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• Re: coolant pipe replacement
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:00:52 -0700
  ...I start with a very small pliers or vice-grips bending out a little lip. Ball been hammer a bit too. finsih by filing...
• Re: Stock "squeeze" hose clamps
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Mon, 3 Jan 2011 14:22:09 -0500
  ...ve had enough of trying to remove/install those clamps with vice grips, > etc. > > I thought I had seen a post about this quite...
• Waterpump and exhaust and rust - Oh my!
  Historical mailing list - Aaron
  Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:10:41 -0800
  ...on it. 13mm doesn't fit...12mm is still too big. Vice grips just remove rust. I did manage to get the tin off...
• Re: still can't pull CIS injectors!
  Historical mailing list - Matt Ratto
  Mon, 30 Dec 2002 17:09:08 -0800
  ...Next time I'll try either the crow or the vice-grips solution. I'm still trying to figure out what P'Blaster is...
• Re: 1.9L Hose Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 30 Mar 2014 16:47:54 -0400
  ...If the bolt head is stripped you can try some vice grips. If you remove the crank pulley the pump can be pulled with...
• Re: Tricks to ball joint removal without Pickel fork?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 3 Jul 2013 20:54:42 -0500
  ...Then I heated the but cherry red and worked it off while > grabbing the ball end with vice grips. > The other one had the...
• Re: Shocks again
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 3 Jan 2011 08:43:44 -0800
  ...I've dowsed it with liquid wrench, > tried vice grips, etc, but no luck. Unfortunately, I don't have any heat to > apply to...
• Re: CV Bolts (Stripping For Attention)
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:06:25 -0600
  Mike, this is on the inner CV so that bar is in the way and getting the vice grips in there is difficult.........maybe...
• Re: 88 GLstarts, stalls immediately
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 28 Oct 2005 13:57:44 -0400
  ...Did it come on rather suddenly? Pinch the fuel return hose with vice grips(use a rag in the teeth). If the regulater is...
• Re: Re-use Used Steering Coupling Disks? (PICS)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:36:39 -0600
  ...Jim On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 6:00 PM, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > How do Vice grips save the lock nut...
• Re: Loose stuff inside vans.
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Markett
  Thu, 18 Dec 2014 13:06:07 -0800
  ...Long ago, a pair of vice grips forgotten in a crevice of a car trunk bounced around on rough and twisty road. The result...
• Vile Lower Control Arm Bolt
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Fri, 30 Sep 2011 12:36:40 -0400
  ...Finally got the nut off (squeeking all the way) with vice grips. Then I had to grind the head off of the bolt, cut...
• Re: removing engine studs: more questions
  Historical mailing list - jbclem1
  Mon, 18 Apr 2005 15:14:09 -0700
  ...tip and they all came out immediately using a cocave jawed > Vice Grips > > If you have a bunch of time, and aren't concerned...
• Re: Two Weeks until Wanee must get van ready!
  Historical mailing list - Bill Shawley
  Sat, 2 Apr 2011 01:49:04 +0000
  ...I have it rerouted under the glove box with vice grips on it, blah........ Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 21:31:15 -0400 Subject...
• Re: Open Letter to GEX
  Historical mailing list - Grotz, Kurt
  Fri, 25 Aug 2000 11:30:14 -0400
  ...When I put Vice-Grips (tm) on the studs and tried to remove them, the sheared a 2nd time. This is the 1st time...
• Re: Tool Suggestion? Re: Rear Trailing Arm Replacement Fun!
  Historical mailing list - Eric Ley
  Tue, 20 Jan 2015 17:40:07 -0500
  ...bolt > hence the hacksaw and attempt made with hacksaw blade > in vice grips. yes. I tried that. ;) > This could all be due to a...
• Exhausting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Lon Herman
  Tue, 20 May 1997 17:14:33 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Advice and comments are welcome! the notion of driving around with a couple of vice-grips holding the exahust to the heater box is...
• Re: tranny replacement questions? do it your self?
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Tue, 3 Nov 1998 08:50:54 -0500
  ...Oh well that is what vice grips are for.) Unfortunately NOT on a vanagons ouboard CV's unlike a bus. I strongly urge everyone...
• Re: Stubborn CV bolt removal
  Historical mailing list - Jorge Osorio
  Sun, 18 May 2003 14:55:41 -0400
  ...Any tricks on getting it off (out) ? > > > > > > On the tranny side I have always just used vice grips to get the > > > stubborn ones off...
• Re: Wheel stud problem
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 30 Oct 2006 14:57:05 -0800
  ...doing it wrong..... D-oh! > Then of course the battle began. Vice grips, Cold > chisels, heat, drilling, blah-blah butcher-butcher > curse-curse. > > Can...
