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• gobbledegook
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Sun, 25 Jan 2004 10:24:30 -0800
  ...See Now %RND_SYB deja clark exclamation hunter dowel heath intemperance erasure kafkaesque bizarre chameleon bud dustbin knee labrador chromium currant rocket adequate firsthand...
• Re: Water tank drain cap replacement
  Historical mailing list - Dan Johnston
  Mon, 31 Aug 1998 11:58:36 -0400
  ...Probably could turn one using a wooden dowel??? dan 80 westie, for sale 72 super vert, not napman@PLANET.NET wrote: > I've lost...
• Re: roof rack vs trailer
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Fri, 9 Dec 2011 18:39:30 -0800
  ...15:32 Robert Mac Dowell <yakandhike@COMCAST.NET> > napisał(a): > > > I too had noticed the drop in gas mileage with the > roof rack on...
• Re: tire size calculator Re: tire circumference
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Fri, 14 Oct 2011 09:14:14 -0700
  ...mcneely > > ---- Robert Mac Dowell <yakandhike@COMCAST.NET> wrote: >> Let me rephrase that. How many RPM'S should it be for the speedo to be...
• Re: Can't remove pilot bearing
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Wed, 27 Jun 2001 13:45:17 -0700
  ...You pack the pilot hole with greese and the pound the wooden/steel/socket dowell in and it forces the pilot out... It has...
• Re: Jail Bars Q
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:55:30 -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: Westy Water Hose Size from Tank to Faucet
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Thu, 25 Mar 2010 10:11:50 -0400
  I was able to replace mine using the old hose to pull through the new (with a short dowel inside the 2 ends and...
• Re: [VWVANFULLTIMERS] Dometic Fridge Servicing / Renovation
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Sun, 26 Sep 2004 16:20:56 -0400
  ...Use a broomstick/dowel to get the flex chimneys sitting the way they should be. Put the dowel an inch or so into the...
• Re: More Clutch - part 4 or is it 5
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 1 Jul 2010 20:59:10 -0700
  ...on the locating dowels for the pressure plate. Critical that they be there. Not only for centering , but for rotational relationship with the flywheel...
• Re: '90 Vanagon Jump Seats and Rear Bench/Bed
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Wed, 22 Mar 2000 06:16:16 -0800
  ...At the bottom of the seat frame are protrusions that look like steel dowel pins. They are not threaded. The factory installation provided tight...
• Re: NVC: Type 1 case
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:04:22 -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: Westy rear table mods: here's another one
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 3 Aug 2009 23:11:30 -0500
  ...so its like a two feet long dowel inside the >> table leg?more like a cut off broom handle? and why does it rise...
• Re: Proper side mirrors?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 7 Jun 2006 08:01:35 -0700
  ...It worked so well (and by the way, looks very good--you can only see the ends of the stainless dowel pin, and they...
• Re: I4 Happenings in turbovans land
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 28 Jun 2011 01:56:29 -0700
  ...two nice big dowels in the block .. 5 or 6 12mm diameter bolts hold the two together. I don't care if it's...
• Re: B. Bobs 2.1 main bearings, one more question
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sat, 27 Oct 2001 20:10:14 -0400
  ...type 4 case due to the cases alignment dowel pins (not the main bearing dowel pins) gaining some play over the years I have...
• Re: 84 head job update #2
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Thu, 23 May 2002 15:18:19 -0400
  ...When done, use a hammer with a big wood dowel (I use part of a hockey stick) and tap the sleeve gently all around...
• Re: roof rack vs. trailer
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 9 Dec 2011 20:05:53 -0500
  ...15:32 Robert Mac Dowell <yakandhike@COMCAST.NET> napisał(a): > I too had noticed the drop in gas mileage with the roof rack on...
• Dometic Intake & Exhaust Pipe Cleaning Tip
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 4 Jun 2012 13:09:47 -0700
  ...I pushed hose on to a wood dowel, then shaped end. I used rubber coated hose. Shaping a braided piece of hose may allow...
• Re: Table leg modification (Loren Bush)
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:44:11 -0700
  ...But I have no shop to work in so turning an ovesize dowel down to fit isn't in the script for me. One...
