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• Re: Slow turnover when starting.
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:49:39 -0700
  On my '84 I added a ground cable from the battery lower bolt to the frame and that allowed the (VW 1.9) stock...
• Re: Aircooled heater cables
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Tue, 28 Dec 2010 15:44:53 -0500
  Those springs on the cables were there for quick-disconnect of the flaps. You'd just depress against the spring's preload to remove...
• Re: spring/wire in pop top lift handle
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:50:51 -0800
  ...The cables are NLA. My cable design is possibly a "first", so one could likely improve the design. With the top up and properly...
• bouncing speedo?
  Historical mailing list - Tim King
  Sat, 24 Jul 2004 15:50:33 -0700
  ...I think that isolates it to the cable(s), or possibly the gear in the syncro front diff. I've pulled the cables, test...
• Re: running rca cables to a rear-mounted subwoofer
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 19 Feb 2005 20:57:36 -0500
  ...I found it relatively easy to run cables behind the dash and then under the carpet (especially on the drivers side) since the stock...
• speedo cable
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Fri, 17 Nov 2006 18:58:20 -0500
  ...front bearings today and appears to have either not reconnected the cable at the wheel or broke it in process. He blithely told me...
• Re: O2 sensor wire replacement, '85
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 1 May 2008 16:47:21 -0400
  craig cowan wrote: > If its coaxial cable (A cable inside a cable) that works essentially as two > wires, how can it operate with a...
• Re: Rear Brakes: E-brake lever lube, E-brake spring function (purpose)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 5 May 2016 20:14:02 -0400
  Take a real good look at the cable outer jackets. Any signs of bulging or broken jacket means they need to be replaced. Disconnect...
• Re: Power windows go CLUNK!
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 24 Oct 2000 20:37:51 -0700
  ...The motor and the track/cable assembly. Thanks, I'll give the new bolt/nut a try first. Todd Bill Davidson wrote: > Todd, > not...
• Having Vanagon electrical problems?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 30 Aug 2001 15:18:57 EDT
  ...I have installed several dual battery systems for friends and have made up my own cables with expensive copper connectors and cable, which is...
• Re: Accelerator cable woes
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Wed, 15 Jan 2003 16:29:07 -0500
  If you climb under you may find that there is an area right in front of the tranmission that the cable sleeve comes apart...
• Where's the other end of my broken ground strap?
  Historical mailing list - George Gaudette
  Sat, 25 Mar 2017 21:35:36 -0400
  Hello, A braided ground cable on my van fell apart, just like: https://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m144/Mikls63rag/Posting%20shit%20up/2010-09...
• Re: Power Window Lift Cable
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 3 Sep 2002 06:07:38 EDT
  ...There's no way I've found to get a cable. You need a complete lift mechanism to get the cable. The cable probably...
• Re: throttle cable repair/replace
  Historical mailing list - Harmon Seaver
  Wed, 24 Jul 2002 22:23:50 -0500
  If you go to a good hardware store, you can find something that will tightly clamp on the cable and another piece of cable...
• Re: Heater Cable from Bus Depot?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Wed, 8 Oct 2014 13:42:51 -0400
  ...told the cable between the dash lever and the valve is kinked near > the dash lever. > > Everyone also tells me the cable is no...
• Re: Whatever happened to speedo cable lube?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 4 Dec 2009 20:03:44 -0600
  ...I'm going to check out the motorcycle > cable lube before I start thinking about compounding some. > > Does anyone have good ideas where to...
• Re: Another High Idle Solution!
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Thu, 7 Feb 2002 09:41:20 EST
  ...At first, I thought no problem and I lubricated the cable with some miracle drug. This was pointless because the cable had failed in...
• Re: Speedometer
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 31 Mar 2006 09:46:41 -0500
  ...The next most likely is the cable end, where it protrudes through the grease cap at the wheel, having lost its clip or having...
• Spare cable withy socket?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 Jul 2002 10:09:19 -0500
  Cleaning up around the engine bay I discovered a three wire cable with a round socket not connected to anything. It appears to be...
• Re: My first Subi ride
  Historical mailing list - Jon D. Patton
  Thu, 3 May 2007 20:05:34 -0400
  A CV joint for 39.95, a speedometer cable for 29.95, your wife holding the speedometer cable and the cv joint, while you...
