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• Re: Vanagon/Jetta timing issue. Use RPM sensor hole to find #1 TDC mark?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:55:39 -0700
  ...I also used a wood > dowel to fine tune. There is also a mark on the crank pulley that > lines up with a stationary...
• Re: oil in coolant
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Cresawn
  Sun, 3 Jan 2021 18:39:12 -0700
  ...Instead, I purchased > > two 3/8-inch oak dowel rods and cut them to length. They fit perfectly in > > the white plastic clips that...
• Re: Recommendation needed for exterior plastic black paint for front grill
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 30 May 2022 19:15:29 +0000
  ...is easily eliminated too with a cross drilled hole and SS dowel pin).  I also use the satin black on the Rear engine vents...
• Re: Coolant draining strategy?
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Fri, 22 Oct 2004 23:00:12 -0500
  ...Al Brase Robert Fisher wrote: > You can find wooden dowels in several different sizes at yer local > hardware > store or Home Depot. > > Cya, > R...
• Re: Tight Engine
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Sat, 22 May 1999 07:16:14 -0400
  ...A dowel pin had come out of it's seat, and I squashed it into the bearing when I tightened the block. In the...
• Re: roof rack vs. trailer
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 10 Dec 2011 06:09:21 -0500
  ...15:32 Robert Mac Dowell > <yakandhike@COMCAST.NET> > napisał(a): > >> I too had noticed the drop in gas mileage with the roof rack on...
• Re: Fuel Pump Noise
  Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
  Fri, 12 Feb 2016 21:59:04 -0800
  ...it first with vice-grips that have been padded with a dowel cut in half lengthwise and each half taped to one jaw of...
• Maybe this is the cause of poor shifting in my air-cooled Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 1 Oct 2014 21:41:20 -0700
  ...I'll see if I can't clean and re-lube it using some dowels and rags, but I doubt that has anything to...
• Re: Vanagon/Jetta timing issue. Use RPM sensor hole to find #1 TDC mark?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:30:29 -0700
  ...I also used a wood > > dowel to fine tune. There is also a mark on the crank pulley that > > lines up with a stationary...
• Re: brake pedal low--questions
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 24 Oct 2000 11:11:53 -0400
  ...easier to remove the plate by twisting that pivot around its dowel pin and removing it first. You can reweld it or just grind...
• Re: Frozen Engine
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Tue, 3 Mar 2009 22:59:16 -0500
  ...Sometimes shocking the piston tops by hammering with a large wood dowel will free things up. (heads removed, of course) You run the risk...
• Re: Help me diagnose and fix no brake lights
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 9 Oct 2015 22:40:44 +0000
  ...to operate the brake lights—I cut a 3/4 inch dowel that jams > very > > tightly between the underside lower steering wheel and the...
• Re: '90 Vanagon Jump Seats and Rear Bench/Bed
  Historical mailing list - Buettner, Peter
  Thu, 23 Mar 2000 08:39:10 -0800
  ...side, 13.92 253 887 465 - plastic cap for seat leg "dowels", 2 required, $2.20 ea. 255 887 401A - upper reinforcement, left side...
• Re: Possible Distributor Drive Shaft issue - Timing
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 4 Jun 2012 19:27:25 -0400
  ...I took some samba advice and used a wood dowel (1/4") to lift the dizzy drive shaft 1/2 to 3/4" in...
• Re: Help me diagnose and fix no brake lights
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 9 Oct 2015 12:49:35 -1000
  ...to operate the brake lights—I cut a 3/4 inch dowel that jams very >> tightly between the underside lower steering wheel and the...
• Re: Dometic failure on propane, one time
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:37:09 -0500
  ...That's the > benefit of hindsight - I put in a dowel to support the middle. > > *I seriously contend that there is *no* measurable increment...
• Re: cheap vanagon skylights
  Historical mailing list - Trevor
  Tue, 3 Jan 2012 09:18:35 -0800
  ...Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Robert Mac Dowell Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 8:18 AM To: vanagon...
• Re: holes
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Engel
  Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:01:57 -0700
  ...If I had very many or was in a hurry, I would wrap the thread around a plastic straw or wooden dowel and lay...
• RE: V6anagon soon to be re-V6'ed
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Fri, 19 Apr 1996 09:50:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...It shouldn't-- I think Kennedy mentioned some keying dowels that are supposed to prevent such slippage, again for alignment purposes. But if it...
• Re: Richard Koerner van
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 16 Apr 2023 07:00:38 -0400
  ...It might even have a "floppy mirror" (which I upgrade with >> a crosswise drilled hole into shank with a SS dowel pin). It might...
