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• Re: syncro clutch or tranny?-reply
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 14 Aug 1998 14:46:54 -0400
  ...Also, the pin retainer for 1st/2nd >can stretch and shear which can make those >gears difficult/impossible to engage. > >Start saving your money...
• Re: front brake hints needed
  Historical mailing list - PHIL MURPHY
  Sun, 15 Jul 2007 21:59:24 -0700
  ...Maybe not instantly, but it won't be > long before you can see that stupid, one-use-only, retainer nut... > > > > Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar...
• Re: Help looking for Dometic Fridge Parts
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 18 May 1999 22:13:06 -0400
  ...Maybe the dog ate them? > >Any help on aquiring these door inserts/retainers >would be greatly appreciated and you will toasted to >next time...
• Re: sliding door screens
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Wed, 12 May 1999 08:53:12 -0400
  ...The front side seems to be somewhat more forward than I had envisioned and seems to interfere with both the seat belt retainer and...
• Re: wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Graham Challis
  Mon, 3 May 1999 21:20:46 -0700
  If the play is not too bad, you can use Loctite 640 sleeve retainer to take up any slack. I've used it in...
• Re: Automatic shift point adjustment....anyone done this?
  Historical mailing list - Birkenfeld Jeff
  Thu, 29 Aug 2002 15:42:48 -0500
  ...At the throttle body end, don't lose the spring retainer that holds the spring on the linkage to the throttle body when you...
• Re: Stock Speaker Grill Removal
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 3 Oct 2008 06:44:29 -0500
  ...door panel with > four screws rather than the big screwed on retainer at the back then yes, > you can cut the grill loose from...
• Interesting item on eBay web site item#1855730612: VW Vanagon Rear Mudflaps
  Historical mailing list - Blaine Bachman
  Wed, 4 Sep 2002 09:16:00 PDT
  ...The retainers are not included, but you should still be able to get new ones at the VW dealer. Please note, YOU CANNOT USE...
• Re: Adjusting Sliding Door
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 2 May 2023 09:21:53 -0600
  There is only 1 Latch & it is on the Rear,,, There is a Retainer on the Front which appears to be just a safety...
• Fwd: dash heater flaps
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Tue, 18 Dec 2012 13:13:03 -0500
  ...Cut to fit and cut the little holes for the flap retainer to press thru > and snap it together like VW did originally. > I...
• Re: CV joint question
  Historical mailing list - Will Morris
  Fri, 16 Aug 2002 09:53:23 -0400
  ...To get >the inner bearing retainer to move at all I have to press super hard >with both thumbs. > >I've repacked old joints...
• Re: Should I get a valve job?
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Fri, 23 Jun 1995 21:24:16 -0700 (PDT)
  ...but I believe you will have to remove the springs and retainers. No big deal. If the shop does it I believe they can...
• Re: Diagnosis in DeLand
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 26 Nov 2011 09:51:25 -0500
  ...If only the keeper-spring retainer has failed it may even be possible to repair the works with the head in place. If the...
• Heat exchanger wierdness, repost
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Dec 1995 21:35:22 -0800
  ...Inspection showed the old flaps had grooves from being sawn free of their retainers at some point in the past! Soon the new left...
• Wire in engine compartment.
  Historical mailing list - Eckie Prater
  Fri, 22 Jan 1999 12:10:29 -0600
  ...On the end of the boot looks like a small retainer clip. I am wondering; 1. Where and what does this plug into? 2...
• Re: Some Info & a Question
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Sat, 13 Jul 2002 18:51:03 -0400
  Craig Sometimes the "Eye Glass" shaped injector metal retainer gets bent. What I found was if you tap the retainer piece in the middle...
• 87 GL rebuild update!
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Kimmons
  Sun, 26 Jul 1998 20:28:19 -0500
  ...It came with a loop retainer, so I mounted it with one of the bolts that connects the heat sheild, to the engine block...
• Re: SA van images
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:23:28 -0500
  How about radio-control model airplane snap-on cable end retainers? They just need a simple right-angle bend, and are available in different...
• Re: Wire in engine compartment.
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 23 Jan 1999 13:27:24 -0800
  ...On the end of the boot looks like a small retainer > clip. > > I am wondering; > 1. Where and what does this plug into? > 2...
• Re: sliding door screens
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Tue, 11 May 1999 14:05:06 EDT
  ...The front side seems to be somewhat more forward than I had envisioned and seems to interfere with both the seat belt retainer and...
• Re: Do not give up on the Wasserboxer just yet, the power is there....
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 13 Dec 1998 02:08:27 EST
  ...Chromoly push rods (the set of 8 Chromoly >push rods weigh as much as 3 stock steel push rods), CM retainers, racing >valve locks...
