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• Re: front wheel grease cap removal
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:52:24 -0400
  ...Rest the peen against the hub with the claw behind the grease cap's lip and lever the handle. Works like a charm. Mike
• Re: Rear Heater lever-91 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 12 Oct 2001 11:17:21 -0400
  I would just leave it open or at least partially open. Closing it could lead to corrosion problems. I believe this is why a...
• Re: Air and heat knobs on levers
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 4 Mar 2013 15:19:39 -0500
  ...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: "99" Programmable Wiper Relay Into an '81?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:27:29 -0700
  ...From what I read, thought one moved the wiper lever down to intermittent position, waited to set desired interval, moved it up, then down...
• Re: diesel westy Brrrrrrr
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 21 Dec 2003 18:31:50 -0700
  ...When I reach up in there and push real hard on the lever that the "other" end of the heater cable (PN 251 265...
• Re: Gearshift lever broken, looking for replacement
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 16 Feb 2009 08:21:19 -0500
  ...Ken Wilford John 3:16 www.vanagain.com Andy Stalick wrote: > Today my gearshift lever broke off in my hand. > > None of the usual...
• Re: intermittent headlight failure
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 30 Nov 1999 14:47:41 +0100
  John McLean wrote: > > When the lights go out I can hold the turnsignal lever up and continue > to drive using the passing beams (which...
• Re: headlight question
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Jun 2002 08:09:14 EDT
  ...Flicked the > high beam/low beam lever and the low beams came on. Flicking the lever again > to get the high beams back on...
• Re: SMART Keys and kill switches
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:02:37 -0700
  I think that the four ventilation levers should each need to be moved to just the right position to allow the fuel pump to...
• Re: [T2] 82 westy heat
  Historical mailing list - puzerewski
  Fri, 13 Oct 2000 14:38:09 -0400
  ...On my Vanagon > westy, I have 4 levers on the heater/ventilation panel. I know the bottom > two deal with the ventilation & where the...
• Re: Too Much Heat!
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Fri, 30 Apr 1999 11:16:44 -0400
  ...One of the two levers, I believe it is lower one, controls how far opened these boxes are. As that person activates the lever...
• Re: replacing shift ball and cup, and where best to find one
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sun, 1 Sep 2013 15:55:59 -0700
  ...I've written to ask where the shift lever (with ball) was > manufactured since they didn't mention that it's German. Do you...
• Re: NVC: Eurovan traction/stability control
  Historical mailing list - alan barber
  Thu, 2 Jan 2003 18:01:09 -0500
  ...If you look at the mechanics of leverage, you'll see that this is more than effective, as it pulls the center of gravity...
• Re: DPO's cablemania
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:20:15 -0800
  If you remove the knob, faceplate etc., you should be able to remove the two larger phillips holding the lever assembly to the dash...
• Battery light on in park or neutral
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 8 Mar 2022 14:35:59 -0600
  ...Now the battery light comes on when shift lever is put in park or neutral. It's off in any drive gears. Any idea...
• Re: Happy Friday, Rear brake adjustment.
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 2 Sep 2022 12:33:25 -0400
  ...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: Pressure bleeding brakes questions
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 1 Sep 2019 11:47:25 -0700
  ...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: Video of Noise at Clutch Operating Lever. Help Diagnose Please?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 27 Jun 2017 10:29:51 -0700
  ...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnEqV99SvV4 Likely unrelated to all this, I reviewed a video I made of the clutch lever on my...
• Re: E-brake upgrade..works great.
  Historical mailing list - Mark
  Sun, 6 Dec 2009 19:31:34 -0500
  ...My question - can I access that part of the cable from the INSIDE of the van? Take the cable off the lever - pull out...
• Re: Floor Duct
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:10:53 -0800
  ...The others can all stay with the heater box and lever assembly still connected providing you remove the screws holding the lever assembly to...
• Re: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 22 Jun 2021 16:44:31 -0500
  ...On the Vanagon the high lever is powered > directly from the fuse box, battery connection. So operating the lever > bypasses the ignition and headlight...
