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• Dipstick tube loose, how to =?UTF-8?Q?fix=3F?=
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
  Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:33:44 -0700
  ...just cleaned the area as best I can and dabbed some JB Weld about the tube base.&nbsp; Any other suggestions?</div><div><br...
• Re: You can blame Me - was: steel coolant pipes 82 diesel Westy
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Sun, 8 Nov 2009 21:40:54 -0600
  ...bet the metal is thick enough that a bead could be welded around the > ends to be spliced. Likely not too many clams to...
• Velcro A.K.A Hook'N'Loop
  Historical mailing list - Phil S.
  Fri, 17 May 2002 07:17:37 -0700
  ...Will any kind of glue keep velcro permanently stuck to your dashboard, cabinet etc....??? Im ready to try JB weld Next, a two part...
• Re: Speaking of rust... How to seal this?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 1 Mar 2005 16:00:09 EST
  ...if theres any pits, fill them with fiberglass filler or even JB weld (since its so small) before topcoat. chris
• Re: Mysterious Coolant Drip 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Sun, 5 Oct 2008 14:37:24 -0700
  ...I have had great success with JB Weld on that little�Y connection on the metal pipe. I usually take that tube out, when...
• Re: fiberglass repair on poptop
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 5 Sep 2008 18:59:00 -0500
  ...epoxy, like JB Weld. >No need to get 'all technical' .........just a good material that's strong >and lasting. >I think JB well will...
• Parts on eBay
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 15 Dec 2001 07:56:24 -0700
  ...I have a camshaft (looks good), an AFM with no lid and minimal track wear, a wiper motor assembly, and a good (JB Welded...
• Re: another speedometer cable question
  Historical mailing list - Troy Delnicki
  Thu, 26 Apr 2007 02:10:20 -0400
  ...I repaired mine with JB >Weld. I pulled the housing out and remove the speedo from its mount. I >used a mesh tape (used...
• Re: Baja Shakedown
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:27:16 -0700
  ...I have managed to reduce it to almost nothing by using the two part JB weld. We are in La Paz and going to...
• BROKEN SPEEDOMETER 86 GL AUTO
  Historical mailing list - Dan Noll
  Sun, 17 Feb 2002 13:58:16 EST
  ...it and broke my needle #*%&*!!! I tried a temp fix with JB weld(wait itn to test drive) . Looking for PRICE and location to...
• Re: Need a fuel expansion tank (drivers)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Feb 2003 12:30:50 EST
  ...tank, the nipple > ripped partially and is barely hanging on with jb weld and tape. So > obviously I need to replace the tank ASAP...
• Re: Heads - Argh! Here we go again....
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 17 Nov 2004 16:45:39 -0800
  Al and Sue Brase wrote: > Just glass bead the pits and fill with JB Weld! Hey Al, Do you do your own glass bead...
• Re: jb welding speedometer mounts
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 4 Apr 2005 15:18:21 EDT
  In a message dated 4/4/05 12:26:51 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Oxroad@AOL.COM writes: > Anyway, maybe someone wiser knows when...
• Re: Plastic welder?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 8 Feb 2005 15:51:02 -0600
  Funny the ad didn't list how thick the plastic is that it can weld with an 80w element. I had a portable Seelye...
• Re: Instrument cluster tab repair
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 4 Mar 2023 17:29:00 -0600
  ...The stout JB Weld epoxy will pull it all > together. Yes, we all totally understand about nickel-size corner broken > off. So, you need...
• Re: Instrument cluster tab repair
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 4 Mar 2023 16:57:17 -0600
  ...like Richard I use 2 parts JB weld (Regular or Quick) if I still > have the broken part. If not then I use the...
• Re: Pesky Oil Leak
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Fri, 2 Jul 2010 10:37:48 -0400
  ...1/2 qt per 30 days at 2 poodles a day = 120 poodles per quart. ;-) Thankfully the JB Weld fix seems to be a...
• Re: 85 Vanagon; oring sealing
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 13 Nov 2003 15:26:13 -0700
  ...You need to use JB Weld or some similar epoxy derivative. Karl Wolz -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com...
• 1.9L spark plug &water pump suggestions?
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sun, 2 Jan 2005 00:32:57 -0500
  ...be best or try and fill it with something such as JB weld ( not a favorite) or something else?? just concerned that it may...
• Re: '84 Westie head leaks coolant
  Historical mailing list - Chris Rahn
  Wed, 27 Jan 1999 17:31:29 EST
  ...If money is tight use jb weld to fix the heads and get a gasket kit. You can probably repair it for under $150...
