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• Re: wish list!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 2 Feb 2001 12:32:38 -0500
  ...How about one of the adapters that puts about four little nozzles along the length of the wiper blade? I used one on my...
• Re: 89 Vanagon westy with AC my front blower fan runs only on high speed
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 7 Oct 2016 15:06:32 -0700
  for AC there are 2 knobs - snow flake knob is for temperature - fan blade knob is for blower speed pull out the knob, remove...
• Re: Removing old window tint film
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Mon, 4 Feb 2002 08:27:52 -0700
  Entity Vanagon Man spoke thus: > I want to remove the window tint film Razor blade scraper. Use a vacuum to clean it up immediately...
• Re: Transmission clutch lever ???
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 5 Jul 2007 11:11:44 -0400
  ...1 Chineese hack saw blade will do it and have teeth to spare. New clutch operating shafts are avaliable from many vendors just for...
• best method/chemical/tool to remove very old pinstripe material
  Historical mailing list - Bobby Brown
  Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:49:30 -0500
  Fellow listees, What best experience do you have removing the old pinstriping? Goo Gone & plastic scraper? Mineral Spirits? Razor blade? Rubber eraser wheel on...
• Re: "Blue light" incidents..NVC..
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:29:38 -0500
  ...going down the West side of Wolf Creek Pass on Roller Blades. Don't really recall how fast at what limit, but still notable...
• Wipers Slow
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Roy
  Wed, 25 Mar 1998 08:45:49 -0800
  On my '84 Westy the wiper blades move only at a slow speed on either high or low settings. Would this be the problem...
• Re: A/C? Pfui! Need a good fan
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 10 Jul 2010 08:16:48 -0700
  ...I've tinkered with the curvature of the blades but no > matter what I do, the fan is best-suited for blowing stuff off...
• Re: Fridge question:
  Historical mailing list - Ty Graham
  Wed, 10 Nov 1999 11:33:35 -0800
  ...Is this sound logic? Also - any recommendations for wiper blades? The rains have returned to Oregon and my blades have started to squeak. Thanks!
• Re: What do Vanagon drivers _paddle_?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Thu, 13 Feb 2003 02:38:22 -0600
  Single Blade- Mad River Outrage Mad River Explorer Double Blade- Dagger Outburst or whatever I can fit in. A Prijon Seayak would be nice...
• Re: [Syncro] Broken key in gas cap!!!
  Historical mailing list - mark lortie
  Tue, 16 Jan 2001 09:44:00 -0800
  ...find the smallest jigsaw (coping saw) blade possible & snap it in the middle then slip the thin saw blade into the lock beside the...
• Re: Keys
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 8 Dec 2004 08:12:46 -0600
  ...I have found that a 1/4" straight blade screwdriver, fully > inserted into the key slot and then turned with a channellocks (okay, > German...
• Re; Wiper arms
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Wed, 3 May 2000 23:12:30 -0500
  My wiper blades periodically need tightening,and rather than getting out and re-tightening them at inopportune moments, I've been using Rain-X...
• Re: Floppy Wiper arm, is there a fix?
  Historical mailing list - TonyCollin
  Thu, 17 Oct 2013 16:07:06 -0400
  ...I'm using the same type of blades on both arms, but the passenger >> > side >> > > does not float away from the windshield at speed...
• Re: Rear Heater Cover Removal
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 29 May 2012 13:56:45 -0400
  I'm not sure about a Dove Blue van :-) but on my dark blue van's I have used one of those hacksaw blade...
• Re: Dometic-Condenser fan running!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:24:05 -0400
  ...Typical box fans draw more current**, move less air and make a nasty whining noise because of their small high-speed blades. They're...
• Re: A/C? Pfui! Need a good fan
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Sat, 10 Jul 2010 07:33:23 -0700
  ...I was waving the suction cup fan around before yanking its blade assembly to go onto the dash fan and found that air from...
• Re: Window Tint Removal
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 22 Aug 1999 02:39:03 -0600
  ...Get a coupe of scrapers that use straight edge razor blades. There are some scrapers with wide blades. You might try a glass place...
• How to get top half of main bearing out? (AARRGH!!)
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Mon, 14 May 2001 10:25:26 -0700
  ...After the shell has rotated maybe 20 degrees, though, the thin blade I'm using to push the bearing can't make the curve...
• Noisy Radiator Fan
  Historical mailing list - Brad Anderson
  Tue, 22 Jun 1999 08:58:52 -0700
  ...Another shop took a look at it, decided nothing was touching the blades, and that my choices were to either to buy a $300...
