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• Re: 88 GL - Failure to start - The Saga Continues
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Mon, 16 Jun 2014 08:47:51 -0400
  ...The two things beside the coil that control spark are the hall sensor (inside the distributor) and the ECU (under the rear seat). Unfortunately...
• Re: SMOG TEST failure
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 7 Feb 2008 14:54:39 -0800
  ...It is fairly straight forward if you start with the basics and work up. First check compression. Then inspect all tune up parts and...
• Re: 12 Volt + Wire Up Rear Pillar? (vent)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 18 Feb 2013 07:33:31 -0500
  ...There are number of reasons why but to start adding ground controlled circuits later becomes a troubleshooting nightmare especially as more stuff gets added...
• Re: Heater flap foam replacement detail-Lever 4
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:01:08 -0500
  Lever 4, the lowest one does control air flow to the rear overhead vents. However that is only fresh, non-heated air. The little...
• Re: Sink pump question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 24 Jun 2013 12:02:59 -0400
  ...The LED panel must be plugged into its harness because the early panels controlled the water pump supply with a big transistor. Later ones...
• Re: '91 Westy gasoline heater
  Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
  Tue, 17 Oct 1995 13:12:03 +0000
  ...The controls > for the heater are on the left side of the dash; little LCD display, as I > remember. Anyway, the thing is stock...
• Re: gasoline odor
  Historical mailing list - Walt Spak
  Sat, 28 Jul 2001 15:04:02 -0400
  ...dragged home a Cal II that has had the frame cut, forward controls, peanut tank, & straight pipes so I guess I couldn't afford...
• Re: Letter to VW
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:37:57 -0500
  ...This lady really seemed to have a positive outlook moving forward. She actually was listening to what I was saying. I did forget to...
• 80-83 Tranny / engine / Fuel Injection FS
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 20 May 2002 19:23:41 -0500
  ...Engine price $ 800.00, check with Forward Air on rates on delivery, shipping weight on pallet 180 pounds. Ship From Forward Air DFW Airport...
• Re: Help neded
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Sat, 6 Jun 1998 01:21:32 EDT
  ...It will go into reverse and it will go forward, but it seems like it's in second or third gear at start-off...
• Re: GEAR UP! 15" rims 75 series?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 30 Mar 1999 21:42:15 -0800
  ...VW / Bombardier Iltis -- -- David's Volkswagen Home Page http://www.volkswagen.org -- -- Fast Forward Autobahn Sport Tuning http://www.fastforward.ca -- -- david@volkswagen.org...
• Re: Help! Appeal for data
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 11 Jan 2001 21:22:23 -0500
  ...controller) is a 251-919-376, number 43 stamped in white on the top, comes from the hidden relay panel above and forward of...
• Re: Gerry is ill - suggestions for a server upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Fri, 21 May 1999 07:33:34 -0500
  ...3 HD's scsi RAID controller card. My new 256 MB system has this, and it makes a HUGE difference in speed, (twice as...
• advance mechanisms on digijet distributor?
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Tue, 26 Apr 2005 00:03:07 -0700
  Hello list, I am trying to understand the various mechanisms that control the timing on the early digijet. There is: * Static setting (just the...
• Re: Upper Control Arm Bushing Replacment?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 7 Jan 2008 20:13:38 -0800
  ...Remove the nut and slide the long bolt out forward. > This is where I had the most trouble. Spent hours getting that long > bolt...
• Re: Bob Hoover's Midnight Repairs
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Wed, 25 Dec 2019 13:12:09 -0600
  ...Bob Hoover's Midnight Repairs Thanks so much for forwarding, Jim. Tom and I loved reading that, and earlier this evening I shared it...
• Electrical Chaos
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 10 Sep 2006 14:08:42 -0500
  ...By Bentley the RW wire goes to Ground, and the WY goes to the Idle Stabilizer Control Unit (which is forward of the right...
• Re: An electrical thing I never noticed in 20 years of Westy ownership Another Westy Fridge Design Flaw
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 1 Aug 2022 11:19:02 -0400
  Well now isn’t that a nice straight forward solution! Eric Caron > On Aug 1, 2022, at 11:10 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW...
• Re: oil light
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 17 Oct 2017 08:28:51 -0700
  ...of not putting back on the tin or cutting > off the forward (front) portion of it.. since it's for a Syncro I didn...
• Re: The alternator issue
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:19:10 -0700
  ...Isn't this something what the diodes installed in parallel with the relay coil are for, in transistor controlled circuits ? Hi Yanne -- yes, that...
• Re: Install a 5 speed syncro tranny in my 2WD Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:45:08 -0800
  ...Two forward side mounts on a syncro trans, ..........and come to think of it, the brackets for those bolt to are bolted to the...
