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• Re: starter woe...
  Historical mailing list - westydriver
  Thu, 7 Nov 2002 17:15:18 -0700
  ...if not enough current to do the triggering or there is to much resistance in the lever then it never makes it far enough...
• Re: Rear brake adjustment wheels?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 13 May 2016 11:16:14 -0700
  ...Think "down and out" ? Personally, I envision the lever location and how it works to adjust shoes out toward drum then go from there...
• Re: heater cointrol lever differences by year?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:39:42 -0700
  ...there any early-late model year differences in the heater control > levers? > I thought I read here recently that the early ones were somehow...
• Re: Emergency break adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 24 Aug 2015 21:47:11 -0400
  ...The owner's manual even mentions that the hand brake lever needs to be down for the driver's seat to swivel. Again the...
• Re: Heater hose ball valve behind glove compartment?
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Sat, 1 Jul 2023 08:31:10 -0700
  ...It takes some care but the cbale can be bent to re-make that > step to attach t the lever. > > Replacing that valve I...
• Re: V-Belt tightness -- how to determine?
  Historical mailing list - James Felder
  Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:41:23 -0500
  ...Tensioning as hard as I can with a 12'' screwdriver levered > between the alternator body and its base, the (brand new), I can deflect...
• Re: [F]riday! Woo-hoo!
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 23 Mar 1996 03:15:39 -0500
  ...Jack her up and squirt grease in the torsion tube, wing lever, tie rods and king pins. I think there are abot 23 grease...
• help, headlights not working
  Historical mailing list - Loretta Abbott-Kennon
  Thu, 1 Mar 2001 00:43:41 EST
  ...Yesterday the brights quit working, well they did work but only when the lever was physically held down, they did not stay on by...
• Re: WTB - 84 Westy D/S Seat
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:35:55 EDT
  ...There ARE differences > between a drivers seat and a passenger seat, in the levers that control the > slide capability. The drivers side is on...
• Splitting the ventilation housing
  Historical mailing list - Robert Ueltzen
  Wed, 6 Sep 2017 12:16:51 -0700
  ...Did you use an exacto knife or a dremel tool with cutting disk? Or does the glue release with enough leverage (which I am...
• Re: Metal engine cover
  Historical mailing list - marcus
  Fri, 14 Aug 1998 22:14:49 -0700
  ...Marcus marcus wrote: > > Have one to replace some one's plastic cover.One of the lever locks on > the bottom is broke off.Yours...
• Re: Removing engine, WAS; How high do I lift the wee beastie?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 21 Nov 2010 21:13:48 -0800
  ...I got to thinking, after all the posts about the "tripod" for camping.....One could use a tripod...suspend a lever under the tripod...
• Re: Help removing clutch lever
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 8 Apr 2005 07:34:01 -0700
  ...Most people here asking for advice have not removed one of those levers before and don't know what is involved in replacing it...
• Re: very hot automatic gear selector lever
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
  Tue, 3 Sep 2002 04:00:13 -0700
  ...Good luck, Tim --- Marshall <mjruskin@SHAW.CA> wrote: > Hi Volks: > > Quick question: > > Is it normal for the gear selector lever on an > automatic to...
• Re: Video of Noise at Clutch Operating Lever. Help Diagnose Please?
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Sun, 25 Jun 2017 20:44:04 -0400
  ...is much louder at rear. > > A short youtube video showing clutch lever operating and noise I hear > > https://youtu.be/JpM0NNhEVSU > > Is this what...
• Re: Park Lights
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Thu, 14 Sep 2000 11:38:07 -0400
  ...and the signal lever in the down position the LEFT park lights >would come on, or vice versa if the lever is in the...
• Re: Pressure bleeding brakes questions
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 1 Sep 2019 11:36:34 -0700
  Interesting, bad copy editing at Bentley to add that lever ref to the vanagon manual . Gonna try using “the club” between pedal and seat...
• Re: Vanagon heater cable replacement
  Historical mailing list - Beth Young
  Mon, 13 Jan 1997 17:39:32 -0800 (PST)
  ...If the cables and levers are basically OK (it's hard to understand how they could go very wrong) I'd start scouring the...
• Re: Wiper/Washer Switch Question
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 8 Jul 2008 23:13:46 -0400
  ...On a Vanagon, '90, the >> wiper/washer lever has three positions: center off, up for fast, >> down for >> slow. And in all three positions...
• Re: 82 Vanagon gear selection problem.
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 04 Apr 1997 10:00:10 +0300
  Jorgen, check if you will find the first somewhere right of the rear gear while pushing down the shift lever. If you will find...