• Re: Harbor Freight Circuit Tester was D15 connector revealed
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 9 Nov 2011 13:59:29 -0800
  ...The new blade fuses are AT, from American blade Type. ATC, up to thirty amps. ATM (mini) and so on. Read more: http://wiki...
• Re: fuel lines replacing
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Thu, 22 Apr 1999 23:00:13 -0500
  ...You can use a sharp tool, such as a razor blade to slice the hose lengthwise underneath the collar. Then, once you get the...
• Spark plug seat reamer
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 26 May 2010 19:11:27 -0400
  ...plug seats without removing all the underbrush first. Worked very well. Blade is hard brass, good enough for aluminum. <http://picasaweb.google.com/dbeierl...
• Re: [NVC] Disposable razors with good blade guards?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sun, 25 Feb 2007 18:34:41 -0800
  --snip-- >I'll ask the man! --snip-- Sounds like you needed to ask a woman in the first place. Lemme guess- you went to...
• Re: rain-x and windshield polish
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 12 Jan 1995 10:54:34 -0800 (PST)
  ...But the best solution was fitting "aerofoil" blades. Thes are rigid plastic holders with channels to "create a downforce" when air flows through them...
• Re: Wiper blades
  Historical mailing list - dianne gigler
  Mon, 27 May 2002 15:53:10 -0400
  ...J Falarski <lamont@MINDSPRING.COM> wrote: > Enough already with the wiper blades. We are not talking about the > national debt or brain surgery. We...
• Re: Fabricating a radiator fan on indicator light
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Thu, 24 May 2007 21:31:12 -0500
  ...5) Put some kind of tachometer on the fan blades directly. This could be a magnet on one or more of the blades (with...
• Fuse Block Sources
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 9 May 2011 16:29:40 -0500
  What - other than JC Whitney - might be some sources of 18-or-so slot fuse blocks for blade type fuses? Couldn't find them...
• Re: Re wiper pressure
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Sat, 25 May 2002 22:37:55 -0400
  >>Now that Clarence has brought it up, what do you all think of those wild >>wings they put on the blades to presumably keep...
• Re: Great Wiper Blades
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:27:39 -0800
  What, you're not using Rainx? You wouldn't even need wipers... On 1/10/07, Clint Kolda <clint_kolda@yahoo.com> wrote: > > This...
• Re: 88 GL Tachometer Inop after New Coil Install
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Thu, 9 Jan 2014 17:27:10 -0600
  ...No way to get that plug wrong - won't fit but one way on the blades on the coil. However - on the other side...
• Re: fuel injector hoses, replacing
  Historical mailing list - Chris Lisica
  Sun, 9 Dec 2007 07:41:24 -0800
  ...Get the tip of the blade in that collar, and dig > > away. > > Use a set of pliers to pull the hose off, it takes...
• Re: Keeping Slop off rear window
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 22 Jan 2000 01:48:34 EST
  ...or was there,any accessory deflectors made for a vanagon to help keep the winter slop off the rear window? >> rear wiper blade...;<) chris
• Santa Barara Orange
  Historical mailing list - DZIADECKI JOHN
  Fri, 6 Oct 1995 16:35:37 -0600 (MDT)
  ...But has anyone had experience with this type of heater? Part 3 Windshield wiper blades. I presently have some generic blades that I bought...
• Re: Rear Wiper Motor Not Wiping
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:38:52 -0700
  when any wiper blade that has self-parking as part of the circuitry is kept from returning to the parked position, and power is...
• Re: Fwd: All 2 Speed Radiator Fans Use Internal Resistor?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:00:19 -0800
  ...The fan blades only came in 305mm diameter but the motors are a different diameter with different mounting bolt pattern and that is why...
• Re: How Hot Behind Dometic Fridge On 100+F Day? (insulation clearances)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 22 Aug 2010 20:10:27 -0400
  ...Fan blade sticks out 4 - 3/8" max. Fan is ok. Added oil >to one end anyway. It's the commutator and brushes that...
• 73 Ghia for sale
  Historical mailing list - John Langowski
  Wed, 18 Aug 1999 15:23:35 -0500
  ...If interested, contact them, not me please! 73 Ghia, Light blue, new brakes, rotor blades, starter. runs good, high miles $2,000 -OBO Located...
• Re: Your Outrage
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 13 Sep 2001 09:44:33 -0700
  > How could 4-5 men armed with only razor blades take over 150 people? Leon, Same way that 2 dogs can herd a thousand...
