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• Re: Cleaning/Checking Cylinder Head Question Follow Up
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Wed, 5 Feb 2014 20:03:10 -0500
  ...1 size smaller than the nominal size so that there is less chance of slippage and rounding off of the nuts. Should one dispense...
• Re: striking caution by dennis
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
  Sun, 8 May 2016 11:09:56 -0700
  ...wrote: >> >> Any time you are tryingbto remove a large nut - heck, even some smaller nut >> or bolts - some extra precautions are in order. Dennis...
• 'NutherBus UPDATE!!!
  Historical mailing list - Rodney Kindlund
  Sun, 28 Apr 2002 18:56:29 -0700
  ...Today I went to look at the new bus (new to me, anyways) which I have dubbed "'NutherBus" and I am attaching a couple...
• Re: Vanagon Head Leaking Around The Head Nut(S)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 14 Apr 2014 19:48:20 -0400
  ...If it is a small leak, try resealing the one nut. If small some cooling system stop leak may also do the job. If...
• Re: General engine bolt/nut sizes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 15 Feb 2011 20:21:35 -0500
  ...The main nuts for the bearing get a special seal nut to try to keep oil in. Same for the oil pump nuts. They...
• Re: Awnings
  Historical mailing list - Lee Wood
  Mon, 24 Apr 2000 10:30:32 -0700
  ...Also, watch the nuts on the back side of the bracket; they can stick out quite a way. I got a small tear in...
• Re: Rear Drum removal
  Historical mailing list - gerry rafferty
  Thu, 7 May 1998 21:34:22 -0700
  ...Lug nuts off, drum bolts off, it's stuck tight to the hub. >No amount of smacking with blunt objects or sacrificing of small...
• Re: Vngns ARE junk!
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 10 Mar 2005 22:48:49 +1300
  ...You're thinking of the T11, a small >"people's car" with a TWO cylinder aircooled engine, which was likely an >inspiration for Dr...
• Re: Exhaust fun never ends - some progress
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Tue, 11 Oct 2011 04:56:01 -0700
  ...I tried double-nutting by grinding two standard nuts to about 5mm thickness so I could fit two on the stud and all they...
• Re: striking caution by dennis
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Sun, 8 May 2016 13:39:21 -0700
  ...wrote: >> >> Any time you are tryingbto remove a large nut - heck, even some smaller nut >> or bolts - some extra precautions are in order. Dennis...
• Re: Lugnut worries + Repost of Secret to removing stuck nuts
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Tue, 25 Jan 2000 09:07:42 -0800
  ...Larger bolts/nuts would take harder blows, >smaller; lighter. >Tap if you were driving a picture-hanging nail into a cheap sheet rock >wall...
• Re: Urgent!! Anyone know what size the axel nit is?!?!?
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Sun, 8 Oct 2000 17:44:31 -0400
  ...However to get to the rear breaks on my 84 I didn't need to remove the nut, there's a couple of small...
• Sink P Trap Replacement and Replacement Hose
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Sat, 26 Jun 2010 19:40:09 -0800
  ...from spinning. Small needle nose handles work well too. Then it's a simple matter of unscrewing the trap or nut from the bottom...
• Re: Rear axle torque specs?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Mon, 1 Jun 2015 18:48:24 -0400
  ...spray a small amount of water on the outer part of the brake drum: does the water >> > vaporize? Spray that axle nut and see...
• Re: Vile Lower Control Arm Bolt
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:51:36 -0400
  ...nut and the Syncro frame). I used a wrench, an air > gun, two break bars, two pieces of pipe, a grinder, a small air...
• Re: Rear axle torque specs?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 3 Jun 2015 15:12:32 -0400
  ...the nuts or from metallurgical testing of them. Either way they ended up with a higher measured assembly torque and a smaller increment to...
• Re: Plastic part for the louvered rear vents
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 4 Apr 2017 19:48:36 -0400
  http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/T4-Expanding-Nylon-Nut-T25-80-92-T4-90-03-251853684A/181847231428?clk_rvr_id=1195573547989&rmvSB=true...
• Re: Pools of fuel
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 14 Jun 1995 13:41:01 -0700 (PDT)
  > fuel lines and tighten with a wing nut. When I emptied the tank recently to > remove it I used one of these clamps as...
• Re: Pressing control arm bushings
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 28 Jun 2013 10:06:14 -0700
  I used drill rod, nuts/washers and an old socket (to bump up against the inner sleeve of bushing) for lower control arm bushing...
• Re: Rear hub tightness
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 12 Nov 2002 18:40:15 -0500
  ...with a small air wrench. Did that tool make it tight enough? What's the specs on that large axle nut? Hope that makes...
