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• Re: Traveling Tool Kit?
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Sat, 4 Jul 2015 12:29:49 -1000
  ...some spare brake fluid and crude tools like hammer and vice grips. that sort of stuff... the important thing is to be able to...
• Re: Spare Parts List - Input
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Wed, 28 Aug 2002 10:14:04 -0400
  ...Usually I pack a couple screw-drivers, a carpet knife, an adjustable wrench and a pair of Vice-grips. I needed the carpet knife...
• Re: CV bolt rounded -- what to do?
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 1 Jan 2024 11:49:55 -0700
  ...be challenging, even with joint out >> of the way, to get a good hold on it with vice-grips? >>> >>> Thanks for any help. >>> >>> Rc >>
• Re: Air Cool Pushrod Tube Install
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Mon, 22 Mar 1999 07:11:56 -0500
  ...I would advise you NOT to "hammer" them in with vice grips, or a washer, or whatever. The seals, and seal carrier groves on...
• Re: Rare "not my fault" van break down..
  Historical mailing list - Greg Childs
  Mon, 20 Aug 2018 15:05:59 -0700
  ...size:10pt;"><div>My accelerator cable broke in the engine compartment. Vice grips saved the day by clamping the two broken end together.<br...
• Re: Front blower fix: Free and permanent (long)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 17 Apr 2002 21:30:35 -0700
  If you're gonna have only one tool in your toolbox, it should be a pair of Vice Grips brand pliers. The plastic tabs...
• Re: What to do with Metal pipe to thermostat housing??? (WAS: Re: Bolt breakage on thermostat... what to do?? (WAS: Re: changing thermostat on 1.9l))
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Tue, 8 Nov 2005 13:27:02 -0800
  ...think it can be fixed.The keys >are heat and strong vice grips. I had studs remaining from the broken >bolts. I used mapp...
• Re: CV bolt rounded -- what to do?
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 1 Jan 2024 10:15:48 -0700
  ...be challenging, even with joint out >> of the way, to get a good hold on it with vice-grips? >> >> Thanks for any help. >> >> Rc >> >
• Re: Toolkit
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 23 Nov 1999 17:27:33 -0700
  ...If I can't fix it with a screwdriver or > >Vice-grips in 10 minutes, I have failed in my PM, and it's...
• Re: Hot Foot well
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Wed, 30 Jun 2021 19:50:29 -0400
  ...I used basic tools, like vice grips, and was able to do it (probably less than a $20 tool investment at Harbor Freight). Funny...
• Re: Tool Suggestion? Re: Rear Trailing Arm Replacement Fun!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 21 Jan 2015 08:34:53 -0600
  ...bolt >>> hence the hacksaw and attempt made with hacksaw blade >>> in vice grips. yes. I tried that. ;) >>> This could all be due to a...
• Re: Has heat, but it smells
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Tue, 19 Sep 1995 21:46:45 -0500 (CDT)
  ...I pulled mine off with a vice grips and they came off easily. I replaced them with new ones that didn't break away...
• Re: Mike B's Method For Removing Outer CV Joints
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:38:15 -0500
  ...They key here is to get those things >out in the daylight where you can clamp vice-grips on the cv bolt heads, >if...
• Re: Vile Lower Control Arm Bolt
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 30 Sep 2011 22:18:11 -0400
  ...Finally got the nut off (squeeking all the way) with vice grips. Then I had to grind the head off of the bolt, cut...
• Re: Damn! Rounded over CV Joint Bolt!!!!
  Historical mailing list - David Menche
  Wed, 21 Jul 2004 00:51:13 -0700
  ...But, I'd kind of like to see if I *can* get the > bolt out properly. > > I've seen suggestions to use vice-grips...
• Re: CV joint repair?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Fri, 19 Mar 1999 14:25:42 -0500
  ...Of course it was the outer one; the inner ones you usually can get of with a pair of vice grips. No such luck...
• Re: Oil pump day..
  Historical mailing list - den jolliffe
  Sun, 1 May 2016 14:19:44 +0000
  ...Enough to get some vice grips on. > I've deep creeped it to death. Before I go about extraction, is there > an easier way...
• Re: cv joint bolts?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 28 Jul 2003 19:54:56 -0400
  ...on the edge of > the head and I ended up using vice grips, etc. When > I looked at the bolts more > closely, I discovered...
• Re: How to tighten vent wing
  Historical mailing list - Joe Fernandez
  Fri, 8 Aug 2014 16:19:03 -0700
  ...mcneely > > > > > > ---- J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET <javascript:;>> wrote: > > >> I believe its possible with a pair of needle nose vice grips. This was > > a piece...