• Re: [F} Dwile Flonking
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 8 Jul 2011 15:07:45 -0700
  Paula, Venables Scrotum, "The Old Retainer", once said that in order to successfully execute a "Pettengale Sweep", the hazard must be cleared by a...
• Re: Engine teardown - 2.1L WBX
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 12 Jun 2015 20:37:55 -0400
  ...I have seen them wear on the end to the point the rocker screw hits the keepers until they push through the retainers. I...
• Was engle 100 cam in a waterboxer Now more than you ever wanted to know about WBX cams
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sun, 11 Apr 2004 13:04:54 -0400
  ...The total lift on 1.9 - bug cam on the measured at the intake retainer is around 305ths with a stock bug - WBX rocker...
• Was engle 100 cam in a waterboxer Now more than you ever wanted to know about WBX cams
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Mon, 12 Jul 2004 22:35:41 -0400
  ...The total lift on 1.9 - bug cam on the measured at the intake retainer is around 305ths with a stock bug - WBX rocker...
• Mint westy for sale '87
  Historical mailing list - Paul Mayfield
  Sun, 16 Feb 2003 03:33:11 -0800
  List, It's time to sell the home and the westy to give the ________ attorneys their 10K retainer.... ( I've already spent $23K and...
• Re: exhaust part number/info needed
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 1 May 2008 05:51:15 EDT
  ...The problem is though, there is soo little material left on my "retainer" that the hose clamp is quite literally, going to come through...
• Helping cool the motor..Redline WaterWetter..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:24:36 -0700
  ...internal air baffles clipped back into their retainer clips quite properly. This caused mysterious overheating. We tried everything looking to cool down the motor...
• Was engle 100 cam in a waterboxer Now more than you ever wanted to know about WBX cams
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Wed, 27 Mar 2002 09:46:34 -0500
  ...The total lift on 1.9 - bug cam on the measured at the intake retainer is around 305ths with a stock bug - WBX rocker...
• Transmission Modification Question
  Historical mailing list - Dr. Theodore B. Hoekman
  Fri, 20 Mar 1998 10:38:39 +0000
  ...My mechanic is suggesting that the shaft be cut by a competent machinist, and a retainer ring groove be machined in the appropriate position...
• Steering rack Blues
  Historical mailing list - Martin Wolf
  Thu, 18 Feb 1999 11:36:48 EST
  ...To remove the threaded retainers on the ends I used a drift and hammer to loosen and voila they came right out. Record positions...
• Re: Brake Job Front and Back 85 2wd vanagon. Wheel bearing question.
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 17 May 2011 08:55:56 -0700
  ...I bought both rotor sets, drums, brake > > shoes, pads and retainer hardware too..... > > I should have bought bearing kits front and back too right...
• Re: What company sells the best NEW heads?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 25 Sep 2000 17:19:47 EDT
  ...might have the problem) I ordered a set of cromoly spring retainers and racing valve locks from CB Performance because they are much stronger...
• Re: Replacing front brake pads
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:14:39 -0700
  ...I like to carefully use some VHT anti-seize where the pads fit into their retainers to make sure they are truly 'floating' around...
• trying to locate VW automatic transmission seals
  Historical mailing list - Daniel O Stevens
  Fri, 6 Nov 2009 12:19:50 -0500
  ...Gasket kit, auto tranny pan, gasket, filter & filter retainer gasket, 3921, 010 398 421 16.50 Gasket, differential oil pan, auto tranny, 090 507...
• Re: Friday humor. A parody on the tool company we love to hate.
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 15 Dec 2012 08:56:10 -0700
  ...Google finds the Heyzoose Nut that keeps the rotors on? > and I assume a retainer pin to keep the nut from coming off? > And...
• Re: Hubcaps?
  Historical mailing list - Beley, John
  Thu, 22 Sep 2005 14:57:48 -0700
  ...Because the plastic retainer features began cracking, and continued to crack, I removed them and stored them for another 6 years. They continued to...
• Re: Temp 2 sensor installation question.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Thu, 3 Sep 2015 15:56:29 -0400
  ...A little spill of coolant and didn't lose the retainer clip luckily. I tried to get a replacement retainer but all they have...
• Re: CR Rowlands hot start problems
  Historical mailing list - Jess Lopatynski
  Sun, 2 Aug 1998 22:32:38 -0400
  ...It's one of those special ones with the spring clip retainer in the thermostat housing out of the water pump. Push the resistor...
• Re: Stops on its own (sometimes violently)
  Historical mailing list - Allen Hill
  Fri, 17 Nov 2006 07:50:51 -0600
  I vote for the rear brakes! Check to be sure the front and rear shoes are not swapped, then look over the retainers & adjusters...