• Re: Plastic part for the louvered rear vents
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Tue, 4 Apr 2017 21:36:27 +0000
  Any good hardware store has them in the nuts/bolts section.  Sean G From: Edward V Barger <edvbarger@MAC.COM> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON...
• Re: Its NOT a mini-van!
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 8 Oct 2004 23:25:09 +1300
  ...A small van would be say a Toyota Liteace, which was so9ld inthe US in the 80s. A minivan would be a Subaru Domingo...
• Re: Distributor Electrical Connections?
  Historical mailing list - HC Carter
  Sun, 22 Jun 2003 10:16:33 -0700
  ...Inside the small bundle is an even smaller sub-bundle of 3 wires and one separate brown wire. This smaller sub-bundle of three...
• Re: adjust parking brake?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 7 May 1998 13:24:13 -0700
  ...Attached to the threaded rod is a small cross piece; on each end of the cross piece another cable runs to each rear drum...
• Re: drooping wiper blade
  Historical mailing list - Tony Peet
  Sat, 3 Jul 1999 16:40:36 PDT
  ...tighten the nut back down FIRMLY AND WITHOUT TURNING THE BLADE ASSEMBLY AND WITHOUT BUSTING ANYTHING.....maybe make a lot of small but firm...
• Re: nuts in steering linkage and rack
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:54:07 -0500
  ...nuts in steering linkage and rack > Unless specifically designed for the purpose such as a Grade C prevailing > Torque locknut, nuts should never be...
• Re: Lugnut worries + Repost of Secret to removing stuck nuts
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 25 Jan 2000 12:32:12 -0500
  ...Larger bolts/nuts would take harder blows, > >smaller; lighter. > >Tap if you were driving a picture-hanging nail into a cheap sheet rock > >wall...
• Re: Oil Cooler oil leak
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 28 Nov 2003 10:38:21 -0700
  small correction: "onto which the OIL FILTER screws"........... "5) remove nut in the middle of the oil cooler (a > collar nut around the thing...
• Re: Lowering [Was: Speed limits...]
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Redford
  Thu, 29 Sep 94 12:54:01 PDT
  ...Not only are scrillion watt systems cool, the coolest thing is to > > put small diameter superwide wheels on your shitbox. Well, yeah. Puperty does...
• Re: Almost ready to pull 2.1--questions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 21 Jun 2008 18:24:59 -0700
  ...careful with those - sometimes the welded in nut spins or strips and it's a small problem to deal with ) also.......if pulling just...
• help! part needed
  Historical mailing list - Jay & Kim Schmidt
  Fri, 27 Aug 1999 14:33:28 -0500
  ...It's threaded with a nut on one end and has a slot for a small screwdriver blade on the other. See Bentley 20...
• Re: RoadHaus - Tricks to keep alloy caps on
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Thu, 16 Oct 2003 12:28:02 -0700
  ...A small amount of Si Seal, Goop, Moisture resistant glue (need not be water proof.... unless you are driving Roadhaus to Europe) on the...
• Re: "Axle" wheel nut removal..now how to pull drum
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:35:01 -0800
  ...the holes where the small 11mm head bolts were (you removed those right? :) I managed to slip in a small screwdriver to lever the...
• Re: striking caution by dennis
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
  Sun, 8 May 2016 13:45:13 -0700
  ...wrote: >>> >>> Any time you are tryingbto remove a large nut - heck, even some smaller nut >>> or bolts - some extra precautions are in order. Dennis...
• living with cracked heads
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 31 May 1999 09:46:29 PDT
  Well it turns out I didn't actually have a leaking head nut--there's a small crack in the head just under the...
• Re: main bearing torque
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 5 Apr 2004 08:10:20 -0500
  ...large 22 FT/lb, small 15 ft/lb > sound wrong to me also.... 22 ft/lb is nothing... > Eric 86-VW4x4 > vw4x4@fyi.net...
• Re: Hacksaw to remove upper nut for front shock?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sun, 2 Oct 2005 18:26:05 -0600
  Yep...somewhere in my inventory is one that I purchased for a small fortune from snap-on or mac or that other company..dont...
• Re: Most common Nuts 'n Bolts?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:17:11 -0600
  ...a flat. > >I store these and other essential tools in a >small tool box which fits nicely under the rear seat. > >Chris. > >Wysłane z...
• Re: What lugs do Carat Alloys need?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 7 Jan 2013 12:58:42 -0800
  ...but .....they have or may still sell cone seat bolts and nuts that have a smaller surface area in the cone area, than a...
• Re: stripped alternator bolt
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Mon, 5 Sep 2005 12:47:53 -0700
  Try using a nut and bolt of smaller size and see if that will hold. Nothing to loose! Jere -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing...
