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• Re: Hot brakes and torn boots
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Fri, 20 Apr 2018 20:57:21 +0000
  ...wrote: > > > >> Vinnie, > >> > >> > >> > >> You need black grease, the stuff for high pressure loads You can find > it > >> at most parts stores, but it’s really...
• Re: CV joints/Axle options
  Historical mailing list - T3 Technique
  Wed, 13 Mar 2019 07:30:42 -0700
  ...If I > can offer advice and some specifically asks about a product I offer, I am > happy to engage, but most times I don...
• Re: CV Joint ?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 2 Jun 2011 23:01:28 -0700
  ...given the rather small amount of grease that is specified.. most CV joints I take off vanagons are quite dry. ..........almost like the grease...
• Re: Rubber...Our best friend...Our worst enemy
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 19 Dec 2009 11:56:56 -0700
  ...I don't know where most volks that have vanagon's drive, but on many of the trips I drive on, I drive over...
• Re: [F] Roman names
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Fri, 9 Sep 2011 09:44:03 -0700
  Many years ago there was a radio DJ in Washington DC named "The Greaseman".  He did a very funny ongoing sketch about Roman times...
• (no subject)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 21 May 2012 17:18:25 -0700
  ...It has a very penetrating carrier > and a sticky grease that works wonders on most stuff. > > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 4:44...
• Re: Holy cow: rear hatch latch
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:53:48 -0800
  ...but mostly ...if it moves, lube it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Fisher" <garciasghostvw@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Saturday, March 13...
• Re: CV joint socket size?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sat, 12 Oct 2013 07:04:32 -0500
  ...Thanks again! Velma 82 1.9L AAZ td westy On Oct 11, 2013 10:34 PM, "Dennis Haynes" <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > Both greases...
• Re: Vanagon Fuel Tank - Repair time
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly, Aircooled.Net
  Tue, 22 May 2007 17:48:33 -0600
  ...And have enough gas cans to drain the tank most of the way. I put the front HIGH up on stands, and can easily...
• Re: Microscopic corrosion on electrical contacts
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Wed, 14 Jun 2023 18:17:09 -0700
  ...They use dielectric grease. The two are not equivalent, unless > you are just looking for something colorless and greasy. > Jim > On Wed, Jun 14...
• '56 Kombi Update - Front End Work
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 30 Sep 1995 19:54:01 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Took most of the afternoon. Well, it took about 10 minutes to adjust them, but a lot of time before hand to scrape crud...
• Re: When was the last time you re-packed your CV joints?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 18 Oct 2021 18:34:41 +0000
  ...The theory is that anywhere I would > travel I am bound to find someone with a grease gun to get me by, but not...
• Re: 1991 westy: torn CV boots on AT - best course of action?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 13 Jan 2016 20:08:38 -0500
  ...Use a high quality grease. Separation and turning into tar are the enemies. Avoid the temptation to over grease. A properly packed CV does...
• Kayaks Roof Mounts poppytops etc
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sun, 21 Mar 2004 08:16:56 -0800
  Volks, The hinges in the lifting mechanism should be lubricated occasionally with Moly Grease. MoS2 paste works best. This virtually eliminates bearing friction at...
• Re: front wheel grease cap removal
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 07:26:08 -0400
  ...If you have air tools an air chisel is the easiest and most effortless way. Don't bear down hard just put the chisel...
• Re: * How Do I Clean Westy Pop-Top? (outer surfaces) *
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Sat, 6 Nov 1999 00:06:03 -0500
  Chris, > What's the best/safest way to clean a light covering of old moss/dirt off > the top of a Westy fiberglass pop...
• Re: Clutch change?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:08:42 -0700
  ...The grease seems to very slowly dissapper ..and I do not find that the stock amount of grease is adequate after a while, I...
• Re: A dirty Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Sun, 28 Nov 2010 17:35:33 -0500
  ...Anyone have suggestions on that imbedded dirt/grease? > > > > Rob > > becida@comcast.net > Western Washington State, USA >
• Re: Windows and spark plugs, 78
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 16 Mar 1996 00:45:56 -0500
  ...and Black moly grease on the sparkplug threads before installation helps ensure proper torque (facilitating proper washer crush) and won't allow the plugs...
• Re: VW PHOTO CALENDAR VOTING - STARTS NOW AND ENDS SUNDAY
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Fri, 15 Dec 2006 12:45:14 -0500
  ...Mostly freedom is one, like Paul one in Newfoundland, by the way, it's IN Canada! or maybe not :-))))) A note on mine, #77...
