Search messages and discussions

Search preserved mailing-list messages and current email and website contributions. Current posts are searchable before weekly archival. Recovery gaps remain possible. Words are matched together; try fewer terms if needed.

Page 8+: 60 results shown for nuts.

Source-balanced relevance: matches from both collections are interleaved, with source dates breaking ties. Restoration time is not the original posting date.

• Re: I'm kinda new around here...
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 12 Oct 2001 22:42:45 +1200
  ...Hey, we're ALL nuts on this list. It's just that SOME of us are nuts about T3s (Transporter Series 3, Type 25...
• Re: Nuts!
  Historical mailing list - Mary Barbara
  Wed, 11 Jun 2003 22:16:10 +0000
  These needed nuts fasten the bracket for an after-market sway bar. Thanks! >From: wilden1@juno.com >To: marybiba@hotmail.com >CC: vanagon@GERRY...
• Wheel lug nuts and wrenches
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 12 Mar 2003 11:47:37 -0500
  Hmm, so I see mention of lots of folks needing a breaker bar to remove their lug nuts (or not as may be the...
• Re: Tip for getting off rear axle nuts
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 18 May 2006 00:00:57 -0400
  ...Unless you were servicing the wheel bearings or needed to replace the backing plates, there was no need to remove the axle nuts. The...
• Re: Relocate LP Tank
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 1 May 2008 05:55:04 EDT
  ...There are two nuts welded to the body that look like I could just screw in some studs. Are these strong enough or do...
• Re: Upper Control Arm Nut Grade Matter?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 13 Apr 2011 21:04:00 -0700
  Hear Hear! I heard! ;) Just confused as nuts/washer on both sides were the same. The nuts don't "feel" like locking nuts, but...
• Re: How do I stop this oil leak?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Black
  Mon, 1 May 1995 11:08:02 -0600 (MDT)
  On Mon, 1 May 1995, Jonny Miner wrote: > I've got a pretty steady oil leak dripping off the little nuts > surrounding the oil...
• Gowesty nuts for Audi wheel mod
  Historical mailing list - Phil Menchions
  Sun, 19 Jun 2005 04:52:51 -0230
  Hi volks, Is there anybody on the list who has had experience using Gowestys silver coloured nuts for the 15" Audi rear wheel modification...
• Re: Sloppy Shifter
  Historical mailing list - Tarheel
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 11:17:43 -0500
  ...If so, drop the spare and check those > nuts! It cost me less than a dollar to pick up new nuts and lock washers...
• Re: nuts/bolts
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:00:48 -0600
  ...nuts/bolts > > > When completing repairs to my bus, I want to switch out the heavily > > rusted nuts and bolts as needed. I am having...
• Re: Nuts and bolts to use on exhaust
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 9 Dec 2011 06:50:45 -0500
  ...2011 10:10 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Nuts and bolts to use on exhaust I assume based on your previous...
• Re: Secret of the Exhaust Nuts?
  Historical mailing list - gratefulphisher
  Sun, 13 Feb 2005 00:22:48 -0600
  What works for me, without fail as long as a previous owner didn't round off the nuts beforehand, is heating the nut red...
• Re: Vanagon Wiki: MODS?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 4 May 2010 10:33:13 -0400
  ...the search for recovered or saved >material, which should be an open request; and the nuts and bolts of >banging the thing back on...
• Re: Towing a bus
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 4 Jul 1995 10:58:29 -0400
  ...Am I crazy? Nuts? Please tell me I'm not... > >-David of course you're insane, crazy and nuts! You drive a Volkswagen bus...
• Re: Leaking from head nuts
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 20 Sep 1996 06:33:31 PST
  ...writes: >Anybody have any trouble with coolant leaking from the head nuts. Mine >just started leaking and I was wondering if anyone had any...
• Re: carat alloy wheels was Re: Westfalia VW aluminum wheels
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 29 Jan 2003 13:58:15 EST
  ...COM writes: > I wonder if he meant by "mixmatch" bolts and nuts? I would assume he knows > he needs some of each. > > > > > could be...
• Re: How do I stop this oil leak?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 1 May 1995 14:44:40 -0700
  >> >> I've got a pretty steady oil leak dripping off the little nuts >> surrounding the oil drain plug on my '71. I've replaced...
• Re: Best method for remove seized exhaust nuts?
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:34:02 -0500
  ...and when you're done get some of those fancy brass exhaust-specific > nuts > to keep this from happening in the future. ;-) > OR replace...
• Frozen axle nuts
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sun, 15 Nov 1998 17:59:27 -0800
  If your axle nuts are frozen so that even with a 10ft breaker bar all you do is snap socket wrentches in two, does...
