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• canine car alarm cleaner-upper
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Tue, 22 Jun 2004 22:17:31 -0700
  ...Rubber grip on the broom handle and rubber edge on the pan. Broom snaps snugly inside the pan and the whole thing would fit...
• Re: How to lift the Poptop with a canoe attached to it
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 26 Jul 2004 13:16:31 -0600
  ...get a shortened wood broom handle and keep it in the luggage rack. Pull the canoe up until you can prop the van roof...
• Re: Any good car vacs out there?
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Perry
  Fri, 22 Jun 2018 10:05:25 -0600
  I use this, fits well under the bench and with a fully extendable handle can be used on most anything around camp. https://www...
• Re: Back door Witch
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Sun, 6 May 2001 17:32:18 -0700
  ...always managed to keep her at bay with a suitably sized broom handle... ;^) ;^) _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ You can't depend on your judgement when your imagination is...
• More on More Stuff---
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Fri, 10 May 2002 00:55:25 -0500
  ...s this may be your answer to getting rid of the broom handle---- $20.00 for the pair----plus Priority mail or parcel post...
• Re: Vanagon rear hatchback supports
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 27 Aug 2006 19:47:42 -0700
  ...When installing prop the hatch open with a broom handle or such BEFORE detaching one end of the strut to put on the PVC...
• Rear Table Mod
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 4 Jul 2009 17:42:20 -0600
  Some of you have put a long dowel (broom handle?) down the center of the table leg and somehow fastened it in the base...
• Re: Bass Players
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 8 Sep 2006 18:26:56 -0500
  I can play a mean bass one stringer - broom handle, string and #2 wash tub!! Got a bad 16 hole CBH Hohner, too!! John...
• Re: Cargo Hauls
  Historical mailing list - Dan Geer
  Tue, 17 Oct 1995 08:06:12 -0400
  ...a few sawed off broom handles were roller bearings to get it in the vehicle. steering was hell as the front wheels had no...
• VW's Hydraulic Shop Press
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 8 Feb 1995 10:51:16 -0500
  ...I am wondering if I am supposed to have the broom handle go up insid e some kind of hole that will stabalize it...
• Re: Bass Players
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sat, 9 Sep 2006 11:57:24 -0400
  ...He actually played the thing! Standard galvanized wash tub with broom handle + rope. He also played tuba. Good natrual player w/good ear. The...
• Re: Westy rear table mods: here's another one
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 3 Aug 2009 18:27:51 -0600
  ...so its like a two feet long dowel inside the > table leg?more like a cut off broom handle? and why does it rise...
• Re: Rear Table Mod
  Historical mailing list - Roger VanTill
  Sat, 4 Jul 2009 22:26:47 -0400
  ...gmail.com> wrote: > Some of you have put a long dowel (broom handle?) down the center of the > table leg and somehow fastened it...
• Re: Air Cool Pushrod Tube Install
  Historical mailing list - David Easterwood
  Mon, 22 Mar 1999 09:05:28 -0800
  ...favorite broom or mop handle, insert the rounded end into the end of the pushrod tube, and gently tap the wooden handle with a...
• Re: Any good car vacs out there?
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Tue, 19 Jun 2018 18:31:44 -0700
  Same, though I have one with a longer handle, about 2 feet long. It stores in the space above the rear hatch opening. Works...
• Re: EV windshields
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn
  Wed, 10 Dec 1997 10:18:42 -0800
  ...Of course there is also the broom handle available at your local hardware store plus a window cleaning kit ... Bj�rn P.S. couldn...
• Re: Sliding door handles mystery
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:32:51 -0700
  ...Ok, so why is the handle there?? I have the post on my 81 Westy at that location, but no handle. When door is...
• Re: Any pilot bearing tricks?? (Mr. Wizard's trick)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 29 Oct 1998 07:09:40 EST
  ...Now get a piece of a wooden broom handle that will just fit inside of the hole (you want to make it as tight...
• Re: Stuff I did on my van today (finishing heater box refurb and misc dash-off stuff)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:01:08 -0600
  ...Infection is mainly through inhalation, so if you have to handle a mouse, probably no problem, just wash. But please do not, repeat do...
• Re: Rear Table Mod
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Sun, 5 Jul 2009 11:30:26 -0400
  ...gmail.com> wrote: > Some of you have put a long dowel (broom handle?) down the center of the > table leg and somehow fastened it...
