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• 89 syncro westy has leaky propane fill valve
  Historical mailing list - Matt Bezark
  Wed, 11 Aug 1999 22:42:28 -0600
  ...On the left side, you see the other ends of the screws. My valve leaks at what looks like a pin sized hole between...
• Re: a door-ing question
  Historical mailing list - John-Reed Maffeo
  Tue, 13 Jul 1999 07:41:29 -0700
  ...The latch is mounted on the body with two big phillips head screws which are just barely accessible from the outside - a BIG driver...
• headlight adjuster screw (86-91 rect lights)
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Pearson
  Mon, 31 Oct 2005 08:50:35 -0700
  the plastic bit on one of my headlight adjuster screws broke, so i had a wobbly headlight until a new screw arrived in the...
• Re: go westy package came and...
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 27 Feb 2013 22:36:54 -0800
  ...The bracket had 2 screws holding it to the seat in both types. He said it was an 85, so no roll pin unless...
• Re: 1990 Westfalia For Sale -> newer seats in 1982 westy
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:05:56 +0000
  ...Remove the phillips head screws that hold the armrests to the door and then replace the screws using plastic screw caps with the little...
• Re: Bad plastic(s)
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Thu, 3 Feb 2011 04:27:15 -0800
  ...In the junkyards I have yet to find a map pocket that isn't damaged at the screws. Maybe it's because we get...
• Re: First, apologies
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Fri, 23 Jun 2006 11:27:02 -0700
  ...I don't know if the screws work loose over time, or > they were loose because a prior mechanic didn't tighten them back...
• Re: Countersunk screws on latch on rear of the sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Ned Savoie
  Thu, 5 Dec 2019 16:27:43 -0500
  ...Do > you know where I can get replacement screws? > John > On Thu, 2019-12-05 at 10:27 -0500, David Beierl wrote: > > > It is...
• Re: Mounting SA Grille Inner Lights
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:39:15 -0700
  ...on a boat ..any cleat or deck fitting is mounted with screws or through-bolts and *always* a bedding compound of some sort. It...
• Re: Rear hatch screen install w/ passenger AC
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 23 Mar 2014 15:36:21 -0500
  ...The screws will not > hold well, and will pull out. Next step, larger screws, repeat. > > -- > > > > use a coarse threaded screw if your worried about...
• Re: westy bug screens into vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Rusty Johnson
  Mon, 1 May 2000 14:01:53 EDT
  ...The rear hatch screen attaches to the door-frame with snaps, mounted with sheet metal screws. You'll have to drill pilot holes, and...
• that ol' AFM, or Lufty's getting old
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 2 Jun 2003 12:52:21 -0700
  ...One day I will have to buy another one or struggle with those 4 screws that hold the track in place to shift it...
• Re: Where can I get stainless steel screws for mirrors?
  Historical mailing list - fonman4277
  Sat, 1 Apr 2017 14:04:42 -0400
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• Re: New owners requesting advise on replacing canvas poptop
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Tue, 23 Oct 2001 16:44:39 EDT
  ...Doesn't look difficult to install with the exception of the four corner screws for the aluminum retainer strip at the bottom. A number...
• Re: rusty brake bleed screws
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Fri, 8 Oct 2004 09:47:39 +0200
  ...rusty brake bleed screws > Instead of using a torch, use a hair dryer. They can heat it up quit > well and you don't...
• Re: Problem with local service shop (vancouver, BC)... slight rant
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Sun, 22 Feb 2004 11:01:31 -0800
  ...The heads were brand new AMC, and i replaced the adjusting screws (but apparently with crap ones?). Pretty much every adjuster was pitted to...
• Re: Canvas Replacement: Remove Upper Bed Help?
  Historical mailing list - J B
  Tue, 5 Mar 2013 00:21:47 -0500
  Exactly! I did it on my own and would have helped having somebody to guide t= he screws....especially the corners Definitely difficult but...
• Re: Skylight flex arm
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 21 Dec 2003 06:18:52 EST
  ...Find two stainless steel screws and nylock nuts that will fit the interior of these new rollers snugly without binding and allow them to...
• dashboard removal
  Historical mailing list - Mark M. Schirmer
  Sun, 7 Jan 1996 19:08:27 -0500 (EST)
  ...4.Remove the five or six black colored Philips screws where the dash meets the window (they are the smaller screws, greater in number...
• Re: Accelerator Pedal Attachment?
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Fri, 7 Feb 2014 23:00:35 -0600
  ...Fortunately there was enough metal there to put two of those sheet metal fasteners in place to accept sheet metal screws. For the time...