• alloy wheel lug bolts
  Historical mailing list - Tom Rehkugler
  Tue, 28 Nov 2000 20:29:44 -0800
  While searching through the wrecking yard for wheels and lug bolts/nuts that fit my vanagon, I found that the lug nuts from a...
• Re: Syncro Front CV Torque question
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 18 Oct 2005 17:10:52 -0500
  ...I have him loosen the nuts. I drive the van back home with the nuts semi tight. I perform my required tasks and drive...
• Re: Why my rear axle nuts got loose
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 12 Jun 2010 01:35:07 -0400
  ...According to my past >experience I know it is the axle nuts that are probably loose. So I >finally checked them today. Sure enough...
• Re: whiring in syncro tranny
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Wed, 6 Sep 2000 10:19:40 -0400
  ...Under the rubber boot at the bottom of the gear shift is a plate with 4 nuts holding it down. Take a marker pen...
• Re: Nuts and bolts to use on exhaust
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 6 Dec 2011 23:49:16 -0500
  ...2011 9:49 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Nuts and bolts to use on exhaust Dennis, others what's your opinion...
• Re: Nuts!...Axle Nuts!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 3 Jul 1996 00:04:14 -0400
  jwakefield@4dmg.net (john wakefield) wrote: Claralw@aol wrote "As for the nut, I actually thin(k) that it has fused with the brake...
• Re: nylon head nuts?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Thu, 16 Oct 2003 01:22:16 EDT
  In a message dated 10/15/03 8:12:55 PM, jake_beaulieu@YAHOO.COM writes: << They only use nylon cylinder head nuts on...
• Re: Oil Filter Tube Mount Removal?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Mon, 10 May 2010 12:54:00 EDT
  ...The correct answer is to use two nuts of the correct threads, run against each other, and then turn it out. Good luck on...
• Re: Drivers side vent window noise
  Historical mailing list - BajaLeo
  Fri, 24 Dec 2004 09:39:16 -0800
  ...time to replace the rubber....this is driving me nuts? Mine was driving me nuts too. Turned out my noise was coming from the...
• Re: Cylinder Head Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Fri, 12 Sep 2014 07:44:51 -0400
  No re torquing! The nuts have glue on then and if you re torque you will break the seal...and then your nuts will...
• Re: Anti-seize [WAS Re: Water Pump Replacement]
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 9 Jun 2011 15:41:53 -0400
  At 02:59 PM 6/9/2011, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: >How many nuts are there? I had to remove one to pull the...
• Re: Big tools for your big nuts; was RE: Why my rear axle nuts got loose
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Sun, 13 Jun 2010 10:16:16 -0700
  ...find nothing wrong with them, my breaker bars for the lug > nuts are from HF and the sockets from Sears (a new Craftsman 19mm...
• Re: broken gas pedal
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 11 May 2009 22:24:53 -0400
  ...Those rivets broke on my '84 automatic and I fixed them with screws and nuts. In that I usually work alone, I had no...
• Re: Front End Suspension - 1985
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 9 Jan 2013 19:56:55 -0500
  ...The three bolts/nuts at the ball joint adapter (unless you have the cast control arms) and bolts/nuts in the lower bushings. These...
• Re: Shifter came unbolted from floor
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:19:51 -0400
  ...All the nuts on the plate and ball housing are 6mm. The four on the plate were lock nuts. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon...
• Re: Rear Wheel Nuts!
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Thu, 6 Oct 2011 19:45:33 -0400
  ...this prestigious list: >In removing my rear wheels two of the nuts on one rim just broke in >half >leaving the bottom half still...
• Re: 11mm brake line wrench
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Thu, 11 Jul 2013 00:09:33 -0400
  ...Their price on the nuts and tees was good, though, so I bought all of them there. On seized nuts, I've had very...
• Re: Exhaust bolt snapped off...yikes!!
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Fri, 10 Aug 2007 15:05:48 -0400
  Copper nuts don't rust much, on top they have flexibility, they stay more tight and also expend better. They are somewhat expensive. Ben...
• Re: nuts
  Historical mailing list - Brian Honan
  Sun, 14 Nov 2010 10:50:58 -0500
  4 squirrels.
• Re: Countersunk screws on latch on rear of the sliding door
  Historical mailing list - John H. Lauterbach
  Fri, 6 Dec 2019 00:24:24 -0500
  ...If the nuts are welded to the door frame, would it better to > > retap the nuts, possibly with the next larger (or use English...
• Re: alloy wheels
  Historical mailing list - J.W.Bri�r
  Thu, 9 Oct 1997 09:57:34 +0200
  ...The nuts do have to be replaced though as the standards do not fit properly because of the above mentioned tapered versus rounded backside...
