Date:         Tue, 20 Nov 2001 15:21:24 -0800
Reply-To:     PSavage <psavage@SABER.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         PSavage <psavage@SABER.NET>
Subject:      Re: HELP! I need a screw size
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Joel, if you aren't one already, I dare say you'd be good on a sailboat!
Too, I appreciated your lucid discourse on "dim reverse lights" & have
saved it to my own personal troubleshooting folder.
Steady as she goes,
Phaedra
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: Joel Sell
>Subject: HELP! I need a screw size


> I *just* finished bleeding the cooling system on my Vanagon when I DROPPED
> the bleeder screw down into that netherland that comprises the front of my
> van. I checked everywhere for it. I even let the van roll backwards (I
have
> a sloped driveway) and then slammed on the brakes, hoping to dislodge it
> from its hiding place. No luck.  So, what size is that screw? It's the one
> that fits in the bleeding hole on the passenger side of the radiator. Is
it
> even supposed to be a screw? I got the impression from the VW service
> manual that it was a bleeder valve of some sort.
> Thanks,
> Joel