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• Re: Hmm . . . second temp gauge?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 12 Aug 2004 21:28:50 -0600
  ...digital water temp gauge mounted to the left of the steering column, on the flat part of the dash. The casing is 2" diameter...
• Flat 4 towing 85 GL
  Historical mailing list - David J. Bohannan
  Fri, 18 Feb 2005 20:01:58 -0600
  ...in the ignition after keying on and off and the steering column doesn't lock until you pull the key out.so I won...
• Re: Windshield washer tank repair questions
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 15 May 2017 07:33:58 -0400
  ...After a lot of > >>> messing around, I finally found that the problem was the switch on the > >>> steering column. I did not have to...
• Re: Headlights Still Out
  Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
  Tue, 16 Oct 2012 08:22:09 -0700
  ...These are why I didn't think the column stalk switch was internally malfunctioning. It's connections might be, and now that I have...
• Re: Bearing service
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:54:52 -0700
  The latch post at the rear column is adjustable; it may have loosened up. Karl Wolz -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon...
• Re: fuel sender repair
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Thu, 06 Oct 94 23:45:49 CDT
  ...this list is starting to sound like one of Peter Eagan's monthly column in Road & Track. :) joel
• starting problems /electrical
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 11 Oct 1995 17:34:22 -0400
  ...I think that this is easier than dissambling the steering column and replacing the ignition switch. have fun, I was real happy not to...
• Dashboard surgery... 85 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Wed, 24 Mar 1999 17:20:31 -0500
  ...I had read in here some years ago, that the steering column had to be moved or dislodged to get the dash out. Anyone...
• Re: Al foil protection/Friday
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Fri, 27 Oct 2000 09:48:10 -0600
  ...http://www.straightdope.com/columns/000609.html Have a fan-double-tastic weekend all, Keith Adams Calgary, Alberta, Canada 1986 Vanagon GL Westfalia
• Re: Removing the ignition switch
  Historical mailing list - Jones, Dustin
  Fri, 7 Feb 2003 12:23:09 -0500
  ...in the ignition and he would have to remove the steering column and yada yada , 1 hour labor. He proved it to me because...
• Electric Power Steering Pumps
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Sun, 12 Oct 2003 10:59:32 -0500
  ...that are integrated with either the steering rack or the steering column. This won't work for me. I just need a power steering...
• Batt is 100% - no crank/starter doesn't turn
  Historical mailing list - David Devere
  Thu, 17 Mar 2005 08:18:34 -0600
  ...ignition switch (it's a little plastic switch on the steering column). Then start working around to the starter. I have a hard time...
• Re: lighted switch needed
  Historical mailing list - Walt Spak
  Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:04:49 -0500
  Ron, I take the steering column plastic off & find the terminal on the ignition switch that powers the key buzzer. Then I wire the...
• Seat heaters
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 7 Feb 2009 19:57:26 -0500
  ...It is still possible to get the steering column shroud that has a place for the switch. Of course the VW switch is about...
• Re: electric or hydraulic power steering
  Historical mailing list - Tom C
  Thu, 24 Mar 2022 07:39:43 -0400
  ...Been researching the electrical steering kits, seems > >> like the downside is I'd lose the collapsibility of the steering > >> column in the event of...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Jack Lowry
  Thu, 17 Oct 1996 09:01:45 -0400
  ...Remove cover around the steering column. 3. remove turn signal and wiper switch from the column (there are 2 or 3 screws to do...
• Re: Aux battery hookup
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Mon, 25 May 2015 07:34:08 -0400
  ...It taps into the wiring in the steering column then to switch, from switch it goes to always on power and remote power. I...
• Fwd: Seat warmers
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Tue, 14 Jan 1997 20:40:36 -0500
  ...Butt warmers (was Re: '88 Vanagon with "thing" on steering column?? > > >You dog! Heated seats? Is there anyway on earth the rest of us...
• Steering wheel squeak and seat clicking
  Historical mailing list - Eric Brown
  Mon, 14 Jun 1999 11:30:55 -0700
  ...It seems to be plastic or vinyl rubbing some weird squiggly metal thingy where the back of the steering wheel meets the steering column...
• Re: Second Request...Steering column rubber bushings...on 85 GL
  Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
  Thu, 6 Jul 2006 20:21:34 -0400
  Part number 803-419-775-B I found this on the ziplock baggie from the last ones I had to order...help! I hate...
