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• Re: Upper A-Arm Bushing repair
  Historical mailing list - Randy Newell
  Mon, 14 Jul 1997 11:23:34 -0500
  ...YOU DON'T WANT TO CUT THE A-ARM. > o Take a cold chisel and bang the thin end of the bushing into the...
• Wheel bearings, and advice
  Historical mailing list - Anonymous Digest
  Wed, 9 Mar 2005 17:17:11 -0700
  ...pipe, or a real decent bar, I will get out the chisel, and worry about reinstalling it later :-) Always grateful for everyone's opinion...
• Re: Fwd: Re: Ignition Switch..HELP NOW PLEASE!
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 6 May 2002 14:38:52 -0400
  ...I pulled the steering wheel and with hacksaw, > chisel etc., broke off the whole steering lock > assembly. Then I used a test light to...
• Re: ECU Testing
  Historical mailing list - john
  Sun, 12 Jul 2015 12:25:55 -0400
  ...run across, maybe he chipped it out with a > > hammer and chisel. > > > > Jim > > > > On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 6:39 PM, SDF ( aka...
• Re: Advice needed for replacing front and rear header pipes and hardware
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Sat, 16 May 2009 10:26:21 -0400
  ...That way you can cut the nuts off with a chisel the next time. We sell the S&S Header exhaust system for $349...
• Re: POR 15 my way.
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Tue, 8 May 2007 01:06:59 -0700
  ...break up > with > a screw driver, but a hammer and a chisel. > Ever since I use the hole-and-screw method, I am getting...
• Re: Checking output of alternator.
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 14 Jul 2016 10:55:14 -0700
  ...Shops vibrate it loose with an air chisel, or with careful application of flame and hammering. Check your voltages at the battery too to...
• Re: How can I remove the dashboard?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 3 Oct 2003 23:10:51 -0700
  ...Also a good wood chisel is all you need to break the 1 billion tabs on the heater box. Save those metal tabs. Have...
• Re: Wheel bearings, and advice
  Historical mailing list - Anonymous Digest
  Wed, 9 Mar 2005 23:14:29 -0700
  ...I am not adverse to even grinding the bolt off, very carefully, and maybe only to where it is thin enough to chisel it...
• Re: New exhaust install
  Historical mailing list - Richard Brassaw
  Mon, 7 Apr 2003 11:28:27 -0700
  ...Unless you know how to properly dress a cold chisel, it is best to leave it in the tool cabinet. On, by the way...
• Re: 46mm socket for wheel bearing
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 8 Mar 2005 12:07:43 -0600
  ...I could probably just trash the nut with a sledge > hammer and a chisel :-) but that still doesn't get the new one back...
• Re: Middle Seat Installation
  Historical mailing list - Southard
  Tue, 7 Sep 1999 21:38:27 -0400
  ...first by drilling > along the cut line and then with a chisel. I'll paint the cut plywood > edges before bolting the tracks down...
• What happened?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Wed, 29 May 2002 22:11:35 EDT
  ...Tonight, I tried to turn the bolts with the air chisel -- no dice. I used the grinder to cut a slot in the bolt...
• Re: Engine Disassembly, EGR, Air Pump
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 2 Nov 94 11:53:05 -0500
  ...vise grips ...nope... >chisel...nope... drill). What is recommended for cleaning up old engine >tin? Don't know about cleaning the tin, really. On...
• Re: Well so far it's beat me. >:-(
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Mon, 9 Aug 2010 15:56:51 -0700
  ...3) Took a cold chisel and ridged the outside circumference to get the vice grips to bite better instead of spinning. No way, still...
• Re: Friday..OT..Stuff from WalMart-like stores...
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Fri, 17 Apr 2015 11:32:57 -0500
  ...Corporations make lots of money and the consumer gets "Chiseled". Not enough people notice, or are too tired from working to keep up, to...
• Re: filler plug not drain
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Mon, 16 Apr 2001 16:24:46 -0700
  ...ll have another go at it tonight with a torch and chisel. I'm curious about the Amsoil comment - I've used Redline for...
• Re: Vile Lower Control Arm Bolt
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 30 Sep 2011 22:18:11 -0400
  ...pry bar, a ball peen hammer, a mini sledge, an air chisel, and pure brute force. Finally got the nut off (squeeking all the...
• Preliminary Tools List
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 10 Feb 1995 10:19:00 -0600 (CST)
  ...CRESENT WRENCHES 6,12,18" CHISELS/PUNCHES Center punch, flat-end punch, small chisel, large chisel. HAMMERS Both small and large in hard and...
• Diesel:was big trouble
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Mon, 31 Jan 2000 18:57:38 EST
  ...the piece out! I ended up using a 5/16ths cold chisel and a 4 pound hammer, I tapped just hard enough to crack...