• Re: Loctite
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 2 Oct 2018 16:16:47 +0000
  ...Loctite® Purple Threadlocker 222 Low strength up to 1⁄4" (6 mm) screws Carburetors, relay locks, headlamps, throttle body assembly, choke assembly and fuel...
• Re: How to remove the ....
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 26 Apr 2014 17:47:27 -0500
  ...I took out the three little screws at the bottom, but I > can’t find the way how it may come off from under...
• Re: westy help please
  Historical mailing list - Steve Selin
  Sun, 23 Mar 2003 08:43:03 -0500
  > Also the water filler has a locking cover and I was not given a Key! > I think I can remove it with four screws...
• Help!!!!! My VDO oil pressure brass T broke in half
  Historical mailing list - Dave Chameides
  Sun, 3 Oct 2004 17:26:12 -0700
  ...of the engine (the VDO oil sensor screws into the end and the stock sensor screws into it at a right angle), the brass...
• A letter to share with you
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Wed, 1 Nov 2006 16:38:43 -0800
  ...These stainless steel screws for the Vangonare really nice. Since I have installed them , the neighobors have stopped calling the city,trying to get...
• wtb later style rear view mirror, the bigger ones
  Historical mailing list - Robert Zezoff
  Thu, 9 Nov 2000 07:45:29 -0800
  Does anyone have two of the later style rear view mirror, the ones with 3 screws??? Thanks
• Re: CARPET REPLACEMENT was replacement for stock ground cable on 85 westy
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Thu, 25 Jun 2015 13:08:03 -0500
  ...Wed, 24 Jun 2015 14:33:05 -0700 > > Just use some self-tapping screws. This one is my favorite, I have boxes of > three...
• Broken Passenger Side Mirror
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Engel
  Mon, 19 May 2014 01:47:30 -0400
  ...It is mounted on the door with three screws. I am aware there are "flat" mirrors that mount with two screws. Thanks in advance...
• Re: Fwd: how to keep that annoying a.c. duct on the ceiling?
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Mon, 17 May 1999 22:59:11 -0400
  ...JLucca8410@aol.com > > can anyone lend some assisstance to this nuisance? > > the plastic cracks very easily that slides onto the screws. isn't it...
• Re: water tank key
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 10 Jul 2001 15:04:13 -0700
  ...You'll see a plate on the floor of that cupboard with 2 screws holding it down. Remove the screws and you have access...
• Re: inside door panel materials?
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Tue, 16 Aug 2005 08:10:29 -0600
  ...Westy also used screws w/ little "countersunk" washers to hold the plywood in place just like vw did in their original panels. I think...
• Re: Instrument cluster lenses
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 27 Jan 2000 23:22:11 +0100
  The gauges sits on the rear side of the lens ass'y with screws. 8-10 screws, then you lift out the gauges with...
• Re: First Valve adjustment: report and questions.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 14 May 2005 09:11:14 -0400
  ...With this wear pattern no longer matched, you will tear up the valve stems and screws. Get new screws. Not that you can measure...
• Re: Stainless steel Vanagon exterior screw set soon to be avaliable here
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 27 Jul 2006 11:46:17 -0400
  ...Curley said that we should sell Jake some utility boxes so he can use the screws provided with the westy kit. Finally, Moe slapped...
• Re: THE Tabel is locked, won't come up ...
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 13 Jun 2006 02:41:17 EDT
  ...ripped the little latch screws right out of the formica table back.. replaced it with some industrial velcro, and never had a stuck table...
• CV joint 12 point cap screws (bolts)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 15 Aug 2002 11:23:24 -0500
  Can anyone tell me a good source for an 8 mm internal 12 point driver for the 12 point cap screws (Porsche) for the...
• Where can I get stainless steel screws for mirrors?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 31 Mar 2017 21:40:27 +0000
  The older style of manual mirrors where you can see the fasteners in the mirror base. Thanks, Jim
• 1985 Vanagon - 2 relays underneath the fuse panel
  Historical mailing list - AAG - Larry Word
  Sat, 17 Nov 2007 17:52:19 -0500
  Just above these two star grounding screws.....What do these two relays (black/silver) go to? Thanks Larry Ga.
• Re: Floor Jack fix maybe
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 3 May 2024 13:51:10 +0000
  ...These screws are labeled don’t touch. As jack was dead what was the harm? I opened the bleeder screws, actually removed them.  I...