• Re: weirdest vanagon ad yet?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 19 Nov 2006 22:39:40 -0500
  ...Although a neighbor DID drop a note under my wiper blade wanting to buy one of mine.... On Nov 19, 2006, at 9:25...
• Re: [WetWesties] Friday question- will this break your window??
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:17:05 -0500
  ...It should unstick the blade from the glass so you > don't rip the blade or wreck the linkage -- but of course it has...
• Re: 1971 original windshield wiper length
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 6 May 95 15:16:49 PDT
  >The whole blade assembly is most assuredly not original on mine. The >drivers side hits the windshield seal, and the antenna :-(. Well, for that...
• Re: F$&#$*& Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Paul Rogers
  Sun, 18 May 2003 20:38:21 EDT
  I just did the same procedure on mine........................I just used a very large, maybe 18's long, blade screwdriver as a prying tool...
• SINK PUMP maybe fixed!
  Historical mailing list - THOMAS IN GEORGIA
  Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:17:20 -0700
  I took the sink pump apart, the blade was in 2 parts, nothing that JB weld can't fix!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope, I'll know...
• Re: Throttle valve switch, checking/adjusting Idle / WOT microswitch adjusment technique,
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sun, 10 Apr 2005 13:40:30 -0700
  ...Place a .005 feeler guage blade between the Throttle body idle stop and butterfly lever. 5. observe or listen to the VOM. Adjust until...
• Re: LVC: Cutting Metal (sheet, plate, box, tube)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 2 May 2014 19:20:05 -0700
  ...The dry cut saw I was talking about is a chop saw, but with a special blade, carbide tipped, than can take the stress...
• Re: Alternative windshield wipers
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 7 Jan 2017 12:18:16 -0500
  ive put longer wiper blades on just about every car ive ever owned. you can usually go a few inches longer without hitting the...
• Re: Vintage wiper blade source (east)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Walker
  Wed, 11 Jan 95 21:03:20 EST
  usually I use Wolfsburg West in Santa Ana CA but I thought I'd try to save some shipping costs. Yes for two wipers...
• Re: FS: Vanagons with rare features, etc (f)
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 6 May 2001 10:20:02 EDT
  ...just fire up the blades, and lift off..... ;<) chris [text/html]
• Re: windshield wipers
  Historical mailing list - RICHARD KOERNER
  Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:43:40 -0700
  Jeff, I bought the GoWesty blades a couple of years ago; fit fine, extra viewing is a good thing.� No problems with motor wearing...
• Re: Replacing Fuel Hose
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 5 Apr 2007 13:02:07 -0400
  ...In fact, you can reuse them (I do). >> >> I use a #11 X-Acto blade (the pointy one) to slit the hose ... reaching >> up...
• Re: drooping wiper blade
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 3 Jul 1999 00:48:06 -0400
  At 19:13 7/2/99 -0700, Davidson wrote: >Any suggestions for adjusting a drooping wiper blade? >My passenger side blade droops down onto...
• Re: which windshield wiper to get? (my bosch excels have been disappointing)
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Sat, 26 Nov 2005 17:13:59 +0000
  i hated all blades so far, but now that i put rain-x regularly on the windshield they all do a great job florian...
• Re: Steering Wheel Rasp
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 11 Nov 2006 23:47:54 EST
  ...the center of the S/W (I use a small flat blade > screwdriver). just remove the whole horn button. pull out w/ your fingers...
• Re: Vanagon key blanks
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Tue, 6 Dec 2011 06:41:21 -0800
  ...the thought was to alter a non rubberhead blank to blade dimensions and swap it into the spring loaded shell ... --- On Tue, 12/6...
• Re: wish list!
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Fri, 2 Feb 2001 11:14:20 -0800
  ...How about one of the adapters that puts about four little > nozzles along the length of the wiper blade? I used one on my...
• Radiator fan
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 10 May 2011 17:55:40 +0000
  ...put the 6blade fan on the with a/c fan or the 3 blade fan on the non a/c model Sent from Xfinity...
• VW TENT FOR SALE
  Historical mailing list - TBill
  Tue, 2 Sep 1997 10:45:28 -0700
  ...Not even a blade of grass inside. If interested, please email. TBill
• Re: Vanagon gl Headlights
  Historical mailing list - "Dave Bayer (by way of \"Carrington, Tom\" )"
  Wed, 16 Aug 2000 16:13:18 -0400
  ...A regular blade fuse actually perfectly bridges those connectors. dave
• Re: It Begins!!!
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Thu, 21 Aug 2003 19:47:28 -0700
  If you buy a very small flat blade screwdriver and examine the way the pin fits and the little tab that keeps in in...