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• Inquiry - Source for E_Code Headlight Glass
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Sun, 13 Jan 2008 12:46:15 -0700
  Volks, Does anyone know of a current source for a E-Code Headlight kit (glass and parking lights) for 87 Vanagon? Rectangular glass of...
• Re: Any Suggestions for Northern California Camping Near the Beach?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Fong
  Wed, 14 Jul 2004 23:49:22 -0700
  ...There are 2 parking areas to access the beach. One is a day use only parking lot, the other which is closest to the...
• Re: Instrument Cluster Woes
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 15 Feb 2006 11:16:20 -0600
  ...All is well. > > Headlight switch on (either Parking lights or Headlights): > Parking and/or Headlights turn on as usual. > Water temp gauge drops to...
• Re: Since we're talking about electrical problems...
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Wed, 18 Jul 2018 14:18:34 -0500
  ...Felder" <jim.felder@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > >> > > >> I noticed a few weeks back that I don't have a driver's side parking > > light > > >> any...
• Strange Herd behavior..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 1 Aug 2011 07:28:05 -0700
  ...Here in the Northwest, we have what are called Sno-Parks...usually wide parking areas adjacent to highways where during the winters, the State...
• Re: cross country camping suggestions??
  Historical mailing list - Chris Sullivan
  Mon, 17 May 2004 16:05:15 -0700
  ...In fact, there's a lot of good sides to using a Wal-Mart parking lot, including having a convenient place to purchase supplies...
• Re: parking garage help
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Tue, 14 Aug 2001 16:40:49 -0700
  ...few days and i need to park in a giant > commuter parking deck....will it be possible in my 85 > westy? the deck says...
• Re: Twins!
  Historical mailing list - Woodrose Dawn
  Wed, 23 Apr 2003 17:12:19 -0700
  ...Besides not many folks where I work are too fussy about parking next to crusty rusty cars... most of our employees have ratty cars...
• Re: Randomly Parking Wipers
  Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
  Wed, 6 Apr 2005 16:50:40 +0000
  ...do under there! > > > > Thanks for the info. > > > > - Mike > > > >Mike, > >Windshield wipe parking is definitely a function of the relay. Remove >and readjust. Then replace...
• Re: Parking brake adjustment, '82
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Mon, 5 May 2008 09:22:21 -0700
  ...I'm having a bit of trouble with adjusting the parking brake on my '82. If has not worked properly since I got the...
• Re: Kombi, Kombi, who's got the Kombi ... (differences)
  Historical mailing list
  07 Apr 1994 09:22:17 -0800 (PST)
  ...In the parking lot at a California Grateful Dead concert. Jack.
• Hella numbers for euro headlamps
  Historical mailing list - Roger Bowman
  Tue, 12 Oct 1999 21:32:28 -0700
  ...would like to order a pair of replacement headlamps with the parking lamp, but my supplier needs the hella part number, since there is...
• Re: My Vanagon Visits the Gynecologist
  Historical mailing list - pierre a. lachance
  Sat, 12 Aug 2000 10:06:33 -0400
  ...My Vanagon Visits the Gynecologist > The landscapped parking lot of the German Repair Shop so resembled that of I would be happy if you...
• Pomona, Ca swap meet sunday
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Thu, 1 Mar 2001 16:48:20 EST
  ...Admission is $7 parking is $6. Anyone ever been to one of these swap meets? Is it worth the trip? Anybody going? Jeff 83...
• Re: 84 turn signal lite short?
  Historical mailing list - wb6otg
  Tue, 25 Jun 2002 19:24:15 -0400
  ...when I = turn on my drivers turn signal light the rear light seems to bleed power = to the license plate light and the parking...
• Re: need advice
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 30 Oct 2006 18:27:42 -0500
  ...a simple repair will get them safe.You always have the parking brake to use.:>0 I dont think AAA will tow from one...
• Re: Foot actuated parking brake
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 8 Apr 2008 15:03:41 -0600
  On Apr 8, 2008, at 2:51 PM, Keith Ovregaard wrote: >> It wouldn't be impossible to do, but a lot of effort. > > Got...
• Re: Spotted at GRR tonight
  Historical mailing list - Pete Owsianowski
  Sat, 1 Mar 2014 10:38:13 -0500
  ...wietorg@YAHOO.COM> wrote: >> > >> > Blue Vanagon tintop in a long-term parking parking area at Gerald L Ford airport here in Grand Rapids, MI...
• Re: Cockeyed Parking Brake Equalizer
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:22:23 -0700
  ...9:59 AM, Mike Rocket J Squirrel wrote: > >> Given that my parking brake doesn't do a whole lot, I climbed under the >> van...
