Date:         Mon, 14 Sep 2020 22:54:53 +0000
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From:         "ddbjorkman@verizon.net" <ddbjorkman@VERIZON.NET>
Subject:      Re: Broken plastic parts
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whoops.  Last post "While you are there..."  went to the wrong place.
This is where it belongs.
Dave B.


-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Sent: Sun, Sep 13, 2020 8:35 pm
Subject: Re: Broken plastic parts

 Super generous offer from you Ed.  Super.
Rich

    On Sunday, September 13, 2020, 5:21:13 PM PDT, Edward Barger <edvbarger@yahoo.com> wrote:  
 
 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