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• MAINE: Wash Post article in Portland Press Herald Saturday
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Mon, 10 Sep 2001 13:09:16 -0400
  ...You'd have seen it if you read the entire Rover Freelander article, or the Click & Clack column! > Doug Fitz-Randolph > Freeport, ME > '90...
• Re: upper steering colmn cover w/ heated switch hole
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 10 Aug 2005 18:34:37 EDT
  > > #251 953 515 AOIC, vanagon upper steering > > column cover, black, w/ heated > > switch hole > > > > comes in black only, not brown. > > > > I have a new...
• Have relays, will be brighter lights (experience and helpful tip)
  Historical mailing list - John Tomljenovic
  Mon, 12 Aug 2002 09:28:16 -0400
  ...the biggest problem I encountered was finding a connector that would work in the high/low beam switch on the steering column. I did...
• Re: Removing Steering Wheel
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 9 Nov 2001 15:51:25 -0600
  ...A real beauty she is. (jscohen@sprynet.com) I'll keep you > posted. > > Also something isn't quite right in my steering column. I...
• Re: Re-use Used Steering Coupling Disks? (PICS)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:00:56 -0800
  ...Removing the steering column from the dash etc. >> doesn't take long. >> >> Neil. >> >> On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 2:35 PM, Jim Felder...
• Re: Steering column cover needed
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 29 Jul 2021 09:53:51 -0400
  > > But from first glance the plastic section that the clip attaches to has > broken out and the clip is no longer attached. It had...
• Re: First Timer - Dash Removal, heater R&R
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sun, 8 Nov 2020 10:44:57 -0800
  ...Raimund Feussner <ray@v6bus.de> wrote: > Hi Steve, > > No more antitheft screws to loosen on the > steering column. Just replace with standard hex bolts. > > >
• repost: 64 Westfalia for sale ....
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 23 Jul 95 17:44:48 CDT
  ...Original wood interior, striped awning, rare "scuba hatch" door on top, locking steering column. NEW motor, tires, paint, shocks etc.... extra parts available. Alternator...
• steering wheel and horn returning to stock
  Historical mailing list - mykarmann
  Wed, 8 Jan 2003 18:55:45 -0500
  ...missing the wire(s) which connect the horn to the steering column. I see two holes in the steering wheel and I see two...
• Re: 87 van dash
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:00:35 -0400
  ...run? Does the molded piece come first or the flexi hose? Does it run under the steering column? Anybody have a good picture? Jeff
• Re: Dash removal for AC access
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:26:32 -0500
  ...These will have to be replaced later with new bolts. - Loosen but don't remove bolts holding stearing column to body. This gives the...
• Re: Tiny orange switch right of steering column below dash?
  Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
  18 Jan 97 02:15:37 EST
  >Does anyone know what this thing does? It is on a relay kind of thing with >stickers that say on and off with red...
• RE: slave cyl on steering column leaky
  Historical mailing list - mdstockr
  Sun, 19 Jan 97 16:57:06
  If your talking about a steering damper, they cost <$20. --- On Sun, 19 Jan 1997 15:21:13 -0600 dan perdue <dperdue@metrolink.net...
• a simple question
  Historical mailing list - Paul Gilland
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 21:40:59 -0800
  ...I tried pressing in on the steering column arm w. the wiper controls and nothing happened. thanks, Paul __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share...
• Re: Who wants to play "Guess that part!"
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Fri, 16 Mar 2007 08:05:46 +0100
  Too small for the steering column. I think it�s one of the clips that hold the tray between front and removable seat. Am...
• Re: Magnetic Tachs - bicycle to vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Thu, 6 Nov 2003 14:53:13 -0800
  ...of that and routing the wire up the steering column or > directly thru the > floor and attach the gauge near the steering wheel on...
• Re: No brake lights
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 14 Oct 2004 17:26:40 -0600
  ...A few inches from the bottom of the steering column you'll find a > terminal and a wire. Make sure that connection is good...
• Re: Van Steering Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Wed, 26 Jan 2000 12:38:32 EST
  ...As a consequence, the steering wheel sits about 5mm-7mm above the plastic cover of the steering column. This leaves a gap which dirt...
• Re: Vanagon List Profiled In Washington Post Today
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Thu, 30 Aug 2001 13:45:01 -0400
  ...don, if you read this (if you haven't blocked e-mails from me too :) ) that was one hellibitchin column peace. Sudhir H. Desai...
• #16 Fuse found
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Sun, 10 Feb 2002 06:12:48 -0600
  ...here is where the elusive fuse is---- Take off the steering column cover, and the fuse panel extension, with the fuse is under it...
