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• Re: Cruise control question
  Historical mailing list - John Graham
  Mon, 30 Oct 2006 09:24:19 -0500
  Jim, I have cruise control on my 88 and several years ago it started to fail intermittently. I traced the problem to a pin...
• Parts Wanted
  Historical mailing list - cz1137
  Thu, 28 Mar 2002 17:21:59 -0700
  ...mudflap Fuse box cover in black 2 alloy wheel hubcaps Cruise control control unit All 3 Westfalia outlet covers Grey theater style jumpseat Grey...
• Cruise Control Problem
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 8 Jun 2003 14:30:02 -0600
  I just deleted an email from Zoran Mladen (I think?) asking about the magnets attached to the inner axle shaft/hub, which the Cruise...
• Re: Tried this cruise control?
  Historical mailing list - Robin Oomkes
  Wed, 7 Jun 2006 17:55:46 +0200
  ...check with Bernd (who's in Germany, not Belgium) that his cruise actually works with a US spec 1.9 waterboxer - European versions of...
• speed sensor failure
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Sat, 19 Apr 2014 15:57:34 -0600
  ...gave) my 2.5 Subaru ECU the exact speed, and my cruise control, too. (2000 or 2001 AT ECU) It suddenly failed. That is...
• New to List
  Historical mailing list - Leigh Ann Zaolino
  Wed, 9 Nov 2005 22:10:33 -0500
  ...how do I get the cruise control working? Is the gizmo that makes it work something anyone has the parts for that they would...
• Re: improbable fixes
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Sun, 25 Nov 2012 12:50:34 -0500
  ...I think that I have a wonky cruise control finally figured out. Before I fixed it, was more like uncontrolled cursing. Geo/ATL
• Re: cruise question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 21 Jan 2007 20:43:54 -0500
  When I installed my cruise control, I removed the instrument cluster and attached to the brake light wires from above. It didn't take...
• Re: Mostly Cruise Control, some shrubs
  Historical mailing list - Felder
  Wed, 3 Dec 2003 08:16:30 -0800
  ...By that I mean if I started the car and attempted to engage the cruise control, I might be successful 70 percent of the...
• Re: Cruise Control Parts Shared With Rabbit?
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:40:32 +0200
  ...90s >> >> >> >> >> miguel pacheco schrieb: >>> Wondering if any of the Rabbits shared cruise control parts with the >>> Vanagon.....as in the switch on the blinker...
• Re: cruise control on an air cooled westy
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 13 Dec 2014 11:16:41 -0800
  > > *"I had an air-cooled westy, and enjoyed it quite a bit. However, every * *morning there was a huge puddle of coolant under the...
• 91 Carat Wolfsburg
  Historical mailing list - Robie Pierce
  Wed, 22 Mar 2000 11:53:25 -0500
  ...Cruise control (sometimes works), electric windows, electric locks(sometimes don't unlock) Table ( doesn't unlock). Fancy German emblem up front, alloy wheels, plastic...
• Re: Cruise control in manual '84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Reynold Woodall
  Thu, 28 Sep 2000 13:27:22 -0400
  Thanks again for great advice. I reduced the vacuum hose size to a 5/32 size hose and that has solved the problem 95...
• Cruise Control: IT WORKS!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 07 Jan 1997 13:00:00 -0500 (EST)
  ...A couple list members (thanks for your help) suggested that I hook my cruise vacuum line to the fuel pressure regulator. I went out...
• Re: Installing cruise on 81 aircooled Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
  Thu, 27 Jun 2002 21:09:49 -0400
  ...Can you share with us a source for this cruise control unit? Is there a part number specific to the Vanagon? Thanks, Maynard Southard...
• Re: Audiovox ccs100
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Sat, 14 Oct 2006 04:54:10 -0700
  ...Anything in particular that you would like to see? A copy of the cruise control installation write-up is in the files section of...
• Wrong price...
  Historical mailing list - Barbara Sutton
  Wed, 29 Jan 1997 22:08:38 -0800
  ...500 as stated in my previous message.It also came with cruise control, tinted windows and fog lights. Sorry for the confusion... Cris '66...
• Re: Speedometer Circuitry?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Vickey
  Mon, 16 Aug 2004 17:28:16 -0400
  ...And yes, if your Vanagon has cruise control, there is a printed circuit connector for that on the back of the speedometer, too. Michael
• A couple other cool Cruise Control tidbits
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Mon, 31 Oct 2005 15:54:09 -0500
  I wanted to test the cruise control pump for my customer's 90 GL and I didn't realise that the really nice troubleshooting...
• cruise control help please
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 28 May 1998 12:18:29 EDT
  ...i have an 87 syncro with the factory cruise. when i bought the van the plug that would be for the clutch vacuum valve...
