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• Re: Screw Holes, Cruise Control Sender: Thread? (Diesel Speedometer)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 1 May 2011 14:28:29 -0700
  my '82 diesel has metal backed speedo and clip style cable attachment. alistair On 1-May-11, at 2:02 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans...
• Re: Accelerator Cable (Now have full throttle)
  Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
  Wed, 17 Jun 1998 00:04:13 -0700
  ...Thanks for all the info on the accelerator cable. Full throttle switch now working. Used the method of the brick on the throttle, a...
• Thinking about getting the DigiTool ? You will need to do this...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 20 Aug 2001 14:25:36 EDT
  Get the Digitool cable attached to your ECU. I have a 1988 022 VW ECU with the DigiTool cable already attached (Digitool NOT included...
• Throttle cable help
  Historical mailing list - Ed
  Sun, 30 Sep 2007 14:57:55 -0700
  ...Looked and the cable is loose at the engine. What type of clamp is supposed to secure it at the engine end? Ed --------------------------------- Be...
• Re: 1982 Heater Cables for Climate Control - Part Number and Source
  Historical mailing list - S DaRoota
  Fri, 9 Mar 2018 12:38:09 -0800
  ...253 711 605 is the heating control cable. On Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 5:43 AM, kenneth wilford <kenwilfy@gmail.com> wrote: > John...
• Re: ICU issue?
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 16 Aug 2024 16:25:17 -0700
  The problem was caused by the Idle Control Unit cable coming in contact with the power steering pump pulley. Two wires were severed, I...
• Re: Auto Trans: Upshifting later, per GTA?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 10 May 2011 12:58:34 -0700
  ...if hey guy had been saying 'rod' rather than 'cable' ........ he would have been right. there is a 'throttle cable' in an auto trans...
• Re: Heater valve update
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 1 Aug 2005 07:27:53 -0700
  The cable play can be adjusted at either end. The valve end has a pita clip you can remove and then slide the cable...
• Re: Great device for lubing cables
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 5 Jul 2019 10:27:44 -0700
  the speedo cable is in a tight space so it's quite hard to get the lubing device in there. I use silicone spray...
• Re: Strange Static Buzzing Noise Coming From The Dash?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 20 Feb 2011 08:08:25 -0800
  does it only occur when van moving? if so it might be speedo cable as you guessed. if so, try lubing... disconnect cable from...
• Speedometer Weirdness
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 2 Aug 2006 14:08:06 -0700
  Hey all, In the past , the VW's I owned went thru speedometer cables often. My Vnagon is still on the original. Now my...
• Re: Mega-fuse? (between batteries)
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:03:06 -0700
  ...The heavy cable is routed fairly securely. I've never heard of a Vanagon catching fire because of the main 12V cable shorting out...
• Parking brake cable stretch
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Mon, 15 Jan 2001 21:56:57 EST
  ...Duh, is it possible these cables have stretched over the last 19 years? Ken Hunter 82 Westy 1.9D 84 Jetta 1.5D
• Re: Syncro speedo is different?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Vickey
  Sat, 10 Apr 2004 16:58:02 -0400
  Doug, Yes, the cable will connect to your 2wd speedometer. Percentage "off" depends on speed. Cable is wrong length, too. You can't use...
• speedo cable lube-able?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Tue, 7 Jun 2005 12:25:22 -0700
  ...My money's on the speedo cable. Is that thing lube-able? -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus 83.5...
• Re: Positive Cable End
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 3 May 2012 09:40:12 -0700
  ...Positive Cable End My positive cable at at the starter end is showing corrosion and I have hard starting. �I'm thinking trying to...
• Replacing footwell vent control cable?
  Historical mailing list - Graham Janson
  Tue, 5 Apr 2011 20:25:52 -0600
  ...Graham On 2011-04-05, at 18:53, Automatic digest processor <LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> wrote: > Replacing footwell vent control cable? > > The control cable...
• Weekend of VW Work (long)
  Historical mailing list
  02 Jun 97 13:56:04 PDT
  ...Oops, lower speedo cable is bad, not upper. Oh well, I now have a lubricated upper. Removed the lower speedo cable, definitely bad. Did...
• Re: throttle cable
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 12 Apr 2002 16:22:59 -0500
  ...Loosen the cable on the throttle body and you can pull it out through the engine compartment. They cables are only about $5.00...
• Re: '85 VANAGON W/89 ENGINE
  Historical mailing list - Howard Fleming
  Sat, 18 Jul 1998 10:15:51 -0500
  If just the core wire of the heater cables are broken, you can get the center wire from a small engine shop and make...
