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• Re: Notes on traveling, internet access and rv parks - USB GPS antenna
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 2 Nov 2012 15:45:20 -0600
  ...By itself on Amazon, > $30, > with $5 shipping. > > http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-GPS-Receiver-and-Cables/dp/B0035XU7WA/ref=sr_1_2?ie...
• Re: trip out west
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 4 Aug 2010 12:40:58 -0500
  ...Now, I can't tell which conduits in there are cables. No cables are visible, everything is inside conduits of some sort. Most of...
• Re: ABA into 1.9 Vanagon was coolant overflow fears and thoughts
  Historical mailing list - Daniel O Stevens
  Tue, 14 May 2013 16:37:06 +0000
  ...Then used 2 cables. One to the Trans for kickdown and one to the engine throttle. You can use bicycle cable adjusters in the...
• Re: Heater Fan
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Wed, 15 May 2013 19:46:33 -0400
  ...4) Lube the heater control cables. Others? Marc Perdue On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 7:22 PM, J Stewart <fonman4277@comcast.net> wrote...
• Re: back on the road
  Historical mailing list - Higginbotham, David A.
  Tue, 5 Apr 2011 10:39:07 +0000
  ...I did try to crank it with jumper cables last spring, but it did what Steve was describing after he put a new engine...
• Re: DIN to RCA cable connecters?(no vw content)
  Historical mailing list - Robert F. O'Shaughnessy
  Mon, 9 Mar 1998 16:04:06 -0500
  ...Crutchfield, among others sell adapters, and even din to RCA cables for your amp. Try a good local stereo shop, RadioShack or Crutchfield. Bob...
• Newbies, po' man's Limited slip.
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Fri, 3 Dec 1999 18:41:28 -0800
  ...This works really well on old bugs as their cables terminate at the brakelever. And hey, if you want to stop, try both. It...
• Re: Charging Second Battery
  Historical mailing list - Tim Hannink
  Fri, 17 May 2002 10:38:20 -0400
  ...Is there a way to hook up jumper cables while the van is > running in order to charge the second battery as well? > > > > \/\/i...
• Re: What are the symptoms of a failing TEMP II Sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Myers
  Tue, 17 Apr 2007 22:54:45 -0400
  ...intermittent hiccupping van replacing the coil, cleaning connectors and replacing ground cables convinced it could NOT be the Temp II sensor again! But Digitool...
• Re: A Current Question
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:46:44 -0500
  ...All I'd need then is one PowerPole to plug my modded jumper cables into. Since most jumper cables are 6GA wire, I'm...
• speedometer noise and other ramblings
  Historical mailing list - lbart
  Tue, 7 Jan 1997 23:30:24 -0500
  ...This lever is connected to a cable which apparently splits into two cables, and each one leads to a heater flapper box. The cable...
• Re: install heater core in AC housing.
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 7 Mar 2007 17:43:18 -0800
  ...just gettiing them set up and in > place with the small jumble of cables I had as parts/cores. > > there are also variations in...
• '56 Bus Electrical Problem
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Mon, 4 Mar 1996 20:11:28 -0800 (PST)
  ...All the wires and cables were in good shape (they're all a lttle over a year old) The only thing I found amis...
• Re: Mystery Box
  Historical mailing list - VW Addict aka The Bus Nut
  Mon, 26 Mar 2001 00:47:34 -0800
  ...case, as I poked around amidst the mass of wires and cables, I came > > across a strange black box hanging from a tie wrap...
• Re: Cool spot for Bentley Book
  Historical mailing list - Jay Roth
  Wed, 9 Jul 2003 21:02:38 -0500
  ...I stuff my jumper cables under there. They're pretty heavy duty, but if I roll them up nice and tidy they just fit...
• Odometer repair (was coolant leak question...)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Miller
  Sun, 30 Nov 2003 06:53:54 -0500
  ...The Bozobus ate a *bunch* of speedo cables, but that lost both measurements. I'll miss estimating the MPG... ================================================ -- Frank Miller My office is...
• 1980 AC model speedo
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Fri, 3 Dec 2004 11:59:01 -0500
  ...is that cable connection the same as the later WC speedos? if I change my cables ... (not looking forward to that.. ) then would I...
• c.v. joint removal Question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
  Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:41:40 EST
  ...For thoes who whant to know, Yes the heater flap cables broke trying to remove the barrel nuts. (next on the list) Jim Morgan...
• Re: Great device for lubing cables
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 5 Jul 2019 12:43:23 -0400
  ...Stephen Mobile > On Jul 5, 2019, at 11:46 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote: > > I’ve just used it on bicycle cables...
