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  • Re: Engine seal gaps
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 12 Apr 1996 23:40:09 -0700
    ...Brill Jr. \\ // >jbrill@unlinfo.unl.edu \\ \\// // If you're not outraged >University of Nebraska \\//\\// you're not paying attention. >free-lance homo sapien \/ \/ Red...
  • Re: parts list
    Historical mailing list - Howard Allen
    Thu, 13 Oct 2005 09:04:13 -0400
    ...Portland, Maine Think about packaging as an enabling technology John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM> Sent by: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> 10...
  • Re: Broken exhaust bolt.
    Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
    Sat, 30 Apr 2016 21:50:16 -0700
    ...use some ideas/encouragement. :) > > > > Drench it RealGood with PB Blaster or JB 80 or ZEP 45 for a > couple > > of days ~ > > > > Heat it up...
  • Re: Rear engine door hold-open device
    Historical mailing list - Mike
    Sat, 26 Nov 2011 09:58:14 -0500
    ...Works just fine. > > On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 8:16 PM, Tom Boldway <jboldway@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> Tired of trying to keep the...
  • Re: Repairing Windshield Wiper Motor
    Historical mailing list - William A. McKinley
    16 Oct 96 22:49:29 EDT
    ...probably won't get a second chance at fixing this part. JB Weld is a good choice) it in place. Let it dry longer...
  • Re: EGR on '81 Vanagon Westie
    Historical mailing list - Matthew Bulley
    Wed, 10 Sep 1997 07:08:13 -0400
    ...I would suggest mixing up about a half a tube of JB WELD and shoving this up the tube, held in by a little...
  • Re: It's getting colder!
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Tue, 9 Oct 2001 09:46:51 -0500
    ...Will this effect > engine or water temperature at all, and is this a good or BAD idea. > TIA > > > > > > Peace, JB > '66 Split Window Camper...
  • Re: A radical idea
    Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
    Tue, 11 Dec 2001 01:45:50 -0600
    ...Peace, JB '66 Split Window Camper '83 H20 Vanagon "You cannot simultaneously work for peace and prepare for war..." ______________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO...
  • Re: OT: Window Glass
    Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
    Tue, 5 Feb 2002 17:07:24 -0800
    ...looks like it grinds out scratches then polishes the surface Good luck Don ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Brush" <jbrush@AROS.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY...
  • Brake problem
    Historical mailing list - gary hradek
    Tue, 27 May 2003 08:39:38 -0700
    ...Jere Hawn <jbrschawn@EARTHLINK.NET> Subject: Brake problem Hi All, Can anyone provide some assistance on this brake problem? My pedal fades very very...
  • Re: trip odometer myth
    Historical mailing list - Stewart, Donna
    Wed, 16 Apr 2003 12:05:40 -0400
    ...I rebuilt it with JB Weld and it is now permanent. I'll bet that the workings get sticky with age and lube drying...
  • Re: Another Vanagon Burns Up
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Thu, 31 Mar 2005 06:02:29 -0600
    ...Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver jbange wrote: >> Along with the fuel lines, please don't forget the nylon firewall >> fitting >> (white, or now...
  • Re: Deluxe dash console
    Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
    Sun, 10 Apr 2005 18:02:37 -0400
    ...fit later model year Van dash's. >> bob >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "jbange" <hfinn@INGRATES.NET> >> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> >> Sent: Sunday, April 10...
  • Re: New blog
    Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
    Sun, 8 Jul 2012 22:08:20 -0230
    ...On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 3:17 PM, J B <jbever@excite.com> wrote: > > > Hi Everyone! > > > > I just wanted to say that this...
  • Re: wow.. got an extra $40k?
    Historical mailing list - joe trussell
    Thu, 1 Jun 2006 13:05:32 +0000
    ...John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM> >Reply-To: John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: Re: wow.. got an extra $40k...
  • Re: "99" Programmable Wiper Relay Into an '81?
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:11:28 -0700
    On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 11:25 AM, John Bange <jbange@gmail.com> wrote: >> The idea of having to switch back/forth just...