• Re: HELP! Stuck Parking Brake!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Sun, 3 May 1998 13:36:02 -0700
  >I need help guys! Me & my boy are trying to get to the VW Jamboree but MrEd's >parking brake is stuck...seems like...
• Re: Need Read Bumper
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 30 Aug 2001 21:35:51 -0700
  ...If you could really attribute it to parking by feel, you'd need as many front bumpers as you do rears, but as you...
• Re: Follow up - parking brake questions. Was: Frozen emergency brake
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:16:36 -0500
  ...Follow up - parking brake questions. Was: Frozen emergency brake >> >> On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Luke Bakken <luke.bakken@gmail.com...
• Re: Internet on a trip?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Mon, 6 Mar 2017 08:16:30 -0800
  dear internet on the run parking in a parking lot and grabbing the signal may actually find you in jail or fined or both...
• Re: Parking Garage tale
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Fri, 5 Oct 2001 10:55:05 -0700
  ...08:45:06 -0700 >> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >> Subject: Re: Parking Garage tale >> >> I don't think they expected something quite that dramatic...
• Re: Starting issue
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Sun, 23 Nov 2003 12:38:26 -0500
  ...It's located in the fuse block, top row in my '91. >I can only start my 90' GL if either the parking or...
• Daytime Running Lights
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 7 Jul 2023 12:05:46 -0700
  ...Does anyone know how to do wiring so the parking lights turn ON automatically when the ignition is ON - or have a link on...
• Re: long term parking on hills
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Sun, 27 Jan 2013 09:33:31 -0800
  Okay JIm, how do we know if we are "hot" from behind? ;) On 1/26/2013 5:12 AM, James Felder wrote: > >> >> Other mid...
• Victoria area Vanagon meet this Sunday
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 18 Nov 2011 08:40:52 -0800
  ...meeting :) This Sunday, Nov 20, 10 am at the Beaver Lake parking lot. Weather is forecast to be tolerable: http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca...
• Door Handle Needed
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:04:34 -0800
  Local Vana-friends, I had an interference fit (crunch) between my passenger door handle and a piece of concrete in a parking garage. Pretty...
• Viscous Coupling, when it goes out, what signs.
  Historical mailing list - Modl6971
  Mon, 11 May 1998 02:12:08 EDT
  I've have noticed that my syncro doesn't grind its tires like other syncros do when making sharp turns in parking lots. I...
• Chico, CA
  Historical mailing list - Steve Green
  Wed, 24 Mar 1999 05:46:24 GMT
  ...Any Chico folks out there? Also, I now have extra parking in a pleasant neighborhood, so let me know if you're traveling through...
• FS: 86 syncro westy (not mine)
  Historical mailing list - matt bezark
  Wed, 24 Jan 2001 17:07:31 -0700
  saw this in a parking lot today in boulder, colorado: gold 1986 syncro westy weekender (fridge, but no stove or sink) very good condition...
• Re: Need help - the dreaded flashing red coolant light
  Historical mailing list - Chris
  Sun, 8 Sep 2002 18:27:41 -0400
  I heard one time about some crazy such thing as parking on a hill to be able to get all the air out of...
• Re: painting the fiberglass roof
  Historical mailing list - Loren A. Busch
  Sat, 24 May 2003 14:19:31 -0700
  ...His suggestion was go into a parking lot on a sunny day, put your hand on a white car, then a silver metallic and...
• Westy sighting is SE PA
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:38:49 -0500
  If you are the driver of that late model white Westy I saw in the parking lot of Rogers Auto today in Phoenixville, PA...
• Re: do you have $160,000 to spend?
  Historical mailing list - James
  Tue, 28 Jun 2016 11:49:17 -0400
  ...A Sprinter custom conversion "will easily fit in a parking space"??? Neil, parking spaces in malls where you live must be far bigger than...
• Re: headlights on with ignition on!
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sun, 16 Dec 2007 19:18:35 -0800
  If it is illegal in some states to run parking/running lights only, then it's not being enforced because GM has been selling...
• Re: Cross Country Travel Tips Wanted
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:39:59 -0700
  ...i.e. > - free and paid camping locations, > - parking lot parking options i.e. walmart, > - Truck stop showering options and costs > - best low cost hotels...
• Re: German Engineering
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Wilsher
  Tue, 16 Aug 2016 16:05:32 -0700
  ...No... > > > > We have 1.80mtr wide cars, 2.20mtr of parking space. > > You guy have 2.40mtr cars, 2.80mtr lots. > > > > What´s the...
• Re: Self-adjusting brakes? True/ False 88GL
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 29 Feb 2004 21:32:16 -0500
  ...This will also adjust the parking brake. If the parking brake does not work after this something is wrong. Adjusting the parking brake cable...