• Speed Bleeders, anyone tried them...Reply..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 14 Jun 2007 22:17:08 -0700
  ...spring loaded ball valve, and you'll get air..A broken retainer spring could cause real problems.. The ad copy on the site quoted...
• Re: Exhaust stud replacement on heads
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:39:28 EDT
  ...To make it even better install helicoils in All exhaust port flange retainer holes. Please note that I will be away from my business...
• Re: 2.4L wasserboxer!....coming soon to a store near you!)
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Sat, 30 Mar 2002 09:58:35 EST
  ...chromolly retainers and race keepers...... Fuel injection mods......will have to wait and see..... Price.......?still working on that....but it looks like the...
• Re: Tricks to getting cylinder barrels back on?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Mon, 5 May 2003 09:06:53 -0400
  ...use of several special VW tools to pull the wrist pin retainers, the >wrist pins and to hold the barrels "just so". I've...
• Re: Manual Transmission Leaking at CV Joint
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Wed, 22 Sep 2010 20:01:43 -0400
  ...The black plastic retainer holds it in place. I have replaced this seal in my garage with one rear wheel on a stand to...
• Broken ODO, was: Re: WTB: 87 Vgon Speedo (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Fred Porter
  Wed, 27 May 1998 22:43:34 -0600
  ...The axle that the gears spin on shifts laterally and pops out of its retainer. When this happens the little gear teeth don't...
• Re: Mechanical/Brakes/1984 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Eric Wunrow
  Sat, 19 Nov 2016 15:42:41 -0500
  ...When both bearings came loose in a >> one-mile test drive, faith lessened. < Yes, he reused the retainer nuts >> which I later learned is...
• Re: Sliding door screen (f)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 29 Mar 2003 06:36:49 EST
  ...rare earth magnet in its retainer is attached to the tables edge dead centre and its corresponding plate is attached to the wall in...
• Re: new EV is awesome, folks -- check this
  Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
  Sun, 10 Jun 2001 12:47:35 -0400
  ...The foam mattress in the top has no retainers except little velcro tabs which come off and every time I stopped hard, the top...
• Re: If you've fixed your odometer...progress
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:29:50 -0800
  ...I found a workaround that involves leaving the aforementioned spring and retainer in place and, well, working around that limitation.� Since the "worm driven...
• Re: Spacers
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Tue, 7 Mar 2000 14:23:24 EST
  ...This only applies to spacer inserts (stud goes through wheel then spacer then into thread retainer). For wheel adaptors (stud threads into adaptor which...
• Re: 88 CV joint noise
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 1 Sep 2003 21:29:03 -0500
  Your CV's are gone, shot, kaput!! On the outside you might just have some retainer bolts loose, but most likely the CV's...
• Re: Busted Coolant Pipe
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Wed, 14 Nov 2012 21:23:28 -0600
  ...Go Westy has a kit of mechanical retainers to > hold those inserts in place, but they're made specifically for the > four ends of...
• Re: Syncro Drivetrain HP capabilities?/1
  Historical mailing list - Jwilli941
  Tue, 19 May 1998 22:44:45 EDT
  ...bores, and the main transaxle housing pinion bore and pinion bearing retainers. Did I leave anything out? Oh yes, sloppy linkage. Todd Hill VolksWerks...
• Re: Speedometer Cable End
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Thu, 27 May 1999 02:54:50 -0700
  ...If push comes to shove, what about a methacrolate based adhesive or the Loctite sleeve retainer stuff. Reinforcing the west systems epoxy(105 resin...
• Re: 85 gas tank removal
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Thu, 12 Aug 1999 00:12:14 -0700
  ...It is a dirty job which requires the removal of the spare tire pan and the spring retainers for the spare tire, and turning...
• Vanagon keys-a little more discussion
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Sat, 29 Apr 2000 00:07:21 -0500
  ...The syncro caps just do not come apart without drilling the side to release the lock retainer, and I'm not comfortable doing that...
• Re: Center Bore Machining
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sun, 9 May 2010 07:43:11 -0700
  ...No problem having tires (Geolandars) mounted or balanced, but the circular spring-wire retainer center cap needs an alternate mounting - I think I'll...
• Re: Vanagon keys-a little more discussion
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stinson
  Sat, 29 Apr 2000 20:21:27 -0400
  ...The syncro caps just do not come >apart without drilling the side to release the lock retainer, and I'm not >comfortable doing that...
• Re: Sears disaster - Steve's solution
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Fri, 25 May 2001 14:01:04 -0400
  ...BMW motorcycle dealer if you've already tossed your disc rotor retainers. And this is why I own a metric tap and die set...