  • Re: "weather watch" sound deadening material
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Wed, 9 Nov 2005 18:28:06 -0800
    ...Jake ----- Original Message ----- From: "jake beaulieu" <jbeaulie@ND.EDU> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 2:16 PM Subject: "weather...
  • Tin & Generators
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 24 Jul 1995 08:27:08 -0500 (CDT)
    ...Brill Jr. \\ // jbrill@unlinfo.unl.edu \\ \\// // If you're not outraged University of Nebraska \\//\\// you're not paying attention. free-lance homo sapien \/ \/
  • ENgine Stuff....
    Historical mailing list - Jason & Laura Cornfeld
    Sun, 7 Mar 1999 22:59:53 -0700
    ...and well I had my heads JB welded.. but I am scared of one thing.. one of my cyl's.. it has a crack...
  • Re: E-bay Scam Trend (Caveat emptor)
    Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
    Mon, 15 Apr 2002 22:15:07 -0400
    ...Jere Hawn <jbrschawn@EARTHLINK.NET> >Subject: E-bay Scam Trend (Caveat emptor) >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >Hi all, > >Just a word to the...
  • Re: 130mph in a vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
    Tue, 7 Dec 2004 00:54:10 -0500
    ...On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 16:20:58 -0700, jimt <wetwesty@tactical-bus.info> wrote: > On 12/6/04 9:29 AM, "jbange" <hfinn...
  • Devising a replacement for the double t piece (cooling system)?
    Historical mailing list - jbclem1
    Thu, 9 Sep 2004 14:57:31 -0700
    ...A few months ago mine cracked and leaked, and I epoxied it (jb weld) successfully. Two days ago one of the nipples broke off...
  • Re: easy mod...ADJUSTABLE intermittant wiper!!! read!!
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Mon, 3 Apr 2006 11:28:50 -0700
    ...dated 4/3/06 11:10:51 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > jbange@GMAIL.COM > writes: > > > > > > On 4/3/06, Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@mac.com...
  • Re: Power Steering Leak
    Historical mailing list - Jonathan Berg
    Mon, 13 Sep 2010 12:37:53 -0400
    ...weeping right up. No further leaks since then. Worth a shot. JB On Monday, September 13, 2010, Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@gmail.com> wrote: > OK...
  • Spillmeister burner grill thingies
    Historical mailing list - Troy
    Sun, 1 Nov 2009 09:49:28 -0900
    ...and then used two shorter pieces with just a touch of JB Weld. I wasn't sure how the epoxy would hold up under...
  • Re: LP Regulator Life Expectancy?-be careful!
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Tue, 9 Jun 2009 15:39:25 -0700
    ...musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> ....I have read of >> people using epoxy (JB?) to put them back on. (as per new Manchester >> tags..... sealed all...
  • Re: Block Heater
    Historical mailing list - 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"
    Wed, 6 Dec 2000 11:02:23 -0500
    ...E-mail for > more info. > Hope this helps anyone whom is too cold for a quiet start. > JB > '89 GL Wolfsburg (Road Whale) > '82...
  • Re: head repair and water pump
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Thu, 19 Jun 2003 11:50:57 -0400
    ...no other way!!!), but now as I sit waiting for the JB Weld to set up on the minor (but enough to leak) pitting...
  • Need '82 diesel header tank
    Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
    Sun, 8 Aug 2004 10:56:55 -0700
    ...I tried the JB Weld patch. Still leaking. Next step, I'm gonna try welding it. I'd feel a LOT more secure about...
  • Sigh. Leaking head gasket = winter project
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Fri, 15 Oct 2004 15:27:33 -0700
    ...I hope the damage is not so bad that I can't use the exciting and famous JB Weld fix! Jeepers there are a...
  • Re: 2.1 Wasserboxer
    Historical mailing list - Jerry Baker
    Fri, 12 Jan 2007 12:24:59 -0600
    ...Thanks again, Jerry 88 GL BUS-ter On 1/12/07 12:11 AM, "John Bange" <jbange@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >> Boston Bob is yer...
