Date:         Sun, 13 Sep 2020 17:21:03 -0700
Reply-To:     Edward Barger <edvbarger@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Edward Barger <edvbarger@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Broken plastic parts
Comments: To: Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <856920344.3802096.1600041800289@mail.yahoo.com>
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Here in Goleta Santa Barbara   there are several vanagon in the local auto recycling place   

Have not looked close but went there over a year ago to see about sourcing a part ..  no shoes only my standard flip flops so could not go in 

and then did not go back …. other things more pressing 

If one is desperate I can put on shoes and check out the vanagon they have for the part 

ed



Edward V Barger
edvbarger@yahoo.com 
310 922 6251
“Age is an issue of mind over matter …
If you don’t mind it doesn’t  matter "
Mark Twain




> On Sep 13, 2020, at 5:03 PM, Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@SBCGLOBAL.NET> wrote:
> 
> if you find a good one to replace then get it...
> Yeah, that's been my rule of thumb these last 20 years; replacement parts will be harder and harder to resource.  Grab 'em while you can.  Your repair looks like a solid one though; a little bit of J-B Weld (either epoxy or my new favorite, the squish-together 2 part epoxy putty) can really go a long way.  For Vanagons or even around the house.
> 
> I love that putty stuff; super strong; can shape and finesse and sand and paint; repairs become almost invisible.
> 
> Rich
> 
>    On Sunday, September 13, 2020, 9:42:07 AM PDT, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote:  
> 
> if you find a good one to replace then get it...
> otherwise here's how I repair broken screw holders
> - put on the screws as far as you can
> - put JB Plastic Weld around the screw holders, let it dry and file the
> tips flat
> https://www.amazon.com/J-B-Weld-8237-PlasticWeld-Plastic/dp/B003S2E4UE
> - in the pic, the center part was repaired with JB Kwik Weld
> 
> see picture here
> https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=2088343
> 
> dan
> 
> 
>