• Re: headlights
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 23 May 2007 07:05:41 -0700
  ...light on the dash is always lite and the high beam column stalk has no effect on the lights. > > The headlight switch tested out...
• Re: Sliding Door "Courtesy Light" Switch
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:40:12 -0700
  ...I see there is a rectangular hole in the > > column above the door lock contacts and a matching round hole on the door. Was...
• Re: Steering. Re: P 48.14 Measurement "a"
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 1 Feb 2013 14:40:46 -0800
  ...position is > incorrect, would that affect the position of the upper column relative > to the lower column? (i.e. increased gap "a" ?) > > Neil. > > O
• Re: headlights problems
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Fri, 27 Jan 2017 17:33:35 +0000
  ...I would inspect the high beam switch on the column too. I assume you mean the headlight switch at the dash when you mention...
• thermostat:
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 30 Nov 94 20:57:46 CST
  ...those big plactic columns at the back of the bus, behind the rearmost side windows ... and there is also the thing Derek was talking...
• Steering Wheel Removal
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Fri, 28 Jun 1996 18:39:24 -0700
  ...the wheel, and proceeded to whack at the center of the column, rotating the wheel every couple whacks. I got the steering wheel off...
• RE: short in headlight wiring ... somewhere
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 15 Jun 97 00:04:11 UT
  ...jiggled and repeatedly switched the high beams switch on the steering column, so I suspect the problem is there. Also, once, the high beam...
• Re: Knob or button missing
  Historical mailing list - Ali .
  Tue, 16 Nov 1999 03:28:47 GMT
  ...Its location >is directly right of the steering column. All I can see is a hole where >something went there in has current. What...
• Re: Cruise control
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Wed, 12 Dec 2001 10:56:04 EST
  ...the pump goes in the right rear corner, the actuator goes on the left hand manifold the switch on the column, the break and...
• Re: 1991 Vanagon Electrical Problem
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 16 Dec 2002 12:20:30 -0500
  ...Remove the plastic cover on your steering column. Remove the wire connector from your ignition switch. Check the X circuit coming out of your...
• Re: Anyone converted RHD to LHD or vice-versa?
  Historical mailing list - Cory Sammons
  Wed, 22 Sep 2004 17:00:06 -0400
  ...complete (minus motor?) > > Would I need these: > handbrake lever assembly > steering-column/master-cylinder bracketry > -anything else? > > I can probably get the parts from...
• Re: Best placement for outside air temperature sender?
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Sat, 3 Sep 2005 14:28:36 -0600
  ...A sensor in the air-intake columns would suffer the same bias from the hot engine when parked. I like the Mercedes bumper idea...
• Re: '85 Westfalia Air Conditioning
  Historical mailing list - Cetin Seren
  Fri, 21 Jun 1996 05:23:50 -0400
  ...My '87 is a Wolfsburg weekender, and has the other type of A/C that has the vents lined up along the middle column...
• Re: Aux Heater??
  Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
  06 Dec 96 17:28:24 EST
  ...green knob on >the dash to the right of the steering column. From what I can tell >from the owners manual and Bentley, this...
• Re: Windshield washer switch malfunction...
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 25 May 1999 18:14:05 +0200
  ...I hope it s not in the switch lever in > the steering column? Contact corrosion? Did anyone out there have the same > experience with...
• Re: star grounds
  Historical mailing list - se7en
  Sat, 18 Dec 1999 01:43:09 -0800
  ...that hold the fuse block to the dash (left of steering column, assuming you have left hand drive). It is probably a good idea...
• Re: third rear tail light?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
  Thu, 15 Mar 2001 09:05:25 -0500
  ...I ran the wire under the trim panel up the left column and tucked them in the seam on top of the blower housing...
• Re: Desperate for a High Top!
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Wed, 1 Nov 2006 18:53:16 -0800
  ...the wiper switch (on the earlier dash or the later > steering column), hen to the squirter nozzles. IE; lots of hose and places > to...
• Re: insulating hot side of Dometic refer
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 25 Sep 2011 09:01:19 -0700
  ...How about adding insulation around the "hot column" > and on the exposed exhaust pipe as it goes up from the column to the > exit...
• Re: Real time help needed
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 28 Mar 2020 16:10:19 -0700
  ...I did try ign switch spare , hanging off column. No diff. Thanks for all the suggestions. It pouring here now and I think I...