  • Re: It's alive, but it gives bad head! (Fixing head leak on '87 2.1L)
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sun, 17 Jun 2007 09:53:46 -0400
    ...if flat, OK; if pitted, fill in with JB Weld and sand flat If head we have is no good: Ponder options If reinstalling...
  • Re: Blaupunkt amplifier blowing fuzes
    Historical mailing list - John Clemens
    Sat, 27 May 2000 15:14:04 -0700
    ...John ----- Original Message ----- From: "McComas_Glenn" <mccomas@shore.intercom.net> To: <jbclem@earthlink.net> Cc: <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2000...
  • Re: Dealers and the American Way
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 29 Jun 1995 09:36:09 -0500 (CDT)
    ...Brill Jr. \\ // jbrill@unlinfo.unl.edu \\ \\// // If you're not outraged University of Nebraska \\//\\// you're not paying attention. free-lance homo sapien \/ \/
  • Re: Head (gasket) fix
    Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
    Fri, 3 Apr 1998 16:09:40 -0800
    ...privatre rebuilt heads/ vw rebuilt heads / jb weld heads / ceramic coated heads, etc., so we can get some measure on whether one method of...
  • Re: FS: 87 Turbo Quantum Syncro Wagon 250hp full time 4wd wagon
    Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
    Tue, 10 Oct 2000 19:37:15 -0400
    ...ADS/JBL/Rockford > Fosgate stereo. European headlights newer red paint. GTI seats. HKS boost and > exhaust temp guages. Hallmeter for reading rich lean condition...
  • Bad VW! and question
    Historical mailing list - Bob Whitby
    Thu, 18 Apr 2002 21:05:39 -0700
    ...I'm thinking of cutting the thing at the back where it attaches to the guilty flange, then whipping out the trusty JB weld...
  • This is not the forum...
    Historical mailing list - jeremy kron
    Mon, 15 Apr 2002 14:39:30 -0700
    ...Regards, Jeremy --- John Brush <jbrush@AROS.NET> wrote: > >>Wow, Stan, up here in the Yankee north, we know > better than to make > >>broad generalizations...
  • Re: Loose exhaust bolt again. fix if stripped?
    Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
    Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:26:37 -0800
    ...Is > there a > >> Lock tite to work in this heat? or should I pack it with > sawdust and jb > >> weld? (Kidding) > >> Im always careful...
  • 1.9 Engine Rebuild-Vancouver Canada
    Historical mailing list - gerry rafferty
    Tue, 24 Oct 2000 23:31:31 -0700
    ...Sw. $C5 Total $C159.35 + taxes=181.66 Heads Unlimited $C175.56 Cleaned,replaced exhaust guides (pitting JBwelded) Bus Depot Total $US671.60 ($C973...
  • Re: VDO Guages not working
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Sat, 6 Oct 2007 10:34:16 -0700
    ...musomuso1963@hotmail.com On 10/6/07, Jake Beaulieu <jbeaulie@nd.edu> wrote: > "First according to my infrared therm. the heads near the intake...
  • Re: GoWesty 2wd Lift Spring Installation
    Historical mailing list - Danny C.
    Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:42:41 -0700
    ...Monday, April 19, 2010, 7:09 PM On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 7:54 PM, John Bange <jbange@gmail.com> wrote: > > Good to...
  • Re: AIRS air cooled listings
    Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
    Sun, 17 Mar 2002 10:50:55 -0500
    ...John Brush <jbrush@AROS.NET> >Subject: AIRS air cooled listings >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >Might be an old question, but I don't...
  • Re: Reflectors on back of van
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Fri, 14 Oct 2005 12:54:19 -0500
    ...Stan Wilder Engine Ceramics 214-352-4931 www.engineceramics.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Bange" <jbange@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent...
  • Fw: Fw: [VANAGON] Acetone tip
    Historical mailing list - Leslie H Schwartz
    Sun, 3 Jun 2007 00:11:56 -0700
    ...John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Sent: Saturday, June 2, 2007 10:54:32 PM Subject: Re: Fw: [VANAGON] Acetone...