• Re: Sliding door handles mystery
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:52:13 -0400
  ...Another possibility is that it is a rear-seat s*** handle. Sudhir On 6/15/07, neil <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all. > > Ok...
• Re: RE: Generator access or engine acces
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Jun 1996 21:21:25, -0500
  ...held by two scissors jacks standing on board resting on three broom handle pieces. The board had two holes drilled in it with rope...
• Re: coolant level sensor
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sat, 19 Aug 2000 08:08:40 EDT
  ...I made clamps out of large dowels/broom stick handles. I draw them together with two screws to pinch off the hose right next...
• Re: help!:bypassing rear heater
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sun, 16 Jan 2000 15:09:47 EST
  Tim; I used a short length of broom stick handle. Heated coolant will be diverted to the water pump inlet, bypassing the radiator, if...
• Re: Sliding door handles mystery
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:35:04 -0700
  I'm wondering how many bored-out-of-their-minds 9 year olds have yanked on that handle and opened the slider while travelling...
• Re: Sliding door handles mystery
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:58:08 -0400
  Jake, I don't think that rear handle rotates. (if it is the one about which i'm thinking) I think it's the...
• Re: Bass Players
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 9 Sep 2006 10:53:35 -0700
  ...He actually > played the thing! Standard galvanized wash tub with > broom handle + rope. He also played tuba. Good > natrual player w/good ear. > > The...
• Re: !!!URGENT!!!-NEED HELP/ADVICE!!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Rokus
  Tue, 6 Oct 1998 16:44:18 -0400
  ...A broom handle or shovel handle would also accomplish the same thing. Worked for many a month until I fixed the problem. In case...
• Re: coolant level sensor
  Historical mailing list - Dave Caston
  Sat, 19 Aug 2000 12:51:19 -0400
  ...I > made clamps out of large dowels/broom stick handles. I draw them together > with two screws to pinch off the hose right next...
• Re: 2.1 running again, thanks, list!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:42:09 -0500
  ...the van with the rope handle. I put the engine back the same > way but I use some broom stick pieces under the plywood...
• Re: Westy rear table mods: here's another one
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 3 Aug 2009 23:11:30 -0500
  ...so its like a two feet long dowel inside the >> table leg?more like a cut off broom handle? and why does it rise...
• Re: running fridge on propane while driving - mine goes out
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Thu, 28 Mar 2002 11:12:20 -0500
  ...You can bend it into alignment with a broom handle stuck in the chimeny. This is crucial. Once it's lined up --- I used...
• Re: Post on rear table knob
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 25 Sep 2024 08:43:22 -0400
  ...I used to use the broom handle extension in the table leg to raise the table. I now have the fancy version from Van...
• Re: No gas? No gauge.
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Thu, 16 Jun 2005 16:51:40 +1000
  ...Transporter Double Cab (work truck) '78 Landrover Series 3 Soft top ute (ex Aust Army)...with a short broom handle for a fuel gauge ;-)
• Re: Westy rear table mods: here's another one
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Mon, 3 Aug 2009 16:27:51 -0700
  ...so its like a two feet long dowel inside the table leg?more like a cut off broom handle? and why does it rise...
• Re: Time to paint, should I film it?
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Thu, 10 Mar 2011 17:11:43 -0500
  ...They were kind enough to paint the tires, windows and even the door handles. Shortly after the paint started to fall off. They had...
• Re: 2.1 running again, thanks, list!
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:56:58 -0700
  ...the van with the rope handle. I put the engine back the same way but I use some broom stick pieces under the plywood...
• Re: Post on rear table knob
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 26 Sep 2024 11:19:34 +0000
  ...The knob by itself never held my tables from swinging out.         I used to use the broom handle extension in the table leg to...
• Re: Post on rear table knob
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 27 Sep 2024 12:31:01 +0000
  ...The knob by itself never held my tables from swinging out.         I used to use the broom handle extension in the table leg to...
• Re: window rubber: removing those unsightly plastic thingies
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 17 Jan 95 00:28:38 CST
  ...piece of small rope/cord and a six-inch piece of broom handle (with a hole in it, and the rope/cord tied through...
• Re: Water Pump...what's the Death Knell??