• [Fwd: [Syncro] Westy/vanagon floorplans? + heater!!]
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 11 May 2000 19:32:33 +0200
  ...control, 24 hr digital timer, manual timer, thermostat? > realistic price range? and any other related comments. > > thanks, Tim > > PS: if someone wants to forward...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
  Thu, 14 Nov 2013 19:27:39 -0800
  ...New Delphi electronic control unit (ECU)�replaces NLA Digifant ECU and > ICU (idle control unit) > There are only four connections to be made to...
• Re: Making of a Vanagon - Now New T3
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Wed, 3 Dec 2008 02:40:32 +0000
  ...are > mid-mounted > >> these days. > > Well, the Japanese have continued with forward-control vans (and > likewise the 2nd-generation Mitsubishi Delica made by Hyundai...
• Re: oil light
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Tue, 17 Oct 2017 12:10:02 -0700
  ...of not putting back on the tin or cutting > off the forward (front) portion of it.. since it's for a Syncro I didn...
• Cupholders
  Historical mailing list - C B
  Fri, 1 Jan 2010 15:41:59 -0800
  ...set forward as I must) A tall mug or bottle in the driver's side holder slightly impinges the lowest heater control slider. After...
• Re: 96mm Jugs for 1700 (f)
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Wed, 01 Nov 1995 11:25:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...Then they would have the pilot slam the throttle all the way forward, so the 14-cyl Merlin engine would suddenly produce its entire...
• Re: Official Vanagon CB Channel
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 18 Apr 2002 21:57:24 -0700
  ...David Marshall Fast Forward Automotive Inc. 4356 Quesnel Hixon Road Quesnel BC Canada V2J 6Z3 http://www.fastforward.ca mailto:sales@fastforward.ca Phone...
• Re: Advice on possible engine replacement
  Historical mailing list - Brent Weide
  Fri, 9 Sep 2005 11:43:14 -0400
  ...The subaru engine is left intact, including the Electronic Control Unit, so the engine is running the same regardless of whether it rests in...
• Re: Trying to understand starter stuff
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Tue, 23 Dec 2014 13:19:54 -0500
  ...starter control terminal. You can >> reach it by reaching your hand over the top of the bell housing, quite a >> way >> forward and then...
• Re: 1.8 to 2.0 aba swap
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Wed, 30 May 2012 10:57:26 -0400
  ...One small detail of note is that your distributor needs to be matched up with the ignition system controlling it. A stock ABA distributor...
• Re: '90 Carat Runs Rough...the epic continues...help??!!
  Historical mailing list - Joe Tu
  Thu, 18 Apr 2002 21:55:12 -0700
  ...I forwarded the mechanic suggestions from the list... He swears he has checked and re-checked the grounds, adjusted the valves, new o2 sensor...
• Re: Tiptronic
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 11 Sep 2005 09:53:19 -0700
  ...Next time I am in the Bremen area, I'm buying the beer! David Marshall Fast Forward Automotive Inc. 4356 Quesnel-Hixon Road Quesnel...
• Re: Short shift for 5 speed
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Fri, 29 Jun 2012 14:21:07 -0700
  ...ALL 'normal' gear shift patterns have 1st forward and left. And when people hear that a 5 speed came in some vanagons, until they...
• Re: VDO Oil Sender Setup
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 16 May 2012 14:13:38 -0700
  ...The sender itself is mounted on the side of > the gearbox where the cruise control sensor used to be. If you're > thinking that...
• Re: Place to mount shackles?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 26 May 2011 01:52:38 -0400
  ...Actually the upper and lower control arms do that, attaching to the steering knuckle by the upper and lower ball joints and holding it...
• Re: New VW/Chrysler Minivan Update
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:58:52 +1300
  ...You just can't beat a forward-control van like the T3 for cargo-bay volume. The T4 peoplemover versions will have no luggage...
• Re: Oil dipstick pushed out of the tube
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 3 Oct 2008 20:07:52 -0700
  ...One is a yellow stick-on sticker on the top of the block, left and forward, under the intake manifold runners there, that says...
• Fwd: Squeaky front end parts
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Blong
  Wed, 20 Sep 2006 20:33:56 -0400
  ...mordo ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Helmut Blong <helmut.blong@gmail.com> Date: Sep 20, 2006 8:28 PM Subject: Fwd: Squeaky front end parts To...
• Re: Making of a Vanagon - Now New T3
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 2 Dec 2008 18:58:44 -0800
  ...Well, the Japanese have continued with forward-control vans (and likewise the 2nd-generation Mitsubishi Delica made by Hyundai as the H100). These must...