• Re: Snow chains
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:35:56 -0500
  ...20&linkCode=asn and also a hammer ... marlin spike ... crescent wrench ... vice grips ... http://www.amazon.com/Cuttin-Horse-Marlin-Stainless-Handle/dp/B000R8AO9W...
• Re: tools to have onhand...
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 17 Nov 2010 21:41:38 -0600
  ...How about combination wrenches ( box and open end )? Vice grips: 5" needle nose and 7" curved jaw with cutter. Screw drivers? How do you...
• Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Sat, 29 Jul 2017 20:53:43 -0400
  ...the screw which surely hasn't been turned in 31 years. Vice grips turn the screwdriver. It breaks free -- HOORAY! Hmm spring is 60mm...
• Re: Can't remove Auto trans
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Wed, 7 Jun 2006 20:48:52 -0400
  ...then drift it ccw with a chisel? I would try various vice-grips first though. Edward At 07:54 PM 6/7/2006, Robert...
• What to do with Metal pipe to thermostat housing??? (WAS: Re: Bolt breakage on thermostat... what to do?? (WAS: Re: changing thermostat on 1.9l))
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Tue, 8 Nov 2005 16:08:59 -0500
  ...think it can be fixed.The keys >are heat and strong vice grips. I had studs remaining from the broken >bolts. I used mapp...
• Re: 11mm brake line wrench
  Historical mailing list - Michael
  Wed, 10 Jul 2013 17:30:48 -0400
  ...NET> wrote: > >> That's a great idea. >> I usually put the vice grips on the flare nut b/c as others have >> mentioned, line...
• Re: Uh-Oh Spaghettio: Broken Exaust Bolt Stuck in Block!!!
  Historical mailing list - George Wietor
  Tue, 13 Nov 2001 16:55:53 -0800
  ...I had to remove the header, soak with PB blaster, tap and apply vice grips. Some shops will weld a piece of square stock...
• Re: Help removing stripped CV joint bolts
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 10 Dec 2006 22:28:16 -0600
  ...Now you can easily get to them for > cleaning, vice grips, easy-outs, drilling or whatever is necessary to > remove > them all! > > > HTH, > Mike...
• Re: Exhaust stud & bolts removal problems
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 2 May 2006 13:22:39 -0400
  ...I tried the heat again > on the > stubs left from the bolts...no luck with Vice Grips...I twisted of > a bit > more of...
• Coolant cap tester
  Historical mailing list - Roger Barkley
  Sun, 8 Apr 2012 20:56:58 -0400
  ...Clamped the gizmo to the cap with some vice grips and connected to air compressor, let air in via the adjuster untill it bled...
• Re: CV Bolts (Stripping For Attention)
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:26:07 -0400
  ...CV Bolts (Stripping For Attention) Mike, this is on the inner CV so that bar is in the way and getting the vice grips...
• Re: Waterpump and exhaust and rust - Oh my!
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Philbrick
  Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:46:40 -0600
  ...Thirdly, I like using vice grips to get the studs out. Sometimes the studs come out with the bolt but sometimes they don't...
• Re: how can you tell 4-speed vs. 5-speed apart outside of the van
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 24 Oct 2006 08:29:03 -0700
  ...I remember turning the > > input > > shaft on the tranny (with the engine unbolted) and shifting the tranny > > with > > a pair of vice-grips on...
• Re: '88 Exhaust help
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Wed, 29 Aug 2012 10:23:12 -0700
  ...more than 4 hours to coax out using heat, PB Blaster, vice grips and patience.� And a sawzall is sure handy. Anyway, the new...
• Re: clutch replacement
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Mon, 24 May 2004 21:40:27 -0400
  ...the bolt so that I could get a proper hold with vice grips. Very frustrating it was. - Laurence ---------------------------------------- Laurence Smith Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 90...
• Re: Where do I get a hose clamp removal tool?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 3 Apr 2005 09:38:33 -0700
  ...2/05, David Marshall wrote: >Aaarrgh! I've had it with vice grips! Does anyone know if there is a tool >that exists specifically...
• Re: Oil pump day..
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 1 May 2016 00:51:53 -0400
  ...Enough to get some vice grips on. > I've deep creeped it to death. Before I go about extraction, is there > an easier way...
• Re: Securing the guide pin (shifter linkage)
  Historical mailing list - Kw
  Sat, 23 May 1998 08:59:58 -0700
  ...Tom: (Practical solution) I pushed the rubber boot back far enough that I could grab the guide pin with my vice grips. Since the...
• Re: Accessing battery -- am I too simple?
  Historical mailing list - Vince S
  Tue, 10 Aug 2004 18:51:27 -0700
  ...If you don't have a battery carrying strap, you can use a pair of vice grips one at each terminal. Be very carefully...