• Re: Off topic: roll pin extraction
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Fri, 5 Jun 2020 13:48:47 -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: Passing another Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 25 Jul 2004 11:47:22 -0400
  ...You want the pedal to hit the floor at the time that the lever on the trans is all the way forward, which triggers...
• Turn signal woes--91 GL automatic
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:57:29 -0600
  ...If I run the TS lever to operate the signals, the light becomes permanently bright as long at the stalk is "on." If I...
• Re: Intermittent wiper Relay ?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:21:48 -0600
  ...in? > All it does is remove the ability to pull the lever down into > intermittent position. Ah yes, I see. > > What's the new...
• Re: 1988 heater lever question.
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 23 Feb 2002 16:33:19 -0600
  Vanagon Man wrote: > > My heat lever(2nd from top) does not go all the way closed (to the left) and thus hot air is...
• Defrost lever/wire Hack fix
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 4 Nov 2017 11:55:04 -0700
  ...I guess the right way would involve dash removal, but I got mine pretty darn straight reaching in through the lever slots. I had...
• Vanagon heater cable replacement
  Historical mailing list - lbart
  Mon, 13 Jan 1997 12:28:39 -0500
  ...where to the two cables merge into the single one that goes to the lever in the dash? I assume that I will be...
• Re: Clutch Release Shaft Removal
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Mon, 21 Feb 2000 08:20:37 -0800
  ...Looks like all the bushings and seals on the clutch lever side need to come out, so I decided there isn't enough play...
• Re: Heater Stuck on Hot
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 5 May 2003 19:56:11 -0700
  ...The temperature control for the front heater (middle lever of the three levers, is stuck in the right (hot) position. When I try to...
• Shifter bracket/relay lever 82 Vanagon Diesel
  Historical mailing list - Neil
  Sat, 21 Jul 2007 09:13:41 -0700
  ...http://golddollar.com/ebay/IMG_0009.jpg Called a "relay lever" in the Bentley, though I've never heard anyone call it that. Anyone...
• Looking for a part (correction)
  Historical mailing list - Gilles H Turmel
  Mon, 1 Sep 2014 10:37:03 -0400
  Hi, The part I’m looking for is the cruise control lever. Can this part be added to a non cruise control vehicle? I...
• 86 westie Gear shift Q's
  Historical mailing list - Dave T. Richards
  Mon, 17 Feb 1997 15:49:04 -0500
  OK Does any one have a foolproof procedure for adjusting the shift lever I have just had new clutch installed and changing gears is...
• Re: Transmission clutch lever ???
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 5 Jul 2007 11:11:44 -0400
  Cut it off with a hacksaw.It is very soft metal. 1 Chineese hack saw blade will do it and have teeth to spare...
• Re: WAS:trip out west-NOW: Heater valve
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:57:52 -0700
  ...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: Gear selection issue
  Historical mailing list - W Monk
  Tue, 1 Jun 2010 14:47:18 -0400
  ...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: Syncro tranny pops out of fourth gear
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 22 Dec 1999 22:58:40 -0700
  ...Made it last for a while longer by wrapping a bungee cord around the shift lever and attaching it under the back seat. Made...
• Fresh air control flap prototype PICS! (and long but possibly useful info)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 6 Apr 2007 16:13:12 -0700
  ...The cables that control flaps for hot air out of the heater boxes are the same as the cables from levers to flaps on...
• Re: Cost of auto shifter cable
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 26 May 2010 15:24:23 -0700
  ...There is a ball pivot on the trans lever where the aft end of the throttle cable from the gas pedal connects to that...
• Re: Anybody up for the UK quick shift kit at about $55 plus shippin
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 12 Mar 2004 06:38:01 EST
  ...The longer leverage if you install the extension piece gives you way more leverage on the shift shaft. Seized or sticking shift linkage and...
• COLD fresh air leaking
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Mon, 11 Jan 1999 12:04:34 -0500
  ...This air is controlled by the very bottom dash lever. Ever since I bought this Vanagon, this lever has never seem to move completely...
