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• Re: turns over, won't fire up...
  Historical mailing list - Arthur Anderson
  Fri, 24 Jan 2003 17:37:52 -0500
  ...Got the battery cables replaced with bigger ones (2 or 1 ga instead of the normal 4) and and it starts like a champ...
• Ultimate Starter Fix--
  Historical mailing list - UWannaDeaL2
  Mon, 12 May 2003 20:15:05 -0400
  ...Clean everything..electrical connections depend on CLEAN contact Clean those battery cables too.. c'ya
• Re: getting to heater cables and controls
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Mon, 20 Jun 2005 08:51:56 -0700
  The heat control is easy. Drop your spare time and look up - you will see the valve up there. They fail with time. The...
• Rear end rattle
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Mon, 29 Oct 2012 17:04:40 -0700
  ...I've been underneath and in the engine compartment finding cables, brackets, anything that can move and make noise and tying things off. And...
• Re: vent noise intrusion...
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 26 Jan 2008 07:53:59 -0600
  ...Never > had this on my 2WD Westy, so this is new to me. > > Is there some missing foam, cables not closing 100% or bent...
• Re: a/c loads the system down and it stumbles and dies
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 20 Aug 2010 23:33:29 -0500
  ...The biggest problem at the idle > was core was loose dirty corroded ground cables Must have been 6 > different cables all on this one...
• Re: Front heater motor
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Tue, 28 Feb 2017 15:56:13 -0500
  ...replace the clutch pedal too (if it's a manual > trans) > > sound deadening the front nose panel, lube the cables, repair the air > > hoses...
• instrument panel short =?UTF-8?Q?=3D=20no=20start=3F?=
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Thu, 6 Nov 2014 13:16:01 -0500
  ...The instrument panel ribbon cables look fine. The switches are not causing the problem, neither is the speedo induction sender. I'm lost re...
• Re: lube speedo cable?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 8 Apr 2013 09:16:05 -0700
  ...Cable, > not the speedo gears. > > I remember "in the old days" when one used graphite > powder, but the newer plasticized cables seem to be...
• Re: Cable lubricators /type motorcycle
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 07 Jan 1995 12:15:00 +0500
  ...It is >particularly effective in loosening heater control cables. I know that these are still sold. I company "Dennis Kirk" sells one for $12...
• Heat
  Historical mailing list - Craig Standley
  Wed, 16 Sep 1998 09:25:12 -0700
  ...I played around with the adjustments on the cables a bit, and the amount of cool air seems proportional with the engine speed, so...
• Re: trailer hitches
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 25 Feb 2000 01:39:40 +0100
  ...and filter, how to aim the headlights, how to use starter cables etc. Most manuals these days tell you how to start the engine...
• Mystery Box
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Sun, 25 Mar 2001 11:24:00 -0600
  ...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: Plug wires
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Tue, 29 Oct 2002 08:15:49 -0800
  ...Assuming >that no moisture is leaking from the leaker, why is it that the ends of the >cables corrode so bad? They are white...
• Re: SA dash? was:Re: Custom Instrument Pod
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 21 Feb 2003 08:29:22 -0800
  ...When I remove one from a later donor I leave the cables connected to the levers and box as the adjustments will remain the...
• speedometer help
  Historical mailing list - Paul Wies
  Wed, 11 Jun 2003 20:33:35 EDT
  ...Thoughts, been there's, or spare cables much appreciated ;-) Paul '82 Vanagon Kissimmee FL
• Re: Dashboard Removal Procedure: where in Bentley's?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 19 Aug 2004 09:56:25 -0700
  ...where in Bentley's? > > I need to pull the dash to work on the climate control cables (the top > lever's is broken). I...
• FS: 81 Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Fri, 3 Sep 2004 22:30:42 -0400
  ...Steering rack boots (have boots) tie rod end, heater cables, radio, wiring in dash - call for more details, can send pictures. Located near Mass...
• Re: intermittent starting problem
  Historical mailing list - lauterba
  Wed, 10 Dec 2003 22:29:48 -0500
  ...of a new > starter? Is the solenoid even replaceable? > > BTW - the cables are all securely terminated on batteries and starter > > Thanks in advance, > > Juan
• Re: Rear Brake hardware
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:25:00 -0700
  ...Those parts are provided in case the new rear shoes did not have the levers installed already for the parking brake cables. Those parts...
