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• NVC- Eriba Puck Hub/Spindle source?
  Historical mailing list - Oliver Mueller-Heubach
  Wed, 9 Jul 2008 09:28:53 -0400
  ...without hurting said spindle (I didn't trust myself with a chisel and hammer). The same bearing may have fubar'ed the hub- has...
• Re: Looking for some radiator parts
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Fri, 10 Jun 2016 22:17:19 +0000
  ...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: Lugnut worries continue
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Tue, 25 Jan 2000 12:55:11 EST
  ...It sounds like you have reach the limit of what that fine machine tool,i.e., your cold chisel, can do. Drill a pilot...
• Need help with old gasket removal
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Sun, 8 Oct 2000 05:45:32 -0700
  ...Any tips on how you other folks remove baked on gaskets? I'm thinking a chisel or something similar. A razor tool is not...
• Re: 14in Empy PSI?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:11:19 -0500
  ...Just seats, some gas and my 167lb finely tuned, sleek and chiseled self. ;-) http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/enlarge/wolverine_image.html Michael in...
• Re: removing studs from new heads
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:11:43 -0400
  ...After 150K, the nuts were corroded to where they weren't even hex shaped (removed with a Dremel cutoff wheel and cold chisel), but...
• Re: Dan's Diesel Rebuild Part 8
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 6 Nov 2001 14:09:50 -0700
  ...I then used a wood chisel to hollow out a place in the 2x4 to give a secure spot to place the top of...
• Re: How hard is it to remove exhaust?
  Historical mailing list - Claudio Cella
  Sun, 8 Sep 2002 22:37:43 -0700
  ...the nut with a nut splitting tool or a hammer and chisel. Once removed use a small wire brush (toothbrush size) to clean up...
• Re: Separating the Engine Case. Any tips?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:42:30 -0800
  ...it's normal to take a wedge or chisel to the top of the case above the flywheel. unless you have a good impact...
• Re: transmission disassembly
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Thu, 17 Jun 2004 14:19:51 -0700
  ...Or you can try to use a chisel and destroy it on removal. Apart is one thing...Getting it all back together is a...
• Bearings or moronic PO
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Wed, 27 Dec 2006 12:34:43 -0800
  ...I then noticed that the PO had taken a chisel and hammer to undo the axle castle nut, which tells me he didn't...
• Re: Mutilated Oil Drain Plug
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Thu, 11 Jul 2002 16:27:33 +0100
  Can you shock it loose?, using a specially ground blunt (about 70 degrees) 1/4" chisel. Its all about getting the angles just about...
• Re: Blog post about 85 doka
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 26 Mar 2015 13:15:29 -0700
  ...Maybe the FIMC ( Felder Industries Magic Chisel) that Jim uses is the tool I need to buy. Really, honestly, the plastic welds on the...
• CV joint field notes;
  Historical mailing list - George Wietor
  Sun, 20 Feb 2000 14:24:01 -0800
  ...A chisel applied to the outer circumference of the head may also work. Change the joints gently-take them to a shop with a...
• changing upper ball joint
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Sat, 9 Jul 2005 15:37:41 -0700
  ...I was able to hammer a chisel between the upper arm and the ball joint to apply a small amount of pressure on the...
• Re: FW: Can somebody identify/explain these?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:29:33 -0600
  ...the > end is well-hammered, like the end of a cold chisel. > Maybe I need to find an internet forum of really old dudes...
• Re: Broken valves solved
  Historical mailing list - ChuckKuecker
  Tue, 31 Mar 1998 08:15:08 -0600
  ...There is a nice chunk chiseled into the #3 piston >as well. I guess the valve seized and got repeatedly rammed by the up...
• Re: Tranny Oil Check
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Thu, 25 Oct 2001 12:27:43 -0700
  And last year I reported about my seized plug, which required about 1/2 hour of pounding with a hammer and cold chisel to...
• Re: '83 Folding Rear Seat
  Historical mailing list - Tromper
  Thu, 5 Jun 2003 09:53:20 -0700
  Or hit a scrap yard with a cold chisel, big hammer and ear/eye protection chip out a pair, and weld 'em in. JT...
• Help me get this nut off!!!
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 4 Apr 2003 15:45:21 -0800
  ...I've got cold chisels and hack saws and all kind of implements of destruction; how do I use these items to get this...
• Re: Replacing window screens?
