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• Re: Start up, back fire?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 21 May 2015 20:00:44 -0700
  ...1965), and know by feel how hard to tighten them using my Snap-On flex head ratchet wrench. There is nothing like a good...
• Re: '84 anti-sway bar down-link nut success
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 4 Mar 2012 11:15:12 -0500
  ...thereby compressing the rubber bushings without success...I resorted to a "ratchet strap" and had the nut on in a matter of seconds. See...
• Re: A minimal tool kit?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hineline
  Tue, 7 Sep 2010 19:11:49 -0700
  ...Standard leatherman * 10 mm, 13 mm, 14 mm sockets and a ratchet * 10 mm, 12 mm, 13 mm, 14 mm box/open wrenches * Adjustable...
• Re: Freeing Rear Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Paul Borghese
  Sat, 22 Jan 2000 14:02:06 -0500
  ...You can then use a flat screwdriver to ratchet the brakes away from the drum. I would bang a little harder on the drumb...
• Front Spring Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Sat, 1 Jan 2011 20:10:50 -0500
  ...Installation was pretty straightforward and I used ratchet straps to partially compress the springs for removal and reinstallation. If you use ratchet straps to...
• Re: An idea for Replacing Pop Top Canvas
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 2 May 2014 08:50:33 -0700
  ...http://tinyurl.com/n2l5ors Pro Point? Princess Auto. (Harbour Freight has same?) It has a twist ratchet handle. Each CW-CCW turn turns bit...
• Re: Sealant necessary for coolant hoses?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 24 Feb 2011 00:38:02 -0500
  ...a flat cup on the other one; and of course a ratchet. The combination gives total control of the clamp under all circumstances. And...
• Re: Front Heater Control Valve Replacement Tricks?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 24 May 2000 18:49:51 -0400
  ...and can rotate to any desired position; second, they have a ratchet so you can squeeze them and let go of the pliers. Tell...
• Re: Purple springs from H&R
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:26:05 +1300
  ...Fitting stiff dampers to softly-sprung vehicles can cause the suspension to ratchet down over stutterbumps (eg corrugations), possibly causing the suspension to compress...
• Re: Antifreeze Sauna
  Historical mailing list - Paul Borghese
  Mon, 27 Mar 2000 23:10:09 -0500
  ...You should be able to remove the box surrounding the rear heater with a screw driver and ratchet set. I an very leery with...
• Re: Rotator Rachet Tool for the Vanagon Mechanic in your life
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Wed, 5 Aug 2009 12:04:00 -0800
  ...Troy ----- > At 07:47 PM 8/4/2009, Troy wrote: >>A few days ago a person mentioned a rotator/twist type of ratchet. While...
• Re: Reasonable price for 85 Westy poptop, how to remove and transport
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 4 Jan 2005 11:30:39 -0700
  ...blade screwdriver for luggage rack screws 1/4" drive metric socket/ratchet set 10-13 open end metric wrench set 10-13 small and...
• Re: Changing thermostat on 2.1L - Question?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 5 Jul 2005 21:32:33 -0500
  ...remove snapped off! I was using a 1/4 inch drive ratchet, so > it isn't like I was strong arming it, it started...
• CV Joints
  Historical mailing list - Ian Allan
  Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:10:36 -0400
  ...and extension and hammer to set the bolt out, then a ratchet to break the CV bolt loose. Finally an electric impact and socket...
• Re: Anyone ever carry a Vespa INSIDE a Westy?
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:41:37 -0400
  ...the front seats and I used the seat belts to attach ratcheting tie downs. > > > > David Wilhite > > 84' Westy > > Middle TN > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard...
• Re: 12 point bit tool spec needed for CV/axle removal
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Tue, 7 Mar 2006 21:29:49 -0500
  ...One type has >> the >> 3/8 ratchet end, which is good. The other type has just a straight >> shaft >> you have to put into...
• Re: '84 anti-sway bar down-link nut success
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 4 Mar 2012 18:00:27 -0800
  ...Maybe I read it wrong, but I spent a lot of time trying to interpret the description... >> >> BTW, my method of using the "ratchet...
• Re: A minimal tool kit?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 8 Sep 2010 07:26:16 -0700
  ...13 mm, 15 mm, 17 mm, 19 mm sockets and a ratchet with a > 3" and 6" extension, plus a 6mm allen socket. > 8mm...
• Re: Friday question: What tools do you carry?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 7 Feb 2003 09:12:32 -0600
  ...tri square CV bolt tool that fits the 3/8" drive ratchet. It doesn't hurt to carry a few extensions and a small...