• Re: Runaway Engine RPMs
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Thu, 10 Oct 2013 14:03:17 -0700
  ...and take the ISV control unit there out .. usually they have never been looked at or touched in the life of the van .. or...
• Re: Blue slider vents in doors? 84 GL...wazzit these supposed to do?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 10:21:05 -0800
  Sliders forward - Exhausts the air from the Interior out Sliders back - Exhaust is closed off - no ventilation out -- Jim Thompson 84 GL 1.9...
• Re: Blue slider vents in doors? 84 GL...wazzit these supposed to do?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 10:24:26 -0800
  air exit. forward open, rear back. If it is open I can feel air exiting when driving. later vans had the exit vents in...
• Re: Deer Strike, Stories anyone??
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 13 Oct 2001 14:21:52 +1200
  ...how you and it >fared?? I would think a good solid forward-control van like ours (or a Japanese van) would be safer in...
• Re: solar question
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Fri, 9 Apr 2010 23:32:25 -0400
  ...Further more put the controller as close to the battery or batteries as you can, use big enough wires etc. I tried to figure...
• "improved" efi?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 15 Feb 2013 06:52:50 -0800
  ...At first glance, it looks like a straight forward task....Read instructions, do meticulous careful work, and it should be good, no? This, regrettably...
• HOWTO: Audiovox cruise control install experience
  Historical mailing list - Eric Brown
  Mon, 14 Jun 1999 11:19:01 -0700
  ...I did my initial test drives before I ran the control wires forward and instead just taped the control to the back of the...
• Re: troubleshooting Audiovox Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sun, 4 Nov 2012 10:06:45 -0800
  ...troubleshooting Audiovox Cruise Control To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Sunday, November 4, 2012, 8:41 AM Thanks everybody for the tips on troubleshooting...
• VW cabriolet Q's (no vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Caston/Payne
  Sun, 5 Sep 1999 20:00:09 -0400
  Please forward this to the "Rabbit list" if someone is on one. Just reply to me @ <happycampers@picusnet.com> We went to look at...
• Re: no heat ! .. the saga continues
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Thu, 28 Nov 2002 10:16:20 -0500
  Hi Dave, A couple of thoughts, Are you sure your heat control is working. The wire can break or kink, leaving your heater control...
• Re: Upper Control Arm Bushing Replacment?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 7 Jan 2008 21:13:46 -0800
  ...Upper Control Arm Bushing Replacment? Good tutorial John, but I beg to differ on the subject of the tack welds. Their purpose is to...
• Re: Rear Vanagon Removal
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 09:10:48 -0600
  ...But, I removed the hoses completely, including the T-junctions at the long heater hoses that go forward under the van. I just ran...
• BA6 Heater vs. Regular Heat
  Historical mailing list - John Tullier
  Thu, 21 Feb 2002 22:51:26 -0800
  ...What I am looking forward too however, (with regards to climate control), is the hopeful addition of an air conditioning system. This would be...
• Re: Floor Duct
  Historical mailing list - Neil Crawford
  Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:22:46 -0700
  ...Then enjoy the much improved air/heat controls > like 90% of Vanagons have. You also want the lower dash bezel for the > later heater...
• Re: Oil heat exchanger fail.. more
  Historical mailing list - Mbob1950
  Wed, 25 Oct 2017 10:51:19 -0500
  ...Both use mocal sandwich with thermostat control in it and stock oil pump. >> I think I can remove the old stock cooler and just...
• Re: '97 VW Stereo Install Complete
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 17 Oct 2001 10:34:07 -0400
  ...It is also capable of controlling a factory cd changer. Crutchfield sells a Clarion changer that works with this unit for $200. The wiring...
• Re: Accelerator cable woes
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 15 Jan 2003 22:24:28 -0800
  ...I ended up removing the throttle cable from the engine and making it all go 'down hill' from the union just forward of the...
• Re: Short shift for 5 speed
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 29 Jun 2012 20:02:23 -0400
  ...ALL 'normal' gear shift patterns have 1st forward and left. And when people hear that a 5 speed came in some vanagons, until they...
• Re: Call to TOUGH Nut Crackers was- Digifant Idle & brief power loss
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Thu, 20 Jul 2000 09:04:45 EDT
  ...I have been fussing around with the idle stabilizer control circuitry since my idle stabilizer controller came up lame (high idle symptom). I replaced...
• Chime gone AWOL (86 2.1, AT)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hersh
  Fri, 4 Jun 2010 15:32:14 -0700
  ...Fast forward to this spring, bus hard starting when warm, take to my regular shop, Specialty Motors in Seattle (highly recommended, BTW), cause I...