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• Re: NVC... Because we Vanagon owners NEVER act like this...
  Historical mailing list - Karen Doherty
  Fri, 6 Apr 2012 20:00:27 -0400
  ...PM, Jarrett Kupcinski <kupcinski@gmail.com>wrote: > A little Friday humor for you. > > http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2012/03/hammerforum-com > > Cheers! > Jarrett >
• Re: NVC... Because we Vanagon owners NEVER act like this...
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 6 Apr 2012 19:14:08 -0700
  RE: Hammer Forum That is, as one commenter pointed out, an exact parody of what happens on the photography forums!! I've seen it...
• Re: Help removing steering wheel
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Jun 1996 22:29:39
  >>and with your thighs pushing up on the >>wheel, smack it good with a hammer right on the nut. Repeat as necessary. >>Always worked...
• Re: FW: Starter problems
  Historical mailing list - joe brown
  Mon, 18 Nov 2002 19:56:44 -0800
  ...I was ready to drill them out but they loosen right up with a whack from a hammer and chisel. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo...
• Re: Seeking advice for installing poptop seal
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 15 Apr 2014 18:08:12 -0700
  ...You can use a rubber hammer on the bottom seal and just work the top front seal on with your hands. You will not...
• Re: starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Cary Chiang
  Fri, 19 Oct 2018 15:56:44 -0500
  ...On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 3:39 PM Stacy Schneider <vwcrewman@gmail.com> wrote: > After hitting it with a Hammer and they will...
• Re: 87 Westy has loss of power, also '87 westy O2 sensor...
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Mark Shankland
  Mon, 1 Mar 2004 09:14:48 -0700
  ...Advice? tap it (hard) with a hammer and punch ... or a socket extension. just some solid piece of metal that you can place against...
• Re: stripped flywheel bolt
  Historical mailing list - Stuart
  Wed, 1 Mar 2000 20:27:05 -0800
  ...I managed to get > four of them out with no real problems (just hammered the wrench into the > bolt head). The last one was...
• Re: Stuck brakedrum
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 25 Jul 2004 10:22:28 -0400
  ...Usually, striking the drum with a hammer on the face at the outer edge will pop it off the flange. Dennis -----Original Message----- From...
• Knocking sound going over bumps
  Historical mailing list - Johan Nyberg
  Sat, 19 Sep 1998 12:04:02 +0200
  ...Like someone is hitting the chassis with a small hammer. Any suggestions? ************************************************************ Johan Nyberg, Sweden N 59o E 17o 25" '86 Caravelle C ************************************************************
• Mounting tires - Am I cheap or what?
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Fri, 24 Jul 1998 21:55:38 -0400
  ...Using only the rubber coated end of a hammer and my sneaker coated feet I got the tires on. No pounding with the hammer...
• Re: Rear Drums wont come off.
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Jul 1994 06:40:54 -0400
  my experience with sticky rear drums is that prolonged bashing with a rubber hammer will get them off. If they are turning okay, then...
• Re: upper ball joint hell
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Mon, 1 Nov 2004 13:38:10 -0600
  I never use anything but a big hammer, whacking the side of the steeing knuckle beside the ball joint shank. Put on thick padded...
• Re: LVC: Wheel Bearing Press Requirements
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Fri, 28 Feb 2003 07:31:14 -0800
  ...of wood(oak), a > brass drift, and a 3 lb > blacksmiths hammer. Works for me. I agree, I just did the fronts on my...
• stuck brake drum a cheap puller
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Sat, 29 Mar 2003 13:26:51 -0800
  ...I started out with the rust buster and the rubber hammer. Moved to stage two with the tapping of the metal hammer. There really...
• Re: A true story...really
  Historical mailing list - T Berk
  Tue, 12 Dec 2000 17:12:28 -0800
  ...Haven't heard a word yet from the insurance company. > No way man, get your hammer and make a new porch. Better (new) friends...
• Water Pump Pipes
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Mon, 15 Jun 2020 16:56:30 -0700
  ...Big pipe - I got the top one with vice grips and hammer. Bottom one, tapped a T40 Torx into the head and got it...
• Re: Seeking advice for installing poptop seal
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Tue, 15 Apr 2014 20:27:26 -0400
  Jim, A rubber hammer is the right tool, if you need it. My experience was that the weatherstrip was slightly loose, very easy to...
• Re: Nuts!...Axle Nuts!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 2 Jul 1996 01:25:53 -0400
  ...The nut looks as though it was beat off/on the last time and the break drum has bee struck with a hammer....it...
• Re: trans main shaft removal ??
  Historical mailing list - GEORGE J GREEN
  Tue, 12 Oct 2004 00:49:24 -0400
  ...let me rephrase that i think they mean beat it out with a hammer unless its a transmission or anything else a list member...