• Re: Parking brake pressure (was I've had it)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 4 Jul 2010 21:03:09 -0700
  ...COM> Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2010 8:16 PM Subject: Re: Parking brake pressure (was I've had it) > At 08:13 PM 7...
• Re: That's it, I've had it. (Driving with brake on)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Sat, 3 Jul 2010 16:04:59 -0700
  ...fix your parking brake so that the van doesn't move well when it's engaged. Cheers, Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike "Rocket J...
• Re: San Francisco Advice needed
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 21 Dec 2012 23:49:19 -0800
  ...BTW, the stations do not charge for parking on the weekends. BenT sent from my electronic leash On Dec 21, 2012, at 4:15...
• Re: Pedal Pressure & Brake Lights
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 4 Jul 2010 10:14:48 -0700
  ...The Bentley diagram for 85 mislabels the fluid level switch as the parking brake switch with is shown right next to it but not...
• Re: A Snow Story (Whoa-vanagon!!!) and Lessons Learned
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 10 Jan 2002 10:46:36 -0400
  ...Seems to me that the resulting drag (from applying the parking brake), on the rear! wheels, MIGHT help get the rear-end back in...
• Re: women and standard gearbox
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 2 Jan 2007 21:04:35 -0500
  ...Mike Houlton, Maine TJ Hannink wrote: > When in doubt, consult the owners manual. > > From page 26: > > "Always set the parking brake when parking your...
• Hey Fellow Vanagon owners, Friday funny in Los Angeles
  Historical mailing list - William Landsman
  Fri, 27 Oct 2006 17:33:58 -0700
  ...How (Much): $7 CASH at the door Parking: Come early (10:12 PM), plan for street parking on La Brea or Sunset. Regards, Let...
• funny note
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 12 Feb 2016 07:20:17 -0800
  I found this note stuck on the windshield one afternoon when my Vanagon was parked in a public parking lot. I usually use a...
• Spotted in Ann Arbor, Michigan
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Thu, 22 Dec 2011 08:23:00 -0500
  Parking structure on Maynard Ave 3rd floor. Double tone baige/brown, 7 seat ~83.5-85 vanagon.....left you a note. Nice Vanagon!!! Im...
• change the stats
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Henricks
  Sun, 28 Apr 1996 15:56:49 -0700 (PDT)
  ...one more parking spot out front now. it took some time to get it gone because i had trouble finding a problem in the...
• Safety belt
  Historical mailing list - Conrad Schimke
  Tue, 28 Jul 1998 14:41:35 +0200
  ...I found the gray/gray-red wire near the parking brake, but where should be the switch? Thanks Conrad 86GL
• Re: Trip Report: Europe
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sun, 1 Nov 1998 14:08:36 -0400
  ...That way, you have no traffic/driving/parking hassles. At least that's what we often did on our van trip to Europe. Malcolm...
• The Wal Mart Camping Experience
  Historical mailing list - Tom Salicos
  Thu, 17 May 2001 18:19:19 -0700
  Seems that during the winter, you could park really close to the Christmas Trees in the parking lot and, if you parked really close...
• Re: [Re: Vanagon.com sticker]
  Historical mailing list - Terry
  Wed, 23 May 2001 23:58:22 -0500
  ...with this sticker on their Van to park in a handicapped parking spot, at your local Walmart!! WOW !! What a deal !! ______________ |[ ] [ ] [ ]\ | | | | ||-(())----(())-| Terry 74 Campmobile...
• Re: Parking Garage tale
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Fri, 5 Oct 2001 21:35:53 EDT
  In a message dated 10/5/01 11:46:43 AM, mumbrue@HOME.COM writes: << I don't think they expected something quite that...
• Yellow Westy at Baron VW
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Fri, 26 Oct 2001 11:43:36 -0500
  ...There was a yellow Westy in the parking lot... looked to be an 84 or 85. By the time I went back out, it...
• Need auto trans for an air-cooled
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Fri, 11 Jan 2002 17:48:42 -0500
  ...Actually he saw me looking over the very clean '82 aircooled in his parking lot. He got it for the price of the tow...
• should I get a cover for my van?
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Alden Pegden
  Wed, 29 Oct 2003 15:30:56 -0600
  I live in Chicago, and will probably get stuck with parking my car on the streets this winter, with all the snow and salt...
• Re: women and standard gearbox
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Thu, 28 Dec 2006 18:41:54 -0500
  ...another solution is to buy a subaru (the parking brake is on the front wheels :D ) sudhir
• Re: Wiper Wackiness - No Parking
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin E. Beasley
  Sat, 22 Mar 2003 00:22:23 -0500
  ...Wiper Wackiness - No Parking Recently my front windshield wipers stopped parking correctly. All functions work as normal except that wipers will park wherever they...