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Re: Baffling clamp
Historical mailing list - mordo
Sat, 12 May 2007 21:00:19 -0400
...At any rate, I am baffled by this clamp. > > I've > > found the two slots in the chassis rail in which the clamp mounts...
Re: Poor man's awning
Historical mailing list - Groff, Montgomery
Mon, 14 Jun 1999 10:02:47 -0600
...Initially I used the spring clamps, but found that in a viscious wind they would pop off. I now use small c-clamps (about...
Re: Batter clamp removal ...?
Historical mailing list
Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:38:03 EDT
...i used the clamp on battery terminal clamps from old battery cables, cut the cables off, and tie a nylon rope between them. then...
Re: 20 hours later and a new water pump and a few other things...
Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
Sun, 19 Sep 2004 20:29:20 -0400
I have had bad luck with the OEM spring clamps. You seemingly have not. Any secerts to keep them from leaking? Ken Lewis 86...
How to use and install Mercedes Spindle Clamp on a Vanagon
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sun, 27 Jun 2021 04:41:08 -0500
Check out this video. At about 32 min the clamp and installation is shown. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YfdXLrDE3U&t=1114s
Re: Muffler Strap
Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
Wed, 7 Nov 2001 14:26:44 EST
Try using heating duct clamps. They are stainless steel. Just like large hose clamps and you can get them at a home center store...
source for spring clamps for fuel lines
Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
Sun, 11 Dec 2005 09:33:11 -0500
I'm looking for the spring clamps for replacing my fuel lines in the engine compartment. Not the screw type. Anybody have a lead...
Re: Always Look Under a Bus!
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Thu, 30 Sep 2010 09:28:04 -0500
A lot of owners & not just Vanagon owners switch to screw type clamps because thats what the local mcparts sells. And because thats all...
Re: '84 Vanagon GL Fuel Rail Clamps
Historical mailing list - Cory Zumbrennen
Mon, 29 Jan 2001 09:02:08 -0700
...A diagram or picture of the fuel > rails showing the end clamps may be helpful in showing someone in the > parts business that may...
Re: Jed Clampet/<aka Radiator Clamps>
Historical mailing list - Steve Arbaugh
Sat, 26 May 2001 18:05:20 -0700
...Steve '85 westy kent, wa -----Original Message----- Loss of spring tension seems very unlikely unless the clamp was somehow heated red hot.
heater hose pinching - -86 syncro
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Sat, 30 Oct 2010 17:20:53 -0700
...The gear clamp was tight, so I am guessing that sometime in the past the clamp slipped off the tab and a PO had...
Re: Anything like this for 1.9L?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 28 May 2011 15:34:05 -0700
...the clamp fails and I end up injecting hot coolant > into the rad return, but the weather ain't hot. > > Worst case: the clamp...
Re: Front Heater Control Valve Replacement Tricks?
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Wed, 24 May 2000 14:46:15 -0700
I hate those spring clamps! Great for saving assembly time in the factory, but a PITA for the mechanic. I have had the best...
Re: fuel tank update
Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:21:41 -0400
...Friday, July 25, 2008, 8:34 AM > > McMaster Carr has most any clamp you could possibly want. They even have > Stainless clamps with stainless...
Friday, a few banggood items for Vanagons?
Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
Fri, 4 Nov 2016 09:49:18 -0400
...http://www.banggood.com/Flexible-Car-Fuel-Oil-Water- Pipe-Hose-Clamp-Plier-Wire-Long-Reach-Repairing-Tool-p-1102174.html
Re: Can a battery terminal clamp cause a battery to discharge?
Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
Fri, 8 Aug 2008 21:10:11 -0700
I'm willing to learn -- how can a battery clamp cause a battery to discharge because the bolt has squozed the two halves together...
emergency hose fix/ on the road/ middle of nowhere
Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
Wed, 18 Jun 2003 00:07:44 -0700
...but then what about using the hose clamps... and hose clamps are better to replace with than the original clamps... but you do have...
Re: Current coolant hose repairs
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Sat, 17 Dec 2022 13:51:02 -0500
Hi Dennis, I’ve become a fan of these clamps but they certainly have some challenges. I was thinking I’d like to have...
Re: different coolant hose clamp
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:51:12 -0500
...different coolant hose clamp Mike B posted a link to Gates technique for assessing coolant hoses. Another page on their site is interesting: A...
Re: Most misunderstood this Re: Battery clamp removal ...?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:36:16 -0700
...Battery clamp removal ...? > Most thought I am talking of the battery terminals clamps, while I have > diligently explained that it's the hold-down...