• Re: Tight Engine
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Sat, 22 May 1999 07:52:23 -0400
  ...A dowel pin had come out of it's seat, and I squashed it into the bearing when I tightened the block. In the...
• Re: last nights fun.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 22 Oct 2004 10:10:13 -0500
  ...You'll need something like a dowel sharpened in a pencil sharpener to keep the fluid from dripping all over the place before you...
• Re: Vanagon/Jetta timing issue. Use RPM sensor hole to find #1 TDC mark?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:40:51 -0700
  ...I also used a wood > > > dowel to fine tune. There is also a mark on the crank pulley that > > > lines up with a stationary...
• Re: Vanagon/Jetta timing issue. Use RPM sensor hole to find #1 TDC mark?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:00:34 -0700
  ...I confirmed TDC using wood dowel in spark plug hole. Crank pulley mark lines up with mark on plastic timing belt cover. But....... In...
• Re: Water Pump Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 8 Jun 2011 21:37:53 -0700
  ...I determined that the > leak was from the weep hole by placing a little cloth wrapped to the end > of > a dowel and running...
• Re: EZ-up awning
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 5 Apr 2010 21:19:23 -0700
  ...AL > Http://www.moldhaus.com <http://www.moldhaus.com/> > > > > > Robert Mac Dowell wrote: > >> I have an awning on my westy but would like to...
• Re: Maybe this is the cause of poor shifting in my air-cooled Westy?
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Wed, 1 Oct 2014 22:04:40 -1000
  ...I'll see if I can't clean and re-lube it using some dowels and > rags, but I doubt that has anything to...
• Transporter/Vanagon 1600 AirCooled.
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 Nov 95 13:28:12 +0100
  ...On the other side of the crank it has four dowels and a glandnut, identical to the upright engines. Dono the size of the...
• Re: oil in coolant
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 4 Jan 2021 03:27:57 +0000
  ...Instead, I purchased two 3/8-inch oak dowel rods and cut them to length. They fit perfectly in the white plastic clips that...
• Re: Vanagon/Jetta timing issue. Use RPM sensor hole to find #1 TDC mark?
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:40:39 -0400
  ...I also used a wood >> > > dowel to fine tune. There is also a mark on the crank pulley that >> > > lines up with a stationary...
• Re: Help me diagnose and fix no brake lights
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 9 Oct 2015 22:52:54 +0000
  ...to operate the brake lights—I cut a 3/4 inch dowel that jams very >> tightly between the underside lower steering wheel and the...
• Re: '90 Vanagon Jump Seats and Rear Bench/Bed
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Thu, 23 Mar 2000 19:20:03 -0800
  ...side, 13.92 253 887 465 - plastic cap for seat leg "dowels", 2 required, $2.20 ea. 255 887 401A - upper reinforcement, left side...
• Re: LED bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Fri, 3 Feb 2023 22:59:42 +0000
  ...reality, all it takes is a cross-drilled hole and a Dowel Pin, so that when you tighten the nut in mirror bracket the...
• Re: Vanagon/Jetta timing issue. Use RPM sensor hole to find #1 TDC mark?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:48:47 -0700
  ...I also used a wood > > > > dowel to fine tune. There is also a mark on the crank pulley that > > > > lines up with a stationary...
• Re: lifter's sticking, adjustment procedure
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 31 Mar 2002 10:26:21 -0600
  ...I made a tool consisting of a wood dowel with a finish nail in the end of it so I could bleed the lifters...
• Re: Richard Koerner van
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 20 Apr 2023 00:51:17 +0000
  ...upgrade with a crosswise drilled hole into shank with a SS dowel pin).  It might even have a yellow signal lens on Passenger side...
• Slow Start - now Won't Start (L)
  Historical mailing list - Carlen, Gregg
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 23:19:19 -0500
  ...I had my wife turn the key while I tapped on the solenoid with a length of a wooden dowel. That would make it...
• Re: end play measurement
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 10 May 2011 13:55:32 -0700
  ...I see the pressure plate dowel pins left out for goshakes .. There is a big difference bwtween a clutch that is 'just installed' and...
• Re: Maybe this is the cause of poor shifting in my air-cooled Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Thu, 2 Oct 2014 06:17:19 -0400
  ...I'll see if I can't clean and re-lube it using some dowels and > rags, but I doubt that has anything to...
• awnings cheap, leveling blocks and a Fan
  Historical mailing list - Carl Turner
  Sat, 24 Oct 1998 01:03:54 EDT
  ...I'm thinking I'll add some dowels to pin them together at some point. I can stack them even or stagger them as...
