Grab the edge with a pair of pliers and pull straight out.

----- Original Message -----
From: "A. Hurley" <ahurley@VIEWIT.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 11:08 AM
Subject: Re: Clip for temperature sensors at thermostat housing (2.1L)

> This might seem a bit crazy, but right now I am having a hard time
> figuring out how to get the clip off - everything is totally black and
> it seems hard to get to - a 19mm wrench? I used something else on the
> clip and it seems to be blue in the corner where it chipped off. If they
> are that cheap I wonder why they didn't put new ones on when they
> rebuilt the engine...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andree
>
> On Tue, 3 Apr 2007, Old Volks Home wrote:
>
> > Matt -
> >
> > Get 'em from the Dealer.  032-121-142.  Made outa plastic these days and
> > used on almost all the current water cooled VWs.  A whopping 38 cents each.
> > --
> > Jim Thompson
> > 84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
> > 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
> > 73 K Ghia Coupe "Denise"
> > 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
> > oldvolkshome@gmail.com
> > http://www.oldvolkshome.com
> > ***********************************
> > On 4/3/07, Matt Roberds <mattroberds@cox.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello all!
> > >
> > > Thanks for the advice on the missing cooling system parts on the '87 GL
> > > (2.1L wasserboxer) my friend was thinking of buying.  He ended up buying
> > > it and has some of the missing parts on order.  The one piece that neither
> > > of us can find, so far, are the spring clips that hold the two temperature
> > > sensors onto the thermostat housing.  The sensors are hanging from the
> > > harness and he has the O-rings on order, but no clips.  From the parts
> > > catalogs, they look like a U-shaped piece of wire, maybe 2" tall x 1"
> > > wide (5 cm x 2.5 cm).  I might be able to fake it temporarily with some
> > > solid copper wire or maybe a coat hanger, but it would be nice to have
> > > the right parts.
> > >
> > > Does anyone have a source for these clips?  Thanks!
> > >
> > > Matt Roberds
> >
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Andree Hurley
>
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