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• Re: [Syncro] Re: Working on possibility of adding tilt steering. Info needed.
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 11 Mar 2007 11:51:59 -0700
  ...I prefer to keep all the parts all VW ad in this case it is more compatible than the Ford column this guy is...
• Re: Best VW Bus Article Ever Written?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 6 Jun 2008 08:13:48 -0700
  ...Owsianowski <pnoceanwesty@gmail.com> wrote: > This guy needs to get out of my head: > > http://www.sanjuanislander.com/columns/shus-views/main.shtml > > > > -- > Pete...
• Re: Bad plastic(s)
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Thu, 3 Feb 2011 13:10:51 +0000
  At 6'4", my knees usually crash into either the map pocket or steering column cover when getting in/out of mine. Every Vanagon...
• Re: Starting circuits in '84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 18 Aug 2012 19:51:50 -0400
  ...Steering column cover is two #2 Phillips from below, and a spring clip around the lower column that just pulls off. Yrs, d
• Re: Cruise Control Parts Shared With Rabbit?
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:46:29 +0200
  No, not without modification to the steering column. The Golf/Jetta MK III have the same basic geometry, but the screws to fix it...
• LVC: Friday: creative solutions to engine conversion problems
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Fri, 5 Jul 2013 18:50:35 -0400
  ...Yes, that's the steering column passing through the middle of the "special" exhaust pipe. You can see the exhaust manifold in the upper...
• Re: Replacement for Steering Column's Upper Bolts?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 7 May 2012 14:17:34 -0400
  At 01:53 PM 5/7/2012, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: >Other than the heads, are there anything magical about these bolts? The price...
• Wipers and Heater Motor Not Working
  Historical mailing list - Melvin Mudgett-Price
  Wed, 27 Mar 2002 12:36:51 -0500
  ...Are they on the same fuse? I can see the fuse panel just to the left of the steering column and none seem to...
• ignition switch part #
  Historical mailing list - Dylan Kahler
  Tue, 3 Feb 2004 13:05:55 -0800
  I've narrowed my problems down to the electrical ignition switch in the steering column thanks to list help... Now, can anyone tell me...
• Re: Bad plastic(s)
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 3 Feb 2011 10:58:11 -0800
  ...At 5'-8", my knees never make contact with the steering column cover. I also don't stuff my van with 7' tall college...
• Re: Sliding Door "Courtesy Light" Switch
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:46:49 -0700
  ...I see there is a rectangular hole in the > column above the door lock contacts and a matching round hole on the door. > Was...
• Re: do vanagons ever get stolen???
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 18 Aug 2002 16:12:12 EDT
  ...The thieves broke the > steering column but couldn't start the car. They broke several windows > before they left the scene. In total about...
• Re: Shear bolts on steering column
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sat, 26 Feb 2000 18:13:46 +0100
  Karl Wolz wrote: > When replacing these bolts you have the opportunity to adjust the horn > contact by moving the housing up or down. This...
• Re: SHEAR bolts/steering column
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Wed, 22 Oct 2003 15:02:11 -0700
  ...SHEAR bolts/steering column At 02:35 AM 10/22/2003, George Goff wrote: >On this list, the subject of those damn shear head...
• Re: LED Panel Switches for Dometic Exhaust Fan
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 12 Sep 2019 00:17:42 -0400
  ...0&pv534=14&sf=1&FV=1140004%2C1f140000%2Cffe000c9%2C3ac0011&quantity=&ColumnSort=0&page=1&pageSize=25 And deselecting M6 and selecting 1/4...
• Re: Eurovan Gauge strangeness
  Historical mailing list
  03 Jul 1996 16:41:14 GMT
  ...Remove cover around the steering column. >3. remove turn signal and wiper switch from the column (there are 2 or 3 >screws to do...
• Re: LED Panel Switches for Dometic Exhaust Fan
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 11 Sep 2019 14:36:38 -0400
  ...https://www.digikey.com/products/en/switches/toggle-switches/201?k=&pkeyword=&sv=0&sf=0&FV=ffe000c9%2C1140004%2C1f140000&quantity=&ColumnSort=0&page...
• Re: 1981 Brake Caliper Decision
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 23 Jul 2015 10:05:23 -0700
  http://www.nexteer.com/technology/steering/electric-power-steering/column-assist-electric-power-steering/?sa=X&ved=0CDAQ9QEwDGoVChMI__mFjd3xxgIVRns-Ch2VWABt On 7/23/15...