• Re: cheap vanagon skylights - hijack
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Tue, 3 Jan 2012 18:47:57 -0800
  ...Buy locally - the job you save might be your own On Tue, 3 Jan 2012 08:17:46 -0500 � Robert Mac Dowell <yakandhike@COMCAST...
• Re: calendar
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:15:57 -0800
  ...On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Robert Mac Dowell <yakandhike@comcast.net>wrote: > Does anybody besides go westy have a westy...
• Re: bicycle racks
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Jun 1995 12:30:11 -0500 (CDT)
  ...He also said he used a big wooden dowel to keep the thing up if he wanted to open the back hatch. You could...
• Re: How to remover pistons from wasserboxer?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Maurer
  Fri, 20 Dec 1996 17:30:02 +0000
  ...I removed and installed the piston pins with a scrap piece of wood dowel. Scott Maurer '84 Vanagon GL Portland, OR At 05:11...
• Re: Leaking...
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Thu, 20 Sep 2001 18:03:53 -0400
  ...This time I used a pointed wooden dowel to pull the rubber gasket up while I crammed as much goop in there as possible...
• Re: WAS Change fuel hose from tank to pump NOW stopping smaller lines
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 12 Oct 2013 15:32:58 -0500
  ...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: Bottom end reassembly?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 24 Apr 2000 16:19:59 -0700
  ...When you're sure you have the bearing properly seated in the case (dowel in bearing's dowel hole) take a *sharp* pencil and...
• Re: Held Together by Rust and Faith- Help!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 10 Aug 2001 01:57:57 -0400
  ...There is a dowel pin through it -- it may be easier (and it's certainly possible) to twist it back and forth and remove...
• Re: '83 fan removal / header removal
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 19 Mar 2005 18:24:10 -0800
  ...So, if the engine's still in the vehicle (best case) get a fairly stout dowel and slide it INTO the header. You don...
• Re: Thermostat Questions
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Thu, 29 Mar 2001 17:36:19 -0500
  ...The consist of pieces of broom sticks and a couple of long screws to pull the dowels together (hose in between). They work great...
• Re: nuts and bolts to use on exhaust
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Fri, 2 Dec 2011 08:11:55 -0800
  ...On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 5:28 AM, Robert Mac Dowell <yakandhike@comcast.net>wrote: > Back in the old days us greasers used...
• Re: CANVAS
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 13 Mar 2004 20:56:33 -0700
  ...If you drop the top from full-extension, (hold it up with a broomstick sized dowell or something) to take the pressure off and...
• Re: Hose clamps
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 30 May 2011 11:13:57 -0700
  ...went to auto trans ATF cooler. > > Try a piece of hardwood dowel. Put two or three small pan-head > screws around the perimeter so...
• Re: Mirror replacement alternative: tightening (was Re: Truck Mirrors Installation - Pics Needed - Advice)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 29 Apr 2010 10:49:38 -0400
  ...Koerner did but used a roll pin or maybe the busted shank of an 1/8" drill rather than a dowel pin. Still had...
• Re: Kid's hammock
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Wed, 14 Jul 1999 11:06:16 -0600
  ...of the measured wooden closet rods (1-1/4" or so dowels) large enough for a tight fit of the window holder when inserted...
• Re: jumpseat cylinder housings
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sat, 8 Mar 2003 12:02:14 -0800
  ...I drilled appropriately sized holes for the "dowels" at the end of the jumpseat legs. Then the steel pieces were welded to the sheet...
• Re: [Fwd: Reaching skylight knob]
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:07:53 -0700
  ...So yeah - replace the knob with a big D-ring or similar and use a dowel w/ a hook on the end. Or find...
• Re: Table leg modification
  Historical mailing list - BA
  Mon, 25 Jun 2007 19:40:07 -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...
• Re: fuse confusion
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Snook
  Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:38:18 -0800
  ...intact, the back part where it wraps up over the ceramic dowel was burnt off in back. New fuse didn't do it, but...
• Re: Table mod pic
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:52:21 -0400
  ...and easily > reversible in case I want to try the internal dowel. > > http://picasaweb.google.com/bike2vcu/TableMod02/photo#5081242097264314626 > > Use 1 1/2...
