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• Re: A Westy awning
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sun, 15 Nov 2015 07:40:19 -0800
  Drilled holes & used bailing wire to hole it all together? Does it still pack away like it did? Rob vwrobb@gmail.com On Sat...
• Re: minimal tools - was things you should have with you on a long trip
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 15 Mar 2009 13:14:42 -0700
  On 3/15/2009 10:03 AM Rob wrote: > Think bailing wire. Or baling wire. -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow...
• re What tools do you carry in your Bus on a daily basis?
  Historical mailing list - Dan Stevens
  Fri, 27 Oct 2000 00:42:56 -0400
  ...annnd usually is duct tape and bailing wire.. not usually a jack not usually a spare not usually a dist cap annnnnnd you know...
• Re: wire was:?? SA Engine Conversion ?? NVC
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 16 Jun 2001 10:04:13 -0500
  Charles McGehee wrote: > Riiiiiiiiight -- he says as he reaches for the bailing wire and duct tape. > > c Since we're into proper usage recently...
• Re: wire was:?? SA Engine Conversion ?? NVC
  Historical mailing list - Charles McGehee
  Sat, 16 Jun 2001 08:33:26 -0700
  ...reaches for the bailing wire and duct tape. > > > > c > >Since we're into proper usage recently: > >That's * baling wire *. >In years past, "square...
• Re: Sears Tools
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Tue, 13 Jun 2006 12:12:57 -0600
  ...held the pedal bracket broke off.(63 DC) Tom-duct tape & bailing wire when no other tool will work-priceless? > PLEASE!!! Always use the...
• Re: ?? SA Engine Conversion ??
  Historical mailing list - Charles McGehee
  Fri, 15 Jun 2001 21:04:20 -0700
  Riiiiiiiiight -- he says as he reaches for the bailing wire and duct tape. c At 10:24 PM 6/15/01 -0500, Terry Kay...
• Re: re What tools do you carry in your Bus on a daily basis?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 27 Oct 2000 00:03:12 -0700
  ...annnd usually is duct tape and bailing wire.. not > usually a jack not usually a spare not usually a dist cap annnnnnd you > know...
• Re: Sears Tools
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Tue, 13 Jun 2006 10:58:53 -0600
  What no duct tape, bailing wire, or JB weld? Tom-always the right tool for the job? on 6/12/06 8:08 PM...
• Re: minimal tools - was things you should have with you on a long trip
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:03:13 -0700
  ...Like just carry >3/8" sockets and an adapter to 1/2" ratchet > >What is a "mechanics wire" ? Magnet? > >Neil. Think bailing wire. I...
• Re: Spare Parts List - Input
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 28 Aug 2002 10:41:42 -0400
  ...Bailing wire. And of course a cell phone. A cell phone will get you out of more fixes than the rest of the stuff...
• Re: car wash
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Wed, 17 Jul 2002 15:37:55 -0700
  ...hmm, out of bailing wire again. -gotta go > I read about this topless car wash (run by two entrepreneurial young > women) in the San...
• Re: What spare parts to carry with on trips
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 2 May 2017 12:30:06 -0700
  ...on my recent nearly 10K mile trip, I found that simple things like emery cloth, bailing wire, duct tape, electrical tape, various fasteners, soldering...
• preparing trip to NS
  Historical mailing list - Eric Giroux
  Thu, 13 Jul 2000 13:38:22 -0400
  ...Things that come to mind are - Vis-grips - Screwdrivers - Duck Tape + small gauge wire - Premix antifreeze - Fuses - WD-40 - Zip ties - Bailing wire Anything...
• Re: Speed limits...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 29 Sep 1994 16:31:45 -0400 (EDT)
  ...emblem from Audi 5000's attached to the front grille with bailing wire.... Of course the Toyota HAS to be painted in grey primer...
• Re: Sears Tools
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 13 Jun 2006 21:11:53 -0500
  ...Jim On Jun 13, 2006, at 11:58 AM, bueses wrote: > What no duct tape, bailing wire, or JB weld? > > Tom-always the right...
