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• Re: spring/wire in pop top lift handle
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:10:10 -0800
  ...I say this b/c for a point of reference, AFAIK, the new cables I made (and had parts swaged on to) are still...
• Re: 2013 California
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:30:44 -0800
  ...Neighbour came over to borrow jumper cables for his new Porsche. Just thinking of how to jump start something like that put me off...
• Re: Sattelite Antenna
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 28 Dec 2009 10:21:07 -0500
  ...You might need to get one of the extra long cables if your connection isn't in the cabinet or under your front seat...
• 93 Eurovan Weekender For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Andrew G. Martin
  Tue, 4 Dec 2001 07:43:08 -0800
  ...interior is gray *includes the Bentley published repair manuals and tire cables *Sellers name is Phillip Aponte - call him! e-mail paaponte@earthlink.net...
• Re: 1.9L bogging down on acceleration when hot..anyone ideas???
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Tue, 2 Apr 2002 21:48:43 -0800
  ...Check your cap and cables. Hector > when i drive my '84 1.9L wbx for a while, then stop at a light and idle...
• Re: Luggage rack and poptop
  Historical mailing list - Nolan Hester
  Wed, 31 Jul 2002 21:08:43 -0700
  ...Use it for tow rope, jumper cables, chains in winter, flares, gas can--all that stuff that no one's gonna steal in most...
• Re: Addendum to question on Parking Brake Cable
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 13 Jan 2013 20:31:14 -0800
  you do have to check for draggy or stuck, or seized parking brake cables, naturally. It's worthwhile to eyeball the outer cable housings...
• Re: '91 Vanagon Brake Shoe Question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 31 Dec 2010 00:39:06 -0500
  ...While inspecting, you need to carefully inspect the brake cables. Look carefully at the outer jackets. Any sign of breaking, twisting, rust through etc...
• Re: Ignition Cables, unplugging from distributor
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:53:16 -0700
  ...So I thought to unplug the cables, one by >> one, to see if I could find the missing cylinder. >> >> I wanted to unplug them...
• Re: Bring a trailer--$3500!
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 29 Sep 2016 00:16:57 -0700
  ...Brake cables so rusty they snapped, PS > lines almost gone, every brake line gone, shock bolts rusted in place. > Exhaust goes w/o saying...
• Re: 86 Westy Camper w/automatic : list of emergency gear
  Historical mailing list - Kendra Calhoun
  Thu, 5 Jan 2012 19:34:00 -0600
  ...Indeed I have a metric tool kit, fire extinguisher, > Bentley book, jumper cables, first aid kit, and will have a set of belts as...
• Re: Solar Panel outdoor electrical connect
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 26 Jun 2011 08:26:01 -0700
  ...I can shut the rear hatch down (though not latched) with the cables plugged in. Since the panels are not working at night they...
• Re: Optima as 2nd battery.
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Fri, 23 May 1997 08:11:41 -0800
  ...will work as long as you do not use regular > battery cables with the thick terminal ends as they will again protrude too > high...
• fresh air fan/87 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Richard C Welsh
  Mon, 13 Dec 1999 10:00:02 -0500
  ...all 4 sliders on the "climate adjust" are supposed to activate wire cables; three open or close vents and one, the second from the...
• Sunroof Vanagon roof cables
  Historical mailing list - Herb Mooney
  Tue, 19 Nov 2002 00:11:47 -0500
  I see there's a set of these on ebay for $180. I plan on buying a sunroof Vanagon eventually, are these a common...
• Re: Can a 90A or 120A alternator be used for welding?
  Historical mailing list - Bostig Eng.
  Tue, 21 Jun 2005 09:41:50 -0400
  ...to do emergency >field repairs? I am talking about using jumper cables and a coat hanger to >fix something in the back country. >> > >No...
• Re: 91 Vanagon will not start..? FIXED
  Historical mailing list - Shannon Mitchell
  Tue, 1 Jun 2004 05:56:02 -0400
  ...Because your Vanagon starts with a jump I'd be curious how you are connecting the jumper cables to your bus. Are you connecting...
• Re: Brown gas or not? --Contribute some moo-lah!
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:24:27 -0400
  ...30+ feet of wiring harnesses off GM cars, Battery Cables, aux, cables, etc). My physics professor friend says "It could help" and "Could work...
• Re: Web Site
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 23 Aug 2014 08:27:40 -0700
  ...Harbor Freight or Tractor Supply, letting you splice it into existing cables. Stephen On Saturday, August 23, 2014 1:25 AM, Mark Tuovinen <<mailto...