  • Re: a newbie with some problems: hissing 2.1 L WBX and thrown belt
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:52:38 -0700
    ...On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 10:14 PM, John Bange <jbange@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > you'd think he would have mentioned or noticed...
  • Re: Vanagon and Type 2 Auto transmissions
    Historical mailing list - Dave Yates
    Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:52:13 +1000
    ...Dave 2008/9/15 John Bange <jbange@gmail.com>: >> I take that to mean that the Type 2 auto box is identical to the...
  • Re: Oil temp musings and hairbrained ideas
    Historical mailing list - Chris S
    Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:54:18 -0500
    ...neksiwel.20m.com/ > in statu viae > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Bange" <jbange@GMAIL.COM> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008...
  • Engine Stuff Re-Post
    Historical mailing list - Jason & Laura Cornfeld
    Mon, 8 Mar 1999 11:32:42 -0700
    ...and well I had my heads JB welded.. but I am scared of one thing.. one of my cyl's.. it has a crack...
  • Re: TDI fuel savings
    Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
    Fri, 15 Jan 1999 17:01:47 +0100
    ...burning up Middle Eastern oil and keeping > ours for our private use when the Sheiks' run out. > > BOB - WA4RRN > '85GL > http://www.jbs.org
  • Re: Engine siezed . . . Next steps?
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Fri, 3 Feb 2006 18:10:12 -0800
    ...http://www.smallcar.com/ On 2/3/06, John Bange <jbange@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 2/3/06, John Rodgers <inua@charter.net> wrote...
  • A/C in a T3, dreams
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Sat, 20 May 2006 14:21:07 -0700
    ...Mark BenT Syncro wrote: > On 5/20/06, John Bange <jbange@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Having suffered the horrors of driving through 109degF heat in...
  • Re: Curtains, magnets, etc.
    Historical mailing list - PB
    Mon, 28 May 2007 19:24:24 -0700
    ...Patti ************************************** On 5/27/07, John Bange <jbange@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Very cool, useful things, magnets......especially in my van, which is > > metal, not...
  • Re: Windshield wiper arms
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 9 Jun 2026 11:20:25 +0000
    ...Boldway <jboldway@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> I find the list extremely useful for archives.  Been on for 25 years, under some sort of jboldway@ email...
  • Re: Oil temp. ? and OP ?
    Historical mailing list - Jonathan Berg
    Tue, 5 Oct 2010 10:59:30 -0400
    ...Nicely done set up. Holler if you want to compare notes. JB On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 9:21 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928...
  • Re: Fryday (Modern Vanagon Replacements?)
    Historical mailing list - vw woody
    Sat, 10 May 2014 11:36:28 -0500
    ...pushin" > Date: Sat, 10 May 2014 12:27:47 -0400 > From: jbever@EXCITE.COM > Subject: Re: Fryday (Modern Vanagon Replacements?) > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON...
  • Re: Do head bolts have to be replaced?
    Historical mailing list - Birkenfeld Jeff
    Mon, 5 Aug 2002 15:50:17 -0500
    ...are torque to yield but most modern diesel engines use them. JB George Averill wrote: Does this mean that the torque should be increased...
  • Re: throttle shaft bushings ?
    Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
    Sat, 14 Jan 2006 16:37:44 -0500
    ...bore.The fix for the grooves this makes is good ole JB weld in the scratches of the bore.I dont have these scratches...
  • Re: Engine stutters, tach nosedives. Then, just as suddenly, it's,normal again.
    Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
    Mon, 2 Mar 2009 08:33:09 -0500
    ...You can do all these checks > with volt/ohm meter. > > > JB 88GL Guido > > > On 3/1/09 11:36 PM, "David Beierl" <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL...
  • Re: fuel pressure regultor bad? Engine running rich
    Historical mailing list - John Flaherty
    Thu, 22 Mar 2001 20:42:12 -0500
    ...Did you check the > signals at the ECU plug, and check all the ground connections? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Clemens" <jbclem@EARTHLINK.NET> > To...