• Re: That Audiovox Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Tue, 26 Oct 2004 07:51:06 -0700
  ...The cable parallels the throttle cable into the engine compartment. It was previously mounted to the firewall/bulkhead, but have since drilled another hole...
• Re: Speedo cable noise
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Wed, 15 Oct 1997 00:05:29 -0700
  ...At first I thought >that it was the cable but I was wrong. When I disconnected it from the >speedometer unit it was silent...
• Re: Power windows go CLUNK!
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Tue, 24 Oct 2000 20:15:23 -0700
  ...but it is fairly common for the elbow fitting that holds the cable to break where it is bolted onto the frame the window...
• Re: Having a problem with a starter
  Historical mailing list - -------------
  Tue, 8 Aug 2006 15:14:29 -0400
  Ken, Put a volt meter across the length of the cable. In other words, from ground on the battery to the ground point of...
• Re: '90 power window problem...
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sun, 6 May 2001 14:17:21 -0700
  ...Take a look at the 'triangular-shaped' piece of plastic that guides the cable along the track. There are two of these, one top...
• Auto Trans: Upshifting later, per GTA?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 10 May 2011 10:17:36 -0700
  ...Instead, he said to tighten the accelerator cable. I got confused. "There's the kickdown," he said, "and the accelerator cable." I explained that...
• Re: Vangon curtains/canvas?
  Historical mailing list - Peter van Marwijk
  Thu, 15 Jun 2000 10:28:05 +0200
  ...After examining the original curtain retaining setup, > > we speculate that one could use the exterior shell of a bicycle brake > > cable with the cable...
• Re: Lubricate front heater control cables?
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Mon, 5 May 2008 12:52:48 -0700
  ...Same thing happened to my 90, so I did the same treatment to > > all > > 4 cables. Works great on the speedo cable, too. > > > > Keith...
• Speedometer Noisy
  Historical mailing list - Subject: Speedometer Noisy
  Nov 30, 1990
  ...Parts Division supply only new version speedometers, which can be identified by the graphite .... (dark gray) speedometer bushing. (Previously black) Replacing speedometer cable: As...
• Fw: Re: Accelerator cable replacement (??)
  Historical mailing list - Roy Olynick
  Fri, 14 Sep 2001 08:39:16 -0500
  | I cannot help with the install itself, never did one, but I can mention that the cable runs through some tubing under the van...
• window cable noise
  Historical mailing list - James Creech
  Sat, 28 Oct 2000 06:27:39 -0400
  ...The cable guides and vertical metal stud which guides the window glass appear to be in order. The cable itself (unsheathed) seems to pass...
• Re: The rear speaker ground.
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Grove
  Wed, 15 Aug 2001 19:41:53 -0700
  Stan wrote: > You're going to have to run that extra wire. > Get some 4 conductor telephone cable and run a set of four...
• 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...
• Intermittent high idle - able to make "go low"
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Wed, 24 Jun 2015 12:27:20 -0600
  ...However, I've checked the throttle cable & what it attaches to and everything seems to be travelling smoothly. Annoyingly, I can't replicate this...
• Re: Speedometer Weirdness
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 2 Aug 2006 14:46:16 -0700
  ...From the sound of it, the cable has become "rounded off" at one end or the other and is slipping. If the VSS is...
• O2 sensor wire replacement, '85
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Thu, 1 May 2008 16:16:24 -0400
  ...I now know that i need to get in there and fix that up properly with Coaxial cable, but i guess my question is...
• Cost of auto shifter cable
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Wed, 26 May 2010 09:56:47 -0700
  The auto shifter on my 1987 Vanagon, automatic, has gone out of adjustment and I'm told I need a new cable and was...
• Re: Speedometer Cable End
  Historical mailing list - Martin Laycock
  Fri, 28 May 1999 09:17:59 +0100
  > I do not believe the speedo cable is available >anywhere but through the dealer........prove me wrong on this one and I'll >be...
• Re: speedo cluster for sale
  Historical mailing list - Tom Smith
  Sat, 26 Aug 2000 17:54:20 EDT
  I believe the 80 speedo cable has a different coupler for the speedometer than the 83/84. I got a used one out of...
• Replacement part -- shifter cable for '90 Automatic?
  Historical mailing list - George Gaudette
  Mon, 30 Sep 2019 12:16:37 -0400
  Hello, The housing for the shifter (gear selector) cable on my '90 Westy automatic (stock 3-speed) has cracked, and now my previously-hard...
