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• Stainless steel Vanagon exterior screw set soon to be avaliable here
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Wed, 26 Jul 2006 13:11:41 -0700
  I am going to start selling a stainless steel screw kit for the Vanagon exterior. Starting next week,if I get my supply of...
• Re: Canvas replacement comments & video
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 23 Jul 2012 21:53:09 -0700
  Great advice! You need a top quality proper size hardened screwdriver for this job. The Phillips screw is designed to "cam out", which you...
• Re: Stainless steel Vanagon exterior screw set soon to be avaliable here
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 26 Jul 2006 16:34:20 -0400
  I purchaced the Go Westy luggage rack stainless steel screw set a year ago. The screws were supposed to fit the top luggage rack...
• Re: Stainless steel Vanagon exterior screw set soon to be avaliable here
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 26 Jul 2006 17:07:58 -0400
  ...I got many messages for the two westy screws.I think I got someone to send the screws now. The reason I need two...
• Re: Westy screw covers
  Historical mailing list - Justin B. Jensen
  Sun, 14 Sep 1997 21:33:02 -0700
  Todd Last wrote: > > Does anyone have the secret to getting those grey plastic screw covers off > of the Westy interior screws without mascerating them...
• Re: Stainless steel Vanagon exterior screw set soon to be avaliable here
  Historical mailing list - David Prendergast
  Thu, 27 Jul 2006 08:44:02 -0400
  I replaced all my exterior screws with stainless ones last year. I bought all of them at Lowes, Just need to take the screws...
• AFM screws
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Mon, 1 Oct 2001 08:12:00 -0700
  ...Seems that the screws have been glued in. Has anyone else who has messed with the circuit board had a similar problem and if...
• Re: here is a stumper....two VIN's on the dash???
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Sun, 15 Jan 2006 01:55:37 -0500
  Something is probably funky with the two VINS, but I can tell you the square drive sheetmetal screws were installed by a Canadian...square...
• Re: Westy front table base mount fasteners
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Mon, 23 Feb 2009 01:46:12 +0000
  A 6.3mm Self Tapping screw is a 1/4" diameter self tapping screw. Until relatively recent times, ALL spaced thread screws in Europe...
• Re: Screw this floor!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 12 Jun 2013 06:54:37 -0400
  At 09:23 PM 6/11/2013, Jeremy Stovin wrote: >Why can I not get a screw or drill in this floor? It just...
• how to change AFM track?
  Historical mailing list - John McLean
  Fri, 29 Dec 2000 22:32:46 -0800
  : > Three screws; two of them (maybe all three) are Loc-tited in. When I did this on my AFM I could not find a...
• Re: Speedometer house repair suggestions ?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:20:34 +1300
  > > How about epoxying a washer in the appropriate spot? > Oil the screw lightly but thoroughly (use a modeler's paintbrush or toothbrush). Pour THICK...
• Re: Need a pop top hinge screw to send to a bolt manufacturer
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 5 Aug 2006 10:35:54 -0400
  Turns out that the screw I recieved in the mail for copying purposes is far too nice a screw to use. it may get...
• Re: Canvas replacement comments & video
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 23 Jul 2012 14:41:56 -0700
  This is true enough that I would suggest that one take a screw to the hardware or tool store and buy a well matching...
• Re: replacing elec. hookup
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Wed, 18 Sep 1996 08:28:53 -0700
  ...The >electrical hookup has three screws on the back, on the original the >black wire went to the brown screw the white wire to...
• stainless truss head screws for poptop
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 18 May 2005 22:14:08 -0700
  ...The stock screw from the Van measured 20 mm overall, the measurements above are from base of head to end of screw. Long URL...
• Re: Need a pop top hinge screw to send to a bolt manufacturer
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 5 Aug 2006 08:17:41 -0700
  Roger, just measured my pop top truss head screw: head diameter 16 mm. the fastenal truss head with 14mm head diameter would not be...
• Re: Instrument cluster screws
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Mon, 11 Jul 2005 22:07:25 -0400
  ...With a few exceptions, sheet metal screws in Europe are what we term "soft converted" metric. That means an inch screw with a metric...
• Re: Stainless steel Vanagon exterior screw set soon to be avaliable here
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 26 Jul 2006 17:31:40 -0700
  ...I got many messages for the two westy screws.I > think I got someone to send the screws now. > > The reason I need two...
