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• Re: access to the heater/fresh air fan; do i need to remove dash?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 7 Mar 2001 10:48:56 EST
  ...To removed those two funky bolts just use a pair of good "Vise Grips" TM on them and they will come right out (not...
• Re: ... and onto the next thing ...
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Sun, 7 Sep 2014 19:01:55 -1000
  ...too deep and the back up lights won't shut off , not enough ..and they won't come on. ( or vise versa, seen it...
• Re: 16" alloy wheels on ebay 5x112 (vanagon bolt pattern)
  Historical mailing list - Tim Hannink
  Sat, 2 Feb 2002 14:52:23 -0500
  ...a "237" wheel was the lug hole and seat size (12mm vise 14mm), so I felt comfortable installing them on the van. I had...
• Need fuel expansion tank valve
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 27 Jun 2012 21:25:39 -0700
  ...Lots of trips off the ground to the shop vise and back. I think I just invented a new exercise program--Vanagon repair yoga...
• Re: Taking apart a distributor -- arrgh!
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 3 Jun 2005 21:24:32 EDT
  ...I have seen more than one distributor drive coupling chewed up from being clamped into unprotected bench vise jaws, I even saw it on...
• Re: Fuel leak ruin trip to San Jose (FIRE HAZARD)
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Mon, 6 Apr 1998 22:57:06 EDT
  ...Another trick that works is to clamp some vise-grips over the rubber fuel line upstream of where you plan to disconnect. This will...
• 1.9L to 2.1L interchange of parts
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Tue, 14 Mar 2006 20:28:20 -0500
  ...10) 1.9L P&Cs to 2.1L P&Cs and vise versa will they fit 2.1L to 1.9L 11) pushrods 12...
• Re: Front heater core removal reference from archives
  Historical mailing list - Brett Baer
  Tue, 9 Sep 2003 20:30:53 -0500
  The "round nuts", or shear bolts, that hold the steering column to the dash can easily be removed with a pair of vise grips...
• Re: Spark plug wires - Embarrasment to follow
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:33:50 -0700
  ...Spark plug wires - Embarrasment to follow Geek Squad on the way - " put down the Vise Grips and back away from the van " :) On Tue...
• Re: Broken exhaust bolt.
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Sun, 1 May 2016 00:44:19 -0400
  ...Ever > > So Slightly & Emit a Snap ~ Then be sure that the ViseGripBite is as good > as it can > > be & try to Loosen It ~ GoodLuck...
• Re: Woody's shear bolts
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Fri, 17 Sep 1999 01:04:30 -0400
  ...Actually, now I think of it, I've gotten them loose with a good pair of vise grips, judiciously applied. They're not very...
• Re: Door Lock Problem
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Sun, 8 Jul 2001 10:40:59 -1000
  ...I sprayed some liquid wrench on everything then proceeded to put the handle in my vise and attempted to rotate the locking mechanism with...
• Redline MTL... I dig it! (long)
  Historical mailing list - Chris Wyatt
  Wed, 4 Jun 1997 12:17:31 -0800 (AKDT)
  ...Snuck into my neighbor's garage to use his vise to smash the outer threads and lock them down good and tight. Then promptly...
• Metal coolant bypass pipe
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Erlandson
  Wed, 30 Jun 2004 22:33:09 -0400
  ...I've pulled off the belts and pulley for the water pump to see if I could get a vise grip on the bolt...
• Re: Screens for Westy roof scuppers
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Sun, 26 Jul 2020 15:34:33 -0500
  ...A steel door strike plate for instance, held with a pair of vise grips. Jim > > On Jul 26, 2020 at 2:02 PM, <Dieseldoofus...
• Re: Help removing stripped CV joint bolts
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sun, 10 Dec 2006 10:04:08 -0500
  ...Help removing stripped CV joint bolts > Put a pair of visegrips on the outside of the head, along with an allen if > you have...
• Re: [T2] Yakima Artificial Rain Gutters
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:56:09 -0400
  ...I actually used metal electrical box cover plates (blank > ones) and bent them in a vise and then drilled holes in them. Mounts on...
• Re: Porsche engine mounting ring work on waterboxer?
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Thu, 23 Dec 2004 02:54:36 -0600
  ...Seriously, the factory Matra ones are machined but anyone with a spare VW block and a vise and a oxy-acetylene torch could hot...
• A/C compressors Sanden 508 vs 510
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 8 Aug 1997 02:58:46 -0400 (EDT)
  ...same end, but on the right instead of the left...or vise-versa..anyway, you get my point...) Someone had mentioned on the list...