• Piece of metal rod stuck in rubber bushing, how remove?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 17 Jul 96 19:53:32 EDT
  ...Hitting with hammer both from below and above, with soap water and liquid wrench liberally applied. Heat up bottom part with pencil torch and...
• Re: Ball Joint removal.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:47:40 -0800
  ...Pry the tierod up away from the spindle or the ball joint away from the spindle..A 2 lb hammer smack will distort the...
• Re: Front axel nut "peening"
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 18:29:16 -0500
  ...I just used an old (not so sharp) flat headed screw driver and a hammer to bent the shoulder of the nut into the...
• Rusted on O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
  Tue, 23 Nov 2010 21:41:01 -0500
  ...I've tried quite a bit of liquid wrench, along with a set of locking pliers and a hammer. No dice. How do other...
• Re: removing bolts
  Historical mailing list - Tom Smith
  Wed, 23 Aug 2000 22:00:08 EDT
  ...Oxy/Acetelene torch or hammer & chisel. It ain't no fun!!!!! Good luck. Tom Smith 83.5 Westie Charlotte, NC
• Re: beater Westy
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Brunson
  Sun, 17 Nov 2002 21:30:34 -0800
  ...or two for the joy of BEATing it with a sledge hammer? That's what I've always thought beater referred to--a car...
• Re: vanagon nose
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 17 Nov 2006 14:02:18 -0800
  ...wrote: > Did you hear about the blind carpenter who got a > hammer and saw? > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sponsored Link Mortgage rates near 39yr lows. $510k for $1...
• Re: Need Recommendation: Audio System for 85 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Roland
  Sun, 26 Aug 2012 09:14:11 -0700
  "Take a hammer, large, and smack the 2x4 repeatedly bending the stupid bracket in the back." That sounds like a great way to deal...
• Re: Leaking oil dipstick tube
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Thu, 15 May 2003 09:09:28 EDT
  ...It is a press fit, or in my case a hammer fit. I recently replaced mine, so here is what I know. The tube...
• Re: "Axle" wheel nut removal?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:07:40 -0500
  ...Good to know about your successes that [pound it with a >hammer] tool. Those things work, I've used them, but they are hard...
• Re: Huge Nut on Rear Drum
  Historical mailing list - Scott De Santi
  Thu, 20 Jul 2000 19:50:33 EDT
  ...invest that socket money in a good ball peen hammer....24 oz or better. With the change left over you can buy enough beer...
• Re: When to replace hoses
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 9 Apr 2002 17:05:50 -0300
  "To a hammer, everything looks like a nail" and "to a Quebecois, everything looks like a ........." :-))) (JOKE, please no flames!!!) M On 9 Apr...
• Re: stripped flywheel bolt
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Thu, 2 Mar 2000 08:54:43 -0500
  ...I managed to get four of them out with no real problems (just hammered the wrench into the bolt head). The last one was...
• Re: ARRGHH! PARKING STUPIDITY! (DENT!!)
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 18 Mar 2004 19:31:31 -0600
  ...I'm assuming hammering out the dent won't >>yield very good results (I'm good at repainting, though). > > > Is it a "soft dent...
• Re: Upper ball joint - use a ball joint press!
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Sat, 17 Feb 2007 09:40:39 -0800
  ...I do not recommend using a hammer or sledge when removing a part that seems to be stuck. Press it out and you will...
• Re: Series resistance unti question
  Historical mailing list - Mike B
  Tue, 18 Dec 2012 20:55:12 -0500
  ...them apart more accurately, instead of beating on it with a hammer-driven knife. If it ends up that crooked that screws won't...
• Re: Tips for removing drums??
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Thu, 3 Jul 2008 12:58:16 -0400
  ...I spent hours banging with a hammer with no success. Then I tried to cut in to the rusty groove a little bit with...
• Re: Suggested Minimum Tools To Carry
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sun, 21 Jul 2013 08:43:19 -0700
  ...18 PM 7/20/2013, Kevin Gilbert wrote: > >> Um, 'Beer For Health Forget The Whiskey'? >> > > Big Friendly Hammer For The Win... > > Yrs, > d > -- Casey
• Re: That stubby DIN size
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Wed, 7 Mar 2012 07:43:02 -0500
  ...Find large hammer. "correct" as needed. Remove 2x4. Install new stereo. -craig On Mar 7, 2012, at 2:07 AM, Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL...