• Re: sounds like a go-cart
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 12 Jun 2002 10:07:58 -0500
  ...to seven years of 83 Westy ownership I'm pretty much chiseled down to a lump. Her next expenditure is going to be on...
• Re: Coolant Drain - 2.1 L
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 22 Sep 2015 18:43:48 -0500
  ...Please tell me > another way! Would it be possible to chisel it off with a tool steel chisel? > > John > On Sep 21, 2015 16...
• Re: CV Boot replacement...
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Mon, 19 Mar 2001 23:04:48 -0800
  ...rounded out allen screw is to unscrew it with > a cold chisel and hammer. You cut a notch in it and hammer at an...
• Two syncro questions
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Wed, 29 Apr 1998 15:19:54 -0700
  ...means, or how to do it, just that it involves a chisel and is meant to prevent the nuts from loosening... Would something like...
• Re: Tips on sealing heater box flaps, and while the dash is out . . .
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 7 Apr 2011 18:21:47 -0500
  ...Be prepared to chisel the main box apart if it has not ever been apart. This is appallingly violent. If you don't have...
• Re: Well so far it's beat me. >:-(
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 9 Aug 2010 15:55:47 -0700
  ...No way. > 3) Took a cold chisel and ridged the outside circumference to get the vice grips to bite better instead of spinning. No...
• Re: Blog post about 85 doka
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 26 Mar 2015 15:00:45 -0500
  ...is, but if you go after that heater box with a chisel and pop it open you will save all the little tabs instead...
• Re: Smelly Skylights
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 7 Nov 1998 21:48:36 EST
  ...then cracked off the rim where it was glued with a chisel. Ewwwwhee! Thats were the funky smell was, that plastic they used for...
• Re: Coolant Drain - 2.1 L
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 22 Sep 2015 21:18:32 -0400
  ...Please tell me > > another way! Would it be possible to chisel it off with a tool steel > chisel? > > > > John > > On Sep 21, 2015 16...
• Re: Rear Trailing Arm Replacement Fun!
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 24 Jan 2015 16:36:45 -0800
  ...A pneumatic > chisel will get it off in no time! Look under the main plate and see if > things are in good shape. The...
• Re: Vile Lower Control Arm Bolt
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 30 Sep 2011 19:28:17 -0700
  ...pry bar, a ball peen hammer, a mini |sledge, an air chisel, and pure brute force. |> Finally got the nut off (squeeking all the...
• Re: Need help with old gasket removal
  Historical mailing list - George Wietor
  Sun, 8 Oct 2000 07:24:58 -0700
  ...Any tips on how you other > > folks remove baked on gaskets? I'm thinking a > > chisel or something similar. A razor tool is > > not...
• Re: "Front Bearing Saga" has ended... Thank you Jonathan!
  Historical mailing list - Data Services
  Sun, 30 Dec 2001 15:01:22 -0500
  ...his big motorcycle with heated suit and all, Dremel and cold > chisels in tow. Got off his bike, shook hands and jumped right into...
• Re: Well so far it's beat me. >:-(
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 9 Aug 2010 18:57:27 -0400
  ...No way. >3) Took a cold chisel and ridged the outside circumference to get >the vice grips to bite better instead of spinning. No...
• Re: DIY Westy conversion -II (Off with their heads!)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 14 Jun 1996 12:15:31 -0300 (ADT)
  ...The roof and beams could be seperated from roof perimeter 'frame' with chisel (although they may just be mated with a glue bond???). It...
• Re: Coolant Drain - 2.1 L
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 22 Sep 2015 22:08:07 -0400
  ...me another way! Would it be possible to chisel it off with a tool steel chisel? > > John > On Sep 21, 2015 16:39, "SDF...
• Re: Fridge Burner box
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 25 Aug 2012 19:56:45 -0500
  ...The "ice man" came around with giant blocks of ice in his truck, from which he chiseled off the correct size block for the...
• Re: rear axle nut removal (x-post)
  Historical mailing list - George Wietor
  Sat, 17 Nov 2001 17:59:29 -0800
  ...wrench -nick the old nut with the Dremel cutoff disk and chisel it off. -soften with a torch -The reinstall torque for the newer...
• Oil filters; was:Re: Disappearing Coolant - Head Lean?
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Wed, 15 Sep 2004 02:00:14 -0500
  ...I just chuck it up in a vise and usea a very sharp old wood chisel to slice the can right under the rolled...
• Re: power steering rack
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 9 May 2003 06:36:12 EDT
  ...Make a tool or use a blunt nose chisel to get them to turn. Soak liberally with some good rust penetrant. Use of propane...
