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• Re: ? Lock Washers on Exhaust Fasteners?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 17 Sep 2002 14:03:50 -0400
  ...Hmm, I thought I remember the Bentley saying to use locking NUTS. Of course, the locking nuts I know of, use a nylon insert...
• Re: Is there a way to open hatch.....?
  Historical mailing list - Lew Sutphin
  Fri, 20 Dec 2002 23:36:13 +0000
  ...Sometimes the power locks and the hatch locks get out of sync. Hope it works. Lew
• Re: Door locks
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 26 Nov 1996 12:22:35 -0500
  In a message dated 96-11-25 23:35:08 EST, DEREKWH125@aol.com writes: << Does anyone out here have power door locks? If...
• Re: '82 rear lock cylinder removal?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 12 Apr 2006 07:04:12 -0700
  ...I suspect the PO never locked anything, so the lock just seized in the open position. The passenger door was similar. VW locks don...
• Re: Unstick Lock Key Holes?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 26 Oct 1996 20:50:48 -0400
  ...Finally on a warm spring day after a cold Vermont winter of walking around to the only free lock I removed the offending locks...
• Re: Rear Hatch Lock
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Mon, 7 Oct 2002 14:24:17 -0600
  Take off the interior panel and lube the shaft that the lock slides on. It will help for a good while. tx, bmc :) "Faith...
• Re: sticking rear hatch lock problem
  Historical mailing list - pedro dos santos
  Sat, 5 May 2001 19:43:55 -0700
  I had the same problem with my rear hatch lock sticking two years ago on my 91 vanagon. The problem was that I was...
• Re: Which lock cylinder is for what & pics of power vs. non-power hatch lock
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:05:27 -0500
  ...I've never taken out the front door lock cylinders on my 91 Westy (GL Westy), which has power locks. On Jan 24, 2010...
• Re: ? Lock Washers on Exhaust Fasteners?
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Tue, 17 Sep 2002 12:02:16 -0600
  There are locking nuts that are all metal. They are usually copper coated, and the end of the hole curves in a bit, so...
• Electric door lock links
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 2 Oct 2022 19:38:38 -0500
  Well, once again I'm looking for one of the links that connects the lock motor to the locking button on the door. I...
• Electric Locks
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 4 Jun 2021 14:06:34 -0500
  Houston, I have a problem! I have a 1991 Carat with electric door locks that don't work. I pulled the door panels to...
• Re: 87 Westy needs new power locks
  Historical mailing list - John Gladu
  Thu, 15 May 1997 01:16:05 -0500
  ...It would still lock (manually), but not send the electrons out to lock the rest of them. Working one of the other locks *would...
• Re: Keys
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Wed, 8 Dec 2004 01:58:59 -0600
  ...I found that sears could make a set, and they appeared >> to work in every lock. Sadly, I missed one lock. For some reason...
• Re: Rear Hatch Lock
  Historical mailing list - Claudio Cella
  Mon, 7 Oct 2002 21:36:40 -0700
  Several years ago i seem to recall a similar problem on my 87 Vanagon - i sprayed some WD-40 in the lock via the...
• Re: Locking wheel lug nuts
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 11 Feb 2006 14:51:00 -0700
  I don't recall the "brand" Malcolm, but I have a socket-type of locking lug nut set on mine. Rather than the McGard...
• Re: 12v relay help
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 10 Nov 2007 12:48:51 -0500
  ...12v relay help > The slider and rear hatch locks are really controlled by the > drivers door lock. Aha, but this is an aftermarket central...
• Re: Disabling steering wheel lock
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Mon, 7 Mar 2005 03:04:34 -0600
  tjhannink@YAHOO.COM wrote: > Has anyone disabled their steering wheel lock? What is the easiest way to do it? > There are two basic techniques...
• Re: Door handle/lock changing question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:05:00 -0600
  ...that is, that the locks work. I cannot unlock or lock my driver's door. It isn't the lock or the tumblers, that...
• Re: Halifax 2 Vancouver: In Vancouver
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 2 Jul 2005 17:09:46 -0500
  ...The lock has issues and VW recognized and addressed those issues with the manufacture of a modified replacement lock assembly. The original part is...
• Re: lock yer doors without keys?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 11 Oct 2004 16:56:12 -0400
  If you have power locks, you need the key to lock them from either side. This is to avoid locking the keys inside. As...