• Re: Tool Suggestion? Re: Rear Trailing Arm Replacement Fun!
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 21 Jan 2015 00:46:40 -0600
  ...bolt >> hence the hacksaw and attempt made with hacksaw blade >> in vice grips. yes. I tried that. ;) >> This could all be due to a...
• Re: stuck shock bolts
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 20 Oct 2002 23:58:14 -0400
  ...The upper mounting nut on the first shock was a frustration, but with days of penetrating oil, judicious mangling by Vice-Grips and finally...
• Rear Camber Adjust Q's '80
  Historical mailing list
  20 Jun 97 05:08:42 PDT
  ...I was able to get the washer to move slightly (confession mode/ with vice grips /off). But still no movement of bolt. I did...
• Screw extractors any good?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
  Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:20:34 -0500 (CDT)
  ...I can't get vice grips on this allen head either cause their just isnt enough room to grab the head of this bolt...
• Re: Tricks to ball joint removal without Pickel fork?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Wed, 3 Jul 2013 21:59:02 -0400
  ...Then I heated the but cherry red and worked it off while grabbing the ball end with vice grips. >> The other one had the...
• Re: rusty brake bleed screws
  Historical mailing list - tmiller
  Thu, 7 Oct 2004 20:35:12 -0400
  ...Do heat the bleeder screw with a propane torch and grab it with a pair of vice grips if it is rounded off. While...
• Re: Inserting Terry K heater shutoff valve
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 1 Aug 2007 13:37:39 -0600
  ...Pinch off (I used small vice-grips) about 5" apart, cut a 2"-3" section of the lower (closest, easiest to work with) hose...
• Re: A question about PTO's engine picture
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:34:11 -0400
  ...valves and keepers out and the stuck bolt came out with vice grips! Big >> sigh of relief. Couple of the valves were banged up...
• Re: 2.1L WBX high pressure oil switch - removal
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 6 Dec 2015 18:52:29 -0500
  ...ca> wrote: > At the risk of marring a socket, what about vice grips on the outside? > > Sent from Outlook <http://aka.ms/Ox5hz3> > > > > > On...
• Re: successful 2000 mile road trip
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:52:16 -0400
  ...a toolbox for the trip, and drove using a pair of > vice-grips clamped onto the stub of the shifter rod, not fun I...
• Re: Vanagon Head Studs
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Thu, 19 Nov 1998 16:34:50 -0500
  Carroll, Lots of patience, waterpump pliers and vice grips were used to wrestle the broken studs out. The stud extractor got some of them...
• Re: CV joint repair?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 19 Mar 1999 17:56:42 -0700
  ...Of course it was the outer >> one; the inner ones you usually can get of with a pair of vice grips. No >> such luck...
• Re: Spewing ATF from dipstick
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:26:39 -0500
  ...Scraping off the crap and spraying them with PB blaster, followed by a little wiggle with some vice grips got good breathing action. One...
• Re: CV Bolts (Stripping For Attention)
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:51:52 -0400
  ...Remove the now easily-accessible outer cv bolts, using vice-grips to hold onto one bolt head while you loosen the other ones. Do...
• Re: 85 Westy 10% valve stuck - which way to open?
  Historical mailing list - Alfred Bagdan
  Thu, 7 Oct 1999 19:36:16 -0600
  ...TG> I've dutifully applied nearly a can of liquid wrench and I'm ready to attack TG> the screw with my vice grips...
• Re: Can't remove Auto trans
  Historical mailing list - Mike Bucchino
  Wed, 7 Jun 2006 19:14:07 -0400
  As long as they're not in a recessed area, use vice-grips. Sears sells the screw extractors as well......... Mike B. ----- Original Message...
• Re: Brake Shoe Lower Mount Shims: Make-Install Shim Over Pins?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 8 Jun 2015 11:13:40 -0400
  ...On 6/7/15, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > Get a right sized set of vice grips and try twisting them loose. Sometimes...
• Re: Syncro starter removal
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Wed, 22 Dec 2010 23:16:24 -0800
  ...Four hands and >> a table knife and a pair of vice grips finally did it. >> >> Richard
• Re: Sheared alternator bolt
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 24 Jun 2000 12:58:17 -0400
  ...Also, there's not enough of >broken bolt sticking out to attempt to grasp it with vice grips. Chris, I'm confused. Are you...
• oil drain plug miseries...
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Ayotte
  Mon, 25 Feb 2002 10:06:11 -0500
  ...and turned, but didn't come out, so i grabbed a pair of vice grips and pulled and turned at the same time- NOTHING...
• Re: front heater valve troubles?
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Wed, 1 Jul 2020 08:55:51 -0400
  ...Easy to replace, drop the spare tire, remove clam shell, use vice grips or similar to clamp off coolant flow, unhook control wire. Remove...