• FS - 81 Westy East Coast
  Historical mailing list - John
  Wed, 17 Aug 2005 16:25:53 GMT
  ...rear seats need covers or re-upholstering - no rips, but stained (cabinets in great shape), heater cables, - or run as is. Call/e-mail...
• Re: Your method to fit grp 41 battery in box
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Sat, 28 Mar 2026 10:11:17 +0100
  ...For years >>> I've always had a struggle when dropping the group 41 battery past the >>> pos-neg cables and have banged-up the...
• Re: 1982 Diesel Vanagon: Heater Core / Fan
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 5 Oct 2012 17:07:42 -0500
  ...Just buy a used one complete, with cables > and lever assembly still connected, goes right into an 82. Use the later > lever bezel also...
• Idle hunts except when in gear
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:13:25 -0700
  ...I asked a local VW mech about it, and he bypassed the idle stabilizer electronic thingy (plugged the two cables into each other) to...
• Aircooled heater cables
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Sun, 26 Dec 2010 14:49:36 -0800
  Apologies to everyone with WBX and suburu engines. This is about aircooled -- 1982. The connections to my flappers are all kinds of wrong. I...
• Re: 83 Vanagon w/Sunroof - Question about Sunroofs
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 13 Aug 2002 20:46:00 EDT
  ...keep your tracks/cables lubed with white grease, and your drains clean, and always remember to check and see that your sunroof is cranked...
• Re: Battery went dead
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Tue, 11 Feb 2003 19:46:57 -0500
  ...I disconnected the cables...I can't pull it out!!!!! Any ideas? > > --peace-- > stu
• Re: poor airflow from dash vents
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Mon, 8 Aug 2005 16:18:17 -0500
  ...disconnected on one side, I also adjusted all of the > control cables and figured out (more or less) the most effective > settings which can...
• Re: speedometer noise and other ramblings
  Historical mailing list
  08 Jan 97 07:03:09 PST
  ...It's not like the old style cables that one can remove the cable and the sheath remains. They are locked in at both...
• Re: Stuck throttle cable
  Historical mailing list - Frederick M. Wasserstein
  Wed, 27 Dec 2000 12:27:17 -0600
  I Don't know anything about the cables, But I simpathize on the cold. My Westy has 18" of snow on it and it...
• Re: S.O.S. Vanagon stuck 20 miles N of Orlando in Maitland, FL
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Wed, 4 Oct 2006 15:51:47 -0700
  ...Jumper cables to help it start and to test the starter. Good Luck! Steven --- David Bohannan <fjazzbass@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > I just talked to...
• Re: Warm air from under the dash.
  Historical mailing list - John Sweet
  Sun, 21 Jul 1996 13:32:29 -0700
  ...way. > I have to re-adjust the ends of the control cables... The travel > allowed by the control arm in the dash is not...
• Re: Door gasket
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 18 Feb 2018 16:43:25 -0500
  ...It goes around the oval > connection to the fresh air distribution on the forward end of the door. > The speaker cables go through the...
• '77 Westy Heat Question
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 16 Oct 1995 16:42:29 -0400 (EDT)
  ...metal pipes - even made my own barrel clamps to hold the cables to the flap levers!), put everything together. Rewired the heater blower fan...
• Re: Syncro front hub question
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sat, 22 Jul 2000 13:09:55 EDT
  ...This would be where you would connect your parking brake cables. Ben T San Francisco
• FS Front Heater
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Thu, 30 Nov 2000 17:53:42 -0800
  ...exchanger radiator, large resistor for the 3 speeds the dash control cables for the louvers part of the heater some of the distribution plastic...
• Re: heater fan blows fuse
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 9 Aug 2007 15:18:10 -0700
  If your heat exchange box and cables are working right, I *think* you should be able to direct fresh up to windshield while driving...
• Re: Aux Oil temp gauge wiring
  Historical mailing list - tp
  Tue, 2 Sep 2003 09:10:34 +0100
  ...Alternatively, you could try threading your wires through another sheathed bundle of cables, this time the ones for the driver's side headlight and...
• Re: "Thanks" + Throttle cable coupler? (PIC)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 3 Oct 2008 21:16:25 -0700
  ...On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 8:26 PM, pdooley <psdooley@verizon.net> wrote: > Throttle coupler? > Like a barrel nut for "pinching" two cables...
• Re: Front heater motor
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Tue, 28 Feb 2017 15:57:37 -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...
• Re: Supporting the pop top to remove the frame
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Tue, 25 Aug 2015 07:41:20 -0400
  ...I can feel those cables at the "elbow" of the apparatus. when the top is up there is slack in them. is that right...