• Re: HELP! Lack of power at high speeds during cross country trip
  Historical mailing list - Paul Borghese
  Sun, 14 May 2000 10:27:00 -0400
  ...If you pinch the hose with a > hose pincher from the FLAPS, or in a pinch <g> with a visegrips, you won't > have...
• Re: fuel pump noise
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Ensing
  Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:43:40 EST
  ...I have continually had to pinch off the line w/ a vise grip and pull the filter loose and knock out the rust so...
• Re: Tools
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Mon, 10 Jan 2011 20:41:43 -0600
  ...http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa190/becida/Tools/Tools.jpg The extra visegrips I bought just for the tool bag were not what I...
• wasserboxer muffler & CAT
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 1 Feb 96 12:55:41 EST
  ...One last thing, to get the old O2 senser off of the old CAT, I had to put the old CAT in a vise...
• Re: Need to tighten my CAT!!!
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Tue, 4 Jun 2002 18:47:30 -0400
  ...Preplacing the bottom two bolts wasn't too hard, but anybody got a wrench /socket/visegrip combination that will get up in that incredibly...
• Re: Power Steering Boots - hose clamp attachment
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 27 Jan 2005 06:01:37 EST
  ...All this is moot, anyway, since the rack has to be off the car and clamped in a bench vise in order to R...
• Re: Boston Bobs day at the dyno
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 20 Dec 2001 09:23:48 -0800
  Bob, I don't think the visegrip method of adjusting the fuel pressure necessarily raised the pressure at all at the high engine loads...
• Re: oil plug woes
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 3 Jul 2001 16:29:06 -0500
  ...you never know when > > you > > > > might lose it in > > > > the grass. :) > > > > > > > > get a large pair of vise grips or channel locks > > > > (that will comfortably...
• Re: Hoses on fuel injectors
  Historical mailing list - Michael Nichols
  Thu, 6 Sep 2001 22:46:36 -0400
  ...fumes are absent, and then put the injector in a bench vise so as to stabilize (hold still!) the unit whilst you make the...
• Re: head repair and water pump
  Historical mailing list - Dan Erlandson
  Thu, 19 Jun 2003 15:43:43 -0400
  ...I did succeed in getting the pump out today using vise grips and hex drivers. I think I will do the same as you...
• Re: Reverting A Diesel Questions
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 27 Jul 2004 15:26:03 -0500
  I did it without a torch, using a vise, a ball pein hammer and a cement floor. Took only a few minutes and works...
• Re: diesel question
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Sat, 2 Sep 2000 18:06:14 -0400
  ...I used two vise grips to "lock" the cam, and feeler guages the measure if the cam was in the right position. I did...
• Re: Heater Box
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 13 Jan 2016 19:04:39 -0600
  ...all of the welds by grabbing them with a pair of > vise > > grips and giving them a few quick back and forth motions until...
• Re: LOUD Engine
  Historical mailing list - Curtis Long
  Tue, 9 Sep 1997 02:06:55 -0400
  ...Always get the motor hot." Priming the lifter is not difficult with a good vise and a new expandable push-rod tube. You have...
• Re: Rear axle replacement advice
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 25 May 2014 21:41:20 -0700
  ...If you strip one out, 5� Vise-grips� can save you. Right knows no boundaries and justice no frontiers. -- Learned Hand On May 25...
• Re: sliding window latch removal
  Historical mailing list - Phil S.
  Wed, 17 Jul 2002 19:27:14 -0700
  ...I used a cheap old long shaft screwdriver and bent it with a vise. If they made that screw a phillips head it would...
• Re: Essential Tools
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Tue, 15 Apr 2003 14:47:39 -0400
  ...multi-driver and bits, ball peen hammer (BFH), 2 types of visegrips, utility knife and scraper, prybar, crowbar. Fuses, spare belt, oil, pre-mix...
• Re: coolant leak
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Fri, 3 Dec 1999 09:52:14 -0500
  ...This leak was caused by the DPO who had obviously used vise grips on the hose and caused a row of pin hole leaks...
• Re: Tranny swap time
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 1 Apr 2003 14:17:58 -0600
  ...I clamp the clutch rubber line with some vise grip pliers to stop that incessant dripping. If you got a good imagination I think...
• Re: another brake saga
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:58:02 -0400
  ...couldn't get the buggers apart using both wrenches and a vise and plenty of PB-Blaster. Just before I started to go Postal...
• Clutch Woes Need Advice
  Historical mailing list - Lon Herman
  Sat, 31 May 1997 15:01:56 -0400 (EDT)
  ...My tools are limited to the usual hand stuff and a vise - and most of the manuals recommend doing the job from underneath. Not...