• vanagon spotted on TV
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 14 Jan 2015 07:51:10 -0500
  ...Then they hotwired it under the steering column with no attention to the steering wheel lock. The shots of the engine compartment looked realistic...
• Re: ign switch
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sat, 13 Jan 2001 08:27:29 -0800
  ...where > is this switch located on my 90gl and where can i buy a new one? It's located on the steering column behind...
• Autostadt, Wolfsburg
  Historical mailing list - James Karukas
  Wed, 17 Apr 2002 17:14:03 -0700
  Nice front page piece about the VW theme park for German buyers at www.latimes.com The World; Column One; 4/16/02. Better...
• Re: Bad plastic(s)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 3 Feb 2011 10:17:08 EST
  ...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: electric or hydraulic power steering
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 23 Mar 2022 16:58:43 -0700
  ...Been researching the electrical steering kits, seems like the > downside is I'd lose the collapsibility of the steering column in the event > of...
• Re: Windshield washer tank repair questions
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 13 May 2017 17:50:15 -0400
  ...After a lot of messing around, I finally found that the problem was the switch on the steering column. I did not have to...
• Re: Shear Bolts?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 17 Jun 2000 21:06:29 -0700
  ...If under-tightened, they will work loose and you'll have the steering column flopping around in your lap. If over-tightened, in the...
• Re: Steering Wheel Grinding
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Wed, 2 Nov 2022 14:23:16 -0600
  ...Steering wheel columns are notorious for rubbing. A little fiing > on the column cover would help. > >> On Wed, Nov 2, 2022 at 2:56...
• Re: ignition switch for 87 syncro
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 24 Jun 2002 14:03:29 -0400
  ...correctly, when you do switch the switch, you'll have to loosen the steering column. Information, is in the Bentley manual as I recall.
• Wiper wackiness
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin E. Beasley
  Wed, 12 Mar 2003 13:56:43 -0500
  ...I've tried a new wiper motor AND a new wiper switch (new column replacement from Bus Depot) with the same results. Anybody had...
• Re: Who wants to play "Guess that part!"
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 15 Mar 2007 18:44:32 EDT
  ...Anyone know for sure? > > http://picasaweb.google.com/xxtabe/Misc02/photo#5042282659869271346 > > lower steering column cover clip that broke off the plastic cover chris...
• Re: airbag rant
  Historical mailing list - Mark Gajewski
  Wed, 6 Jan 1999 16:52:28 -0500
  ...To get at the switch, which is the same as in > Golfs, Jettas etc., I was told I need to disassemble the steering column...
• Re: Upper steering column grease recommendation and what else to do while replacing ignition switch
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:05:28 -0600
  'Specially this area!! On 12/12/2012 8:41 PM, MICHAEL H wrote: > how's the accelerator pedal mount area Mine rusted completely through...
• Parts Bonus
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 23 Jul 1995 15:13:08 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I tried my bus key in the ignition switch and steering column lock I just got, and IT FITS! Its the proper keyway! Off...
• Re: fitting on an 82 Westy
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 18 Dec 1999 19:50:56 EST
  ...It is located just right of the steering column and below the clock. What is it? Or is this something the previous owner installed...
• carat curtains
  Historical mailing list - mark
  Mon, 1 Dec 2003 22:23:19 -0800
  ...I'd like to have a seperation between rear and front compartments (and you know I've got those center column ac venting...)... thanks...
• Re: Stripping a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:48:06 -0600
  Steering rack, including the Ujoint that connects to the steering column Trailing Arms All the door handles, locks.....including all sliding door hardware Instrument...
• Re: heater blowers
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 29 Sep 2000 18:26:47 -0400
  ...you've got good sharp vise-grips to get the steering-column bolts out, and someone to help lift the dashboard out and in...
• black plastic steering column covers, upper and lower
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 25 Jun 2003 13:35:41 EDT
  In a message dated 6/25/03 8:03:12 AM Eastern Daylight Time, vze4rq5j@VERIZON.NET writes: > Anyone have the plastic that goes...
• Re: 15" wheel/tire report - caution
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 15 Mar 2005 09:26:39 -0700
  ...T with UNI-T, P205/75R15 97S - and the "load range" > column is blank." Check out the tirerack link below and go to your...
• Re: Steering. Re: P 48.14 Measurement "a"
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:22:16 -0800
  ...all. >> >> Had the dash off and am re-securing the steering column. (1981, manual >> steering) >> >> P 48.14 in Bentley specifies a measurement for...
• Re: headlight switch mystery, help!