Re: leaky hose connection to rear heater core
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Lubin
Wed, 9 Jan 2008 16:59:21 -0500
...Based on your comments, I think the first thing I'll try is to tighten the existing clamp tighter, since I had just used...
Re: still getting gas fumes
Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
Fri, 2 Jun 2000 17:34:27 -0400
...I temporarily fixed that by slipping a piece of heater hose > over it and clamping it down with worm clamps. It seems pretty much...
Re: Factory Hose Clamps
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Fri, 8 Jun 2012 20:35:17 -0500
...These clamps are designed to be used once and spreading & re-compressing the step will result in a weak & unreliable clamp. And at $0...
Distributor clamp bolt
Historical mailing list
Wed, 6 Sep 1995 09:32:51 -0500 (CDT)
...One new thing was the dist clamp. The bolt running through it from the back was tack welded to the clamp somehow. Last night...
Re: Fuel Hose clamp dia?
Historical mailing list - George Goff
Thu, 27 Oct 2005 15:07:26 EDT
...I've used the smooth-band, machine screw type hose clamps for this application in two different sizes: 11.0 - 13.3 mm (7...
Re: Friday, a few banggood items for Vanagons?
Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
Fri, 4 Nov 2016 16:23:05 -0300
...http://www.banggood.com/Flexible-Car-Fuel-Oil-Water- >>> Pipe-Hose-Clamp-Plier-Wire-Long-Reach-Repairing-Tool-p-1102174.html >>> >>
Re: Stock "squeeze" hose clamps
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Tue, 4 Jan 2011 02:35:07 -0600
...Stock "squeeze" hose clamps Alright - enough is enough for me! Is there a tool specially for those stock hose clamps - you know the type...
Re: fuel hose crimping tool
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:49:04 -0500
Actually, modern Oetiker clamps don't need to be cut off. Look closely at the part where the band overlaps and you'll see...
Hose clamps
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Sat, 28 May 2011 15:39:49 -0700
...So I'll be plugging those two hoses with 5/8'' bolts secured with hose clamps. Are your generic hardware store worm-drive clamps...
Re: Der Brakes
Historical mailing list
Fri, 20 Jan 1995 11:54:33 -0400 (EDT)
...I found a 6" "C" clamp at a yard sale once. Whenever I need to push the pistons back into the calliper, I put...
Re: Fuel Lines/Hose Clamps
Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
Wed, 24 Jan 2001 10:45:11 -0800
> I've been using Ideal clamps from Pep-Boys, American made, but they sure > bite into the hose. This is the opposite of what...
Re: 2.1 WBX eating coolant.
Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
Fri, 16 Aug 2002 11:55:29 -0700
...In my case, the screw-type clamp ate into my hoses and ruined them, causing leaks. I wonder if spring-type clamps would have...
Re: Cylinder sleeves, new problem
Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
Mon, 23 Sep 2002 05:47:41 -0400
I think you need to look in like the ducting section where heating and air stuff is......................I have seen big clamps in there...
Re: Can a battery terminal clamp cause a battery to discharge?
Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
Fri, 8 Aug 2008 21:15:39 -0700
...Can a battery terminal clamp cause a battery to discharge? > I'm willing to learn -- how can a battery clamp cause a battery to...
Re: fuel line replacement
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Thu, 3 Jun 2010 17:39:11 -0700
and when you can't sleep, nip out and tighten the clamps. Sometimes the seem to either loosen or the hose underneath "shrinks". alistair...
Re: Sealant necessary for coolant hoses?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Wed, 23 Feb 2011 22:41:01 -0500
...I agree that the wire-type spring clamp suffers from lack of clamping area, but I think the band type are absolutely superior, their...
Re: Factory Hose Clamps
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 9 Jun 2012 14:47:23 -0700
On 6/9/2012 6:51 AM, Tom Hargrave wrote: > Third, with a screw clamp, how tight is tight enough? And what if you...
Re: Always Look Under a Bus!
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 3 Oct 2010 12:41:40 -0700
Hi Mike, if you are advocating crimp type fuel hose clamps as a better set up for 'put it together and 'just leave it...
Re: notes from Montana
Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
Tue, 5 Jul 2016 22:07:39 -0300
...Screw clamps tend to cut the hose, and they > loosen over time as the hose responds to temperature changes. The spring > clamps have smooth...
Re: best way to remove original hose clamps?
Historical mailing list - Mike
Sun, 27 Jan 2008 09:43:33 -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...