• Re: rear backing plate/distributor
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sun, 5 Nov 2006 22:37:31 -0500
  ...In fact I recall **carefully** using Vice Grips to grab and twist them into tube. BTW, I assume you're refferring to the tube...
• Changing Brake Fluid
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sun, 6 Jun 1999 10:55:12 -0700
  ...spray wd-40 or similar on bleeders before starting, and have a small pair of vice grips, as bleeder screws are likely seized.) After...
• Re: Re; Permanent Door Mirror Repair
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 23 Nov 2004 12:02:12 -0500
  ...Lock a Vise Grips onto the hex >> >> >stud. > > >>Hit the bottom of the Vice Grips with a hammer removing the hex stud. >>Drill the...
• Odometer fixed..and "how dumb am I? (gas guage)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:05:57 -0500
  ...Then I used my 'vice' (..grips) and a nail to back up the end with the gear and a nail-set to 'peen' over...
• Re: removing dash?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Sat, 27 Jul 2002 12:12:12 +0200
  ...which, thanks to the list I know can be > removed with vice grips); and a bunch of other crap. I looked at it and...
• Re: Front heater valves, another junk part
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:59:03 -0500
  ...me about a half hour, and a pair of long nose vice grips. Just to be sure > it > didn't pop off I wrapped...
• Re: A question about PTO's engine picture
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:18:26 -0700
  ...valves and keepers out and the stuck bolt came out with vice grips! Big >>> sigh of relief. Couple of the valves were banged up...
• Re: Vile Lower Control Arm Bolt
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 30 Sep 2011 19:28:17 -0700
  ...force. |> Finally got the nut off (squeeking all the way) with vice |grips. Then |> I had to grind the head off of the bolt...
• A red letter day for Westy sightings in Madison/Wisconsin
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
  Fri, 18 Jul 2003 09:03:17 -0700
  ...I did see a very large Vice-Grips pliers holding something onto the engine, but in retrospect I suppose there is nothing particularly unusual...
• Re: Finding the PERFECT starter battery!
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Tue, 7 Jul 2015 19:20:25 +0000
  I use Vice-Grips to clamp onto one of the terminals to help me lift out the old battery, and also to aid in...
• Re: Current coolant hose repairs
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Wed, 9 Nov 2022 04:18:35 +0000
  ...the rear of the van high.  Use hose clamping pliers or vice grips to clamp shut the two hoses to limit coolant loss in...
• Re: Problem: While Removing from Disc Brake Pads the top Caliper Receiving Bolt Wont Slide In & Out of the Carrier - Siezed
  Historical mailing list - Ed
  Sat, 18 Jun 2011 21:09:16 -0400
  ...You can soak the stuck pins with liquid wrench, put your vice grips on the pin and try to twist it out. Then clean...
• Re: Hard oil seals
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 15 May 2006 17:09:01 -0400
  ...marks on the outside where someone had probably tried to use vice grips and gave up. They kind of buggered up the area through...
• Re: Broke off stud torqueing head-what do I do?
  Historical mailing list - Randy Huyck
  Fri, 28 Feb 2003 18:52:40 -0800
  ...In the end, It was a combination of the stud extractors, the hammering required to drive the stud extractors onto the stud, and vice...
• Re: CV joint repair american way.
  Historical mailing list - ARKADY MIRVIS
  Sun, 21 Mar 1999 06:56:18 -0800
  ...Of course it was the outer > one; the inner ones you usually can get of with a pair of vice grips. No > such luck...
• Re: coolant pipe replacement
  Historical mailing list - Chris Geiser
  Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:12:30 -0500
  ...I start with a very small pliers or vice-grips bending out a little lip. Ball been hammer a bit too. finsih by filing...
• Re: was: That bad in wind? Friday wind story
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 21 Feb 2014 18:46:10 -0800
  ...There was an EMT present who offered pain killers before they got busy with the vice grips on literally hundreds of spines in poor...
• Re: Horn problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Mon, 13 Jul 2015 11:45:23 -0400
  ...Also make sure your keys aren't sticking into the crack below >>> the steering wheel. >>> >>> Pull the wheel and turn the wheels with vice...
• Re: tie rod removal
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Fri, 13 Jul 2007 23:24:42 -0400
  ...Use some aluminum can stock to pad the jaws of the Vice-grips as Jim suggested, extend the rack on the side you are...
• Re: front window sprayers
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Mon, 21 May 2007 14:00:06 -0400
  ...old ones. --- To remove the front nozzles, bite them with good vice grips and carefully twist and pull them out. If you have a...
• Re: tools to have onhand...
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 17 Nov 2010 21:09:28 -0800
  ...I do > take some silicone rescue tape and some strapping tape. > How about combination wrenches ( box and open end )? Vice grips: 5" > needle nose...
