Date:         Fri, 25 Mar 2011 18:53:37 -0700
Reply-To:     Jeffrey Vickers <jeff@VICKERSDESIGN.COM>
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From:         Jeffrey Vickers <jeff@VICKERSDESIGN.COM>
Subject:      Re: vanagon Digest - 25 Mar 2011 - Special issue (#2011-245)
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Hey Craig,

Where do you find shrink wrap that BIG?

I did my shift shaft with 1" stuff and it looks sweet in matte black.
No shiny shifter shaft for me. I'd like to see a pic of that hemp
cover. You can never have too much hemp.

Jeff in Marin



On Mar 25, 2011, at 6:12 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> Date:    Fri, 25 Mar 2011 18:52:48 -0400
> From:    craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Re: Cheapo CV Boot repair(emergency only)
>
> I have some giant marine shrink rap in various sizes (Carry it in an
> "OH
> SHIT" bag that goes with me in my bus when I travel, and on the
> boats when I
> "work".). Believe it or not, you can purchase 4-5'' shrink wrap,
> even the
> good stuff with the glue in it. Once, I repaired a CV this way on
> bus when
> the boot went bad. I had a new boot in a box, but didn't want to put
> the
> effort into fixing it, so I sliced the shrink wrap length wise,
> wrapped it
> over the boot, and used a soldering iron to singe the two ends back
> into a
> tube, then a blow torch and a screw driver to shrink it down "just
> snug"
> over the boot. It held for a year untill I rebuilt the axles (And
> restored
> the entire drivetrain with a Zetec engine....).
> The point is, they make giant shrink wrap, and it's great.
> Heck I just busted out a roll of the 3/4'' stuff last weekend to
> wrap the
> ends of the hemp around my shifter knob-shaft. If you haven't
> wrapped your
> shifter-knob-shaft in hemp yet and put a giant wooden shift ball on
> the top,
> you're missing out.
> Best upgrade i've made.
> Shift knobs the size of a baseball rock!
>
> -Craig
> '85GL turned WESTY
> BOSTIG in the back
> '87 SUNROOF Syncro
> (Hopefully taking for it's first ever test drive this weekend!!!!!!!)