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:08:08 -0400
  ...be pressed in > to release the frame. > > Once out, take a chisel and scrape out the old screen. Reinstall with > a hot glue gun...
• Re: Clutch housing rebuild questions (searched archicve) + small report
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 9 Sep 2006 13:31:20 -0400
  ...Drive a chisel between the case and slave cyl mount,to push the clutch shaft arm off.If it wont come off with modetrate...
• 46mm socket for wheel bearing
  Historical mailing list - Anonymous Digest
  Tue, 8 Mar 2005 10:35:47 -0700
  ...I could probably just trash the nut with a sledge hammer and a chisel :-) but that still doesn't get the new one back...
• Re: Ball Joint removal.
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 17 Nov 2010 16:00:13 -0500
  ...An air powered one is even better if you have an air compressor and an air chisel tool. It works like magic and virtually...
• Engine Disassembly, EGR, Air Pump
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 2 Nov 1994 11:04:34 -0500
  ...real mother getting the screws out (screwdriver ...nope... vise grips ...nope... chisel...nope... drill). What is recommended for cleaning up old engine tin? Not...
• Re: CV Joint Bolts - Why are they 12 point? ARRGH!
  Historical mailing list - Blaine Bachman
  Tue, 15 Sep 1998 11:53:37 EDT
  ...dig into the edge of the head with a small cold chisel and break it free - just make sure you're hitting it in...
• the nuts and bolts of exhaust work thinking like a plumber
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 8 Apr 2003 08:06:36 -0700
  ...The other areas of the exhaust can be chiseled so I always used softer bolts with brass nuts. Remember that you may revisit your...
• Re: Service Life of FWB's?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Bias
  Fri, 28 Dec 2001 11:09:53 -0500
  ...the newly bought BernzOmatic torch and the second (and bigger) cold chisel to it today after work. Will report more after... O-yea, my...
• Re: Exhaust bolts
  Historical mailing list - Jim Henry
  Sat, 12 Jul 2003 10:21:35 -0400
  ...Use a grinder or power chisel and cut them out if they don't come out easily. Go to Lows or a real hardware...
• Re: Heater Box
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 13 Jan 2016 22:46:28 +0000
  I use a chisel and a hammer to get a point started and then a hammer and a putty knife to chase the slot...
• The final roof pics /F
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Fri, 3 Dec 1999 08:44:30 -0500
  ...Chris had stopped over 2 nights ago with a big chisel and a die grinder to cut the thing in 2 pieces so it...
• Re: Need adhesive for seal....
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 10 Jan 2000 06:45:14 -0500
  ...Then when replacement becomes neccessary you will have to chisel off all of the glue. Best to simply replace it once and for all...
• Re: Best method for remove seized exhaust nuts?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 8 Feb 2010 18:01:47 -0600
  ...I have been able to chisel and grind the waste nut away and rechase the threads. Prepare to break the studs if the nut...
• Re: Can't remove pilot bearing
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Thu, 28 Jun 2001 02:02:48 -0500
  ...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: lucas brake pads in 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:08:11 -0700
  ...Got out a hammer and chisel (screwdriver?) and sandpaper, etc.; after a bit of effort, had a functioning brake. Really should replace both calipers...
• My Lug nut Plea
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Thu, 18 Jul 2002 17:20:24 -0400
  ...I just spent a couple hours cutting 5 lug nuts off of my '85 Westy with a hammer and chisel because some air gun...
• Re: [Syncro] flywheel pilot bearing will not fit!
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 13 Nov 2003 09:51:37 -0800
  ...Or maybe they gouged the hole with a chisel removing the shell. It happens. You are going to have to get a really good...
• Re: Rear Drums wont come off.
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Jul 94 16:58:18 ADT
  ...I was desperate by that time, having used hammer, chisels, oil, an oxy-acet. torch to no avail. Once they do come loose, (or...
• Re: cv-joints
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 8 Jul 94 15:12:52 bst
  ...So I took them all out (not without resorting to a hacksaw and an air chisel, a story that will make me a martyr...
• Re: CV removal tips?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 14 May 2006 14:57:45 -0500
  ...I have removed the circlip and tried tapping >the end of the shaft with a cold chisel while the outer joint was supported in...
• Re: FW: Can somebody identify/explain these?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:09:37 -0700
  ...the end is well-hammered, like the end of a cold chisel. Maybe I need to find an internet forum of really old dudes...