• Re: utility trailers???
  Historical mailing list - Rodney Kindlund
  Tue, 30 Apr 2002 15:04:30 -0700
  ...Check the small trailer frames out on www.harborfreight.com..........Rodney ===== Rodney Kindlund RodKraft Studio (Leather-Art) rodney@rodkraftstudio.com www.rodkraftstudio.com ---------------------------------------------------------- '84...
• Why We Keep Odds & Ends (bolts etc.)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 8 Apr 2011 22:31:42 -0700
  ...Old cookie tin-o-rusty nuts & bolts. Nope. Electronics bench full of cut off plugs, orphaned hardware, and a ton-o-small screws. All...
• Re: Removing Front Shocks Question
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Tue, 27 Feb 2001 12:05:25 -0500
  ...There's a small unthreaded portion of the shock above the threaded part, but I've not had any success clamping on to this...
• Re: 15" wheels and tires from GoWesty
  Historical mailing list - MC
  Fri, 6 Aug 2004 15:55:58 -0700
  ...I use small amount of oil in all wheel lug nuts on all vehicles I've ever owned. Never have a problem. Always hand...
• Re: speaking of flat tires. . .
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Thu, 2 Nov 2000 12:37:25 -0500
  ...no moving of any nut, rather I am moving the whole van (even with emergeny brakes on). I slip the 1.2 meter steel...
• Re: removing pilot bearing???
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Mon, 29 Oct 2001 10:22:20 -0800
  I used a small bolt with a washer slid over it that just fit inside the bearing, inserted the bolt head first into the...
• Re: Water Cooler System Design Flaw Workaround?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:25:22 -0400
  ...studs per head, >with nuts torqued to 37 ft lbs. But if you take into account the very small area of the sealing rings...
• Vanagon Alternator
  Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
  Tue, 9 Dec 1997 18:08:23 EST
  ...is a bolt and nut attachment instead of just a plug. It is very easy to overcome these two small differences (I did it...
• Re: radio support screw
  Historical mailing list - John Clavin
  Sun, 25 Feb 2001 15:56:37 -0600
  ...I get help from my wife or kid who have smaller hands and seem to be more dexterious than I am. ******** John Clavin | jc...
• Re: Secret of the Exhaust Nuts?
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Tue, 15 Feb 2005 00:06:43 -0500
  ...now, test a 12mm (with rust removed, the 13mm is now smaller) or even a 11mm, most of the time the 12 is just...
• Re: Bus Depot Trailer Hitch
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 17 May 1999 11:32:21 -0400
  ...three small bolts instead of two big bolts. Kinda hard to >judge by eye which is stronger, I think. > > >> > No receiving nuts are supplied...
• Re: diesel engine cover
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 Jan 1997 23:37:43 -0500 (EST)
  ...It should be attached with about (6) 10 mm nuts and bolts and about 8 or so sheet metal screws. There are holes for...
• Re: 15" wheels and tires from GoWesty
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Sat, 7 Aug 2004 01:42:47 -0400
  ...I use small amount of oil in all wheel lug nuts on > all vehicles I've ever owned. Never have a problem. Always hand...
• Re: Rattling front grills
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 26 Aug 2013 00:49:49 -0400
  ...screw just popped through the lower rad grille uses small plastic rectangular shaped nutserts. they are vanagon only... im sure you could come up...
• Re: Problem removing grease cap from front wheel???
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:51:42 -0700
  I use a 'weed tool' to take off the center nut cover on my vehicles. Maybe they are called dandelion tools. These are like...
• FS: Alloy wheels sets for sale
  Historical mailing list - Sorin Bejenaru
  Thu, 4 Dec 1997 19:29:57 -0500
  I have two sets of alloy wheels for sale complete with the special lugs and nuts and the small center hub caps. One set...
• RE; Drilling Fiberglass
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Thu, 14 Jun 2001 06:58:36 -0500
  ...This is a no brainer !! Just be sure to drill the holes a little smaller than needed, as the glass will tend to spread...
• Re: S-H-U-D-D-E-R....
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 31 Mar 2002 21:21:49 +1200
  ...Factory standard with small Toyota diesels (cars, not vans and LandCruisers). We've had 5 Corollas & Coronas, and ALL do it just as you...
• Re: Nuts!
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 12 Jun 2003 10:04:21 -0400
  ...One place offered to > order them for me but I would have to buy the smallest qty available..100! > Appreciate your response though! I...
• Re: rust, nuts, and bolts
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Wed, 31 Aug 94 22:20:19 CDT
  ...the 12mm wrench is too large and the 11mm wrench is too >small. Tried using a vice-grip but it slips off. >I'll...