• Re: size of these bolts
  Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
  Sat, 28 Jan 2017 17:27:43 -0600
  ...put an allen slot in there... > > what were they thinking? who would steal a steering column? thieves will steal the whole van ! ! > > thanks ... > > dan
• Re: ignition key sticks
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Mitch Daughtry
  Thu, 26 Sep 1996 23:05:24 -0400
  ...Turning the steering wheel such that some of the stress is relieved on the steering column tends to allow the iginition to unlock. Do...
• arm rests etc.
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Aug 1997 23:13:32, -0500
  ...crank? oh, does someone make replacements for the cheap plastic steering column and the frames that hold the Speedo,etc???? all that's cracked...
• brake master cylinder leaking?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Henning
  Tue, 16 Aug 1994 09:31:11 -0400
  ...carper under steering column was wet. looking at brake master cylinder there seemed to be a leak from the where brake cylinder mates with...
• Re: 85 Vanagon brake lights
  Historical mailing list - jimkim
  Tue, 7 Dec 1999 22:48:36 -0800
  ...I used a long extension from under the dash left of the steering column. If memory serves, a 22ml deep socket is what you...
• 5-speed
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 22 Mar 2000 12:13:44 +1200
  ...By the way, a columnist in "Wheels" magazine stated that the real car of the century wasn't even on the list. His nomination...
• Re: windshield washer don't work
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Arbaugh
  Mon, 6 Mar 2000 16:36:19 -0800
  ...Remove the three screws that hold the assembly to the column >and remove the assembly. Simulate operation of the washer function on the >assembly...
• Re: Mahle OC 28 oil filter
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 23 Aug 2006 23:46:28 -0700
  ...I was looking at the wrong table column in my cross reference when originally I keyed this in. The 719/12 is for the...
• Re: Bus Depot Order Status Update
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:18:11 -0500
  ...Items that have shipped are identified by a quantity in the "shipped" column of the invoice. If the item shipped from our warehouse, you...
• Re: sheer bolts/steering column
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Wed, 22 Oct 2003 04:02:14 EDT
  ...Same with the steering column and the like in the Volvo. Volvo and Volkswagen start with the letter "V". Need I say more? (FWIW...
• Re: Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Sun, 4 Oct 2020 14:14:57 -0700
  ...besides electrical wiring, there are > > > vacuum pump, vacuum switch under the pedals, switch on the steering > column, > > > vacuum diaphragm linked the throttle body at...
• Anyone need '53? parts
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Fri, 2 Jun 95 11:46:52 EDT
  ...knobs gone from that funny early style dash, steering box and column still attached to that old wheel, front axle present, all 4 16...
• persistent wipers/ ingition switch gremlins
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Sun, 17 Sep 2000 08:59:49 -0400
  ...I do not think it is the switch itself, since I unplugged the one on the column and plugged in a spare .. same symptoms...
• Re: Metric this, metric that
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 30 Jan 2006 16:43:51 -0600
  ...It has a huge single column supporting the bridge right in the center and is supposed to be earthquake resistant. Now that bridge is...
• Re: leather wrapped steering wheel for vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 20 Sep 2007 01:00:43 -0700
  ...you do NOT need to modify your van or column in any way. simply unbolt your orig steering wheel, and bolt the new one...
• Re: '72 bus IGN SW
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 8 Feb 1996 14:55:41 -0500
  ...I >am trying to remove the ignition switch, and having some difficulty. > I have dropped the steering column, found and unscrewed the little >hidden...
• Re: removing dash?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Harrison
  Sun, 28 Jul 2002 01:07:46 +0200
  ...Replace the original sheer bolts on the steering column with standard ones and it makes the job easier next time. To remove these, I...
• Re: Sightlines to instrument panel
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 14 Nov 2002 01:57:55 -0500
  ...They have a wheel available which is about 6-8 inches extended from the column. Finally you can try to retrofit a telescoping wheel...
• Re: Headlights Still Out
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 15 Oct 2012 17:02:50 -0700
  ...so not a generic > X-Circuit problem - probably not the steering column key switch, > either? > > I'm stumped, and with early sunsets here in...
• Re: Steering wheel locked after replacing blower motor
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 20 May 2011 20:42:34 -0400
  ...In this instance the wheels >are straight ahead but I suppose it is possible that with the >steering column torquing after the bolts were...