• Re: Cruise control con't
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Thu, 6 Jun 2013 10:42:28 -0400
  ...That is the speed sensor for the stock cruise control. Maybe the problem we are having is that you have an aftermarket cruise system...
• Re: Query...
  Historical mailing list - Geo
  Sat, 27 Mar 2010 19:18:20 -0700
  On 3/27/10, Phil Baird <mypactor@pacbell.net> wrote: > Can an aftermarket cruise control be added to a '91 Vanagon with automatic > transmission...
• Re: 88 Vanagon alternator light problem
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:47:25 -0400
  The original posting...a friend told me about cruise control with automatics doing weird things to Vanagon electrical systems...worth looking at although may...
• Re: Recommendations for Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 16 Oct 2010 11:37:17 -0700
  ...Cruise Control Suggestions > > Audiovox CCS100. Works great in my '90 Westy and several other Vanagons > that I know it is installed in. Problem: NLA...
• Re: Cruise control issues
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 21 May 2009 05:07:22 EDT
  ...Go figure ! >>>>My cruise had not been working for a while now. When I set the cruise I feel it kick in through the...
• Re: cruise control mystery
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Tue, 8 May 2001 11:54:20 -0700
  ...the throttle > > I'm guessing that any year that had the cruise control as an > option, > probably is already wired for it. > > Todd > '88...
• Audiovox ccs100
  Historical mailing list - Ed Wiebe
  Fri, 13 Oct 2006 19:29:43 -0700
  Well, I finally got an Audiovox ccs100 cruise control. Back in spring I tried to purchase one from the US. No retail suppliers apparently...
• Re: Audiovox cruise control/Subaru engine
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 27 May 2010 22:56:49 -0700
  RE: CCS-100 setup All the Vanagon installs I've seen (including mine) used the magnetic picup mounted on the rear axle for the...
• Enough Already!
  Historical mailing list - John T. Croteau
  Fri, 15 Sep 1995 14:10:31 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Stop! In the past week an a half we have gone from Language Barriers to Oregon Bashing to Cruise Control Bantering. Enough is enough...
• Re: Vanagon factory cruise control system... install resource?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Tue, 20 Feb 2007 21:57:53 -0500
  ...actually the installing a cruise control system in a vanagon is one of the easiest installations you can do.. if you have all the...
• Re: Vacuum from Brake Booster?
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Mon, 13 Jun 2005 21:00:20 -0700
  ...I installed an equus cruise control system on my '85 1.9 (vacuum type) and installed a vacuum reservoir at the same time. The...
• cruise control mystery
  Historical mailing list - john tomljenovic
  Mon, 7 May 2001 21:05:44 -0700
  ...So how does one go about installing factory cruise on a vanagon? I know this my be a difficult project but I am a...
• Zemco cruise control
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 29 Sep 1995 12:09:26 -0400
  ...I've used their model where the controls are mounted in a little rectangular box - not the stalk mount controls. This box fits perfectly...
• RE: What cruise control system should I buy/
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Fri, 20 Dec 1996 08:54:14 -0700
  Fred, I have installed about 6 cruise controls over the years and assisted with a few more. Two of my installations were in buses...
• Gowesty VSS ??
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Sat, 14 Mar 2020 15:24:59 -0400
  Anyone use the Gowesty VSS for their factory cruise control? I ran all the Bentley trouble shooting steps and all points to the VSS...
• Re: [non]Newbee question - silver box behind dashboard?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 1 Sep 2006 14:06:27 EDT
  ...XEROX.COM writes: > With the dashboard off during the blower replacement - > > I noticed a silver box mounted behind the glove box. > > cruise control programmer
• Lessons on gas mileage from VW's Autostadt
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Sat, 24 May 2008 11:30:35 +0000
  ...If you have cruise control, use it! Cruise control saves gas as the computer control gently opens and closes the throttle. The computer is...
• Re: '88 Vanagon Cruise Control question
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 5 Mar 2012 09:31:46 -0500
  John, actually the cruise control troubleshooting is in the Bentley. It is just a little tricky to find as it doesn't list it...
• cruise control troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
  Wed, 6 Feb 2008 10:37:35 -0800
  Hi Gang, My '88 has a factory installed cruise control system which is having difficulty maintaining speed. It works at first and then it...
• RE: Help: Vanagon Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Mon, 10 Jun 1996 09:29:58 -0700
  Bo, On my '84, I clamped the cable to the water pipe that crosses the engine with a home made bracket. The cable pulls...
• repost: 90 camper for sale
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 23 Sep 95 10:18:51 CDT
  ...1990 VW Westfalia Camper, Like New 35k miles, VW's best stereo/cassette, cruise control and more. Metallic gray, $20,500. Do not reply...