• Attn: Air Cooled owners. Take a look. Gas tank stuff (pics)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:57:13 -0800
  ...Not too bad as the crud was likely mostly grease/dirt, but depending on the conditions, I imagine it's possible that one may...
• Re: [WetWesties] General Warning for Newbies
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 21 Jun 2002 06:23:29 -0500
  ...So in effect I was > running > some mix of Transmission Grease and solvent until the 3/4 > synchronizer > failed within 30 days. It failed...
• Re: sliding door
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 Dec 2025 17:57:03 +0000
  ...I blame it on BenT who is floating around the ocean these days, mostly, instead of posting to the list as god intended him...
• Re: camp stoves outside but connected
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 3 Sep 2013 14:18:15 -0500
  ...I cook outside mostly to keep the heat out of the cabin, but grilled food of course has its own merits. Jim On Tue...
• Bottom end reassembly?
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Mon, 24 Apr 2000 14:12:27 MST
  ...permissible and what might the effects be? Will most of the dirt and bearing grease (newly applied) be washed out with the 1st oil...
• I did it
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:27:21 -0500
  ...center bushing with hypo needle/grease (still in good shape after 26 years) Removed the last vestages of Eberspacher heater harness and fuel lines...
• Re: CV boot problem repair problem continued
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 13 Aug 2016 21:05:58 -0400
  ...Having never done this before I’m most worried about the CV joint and keeping it together. As I’ve not seen one before...
• Re: '84 Vanagon, -- intermittent "Clunk" coming from under middle of van
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koller
  Thu, 15 Oct 2015 10:15:23 -0400
  ...In this process I discovered that one of the upper control arm ball joints had no grease in it. The boot was intact and...
• no longer what i did wrong but thanks to list advice i gots it right mostly
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Tue, 27 Mar 2012 23:47:50 -0700
  ...up two packs of cv grease too after i asked what the difference between that and wheel bearing grease is i looked up benny...
• Speaking of transmissions adjustment...
  Historical mailing list - A. Kimmons
  Mon, 29 Mar 1999 20:58:13 +0000
  ...attachment on the grease gun, just pull > the boots and shields back and inject a fair amount of lube, mostly filling the boot. > The...
• Re: Dragging brakes
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:54:13 -0700
  ...Two hundred miles later the grease was running > out of my rear wheel bearings because the grease seals were destroyed from > heat. A quick...
• Re: Upper steering column grease recommendation and what else to do while replacing ignition switch
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:06:29 -0800
  ...One more thing to add while I'm typing:� I used to put di-electric grease on the brass horn ring to solve that...
• Re: Camping out Veggy style. Any vegetarians on this list?
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Tue, 29 Jan 2002 14:00:05 -0800
  ...I'm mostly vegetarian but not fanatical about it and love ethnic foods. When I cook for myself I go veggie but when I...
• Re: Need "MUST-HAVE" Tool List
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Tue, 2 Jan 2018 14:44:04 -0500
  ...paper shop towels (cheaper in roll than box) > > Wheel bearing grease > Spray lithium grease > TriFlow or similar > PB Blaster or Aero Kroil penetrating oil...
• Re: Securing the guide pin (shifter linkage)
  Historical mailing list - Kw
  Sat, 23 May 1998 08:59:58 -0700
  ...Mine was torn and mostly missing allowing dirt to get in and making shifting difficult. The boot was all of $8 bucks at the...
• Re: Whatz a Good price to service CVs?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 18 Jun 2010 19:29:57 -0700
  ...Have used lots of Redline >> synthetic wheel bearing grease. >> That 'black slimey' moly graph grease though ... >> I just have really really good luck with...
• Re: Finger Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Fri, 13 Feb 2004 13:20:54 -0500
  ...using dielectric grease is excellent. useful on distributor end as well as sparkplug end and, of course, coil boot. 2. a good experiment would...
• RE.-Door won't lock/unlock
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Tue, 16 May 2000 18:20:38 -0500
  ...Most likely is that the lock is loaded with dirt/grease, etc. WD40 is about the worst thing you can put in your locks...
• a (cv) day in the sun
  Historical mailing list - Matt Greenwell
  Sun, 7 Mar 1999 19:55:57 -0500
  ...when pulling the axles, the cv grease was in the following condition. driver side and passenger side outer joints had stickey gummy grease, not...
• Re: rotating cvs and axles from left to right
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 15 May 2002 08:45:16 -0700
  You should be pulling them every 75K or so for maintenance (clean and grease) anyway. Makes sense to reverse them at that time. At...
• Re: More early list memories...