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Wed, 23 Jun 1999 19:54:37 -0400
  Trust me, the ignition switch on the steering column. mike 87westy with lights again and 2 headlight switches that work Leif wrote: > > Interesting. When...
• Re: Shear Bolts?
  Historical mailing list - Puzerewski
  Fri, 16 Jun 2000 22:11:26 -0400
  ...They are attached to the steering column and have triangular heads. Adam Puzerewski ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc Perdue" <marcperdue@adelphia.net> To: <vanagon@GERRY...
• Re: Friday NVC; interesting video
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 21 Sep 2012 18:18:34 -0400
  ...His columns in the Physics Teacher magazine have been outstanding. He wrote a series of articles about the exponential function as well as many...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Scott Allred
  Tue, 11 Feb 1997 14:19:33 -0800
  ...On page 69 in the "Fetish" column is an article that describes a new record player called The Vinyl Killer. It is shaped like...
• Installing an after market radio?
  Historical mailing list - James AYRES
  Fri, 31 Aug 2007 18:33:55 -0600
  ...Any suggestions as to how I can hook up to a keyed wire without taking the steering column apart? Any help is good help...
• Re: Steering. Re: P 48.14 Measurement "a"
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 3 Feb 2013 13:31:51 -0600
  ...Seems to me that doing this brings >>> the lower column pins further into the bushings, closer to the 3.5 mm >>> spec BUT I...
• Re: Magnetic Tachs - bicycle to vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 6 Nov 2003 16:59:21 -0600
  ...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: Blinker cancelation switch problem
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 19 May 2008 14:46:09 -0700
  ...We did not mark the way the adapter plate (to adapt the > non-standard wheel to the van's steering column), and it can...
• Re: Shear Bolts/Steering column
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Mon, 9 Aug 1999 16:47:06 -0400
  ...But all these things > are doing is holding the column up to a couple of bend-in-your-hand > brackets coming from the top...
• Oil testing web page
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Thu, 13 Apr 2000 13:38:00 -0700
  ...herguth You can click on columns to sort by that column. Using this model, (which is not ideal) I can envision the "Equipment ID...
• Re: Roof openings.., four skylights???
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Thu, 29 Dec 2005 17:44:44 -0700
  ...Roof openings.., four skylights??? Have any non-westy owners with the central column for AC, tried to put in a skylight.., specifically.., four of...
• Re: Steering column shear bolt removal
  Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
  Sun, 16 Feb 2014 21:31:39 -0800
  The washers were missing and I couldn't get a grip on them with vice grips or channel locks. I don't have a...
• Re: fitting on an 82 Westy
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 18 Dec 1999 19:50:19 -0500
  ...It is located just right >of the steering column and below the clock. What is it? Or is this >something the previous owner installed...
• Re: Help!!!!Key WON"T WORK
  Historical mailing list - wb6otg
  Fri, 8 Dec 2000 12:14:44 -0500
  ...in a >way so as to put tension on the steering column lookout? you might try >to turn the wheel back to a slightly...
• What is a ECS-Malfunction indicator light and switch from an 88?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 5 May 2003 12:32:20 EDT
  ...Under the dash in the front to the right of the steering column is a plug that it should go into but it has...
• Re: turn signals suddenly out
  Historical mailing list - Andy Stalick
  Thu, 12 May 2005 10:16:47 -0500
  ...Leading candidates are poor grounding and something in the steering column. The fuses are fine. The hazards work properly. I redid half of the...
• Re: Wiring radio to accessory instead of battery?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:16:58 -0800
  I have hooked up Vanagon radios to the key buzzer wire from ign switch under the steering column. I think it is the grey...
• Re: Bad plastic(s)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 3 Feb 2011 06:44:26 -0700
  ...Some of them get impacts on occasion, like knees to steering column covers and map pockets, while others just get normal usage, like door...
• insulating hot side of Dometic refer
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 25 Sep 2011 11:28:27 -0400
  ...How about adding insulation around the "hot column" and on the exposed exhaust pipe as it goes up from the column to the exit...
• Answer to "No Low Beams" thanks guys!
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Danrich
  Sat, 20 Apr 2002 19:13:00 -1000
  ...It will probably work now and it so - time to remove the steering wheel, bearing, column assemble and slide it off the column. Now...
• Where Are They Now?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 23 Nov 95 15:35 CST
  ...Someone who started the Transporter Talk column in DB&HVWs. Someone who wrote of part hunting in Mexico, Greece (and some other places). Someone...