Search messages and discussions

Search preserved mailing-list messages and current email and website contributions. Current posts are searchable before weekly archival. Recovery gaps remain possible. Words are matched together; try fewer terms if needed.

Page 12+: 60 results shown for lever.

Source-balanced relevance: matches from both collections are interleaved, with source dates breaking ties. Restoration time is not the original posting date.

• Re: Floor Duct
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:27:53 -0800
  If you mean the later gear shift lever floor boot it can just rest on the floor. It is intended to have the lower...
• Re: Shift Components - Replace or not...
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 6 May 2010 10:44:59 -0400
  Jim, I would replace the plastic ball on the shift lever and the bushing that is nearby as well. I have all of these...
• Re: shifting probs. into 3rd & 4th
  Historical mailing list - AA Transaxle
  Mon, 23 Jun 2003 09:20:15 -0700
  ...feather the shift lever towards 3rd or 4th gear, the = grinding happens without touching the clutch pedal.=20 Pushing the lever towards 1st and...
• Re: Off topic: roll pin extraction
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Fri, 5 Jun 2020 13:52:14 -0700
  ...What you don't have, leverage, is > really what you need. Depending on how stuck it is, heat, cold and machine > oil are useful...
• Re: Rear Heater Valve
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Tue, 3 Nov 1998 11:10:21 -0600
  I violated my pretty black plywood under-seat cover and drilled a hole where I could open and close the valve via gray lever...
• Re: Jump Seat Levers
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 13 Mar 2014 16:07:50 -0500
  Nathan, What are you calling a jump seat lever? Jim > On Mar 13, 2014, at 3:53 PM, Nathan Wood <dart330@GMAIL.COM> wrote...
• Shift Linkage Help
  Historical mailing list - Pollard, Matthew
  Mon, 17 May 1999 11:07:45 -0700
  Howdy there, My stick-shift lever is about 3" lower than it was before my sister borrowed it, and reverse is very easy to...
• Re: heater control knob
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 08:28:47 -0800
  ...This is > the 2nd lever down, turning heat on and off. Is the piece remaining in the > car supposed to pull right off the...
• Heater Stuck on Hot
  Historical mailing list - Alan Pickersgill
  Mon, 5 May 2003 22:24:57 -0400
  ...The temperature control for the front heater (middle lever of the three levers, is stuck in the right (hot) position. When I try to...
• Re: Air and heat knobs on levers
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Mon, 4 Mar 2013 16:05:08 -0800
  ...Air and heat knobs on levers� At 02:57 PM 3/4/2013, WILLIAM WITZ wrote: > I was wondering if you can pull the...
• Re: Heater flap foam replacement detail
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:01:57 -0800
  you'll get sooner heater performance in winter Jack, by having the heater temp lever ( controls the heater valve that controls coolant flow through...
• Re: 85 gl manual...shift lever BROKE!!!
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Wed, 1 Oct 2014 22:01:26 -1000
  ...VW dimpled the lever with a >> screw holding the collar at the top of the spring creating a weak point, >> You can pull the...
• Re: Size of the small ball in the 5sp reverse lockout?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 20 Oct 2017 17:37:32 -0400
  ...in, until you want reverse, > > tben tbe lever pressure against the end of the plunger, levered against > the > > "box" wall is supposed to overpower...
• Re: Driver's Side Door Latch Removal w/ Door Closed?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 8 Jul 2013 14:26:32 -0700
  ...Take the inside panel off and you can at least see the lock button and inside lever rods. Maybe you can beat on it...
• gas tank...
  Historical mailing list - Jon Hathaway
  Wed, 19 Jun 1996 06:45:02 -0400
  ...no big deal, except it has a small petcock with a lever on it, 'bout 3"-4" of stiff wire to the lever. The...
• Re: rear heater valve
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 2 Aug 2007 15:05:45 -0400
  ...Mike Brendan Slevin wrote: > I was wondering if the rear heater valve is supposed to have a control > cable/lever for it? Mine looks...
• Re: Pressure bleeding brakes questions
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sun, 1 Sep 2019 15:38:58 -0300
  ...Calls for the pressure regulator lever to be pushed towards rear wheels. I’m pretty sure our vans don’t have a lever on...
• Re: Heater Stuck on Hot
  Historical mailing list - David Devere
  Tue, 6 May 2003 10:45:57 -0500
  ...The temperature control for the front heater (middle lever of the three levers, is stuck in the right (hot) position. When I try to...
• Re: Front heater never shuts off
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Thu, 23 May 2024 19:44:31 -0700
  On many of our vans the wire between the control lever and the heater valve is too loose, or too stretched, or something. The...