• Re: side door window knob tightening
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 8 Oct 2016 19:25:46 -0700
  ...Don't use it in the handle, rather hold it with vise grips or better yet 1/4" socket and 1/4" ratchet wrench...
• Re: Tool roll
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 13 Nov 2010 15:18:03 -0800
  I have 10mm, 13mm, VW screwdriver and bent needle nose Vise Grips in my driver's door pocket, along with my tyre pressure gauge...
• Re: LVC: Wheel Bearing Press Requirements
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 28 Feb 2003 11:33:07 -0600
  ...You do not need a work bench and/or vise to remove the CV.. With one hand, simply hold the axle suspended vertically just...
• Re: Hacksaw to remove upper nut for front shock?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 2 Oct 2005 16:00:47 -0700
  ...I > > tried grabbing the shaft above the nut with a vise grip to hold it in > > place, but I ended up just twisting off...
• Re: Re-use Used Steering Coupling Disks? (PICS)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:36:39 -0600
  ...PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: >> If you use vise-grips on the fasteners you won't have to buy new ones...
• Re: How to remove rear pulley on a 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:30:40 -0800
  ...I have removed this bolt with the crankshaft in a big vise, but not >>in the car. Bentley calls for a special tool for...
• Re: exaust removal
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Mon, 2 Jul 2007 23:55:31 -0700
  ...This often results in the nut splitting and that's ok just use a vise grip to spin it off Bolts can be a...
• Re: Broken exhaust bolt.
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Sat, 30 Apr 2016 21:50:16 -0700
  ...Ever > > > > So Slightly & Emit a Snap ~ Then be sure that the ViseGripBite is as good > > as it can > > > > be & try to Loosen It ~ GoodLuck...
• Re: Throttle adjustment
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 24 May 2014 21:30:18 -0400
  ...I slipped this over the rod to the slot and then used Vise Grips with sharp-ended jaws to grab the ring at about...
• O2 sensor problems
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Mon, 17 Mar 2003 09:00:05 -0800
  ...The sensor can be mounted in a vise, apply a propane touch to clean the end of soot and return to service. Try this...
• Re: Propane bleeder valve gloves..
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Fri, 22 Dec 2006 15:41:14 -0500
  ...Or how bout some needle nose vise grips? > > One tool that does everything for me...the needle nose vise grip..Don't > leave home...
• Re: Syncro front inner CV circlip
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Tue, 10 Nov 1998 01:09:14 EST
  ...dave >> This is really simple to seat, with the driveshaft in a vise, circlip on, find a socket that is slightly larger than splines...
• Re: 85 gl manual...shift lever BROKE!!!
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Wed, 1 Oct 2014 20:54:54 -0700
  ...I > drove ours home 125 miles using vise grips to hold the broken nub up far > enough that I could insert a screwdriver into...
• Re: Fastener wizard?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 24 May 2011 18:47:04 -0700
  ...way.) I bet Rocket does not have drill press and good vise to make the job as easy as I made it out to...
• Well, It Finally Did It....
  Historical mailing list - Scott Desanti
  Sun, 15 Nov 1998 01:32:17 EST
  ...the groan of rubber being forced ever so slowly from it's previous vise clenched perch. At 1600 hrs, the light began to fade...
• Re: altenator noise filter
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 6 Mar 1999 00:23:49 -0700
  I put my handles in a vise and VERY GENTLY pulled them out a quarter inch or so, then bent the other (handle) end...
• Re: Removing the top ball joint.
  Historical mailing list - wb6otg
  Fri, 16 Jun 2000 08:56:25 -0400
  ...Clamp the assembly that the ball joint is pressed into in a vise and drive the ball joint out with a hand sledge or...
• Re: Heater housing access
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 27 Oct 2000 01:00:42 -0400
  ...to drill out the shear bolts, just grab them with sharp vise-grips. Also they forget to tell you to remove the two defroster...
• The Dreaded PO
  Historical mailing list - John_K_Hopp
  Mon, 17 Jul 1995 13:55:20 -0600 (MDT)
  ...The front two are tough, I used buckets of liquid wrench, vise-grips, and all available muscle to get the old bushing off. Reinstall...
• FW: Can't wait!Kampers near Knoebels
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 11 Aug 2004 22:59:46 -0400
  ...Maxons; Tim Schwartz; Conley Myers; corvairranchinc@earthlink.net; Ian Hollenbeck; michael viselli; todd drew; bryan blackwell; Karl Bower; Ron Wolff; Brendan Allen; Todd Thompson...