• Re: Diff Locks
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 11 Jan 1999 18:56:20 -0800
  My lights never turn on - but my rear lock does work. It's under the it isn't *really* broke so I won't...
• Re: Driver's door lock info?
  Historical mailing list - - Lauren Pelzer
  Thu, 8 Jun 2000 02:22:28 EDT
  ...should you be able to lock a Vanagon driver's door without the key? >> I always thought that the door didn't lock without...
• drivers door lock
  Historical mailing list - marty
  Mon, 9 Jul 2001 12:35:06 -0400
  Terry Kay wrote: > The drivers door won't lock by pushing the button, and slamming the > door. > It's a saftey feature, to prevent...
• Re: Locks
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Wed, 10 Jun 1998 08:17:12 -0700
  Craig, Go to a FLAPS or indie VW shop and get a driver's side door lock; it will come with a key. Pry...
• rear hatch lock - won't open
  Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
  Sun, 13 Dec 1998 11:32:43 -0600
  Hi all HELP - I can't open the rear hatch! 87 with power locks, power unplugged for unrelated reason making them manual locks. Rear...
• Help, doors won't unlock
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Thu, 1 Sep 2005 17:19:29 -0700
  I have a new (to me) 87 Vanagon, it's a Wolfsburg and has power door locks. I pushed down the passenger lock button...
• Driver door lock
  Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
  Wed, 11 Jan 2023 10:06:36 -0800
  ...However, I noticed during reassembly that my driver's door seems to be unlockable -- I can't push the lock button down. This doesn...
• Re: Electric Locks - Rear hatch will not open
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:38:40 -0500
  ...Today it will not. �Unlike my manual locks in the my > GL's, this lock requires the key be in the lock to press...
• Re: lock yer doors without keys?
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Mon, 11 Oct 2004 11:36:16 -0400
  Chris, At least on my '87, I can lock the passenger side by pushing the button and closing the door. Holding in the handle...
• Power locks that won't
  Historical mailing list - Penberthy, Thomas
  Tue, 7 Dec 1999 13:29:56 -0800
  ...When I bought Marlin, the power locks were a little funky. First the passenger door wouldn't react (lock or unlock) when I used...
• Re: Electric door lock
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Fri, 5 Dec 2003 12:29:02 -0500
  I have swapped the door lock actuator and here are my symptoms, still.When i turn the key on the driver's door all...
• Re: New Locker from Weddle
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Tue, 31 Dec 2013 16:58:49 -0800
  ...New Locker from Weddle > > > > One, well this one at least, wonders how costly it would be to install > said locker? > > > > Any quotes, or guesses...
• Re: Locking differential
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Mon, 15 Jul 2002 22:07:41 -0600
  It was an option on syncros, and German Transaxles in Bend, OR, will also install a front diff lock on the syncro for about...
• Re: Rear hatch lock for electronic locking system
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 28 Mar 2011 02:47:26 -0700
  On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 11:38 PM, C Snyder <titantic01@aol.com> wrote: > I need a new hatch lock for my 1987...
• Re: Lost my Vanagon Headlights!! (the lock part)
  Historical mailing list - william killian
  Thu, 1 Jun 1995 13:24:28 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Does anyone else have this special Vanagon feature? I cannot lock the > driver's door by just pushing down the little knob and closing...
• Re: adding central locking
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Sep 2006 00:44:04 EDT
  ...and the sliding door lock is different as well on power lock models.. same with hatch lock.. little extra tabs on them that the...
• Re: Funny central locking behaviour ...
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:05:12 -0700
  At 6/10/2007 11:58 PM, Zoltan wrote: >Hi guys, >I worked on the central locking system. The pass. side did not work...
• Lock box for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Mon, 28 Feb 2000 18:27:54 -0600
  As a locksmith and Vanagon owner, I, too, had the same problem. I put a cam lock in the spare battery compartment behind the...
• Re: Drivers Side Door Lock Modification
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Fri, 19 Jan 2001 17:41:33 -0700
  I had a look at my spare door lock, 90-91, to by pass this feature trim off , a la dremel, the end of...
• Location of fuse for power door locks
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 19 Feb 2007 21:50:58 +0000
  Does anyone know the location of the fuse for the power door locks for an '88 Vanagon? I seem to have something draining the...
