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• Re: CV joints. Adding new grease.
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Wed, 26 Dec 2001 12:05:23 -0800
  ...I may still do it until I have warm Spring weather to do a complete CV overhaul. I still need advice about the clamp...
• Re: Coolant vanishing
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:54:32 -0800
  ...and there is an original spring clip .. the corrosion that occurs on the aluminum can make it so the spring clamp does not clamp...
• Re: Rad R&R procedure?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 5 May 2012 15:06:06 -0400
  ...If you don't have a hose clamp tool intended for flat-spring type hose clamps, go get one. The largest one from NAPA...
• Recall of 1991 Vanagon - Fire danger
  Historical mailing list - Beth Young
  Sat, 11 Jan 1997 13:54:15 -0800 (PST)
  ...REPLACE THE FUEL HOSE ATTACHED TO THE FUEL RAIL AND INSTALL A NEW SPRING TYPE SELF-TIGHTENING CLAMP. SYSTEM: FUEL LINES. VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER...
• Re: Pre-loading Rear Suspension :~o
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Tue, 30 Jun 1998 15:28:57 -0700
  David Bayer wrote: > You preload a spring by physically compressing it - by clamping > down on it. Ok, let's look at it another way...
• Re: More leaks
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 12 Jan 2016 18:24:02 -0800
  ...Maybe I should use a screw down clamp on the tube rather than the spring clamp? Stuart -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
• Re: Replaced Fuel Lines
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:01:26 -0400
  ...FWIW, there was a VW TSB that directed the use of spring clamps to replace crimp or screw-type clamps, the idea being that...
• 85 Vanagon Parts in San Diego
  Historical mailing list - Walter Houle
  Wed, 24 Sep 2014 01:13:48 -0400
  ...OE Springs. Set of 4. These were the original springs that came with the van. This was an 85 tin top with nothing inside...
• Re: plugging heater hoses
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Snook
  Tue, 1 Sep 2009 16:03:05 -0700
  ...Reuse the spring clamps...
• Where do I get a hose clamp removal tool?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 2 Apr 2005 13:04:41 -0800
  ...that exists specifically designed to be used with the VW spring loaded hose clamps? If it exists, where do I get it from? Cheers...
• Re: Rearview mirror problem.
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Wed, 18 Apr 2007 07:34:21 -0600
  ...A cheap solution to tigh(er) mirrors is to simply put a hose clamp around the joint. If you put the clamp high enough...
• Re: Coolant Hoses, Complete Set -- Remove and Replace
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Wed, 24 Jun 2020 00:39:30 -0400
  ...some time" -- 14 days and counting. -WD40 and a hooked tool to prepare the hoses for disconnection; -spring clamps all round; -Aviation Gasket thin...
• Re: Bus Depot Awning clamp
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 17 Jul 2011 15:05:53 -0500
  for my jury rigged (but good) home design awning, I use carpenter's clamps, spring loaded. Work great. mcneely ---- Troy <colorworks@GCI.NET> wrote...
• Re: leaky hose connection to rear heater core
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 9 Jan 2008 13:52:39 -0800
  ...Which is semi-likely with a FLAPS type hose clamp. The original springy ones- they don't work well enough eventually and I usually...
• Re: plugging heater hoses
  Historical mailing list - Luke Bakken
  Tue, 1 Sep 2009 11:05:42 -0700
  ...Reuse the spring clamps. Or better yet, use this as an opportunity to run new heater hose from the engine right up to the...
• Re: recall notice for air conditioning ducting, 86-91
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Sat, 23 Oct 1999 18:32:21 -0400
  ...clamps which may become loose over time... I got one for the EuroVan....for replacemnt of a steering bolt and for a spring for...
• Flex Neck LED Lamp
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sat, 1 Sep 2012 21:42:30 -0500
  ...The clamp allows it to be easily clamped to a table or other object. The batteries corroded the insides and the little metal connectors...
• Re: Coolant hose: T-stat to Coolant Distributor Tower
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Thu, 19 Sep 2019 18:10:24 -0300
  ...You'll need a set >>> of hose clamp pliers intended for flat band spring clamps to work with the >>> factory clamps. Some people like...
• Re: Always Look Under a Bus!
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Thu, 30 Sep 2010 19:32:19 -0500
  ...But a crimped on band clamp like a Oetiker clamp acts like a spring. When you crimp the clamp, you over compress it onto...
• Fuel leaks/fuel lines/clamps, etc., 82 westy
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wyatt
  Tue, 4 May 1999 11:28:05 -0600
  ...I have also tightened each one up again this spring. These were the original clamps. I am considering getting the 7 mm hose from...