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Tue, 18 Apr 2006 14:39:57 +0000
  ...I pin pointed this growl by taking a long screw driver (you can use a stick or sawed off broom handle) and putting one...
• Re: Catalytic Rattling
  Historical mailing list - Dan Soiney
  Fri, 2 May 1997 08:51:09 -0500
  ...The solution? A broom handle! Pound out all the broken matrix. Be careful to get it all out, as well as any pieces that...
• Re: Post on rear table knob
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 27 Sep 2024 10:29:03 -0400
  ...handle and bungie work a bit easier. > > The knob by itself never held my tables from swinging out. > > I used to use the broom...
• Re: 2.1 WBX Noise Is?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 21 Oct 2014 12:05:51 -0500
  A broomstick works great; the length will keep you are enough away from moving parts to just skin you up a little at worst...
• Re: 2.1 running again, thanks, list!
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:00:58 -0700
  ...the van with the rope handle. I put the engine back the same >> way but I use some broom stick pieces under the plywood...
• Re: Ignition switch - no start
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Tue, 5 Jul 2005 14:44:46 -0400
  ...Sometimes you can overcome the temporarily by tapping the starter with a broom handle and trying again... but be prepared to drop the starter...
• Re: changing auto transmission
  Historical mailing list - David Yates
  Fri, 25 Nov 2005 17:38:34 +1000
  ...I use two jacks and plank of 6-12" wide and 4 ft long, maybe 10 2 foot lengths of cut up broom handle...
• Re: Westy rear table mods: here's another one
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Tue, 4 Aug 2009 09:44:58 -0400
  ...so its like a two feet long dowel inside > the > >> table leg?more like a cut off broom handle? and why does it rise...
• Re: Westy rear table mods: here's another one
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 4 Aug 2009 09:13:50 -0500
  ...so its like a two feet long dowel inside >> >> the >> >> table leg?more like a cut off broom handle? and why does it rise...
• Re: 2.1 running again, thanks, list!
  Historical mailing list - The Westy man
  Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:14:10 -0700
  ...the van with the rope handle. I put the engine back the same >>> way but I use some broom stick pieces under the plywood...
• Re: overheating questions
  Historical mailing list - Alan Pickersgill
  Sat, 25 Dec 1999 21:01:27 -0500
  ...I listened to the engine, using a broom handle to isolate the noise to the head. Told him I didn't know what it...
• Re: Rear Hatch struts
  Historical mailing list - Doug Noganav
  Fri, 6 Mar 2009 12:11:38 -0800
  ...a cool "poor mans" trick to get you by with saggin hatch struts. (beats the broom handle slipping and the hatch coming down on...
• Re: 2.1 running again, thanks, list!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:51:43 -0500
  ...the van with the rope handle. I put the engine back the same >>>> way but I use some broom stick pieces under the plywood...
• Re: starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Cary Chiang
  Fri, 19 Oct 2018 15:56:44 -0500
  ...A broom stick handle or piece of pipe inserted thru the left rear wheel well will work also. On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at...
• Re: Time to paint, should I film it?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:34:35 -0700
  ...They were kind enough to paint the tires, windows and even the door handles. Shortly after the paint started to fall off. They had...
• Re: starters-used vs. cheap rebuilt vs. Bosch rebuilt
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:09:39 -0500
  ...My trick, before cleaning everything up, was using a broom handle through the wheelwell to poke the starter while someone else turned the key...
• Re: 2.1 running again, thanks, list!
  Historical mailing list - The Westy man
  Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:29:12 -0700
  ...the van with the rope handle. I put the engine back the >>>>> same >>>>> way but I use some broom stick pieces under the plywood...
• Re: Clunking sound
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Mon, 24 Dec 2007 09:22:48 -0500
  ...A broom handle or other thick dowel will also work. You can't touch a spinning assembly (obviously!), but you can usually find a...
• Re: Post on rear table knob
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 27 Sep 2024 08:22:27 -0700
  ...handle and > bungie work a bit easier. > > > > The knob by itself never held my tables from swinging out. > > > > I used to use the broom...
• Re: Post on rear table knob
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 27 Sep 2024 22:43:46 +0000
  ...handle and > bungie work a bit easier. > > > > The knob by itself never held my tables from swinging out. > > > >        I used to use the broom...