• Re: women and standard gearbox
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Tue, 2 Jan 2007 17:50:48 -0800
  ...Move the selector lever to "P" (Automatic transmission) of move the gearshift lever to "R" or "1" (Manual transmission). On hills also turn the...
• Clutch housing rebuild questions (searched archicve) + small report
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 8 Sep 2006 16:24:59 -0400
  ...Turns out the cos (clutch lever) was rubbing on slave cly. mounting bracet. The groove on cos and bracket ~ 1mm deep. My theory: Arm...
• Re: Defrost Windshield
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Fri, 5 Dec 2008 12:09:46 -0500
  Also be careful when pulling off the levers. Grab them by the "legs" and not by the nobs. And watch out! they can catch...
• was: Warm air from under dash, now: rear heater
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 21 Jul 1996 23:43:32 -0500
  ...The PO for my '86 lost the operating lever for the rear heater valve (the little piece of stamped sheet metal that fits on...
• Whew - it's hot in here....
  Historical mailing list - schur xxxxxxxxxxx
  Sat, 14 Oct 2000 18:39:25 -0400
  ...I took the heater control panel off and the cable is connected to the lever and moving. I feel the normal amount of resistance...
• Re: more T5 photos
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 10 Dec 2002 10:05:09 -0500
  ...I think that someone already mentioned that back in > the day, (Joel & I remember well) GM auto levers were in the dash on > Corvairs...
• Re: Transmission clutch lever ???
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Thu, 5 Jul 2007 09:00:42 -0700
  ...Transmission clutch lever ??? > Cant get that bugger off !!!???!!! > (yes, removed the C-clip :o) > Pulled it, beat it, heated it, filed a chamfer. > It...
• window tracks
  Historical mailing list - Joe Lucca
  Sat, 15 May 1999 10:55:30 EDT
  do the inside tracks, where the lever locks the window, come out and reinstall easily? any thoughts greatly appreciated, before i begin this task...
• Re: Rear heater control
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 19 Nov 2012 09:09:59 -0600
  ...What you have is a lever such as has become popular for home doors to reduce strain on hands and wrists of older folks...
• Re: How to operate the temp control
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 15 Oct 1999 15:30:11 -0400
  ...Top lever -- Windscreen (defrost) air -- right is more 2nd lever -- Air temp -- right is more 3d lever -- Footwell air -- left is more 4th lever...
• Re: Fuzzy Gasket
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 23 Jun 1997 14:43:09 -0700
  ...There are four levers on the dash control. The fourth (bottom) lever opens a fresh-air flap at the bottom of the heater unit...
• Re: Rear heater control
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 18 Nov 2012 17:34:45 -0800
  ...alistair On 2012-11-18, at 1:50 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: > There is no 'control knob' .. > there is a lever that you...
• Re: AW: heater cointrol lever differences by year?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Lubin
  Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:26:34 -0400
  ...heater cointrol lever differences by year? > > At 03:44 PM 4/10/2008, Jeffrey Lubin wrote... > >> So there's no difference in the knobs...
• Heater valve
  Historical mailing list - Bill M
  Sat, 2 Oct 2010 16:38:47 -0400
  ...Pulling the valve lever is smooth but the pushing of the lever has me worried that it will bend the wire from the control...
• Re: Removing front passenger seat
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 14 Oct 2016 17:42:44 -0700
  You have to hold the locking tab up while you push the seat forward while also lifting the adjustment lever. It's a cluster...
• Replaced clutch slave cylinder
  Historical mailing list - marcus
  Sun, 9 Aug 1998 22:35:51 -0700
  ...the bracket but don't put the keeper on the clutch lever yet.Make sure the two bolts and nuts are clean and screw...
• Re: Heater Cable from Bus Depot?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Engel
  Sat, 11 Oct 2014 14:28:44 -0400
  ...It might also help to pull > the lever knobs (move to center and grasp behind the knob to pull off) > and the control plate...
• Re: Gear selection issue
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 1 Jun 2010 11:39:05 -0700
  ...Missing or broken? Ball etc on shift lever ok? Though unlikely, is shift housing and shift lever plate in cab (under big boot) secure...
• Re: Throttle cable
  Historical mailing list - John Koloski
  Tue, 22 Feb 2000 20:28:59 -0500
  ...It porbably only came out of the lever because it was already out of the gas pedal. I probably could have just snaped the...
• Re: shift linkage rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 4 May 2003 10:35:49 -0700
  ...To get reverse you push down on the lever so the end drops below this guide and then the lever can move over more...
