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• Re: Installing AMP in Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 22 Sep 2003 20:47:27 -0400
  ...amp, forcing current to flow through the shields of your audio cables. The steel van body isn't the greatest conductor, and the stock...
• Re: Cigarette lighter removal
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Tue, 3 Feb 2004 13:30:09 -0500
  ...There are a couple of plastic cables that restrict how far the glovebox opens ---- these clip into notches at the back of the glovebox...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - d t
  Sat, 4 Nov 2000 03:23:17 MST
  ...I checked the ignition cables but all were fit well. I took them off the spark plugs and all seemed clean except for one...
• Re: '87 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Fri, 7 Sep 2007 14:53:21 +0000
  ...it ran well for a while this way) Check/clean battery cables and ground strap. All this can be done for little cost, these...
• Re: Hot Foot Syndrome...what is solution?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 11 Jul 2003 09:15:48 -0500
  ...The repair the cables at your leisure. Regards, \ John Rodgers 88 GL Driver >Hello All: > >I've been blundering around the archives and can...
• Re: Automatic car washes in winter?
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sun, 28 Jan 2007 16:18:01 -0500
  ...and other areas? Will the water tend to freeze up brake > cables etc or do the air blasts dished out at the end sufficient...
• Re: Old wiper motor parks, New doesn't
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Thu, 5 Apr 2007 21:38:22 -0500
  ...You could even use half of a set of jumper cables - one black clamp to motor housing/gearbox, other black clamp to bare metal...
• Re: Belly Pans for speed or MPG
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Fri, 16 May 2008 07:45:17 -0800
  ...great place for things like extra gas can, campstove fuel, jumper cables, jack, and "stuff". Your idea of "aerodynamics" just makes the idea even...
• Re: Looking for correct name or terminology f or a push-pull
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Tue, 3 Dec 2013 07:22:12 -0800
  ...36 PM, Channing Davis > <channingsdavis@hotmail.com> wrote: >> The same type cables are used in light and medium duty aircraft. A wire encased by...
• Replacing Fuel Valve Cable
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Jul 1995 21:41:28 -0700 (PDT)
  ...New cables (choke and reserve valve) are available from Wolfsburg West for about $15. Thom -- > My BBS is baroque now. Please call Bach later...
• more '54 RHD deluxe bus progress
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Sat, 29 Jun 1996 21:56:55 -0700
  ...Today I got the chassis center sections, which are the pieces that go crossways between the longitudinals and the heater tube and cables go...
• Re: Welding 101
  Historical mailing list
  02 Dec 96 11:13:48 PST
  ...ALWAYS disconnect both cables from battery, stray electrons can fry unintended objects. As for the starting voltage being higher. Not exactly right. On most...
• Re: Another Burning Van!
  Historical mailing list - David O'Bryan
  Sat, 6 Jun 2009 17:52:21 -0400
  ...http://www.longacreracing.com/catalog/item.asp?id=740&catid=14 I bought longer battery cables and ran the ground connection from the battery...
• Re: Vangon curtains/canvas?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 15 Jun 2000 10:34:03 -0700
  ...cable inside > being tightened never but takes any stretching as bike cables are installed > with a lot of slack to follow along frames, handlebars...
• Re: Why are my brakes dragging!!??
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Mon, 5 Dec 94 8:50:12 PST
  ...next place I would look is for rusted/seized emergency brake cables and linkage. If that stuff is not working as it should it...
• RE: RED LIGHT!!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 03 Apr 1995 13:28:53 EDT
  ...Look for loose connections faulty cables and defective contacts in the troubled circuit. If this doesn't result in solving the problem, try Muir...
• Battery Under Rear Seat Install
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 14 May 2001 11:53:25 -0400
  ...Everything including the box and cables was less than $40. (I already had the battery.) I left the other battery under the front seat...
• Re: Battery installation Steering Wheel Seat clearance
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Mon, 19 Nov 2001 13:16:08 -0800
  ...Just put a fused connection to the main battery and charge the optima while you drive with conventional charging cables. I personally use a...
• Re: trip out west
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 4 Aug 2010 14:52:38 -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...
• Re: shift cable
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:47:27 -0700
  Just an update. Cables are still available from VW. Pretty pricey at just over $100 -- Jim Thompson 84 GL 1.9 "Gloria" 84 Westfalia...
