichowski
  Sun, 6 Jul 2008 11:45:38 -0500
  ...Tried cutting in again and again and spraying PB Blaster, used some heat to get a bit of wax in...and finally after many...
• Re: Loosening Axle (rear)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:05:08 -0600
  ...BZ-6 months, PB Blaster, Drum Puller, torch, 4' cheater bar w/ 3/4" drive, whatever it takes On Jul 19, 2011, at 2...
• Re: Installing new shocks
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:08:14 -0400
  ...I have been spraying the bolts on the old ones with PB blaster for a week now. Any words of advice on replacing the...
• Re: Cleaning body seams
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Thu, 7 Mar 2002 22:38:16 -0600
  Wrong again--- I have several differet varieties of sand blaster's, and if it ain't 90 degree's I don't mind using...
• Re: How best to JB weld pitted heads?
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Tue, 14 Mar 2000 14:59:07 -0500
  ...BTW even a $10 Harbor Freight pail blaster will do two heads sufficiently, and you could just use fine blasting sand $5 for 50...
• Re: How to get spare tire out??? Urgent!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 5 Mar 2011 11:22:51 -0800
  ...get PB Blaster or any of the better dedicated penetrating juices. And apply it every few hours for a few days. or heat the...
• fuel lines lead to removing intake?
  Historical mailing list - Brian Workman
  Mon, 21 Aug 2006 19:41:51 -0700
  ...I sprayed those two bolts with PB blaster tonight to let them sit. Should I give it a try...or let the pros do...
• Re: Mullendore port help
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Wed, 5 Oct 2011 17:47:43 -0400
  ...might try PB blaster next. Edward At 11:41 PM 10/4/2011, David Beierl wrote: >At 08:57 PM 10/4/2011, Edward...
• Re: Exhaust studs
  Historical mailing list - Ben Cichowski
  Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:02:33 -0500
  ...I'll never buy pb blaster or any of those things again. Just as you said, just a bit of heat and a candle...
• Dissappearing products (was exhaust system / Kroil)
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Mon, 22 Aug 2005 10:17:43 -0400
  ...Anyhoo, after using PB Blaster for years and after my foray into the realm of the Kroilers, I found the best penetrant to be...
• Re: Next question - Removing 35 yr old brake lines from MC. :-/
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Fri, 8 Jun 2012 18:48:33 -0400
  ...My thought is to use PB > Blaster and soak the hell out of it for a few days, then apply some > heat from my...
• Re: Kroil/penatrating oil
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Sat, 23 Dec 2000 20:17:40 EST
  ...experience, Kroil is not a perceptibly better penetrating oil than PB blaster or even LPS-1. For perhaps a dozen years, I was periodically...
• Re: POR Patch as a seam sealer?
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:47:35 +0000
  I have sand blasted some bad seams with one of those cheap little hose in the bucket blasters. Worked pretty good for seams, as...
• Re: Exhaust studs
  Historical mailing list - Bill Shawley
  Sun, 17 Aug 2008 02:25:10 +0000
  ...them off with a brass brush and sprayed them with PB blaster a few times. Will heating the bolts with just a propane torch...
• Re: Waterpump and exhaust and rust - Oh my!
  Historical mailing list - Aaron
  Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:29:10 -0800
  ...PB Blaster >> can be found in most hardware and auto parts stores here. If not, their >> site is http://www.pbblaster.com/. Thirdly, I...
• Re: [WetWesties] Crane XR700 ignition system question
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:56:36 -0600
  Not sure on the crane st up but running MSD ignition Ive ran .045"-.055" but that was also with a msd blaster coil...
• Re: exhaust bolts / studs... tips or tricks?
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Sun, 18 May 2008 10:27:33 -0400
  ...http://www.blasterchemical.com/products.html Good Luck! Dave On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 9:11 AM, Tom Myers <motmyers@hotmail.com> wrote...
• Inspection time again - exhaust system blues
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 21 Jul 2011 08:28:07 -0700
  ...Warnings, helpful hints and dire predictions will be gratefully accepted.� I'm breaking out the PB Blaster as I write this for the first...
• Re: Yee haw, got my solar setup installed
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sun, 28 Aug 2005 19:29:28 -0700
  ...folks was to remove the aftermarket alarm system, remove the >ghetto blaster amplifier system, remove the FM booster. >Once I got all the twisted...
• Re: Can't remove spark plug - 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 18 Oct 2006 16:50:30 -0700
  ...My preference is PB > Blaster, available at most auto chain stores. It's nervous work using a > lot of force in this situation so...
• Re: Frozen locks
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Paquette
  Wed, 15 Dec 2010 10:20:01 -0500
  ...A thin lubricant, such as RemOil or > Kroil or maybe even PB Blaster, would be better than WD40, but I > wouldn't recommend even...
• Re: propane line removal
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 2 Mar 2004 16:12:48 -0600
  ...loosened the bolts holding the tank to the vehicle thanks to > PB Blaster. > > In VW Love, light & laughter > Jay > '87 Westy,"Ol' Blue," 327K >
• Re: squeaky front end-TEMPORARY fix
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:25:08 -0400
  I am not at the position financially to replace worn bushings on the front of my vanagon with 237k so I used PB Blaster...
• TIP Sandblasters, part 2
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 8 Apr 1997 22:10:03 +0000
  > Here in Seattle I find use for a blaster almost daily - thinking about an > Eastwood unit. Looking forward to your next episode. > > Charles "Luke...
• Re: Engine rebuilding resources
  Historical mailing list - Frank Miller
  Tue, 7 Dec 1999 07:28:02 -0500
  ...rust so I pulled them, too, & hit them with the bead blaster & a new paint job. (Had to buy a bigger compressor & re-wire...
• Re: lost brake line...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 24 Dec 2007 18:56:05 -0800
  ...use the PB Blaster though. If you should be so lucky, then yes, the 11mm flare nut wrench if the size. Shouldn't be...
• Exhaust stud & bolts removal problems
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Tue, 2 May 2006 08:36:05 -0300
  ...So fare I used Power Blaster to soak them, vibrated them with hammer and no luck. Then I heated them up with a brazing...
• Re: Squeaky front end parts
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:45:56 +1000
  ...I've read a post ont he Samba that suggests application of PB Blaster. I have been trying to eyeball whether or not there...
• Re: Minimal Heat (2.1)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
  Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:10:52 -0500
  ...Perhaps spray some PB Blaster on the nuts and bolts, allow to sink in, then try to remove them. Good luck, Jim On Fri...
• Re: Window rain shields?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 30 Jun 2014 05:11:11 -0700
  ...breakage.� I believe those are shaped more like the mini-pickup "blasters" that are L-shaped and fit in the front and top of...
• Re: Electrical Gremlins (all in one post)
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:03:09 -0800
  Craig, I've had bizarre luck reviving motors [among other elec parts] by cleaning them with emery cloth, PB Blaster and Marvel Mystery oil...
• Re: Loosening Axle (rear)
  Historical mailing list - James Felder
  Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:27:27 -0500
  ...I've had > some PB Blaster on the nut for a few days now. Second question: The > threads are normal, right? Lefty-loosey? Standard...
• Front suspension
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sun, 5 Aug 2001 18:13:50 -0700
  ...The job goes much easier if you wirebrush the threads on the strut bar, and then spray with PB Blaster. I didn't think...
• Re: 1984 Vanagon O2 Sensor Removal ?
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Sun, 30 Aug 1998 00:40:46 -0400
  ...Having removed the pipe I sprayed the inside of the pipe around the botttom of the sensor with "JB BLASTER" (best penetrating oil I...