• Re: Suggested Minimum Tools To Carry
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sat, 20 Jul 2013 09:20:38 -0700
  ...a mechanic and > a master mechanic is the master mechanic can use a smaller 'beat'n tool'. > I carry a very big hammer! > > > > -- Casey
• Diesel vs. Gas
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vieira
  Tue, 27 Feb 2007 03:54:38 -0800
  ...pros and cons? Dave Vieira Hammertown, Ontario Canada ____________________________________________________________________________________ Bored stiff? Loosen up... Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. http...
• Re: Stupid Question of the Day - Brake Drums?
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Fri, 30 Jan 2004 21:28:40 -0600
  ...No hammer necessary. I consider this the best method. You won't dent anything, and you won't break a sweat. Cheers, Bruce >From...
• Re: syncro propshaft delrin bushing update
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 16 Dec 2012 09:18:16 -0800
  ...I can imagine hammer blows peening the edges of the holes on the ears - that would make installation of new joints more difficult. One...
• Re: Exaust bolts
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Fri, 11 Jul 2003 12:11:35 -0700
  ...We all have many chisels and and hammers and grinders and whip them out with low time. I had some VW flange nuts today...
• Re: Starter/relay/switch problem fixed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 24 Jul 2012 12:37:56 -0700
  ...THEN I went and got > a hammer and whacked the starter. Hit the remote and VROOOM, it lit > right up. Reconnected the wiring correctly...
• Re: small jobs - 88 westy GL
  Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
  Tue, 5 May 1998 08:17:01 EDT
  ...Take a mallet or hammer with wooden block and give her a few taps. Is the engine extra clean looking? Sounds like somebody powerwashed...
• Re: how to get rear brake drums off?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 5 Jun 2001 11:06:55 -0500
  ...Then use the big hammer! Dimwitted Moose and Flying Squirrel -----Original Message----- From: JordanVw@AOL.COM <JordanVw@AOL.COM> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM...
• Seeking advice for installing poptop seal
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 15 Apr 2014 18:10:29 -0500
  ...to install, what to look out for? Looks like a rubber hammer is the tool of choice, but wondering about getting it right around...
• Re: Writers aren't artists
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Sun, 24 Dec 2006 15:16:51 -0800
  ...The hammer turns to Jonathan. �No? When was the last time you talked to a hammer?� �Well�� �Not too bright are you? Say, you...
• Re: Removing rear brake drums?
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Sun, 28 Oct 2001 11:17:20 -0800
  ...Then smack it with a hammer. Again, I don't know if they are available in the bigger bus nuts." This is made by...
• Re: Leaking door vent windows?? How to fix?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Mon, 27 Sep 1999 23:29:25 +0200
  ...It doesn't appreciate > being hammered back in. How should this be fixed? Replace the pin. I paid $0.50 for it at the...
• Re: Time to hammer the starter/solenoid????
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:59:05 -0700
  Mike, that post never got to the list as part of this thread..... On 4/13/07, Mike Collum <collum@verizon.net> wrote: > > Did...
• R&R alt/wtr pump belt; re-seating coolant pipe insert
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Sat, 17 Jun 2006 13:45:15 -0700
  ...A 1500 watt hair dryer, 2x2 block of wood, hammer, patience and perseverance. Lots of the latter. When I got it in as far...
• Re: Rear Brake Drum Removal Suggestions?
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:46:32 -0600
  after i tried heating, hammering, prying and other techniques for four hours I pried with three big screwdrivers at the same time. using three...
• Re: Stripped threads in cylinder head, to fix?, now?, how?
  Historical mailing list - Mladen, Zoran
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 12:57:49 -0700
  ...Tapping fluid for aluminum (I use Tap-Magic) Drill motor (variable speed) Loc-tite Kleen 'n' Prime Loc-tite 271 Small ball peen hammer...
• Re: Time to hammer the starter/solenoid? SOLVED
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:18:22 -0700
  ...stuck. > > > > I've heart of hammering on the solenoid or the starter, Does one use a > > hard hammer?? or a rubber mallet???? > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > We won...
• Re: Removing tie rod ends?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 18 Jul 1996 23:30:01 -0800
  ...I can't get the right angle to >knock it out with a hammer. Are there any homemade tools that you >all have come...
• Re: Problem removing grease cap from front wheel???
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:56:58 -0700
  claw hammer levering on cap edge, work around if needed. or two long beefy slot screwdrivers, lever up on edge of cap. alistair On...
• Removal of glass in sliding window
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
  Wed, 7 Nov 2001 09:55:19 +1100
  ...Any ideas how to remove the glass from the window frames, without resorting to a hammer. I am thinking of anodising my aluminium frames...
• Friday question: What tools do you carry?
  Historical mailing list - Kevin McLean
  Fri, 7 Feb 2003 06:20:43 -0800
  ...What I would like to know is what tools would be the minimum to bring along as well? Duct tape, WD-40, big hammer...