• Re: Sears Tools
  Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
  Tue, 13 Jun 2006 14:31:51 -0400
  ...held the pedal bracket broke off.(63 DC) > > > Tom-duct tape & bailing wire when no other tool will work-priceless? > > > > > > PLEASE!!! Always use the...
• Re: Paint preparation tips...
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Tue, 25 Jul 2017 11:20:34 -0700
  ...A length of stiffer bailing wire might be easy to fish out of the hole after the paint job is done ? Funny, as I...
• Re: WannaAutoWestie
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 26 Mar 1996 22:50:43 -0500
  ...rolling rustbuckets - just barely hanging their slabs of rust together with bailing wire. Forget everything you've heartd to the contrary! :) Jim Davis California...
• Re: vanagon with ticco engine/vibrations
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 26 Feb 2003 08:45:06 -0600
  ...rod; just tie the other end of the spring with some bailing wire until you see if it works. Something like an after market...
• Re: Engine Rebuild Questions
  Historical mailing list - GMBulley
  Fri, 24 Apr 1998 08:44:01 EDT
  ...stuck on radio knobs - red-rag gas cap - any and all bailing wire - any and all duct tape - any and all electrical tape - any...
• Re: Transmission out, then move the vanagon? plus a few more ?s
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 13 Jan 2016 08:35:45 -0800
  Bailing wire? Straps of some kind? Were it me, I'd wire up the axles so they're more or less centred level. The...
• Re: Hitting a Milestone - sort of
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:55:18 -0700
  ...Welcome to the roadside bailing-wire-and-spit fraternity!� ________________________________ From: Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@GMAIL.COM> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Sent: Thu, September 16...
• Re: Engine Rebuild Questions
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Fri, 24 Apr 1998 08:58:36 -0400
  ...stuck on radio knobs >- red-rag gas cap >- any and all bailing wire >- any and all duct tape >- any and all electrical tape >- any...
• Re: minimal tools - was things you should have with you on a long trip
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 15 Mar 2009 13:24:39 -0700
  ...Like just carry >> 3/8" sockets and an adapter to 1/2" ratchet >> >> What is a "mechanics wire" ? �Magnet? >> >> Neil. > > Think bailing wire. > I...
• Re: Oil dipstick pushed out of the tube
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:36:19 -0400
  ...Mike <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET> writes: > >> I just coiled a bit of bailing wire around a 1/2' pipe so that it >> would fit inside...
• Re: ECU Wire Corrosion relative to Length and Load (and?)
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 11 Feb 2018 18:39:13 -0800
  ...As I was doing with the larger connector pins, I used bailing wire but obviously a smaller gauge for this: Image link: https://photos...
• Re: Minimal vanagon support kit
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Sun, 6 Sep 2009 20:37:36 -0400
  ...The rest are repair items like hose couplers and clamps, rubber tape and duct tape, bailing wire. electrical wire and assorted connectors, JB weld...
• Re: AC compressor question...
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Fri, 21 Jan 2000 20:07:57 -0500
  ...I just cut through the belt (old any) to remove it, and secured the compressor with heavy bailing wire. John Lauterbach Macon, GA ----- Original...
• Re: things you should have with you on a long trip
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:50:46 -0700
  ...If you're camping in it, a small cooler. (Does the fridge work?) Bailing wire. Uber strong/sticky duct tape. Jumper cables. Neil. -- Neil...
• Re: preparing trip to NS
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Thu, 13 Jul 2000 12:35:51 -0700
  ...Things that come to mind are > - Vis-grips > - Screwdrivers > - Duck Tape + small gauge wire > - Premix antifreeze > - Fuses > - WD-40 > - Zip ties > - Bailing wire >Anything...