• Re: Factory Hose Clamps
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 9 Jun 2012 12:24:30 -0500
  ...Factory Hose Clamps In 1992, VW issued a recall on Vanagons to replace the Oetiker clamps with the spring-style, self tightening clamps. Here...
• Re: Update on leaking heads
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Fri, 9 Jan 2004 08:26:49 -0800
  ...None of the OEM spring clamp connections showed any leakage. Thanks, ===== TJ Hannink Goldibox - 1987 Vanagon Camper, Wolfsburg Edition Winter Park, Florida http://home...
• Re: Pre-loading Rear Suspension :~o
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Tue, 30 Jun 1998 12:48:01 -0700
  ...spring, then how do you? And why isn't the >| compressed spring stiffer? You preload a spring by physically compressing it - by clamping down...
• Re: About Oetiker Clamps
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 24 Aug 2023 23:02:02 +0000
  ...Regarding "springy" hose clamps on water hoses, these things ARE superior over slotted worm-drive clamps in that they are self-adjusting as rubber...
• Re: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 18 Oct 2013 21:35:21 -0500
  ...I have never been able to get a clamp to compress metal around a piston that was not that slick, blue spring steel that...
• Re: Poor man's awning
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Mon, 14 Jun 1999 11:56:55 -0400
  >Anyone ever rig up an awning to their van using a tarp and those spring-type >clamps? (I'm thinking about clamping the tarp...
• Still Confused about Syncro CV Boots
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 12 Feb 2001 16:20:36 EST
  ...both ends with a clamp, some bolts (which are the same length as the rear bolts), the spring washer, spring clip and some grease...
• Re: leaky hose connection to rear heater core
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Lubin
  Wed, 9 Jan 2008 16:59:21 -0500
  ...hose.... > Which is semi-likely with a FLAPS type hose clamp. > > The original springy ones- they don't work well enough eventually and I...
• Re: Where do I get a hose clamp removal tool?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sat, 2 Apr 2005 14:26:56 -0700
  ...that exists specifically designed to be used with the VW spring loaded hose > clamps? If it exists, where do I get it from? > > Cheers...
• Re: Awning Question-Opinions wanted
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Tue, 11 Apr 2000 10:45:26 -0400
  ...you could just buy a tarp and poles set and use spring clamps to > attach to rain gutter. Yeah, and the first puff of...
• Re: Fwd: Re: How can this be?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sun, 5 Jun 2005 20:33:06 -0500
  ...Now I'm getting slipping hose clamps too. and not just the spring type, the good aircraft clamps also. What the--------?? Just for grins...
• Re: 1.9 water pump replacement question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 29 Mar 2015 18:54:41 -0400
  ...Also note VW also went to the spring clamps on these hoses also. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon...
• Re: Cooling system overhaul?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Tue, 18 Apr 2006 14:02:55 -0400
  ...Resist using the screw type hose clamps in place of the OEM spring clamps. I wish I had. The screw type are prone to...
• coolant leak question...
  Historical mailing list - Grungy
  Fri, 28 Nov 2003 13:07:21 -1000
  ...Is there any way to seal this up without replacing the long coolant tube? Sealant? Putty? Two hose-clamps? One of VW's spring...
• Gas tank seal instructions request
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 15 Dec 2016 19:51:00 -0500
  ...for a spring re seal and have purchased the go westy kit and have the tool for the gas line clamps. I don’t...
• Re: Heater Leak
  Historical mailing list - Brad Anderson
  Mon, 28 Jun 1999 15:30:06 -0700
  ...Clamp them upstream enough so that you can back the spring clamps off the fitting. * Release spring clamp on lower hose and remove; allow...
• H & R low lowering springs
  Historical mailing list - Lee Roesner
  Wed, 18 Jun 2003 19:44:05 -0700
  ...Springs&autoMake=Vo lkswagen&autoModel=Vanagon&autoYear=1991&brand=H%26R&x=105&y=15 I thought I also saw some lowing clamps/techniques...
• Re: Steel coolant pipe removal?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 15 May 2017 05:52:53 -0400
  The pipes we sell come with Spring clamps. It is my opinion that these are the best and do not fail. The hose coupling...
• Re: More leaks
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 12 Jan 2016 16:41:18 -0800
  ...The GW kit does use spring clamps on the plastic tubes, but I'm only going to replace that one for now, and save...
• Cooling system replacement in progress (long)...
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Mon, 12 Mar 2001 15:43:25 -0800
  ...I used pliers with a toothed device for holding the jaws in specific position, again nice to have with the larger spring clamps. Got...