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Tue, 6 Jan 2009 11:48:06 -0800
  I started lurking in 1994, mostly because of memories of my splittie from college years. Then I heard more and more about these Vanagon...
• re: cold start (honest, honey, it just blew up itself!)
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Thu, 13 Oct 94 10:33:08 CDT
  ...as i understand it, the most hydrogen gas is generated after you really crank on it a while ... so BEFORE you attach the jumper...
• Re: CV lube helper
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Fri, 19 Feb 1999 16:41:24 -0500
  ...The most desirable effect,.... flush out the particles...... But MY main objective is 8 CV Joints done in an afternoon with little mess during...
• Re: Microscopic corrosion on electrical contacts
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 14 Jun 2023 12:57:44 -0700
  ...Now, given that things need to be built quickly and > most cost effectively, there is no corrosion prevention applied. Mostly, > these situations are very...
• Re: Microscopic corrosion on electrical contacts
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Wed, 14 Jun 2023 15:27:05 -0700
  So why not dialectric grease? I know the price would be greatly different, but the dg is made for the purpose. So, why vaseline...
• The WBX is Finished at last...now the final test...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 10 Dec 2002 06:26:04 EST
  After much testing, buying of new parts (spending lots of money), sweat and elbow grease, thinking about how it things work, tinkering, adjusting, and...
• Re: clutch housling rebuil
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 27 Jul 2006 17:46:45 -0400
  ...Most folks want to replace the drivers side clutch operating shaft(cos) because of damage while trying to remove the slave cylinder mount.This...
• Front Wheel Bearing Adjustment (searched)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 19 Jan 2011 07:06:33 -0800
  ...What is the most fool proof method for acheiving the correct torque on nut after preload? When I had front end apart and spindles...
• Re: RE-The "world's slowest rear wiper" problem
  Historical mailing list - David Katsuki
  Thu, 4 Feb 1999 10:24:09 -0500
  ...I had one motor burn out after same symptom (replaced under warrenty), and pulled and rehab'ed the most recent one on our 87...
• Re: Semi- Vanagon topic: Getting hands clean after you've gotten them greasy
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sat, 8 Nov 2008 20:34:33 -0500
  ...He said if you apply it regularly, even over the existing grease and apply it regularly when off hours thus keeping the hands well...
• Re: Assessing CV joints?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 8 Nov 2014 07:50:19 -0800
  ...It is the oil absorbed in > the soap base that does the work and the Moly stuff n CV grease provides > boundary lubrication when...
• Re: Steering Knuckle Axle Stub Wear PICS
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 10 Jan 2016 21:47:56 -0500
  ...Should one put a little grease between bearing race and spindle? Properly greased it will be everywhere including working between the bearing and axle...
• Re: When was the last time you re-packed your CV joints?
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Mon, 18 Oct 2021 14:00:54 -0500
  ...The theory is that anywhere I > would > > travel I am bound to find someone with a grease gun to get me by, but not...
• Let's try that again...
  Historical mailing list - andrewbell
  Wed, 19 Dec 2001 22:39:51 -0600
  ...Both the Slider and U-Joints are fitted with grease fittings - something the original doesn't have - and if properly cared for should last...
• Re: Installing New Front Seats...Lubricant?
  Historical mailing list - Paul & Becky Oliver
  Mon, 20 Sep 2004 19:24:31 -0500
  ...Installing New Front Seats...Lubricant? > > > On 9/10/04 1:47 PM, "Lastfogel, Darren" <dlastfogel@PLYFORMS.COM> wrote: > > > Most all oil based lubricants will...
• Re: Noisy CV's below Zero degrees F?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 12 Jan 2004 19:32:42 -0600
  ...I decided I had a worn CV, good enough for most running, but the cold seemed to change dimensions of things in combination to...
• Re: Dragging brakes
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:16:22 -0400
  ...Two hundred miles later the grease was running out of my rear wheel bearings because the grease seals were destroyed from heat. A quick...
• Re: CV joint socket size?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Fri, 11 Oct 2013 19:36:30 -0500
  My gkn lobro CV joints arrived today yay! One question do I use the grease they came with or upgrade? I do have 2...
• Re: Oil Suggestions
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 2 Mar 2009 12:04:40 -0600
  ...Since we have all gone ga ga over synthetics, you don't hear much about MOS2 anymore , except maybe in CV joint grease. Wasn...
• Re: Soggy Wx - No Start
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Dooley
  Fri, 1 May 1998 12:00:14 -0400
  ...I would say disconnect all ignition related wires, clean them and coat connectors in some kind of electrical grease. -----Original Message----- From: The Martins...