• Re: Headlights Again
  Historical mailing list - wb6otg
  Tue, 23 Oct 2001 15:30:35 -0400
  ...If you pull back on the lever, power is supplied directly to the brights, without going through the ignition switch or headlight switch. The...
• Syncro tranny pops out of fourth gear
  Historical mailing list - Tim King
  Wed, 22 Dec 1999 14:02:02 -0800
  ...I have to keep light pressure on the lever to keep the tranny in fourth all the time. First question: Could this be linkage...
• Re: Lockers -- how hard to install LLSD?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 10 May 2011 14:59:33 -0700
  ...at the trans lever.. those are often shot and out of place, making play there, affecting the relationship between throttle plate and trans lever...
• Re: I need three black plastic heater control levers...
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 22 Nov 2010 05:40:54 EST
  ...ago. Price may have changed by now but worth the call. Lever, heater/fresh air control, 251 259 371C - $11.87 >>>>>Yeah, they have...
• Accelerator cable extras?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Wise
  Sat, 18 Mar 2000 11:47:22 -0600
  ...The cable connects to the lever arm where the accelerator cable terminates. Also connected to the lever arm is a spring that I assume...
• Re: parts source?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Snook
  Mon, 7 Apr 2008 01:06:49 -0700
  ...All corners working, but use of the signal lever just gives a continuous light both outside and on the LED on the dash. No...
• Success...Hints on removing diesel injector pump sprocket.
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delasalle
  Fri, 12 Jan 2001 23:53:27 -0600
  Success......Through combination of a 3-leg puller, applied & taught, and two big screwdrivers applied as levers with more gusto than I thought reasonable...
• Diesel-Adjust the hydraulic clutch?
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Thu, 8 Nov 2001 16:57:36 -0700
  ...I recently replaced the slave cylinder, and now I looked at the clutch lever but found no way to adjust the free play. Is...
• RV: Rear windshield wiper. Problem or is this normal?
  Historical mailing list - Erick Faith Jimenez
  Fri, 30 Nov 2001 16:01:00 -0600
  ...It is normal, you just have to push the lever backward again. When you push it once it starts moving. When you push it...
• diesel clutch
  Historical mailing list - sean fleener
  Thu, 4 Mar 2004 19:37:26 -0800
  is the throw out bearing lever on a westy diesel, diesel only? or will one out of an air cooled work. Sean Fleener 80...
• Re: .................... and vanagons (friday post with little Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:46:50 -0700
  ...They always > shift in one of two direct movements, selecting the next gear in the > sequence as long as you move the shift lever...
• Re: Floor Duct
  Historical mailing list - Neil Crawford
  Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:22:46 -0700
  ...Then > lift and twist that floor duct assembly until it clears the parking > brake lever and gear shift lever. > > (then put it out for...
• Re: Shift Lever + Box (1981, 1985) PICS
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 8 Jul 2014 12:36:04 -0700
  ...Details shown in Bentley aside, Van-cafe.com specifies parts for a given shifter depending on the diameter of the shift lever itself. http...
• Re: Floor Duct
  Historical mailing list - Neil Crawford
  Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:50:05 -0700
  ...Then > lift and twist that floor duct assembly until it clears the parking > brake lever and gear shift lever. > > (then put it out for...
• Attention Auto Trans Owners!
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Sat, 12 Apr 2003 13:25:11 -0400
  ...Now, on my shift lever I have only a square hole, no contact bridge as pictured. I am assuming it fell out, and if...
• Re: Temp Gauge Out, Heat Blasting
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 18 Jul 2006 09:26:24 -0500
  ...leave the second lever in the far left position. > Also, a common failure mode for this valve is when the lever is in the...
• Re: Cooling system questions
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 14 Feb 2016 13:21:01 -0800
  ...Once > you use up a gallon, you flip the lever and put the tube down into the > next gallon and open the lever again...
• Re: Manual alignment problem.
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Fri, 6 Sep 2013 17:37:36 -0700
  ...Actually my mechanic identified the problem as being a broken shift lever at the transmission - the plastic ball on this part had broke off...
• shifter parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - W Monk
  Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:47:00 -0400
  ...Shift lever 251 711 973 44.93 tension pin for above 3.00 bushing front 251 711 207D 12.56 bushing rear 251 711...
• 86 Vanagon - Shifting into first gear
  Historical mailing list - Mike Blair
  Fri, 1 Jan 1999 05:33:45 -0800
  ...Usually if I move the shift lever right up against the reverse detent it will go in. Sometimes I have to go so far...