• Re: Throttle Stuck Wide Open Leaving Me Stranded in Boise Idaho
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:51:32 -0500
  ...Turn off or disable your cruise control. Mike
• Re: your opinion please - part 2
  Historical mailing list - Cooper, Jonathan R.
  Mon, 7 Jun 1999 11:23:19 -0400
  I have done this, that is tap the clutch with the cruise on (not on purpose, I just wasn't thinking) and sure enough...
• Re: Can Anyone Identify This "Thing"?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:50:07 +0000
  ...In about '91, > > maybe '93 there was a recall on cruise controls and some variety of > > aftermarket-type CC's were installed by dealers...
• Re: oh no another idle control relay?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Thu, 17 Oct 2002 13:04:56 -0400
  This is actually the cruise control, control unit for the Vanagon. You can breathe again :-) Just FYI. Thanks, Ken Wilford John 3:16 http...
• Re: '91 Vanagon Westy Cruise control diaphragm needed
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:52:26 -0400
  ...My 2 wheel drive '91 Vanagon did have a perfectly working cruise control > until recently. Now it fails intermittently to continuously and I suspect...
• Re: cruise control mystery
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 8 May 2001 17:37:34 -0700
  ...the throttle > > > > I'm guessing that any year that had the cruise control as an > > option, > > probably is already wired for it. > > > > Todd > > '88...
• Re: EV CLs, GLs, and MVs, oh my!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 05 Dec 1996 21:14:53 GMT
  ...I might be = able=20 >to live without the demisting but cruise control is a necessity. Has = anyone=20 >out there ever done this...
• Re: don't use cruise control in the rain? Hijacked
  Historical mailing list - Sam Conant
  Sat, 3 Nov 2007 16:26:44 -0400
  ...don't use cruise control in the rain? Hijacked > Bryan, in the world before Heineken, there were many wonderful beers in > the > Niagara Region...
• Re: I Love My New Cruise Control (Long)
  Historical mailing list - Jason Simpson
  Mon, 29 May 2006 18:44:12 -0700
  A friend and I tried putting one of these Audiovox cruise controls into my '84 manual Westy this weekend. Something seems wrong. We set...
• re: Re: Cruise control for '80-82 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Dec 95 16:21:07 PST
  A few folks have asked me about the ARA unit I posted about that has the electric servo. Well I called to get some...
• repost: 90 camper for sale (CA)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 05 Sep 95 08:11:45 CDT
  ...1990 VW Westfalia Camper, Like New 35k miles, VW's best stereo/cassette, cruise control and more. Metallic gray, $20,500. Do not reply...
• Accelerater pedal
  Historical mailing list - John Lunetta
  Fri, 10 May 2002 02:16:54 -0400
  ...You can lubricate all the linkage points, I do this and it helps a bit.I wish I had cruise control. It would make...
• Re: '88 Vanagon Cruise Control question
  Historical mailing list - John Graham
  Wed, 7 Mar 2012 11:33:36 -0500
  ...John On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 9:47 AM, george jannini <georgejoann@gmail.com>wrote: > > > >>...My cruise control has 'gone away' and I...
• Re: brake lights '89 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Birkenfeld Jeff
  Fri, 21 Nov 2003 10:15:59 -0600
  ...This van has cruise, the pedal switch I assume is for the cruise control. Correct me if I'm wrong. Thanks, Jeff -----Original Message...
• Re: the weekender saga again
  Historical mailing list - Todd Kaderabek
  Wed, 22 Mar 2000 09:25:39 -0500
  ...As near as I can remember, the Wolfsburg deleted cruise control, added badging, and lowered the suspension a bit. I'm sure someone else...
• Re: Switch to LED lighting
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Sat, 3 Jul 2010 09:00:57 -0700
  ...lefstein wrote: >> >>> Why/how would led lights confuse the cruise?? >>> >> >> If a particular cruise control setup detects the current in the >> stop-light line...
• Re: don't use cruise control in the rain?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Sat, 3 Nov 2007 09:48:32 -0400
  ...According to > the e-mail, if you are using your cruise control in the rain (or snow) and > your car begins to hydro-plane...
• Wanna "cruise" into the sunset
  Historical mailing list - Clark Carr
  Tue, 6 May 1997 17:30:46 -0400
  Would anyone of you who is parting out buses happen to have a cruise control assembly (all the pieces) that would work on my...
• Re: WTB: Cruise Control vent valve bracket
  Historical mailing list - David Hines
  Thu, 21 May 2009 13:49:34 -0400
  ...0700, David Hines <dmh1314@MSN.COM> wrote: >I got a factory cruise control from an 88 automatic vanagon and will be putting it in...