• Re: converting an 81 AC Vanagon to water cooled
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 8 Dec 2007 11:12:01 -0800
  ...I know you have the nice I4 setup, so > > I appreciate the info. > > > > > > I tried drilling out the spot welds but ended > > up chiseling...
• Re: I-4 conversion timing problem - no problem!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 7 May 2001 20:37:52 EDT
  ...After confirming this alignment rotate the pulley slowly to line up 6 degrees or your pleasure, then go back to the flywheel with chisel...
• Re: Separating heads from cylinders
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Sun, 26 Aug 2001 19:02:00 -0700
  ...I grind one end on a bench grinder so that I wind up with a flat pointed end, like a wood chisel, but I...
• Re: Calling all wood carvers/craftspeople (Vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - T
  Tue, 11 Feb 2014 20:15:57 -0800
  ...I have a cnc router and nice set of carving chisels. Tim in san Jose -----Original Message----- From: "Stuart MacMillan" <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM> Sent...
• converting an 81 AC Vanagon to water cooled
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 8 Dec 2007 10:39:10 -0800
  ...I know you have the nice I4 setup, so I appreciate the info. > > I tried drilling out the spot welds but ended up chiseling...
• Re: No more noise!!!
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Tue, 25 Feb 2014 19:25:49 -0500
  ...That would have been difficult to chisel off. Chris. Wysłane z iPhone'a Dnia Feb 25, 2014 o godz. 19:19 Jim Felder <jim...
• Re: Chin spoiler attachment
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 3 Dec 2006 12:21:09 EST
  ...do), and you either have to grind the heads off or chisel them out.. anyway, when installing a chin spoiler, you can just do...
• Re: triple square axle bolts information for newbie
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:55:48 -0800
  the chisel method, for stripped out CV joint screws, that I mentioned, will get those suckers out in 30 seconds to a minute, 90...
• Re: Body Work Suggestions (metal cutting)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Smith
  Sat, 7 Oct 2000 18:49:23 EDT
  ...Your old panels will be trimmed off with an air chisel and the spot welds drilled out at the flanges. They will have to...
• F. S. 91 carat
  Historical mailing list - populuxe
  Tue, 11 Feb 2003 21:01:55 -0600
  ...if I only had the bucks!! who knows, if i keep this quiet maybe i could chisel the seller down if no interest around...
• Re: removing bolts
  Historical mailing list - Dave L
  Thu, 24 Aug 2000 13:03:41 -0400
  ...Oxy/Acetelene torch or hammer & >> chisel. It ain't no fun!!!!! Good luck. I've used a Dremel and like Frank says, you can...
• early wheel hubcap clips
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Wed, 15 Feb 1995 20:46:58 -0800 (PST)
  ...the old rivets out just fine - I use a hammer and chisel and the come right off. The problem is the NEW clips. I...
• Re: Bearings or moronic PO
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 27 Dec 2006 13:18:55 -0800
  ...I then noticed that > the PO had taken a chisel and hammer to undo the axle castle nut, which > tells me he didn't...
• Re: Rear Axle Nut ~Man that's big!!
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 28 Jul 2012 22:58:04 -0700
  ...Of course you could always cut the nut or use a chisel & 5 lb hammer and have at it... Rob vwrobb@gmail.com Currently...
• Re: Craftsperson Tools
  Historical mailing list
  6 Feb 95 13:20
  ...Pair of BIG plyers, pair of "Mole" grips, big and snall pipe (Monkey) wrenches, some "G" clamps, a hard and soft hammer, chisel. I...
• Re: converting an 81 AC Vanagon to water cooled
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 8 Dec 2007 11:21:48 -0800
  ...I know you have the nice I4 setup, so > > > I appreciate the info. > > > > > > > > I tried drilling out the spot welds but ended > > > up chiseling...
• Re: regrease steering U-joint?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:23:25 -0800
  ...I used a cold chisel as a wedge to spread the clamping part of the joint enough that I could pound it off the...
• Re: Speakin' of brakes
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 19 Jan 95 10:58:32 PST
  ...I used a chisel to punch the bearing race out. The thing is such a hard metal. I thought if I damaged it then...
• Re: Bearings or moronic PO
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Wed, 27 Dec 2006 16:36:54 -0500
  ...I then noticed that >the PO had taken a chisel and hammer to undo the axle castle nut, which >tells me he didn't...