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• Baywindow Safetydash.
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 3 Oct 95 13:07:01 +0100
  To all, In my '73 T2 ownersmanual i see this padded dashboard. In the Dutch '75 salesbrochure VW calls it the "safety dashboard". I...
• Re: Paradise by the dashboard...
  Historical mailing list - Albrecht Jander
  Fri, 23 Jun 95 14:35:13 PDT
  Don't foget they have blue LEDs now too. Albrecht
• Dashboard Compatability
  Historical mailing list - Scott Chen
  Wed, 25 Mar 1998 13:12:09 -0600
  ...Are there any differences in dashboards as far as mounting and fitting through the model years? One of the more interesting gems was an...
• Re: Dashboard Tray
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Mon, 20 Dec 2004 22:30:12 -0800
  ...Why is it that some have that 3-sided stamped-in "tray" area on the passenger side of the dashboard, and others do not...
• Re: Dash removal for AC access
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:26:32 -0500
  ...I used Blake Heinlein's writeup" I pulled the dashboard off. It took about 1 houce since I had done it once before to...
• Re: Dashboard lighting help
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 27 Apr 2001 20:43:35 -0700
  ...Where can I order appropriate bulbs for my 82 Vanagon Westy's dashboard > (over the clock)? > > #2: Will I be able to install it...
• Re: Dashboard light filters and a relay on the dashboard light circuit
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Wed, 26 Jun 2002 12:04:33 -0400
  > I always turn my dash >lights way down--in my H*nda they are set as low as they can go. >Bright dash lights...
• Re: [LVC] Never mind the Hula Dancer for your dashboard...
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 25 May 2005 11:48:29 -0700
  RE: Lava Lights Me too! Me too!
• Signal Woes
  Historical mailing list - Chris Paquette
  Fri, 16 Jul 1999 23:37:54 -0700
  ...The original post had to do with the fact that my right front signal, when activated, was blinking on the dashboard twice as fast...
• Paradise by the dashboard lights
  Historical mailing list - John_K_Hopp
  Thu, 22 Jun 1995 12:42:04 -0600 (MDT)
  Actually, it would be paradise just to be able to _see_ the dashboard lights. Thus, when Richard <rapalmer@unity.ncsu.edu> wrote: $$and while...
• Re: Dashboard Compatability
  Historical mailing list - JordanVw
  Thu, 26 Mar 1998 00:19:29 EST
  ...Are there any differences in dashboards as far as mounting and fitting through the model years? >> you just have to remove your padding at...
• Re: Dashboard light filters and a relay on the dashboard light circuit
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Fri, 28 Jun 2002 07:45:03 -0700
  ...Dashboard light filters and a relay on the dashboard light circuit <DIV></DIV>&gt;Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 08:53:42 -0700 <DIV...
• Re: Dashboard light filters and a relay on the dashboard light circuit
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Wed, 26 Jun 2002 09:46:38 -0700
  ...the dash board > lighting circuit to > boost the output (brighten the dashboard lights) or is the > voltage reduced > somewhere in the circuit? Just wondering...
• dashboard light games
  Historical mailing list - Alan Cote
  Mon, 7 Apr 2003 19:53:29 EDT
  There's a dashboard light problem on my '86 Westy -- thought I ask around first if it's a known genetic issue before I...
• Re: [non]Newbee question - silver box behind dashboard?
  Historical mailing list - mad madeline
  Fri, 1 Sep 2006 06:41:56 -0700
  ...With the dashboard off during the blower replacement - I noticed a silver box mounted behind the glove box. Does someone know what this is...
• dashboard clock
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Paquette
  Thu, 1 Jun 2006 12:17:56 -0700
  Anyone have suggestions for fixing the digital clock on my dash cluster? It's just gone dark. Raymond
• dashboard fan?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 9 May 95 10:08:54 EDT
  ...Cetin Wagner Michael writes: > I'd sure like to install a small dashboard fan to make the > summer traffic a little more comfortable -- anybody...
• Re: no dashboard lights
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Wed, 20 Feb 2002 12:53:29 -0800
  Thanks for this post about the dashboard fuse location. I did not know it was there either. I have already learned more than I...
• Re: no dashboard lights
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 18 Feb 2002 18:20:12 -0600
  A Abian wrote: > > Hey folks, > > All of my dashboard lights are out, including the > light for the radio. I checked the fuse, but it...
• Re: Improvement or desecration?
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Sat, 6 Apr 2002 12:14:27 -0700
  ...on the dashboard . . . > > I can go a hundred miles an hour > Long as I got that almighty power > Ridin' on the dashboard of my...