• Re: Speaker or rear brake light cables?
  Historical mailing list - Tobias Gogolin
  Wed, 15 Jun 2011 17:02:13 -0700
  Ok, that makes sense, because the bridge (splicing it to the left) of the gray wires is on the right side! I found the...
• Re: Aux Battery in GL-Sure Power Instructions Needed
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 10 Apr 2010 08:39:48 -0700
  ...setup if I ever get around to it, and > use jumper cables if I have starting issues. > > So a G48 battery also fits, but...
• Re: Battery went dead
  Historical mailing list - David Wilhite
  Tue, 11 Feb 2003 20:05:09 -0500
  ...I disconnected the cables...I can't pull it out!!!!! Any ideas? > > > > --peace-- > stu
• Advice on installing a battery isolator and wiring please
  Historical mailing list - Kirk Hockin
  Sun, 29 Aug 2004 18:17:04 -0700
  ...Do the positive cables attached to the Batteries have fuses on them (other than the fuse panel) or would I be better to add...
• Re: Help, late model instument cluster in '82 van
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 5 Feb 2007 12:18:06 -0800
  ...You must own a 1981 registered as a 1982 because Screw-On Upper Speedo Cables were only used for the first two years of...
• Re: A New Look In Jumper Batteries
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Wed, 10 Dec 2014 06:27:56 -0500
  ...Install larger cables on the generator right now I have > 16 gauge wire to the ground and to the positive side of the starter...
• Re: I could use a little help
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Wed, 2 Jun 2010 07:28:51 -0700
  ...I reckon it depends on whether you are using the jumper cables to put a charge into the other car's depleted battery, or...
• Re(2): To those '83-'85 Vanagon folks
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 08 Sep 1994 08:48:52 -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...
• Re: Removing the Power Window Guts for repair
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Wed, 18 Feb 2004 12:17:26 -0500
  It shows how to do this in the Bentley but basically after you get done unhooking everything you twist the regulator and cables until...
• Re: install heater core in AC housing.
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 7 Mar 2007 23:26:43 -0800
  ...just gettiing them set up and > in > > place with the small jumble of cables I had as parts/cores. > > > > there are also variations in...
• Re: Front heater motor
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 28 Feb 2017 14:55:05 -0600
  ...replace the clutch pedal too (if it's a manual trans) > sound deadening the front nose panel, lube the cables, repair the air > hoses...
• SYNCRO 4X4 Vanagon Weekender For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Ridge Gilmour
  Mon, 22 Sep 1997 09:46:46 -0600
  ...New clutch at 105000 miles, new starter, new cables here and there, new exhaust, new water pump and a hundred other items that add...
• Re: Second Battery for Westy
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Thu, 4 Sep 1997 12:27:58 -0700
  ...starter - I don't want to put in the >heavy duty cables. > >My Bently manual (Section 97.9a) shows what seems to be a...
• Spring cleaning Vanagon parts got to go (mirrors and heater)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Sat, 7 Apr 2001 07:26:43 -0700
  ...and hot) large resistor for the 3 speeds the dash control cables for the louvers part of the heater some of the distribution plastic...
• Re: Hey folks; horror; New Beetle?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sun, 11 May 2003 13:56:25 -0400
  ...resistance is so high it's like driving with the battery cables disconnected. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Horace K. Sawyer" <hksawyer@CATT.COM> > What I...
• Re: new series 48 Odyssey battery
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:24:42 -0600
  ...BZ-what's in your battery compartment? > If I should ever need to start using my coach > battery, I have some jumper cables. I...
• Re: Solenoid-operated manual shifter?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 11 Dec 2003 09:10:24 -0800
  ...The Toyota uses cables, >I think (must look at my Hiace!) and would be relatively easy to >adapt. If it's NOT cable-operated...
• Re: Anyone have a copy of the Ultimate Trip Checklist?
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:15:08 -0600
  ...Inspect master & slave cylinders and or cables, adjustment, > leaks, > fluid level & condition. > > Note:________________________________________________________________________________________________ > > > ____Steering: Inspect (power steering) fluid level, belt, leaks, line > condition, rack...
• Throttle cable woes
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Mon, 13 May 1996 09:14:03 -0700 (PDT)
  ...lunch I'm gonna bum a ride and pick up 3 cables. Thom -- > You forgot to do your backup 16 days ago. Tomorrow you...
• Beeping Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Arthur Anderson
  Fri, 17 Jan 2003 15:41:44 -0500
  ...So the situation is getting better, and as soon as I get it started I'm going to get new battery cables and the...