• Re: How to remove arm rest
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sun, 30 Jan 2000 20:57:44 EST
  ...I just used a shortened allen wrench to loosen (or tighten as the case may be) the two screws holding the bracket to the...
• Re: Flywheel Bolts
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Thu, 2 May 2013 10:18:12 -0400
  ...Steve On May 2, 2013, at 10:04 AM, Steve Cotsford wrote: > Socket head cap screws are especially strong. They have a yield of...
• Re: coolant pipe repair hardware/gaskets
  Historical mailing list - Jeff and Deb
  Sun, 22 Aug 1999 08:55:57 -0700
  After removing the (2) allen head cap screws from my water pump (that leads to the cooling pipe between the pump and thermostat on...
• how to fix cracked intrument cluster housings where speedo/tach mount to cluster
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:37:05 EDT
  ...nearly all vanagon instument clusters are going to have some of the screw bosses cracked where the speedometer or tach screws into the back...
• speakers made easy
  Historical mailing list - Mark Cumnock
  Sun, 22 Feb 2004 21:15:00 -0500
  ...The screws are are mounted on the outside , the old speaker grill, was cut flush with the dremel.That's it For bass I...
• Re: Installing carpet
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:02:04 -0400
  ...After trying light spray adhesive, then velcro, I ended up putting two small stainless steel screws into the wood track-fill pieces, whatever you...
• Vanagon CV Joint Fasteners
  Historical mailing list - Dave Arthur
  Sat, 13 Dec 2008 20:30:31 -0400
  ...They are 8mm x 48mm grade 10.9 socket head screws. I have found a supply of 8mm x 50mm grade 12.9. Question...
• Re: Replacing various rusted screws/fasteners
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Wed, 26 Jun 2013 23:26:32 -0400
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• Bleeder screws for brakes
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Thu, 25 Dec 2003 08:29:18 -0600
  I have rounded off my brake bleeder valves. Where do I get new ones? Are they VW dealer only? These are for 84. Thanks.
• WTB Westy propane pipe sealing plate
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 6 Apr 2007 20:29:28 -0500
  Does anyone have the plate assembly that screws to the floor, sealing the hole that the propane lines pass through? Thanks, Jim
• Re: In search of Vanagon Poptop stainless hardware
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 8 Sep 2020 08:28:09 -0700
  ...GoWesty had just the screws I was looking for. > > Jim > >> On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 9:54 AM Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net...
• Re: 65 pop-out window disassembly
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Mar 1996 22:24:43 -0500
  ...This will expose 5 small inset screws that must be removed. This is usually a real pain. Be careful not to mess up the...
• Sliding door fell off center track....
  Historical mailing list - Alexander Dallas
  Tue, 11 Jan 2000 21:49:30 -0500
  undo the two screws pry the panel out enough to clear the tabs that the screws go in wiggle the panel in and out...
• Re: Water Pump
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:05:32 -0800
  ...the hardest part for me is usually the 2 allen screws on the cross-over pipe, the one that goes behind the crankshaft pulley...
• Re: battery compartment
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 9 Jul 2010 20:30:59 -0500
  ...I just went to the Ace Hardware, grabbed machine screws, a tad oversize because the holes were worn. There are supposed to be the...
• Re: AC failure
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 11 Apr 1998 12:38:00 CDT
  ...the ducting is held into the roof by screws through the plastic. i FIXED that. :) vw used only TWO screws (and on mine, some...
• Re: Easy question..replacing side view mirror
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Tue, 26 Jun 2001 12:00:14 EDT
  No need to open the door panels (at least on the non-power nirror models) just go at the two exposed screws. Chuck '85...
• Re: replacing upper bunk with storage
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:33:32 -0700
  ...http://picasaweb.google.com/starwagen/UpperStorage Upper bunk comes out with four screws, easy to store, easy to reinstall. Some people have used plastic...
• Re: Vanagon Alchemy - Square headlight alignment screws & springs needed
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:30:38 -0400
  ...I > reinstalled them this morning I noticed that the headlight alignment > screws have transmuted from plastic to chalk. I also noticed that > one of...
• stainless screws
  Historical mailing list - Robert MacDowell
  Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:04:13 -0400
  Does anybody know where I can get all of the stainless screws for the exterior of my van. I've been trying to communicate...
• Re: what tool am i looking for? Limited vanagon content ...
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 12 Jul 2006 23:35:54 -0700
  ...They come in different > sizes so bring your screws. The fasteners you are describing are simply > hex-head screws. They sell bit kits which...