• Re: dashboard alters
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 15 Dec 95 00:26:44 CST
  On Fri, 15 Dec 1995 00:20:05 -0600 <Claralw@aol.com> said: <something additional about "dashboard halters"> now, look, folks .. it's bad...
• Re: Parting out advice
  Historical mailing list - Jim
  Mon, 21 Apr 2003 22:22:23 -0700
  The dashboard, the vin from the outrigger behind the driver's front wheel and the title! ;o) Jim
• Fan noise
  Historical mailing list - Kedar Warriner
  Fri, 11 Jul 1997 10:58:20 -0400 (EDT)
  Hi The blower fan in the dashboard (vent, defog, etc...) makes a terrible noise. It's intermittant and varies between a quiet squeaking to...
• Re: no air flow through vents...
  Historical mailing list - lbmelman
  Thu, 4 Apr 2002 14:56:30 -0800
  ...in that respect the over head air conditioning ducts are very different but the dashboard ducting should be the same...perhaps not. in other...
• Re: Brakes dashboard light -- DANGER?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 9 Apr 2017 11:17:44 -0700
  unplug the connector on the top of the brake reservoir cap to see if the light goes out
• NVC: cool restoration of dashboard
  Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
  Tue, 27 Jan 2015 08:36:03 -0500
  Hi All, NVC here but applicable to our rigs anyway: https://imgur.com/a/CSPME/noscript Cheers, Harry
• Re: Dashboard Removal Procedure: where in Bentley's?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 19 Aug 2004 10:02:50 -0700
  ...I spent some time this morning trying to find a >>dashboard removal procedure in the Bentley's manual (1984 Vanagon) and >>didn't find...
• Re: Any repair recommendations while dashboard is removed?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 30 Jun 2017 10:26:44 -0700
  http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind1703B&L=vanagon&P=R3552&m=491089
• Re: dashboard alters
  Historical mailing list - Mark M. Schirmer
  Thu, 14 Dec 1995 13:27:36 -0500 (EST)
  I have a rubber duckie and a 1:87 scale model of a bus on my dash- so far... Mark '85 Retrowestie
• Re: how to remove the heater controller switch?
  Historical mailing list - Tony Polson
  Wed, 17 Sep 2003 14:13:30 +0100
  ...2) Gently prise the plastic heater control fascia plate away from the metal dashboard. (The plastic fascia has two lugs that protrude from the...
• Re: mounting a laptop in vanagon
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:41:06 -0800
  ...They're expensive, and they don't have a dashboard mount, but they have mounts for all kinds of stuff, and all kinds of...
• Re: AC blower motor resistor? 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
  Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:49:49 -0400
  Friend of mine recently had #2 fan position not working. Turned out to be the dashboard switch. Warren C.
• Interesting Vanagon Dash
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:07:14 -0400
  Out poking around the internet and I ran across this interesting dashboard mod: http://www.vanagonparts.com/images/vgon_dash.jpg Cheers, Jeff
• Re: Dash pad or Dashboard Wanted
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 12 Dec 2012 10:02:15 -0800
  ...Dash pad or Dashboard Wanted Seasons Greeting All: To complete the next phase of my restoration I am looking for a dashboard or dash...
• wanted ... dashboard ash tray
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 28 Feb 2006 23:58:26 -0500
  Can anyone supply me with a dashboard ash tray, in either black or brown, cheap? I don't care about the condition of the...
• diesel dashboard indicator card
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:31:30 -0800
  Someone asked about one the other day, I deleted the message. I think I have one if that person still is looking. alistair
• Setting clock
  Historical mailing list - ghamburg
  Sat, 18 Apr 1998 21:33:02 -0700
  How do you set the dashboard clock on an 84 Wolfsburg westy, Also can you switch it from 24 hour mode to 12 hr...
• Dashboard
  Historical mailing list - Peter Brandt
  Sat, 28 Dec 2002 10:55:41 -0500
  Hello, anyone have, or know where I can get a replacement dash for my old, tired and cracked dash in my 85 Vanagon, thanks...
• [LVC] Never mind the Hula Dancer for your dashboard...
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Myers
  Wed, 25 May 2005 10:59:42 -0400
  http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/000687.html The Auto Lava Lite! - available as 12v or USB Tom
• Re: [LVC] Never mind the Hula Dancer for your dashboard...
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 25 May 2005 14:50:40 -0700
  re: > Next we have to work on modifying it to consume less power . . . Just add another Ultima......
• Re: mysterious dash lights
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 16 Apr 2006 01:57:12 -0400
  ...On Apr 15, 2006, at 3:01 PM, Cindy Taykowski wrote: > Hello! > I have mysterious dashboard lights. Sometimes they work great. > Sometimes they don...