• Re: WANTED: LP Tank for westy
  Historical mailing list - Chris Smith
  Mon, 27 Sep 1999 12:25:06 -0500
  ...At least we had long A/C cables to keep the fridge running. Chris Smith Outer Chicagoland '74 Thing '82 Westy stuff
• Re: Optima Battery Discussion
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Thu, 23 Oct 2003 18:18:28 -0600
  ...facing toward the front of the van, reusing the stock battery cables and hold-down bracket. Good luck, ===== TJ Hannink Goldibox - 1987 Vanagon Camper...
• Re: Symptoms of a bad starter?
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:42:04 -0700
  ...Any thoughts? No idea and the age of your bus but I wonder if it's time to replace your battery/starter cables? For...
• Re: Distinguishing _among_ 68-70 busses (was 'between' :^)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Beckstead
  Fri, 14 Jul 1995 09:09:27 -0700 (PDT)
  ...was >>always a Q&D way to differentiate w/o measuring cables, etc. >Mine does. Not that there is continuity or anything through the...
• battery cables
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Sat, 1 Aug 1998 11:33:10 -0500
  I'm still trying to figure out which wire comes directly from the alternator to the battery. I disconnected the smallish red wires connected...
• Self-adjusting brakes? True/ False 88GL
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sutton
  Sun, 29 Feb 2004 20:43:33 -0500
  ...I disconnected the parking brake cables in my efforts to free the drums, and re-connected it when it was all assembled. It is...
• Re: Weak Starting
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 24 Feb 2005 16:31:58 -0500
  ...Battery cables look good up front no visible corrosion, > battery > is a few months old, never had a problem. But I will check out...
• Re: Tire Chains for Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Doug F
  Sun, 20 Nov 2005 09:40:06 -0800
  ...Chains are definitely for the hard core stuff but cables run nice, just wondering if anybody has found a solution similar to the ole...
• Re: Aftermarket power window regulators?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:29:10 -0400
  ...regulator while the stock power window regulator uses a pulley and cables. If you set these aftermarket ones up right they work well. The...
• Re: Starter Motor Internal + Strap Replace?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 4 Mar 2014 17:08:01 -0800
  ...a copper terminal like those used on welding cables. >> > On the wbx starters those cables are made of such fine strands that >> they >> > can...
• Re: Please help me with my bleeding problem.. although i did get the fan 2 work!
  Historical mailing list - Ron Sem
  Mon, 19 Jan 2004 01:17:11 -0500
  ...could very well be your cables from the heater control. if you don't already know, drop the spare, and look up into the...
• 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: Tools and parts for Baja trip plus
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 15 Aug 2014 08:43:48 -0400
  ...12V air compressor jumper cables coolant wiper blade fuses dvm elect. wire On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 10:29 PM, Nomadix <subarusyncro@gmail...
• Re: Breezy Knees
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 7 Feb 2013 17:24:32 -0800
  ...IF all cables are working smoothly. btw, for the original poster .........the heater valve cable ( Temp ) notoriously does not get lubed , like ever. What...
• Re: Fw: Fully-charged battery for alternator install?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Brown
  Thu, 6 May 2010 03:52:09 +0000
  ...You could always run jumper cables from your other car to the flatter battery and let the other car bring up the charge. On...
• Re: limited slip differential question
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sun, 3 May 2009 09:33:38 -0400
  ...Apparently the cables were shortened, > because he only had to lift them a little to have the desired effect, i.e., > he could grasp...
• FS Heater Parts Air Cooled Pictutre posted
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 6 Dec 2002 10:33:59 -0600
  http://www.williamwareagency.com/forsale/stanvan/allexh.jpg I might be able to get a set of flapper control cables 80/83 Air Cooled...
• what else with the dash removed
  Historical mailing list - The Shaws
  Tue, 13 Jul 2004 20:59:44 -0700
  ...Shortened and traightened the one broken heater control cables (it broke about an inch from the control arm) I put some insulation up against...
• Re: Driver's side front wheel grease cap
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 28 Aug 2012 07:25:29 -0700
  ...cable drive connection ! Does not all car manufacturers drive their speedo cables with the front LH wheel ? > > > On 2012-08-27, at 8:18...