• Re: "Don't leave home without it" items
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 22 Jun 1998 18:09:25 -0700
  ...GETTING IT FIXED BOX: - Waterpump - Alternator - V-Belt - Duct Tape - Bailing wire - Wrech and socket set - Wire and spare fuses - Bentley Manual SURVIAL BOX...
• The only ten tools needed
  Historical mailing list - Javier Zavala
  Tue, 10 Jul 2001 13:53:02 -0500
  ...BAILING WIRE: Commonly known as MG muffler brackets, bailing wire holds anything that's too hot for tape or ties. Like duct tape, it...
• Fwd: Vanagon Tool Box (Friday)
  Historical mailing list - Roy Olynick
  Fri, 30 Jan 2004 09:10:35 -0600
  ...BAILING WIRE: Commonly known as MG muffler brackets, bailing wire | | holds anything that's too hot for tape or ties. Like duct tape, | | it...
• Re: Just back from the mechanic, HELP!!
  Historical mailing list - mike barker
  Tue, 9 May 2000 12:56:21 -0400
  ...interior, steering, wheel bearings, suspension bushings, >tranny, heater, wipers, exhaust, tires, instruments, lights, bailing wire >fixits, yadayadayadayada......... > > >T.P. Stephens >San Juan Island, WA >
• Spares list (was Spare ECU)
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Sun, 27 Feb 2011 11:09:00 -0800
  ...but known to be good) The usual collection of electrical wire, bailing wire, aluminum tape, duct tape. A wheel cylinder might be a good...
• Re: things you should have with you on a long trip
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:13:28 -0500
  ...re camping in it, a small cooler. (Does the fridge work?) > > Bailing wire. Uber strong/sticky duct tape. > > Jumper cables. > > Neil. > > > > -- > Neil Nicholson '81...
• Fw: Re: Essential Tools
  Historical mailing list - Roy Olynick
  Wed, 16 Apr 2003 11:59:21 -0500
  ...BAILING WIRE: Commonly known as MG muffler brackets, bailing wire | holds anything that's too hot for tape or ties. Like duct tape, | it...
• Re: removing westfalia letters (in praise of WD40/Duct Tape)
  Historical mailing list - Frank E. Terhaar-Yonkers
  Tue, 16 Apr 1996 09:15:17 -0400
  My favorite is nylon cable ties - bailing wire of the 90's ... >>On Mon, 15 Apr 1996, H Steven Dolan wrote: >>> We are in...
• Re: FRIDAY OT - Headlight aimage
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:39:56 -0500
  ...In Oklahoma, where tires with tread are optional and the typical car has the muffler suspended with bailing wire, headlights are often used to...
• Re: 2 questions/tranny lube
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 15 Sep 2003 11:55:07 -0600
  ...I hung the funnel from the air vent with some > bailing wire. It took a long time to get the fluid to flow through...
• Re: Hitting a Milestone - sort of
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 17 Sep 2010 17:30:12 -0700
  ...have handy" > trick. > Old, trusted, and honorable. > > > Welcome to the roadside bailing-wire-and-spit fraternity! > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@GMAIL.COM> > To: vanagon...
• Re: 86 Westy Camper w/automatic : list of emergency gear
  Historical mailing list - David Hardy
  Thu, 5 Jan 2012 21:45:55 -0700
  ...Then there's the McGuyver-fix stuff like bailing wire, 16 guage insulated wire (like 30ft), various hose clamps, coolant and fuel hose, nuts...
• Re: Spare Parts List - Input
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Wed, 28 Aug 2002 17:36:08 +0200
  ...I also like to have some electrical stuff, wires and connectors, as well as some odd pieces of hose and bailing wire, etc. OF...
• Re: Sears Tools
  Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
  Tue, 13 Jun 2006 13:27:44 -0400
  ...13/06, bueses <bueses@earthlink.net> wrote: > > What no duct tape, bailing wire, or JB weld? > > Tom-always the right tool for the job...
