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Re: speedo cable lube-able?
Historical mailing list - George Goff
Sat, 11 Jun 2005 09:01:49 EDT
...Bike shops (not bicycle, REAL bikes) stock cable lube which is composed of graphite suspended in a solvent vehicle which carries the graphite into...
Re: CARPET REPLACEMENT was replacement for stock ground cable on 85 westy
Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
Thu, 25 Jun 2015 13:08:03 -0500
...replacement for stock ground cable on 85 westy >> >> need a source for a replacement battery ground cable for a 85 westy. >> It is EXTREMELY...
Re: oxygen sensor input wire
Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:48:20 -0400
...I am wondering if anyone has > replaced this cable and if so where did you find this small gauge coax > type > cable? How far...
Re: Addendum to question on Parking Brake Cable
Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
Sun, 13 Jan 2013 15:26:26 -0500
...The cable is not broken and > > does engage, but it engages after the passenger side cable. > > > > Is this normal or do the cables stretch...
Re: Need speedo for 87 westy--speedo problems
Historical mailing list - James Cohen
Wed, 23 Sep 1998 00:08:02 -0400
...My mechanic told me this is no >> caused by the cable, but probably the gears in the speedo. Sounds like the cable to me...
Re: Starting problems...
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Sun, 29 Dec 2002 21:28:35 -0600
...one other thing I've seen is the short cable to the > starter moter from the solenoid (uninsulated braided cable) burn itself open > eventually...
Re: Camelback VW / Accel. cable
Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
Thu, 12 Oct 2000 22:08:17 -0400
S Sittservl (Ssittservl@aol.com) said on the date of 10/12/00 4:14 PM >When my accelerator cable went bad a couple...
Re: Why is this Here?
Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
Mon, 29 Aug 2005 22:07:16 -0400
...If you are talking about the big black cable, that is the speedometer cable. :-) -- Don in Reidsville, NC 1986 Kawasaki Concours 1988 Vanagon GL...
Re: Speedometer Cable End
Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
Thu, 27 May 1999 02:54:50 -0700
...Speedometer Cable End >At 05:28 5/26/99 -0400, Frank Condelli wrote: >>to make the speedo cable end square again ? I've been...
Re: Trouble with lower front heater flaps
Historical mailing list - Mark Rokus
Sun, 3 May 1998 14:20:39 -0400
Joseph Tu wrote: > Hello, > > I am absolutely fed up with the lower front heater flaps on my van. > Before the cable would be very...
Re: Broken front window lift -- How to fix ??
Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
Mon, 28 Apr 2003 14:38:53 -0400
...Got all the bolts out, but the cable seems to go 360 degrees through the electric motor....??? The cable also goes through the verticle...
Re: power window repair
Historical mailing list - John Anderson
Sun, 13 Oct 1996 19:47:44 -0400
...My read on the situation at the > time was that it wasn't the winder taking up too much cable breaking the > guides, but...
westfalia pop top cables
Historical mailing list - mike riley
Sun, 5 May 2019 14:16:55 +0000
Anybody know where you can get either a repair kit or new cables for the pop top? both mine are broken? thanks mike
Re: Heater Cable from Bus Depot?
Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
Thu, 9 Oct 2014 20:47:02 -0400
If the valve itself isn't tight, straighten and lube the cable. I've never replaced one unless it was broken.
Cable shifter for Porsche trans?
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Mon, 1 May 2006 20:10:22 +1200
Heck, being cable-operated, the shifter unit could be mounted on rails so that it could be adjusted forward & back, up & down!!
Re: Cable TV in the Vanagon?
Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge/RFAN
Mon, 16 Nov 2015 15:51:23 -0800
...Just looking for some novel connection designs so I don't end up running the cable through the vent wing....although that is not...
Fw: Re: Fw: Speedo 'jigger'
Historical mailing list - KBatzler
Tue, 20 Oct 1998 21:27:38 -0700
<< Hi David, My 84 did the same thing...it was the lower speedo cable (dealer $340.> Sorry folks....major typo!!!! the cable was $34...
Re: Speedometer Cable End
Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
Wed, 26 May 1999 12:45:47 -0700
...Speedometer Cable End >Looking for collective wisdom here ! Speedometer cable square end where >it connects to wheel bearing dust cap has become round and...
Re: Starters and batteries
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Sun, 1 Apr 2018 14:34:47 -0700
...connect it to the main battery cables (+ to + and - to -) using a jumper cable set. Disconnect the negative from the main battery without disturbing...