• Re: dropping tranny to do clutch
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 17 May 2010 13:47:19 -0700
  ...it works awesome! �You can > support the engine from above with ratchet straps and a piece of 2 by 4 > straddling the engine compartment...
• changing transmission fluid...
  Historical mailing list - James Ballen
  Wed, 24 Sep 2003 19:57:57 -0700
  ...I borrowed a 17mm "Snap-on" ratchet fitting from a friend which worked beautifully. Also used a simple hand pump to pump the Redline...
• Re: how NOT to instal your poptop tent
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:39:54 -0700
  ...Use a quarter-inch ratchet driver and a phillips-head bit to > get into the tight spaces for the screws in the back corners...
• Re: Soft shackles
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 1 Aug 2015 07:13:33 -0700
  ...your motorcycle (usually it's the handlebars) and then use a ratchet tie down (or a fancy tensioning knot in a rope) through the...
• Re: Broken down travelers need help ASAP
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 17 Aug 2013 01:36:45 -0400
  ...with steel tongues that bite into the tie and don't ratchet. This effectively made a rigid assembly where the flex only begins at...
• Re: Friday locking gas cap for many vehicles FS
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sat, 22 May 2010 04:15:57 -0500
  ...NAPA will order one for you for $45 or so, but the rest* will > > point you to one of those screw-on ratcheting types...
• Re: torque wrench
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sun, 28 Nov 2004 09:32:13 -0600
  ...reverse at a certain point (maybe a bad tooth in the ratcheting mechanism). I took it back and this time Sears gladly replaced it...
• Re: Building a Shop
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 15 Mar 2015 11:01:32 -0700
  ...would you put in your shop, > besides a battery impact or ratchet? -- Neil n Blog: Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> 1988 Westy...
• Re: spare tire tray (was nut)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 17 Jun 2011 11:53:49 -0500
  ...Just use a lug wrench, or 19mm socket > on a ratchet, and do it from above. You'll need to feel around a bit...
• Re: Cylinder studs
  Historical mailing list - Cliff Ober
  Mon, 23 Nov 1998 21:01:28 -0600
  ...steel >piece with an eccentric 'grabber' that you turn with the ratchet. It won't >work on those studs that are broken below the...
• Re: Need oil ring for 2.1 standard bore
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 5 Oct 2012 08:57:07 -0700
  ...I should have been using the long, smooth spring steel coil > that you ratchet onto the piston. That would not allow the various openings...
• Re: Old Spare Tire
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Mon, 14 Nov 2005 23:19:21 -0800
  ...mounting the blown to smithereens spare back on > the > front and ratcheting the tie downs all the way down over the bare rim.. > > definately...
• Re: Building a Shop
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Sun, 15 Mar 2015 18:42:43 -0400
  ...am shopping for tools, what would you put in your > shop, besides a battery impact or ratchet? > > adam Butler > Florence, TX>Close to Austin
• Nut Bustin'
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Fri, 6 May 1994 12:11:29 -0700 (PDT)
  ...It took 3 or four tries, and then I was able to use the ratchet and hammer and get it loose. By the way...
• Re: Air tools for my Westy
  Historical mailing list - David
  Fri, 30 Dec 2016 00:12:31 +0000
  ...a small butterfly ratchet is wonderful for the right tasks! Enjoy your gift! Dave On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 6:09 PM Dennis...
• Well so far it's beat me. >:-(
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Mon, 9 Aug 2010 15:27:27 -0700
  ...1) Quality Crafstman allen head socket and ratchet. No way, just spun out. 2) Vice Grips on outside - just spun around the bolt even...
• Re: how NOT to instal your poptop tent
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:37:22 -0400
  ...Use a quarter-inch ratchet driver and a phillips-head bit to get into the tight spaces for the screws in the back corners...
• Re: lug wrench- was Checked your spare tire recently? Spare Tire Size
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Sun, 26 Feb 2012 11:55:55 -0500
  ...that comes >> with Vanagons. �Oh yeah, and a 2 foot length of steel pipe which I >> use as a cheater bar for my ratchet--
• Re: transmission jacking up tips?
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Fri, 13 Aug 2004 19:19:44 -0400
  ...Then I used 2 of those ratcheting hold down straps to secure the trans to the board. Otherwise it will slide around and fall...
• Re: '84 value?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:11:49 -0800
  ...My '85 > Westy has the "Old style" emergency brake handle and ratchet, metal > coolant pipes (not plastic), but cast lower control arms and the...
• Re: Transaxel tool
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Wed, 15 Jan 2014 09:10:07 -0600
  Just cut off a straight section of that 17mm Allen wrench - then use one of those ratcheting box end wrenches with it. Works. John...