• Re: Clock repair and another defect
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Fri, 28 Aug 1998 13:19:26 -0500
  ...JB weld? Didn't realize Earl Scheib had diversified. Wonder if the $10 worth of free sanding offer is good with the odo rollbacks...
• Re: Hi resolution pictures of Wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Nunya Business
  Fri, 7 Sep 2007 19:05:07 -0700
  ...Roger pried out the old dead gasket, sanded things a bit > and re-filled the gap with JB Weld. Audacious to be sure. :) > > Maybe...
• Re: Vacuum System Parts on 1.9 - "Y's" and Constrictors...
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 17 Oct 2014 12:08:04 -1000
  ...I could easily enough pull the FLAPS tee and throw > some JB weld on the end and drill it out. > > And if so in...
• Re: 2.1 head repair / JB Weld Musings
  Historical mailing list - Cory Zumbrennen
  Mon, 15 Jan 2001 22:23:13 -0700
  ...Walters' "culled from the archives" treatise (all 11 pages of it) on JBWelding your leaky cylinder heads is now at http://www.vanagon.org >>
• Re: Anyone repaired plastic coolant tubes??
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Fri, 27 Oct 2006 22:11:39 -0700
  ...I removed > > the broken plastic, sanded the metal, and recreated the missing > > plastic and flange out of JB weld, which wasn't have but...
• help with stripped radiator bleeder valve
  Historical mailing list - Louis Rumanes
  Mon, 3 Jun 2002 15:39:57 -0600
  ...I've thought about trying to JB Weld a petcock from Kennedy Engineering in place of the bleeder screw, but don't know how...
• Re: Will someone please go KILL this guy!!!
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 15 Oct 2003 12:59:42 -0400
  ...Do you think JB Weld is strong enough to hold the upper and bottom Syncros together? VC on upper Syncro a must for even...
• Re: repeatedly blowing head gasket
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Mon, 17 Mar 2003 08:18:01 -0500
  ...I use JB Weld. Clean the pitted area with brake cleaner and some sand paper. Fill in the pits with JB Weld and let...
• Re: Need fuel expansion tank valve
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 29 Jun 2012 21:17:49 -0400
  ...My experience with epoxy (specifically Marine Tex, a high-quality filled epoxy fairly similar to JB Weld except that the hardener is a fuming...
• Will it blow ??
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vieira
  Wed, 11 Sep 2002 10:38:18 -0700
  ...i got a crazy idea and put some jb weld on it. and man it has been a pain in the ass to seal...
• Re: master and slave
  Historical mailing list - Strawn
  Wed, 3 Dec 2003 10:30:11 -0800
  ...Ohm's Law, Sirius satellite radio, and the myriad >>wonders of JB Weld. >Aw c'mon, where's your sense of humor? Get a...
• Re: 1980 TD on ebay question
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Fri, 22 Apr 2005 11:13:24 -0400
  ...that makes this van suspect of being an 'actuall' 1980 model. >>> jbange <hfinn@ingrates.net> 4/22/2005 10:45:15 AM >>> >My 1980...
• Oil leak between dipstick and oil pump cover
  Historical mailing list - David Hines
  Thu, 29 May 2008 12:52:39 -0600
  ...I am thinking about using JB weld to seal it up any other suggestions? See pic at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/subyvanagon/2534615780...
• Re: 1.9L spark plug &water pump suggestions?
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Sun, 2 Jan 2005 09:44:16 -0800
  ...be best or try and fill it with something such as JB weld ( > not a favorite) or something else?? just concerned that it may...
• repeatedly blowing head gasket-what I found
  Historical mailing list - Mark Vermillion
  Mon, 17 Mar 2003 18:19:48 -0500
  ...I use JB > > Weld. Clean the pitted area with brake cleaner and > > some sand paper. > > Fill in the pits with JB Weld and let...
• Re: Sears Tools
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Tue, 13 Jun 2006 12:12:57 -0600
  ...bueses@earthlink.net> wrote: >> >> What no duct tape, bailing wire, or JB weld? >> >> Tom-always the right tool for the job? >> >> >> >> on 6/12...
• Re: The stuff
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Fri, 2 Nov 2012 20:44:24 -0500
  ...The stuff JB weld. Right where the damn drain plug goes in. Who does that? -dm ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by...
• 84 Westfalia Subfloor Removal
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Berg
  Fri, 20 Jul 2018 10:40:29 -0400
  ...I've seen some people just drill small holes in the plywood subfloor to expose the metal floor beneath and then JB weld 1...