• Re[2]: How 'bout a newsgroup (Wrench)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 6 Nov 1995 19:13:08 -0700
  What is that round silver metal thing that's located on the dashboard of the Vanagons, and why would I want to activate it...
• Re: dashboard alters
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Fri, 15 Dec 1995 11:12:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...I carried over the tradition for her when buying a car for her before she arrived, sticking such a small statue on the dashboard...
• Re: Dashboard lights
  Historical mailing list - Michael Richardson
  Mon, 17 Nov 2014 23:27:58 -0500
  Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNet.nb.ca> wrote: > Surprised? Why? Where else would you mount the brake fluid reservoir? ;-) Thanks for the replies... I didn...
• Re: Heater/vent control panel/cigarette lighter illuminating lights...
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Tue, 27 Nov 2001 17:39:18 -0800
  ...have to tear them out of the dashboard? Or let my hand crawling inside the dashboard? Any advice will be appreciated... Thanks. Jim w88kender...
• ashtrays
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 18 Jun 1995 23:55:21 -0700
  So someone wrote: "What creative ways have you discovered for the ashtray in the middle > of your Vanagon dashboard?..." Forget creativity. Can we burn...
• Re: dash removal DONE! 16 minutes
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Thu, 30 Jan 2003 13:17:14 -0800
  ...do you need a demolition permit to do that? Explosives? Laser Cutter? ;o) Care to share the method? p ( I HATE working on dashboards )
• A/C - Vintage Air Unit into Vanagon ??
  Historical mailing list - First Name Last Name
  Mon, 6 Aug 2001 09:38:39 -0700
  ...The Behr unit requires blocking the dashboard heat off and using those ducts only for AC. What are your thoughts on this?? Warren C...
• Re: Dashboard light filters and a relay on the dashboard light circuit
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 26 Jun 2002 13:43:44 -0400
  At 12:46 PM 6/26/2002, Tobin Copley wrote: >Just wondering, why would you want to do that? I always turn my >dash...
• Re: dashboard alters
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Dec 1995 01:17:12 -0500
  I don't care if it rains or freezes 'Long as I got my plastic Jesus Riding on the dashboard of by bus..... I...
• 87 Syncro being parted out north of Nashville, TN
  Historical mailing list - Walt Oliver
  Fri, 24 Mar 2006 10:16:21 -0500
  ...interior parts such as the dashboard panel & vacuum switch for the rear diff lock. Exhaust system incl muffler has also been taken. Front Syncro...
• Dash pad or Dashboard Wanted
  Historical mailing list - Nicholas Maravich
  Wed, 12 Dec 2012 11:39:25 -0500
  ...To complete the next phase of my restoration I am looking for a dashboard or dash pad for my 87Gl. Ideally, I would love...
• VIN location
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Hill
  Sun, 16 Jan 2000 09:43:20 -0600
  Where is the VIN number to be found, other than the standard left front dashboard tag. I need to check whether or not I...
• Tach in 1980?
  Historical mailing list - Russell, William
  Mon, 10 Jun 2002 15:02:51 -0400
  Is it possible to add a VW Tach to a 1980 dashboard that doesn't have one? I'd like to remove the closk...
• Re: Tachometer
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 23 Apr 1997 10:59:06 +0300
  On my '80 Camper there is no wire behind the dashboard on the flexible wiring board which will supply a tach. Originally it came...
• Grounds
  Historical mailing list - John Houser
  Sat, 12 May 2001 17:00:46 EDT
  ...Where exactly are the two ground points in the dashboard area ? 2. Where are the sensors that would indicate a failure in the brake...
• Vanagons with stock tachometers???
  Historical mailing list - Michael S. Nichols
  Mon, 30 Aug 1999 19:58:38 -0400
  Were there such futuristic devices in any Vanagons? What years, and where did they go on/under the dashboard? Thanks, Y'all! Christina and...
• Re: Improvement or desecration?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 6 Apr 2002 14:31:27 -0600
  ...on the dashboard . . . > > I can go a hundred miles an hour > Long as I got that almighty power > Ridin' on the dashboard of my...
• Re: Fan noise
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 12 Jul 1997 09:14:36 PST
  ...On Fri, 11 Jul 1997 09:59:50 -0500 Kedar Warriner <lmckewa@lmc.ericsson.se> writes: >Hi > >The blower fan in the dashboard (vent...
• Dashboard Tray
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Mon, 20 Dec 2004 22:24:40 -0800
  ...Why is it that some have that 3-sided stamped-in "tray" area on the passenger side of the dashboard, and others do not...