• Re: Fw: Speedo 'jigger'
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 Oct 1998 20:24:38 EDT
  ...Evidently, the twisting force(from lack of lubrication) causes the "spring like" cable to lose its tension. Try that and let us know:>) Karl...
• Welding cable for auxiliary batteries.
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Sat, 27 Aug 2011 13:28:49 -0800
  I stopped at a local shop that specializes in solar/batteries, and stumbled across a welding cable that is super flexible. 4gauge wire bends...
• '89 Vanagon Westfalia Speedo Squeal
  Historical mailing list - Greg Clarke
  Sun, 6 May 2007 09:10:03 -0700
  ...There's an intermittent, LOUD squeal coming from the speedometer/cable connection. I've had a new cable installed but the sound still happens...
• Re: Diesel question, reply
  Historical mailing list - Berry
  Sat, 27 Jun 1998 07:15:08 -0500
  Michael, actually the cold start cable was left off when the new pump was installed because it had to be ordered from the dealer...
• glove box hangers/supports/tabs/cables whatever
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 28 Aug 2002 11:06:45 EDT
  ...There are no cables of > any > kind on mine. It has two tabs at the rear corners. I push these in to clear > the...
• Re: Dash Frustration -- A Friday Vent
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 9 Nov 2012 20:25:07 -0800
  Did you thoroughly lube the new cable before you installed it ? and test its smooth movement ? mandatory in my world. Lack of suffecient lubrication...
• Re: SA van images
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:23:28 -0500
  How about radio-control model airplane snap-on cable end retainers? They just need a simple right-angle bend, and are available in different...
• Re: A Stretching Clutch Cable?
  Historical mailing list - Dan Moy
  Wed, 6 Aug 1997 15:45:01 -0400 (EDT)
  I do not remember if a 79' has a boden tube (tube the guides the cable to the clutch arm) or not. But you...
• Re: Digitool Installed, totally Excellent!
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sun, 16 May 1999 10:15:01 -0500
  ...The other end of the short cable is a 25 pin female >connector. > >This connector mates to a male connector, on the long cable...
• Re: Alternators correction!
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 9 Apr 2020 18:49:04 -0400
  ...my old 82 westy I ran a new cable. >> >> And I have a good thick cable ready to go for the syncro . Why don...
• Re: Accelerator cable
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 10 Sep 2012 07:46:53 -0400
  ...Accelerator cable If it's an automatic and the ball joint is rusted so that ball sockert will NOT come off then it's...
• '56 kombi - update
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Wed, 8 Feb 1995 23:25:06 -0800 (PST)
  ...I think this is the wrong cable for the bus, because someone before me engineered an "adaptor" at the pedal (underneath) with a bent...
• Re: Cleavis pin fixed, but now....!!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Jun 1996 16:09:18 -0500
  ...I figure I'll go ahead and try putting the new clutch cable >in and use the other for a spare, but has anyone...
• finally figured out why the cable broke again
  Historical mailing list - Dart 330
  Mon, 30 Jul 2001 13:40:31 -0500
  Turns out I had the wrong piece holding the end of the cable to the throttle. Some moron mechanic at one point took a...
• Cable lube tool instructions
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 30 Dec 2023 20:16:49 -0500
  Hey Jim Felder and others, I just received the motorcycle cable lube tool. I need some instruction on how to use it. It came...
• Yikes! I toasted my digitool!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Thu, 10 May 2001 20:38:16 -0500
  ...Was maybe the shielded cable the wrong thing to use, I've had this tool hooked up for months using 25 wire ribbon cable...
• Re: No Clutch....
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 2 Feb 2010 14:49:41 -0800
  There were some VERY early T3 models with cable clutch. It shows up in the factory parts info. IIRC they had 1600 old school...
• defrost cable
  Historical mailing list - Seastoner
  Mon, 25 Nov 1996 07:30:39 +0000
  I have to replace the cable to the defrost slider in my 85 Westy. Is this a big job? also, I'm wondering about...
• Re: heat control valve
  Historical mailing list - Brian Doss
  Thu, 23 Jul 1998 12:08:32 EDT
  In recently doing this job myself, I realized that there is an adjustment in the cable that controls the valve bellcrank. The cable sheath...
• Lower speedo cable??
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Mon, 7 Feb 2000 20:20:50 -0500
  What is correct way to install lower speedo cable in left front wheel housing? Does the "wheel" end of a new cab have the...