• RE>Middle Seat Installation
  Historical mailing list - Chao, Harvey
  Tue, 7 Sep 1999 15:58:31 -0700
  ...I broke the welds on the seat pan frame with a cold chisel and hammer, cut the long sides in half, and used a...
• Re: Waterpump replacement on '88?
  Historical mailing list - James Ruch
  Thu, 16 Sep 1999 05:04:57 PDT
  ...The pulley has holes in it that you can stick a hefty chisel through that will keep the crank from turning while you reef...
• Re: What happened?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 29 May 2002 20:15:16 -0700
  ...Tonight, I tried > to turn the bolts with the air chisel -- no dice. I used the grinder to cut > a slot in the bolt...
• Re: Linseed Oil for rust proofing
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 26 Nov 2001 11:47:22 -0800
  ...I paint the liquid on my chisels, knives, drill bits etc, and the naphtha evaporates leaving a film of lanolin behind. It is a...
• Re: What happened?
  Historical mailing list - Russell, William
  Wed, 29 May 2002 22:59:41 -0400
  ...Tonight, I tried to turn the bolts with the air chisel -- no dice. I used the grinder to cut a slot in the bolt...
• Re: Well so far it's beat me. >:-(
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Mon, 9 Aug 2010 21:25:05 -0500
  ...No way. > 3) Took a cold chisel and ridged the outside circumference to get the vice > grips to bite better instead of spinning. No...
• Re: Bearings or moronic PO
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:18:07 -0800
  ...I then noticed that > the PO had taken a chisel and hammer to undo the axle castle nut, which > tells me he didn't...
• 85 vanagon; Water Pump Leak
  Historical mailing list - Lorraine Rios
  Tue, 11 Nov 2003 16:30:44 EST
  ...Ended up removing Altenator, power steering pump to get aim at the bolt to finally remove it with an air chisel. Tube is now...
• Re: Stuck Cylinders
  Historical mailing list - Don & Christina Preston
  Sun, 22 Oct 2000 13:44:26 -0700
  ...I am a bit leery of using the chisel method someone else > mentioned - I broke a cylinder once that way and had to pull...
• Re: OT Drilling out a bolt. Expertise solicited.
  Historical mailing list - John C.
  Sat, 18 Sep 2004 13:46:31 EDT
  ...the entire bolt and hope to remove the remains with a chisel. Easy outs might work on new parts but in the real work...
• Re: Stuck Grease Cap? Try This PIC.
  Historical mailing list - Bill M
  Thu, 6 Sep 2012 08:55:14 -0400
  ...Didn't get around to trying a cold chisel as > in my desperation, found a chunk of box steel left over from my engine...
• Re: Black Friday vanagon and camper items?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Tue, 16 Nov 2021 00:05:50 -0800
  ...Nothing some minor disassembly and a regular screwdriver used in chisel form couldn't take care of... -MB On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at...
• Re: Help! Stripped trans oil filler plug!
  Historical mailing list - Samuel L. Walters
  Mon, 16 Apr 2001 10:41:29 -0400
  ...It had rust in it and mangled metal from where it looked like someone had maybe used a chisel or screwdriver and hammer to...
• Re: Powder coating door handles
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Wed, 29 Oct 2003 04:30:41 -0800
  ...I had to use a chisel and hammer and took all afternoon a tiny chip at a time to remove it. Very impressive. After...
• Re: broken spark plug removal?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 21 Jul 1998 01:20:00 EDT
  ...the heads? I tried > tapping a large screwdriver in like a chisel but that couldn't turn the > threads (even after a 1/4...
• Smelly Skylights
  Historical mailing list - Carl Turner
  Sat, 7 Nov 1998 20:04:24 EST
  ...then cracked off the rim where it was glued with a chisel. Ewwwwhee! Thats were the funky smell was, that plastic they used for...
• Re: Splittie Roof 'Grafting'
  Historical mailing list - Jon Christensen
  Thu, 4 Apr 1996 10:35:11 -0600 (CST)
  ...I sectioned out the old roof with an air chisel, then removed the rest from the old spot welds. The 67 roof I trimmed...
• Re: How to get spare tire out??? Urgent!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 5 Mar 2011 12:42:06 -0800
  ...CV joints screws ) ..is unscrew it with a pretty hefty cold chisel and stout hammer. but that's pretty desperate ....so try not to...
• Re: Rear Trailing Arm Replacement Fun!
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 24 Jan 2015 22:26:24 -0700
  ...A pneumatic >> chisel will get it off in no time! Look under the main plate and see if >> things are in good shape. The...
• Re: Best method for remove seized exhaust nuts?
  Historical mailing list - dylan
  Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:07:44 -0800
  ...I have been able to chisel and grind the waste nut away and rechase the threads. Prepare to break the studs if the nut...