• Sliding door handle screw
  Historical mailing list - Kk Al
  Fri, 10 Mar 2017 13:06:21 -0800
  ...Any chance this interior sliding door handle screw is reverse threaded on an 87 Syncro? The screw head is stripping and I want to...
• Re: fuse panel screw size?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:25:24 -0700
  generic sheet metal screw. screws into a common nut plate for that type of screw. Should be a few in your scrounge box or...
• Small Screws for curtain rods
  Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
  Mon, 25 Sep 2000 22:44:34 -0500
  Do any of the vendors on the list sell the small screws that hold the track for the curtains in place. I have not...
• Re: calliper bleed screws
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Wed, 28 Jul 2004 14:23:46 -0400
  also since your going to have the fluid drained anti-seize the bleeder screws. people might think i'm nuts and that it will...
• Re: Need a pop top hinge screw to send to a bolt manufacturer
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Mon, 7 Aug 2006 15:22:47 -0400
  ...Those big slotted screws always feel like a good opportunity to slip with a screwdriver and gouge the paint. My $.02, IMHO, YMMV, not...
• Heater plenum removal tips
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Hill
  Mon, 3 Feb 2003 20:32:46 -0600
  The heater plemum is fastened to the body with 6 large, #3, phillips screws as David Beirl has pointed out. They have oftem been...
• Re: dual battery isolator / Optima Batteries
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Tue, 21 Sep 2004 16:35:48 -0600
  > I screwed a #4 x > 3/8ths" stainless steel pan-head/phillips head screw into that very > small gap between the core and the...
• RE: Screw extractors any good?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Semyan
  Mon, 14 Jul 1997 15:07:13 -0700
  >> Does anyone have experience with screw/bolt extractors? Do they work? Are >> they brittle, do they break or crack leaving a half broken extractor...
• Re: Sliding door handle screw
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Fri, 10 Mar 2017 13:18:20 -0800
  ...Do you have a small butane torch to just lightly heat the screw. Stacy Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 10, 2017, at 1...
• Re: Replacement Canvas for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 18 May 2005 12:39:25 -0700
  --- Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > I'd also recommend getting a rechargeable screw driver. I used a > Black/Decker and it saved a...
• Special Screwdriver Source
  Historical mailing list
  21 Aug 96 06:59:20 PDT
  ...Found the special screwdriver that retains the screw, invaluable for the points screw. $6 I already have one, they're great! .- Jeff '80 Westi...
• Re: afm mixture screw
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Mon, 14 Jan 2002 01:50:02 -0600
  Screw it in= richer Screw it out=leaner If you screw it in, more of the air must go through the AFM flap and...
• Re: AFM screws
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Mon, 1 Oct 2001 20:23:08 -0400
  I used my dremel-like tool to cut slots in the screws and used a regular flat headed driver On Monday 01 October 2001...
• Re: front westfalia sticker
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 14 Apr 2004 08:59:42 -0600
  ...On the front one, the "e" and "s" straddle the screw. I took the screw out so the decal would lay flat and as...
• Re: Permatex Plastic weld to create new instrument cluster tabs ??
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 2 Nov 2005 12:04:28 -0800
  ...What I did was grease the screw and then form the JBWeld over/around the screw with some extra 'weld' over the plastic edges...
• Re: AFM screws
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 1 Oct 2001 12:37:19 -0400
  ...Seems that the screws have been glued >in. Has anyone else who has messed with the circuit board had a similar >problem and if...
• Re: Sliding door handle screw
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Fri, 10 Mar 2017 13:08:34 -0800
  ...Mark Kk Al wrote: > Quick question. > Any chance this interior sliding door handle screw is reverse threaded on > an 87 Syncro? The screw head...
• Vanagon stainless steel screws for the exterior
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 3 Jun 2009 13:28:12 -0400
  HI, I just want top say a few things about my screws. First, I apologize for this funny Fickr subject line, but I don...
• Re: Black oxide finish on stainless steel
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 22 May 2007 23:32:31 -0400
  > "OEM screws are plain steel and just painted black" Not long ago I bought new fasteners from a VW Dealer. The black plastic and...
• Re: Headlight switch help
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 2 Jan 2005 20:39:54 -0500
  In addition to the magnetic screwdriver, I've found it handy to use a piece of paper to insert the screws into as I...