• Re: Water Pump Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Paul Smith
  Thu, 9 Jun 2011 09:28:30 -0400
  ...I determined that the >> leak was from the weep hole by placing a little cloth wrapped to the end >> of >> a dowel and running...
• Re: transmission
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:58:04 -0800
  ...you really want to hear that bearing noise, press a wooden dowel to the > shift knob, and the other end to your ear - the...
• Re: Clutch/Shifting issue?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:43:40 -0700
  ...missing locating dowels on the flywheel for the pressure plate.. completely poorly lube release meachism parts ..etc. etc. etc. and ..that clevis and pin...
• Re: LED bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 3 Feb 2023 15:31:12 -0800
  ...In reality, all it takes is a cross-drilled > hole and a Dowel Pin, so that when you tighten the nut in mirror bracket...
• Re: Manual trans replacement
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 9 Mar 2009 13:08:14 -0700
  ...ditto on the dowels that located the pressure plate. The 'normal' pressure plate and disc to get , to me, that's cost effective and...
• Re: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 18 Oct 2013 21:18:25 -0500
  ...the water jacket of the block with a magnet on a dowel half the time. Oh, and I skipped the fun part of getting...
• Re: Help me diagnose and fix no brake lights
  Historical mailing list - Jack Botts
  Fri, 9 Oct 2015 18:21:07 -0500
  ...to operate the brake lights�I cut a 3/4 inch dowel that jams very > >> tightly between the underside lower steering wheel and the...
• Re: oil in coolant
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Cresawn
  Thu, 15 Apr 2021 15:15:35 -0700
  ...Instead, I purchased > two 3/8-inch oak dowel rods and cut them to length. They fit perfectly in > the white plastic clips that...
• Re: BZ Shelf
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Wed, 2 Jan 2008 20:28:20 -0800
  ...the peg end of your custom leg (maybe its just a dowel rod? Mines spun on a lathe though : ) ) into the clever hole, and...
• Re: roof rack vs. trailer
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Mon, 9 Jan 2012 07:53:17 -0800
  ...15:32 Robert Mac Dowell <yakandhike@COMCAST.NET> >> napisał(a): >> >> I too had noticed the drop in gas mileage with the roof rack on...
• Re: Advice on TD engine problem
  Historical mailing list - Michael Catlin
  Fri, 8 May 2015 17:33:50 -0700
  ...You could make a priming shaft from a piece of wooden dowel.) You will feel an increasing load on your hand-held drill if...
• Re: oil in coolant
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 15 Apr 2021 22:55:47 +0000
  ...Instead, I purchased two 3/8-inch oak dowel rods and cut them to length. They fit perfectly in the white plastic clips that...
• Re: Possible Distributor Drive Shaft issue - Timing - Solved!
  Historical mailing list - Skip
  Tue, 5 Jun 2012 02:19:11 +0000
  ...I took some samba advice and used a wood dowel (1/4") to lift the dizzy drive shaft 1/2 to 3/4" in...
• Re: Vanagon/Jetta timing issue. Use RPM sensor hole to find #1 TDC mark?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:10:04 -0700
  ...I confirmed TDC using wood > dowel in spark plug hole. Crank pulley mark lines up with mark on > plastic timing belt cover. > > But....... > > In...
• Re: Clutch alignment tool? and Lapping compound ?
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sat, 4 Sep 2010 20:07:08 -0400
  ...bolts, eye-balled the centering, final aligned it with a wood dowel, then wrench-snugged the PP bolts the rest of the way. Close...
• Re: transmission
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:17:46 -0500
  ...you really want to hear that bearing noise, press a wooden dowel to the > shift knob, and the other end to your ear - the...
• Re: cheap vanagon skylights
  Historical mailing list - Kevin ...
  Tue, 3 Jan 2012 10:38:59 -0800
  ...Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > Robert Mac Dowell > Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 8:18 AM > To: vanagon...
• Re: Advice on TD engine problem
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Fri, 8 May 2015 20:54:28 -0500
  ...You could make a priming shaft from a piece of wooden dowel.) You will > feel an increasing load on your hand-held drill if...
• Re: Possible Distributor Drive Shaft issue - Timing
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 4 Jun 2012 19:49:56 -0700
  ...this thread. > > I took some samba advice and used a wood dowel (1/4") to lift the dizzy drive shaft 1/2 to 3...
• Re: LED bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Fri, 3 Feb 2023 23:58:37 +0000
  ...reality, all it takes is a cross-drilled > hole and a Dowel Pin, so that when you tighten the nut in mirror bracket > the...