• Re: Shifter came unbolted from floor
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:19:51 -0400
  ...The shift lever is still securely bolted to the linkage, but the nuts that secure the shift-lever housing and the lower gearshift mechanism...
• Re: Shift linkage troubles
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 28 Oct 2002 17:05:18 -0800
  ...Sounds like either maladjusted front shift rod/gearshift lever setup or perhaps some problem with the relay lever at the trans? ---------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Young '81...
• Re: 85 gl manual...shift lever BROKE!!!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 1 Oct 2014 05:35:00 -0400
  ...On Sep 30, 2014, at 9:32 PM, Automatic digest processor <LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> wrote: > My shift lever broke off...sheared at almost...
• Re: Air and heat knobs on levers
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 4 Mar 2013 15:25:26 -0600
  ...I was wondering if you can pull the plastic knobs on > the air/ heat levers in order to remove the plate. I have some...
• Re: 1.6L NA d- finding TDC & injection pump q
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Sat, 27 Jan 2001 13:53:21 -0500
  ...Onto my injection pump "question"- The pump in my van has a decent angle on the throttle lever, whereas the throttle lever on the...
• Re: WAS:trip out west-NOW: Heater valve
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 21 Aug 2010 13:23:34 -0500
  ...lever is shifted. �I can turn the valve directly with my hand, and the lever shifts. �Did this with a partner watching the lever...
• Re: Tranny end shift lever issue and fix
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 19 May 2017 07:51:31 -0700
  ...This bolt, m6, was horizontal thru the rod and lever. Actually the >> lever had threads cut in one side so the bolt actually threaded...
• Fwd: Driver's Side Door Latch Removal w/ Door Closed?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Mon, 8 Jul 2013 23:05:40 -0400
  ...Take the inside panel off and you > can > at least see the lock button and inside lever rods. Maybe you can beat on > it...
• Re: [subaruvanagon] Musing About Recent Trip - Too Long
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:38:42 -0500
  I find the shift lever on the manual tranny to be just the right height. But then I'm not so tall (5' 7...
• Happy Friday, Rear brake adjustment.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 2 Sep 2022 14:06:10 +0000
  ...As the shoes move out the adjuster lever will turn the adjuster nut, when release the lever will drop and then be able to...
• Re: front heater valve
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Mon, 1 Oct 2001 20:53:23 -0700
  ...Metal wire that opens and closes valve gets kinked between lever and cable holder. When this happens heater control feels easy to move but...
• Re: A/C? Pfui! Need a good fan
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:27:11 -0700
  ...I made special trips out on the stupid parkway today just to test you guy's dash lever suggestions. At no time was there...
• Re: Short shift kit
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Thu, 12 Mar 1998 13:44:07 -0700
  ...The net result are throws about the same length as before, but the shift lever about 6 inches higher. You could argue that it...
• Heater Lever Knob Removal
  Historical mailing list - Baja Leo
  Mon, 11 Nov 2002 20:41:45 -0800
  They come off with a good tug. Just push them back on. Leo Lipert San Juan Capistrano, CA '84 Wolfsburg Westy with Leaky Heads...
• Re: WAS:trip out west-NOW: Heater valve
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 6 Aug 2010 09:07:05 -0500
  ...The angles were such that eventually the cable bent at >> lever. >> >> I would suggest that it's not beyond the scope of the well...
• Re: vent question
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Tue, 20 Sep 94 13:12:29 CDT
  ...to help defrost the windshield and heat your feet (depending on which way the lever was moved). on my old 80 bus, the side...
• Re: Can Someone Please Shed Some Light....
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:16:46 -0700
  ...A few things learned the hard way: >> >> - bracing your hand when pulling off the heater plastic levers helps to >> reduce the "sudden release syndrome...
• accelerator linkage
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Thu, 7 Sep 2006 07:56:28 -0400
  Last night the little bent rod that connects the accelerator pedal to the lever that resides in the box beneath the floor apparently broke...
• Re: Tranny end shift lever issue and fix
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 19 May 2017 08:05:11 -0700
  ...This bolt, m6, was horizontal thru the rod and lever. Actually the >> lever had threads cut in one side so the bolt actually threaded...
• Re: Shift buzz
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:21:06 -0700
  ...Shift buzz I, the shifter, do not have a buzz, but my shift lever does in 4th and 5th gear. I have an 87...
• Re: limited slip differential question
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Sun, 3 May 2009 09:20:02 -0600
  ...The lock buttons were removed, so he could reach > down > > between the seats and with one hand lift or release the levers to shift...