• Re: shift cable
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:29:19 -0700
  ...This cable fits 83-91 Vanagons just in case you gotta lokking in a boneyard. -- Jim Thompson 84 GL 1.9 "Gloria" 84 Westfalia...
• Re: front door window off the track
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Mon, 25 Sep 2000 12:18:35 -0700
  You may have the broken cable guide... or cable guide bolt. Fish around in there and see it that isn't the case. Bill...
• Throttle cable sticking open
  Historical mailing list - SD Kraning
  Wed, 13 Nov 2002 12:19:24 -0500
  ...I have only started it a couple times during this time, and lately the throttle cable has been sticking open. This is a newly...
• Re: Lubricate front heater control cables?
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Mon, 5 May 2008 10:49:25 -0700
  ...Same thing happened to my 90, so I did the same treatment to > all > 4 cables. Works great on the speedo cable, too. > > Keith...
• Frozen accelerator cable
  Historical mailing list - Stu Schwartz
  Tue, 9 Mar 1999 19:06:54 -0500
  ...Frozen Accelerator Cable > >'91 Carat has a frozen accelerator cable. Drove to Philadelphia last Wed night >in rainstorm. Driving to work Thursday in the...
• Re: OSX box
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 9 Aug 2010 12:43:57 -0700
  what I would do that's easier and no hassle and might help a lot is, remove speedo cables from both ends.. and spray...
• Re: heavy duty starter cables - UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Fri, 12 Jan 2001 09:01:14 -0800
  I have replaced a 2awg cables with a 0awg for some stuff in my lab. The crux of the situation was getting good connectors...
• Re: right sized tires, wrong speed indication
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 19 Feb 2002 21:34:47 -0500
  At 06:59 PM 2/19/2002, Erik Valeur wrote: >I thought the bad ground issue only applied to vehicles where the speedo >cable...
• Spedo cables for sale
  Historical mailing list - Gilles Turmel
  Wed, 26 May 2004 15:14:37 -0400
  ...I goofed up in an order and got the lower cable that connects in the wheel for the 2WD model. The VW PN is...
• Re: WTB E-Brake cable
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Tue, 9 Dec 2003 17:55:11 -0800
  ...Parking Brake Cable (251 609 701C) - $16.72 each, plus shipping. Cheers, Jeff www.vanagonparts.com -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon...
• Engine air control flap question (somewhat urgent :^)
  Historical mailing list - neil neil
  Mon, 24 Apr 2006 19:00:41 -0400
  ...Have removed bellow and hope to replace cable but...... I have wired the flaps in what I believe is the open position to allow...
• Re: Need a sliding door lock mechanism
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Tue, 5 May 2020 12:22:34 -0700
  ...there's a cable running from front to back... broken cable? > jammed? to much slack? >
• Re: Noisy speedo
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 1 Jan 2016 08:19:36 -0800
  ...of course I lube the speedo and the cable but still making noise... you may want to try this... Using a plastic zip tie...
• Re: battery cable contact problem
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 18 May 1999 14:24:47 EDT
  ...I would suspect these before the actual cable itself. Ken Wilford Van-Again John 3:16
• Speedo cable clip(plastic)
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Fri, 27 Jul 2001 18:37:10 -0700
  Im missing the white plastic clip that holds the cable onto the speedometer. Is there a quick fix for this? I need to fix...
• wtb: speedo cable
  Historical mailing list - Andy Zappe
  Tue, 5 Nov 2002 21:47:43 EST
  need the upper end cable for my 85 westy. pulled the one off of my burnt '80 and found that it was threaded at...
• Re: Poor Hot Start Discovery - midway through solution
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sun, 26 Aug 2012 22:17:47 -0500
  Any chance this 86+ cable will swap in easily into my 85? Thanks Jeff 85 Westfalia with Boston Bob 2.1 > > VW also made...
• Re: Speedometer
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 31 Mar 2006 11:32:44 EST
  ...change the cable.. chris
• Re: Main Positive battery Cable
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:01:46 -0400
  At 07:59 PM 8/24/2010, john wrote: >I would like to know what you guys have been using as replacement cable and...
• Multimeter help UPDATE-77 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Sat, 22 Oct 2011 12:52:15 -0700
  ...I took off the positive cable and removed the red + wire to the VW diagnostic plug at the back thinking it might be grounding...