• Re: Non-extreme makeover, driveway edition (with pix)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:55:57 -0400
  ...Which reminds me, it's long past time we had a big tussle over whether the shear-head bolts on the steering column are...
• Re: My MM to Inches Diameters POSTER w Drills and Taps
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 11 Nov 2013 08:46:38 -0600
  ...Find the 6mm row in the chart below and then look across > to the column that says "1" in the thread pitch column (to...
• Re: Headlight Wiring
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Thu, 27 Mar 2003 00:29:04 -0800
  ...Now I'm pretty sure that these wires are > supposed to run through > the steering column mounted turn signal / dimmer > switch. I know that...
• She LIVES
  Historical mailing list - C B
  Thu, 21 Jul 2016 10:40:56 -0700
  Back on the road with a recently rebuilt 2.1l (but original EFI), new brakes, new clutch cylinder and even a repaired steering column...
• Re: Dometic fridge question
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 7 Nov 2015 07:50:08 -0500
  ...There are > two vertical columns of lights. The right hand column indicates the status > of the battery. The top three of the left hand...
• Re: insulating hot side of Dometic refer
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 2 Oct 2011 15:15:58 -0400
  ...where it comes up out of the fiberglass-inside-sheet-metal-column all the way to the end at the van's sidewall. Unless...
• Re: Driving Westy to South America!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Mar 1996 13:00:23 -0500
  ...Check the wiring and condition of the turn signal switch on the column and the hi-beam relay. ---- i had the problem of the...
• cruise control
  Historical mailing list - John Y. Hung
  Fri, 13 Nov 1998 11:25:39 -0500
  ...throttle linkage, hoses, a couple of switches for the pedals, and the switches on the steering column. Thanks, John Hung 84 GL Auburn, AL
• Re: Leaking Clutch Master Cylinder Help Needed
  Historical mailing list - David Katsuki
  Wed, 26 Nov 1997 18:18:40 -0500
  ...drill out the two break-away bolts that hold the steering column to the dash. New ones are available at your friendly dealer, and...
• Belated Bob Donalds anniversary
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:08:46 -0500
  ...Just tell me what how many columns (varies by screen size >and by how large you make the thumbnails with the onscreen slider) >and...
• Re: Steering wheel locked after replacing blower motor
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 21 May 2011 09:58:58 -0700
  ...So when the time came to reattach the steering column it > > > took quite an effort to torque the column back to its original > > > position...
• Re: Need brown lower column steering cover
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Sat, 24 Apr 2010 17:04:11 -0600
  Tom, I'm not home, but will look in my brown parts bin, in the morning and let you know. Miguel I have not...
• Re: Cold steering wheel
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:37:44 -0400
  ...I can, >however, go on and on about those furshlugginer wobbly and noisy >plastic steering column cover(s)! They didn't want to make...
• Air bag temporarily disable
  Historical mailing list - Denis B�lisle
  Wed, 6 Jan 1999 23:25:05 -0800
  ...diagnosis module and is not serviceable Do not hammer the steering column used a puller to remove the steering .(just in case you have...
• Re: Friday Funnies - Mechanic's Tool Guide
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Thu, 7 Jan 1999 23:15:06 -0800
  The Mechanic's Tool Guide is a plagurized version* of a Peter Egan column in Road & Track. I'm sure that it's copyrighted...
• Re: black plastic steering column covers, upper and lower
  Historical mailing list - nigel naughton
  Wed, 25 Jun 2003 13:01:34 -0500
  Selling a pretty nice Syncro in Minneapolis for a great price..... has the weekender interior with the jump seats......cruise, power everything, a/c...
• Jailbar kits
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 23 Aug 2003 06:39:32 +1200
  ...www.creativeengineering.com> or possibly www.creative-engineering.com> (there was a hyphenated column-break there, stupid editor should've caught that) -- Andrew Grebneff...
• Re: Bad plastic(s)
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 3 Feb 2011 03:17:09 -0800
  ...Is there any kind of general fix for > the parts that screw together, like the steering column cover? Some > sort of epoxy - drill - tap...
• Re: upper steering colmn cover w/ heated switch hole
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 10 Aug 2005 09:39:13 -0700
  --- JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote: > #251 953 515 AOIC, vanagon upper steering > column cover, black, w/ heated > switch hole > > comes in black only, not brown...
• Re: NVC [Friday] Natural Gas regulator
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Sat, 21 Feb 2015 11:18:21 -0800
  ...NG runs at 3 inches of water column which is really low pressure. If the existing regulator is sticking� this needs to be checked...