Re: "Rrrr, rrrrr, rrrr..skritch skritch...rrr rrr " (speedo noise?) Resolved
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Sun, 1 Nov 2009 06:49:12 -0800
...Has > a white plastic lever (on the cable fitting) that is supposed to click over > a groove in the speedo and 'anchor' the cable...
Re: Bit of Toyota Syndrome in '84 Westy
Historical mailing list - David Milo
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:02:06 -0400
...The sheath that transitions the cable from the rear body upwards to the engine will rust internally (along with the cable) and cause it...
O2-sensor blues and more on '84 1.9L engine
Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
Sat, 13 Aug 2011 11:46:31 -0400
First, thank you to one of the list gurus who suggested checking on shorts between O2-cable and its shield. I had one of...
Re: Bouncy Speedo Needle
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Sun, 26 Feb 2006 17:04:29 -0800
...Bouncing Speedo Most likely the cable. I also encountered a problem at the wheel (assuming 2wd) where the square end of the cable comes...
slack in e-brake cable?
Historical mailing list - Ryan Alfonso
Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:10:40 -0800
...when the handbrake is off, the adjuster and the cables just dangle about an inch and a half lower than they would be with...
syncro speedo cable
Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
Sun, 14 Sep 2003 18:17:23 -0400
...on my 90gl the cable runs thru the drivers side front wheel assembly.  on the 87 syncro it is not there.  is...
Re: Sticky vent controls?
Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
Fri, 20 Aug 2021 09:51:53 -0500
If you take the heater box out you must take the cables loose and that means readjust them to go in exactly as they...
Re: WAS:trip out west-NOW: Heater valve
Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
Fri, 6 Aug 2010 11:06:24 -0400
...I have seen universal choke cable kits at auto parts stores, you could just pull out the inner wire, run it through your housing...
Re: Main Positive battery Cable
Historical mailing list - craig cowan
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:43:08 -0400
...Pretty big and expensive cable. > > > > I would like to know what you guys have been using as replacement cable and > if #1 AWG wire...
Re: Parts search
Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
Sat, 20 Apr 2013 13:06:52 -0600
...http://tinyurl.com/czbdxaf > > The cable covering melted during my engine fire. Fortunately for me the PO > had a spare cable under the rear...
Re: Cable TV in the Vanagon?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 16 Nov 2015 20:03:43 -0500
It is fairly common in the RV world for a cable hookup. There are a number of external boxes available and there are also...
Re: pop top struts cable fitting
Historical mailing list - neil n
Wed, 4 Aug 2010 10:12:54 -0700
...Pic 1 shows what I bet is the OEM cable. Just p-mailed you some pics. Yes. That's the swaged fitting in question...
Re: ebrake cable equalizer?'sPlastic water outlet ripoff
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Wed, 14 Feb 2001 13:41:04 -0500
...The Bentley photo of the bar that holds both emergency >brake cables on my 90GL appears to be more or less at a 90...
Power window regulator
Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
Sat, 7 Apr 2001 21:31:10 -0400
The lower cable on my LH window regulator broke today ('89 Carat). Fortunately it's late and I don't have a piece of...
Re: rear heater valve
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Thu, 2 Aug 2007 15:05:45 -0400
...there was never a cable or knob for opening/closing the rear heater valve. Second ... even when the valve is open you will feel...
weird fluid leak
Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
Tue, 2 Jun 1998 17:28:03 -0700
...There was a drip forming right where the speedo cable attaches (the cable from the tranny). Is it possible for gear oil to seep...
accelerator/throttle cable
Historical mailing list - Troy
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:08:02 -0800
Just had a new throttle cable installed in my 89 Westy. I wouldn't think that a throttle cable would make much of a...
more on cable end fixing
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:52:03 -0700
here are some folks discussing cable end problem in a machinists forum http://bbs.homeshopmachinist.net/archive/index.php/t-30465.html Alistair
Re: Intermittent speedometer failure
Historical mailing list - James
Tue, 18 Aug 2015 08:17:18 -0400
If the odometer continues to turn while the speedometer doesn't, then it is not the speedometer cable - the speedometer cable drives both of...
Heat in a '74
Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
Tue, 12 Dec 95 11:19:33 PST
...I changed the cables on both sides, but in retrospect I think that new cables may have been unecessary. On my bus, pulling the...
Re: Lubricate front heater control cables?
Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
Mon, 5 May 2008 09:37:12 -0700
Lube them! The cables in my 84 kinked, so I straightened it out and worked some triflo into the cable by pushing/pulling the...