• 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...
• Entertainment System upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
  Thu, 21 Nov 2002 10:41:40 -0800
  ...This works out well, since my VCR is located on the top shelf of the rear cabinet and the power and signal cables just...
• Re: air cooled without heat
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Sat, 23 Feb 2002 11:42:23 -0500
  ...Check to see that you didn't leave a rag, or a squirrel in the ducting, and that all the cables move their indented...
• Re: SURE POWER 1315
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:09:31 -0500
  ...in contact with anything else under >the back seat. >Two #2 cables go from the aux battery through the 'hidden compartment then >behind the...
• Re: rear disc brakes project
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:04:53 -0600
  ...I paid about $185 for the calipers, including e-brake cables, carriers, hoses and lines; the Passat carriers I got from ebay for about...
• Re: LED lighting
  Historical mailing list - Michael Hart
  Tue, 10 May 2011 11:34:20 -0700
  ...the light strip is 12V (you just need to cut the cables...) Mike 87 2WD Westy Palo Alto, CA ----- Original Message ---- From: neil n...
• CCC's chain/snow advisory, et al
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 16 Sep 1996 22:03:29 -0700
  ...These could be chains, cables, spikers - whatever you have, but given the elevation and near change of season, it would seem advisable to carry...
• Re: VANAGON digest 1182
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Thu, 28 Nov 1996 22:18:41 -0500
  ...Get the jumper cables out. Hook up one to the object, one to the welding rod. Pang, boom, Done!!! Free and portable arc welder...
• Re: Second battery, the story on relays.
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Kennedy
  Tue, 16 Mar 2004 14:16:29 -0700
  ...Many times I had to "help it along" by connecting them with jumper cables. I recently replace it with a common RV style battery...
• Battery and alternator - generic auto electric
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:09:10 -0400
  ...If 13.8-14.5 volts is acceptable, do we think I can attribute this low-ish voltage to corrosion in cables or should...
• Re: instrument panel short = no start?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 6 Nov 2014 11:40:20 -0800
  ...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: Cleavis pin fixed, but now....!!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Jun 1996 16:09:18 -0500
  ...anyone had this problem >before? I'll swap out the clutch cables and play with adjusting it, >and let everyone know what's up...
• Re: Vangon curtains/canvas?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 14 Jun 2000 23:34:47 -0700
  ...a > small phillips screw to attach to the van frame. > > These cables shells are flexible, strong and are basically the same as > the original...
• A Vanagon to sell you..
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 7 Dec 2000 00:23:05 EST
  ...heater also).AFM capacitor fix harness, improved heavy gauge engine grounding cables. H-4 e-code headlights. Please e-mail me if you are...
• Aux. Battery
  Historical mailing list - Neal R. Hansen
  Mon, 4 Mar 2002 08:46:11 -0700
  ...I wired this with wire that I had from an old set of "Jumper Cables" that the clamps were bad but the wire was...
• Re: ADBQ
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 4 May 2003 10:08:58 -0700
  ...of small wiring would necessitate giving yourself a jump >(with portable cables) to use both for starting. > >Care to share your feelings on this...
• Re: Syncro speedometer output repair?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 1 May 2003 09:48:08 -0700
  ...Trouble is, the cables and speedometer are OK; the output on the > differential itself isn't turning. Is there any way, such as there...
• Re: Idle stabilizer 85 van
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Thu, 10 Jul 2003 18:22:50 +0000
  ...of the coil, before the hall > > chip. > > You can remove the cables and they join together. > > The are 3 conductor. > > > >>>> Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET...
• Re: Crimp vs splice/ Klein is fine
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 10 Dec 2001 18:48:34 -0800
  ...Solder, connections cracked under vibration and flexing >of cables, hard to learn > >All the circuit boards in the satellites they were building had wire...
• Re: A New Look In Jumper Batteries
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 7 Dec 2014 14:47:40 -0800
  ...When I hooked the cables as per instructions It would not turn anything over it kept saying my polarity is backwards. As always red...
• Re: Cables - front to rear
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 15 Dec 2010 09:30:07 -0500
  At 06:20 PM 12/14/2010, Jonathan Berg wrote: >Running my oil pressure and temp sensors on 2 of the wires. Still >pondering...