• Needed: parking brake from 85+ Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Bret Berger
  Mon, 27 Dec 2010 15:43:45 -0700
  Hello List members, I would like to replace the non-functioning parking brake lever in my 1982 diesel Westfalia with the newer 85+ mechanism...
• Re: Location of auto tranny reverse switch
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Thu, 18 Jan 2001 08:32:09 -0600
  The switch is in the console nest to the shift lever. Steve Sandlin http://www.steveslockshop.com '84 Wolfsburg Westy '79 Transporter '00 New...
• Re: Backup lights out
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 25 May 2005 15:59:47 -0700
  It's inside the shift lever assembly up front between the seats. > Does anybody know where the backup light switch is located on a...
• Re: 84 clutch, etal
  Historical mailing list - James Jean-Woo Kim
  Fri, 5 Jan 2007 11:59:41 -0800
  ...worn out and enlarged to the point of not creating enough leverage for the hydraulic system. Especially when the body has 200K miles. Jim...
• Sliding door operation
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Wed, 23 Nov 1994 10:43:10 -0600 (CST)
  ...I could close it, and I could move the lever, but all it would do was slide the back open a little ways. After...
• Re: Very Hot Blowing over Accelerator Pedal
  Historical mailing list - ProfiTech Systems
  Thu, 8 Jul 1999 15:01:08 -0700
  ...levers to the right with one hand as > you engage afterburner with the other, and as your right hand slips off the > heat levers...
• Re: Help removing clutch lever
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 8 Apr 2005 06:11:31 EDT
  ...I can't get the &#*$(# clutch lever off the clutch fork rod! I need to get this apart so I can replace the broken...
• front heater valve
  Historical mailing list - R. Hotchkiss
  Mon, 1 Oct 2001 21:07:58 -0400
  ...I got the > lever moved over to the left and the wire is in the housing but still heat > comes out. > > Anyone know how...
• Turn signals
  Historical mailing list - Data Services
  Fri, 27 Dec 2002 01:39:55 -0500
  ...There is a ghostly green glow out of the indicator's LED which gets brighter as the lever is moved, but no flashing action...
• Re: Eurovan e-brake boot (picture)
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 7 Nov 2003 12:53:58 -0800
  The e-brake lever/handle was greatly improved during the 1985 model year. The newer style works much better for holding the vehicle on...
• Re: E-brake relocation
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Thu, 6 Oct 2005 12:26:13 -0700
  ...If you want an underdash pull-out ("umbrella-type") handbrake lever, find a suitable item at a wrecker, make mounts to fit it under...
• heater cover removal
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Thu, 10 Feb 2000 16:30:47 -0700
  ...the one just below the dash, in front of the shift lever, on a '90 Westy. This is the one that has the air...
• Re: 1981 Accelerator Cable: Barrel Clamp Failure. How?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 26 Apr 2018 14:02:19 -0700
  ...I'd wondered about differences between the barrel clamp at the throttle lever and barrel clamp at pedal but didn't think about cable...
• Re: Blue slider vents in doors? 84 GL...wazzit these supposed to do?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:22:17 -0800
  ...I was not aware the defrost lever would bring outside unheated air also. I think the manual says "defrost" setting is with the controls...
• Re: A/C? Pfui! Need a good fan
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:01:39 -0700
  ...A/C? Pfui! Need a > good fan > >> If you set the levers as I said and got nothing out of the dash end >> vents...
• Re: Berg short shift kit..
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Fri, 5 Mar 2004 12:04:49 +1100
  ...This >sounds okay, basically you've just lengthened the shift lever. This would >put more stress on the pivot at the end of the...
• Re: Rear heater control
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:38:10 -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: shifting anomaly...
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Sun, 4 Oct 2015 14:12:16 -1000
  the nut that holds the lever that's on the side of the trans ..holds the lever onto spines. Is that nut tight ? how...
• headlight question
  Historical mailing list - Brian and Carol Megas
  Fri, 31 May 2002 21:00:20 -0700
  ...Flicked the high beam/low beam lever and the low beams came on. Flicking the lever again to get the high beams back on...