Re: Speedo still noisy on cold mornings
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Fri, 3 Dec 2010 08:22:40 -0600
...Speedo still noisy on cold mornings I recently replaced my original speedo cable, trying to quiet my speedo. No luck. Still goes "Scritch skritch...
Re: A Current Question of humor
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:04:51 -0800
...Jumper cables and jump starting Two cautions on jumper cables. One, try to stay away from the el cheapo cables and keep the clamps...
Re: Antenna lost
Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
Sat, 29 Apr 2000 07:51:36 -0700
Brian, Your best bet is probably to remove the instrument cover and cluster and access your attenna cable through the resulting cavity. The other...
Attaching cable to thermostat?
Historical mailing list - Mike Jeffrey
Thu, 9 Jun 2005 10:21:35 -0700
...I'm not sure how the cable attaches, though? There's a post coming out of the bellows on the cable side of things...
Re: 1982 Heater Cables for Climate Control - Part Number and Source
Historical mailing list - John Thiessen
Fri, 2 Mar 2018 14:08:20 -0500
...Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: > I have two sets of latter model cables, and I think they will fit. They are > already packaged...
Re: Speedometer Cable End - cost
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Fri, 28 May 1999 07:59:13 -0700
...Speedometer Cable End - cost > Well, Volks.....here is what I found out yesterday. My local VW dealer > told me the following. Speedometer cable, inner...
Re: Speedometer cable problem - jumping
Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
Sun, 25 Mar 2007 21:29:15 -0700
Rob, I had the same problem after installing the one-piece cable from GoWesty. I pulled the instrument cluster and found that the previously...
rear heater valve
Historical mailing list - Brendan Slevin
Thu, 2 Aug 2007 11:46:00 -0700
I was wondering if the rear heater valve is supposed to have a control cable/lever for it? Mine looks like there was never...
DigiTool
Historical mailing list
Tue, 29 Feb 2000 11:42:46 EST
...I made one change, substituted a ready made 25 wire computer cable in place of the flat ribon cable. It was a bit more...
Re: Weak Starting
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Thu, 24 Feb 2005 16:31:58 -0500
On waterboxer engines the cable from the battery goes down from the box below the passenger seat, along side the frame member towards the...
Re: Need advice on replacing accelerator pedal(correction!)
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Wed, 21 Aug 2002 12:52:24 -0500
...Just wondering if any one > has done the R/R of this cable? Wondering if threading a new cable > back through is difficult? Do...
Re: Can a whining speedometer be fixed?
Historical mailing list - k1cajun
Tue, 8 Aug 2000 00:09:32 -0500
Lawrence Johnson wrote: > Get some liquid graphite cable lubricant from your FLAPS (aka Canadian > Tire). Disconnect the speedometer cable at the back of the...
speedo cable replacement
Historical mailing list - bob bob
Fri, 30 Mar 2007 08:56:11 -0700
...i will be replacing the broken speedo cable in my 84 1.9 with a new one piece... i have searched the archives and...
battery cable connector info.
Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
Wed, 26 Nov 2003 15:22:20 -0500
I need to purchase one of those high current battery connectors, use to plug in jumper cables. Anyone know where I can find these...
Re: throttle cable replacement
Historical mailing list - Don Spence
Sun, 16 Sep 2007 20:53:48 -0600
Got stranded today and needed a 68 Km tow as the throttle cable snapped at the engine end. What is the procedure for replacement...
Re: Need advice on replacing accelerator pedal(correction!)
Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
Wed, 21 Aug 2002 22:48:06 -0500
...Just wondering if any one >> has done the R/R of this cable? Wondering if threading a new cable >> back through is difficult? Do...
Re: Cured my hot cabin heater leak
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Sun, 3 Sep 2023 11:15:49 -0400
...I gently reclamped the cable using the least > pressure possible so as not to bind the wire as it passed through the cable > sheath...
Re: If it's not this, it's that
Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
Mon, 4 Jan 2021 08:40:19 -0800
Maybe the ribbon cable on the instrument pod got moved around when the new speedo cable was connected. Try reaching up under the dash...
Re: Help: Vanagon Cruise Control
Historical mailing list
Mon, 10 Jun 1996 19:35:14 -0400
...When I installed cruise in my 87 Syncro I routed the cable from the throttle forward & toward the passenger side so that it came...
Re: Speedometer cable -- where does square start
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Sun, 4 Nov 2007 20:29:27 -0500
That 3/16" clip should be in the groove on the cable and against the grease cap. Very little of the cable actually sticks...