• Westfalia Pop-Top Screws
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 23:01:36 -0700
  ...For the front luggage which has four truss screws, I'm going to re-tap the brackets to accept the (11 mm) screws. You...
• Re: Need a pop top hinge screw to send to a bolt manufacturer
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 5 Aug 2006 09:38:34 -0700
  ...Standard SS screw with oversize SS washer to cover the old rust stain from the original screw head. Or slight oversize thin rubber washer...
• 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: jammed driver seat, solved
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Sun, 2 Jul 2006 09:14:14 -0700
  I don't have swivel - - and what happened is the one screw in the rear completely fell out and locked the seat in its...
• Re: Fastener terminology in ETKA
  Historical mailing list - John
  Tue, 26 Oct 2004 17:11:49 GMT
  Todd, That is likely nothing more than a #8 x 3/4" tapping screw. If it has a sharp point it is a type...
• Re: afm mixture screw
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Mon, 14 Jan 2002 00:08:35 -0700
  ...So, take a look and see if screwing in or out will let in more air (lean) or less (rich). b On Sun, 13...
• Re: front westfalia sticker
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 14 Apr 2004 02:19:10 EDT
  ...From what I've seen the > screw looks to be in between the "E" and "S" in "westfalia" with the center > horizontal bar of...
• Re: inside door panel materials?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 16 Aug 2005 16:56:29 EDT
  In a message dated 8/16/05 10:17:42 AM, bueses@EARTHLINK.NET writes: << Westy also used screws w/ little "countersunk" washers to...
• Re: [T2] poptop screws
  Historical mailing list - puzerewski
  Sun, 19 Nov 2000 11:13:35 -0500
  > Take a screw to Home Depot and see what stainless steel screws they've got > that are close. This is a good place to...
• air vent repair....
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 22 Sep 1995 11:13:06 EST
  ...I replace the screws holding the cover plate with allen head screws also. These look really neat. christian
• Throttle Switch Adjustment Screw
  Historical mailing list - van man
  Wed, 17 Apr 2002 09:17:18 -0700
  Folks, My adjustment screw (platic one, on the right as look down on it) is completely chewed up and stripped. I bought a new...
• Re: Loose screws
  Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
  Tue, 9 Sep 1997 09:08:45 +0000
  There's also a stripped screw kit you can buy that contains a grippy metal foil that you can snip to size and insert...
• Re: Tail lamp assembly mounting screw
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 26 Jun 2010 11:44:15 -0700
  RE: Sheet metal screws As at least two others have stated, for sheet metal screws metric or SAE shouldn't make any difference.
• Re: Easier way to fix worn tracks in AFM - Method 2
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 17 Jun 2002 00:07:32 -0700
  What is the trick in getting those screws out in the first place without stripping the heads? Todd '88 Westy Marshall wrote: >Hi Volks...
• Re: The dreaded AFM adjustment screw
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:10:41 -0800
  ...The only *real* way to adjust that screw is with a CO (carbon monoxide) detector. Misadjustment of this screw can really "screw" with your...
• Where get screw for front turn signal lens
  Historical mailing list - =David-M=
  Fri, 15 Dec 2000 19:08:24 -0500
  ...I bought a new one but cannot install it because one of the (metric?) self tapping mounting screws is bent. Does any one know...
• Re: Sliding door handle screw
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 10 Mar 2017 17:59:24 -0700
  ...Do you have a small butane torch to just lightly heat the screw. > > Stacy > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 10, 2017, at 1...
• Re: Tools
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 7 Feb 1995 12:26:40 -0800 (PST)
  ...sheet metal screws, interior fittings screws, screws in tight places where you can just barely reach never mind twist your wrist, hose clamps in...
• Brakes
  Historical mailing list - ALAN GONDRY
  Wed, 17 Jul 2002 21:35:30 -0700
  ...The Bentley manual eluded to 4 bleeder screws. Do the fronts have additional bleed screws I missed? I know the bottom screws are drain...
• Re: Idle Stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Fri, 7 Aug 1998 07:10:15 -0400
  ...You will find an set screww there. Remove this screw. Hidden below this is the hex head adjustment screw. Eric
• Re: sliding window latches
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Tue, 6 Jul 2004 12:43:14 -0400
  After many failures using screwdrivers, I was recently able to loosen the screw to remove a broken latch, loosen the screw from the latch...