Re: vanagon Digest - 20 Sep 2015 to 21 Sep 2015 (#2015-337)
Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
Tue, 22 Sep 2015 16:29:00 -0400
I can't tell you how many times I've cursed those stupid clamps while trying to get them off and back on with...
Re: My passenger mirror has fallen and it can't get up
Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
Tue, 21 Aug 2001 11:22:54 EDT
In a message dated 8/21/01 8:07:05 AM Pacific Daylight Time, CTONLINE@webtv.net writes: << Hose clamps----- I knew you had...
Re: Lowering an 85'/
Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
Fri, 14 Mar 2003 16:06:37 -0500
On Fri, 14 Mar 2003, Ben T wrote: > As for SPRING CLAMPS, we had some minor discussion about this last month. I > was saying...
Got an old Thule roofrack laying around?
Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
Tue, 5 Aug 2003 19:06:51 -0600
...It originally fit a '93 Jetta so it clamps on the Vanagon nicely. But I'm missing the rubber clamp liner for one gutter...
Plier heater hose clamp
Historical mailing list - Hans Brouwer
Wed, 1 Nov 2000 21:09:35 -0500
Hi, I am in search for a plier that will make it easy to remove the heater hose clamp. Would KD3252 or Lisle 17100...
Re: Coolant hose replacement
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:08:47 -0700
...and it had these 'good german' clamps, the ones I like, on all connections, like maybe they didn't used the spring clamps on...
Re: Front axle retaining nut for dIsc brake rotor
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Sat, 26 Jun 2021 10:58:15 -0600
...This clamp is reusable. > > Can someone verify this for me? And tell me what vehicle that clamp is used > on. > > Thanks
Re: Anything like this for 1.9L?
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Sat, 28 May 2011 06:39:35 -0700
...If I don't get a chance to cut the now-unused ATF cooler hoses to plug and clamp them, these should work temporarily...
Re: Engine fire and replacing fuel line
Historical mailing list - BILL
Tue, 22 Sep 1998 20:21:26 -0600
...Big Sky Country ---Ronnie Van Zant <>< >How do you remove the original clamps that look like they have just been >crimped on to the...
Coolant pipe kit and distributor kit from GoWesty
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:48:14 -0400
GoWesty make a kit of brass inserts and clamps to prevent/cure the problem of the steel inserts coming out of the ends of...
Re: Sealant necessary for coolant hoses?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Wed, 23 Feb 2011 21:20:49 -0500
...Am I >right that coolant hose can be damaged from over tightening the clamp? If you use the correct spring-type clamp, N 016...
plastic hose clamps W/prong?
Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
Sun, 9 May 2004 14:44:16 EDT
Hi All, Can anyone steer me to a vender, that supplies the adjustable plastic hose clamps, with the prong insert, that goes into the...
Re: WTB Yakima Rack
Historical mailing list - .round.eye.
Thu, 20 Jan 2005 13:59:30 -0800
hey Tom - I have the Yakima gutter clamp racks on my 84, and theyre okay, but definitely not great. The clamp/tower assembly suggested...
Re: Looking for VW-to-NAPA hose link
Historical mailing list - George Goff
Tue, 18 Oct 2005 12:33:05 EDT
In a message dated 10/18/05 12:09:44 PM, felder@KNOLOGY.NET writes: << I don't really care about overtorquing hose clamps...
Re: FUEL hose clamp
Historical mailing list - Doug F
Tue, 28 Feb 2006 16:55:30 -0800
...FUEL hose clamp I understand that the fuel hose clamp has a little flair on the sides, to not damage the line by digging...
Re: Reverse Vanagon syndrome??
Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
Mon, 13 Sep 2004 11:23:42 -0500
...Perhaps the two clamps are different size? Or, get a different clamp or put a shim between the clamp and the hose temporarily. Al...
Re: CV Joints
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Mon, 5 May 2014 08:37:38 -0700
...There was no clamp on the boot of my 1985 1.9L, and I don't >> remember ever having clamps there. Were they only...
Re: proper battery fit
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Sat, 24 Sep 2011 09:43:43 -0500
...Is that not a real possibility, if the clamp is "forced"? I have not tried taping the clamp to the front of the battery...
Most misunderstood this Re: Battery clamp removal ...?
Historical mailing list - Zolly
Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:26:31 -0700
Most thought I am talking of the battery terminals clamps, while I have diligently explained that it's the hold-down clamp, which is...
Re: [Fwd: Re: Wind]
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Tue, 19 Oct 1999 14:05:10 -0700
It is possible to put the piston back in using a 4" hose clamp as a ring compressor. It is not easy or fun...