• Rear brake
  Historical mailing list - Stan Harrison
  Thu, 7 Aug 2003 18:20:39 -0400
  Rusty left and right rear brake cables take the small force required to move the shoe, and through a magnification of the friction and...
• Snow Chains/Cables on Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - David Wilhite
  Wed, 5 Jan 2005 00:28:07 +0000
  Anybody use snow chains or cables on their vanagon? I don't remember reading much on the list concerning this. Just wondering if they...
• Re: Cable Shift Linkage? (tranny)
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:28:04 -0700
  ...Routing of cables would entail a challenge or two, but I am curious and will make a call tomorrow............. Thanks for putting that out...
• Re: Slow turnover when starting.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 15 Apr 2012 01:06:06 -0700
  I've had to work over the battery cables, ground cables and charging wires on my 85 .and other vans. a few points.. get...
• Re: WAS:trip out west-NOW: Heater valve
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 21 Aug 2010 13:23:34 -0500
  ...Loosen the cable clamp with a 7mm wrench (pull the cluster first and note/mark the position of the cable relative to the clamp...
• Re: Replacing footwell vent control cable?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 6 Apr 2011 08:17:31 -0700
  ...He said that he can route the cable by dropping the spare tire. So my question, "How tough a job is the DIY approach...
• Re: WAS:trip out west-NOW: Heater valve
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 21 Aug 2010 15:44:42 -0500
  ...Just clamp off the hoses, pull the valve out of the hose, disconnect it from the cable, connect a new valve to the cable...
• Heater cable connects to valve... how?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 04 Oct 1995 07:12:12 -0500
  I have finally decided to fix the heater cable connection to the coolant valve on my '85 GL. I have a coolant leak in...
• Re: VAN Rear Inside Hatch Opener
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Mon, 28 Mar 2022 10:57:04 -0400
  Found this on TheSamba https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=677329 Great idea to use Bike Cable I'm going to...
• digitool
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Wed, 23 Sep 1998 11:14:11 -0500
  ...The digitool requires the installation of a 25 wire flat ribbon cable onto the ecu (pc serial cable). The cable is soldered onto the...
• Re: Brakes & potential problems
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 15 May 2002 22:01:16 -0700
  Don't be too hasty with the cable adjustment. The primary adjustment is at the brake shoes. Tightening the cable when the real problem...
• Accelerator cable woes
  Historical mailing list - Jay Brown
  Wed, 15 Jan 2003 15:54:19 -0500
  ...My guess is that after washing the undercarriage last weekend, I have some water in my accelerator cable that is freezing (it was 4...
• Re: Are My Curtains on Correct? - black cord thingie
  Historical mailing list - Trina Lindal
  Wed, 29 Jun 2005 11:33:41 -0700
  ...Otmar siad: > 2) it looks exactly like the cable housing used on bicycles > for gear and older brake cables. Well, having seen what the...
• Re: tire chains / cables on snows?
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:20:48 -0400
  I keep cables in my van at all times as they can be very useful in mud, snow, ice, wet grass,, etc. Even though...
• Re: electrical question - ignition switch
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:33:27 -0600
  ...the power on that cable now comes on when i move the key around a little in the ign on position. well I am...
• Re: 1981 Accelerator Cable: Barrel Clamp Failure. How?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 26 Apr 2018 16:18:43 -0400
  ...Hard to believe > the cable stayed in place all these years! Looks like someone overtightened the clamping bolt and burst the fitting. Yrs, d
• Re: vanagon Digest - 17 Oct 2002 (#2002-1249)
  Historical mailing list - Trooz
  Fri, 18 Oct 2002 08:21:55 -0700
  <could someone tell me if they actually used a <cable clutch in the early vanagons (US models)? <Tromper <1982 Dieselfant II <"The Manatee" I...
• Re: AT Governor and fluid exchange with final drive
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Ensing
  Sat, 1 Mar 2003 22:40:38 EST
  The valve body uses three "signals" of pressure they are the manual gear selector the kickdown cable from the accelerator cable and the governor...
• Re: What snaps? Was: Passing another Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
  Sun, 25 Jul 2004 21:01:26 -0400
  ...The end of the cable is a metal rod, that gets > pinched by a bolt to hold it in the right place. This might...
• Re: speedometer
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Sun, 7 Sep 2025 09:21:46 -0600
  ...I installed a new cable, very carefully routing it to minimize bends and ensure it goes straight into the speedometer connector. So far, so...