• Re: dropping the engine, 81 air cooled
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:31:41 -0700
  ...capacity ratchet strap. Run it from one side to the other, using the holes thoughtfully provided for similar devices, already in the sides of...
• Re: Tools & Xenophobia
  Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
  Mon, 31 Jul 1995 13:45:50 +0000
  ...Sheesh! > > I have never had a problem with an american tool, or german, for that matter. > reasonable success with a japanese ratchet, until I...
• Re: how to remove starter from '87 automatic Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Vanman
  Tue, 6 Apr 1999 10:35:10 -0700
  Try an 8mm allen wrench on a 3/8 ratchet w/ extension. This a job easiest done by brial, and there is a nut...
• Re: Need feedback on making a commercial space to fix *your* vehicle
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Fri, 19 Jul 2002 08:50:42 EDT
  ...could work >on your vehicle? >You could use the tools there, ratchets, impact wrenches, benches, engine >stand, etc. >There would be someone there with...
• Re: '84 anti-sway bar down-link nut success
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 4 Mar 2012 22:26:49 -0500
  ...trying to interpret the description... > >BTW, my method of using the "ratchet strap" worked on the passenger side, but never worked on the driver...
• Re: Roof top storage box
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Dec 1995 22:04:20 -0500
  ...I hold them down with a single ratchet/strap(?) arrangement. We purchased a replacement just last june ( someone stole the first from a campsite...
• fuel/air mixture diagnostics
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Thu, 8 Jul 2004 09:03:25 -0700
  ...When I get home tonight I'm going to try and move the ratchet wheel inside the AFM that controls spring tension. Then, adjust...
• Re: another brake saga
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:52:10 -0700
  ...about that. �After a few of these tests, I had to ratchet the > adjuster back because it had turned far enough I couldn't...
• Re: Replacing front shocks
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 2 Apr 2003 12:43:28 -0800
  ...I use two 22 mm sockets on 1/2" drive ratchets for to loosen the bottom shock bolt. The top nut is 17 mm...
• Re: HELP : Window regulator trouble
  Historical mailing list - john Runberg
  Sat, 24 May 2003 18:30:44 -0400
  ...Remove the motor from the regulator (it was a tight fit w/ the ratchet, but not too difficult) and then insert screwdriver and turn...
• Nuts!...Axle Nuts!
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sun, 30 Jun 1996 18:40:36 -0300
  ...bar [apparently they no longer carry 3/4" drive sockets and ratchets]. Of course, I should have known better than to use the 1...
• Re: Relocating the battery to the rear of the van - ideas anyone???
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Fri, 7 Feb 2003 20:22:58 -0700
  ...Cheers, Martin My Syncro Double Cab is about to go under the ratchet again this weekend or next. I will be removing the 2...
• Re: Attn: Electrical Gurus! (I searched archives)
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Mon, 2 Apr 2007 11:41:00 -0700
  ...As the clean surface area of the contact is reduced by corrosion, spooge, mousechets (smaller than a ratchet) the current density (coulombs/sec-m2...
• Re: Clutch slave r+r from bracket: What Works?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Wed, 15 Aug 2007 09:37:33 -0700
  ...Maybe a ratchet box 13mm would work, I dunno cause I don't have one, but even then I'm afraid there isn't...
• Re: Oil over fill concern
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Sat, 1 Feb 2014 16:12:16 -0700
  ...I tend to use a hex socket on a short ratchet extension. I also added a BMW bolt to put in that hole, so...
• Re: Building a Shop
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 15 Mar 2015 10:55:10 -0700
  ...would you put in your >>> shop, besides a battery impact or ratchet? >>>> >>>> adam Butler >>>> Florence, TX>Close to Austin >>> >>> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + >>> >>> rob@robertlpeters.com >>> www.robertlpeters...
• Re: tool question
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Williamson
  Wed, 25 Jun 1997 09:12:27 -0500 (CDT)
  ...fasteners I can break out the big ol' 1/2" drive ratchet, and a set > of feeler gauges. I need the feeler gauges because...
• Re: Rear axle replacement advice
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 25 May 2014 21:41:20 -0700
  ...have) to remove the CV bolts, a 6� socket extension and ratchet and a jackstand to hold the corner of the bus up. There...
• Planning against on-road glitches
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 4 Jun 2002 23:36:47 -0500
  ...screwdrivers * Crescent wrench * Slip-joint and locking pliers * 1/4-inch ratchet and a selection of sockets * Duct tape and electrical tape * Cable-lock...
• Re: Locks
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Wed, 10 Jun 1998 08:17:12 -0700
  ...Pry the interior door panel off (being careful of the speaker wires) and you can easily replace it with a ratchet-screwdriver, no sweat...