• Re: Screw Holes, Cruise Control Sender: Thread? (Diesel Speedometer)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 1 May 2011 16:17:28 -0700
  ...cables ..like a diesel vanagon uses, > and most gas vanagons have an oxygen sensor miles counter box in them ..so > there are two cables...
• Parking brake adjustment, '82
  Historical mailing list - Doug Fitz-Randolph
  Sun, 4 May 2008 20:29:43 -0400
  ...At this point the parking brake cables are both seated against the backing plates. After I put the wheels back on, they turn freely...
• Re: Kelly Park VW show, valuable documents and sheetmetal
  Historical mailing list - john keith hopp
  Tue, 11 Apr 1995 08:57:03 -0600 (MDT)
  ...The sheet-metal pannel that **covers the master-cylinder, handbrake cables, etc. My 69 came without **one, Ken's 71 came without one and...
• '80 VW Westfalia For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Kyle Haskins
  Sun, 5 Oct 1997 11:35:17 -0500
  ...heater needs a couple new cables. New spark plugs, new fuel filter, new oil & filter, itle and a timing just set too! Ready to...
• Re: '90 power window problem...
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Mon, 7 May 2001 09:37:39 -0400
  ...http://home.dencity.com/birdworks/cablestopsm.jpg Angus ================================ Angus Gordon '89 Carat NW Ohio '86 Syncro
• Re: Vanagon list scheduled outage - 2/27/2013
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:03:14 -0500
  ...starting at 10:00 AM EST in order to >> string new cables on the poles. Gerry will be taking a nap during this >> period...
• Re: Throttle cable for 1.9 auto 85 with Mcquiver story bonus
  Historical mailing list - GMac999
  Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:29:31 -0800
  ...I'm not sure what it's made of, but we use it as throttle and clutch cables in our off road rails all...
• Re: oh, what the heck ... how cold is it?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 08 Feb 1996 14:58:54 -0800
  ...bed with you > > 10 - Too cold to ski > You need jumper cables to get the car going > > 5 - You plan your vacation in Houston...
• 1987 Oxygen Sensor Wiring 2.1 liter Digifant MV engine
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Sun, 24 Feb 2002 22:09:49 +0100
  ...however I have never seen a shielded cable in a car before (I"ve seen it often in cable TV coaxial cables, and RJ...
• Re: Your method to fit grp 41 battery in box
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 27 Mar 2026 21:35:49 +0000
  ...For years I've always had a struggle when dropping the group 41 battery past the pos-neg cables and have banged-up the...
• Re: Parking brake cable stretch
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Mon, 15 Jan 2001 20:04:27 -0800
  ...First, loosen the adjuster nut that connects the parking brake rod to the cables under the center of the van. I unscrewed that sucker...
• Re: Such a splendid waste of time
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Tue, 25 Jan 2011 08:21:28 -0800
  ...that opens and shuts with the second lever along with the cables to the flaps in back. In true DPO fashion. So it's...
• Re: setting up multimeter to check current draw
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 7 Aug 2009 19:17:05 -0400
  ...Do I use the volts setting and go across the fuse > connections with the fuse out, or pull one of the battery cables to...
• Re: Advice on Power Mirror removal (agai
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 03 Jan 1997 11:22:06 +0200
  ...If the plate is out you can open the case totally and remove the cables. I don't like this style of cable connectors...
• Hot Crank Problem
  Historical mailing list - Odyssey Stickers
  Sun, 14 Mar 1999 23:56:03 +0000
  ...After walking home and returning, later with jumper cables, it tried it first (cold now) and it started up with a slight Hesatation. Cranks...
• Re: engine ground strap
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sun, 21 Jan 2007 08:16:22 -0500
  ...The cables are meant to be used either where insulation is required (carries +12V) or where there is no relative movement between the parts...
• Power window not working...
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:12:57 +0000
  ...The tracks were replaced a couple of years ago because the originals lost the plastic tabs and the cables got all messed up. Does...
• Starting problems
  Historical mailing list - khgo50
  Sun, 16 Sep 2007 13:29:46 -0400
  ...In the past I've changed the relay to fuel pump, replace with new fuel pump, new cables, spark plugs, new distributor cap with...
• Re: Lube Raditor fan motor bushings?
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:24:54 -0500
  ...This would be great stuff, by the way, for all the climate control cables, probably the speedo cable, etc. A cable luber is helpful...
• Re: Another space for stuff
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 11 Mar 2020 23:46:40 -0400
  ...So, with 5 quick quarter turn screws to remove Upper Grill, I stuff a sturdy plastic bag filled with jumper cables down into that...