• Re: Oil dipstick pushed out of the tube
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sun, 5 Oct 2008 12:51:53 -0400
  ...Allan -- 1991 Vanagon GL Mike <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET> writes: > I just coiled a bit of bailing wire around a 1/2' pipe so that...
• Does anyone know how to replace the accelerator cable??!!
  Historical mailing list - Peter
  Sun, 17 Oct 1999 13:16:37 -0600
  ...Then I had to use bailing wire to make the connection in the engine compartment to the throttle, since the cable was an inch...
• Makeshift dipstick
  Historical mailing list - neil neil
  Tue, 25 Apr 2006 15:06:07 -0400
  ...when asking for new dipstick, I thought up a solution for a makeshift part. (generic adjustable stick won't fit btw.........) Got bailing wire...
• Re: Tools and parts for Baja trip plus
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 15 Aug 2014 08:02:18 -1000
  ...bailing wire .... needle noise pliers and electrical kit ..test light, jumper wires, fuses ..that sort of stuff. and for sure an Remote Starter Switch...
• Re: Spares list (was Spare ECU)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sun, 27 Feb 2011 13:31:50 -0600
  ...but known to be good) > > The usual collection of electrical wire, bailing wire, aluminum tape, > duct tape. > > A wheel cylinder might be a good...
• Re: What Next? / FS: 1987 GL syncro, mine (sniff..)
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sun, 4 Apr 2004 03:36:09 EDT
  ...Then seize the "crimp" with some bailing wire. But, ya doesn't have to Baggie it. I have this image stuck in my head...
• Re: Hitting a Milestone - sort of
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 17 Sep 2010 17:42:53 -0700
  ...have handy" > > trick. > > Old, trusted, and honorable. > > > > > > Welcome to the roadside bailing-wire-and-spit fraternity! > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@GMAIL.COM> > > To: vanagon...
• Re: things you should have with you on a long trip
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:57:41 -0230
  ...re camping in it, a small cooler. (Does the fridge work?) >> >> Bailing wire. Uber strong/sticky duct tape. >> >> Jumper cables. >> >> Neil. >> >> >> >> -- >> Neil Nicholson '81...
• Re: Sears Tools
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 13 Jun 2006 21:12:54 -0500
  ...13/06, bueses <bueses@earthlink.net> wrote: >> >> What no duct tape, bailing wire, or JB weld? >> >> Tom-always the right tool for the job...
• Re: Vanagon Tool Box
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Fri, 30 Jan 2004 05:48:37 -0800
  ...a folding beach mat - so you don't have to lay on the ground Stainless steel bailing wire A large bag with assorted pieces...
• Re: Hitting a Milestone - sort of
  Historical mailing list - Roger VanTill
  Fri, 17 Sep 2010 22:03:10 -0400
  ...have handy" > > trick. > > Old, trusted, and honorable. > > > > > > Welcome to the roadside bailing-wire-and-spit fraternity! > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@GMAIL.COM> > > To: vanagon...
• Re: Spares list (was Spare ECU)
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Sun, 27 Feb 2011 11:30:50 -0800
  ...but known to be good) > > The usual collection of electrical wire, bailing wire, aluminum tape, > duct tape. > > A wheel cylinder might be a good...
• aircooled t-stat questions
  Historical mailing list - Michael Edwards
  Wed, 21 Feb 2001 09:37:56 -0700
  ...other vw owners in AZ (mostly people with an affinity for bailing wire and duct tape) and they say it is not really necessary...
• Re: Vanagon Tool Box-Friday
  Historical mailing list - Wognacious
  Fri, 30 Jan 2004 07:29:44 -0800
  ...a folding beach mat - so you don't have to lay on the ground Stainless steel bailing wire A large bag with assorted pieces...
• Re: Hitting a Milestone - sort of
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Fri, 17 Sep 2010 21:17:48 -0400
  ...have handy" > > > trick. > > > Old, trusted, and honorable. > > > > > > > > > Welcome to the roadside bailing-wire-and-spit fraternity! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@GMAIL.COM> > > > To: vanagon...