• clutch pedal adjustment procedure
  Historical mailing list - Matt Barclay
  Wed, 4 Jul 2007 20:30:36 -0700
  ...3. (optional, but convenient) Use vice grips to remove the return spring that holds the clutch pedal. Let the pedal lay on the floor...
• Re: My first time doing the heads
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 23 Jan 2005 22:38:46 -0600
  ...6 > pt sockets, 3/8 and � drives mixed with combination wrenches, vice > grips, > hammers, road gravel, oil, coolant, cardboard, and my creeper and of...
• Re: Broken stud
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:02:56 -0800
  ...you can sure grab it with a vice grips or a Stud Removal Tool.. and I use heat a lot.. oxygen-accetylne. Have to...
• Re: Baja Shakedown
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:41:49 -0800
  ...camped and rebuilding a dodge van in the sand, with pliers, vice grips and borrowed crescent wrenches.... south of Mulege...It's Baja...things...
• Re: Rear Brake Shoe Spring Clips
  Historical mailing list - Mary K Creasy
  Sat, 2 Oct 2010 17:48:42 -0400
  ...A good spring hook or needle-nose Vice grips really help for attaching those confounded springs on re-assembly. If you happened to buy...
• Re: Where's the Thermostat?
  Historical mailing list - walt spak
  Sun, 28 Nov 1999 16:06:30 -0500
  ...Of course, the 2 Allen head bolts that hold the housing to the head were so corroded that I had to use vice grips...
• FW: URGENT: Stranded in Remote Area with disabled wife - please h elp!
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Sun, 23 Jun 2002 21:56:16 -0400
  ...as passenger. > > I have Bently, Haynes and wrenches and socket set, vice grips etc with > me. There'a a small > mechanic in town, if...
• Re: CV Bolts (Stripping For Attention)
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:45:30 -0600
  ...Remove the now easily-accessible outer cv bolts, using vice-grips to > >hold onto one bolt head while you loosen the other ones. Do...
• Re: Tool Suggestion? Re: Rear Trailing Arm Replacement Fun!
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Wed, 21 Jan 2015 10:46:17 -0800
  ...bolt hence the hacksaw and >>> attempt made with hacksaw blade >>> in vice grips. yes. I tried that. ;) >>> This could all be due to a...
• Re: Tips and Tricks Request - Change fuel hose from tank to pump
  Historical mailing list - Michael
  Sat, 12 Oct 2013 14:21:28 -0400
  I use a line clamp or vice grips on rubber hoses. I use a plugged coupling on hard lines. You ca easily make a...
• Re: front window sprayers
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 21 May 2007 18:10:53 +0000
  ...old ones. > > --- > > To remove the front nozzles, bite them with good vice grips and > carefully twist and pull them out. If you have a...
• Re: replacing oil cooler O-ring
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Thu, 3 Mar 2005 11:36:34 -0700
  ...Get a couple of pairs of needle nose > vice grips and put hose over each of the claws, this way you can clamp > off...
• Re: tools to have onhand...
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 18 Nov 2010 01:01:56 -0800
  ...I do >> take some silicone rescue tape and some strapping tape. >> How about combination wrenches ( box and open end )? Vice grips: 5" >> needle nose...
• Re: Head re-installation: two questions
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Mon, 29 Sep 2003 16:49:15 -0700
  ...into a "U", clamped sideways in a > pair of needle-nose vice grips to turn the tensioner. Some people use a > small piece of...
• Re: Rear hatch leaking water into my Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:26:47 -0600
  ...don't forget the time-honored method of clamping a small pair of vice-grips on the rod where you want the piston to...
• Thank you!, 70 single-cab saga...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 Feb 1995 14:22:31 -0800
  ...pounding-in the 12 point tool, and used the universally recomended vice grips on the last 2. He's quite a guy, my brother...
• Re: Rear Brakes: E-brake lever lube, E-brake spring function (purpose)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 6 May 2016 15:49:02 -0400
  ...to do this, > but to remove the cable, I've used Vice Grips or large pliers to > grab the portion of cable that butts...
• Re: Exhaust fun never ends
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 8 Oct 2011 12:38:40 -0700
  ...penetrating oil, heat, vice grips. I hope you get 'em ! Scott www.turbovans.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Grisanti" <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM> To: <vanagon...
• Re: Toolkit
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 23 Nov 1999 20:08:54 -0500
  ...If I can't fix it with a screwdriver or > >Vice-grips in 10 minutes, I have failed in my PM, and it's...
• Re: Toolkit
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Tue, 23 Nov 1999 05:44:44 EST
  ...I also take a 1/2" breaker bar, an allen key set, ignition pliers, vice grips, spare fuses and a can of WD40. I...