• Starting problems with 88 Vanagon (Wolfberg Ed) with 90,000 ml
  Historical mailing list - khgo50
  Sun, 16 Sep 2007 15:25:24 -0400
  ...In the past I've changed the relay to fuel pump, replaced a new fuel pump, new cables & spark plugs, new distributor cap with...
• Re: Vanagon safety and design?
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Wed, 23 Feb 2000 15:52:46 -0500
  ...Almost every car on the market uses cables for their emergency/parking brake, just like the Vanagon. The only additional cable I know of...
• Re: Gauges and stuff
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 8 Jul 1995 08:02:17 -0700 (PDT)
  ...So far it looks to me that all the > cables > are attached to the frame member, hidden from view by that big metal plate...
• Traveling Tool Kit?
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Sat, 4 Jul 2015 11:59:49 -0700
  ...the van. * Fuel filter * The usual road safety items, flares, jumper cables, etc. * My trusty 12v air compressor I have one kit that I...
• Re: Syncro 30 Year Anniversary Road Trip in Germany!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 26 Jan 2015 14:40:41 -0800
  ...describes being busy, as in "busier > than a pair of jumper cables at a redneck funeral." > > "Busier than Ken Wilford at a massive Syncro...
• Re: 2wd Limited Slip
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Tue, 22 Mar 2011 19:35:11 -0700
  ...Since it was a mechanical arrangement, it ended up stretching the brake cables. A hydraulic arrangement would be better. I'd rather have a...
• Re: While the dash is off...top priorities?
  Historical mailing list - Joe T.
  Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:48:24 -0600
  Make sure to label your HVAC cables. It can get confusing re-attaching them. Some people have added a layer of sound deadener to...
• Re: 84 Vanagon Starter problem
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Wed, 11 Sep 2002 19:54:14 -0700
  ...the tranny and/or quicky Chinese replacement terminals and cooroded battery cables. Quite the contrary to your experience, I have solved dozens of hot...
• Re: Accelerator sticks
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 1 Sep 2004 23:00:08 -0400
  ...the bottom of the floor. This will prevent this icing problem. Cables are usually rust, witch causes them to get sticky. New cable are...
• ignition? injection?
  Historical mailing list - Deborah Walters
  Sat, 4 Jan 2003 19:54:36 -0500
  ...Hall control unit, and started the van with the idle stabilizer cables connected together - still had the problem. Then it got dark and cold...
• Great device for lubing cables
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Fri, 5 Jul 2019 09:00:16 -0500
  Despite my attempts to make the throttle cable on my diesel westy butter smooth, I was still getting catches from time to time. Recently...
• Re: MP3 Player Advice Needed
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 16 Oct 2010 18:25:26 -0700
  ...at about 1/3 or less the price of an adapter, cables, and iPod type device. So I'll keep mulling it over and...
• Friday: Learn From My Lessons
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:03:39 -0700
  ...Anyone see the cables I use to connect the solar panels to the van? How could I lose track of those? I've even...
• Re: To those '83-'85 Vanagon folks
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 07 Sep 1994 08:04:28 -0700
  ...repaired ventilation blower switch and heater control cables 8. 1 plugged fuel filter at 120,000 mi. 9. normal hassle with gas overfilling Overall...
• FS Seattle: 1963 dbl cab w/ orig CANOPY new engine/trans/tires excellent... (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Mackenzie
  Wed, 28 May 1997 15:27:19 -0700 (PDT)
  ...brakes, brk lines,pads, cables( accel,brk, cltch). wood in bed. includes tonneau, new front glass and seals,allnew rebuilt tranny new reduction boxes...
• Thanks to the list
  Historical mailing list - Connal Hughes
  Sun, 14 Nov 1999 22:59:27 EST
  ...I love NYC) I no longer have a jack (or jumper cables, or emergency tools, or a CD-changer, or a CB...). I'd...
• Re: HELP QUICK! NOT STARTING
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Wed, 26 Jan 2000 16:35:24 -0800
  ...rebound voltage. Clean the top of the battery, check the batt. cables and terminals for good condition, check the ground strap at the trans...
• Handbrake Problem - Can't figure it out...
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Tue, 5 Aug 2003 16:17:28 -0700
  ...I have replaced both handbrake cables to no avail. I also replaced both rear drums with new drums and installed new rear brakes. I...
• How do you fix the heater controls?/ Also need seat uphol
  Historical mailing list - digest Herbie Dave
  Fri, 18 Jul 2003 18:33:09 EDT
  ...I have looked inside tha dash and some cables appear to be missing. All I know is that I cannot adjsut anything and BLAZING...