• Re: Cv boots cracking
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 22 Mar 2013 20:53:52 -0700
  ...But the manual does not show >> clamps on the inner part of boots on the rear axles. >> >> alistair >> >> >> >> >> On
• Re: Where do I get a hose clamp removal tool?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 3 Apr 2005 09:38:33 -0700
  ...spring loaded hose >clamps? If it exists, where do I get it from? I'm thinking of buying these "cable operated hose clamp pliers...
• Re: worm type fuel line clamps
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:15:32 -0400
  ...The biggest problem is that over time all of these > clamps > loose their tension for one reason or another (the spring ones > never had...
• Front Heater Control Valve Replacement Tricks?
  Historical mailing list - Vince P.
  Wed, 24 May 2000 13:36:47 -0700
  ...I spent one hour last night trying to get the upper spring hose clamp off and was not successful. Any tips or tricks on...
• Re: Current coolant hose repairs
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 17 Dec 2022 13:51:02 -0500
  ...The pliers are pretty good but the spring clamps are not nearly as nice as the ones I got from Bus Lab. Eric > On...
• Re: coolant leak oil cooler to water pump
  Historical mailing list - Reinhard Vehring
  Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:10:08 -0700
  ...I already have > new > hoses, cleaned the tube, put spring clamps on. > Still > leaking. I guess being so close to the exhaust gives > it...
• Re: Belt Squeal - Issue Revealed, Problem Solved
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 23 Dec 2010 02:35:43 -0500
  ...even need a clamp. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Kim Springer Sent: Thursday, December...
• Re: Cv boots cracking
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 22 Mar 2013 21:05:47 -0700
  ...But the manual does not show clamps on the inner part of boots on the rear axles. >> >> alistair >> >> >> >> >> On >> >
• Re: Correct use of Dielectric grease?
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:44:48 -0400
  ...to metal with the pressure > provided by the spring. �the spring is the sole clamping force for this > connection. �if you have adequate force...
• Re: Coolant Hoses, Complete Set -- Remove and Replace
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 6 Apr 2020 13:44:37 -0400
  Use the spring clamps. Get the proper pliers. On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 1:32 PM Gabriel Hourtouat <ghourtouat@gmail.com> wrote: > Here...
• Re: best way to remove original hose clamps?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:26:14 -0500
  ...best way to remove original hose clamps? > > > I don't think the poster is talking about 'springy' type coolant hose > clamps, > But the smaller...
• Maybe dirt bikes have different springs? Was Re: spacers and sproings
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Wed, 1 Jul 1998 14:01:51 -0700
  ...Now I clamp it down an inch. A load of 150 lbs. >| placed on this pre-loaded non-linear spring will now compress >| it...
• Coolant Loss/Hose clamp tips?
  Historical mailing list - Alex MeVay
  Fri, 17 May 2019 19:37:52 -0700
  ...For high-risk locations (above the gas tank), what about some of those clamps with integrated spring to help maintain tension? Thoughts appreciated, Alex
• Re: Coolant Temp Indications
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Durstewitz
  Mon, 13 Nov 1995 21:02:33 -0800 (PST)
  ...held on by > the orginal "spring pressure" hose clamps. I replaced the clamp > with the "screw" type hose clamp, bled the system, and the...
• Gas Tank Removal & clamps
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Mon, 22 Sep 1997 23:44:45 -0700
  ...or a constant re-tightening routine...I much prefer the spring band type clamps that when sized correctly apply a constant pressure; you'll...
• Re: Flex Neck LED Lamp
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sat, 1 Sep 2012 22:35:17 -0500
  ...The clamp allows it to be easily clamped to a table or other > object. > > The batteries corroded the insides and the little metal connectors...
• Re: ## changing 1990 2.1L waterleaker oil cooler hoses in situ
  Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
  Mon, 12 Aug 2002 06:56:01 -0700
  ...can lead to > failures in the short/long run...........Those > spring type stock clamps sort > of just squeeze it............ > > Look at a piece of...
• Re: 1.9 water pump replacement question
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 29 Mar 2015 17:29:19 -0700
  ...Also note VW also went to the spring clamps on these hoses also. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon...
• Re: Changing Fuel Lines and Clamps - in Canada
  Historical mailing list - Pedersen, Michael
  Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:49:28 -0700
  ...The Mikalor hose clamp is very high quality($$$) and Tridon offers a Thermo flex spring loaded clamp to compensate for those 75 degree Celsius...
• Re: Steel fuel line adapter & curtain springs
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 27 Jun 2012 05:41:32 -0400
  ...At the very least they should have used a spring clamp = > that would maintain clamping pressure over time.=20 > > It's the same on...