• Vanagon Manual, Hex Wrenches Part 2
  Historical mailing list - Dan Fleming
  Sat, 22 Jan 2000 14:05:13 -0800
  ...The fastener would have a dowel or post in the center of the opening. A standard Allen will not fit, as without the hole...
• putting up with caravan owners(in north florida)
  Historical mailing list - Tony Dowell
  Sat, 18 Nov 2000 20:19:06 EST
  ...P>S can i convert my table bracket to accomadate a 50.cal machine gun.....just kidding THIS LIST RULES!!!t.dowell
• Re: Problems removing rear brake shoe pivot
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 27 Mar 2002 19:12:51 -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...
• Re: I need help on my conversion.
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Mon, 2 Jun 2003 00:13:49 -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: Westie luggage area
  Historical mailing list - kathy jacobs
  Thu, 18 May 2000 02:49:21 -0400
  ...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: Westy shower
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Mon, 12 Aug 2002 16:52:18 -0700
  ...I use a home made >dowel rod with rubber coated hooks on each end to keep the back door open >since the struts can...
• Re: Chunka Bologna
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 15 Mar 2006 14:26:13 -0500
  ...to insert something inside it. >>Maybe >>a short length of hardwood dowel or a properly >>sized >>bolt with the head cut off. >> >>Good luck...
• Re: things that go bad
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 30 Jan 2010 09:25:26 -0600
  ...David Mc > > ---- Robert Mac Dowell <yakandhike@COMCAST.NET> wrote: > > ----- Back in 1972 I bought a brand new 1972 vw camper. The price was > > $5500...
• Curtain upgrade
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Sun, 2 Mar 2008 19:09:04 -0500
  ...We filled all the holes with dowel and re- drilled the driver's side + spot glued the track, which worked very well (passenger side...
• Re: '90 Vanagon Jump Seats and Rear Bench/Bed
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Wed, 22 Mar 2000 07:04:58 -0800
  ...The factory installation provided > tight-fitting plastic caps that fit between the dowel pins and the "socket" > created by the floor anchors to ensure...
• Brake hose-pinching device
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Fri, 21 Nov 2003 12:24:30 -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...
• Re: Frtidge Door Mod (Need feedback)
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Sat, 13 Nov 2004 14:53:32 -0800
  ...Weight it at the bottom with plastic doweling cut from a coat hanger. A little duct tape at the top to glue it into...
• Re: [Fwd: Reaching skylight knob]
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:15:31 +0000
  ...knob with a big D-ring or similar and use a dowel > w/ a hook on the end. Or find a pirate. With a...
• Re: striking caution by dennis
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 8 May 2016 10:49:35 -0400
  ...I once had the top of a 3/8" dowel pin break off from being driven in with a hammer. Found it two day...
• Re: R&R Clutch
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 9 Nov 2007 14:31:41 -0800
  ...I posted that the pressure plate fits over 3 roll pins/dowels in the flywheel, and thus the p. plate fits only one way...
• Re: roof rack vs. trailer
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Fri, 9 Dec 2011 23:05:49 -0500
  ...15:32 Robert Mac Dowell <yakandhike@COMCAST.NET> napisał(a): > >> I too had noticed the drop in gas mileage with the roof rack on...
• Re: '90 Vanagon Jump Seats and Rear Bench/Bed
  Historical mailing list - Buettner, Peter
  Wed, 22 Mar 2000 07:51:29 -0800
  ...At the bottom of the seat frame are protrusions that look like steel dowel pins. They are not threaded. The factory installation provided tight...
• Re: Table leg modification (Loren Bush)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 25 Jun 2007 07:10:51 -0700
  ...This actually worked out better for me as I took a 1 1/4 inch dowel rod, and shape it down to 1 3...
• Add WBX Temp Gauge/Coolant Low LED
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:34:28 -0700
  ...Clown-like dots done with wood dowel and paint. Neil. -- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google...
• Re: Westy shower
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Reams
  Mon, 12 Aug 2002 16:32:17 -0700
  ...I use a home made dowel rod with rubber coated hooks on each end to keep the back door open since the struts can...
• Re: Brake hose-pinching device
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 21 Nov 2003 17:05:13 -0500
  ...and a couple sections of a split 1/2-inch wooden dowel to prevent damage to the rubber hose. Kind of a large-scale...