• Re: Charging the battery
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:15:12 -0700
  ...a potential to harm the computer from charging with the battery cables still connected. Frankly I have no idea if that is true or...
• Re: Stuffing away stuff in a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 6 Jul 2010 20:16:25 -0700
  ...Stuffing Things in a Westy Okay, I'll play Jumper Cables-In the open space under the rear cabinet by the rear hatch Umbrella...
• Re: No Clutch....
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 2 Feb 2010 14:32:53 -0800
  ...have been like October 79 production date or something like that. cables are weak compared to a hydraulic release clutch system. the hyd. system...
• Re: emergency brake doesn't work well?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sun, 24 Nov 2002 09:36:21 EST
  ...As previously posted by mark Drillock, put some slack in your parking brake cables, then adjust the rear brake shoes so they just drag...
• Re: Battery went dead
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 11 Feb 2003 19:38:03 -0500
  ...I disconnected the cables...I can't pull it out!!!!! > Any ideas? > > > > --peace-- > stu
• Re: Driver's side "A" pillar wiring
  Historical mailing list - Eric Ley
  Thu, 26 May 2011 06:35:40 -0400
  Use a coat hanger or electrical fish when I installed the RCA cables for my TV that's what I used. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Rob" <becida...
• Re: removing ground strap bolt
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 14 Feb 2006 21:56:49 -0500
  ...That may have been good advice during the first 5 or 10 years, assuming no damage to the cables but, after all these years...
• Re: Great device for lubing cables
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 5 Jul 2019 13:26:46 -0700
  ...albell@SHAW.CA> wrote: >> >> I’ve just used it on bicycle cables, yes I’m still in the eighties, like the van , and no...
• hot start relay didn't work - now what?
  Historical mailing list - John S. Cronin
  Thu, 23 Jul 1998 12:54:06 -0400
  ...I opened both battery compartments, cleaned the terminals and the battery cables, pulled the ground straps loose and cleaned up around their connections, replaced...
• Re: trip out west
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 4 Aug 2010 11:28:53 -0700
  ...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: Great device for lubing cables
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 5 Jul 2019 10:03:42 -0700
  If you're referring to the Vanagon speedometer cable...... I recently quelled a noisy speedo with fluctuating needle by applying motorcycle chain lube to...
• Broken scrunchy or what do you call this cable protector?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 16 Aug 2016 19:36:16 -0400
  ...my van near the starter and above my transmission are two cables each with a plastic scrunchy like thing on them. they let the...
• Re: Looking for Power Window Motors and Oil Pressure Board and I need a speedometer.
  Historical mailing list - Tim
  Thu, 18 Dec 2014 17:21:10 -0500
  ...power window motors for a Vanagon (stock power windows with the cables and pulleys). I am also looking for what they call the "L...
• Re: '56 kombi - new security system
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Thu, 6 Apr 1995 14:02:38 -0700 (PDT)
  ...but it did fix it) I already replaced both the + and - cables. However, the cable that goes up to the front is a little...
• dying wires
  Historical mailing list - Richard Lynn
  Fri, 5 Dec 1997 05:28:36 -0800
  My wife tried to jump start our 85 Westy and probably shorted between the battery post and the frame---the cables heated and the...
• Re: inverter lighter plug cable?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 30 Aug 2006 00:57:05 -0400
  ...It came with two detachable cables, one for > the lighter and one going straight to the battery. > > I called Xantrex (the company that makes...
• Re: Water Tank pump wire connections?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:04:33 -0700
  ...Apart from the conversion to unlubricated-safe operation, we have also changed the polarity of the electrical cables of the above Immersible Pump standards...
• Re: Cause of weak spark?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 20 Sep 2015 09:11:42 -0400
  ...It is fairly common for the cables ends to either short to the shell or open. Especially with aftermarket wires. Check spark from the...
• Re: spring/wire in pop top lift handle
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:21:18 -0800
  ...One can feel if the cables are under stress > (they shouldn't be). -- Neil n 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly http://tinyurl...
• Re: Brakes still going to the floor
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:03:07 -0400
  ...loosen the parking brake cables, remove clean and lube adjusters, reinstall making sure the horizontal tension spring is the correct side up as not...
• Re: '85 Parking Brake Problems
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 03 Jan 95 14:19:06 CST
  ...and the two cables (one from each wheel) are also bolted to the cross-piece. so you can adjust each rear wheel independently, and...