• rear hatch lock problem-more info
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Thu, 6 Aug 2009 00:53:48 EDT
  I forgot to mention that I have disconnected the power door locks at the drivers door lock actuator due to other electrical issues so...
• Re: Central Locks..
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 11 Aug 2000 23:16:02 +1300
  ...Jeez, he must've thought the locks were hydraulically actuated! count yourself lucky that he wasn't working on your fuel system... Andrew Grebneff...
• Re: Steering Locks
  Historical mailing list - Jon Christensen
  Tue, 25 Jun 1996 08:09:24 -0500 (CDT)
  On Tue, 25 Jun 1996, Ben Ryan wrote: > > Does anyone know what years VW made steerings locks for > vans? I've got a '62...
• Re: Rear hatch lock revisited
  Historical mailing list - David Katsuki
  Thu, 29 May 1997 16:54:19 -0400
  ...I noticed if the front >doors are locked the key will unlock the rear hatch. If the front doors >are not locked I can...
• Not Vanagon, sticky locks, and a Westy update
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Fri, 16 Oct 2015 09:38:38 -0400
  Hi all, This may or may not relate to Vanagon locks, but specifically, the door locks on the outside of my 1995 Toyota T...
• Re: Power Locks- Rear Hatch Stuck Shut!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 4 Dec 2011 08:14:17 -0800
  pop the lock out, takes 10 minutes. be careful with the brittle snaps on the hatch door card. Once card is off you can...
• Looking for a auto door lock part
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 13 Apr 2000 12:26:10 +1200
  Folks- -I had a minor melt down in my rear hatch auto door lock today - everything is -okay except that the worm on the...
• Re: How to get the tumbler out of a lock mechanism?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 1 Feb 2012 19:08:32 -0800
  A really competent locksmith can 'decode' the lock or key and generate a new key cut by code. It won't be cheap though...
• 90 Westfalia power locks problem
  Historical mailing list - Paul Peranteau
  Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:19:12 -0500
  ...Certainly it's not controlling the other locks like any other power locks I've ever had. Rear lid lock will not unlock at...
• steering lock and switch
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:43:58 -0600
  ...Luckily I had a spare lock assembly with a different lock/key in storage, so I installed the new switch in this alternate lock...
• Re: � � � Followup: sucking gas tank...
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 5 Sep 2002 17:52:43 EDT
  In a message dated 9/5/02 12:32:16 PM, grungy@MINDLESS.COM writes: > No idea how to remove the lock cylinder > On...
• Re: drivers door lock
  Historical mailing list - Donna Stewart
  Mon, 9 Jul 2001 09:35:14 -0700
  Yes - for some years on many VWs you can't lock the driver's door when leaving the car by pushing the button down...
• Re: lost key
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:13:52 -0800
  My local oldtime locksmith shop did this for me recently. I pulled a front door handle in the parking lot in under a minute...
• Re: [Syncro] Can you drive without differential lock plumbing
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 22 Jun 2006 18:23:05 -0700
  Yes, you can normally drive without any vacuum lines connected to the tranny diff lock actuator. There is a return spring inside the locker...
• Re: Diff lock Curiosity
  Historical mailing list - Andreas
  Tue, 1 Dec 1998 19:04:05 +0100
  Well for sure the lock is normally engaged in the pulled out position, and the lh green light is for my front diff lock...
• Re: Steering Locks
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Jun 1996 16:28:02 +0100
  ...also, 69 is the first year >for steering locks for beetles. anyone know more? In Holland a steering lock on a bug is kinda...
• Re: Making keys
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Mon, 15 Nov 2004 17:17:15 -0800
  > Any decent locksmith can make new keys if >you take in one of your locks. There is (was?) a locksmith on the >list but...
• vanagon gas caps for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Oct 2004 23:53:15 EDT
  ...I have trouble locking it, I > have monkey hands when it comes to trying to lock it. Then going down the > road it pops...
• Re: Locking lug nut/high lift jack
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 26 Nov 2015 09:49:35 -0700
  http://www.mcgard.com/index.php/automotive-2/wheel-locks/5-lock-sets-for-exterior-spare-tires On 25 Nov , 2015, at 5:56...
• Re: locked out
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 27 Aug 2002 13:17:54 -0400
  On Tue, 27 Aug 2002, Bill N wrote: > How do you lock your keys in the van? I can't on my '81, even...