• Re: R.Power Window Won't Budge:'90 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Wed, 2 Aug 2000 13:17:03 -0700
  ...The stock window motor that uses cables is mounted in the lower part of the door. Also, I note that the passenger window moves...
• Re: Dash coming out. Any prev. maint tips?
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Thu, 25 Jan 2007 12:07:45 -0800
  ...And yes thanks, I'll label the cables. "heat" = cold "defrost" = cold etc. ;^) --- heh heh. I removed the stock heater/gas heater a while...
• Re: Supporting the pop top to remove the frame
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 25 Aug 2015 15:19:13 -0400
  ...I can >feel those cables at the "elbow" of the apparatus. when the top is up >there is slack in them. is that right...
• Re: Cause of fluttering speedometer ?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 1 Feb 2000 08:54:31 EST
  ...I would lube up all of the cables too (LPS 2 would work great for this) and the back of the speedo. It could...
• Re: Parking brake adjustment, '82
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 7 May 2008 10:17:17 -0400
  ...I still think you have bad cables. If you shimmed out the lower shoe mounts as I suggested, new shoes and drums will have...
• Re: Ignition Cables, unplugging from distributor
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 25 Aug 2012 11:29:28 -0700
  ...ever heard about it ? Well, obviously > >> the person who INSTALLED those cables in the dizzy cap did not > >> ! Using Dielectric grease on both ends...
• Re: Symptoms of a bad starter?
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Sat, 24 Jul 2010 09:09:11 -0500
  ...I enlarged the hole a little bit and replaced the grommet with some heater hose wrapping around both cables. Not as nice as the...
• Re: Driver's side front wheel grease cap
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 28 Aug 2012 05:46:59 -0400
  ...cable drive connection ! Does not all car manufacturers drive their speedo cables with the front LH wheel ? On 2012-08-27, at 8:18...
• Electric window regulator cable broke! Rebuild? Used Available?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Brown
  Fri, 24 Sep 2010 11:47:45 -0700
  Happy Friday all, One of the two cables that raise/lower the glass in driver’s side power window regulator (pn 251.837.461...
• Re: Hand brake
  Historical mailing list - Tracey Knight
  Fri, 18 Nov 1994 20:05:57 +1100 (EST)
  ...I had that same trouble and was told by the VW guy I go to for advice that the cables had probably seized. They...
• Re: Sticky vent controls?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 20 Aug 2021 09:34:31 -0700
  ...Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> If you take the heater box out you must take the cables loose and that >>> means readjust them...
• 1991 vanagon - Auxiliary Battery wiring upgrade - completed project
  Historical mailing list - KevinPGilleran
  Mon, 13 Jan 2014 14:57:00 -0800
  ...Also I found that Interstate makes great "cold weld" battery cables that have the glue filled heat shrink water proof connections. I could not...
• Re: Door gasket
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 18 Feb 2018 16:36:26 -0500
  ...It goes around the oval > connection to the fresh air distribution on the forward end of the door. > The speaker cables go through the...
• Re: Slow cranking with fully charged battery
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Wed, 23 Mar 2016 01:55:09 -0400
  ...The permanent magnet motor and the gear reduction require much less current to get the job done so eve with the earlier battery cables...
• Re: What was that robust 12v connector?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 24 Jan 2014 16:51:44 -0700
  ...van so that one could > plug up a pair of jumper cables and charge or access the battery without > taking the engine lid off...
• Addendum to question on Parking Brake Cable
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Sun, 13 Jan 2013 11:39:19 -0500
  ...Is this normal or do the cables stretch over time and that I need to replace that cable. Thanks, Harold -- Harold Teer 1991 Westy...
• Speedometer ticking noise
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:14:35 -0500
  ...40(thats what I used to loosen up the heater control cables on the dash and they work super now) but if it has...
• RE: Fresh Air Fan in '84 Westy - ARGHHH!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 22 Jun 1995 13:02:20 -0400
  ...I now feel pretty good about what's under there, and I took the opportunity to clean, tighten, and straighten wires, heater cables, and...
• Re: 2nd request, where's my fuel pump relay?
  Historical mailing list - Steve E
  Tue, 19 Dec 2000 16:17:09 -0500
  ...By following all the cables you will find the one cable that goes to a black box. That's where you can find the...
• Re: Looking for PCI Video Card
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 20 Apr 2001 11:18:47 -0400
  ...a ATI All In Wonder 128 PCI video card with all cables >and software. I would be willing to get one of these used...
• Re: Hot Starting (a) vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Wed, 10 Aug 94 8:09:56 PDT
  ...you might be just getting some corrosion on the spade lugs. > > joel > A weak battery and/or bad/corroded cables will also make it...