• Re: Will someone please go KILL this guy!!!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 15 Oct 2003 16:27:16 -0700
  ...Do you think JB Weld is strong enough to hold the upper and >> bottom Syncros together? VC on upper Syncro a must for even...
• Re: holes
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 16 Jul 2011 08:05:30 -0700
  ...So, I don't want to weld- > >> burns > >> > the > >> > paint on the back side I can't reach. > >> > I tried JB Weld, but it...
• Re: fix hole in battery
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:27:34 EST
  In a message dated 12/28/08 5:59:44 PM Eastern Standard Time, psdooley@VERIZON.NET writes: > Yeah, try some JB weld and...
• Re: Cylinder Heads - can they be welded ??
  Historical mailing list - jbclem1
  Mon, 2 Aug 2004 15:58:23 -0700
  Warren, Here's your chance to see just how good JB Weld(brand of epoxy) is. It's supposed to work on engine cracks...
• Re: Wanted driver's door pocket
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 26 Nov 2014 09:18:09 -0800
  ...the door panel. - do not force on the screws because the screws bosses may brake - if they do then use JB Weld to fix :-)
• Re: When to replace hoses
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 9 Apr 2002 09:08:49 -0400
  ...I wire-brushed all of them and used some JB-Weld to fill in the ends--none were rusted through--just a couple of...
• Rust on Fuel Filler
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Tue, 17 Sep 2002 15:28:53 EDT
  ...How bad is it to replace? Can I just resurface it with JB Weld after killing the rust chemically? Any other ideas? Thanks Bill...
• put goo on gaskets or not?
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sun, 2 Jan 2005 16:38:34 -0500
  Hi all well it looks like JB weld or PC7 will fix the pitting issue for the pump and i sandblasted all the tubes...
• Re: Logan Pass - blew the expansion tank temp sensor
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Thu, 9 Jul 2015 21:12:23 -1000
  ...where the first attempt with JB weld only sorta worked. I love WestSystem epoxy. I mix teak sawdust into it ....that will patch concrete...
• Re: Favourite Modifications
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sat, 13 Aug 2005 20:34:44 -0500
  << I then filled the valve stem cap with about two cents worth of JB Weld so the air would stay in there. That was...
• Re: Heads
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 18 Nov 2004 21:29:56 -0500
  ...Back at my shop, I just blast them off with air, they are > clean enough for the JB weld. All the ones I've...
• head crack@exhaust bolt- advice?
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sutton
  Mon, 28 Jun 2004 18:11:43 -0400
  ...Perhaps finally a legit use for JB Weld? In the meantime, I'm gonna avoid running it, but if I have to I think...
• Re: instrument cluster plastic repair
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Sun, 27 Nov 2011 09:20:00 -0500
  ...Next time I'll use JB Weld. Onliest problem I've got is that the speedo is pessimistic- reading 2-3 MPH slow at...
• Re: Broken sliding door handle
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Sat, 10 Mar 2001 18:43:38 -0600
  ...Then fill the end with JB weld, and file smooth after it sets. Works fine. Feel free to contact me should you have questions...
• Re: Repairing the piting in WBX heads.
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Tue, 31 Oct 2006 13:07:44 -0500
  ...I want to clean them up and regrout the > pitting with JB WELD stick. Where do I begin? I want > to clean them up...
• Re: drips of antifreeze off head
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 1 Jan 2013 16:51:21 -0800
  ...so I can't attest to the properties of it. >> The JB weld is being used to replace lost metal and make a smooth...
• Re: ISO Upper Steering Column Housing
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 13 Sep 2020 08:52:53 -0700
  ...for-switch.html if broken you could repair it with JB Quick Weld on the underside. I did it on some of my vans...
• Pits in the case
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Mon, 17 Mar 1997 19:34:17 -0500
  ...anyone else run into this? I intend to patch them with JB weld, since they are very few in number. It seems like this...
• Re: Favourite Modifications
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sat, 13 Aug 2005 21:23:34 EDT
  ...I then filled the valve stem cap with about two cents worth of JB Weld so the air would stay in there. That was...
• Baja Shakedown
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:39:25 -0700
  ...of the local mechanics look at it and he tried to JB Weld it, but the weeping impeded all efforts to get this goop...
• Tips on fixing Head gaskets with JBWeld
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sun, 26 Mar 2000 16:40:40 -0600
  ...I do not >leave any JB Weld material on the head surface where there are no pits. Sand >the area with a block sander...
• head gasket replacement time
  Historical mailing list - Dart 330
  Tue, 6 Aug 2002 10:56:26 -0500
  ...First, on the gasket itself, is the one from VW the best you can buy? Second, does using the JB Weld on the pitting...