• Aftermarket Cruise Control on a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - William Ward
  Thu, 30 Apr 1998 17:37:12 -0500
  ...Control mounted on the steering column 2. Twisted pair of wires that goes from the bottom of the steering column, under the chassis, to...
• Re: silly little question about the basics...removing plate over the horn on ...
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Wed, 25 Jul 2007 06:46:12 -0700
  ...its probably a bad ground on the brown wire > that runs down your steering column. At least it's not what happened to me...
• Re: Messed up Steering column
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Sun, 7 May 1995 15:55:36 -0500 (CDT)
  On Sun, 7 May 1995 YVONNER@ccit.arizona.edu wrote: > aid of the steering wheel. I got to thinking, how do I get into...
• Re: The case of the missing brake fluid.
  Historical mailing list - Dean Paul Karpowicz
  Wed, 18 Jan 1995 16:50:31 -0600 (CST)
  ...carpet!!! Take a look under the carpet by where the steering column goes under the floor, my guess is that you will find a...
• steering problem
  Historical mailing list - Richard Ferguson
  Sat, 30 Dec 2000 02:36:45 -0800
  ...difference so far...Is there a way to lubricate the steering column itself? that's where it seems to be scraping. Thanks for any...
• Re: Solved, buzzer stays on when key removed
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 7 May 2021 21:44:33 -0400
  ...We then had to remove the two bolts with the snapped off tops and get into the steering column. Then luckily find my spare...
• Re: Tacho installation: wiring
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 1 May 2000 16:14:56 -0700
  ...First column is > where..." seems selfcontradictory; the columns are labelled by year-model > 1) 80-84, 2) 85+, 3) 85+, but the text says...
• Re: 88 Vanagon with "thing" on steering column??
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Tue, 14 Jan 1997 11:40:48 -0800
  ...the other day and looked > inside. > On top of the steering column, between the steering wheel and gages, the > usual plastic cover piece was...
• Re: ignition switch part #
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Tue, 3 Feb 2004 15:24:24 -0800
  ...ignition switch part # > Quite easy to replace. > Take off the steering column cover (two screws, > Pull the horn cover straight up & off, do not...
• size of these bolts
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 28 Jan 2017 14:25:44 -0800
  ...2 odd shape bolts hold the upper part of the steering column to the dash they have conical head and I don't have...
• POR15 in VW Trends (source addr)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 18 Jul 1996 14:38:07 -0700
  ...A very neutral "sales" type review in the "Whats New" column. They say: Write for free catalog on this and other products from Restomotive...
• personal to Dworkin
  Historical mailing list - Crazed Idiot
  Tue, 05 Dec 1995 0:34:53 EST
  ...a rocker-type switch located to the left of the steering column. If it's not there, check under the dashboard, it may be...
• 85 westie steering noise
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Mar 1997 00:11:38, -0500
  ...We have taken the plastic cover off the column and cleaned out any grime we saw, this stopped the noise for about 2 days...
• Re: paint codes
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Tue, 31 Oct 2000 14:03:23 CST
  I've also seen a paint code tag next to the steering column under the dash. I couldn't locate my codes, and ending...
• excite class..2000?what happen? (f)
  Historical mailing list - pierre a. lachance
  Fri, 1 Mar 2002 15:53:57 -0500
  ...exciteclassifieds2000.com ( i think this was the add) for rvs and vanagons, and enjoyed playing with the columns, years, price etc etc...what happen...
• Re: How many Vanagon list members/vanagon chat room?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sun, 2 Mar 2003 02:52:46 -0500
  In a message dated 3/2/2003 1:58:15 AM Eastern Standard Time, warmerwagen@HOTMAIL.COM writes: > Yeah- on the left column or...
• Re: Electric Power Steering Pumps
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sun, 12 Oct 2003 18:19:50 -0400
  ...If I remember right the Honda system uses a low-profile brushless electric motor attached to the steering column to provide assist.
• Re: horn beeps upon starting
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Wed, 7 Dec 2005 16:13:32 -0600
  ...key on the ring dropping between the steering wheel and steering column when you insert the keys. The key tip shorts the horn wiring...
• Steering Column Shear Bolt Part Number?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Mon, 24 Apr 2006 06:50:50 -0700
  No ETKA at the office :(. Can anyone send me the part number - the visegrip techinique to remove it did not work. Don't expect...
• power door lock wiring path
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 28 Jun 2006 11:48:28 -0700
  ...power door lock for the slider door? I know that vertical column is hollow and connects to the horizontal frame tube running aft over...