• separate emergency brake lever for each rear wheel
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Fri, 20 May 2016 14:33:06 -0400
  Like dune buggies have. has anyone done this on a vanagon? seems like an easy way to get power to the rear wheel that...
• Re: Air and heat knobs on levers
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Wed, 6 Mar 2013 10:36:13 -0500
  To the best of my recollection, I made a tool that released those. As I recall, you moved the knob a little vertically to...
• Re: Split Bus Piece Needed
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 2 Jul 1996 01:19:36 -0400
  ...I need one of the little levers that goes on the early reserve valves. I can't seem to find my old valve, and...
• WTB: Syncro shift rod
  Historical mailing list - Tom Sinclair
  Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:47:53 -0800
  ...The part that runs from the bottom of the shift lever to the universal joint. Thanks Tom ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get easy, one-click access to your...
• 81 Vanagon Ventilation Problem
  Historical mailing list - Lon Herman
  Wed, 13 Jun 2001 16:38:15 -0400
  ...Again, I am talking about the flapper lever, not the control panel lever that is attached to this lever via cable. Like the foot...
• Re: Looking for some history
  Historical mailing list - T3 Technique
  Mon, 15 Aug 2016 11:37:13 -0700
  I think the hard part about the shift lever is that the break could very well have resulted from the cumulative occasional bouts with...
• Re: Educate Me Please - Vanagon Shifter Operation
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 9 Apr 2009 10:22:55 -0400
  ...Shoving the lever down lets the tang clear the shelf and pass into the reverse gate. There's another stop bolted into the left...
• Re: 84 Wolfsberg westie roof outlets
  Historical mailing list - TBill
  Mon, 22 Sep 1997 17:39:45 -0700
  ...I slide the lever D in > the operating controls and nothing happens. > > I looked up there above the slider and into the vents and...
• Re: Causes of Brake Pull at Highway Speeds? UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 27 May 2013 00:13:46 -0700
  ...The gap between the e-brake cable eyelet and each shoe lever is something I wouldn't have known to look for; it TOTALLY...
• Re: fresh air/heat sliders (EASY WAY TO KNOW)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Shane
  Wed, 9 May 2001 18:55:20 -0400
  ...The top lever defrosts your feet, with fresh air from below, how neat! The next lever controls the fan, far away in someone else...
• Re: front heater valve
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Mon, 1 Oct 2001 22:40:14 -0500
  ...The cable end had a kink in it that threaded through a small hole on the end of the valve control lever. So far...
• Need help adjusting gear shift linkage
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Edwards
  Tue, 5 Jun 2018 20:31:12 -0500
  ...I think the PO had problems with it, because he added a gear shift lever extension that gives a lot more leverage. I have...
• Re: Video of Noise at Clutch Operating Lever. Help Diagnose Please?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 25 Jun 2017 17:51:38 -0700
  ...N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: >> A short youtube video showing clutch lever operating and noise I hear >> >> https://youtu.be/JpM0NNhEVSU -- Neil n Blog...
• Re: Inserting Terry K heater shutoff valve
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 1 Aug 2007 11:43:57 -0600
  ...I may be deluding myself, but Are you closing the heater levers in the proper Rubik's combination so that there is no heat...
• clutch lever
  Historical mailing list - van man
  Sat, 6 Apr 2002 14:43:42 -0800
  Can someone provide insight on to removal of this baby on an 87 syncro? I have removed the pivot bolt and an outer circlip...
• Re: WHAT IS THIS!?!?!
  Historical mailing list - Roger Van Till
  Sat, 1 Dec 2007 18:25:30 -0500
  ...I wonder if those seat levers are actually Maglight flashlights. Make it easy to find the water tank at night. On Dec 1, 2007...
• Re: Ignorant glow plug question
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Diebolt
  Sun, 17 Nov 1996 21:57:22 -0500
  ...I used to think that this lever actuated the glow >plugs, but now I don't see how it could. What does it do...
• need a back-up light switch
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Sun, 03 Nov 1996 23:21:44 EST
  ...The backup lights will come one but only if I hold the shifter lever all the way up in reverse. If I take my...
• Re: Fuzzy Gasket
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Tue, 24 Jun 1997 08:25:05 -0400
  snip > As far as the vent at the rear of the door with the blue lever, that is not > connected to the vents for...
• Re: headlights OUT!
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Fri, 13 Aug 1999 01:17:38 -0700
  ...turn signal lever/ high beam > switch mechanism since the high beam indicator light will not switch off > after operating the lever? (I'm thinking...