• Re: How Does the Trim Come Off?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Fri, 26 Aug 2005 02:43:27 EDT
  ...There are nuts up there attached to carriage bolts. So all you need do is remove the nuts. I think the nuts are 10mm...
• RE: How do I stop this oil leak?
  Historical mailing list - Jon Peters/UB Networks
  1 May 95 11:10:07 EDT
  ...Jon ========================================================== I've got a pretty steady oil leak dripping off the little nuts surrounding the oil drain plug on my '71. I've...
• Re: Breaking free rear axel nuts.
  Historical mailing list - Doug Lloyd
  Mon, 01 Jul 96 14:46:00 EDT
  ...as all get out, but you can't budge these castle nuts any other safe way. You'll find it even works on loose...
• Re: Source for "self locking" exhaust hardware?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 11 May 2001 09:45:11 -0700
  You can get copper locking exhaust nuts at most any place that does air-cooled VW parts. A pack of 8 by EMPI costs...
• Re: Help! Cylinder head stud broken
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 10 Mar 2005 00:12:41 -0500
  ...It is also a good idea to replace the nuts or at least chase the threads with a quality tap. Never fill the nuts...
• Re: Replaced heads, now water in oil
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 23 Sep 2005 07:54:21 -0400
  Did you put sealant on the flanges of the head nuts? Water can also seep here. One of the nuts may not be torqued...
• Re: nuts in steering linkage and rack
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:43:08 -0800
  ...So, either they're a special single-use > design of some sort, or they are ordinary nuts but for some reason > they still should...
• Re: Studs & lug nuts
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Fri, 12 Jul 2013 19:09:09 -0700
  ...Studs & lug nuts Hi Folks, I recently purchased a set of use Hankook's mounted on Vanagon alloys that I believe came off a...
• Bilstein shock tower nuts
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koller
  Mon, 26 Oct 2015 15:51:54 -0400
  ...Unfortunately I didn't notice that the front shocks didn't have the shock tower nuts which are apparently extra, extra fine M10's...
• Re: Mounting VW Alloys on '91 Westy
  Historical mailing list - JordanVw
  Tue, 12 May 1998 17:04:13 EDT
  ...I realize that the alloy wheel nuts have a different shoulder angle, but it still appears that the stud must be changed to fully...
• Re: Cleaning/Checking Cylinder Head Question Follow Up
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Wed, 5 Feb 2014 19:32:12 -0800
  ...Most exhaust nuts are 13 or 12mm. There are few nuts or nuts and bolts that are 1/2 .. and some they are not...
• Re: General engine bolt/nut sizes
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Mon, 14 Feb 2011 16:50:40 -0500
  ...On those nuts that hold the crankcase halves etc together....do you guys typically use self locking nuts or do regular nuts with blue...
• Re: Radius Rod (strut) Newbs: Clean First!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 9 Sep 2012 15:30:00 -0400
  ...Image, new nuts installed: https://sites.google.com/site/tubaneil2/RadiusArmNuts.jpg Those nuts are also lock nuts. Turn each a bit at a...
• Re: nuts/bolts
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:16:38 -0800
  ...COM> Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 5:24 PM Subject: Re: nuts/bolts > Dear rolls Royce person > > My next door neighbour and mechanical mentor...
• Re: At long last finally and looking at lots of little problems to come
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 15 Dec 2016 19:55:31 -0800
  ...The nuts cannot be self locking or Nylock BECAUSE the carriage bolts suppled will turn in the Fibreglass and not allow you to ever...
• Re: $58 vanagon lugnuts with locks vs $179 VW lugnuts-bolts
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 Nov 2001 17:19:18 EST
  ...This is alloy wheel lug bolts in the front and nuts in the rear or nuts all around for the syncro crowd. Just FYI...
• Re: Cylinder Head Replacement
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Fri, 12 Sep 2014 11:50:58 +0000
  Ah, good point! Thanks! ----- Original Message ----- > No re torquing! The nuts have glue on then and if you re torque you will > break the...
• Re: Riv-nuts for light install
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:37:41 -0700
  ...Riv-nuts for light install >I pulled the front bumper off expecting to just bolt my stock from VW > fog light brackets on and...
• Re: lug nuts torque-
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:37:04 -0400
  ...So, I decided I needed to run a drill > to make sure I could loosen the nuts if need be. I also wanted to...
• Re: nuts/bolts
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Tue, 20 Dec 2011 08:56:29 -0800
  ...2011 04:01:35 -0800 >> From: vwdash80@YAHOO.COM >> Subject: Re: nuts/bolts >> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >> >> now that most manufacturers are world...