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  • Re: Can Yakima rack from Jetta/Golf fit Vanagons?
    Historical mailing list - Sean B.
    Wed, 2 May 2001 18:21:36 -0700
    If the roofrack is the "factory" unit from a golf/jetta 3 (Trek/K2), I can tell you that it won't fit a...
  • '97 VW Radio install
    Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
    Mon, 15 Oct 2001 09:53:54 -0400
    ...Does this stereo need a dimmer connection? It is the alarm type cassette unit w/cd control functions. I am going to a local...
  • 87 Vanagon v 90 Cabrio ISVs
    Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
    Fri, 25 Apr 2003 15:06:58 -0400
    ...BOTH are two wire units. So that was a plus..... My next step was to swab ISV control units. I found the Vanagon's...
  • Re: BEHR front AC unit on eBay
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Sun, 25 Sep 2005 18:09:19 -0500
    ...BEHR front AC unit on eBay This is not my auction, but I don't see these things for sale very often so I...
  • Re: Power Inverter advice requested
    Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
    Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:18:34 -0700
    ...For now our primary concern is the computer but if > there is a unit that can handle more for a reasonable price I would...
  • Timing Light
    Historical mailing list - Trenholme, Phil
    Fri, 23 Sep 2005 11:07:59 -0700
    ...Most people I know have been buying Digital Meters as they have all the features of the Sears Unit, but also have Tachometer, Dwell...
  • Re: Power inverter - install question
    Historical mailing list - Mike S
    Wed, 3 Jan 2007 14:53:36 -0500
    At 01:54 PM 1/3/2007, mordo wrote... >Anyway, there is a wire that is meant to attach to the head unit - >presumably...
  • WTB: BA-6 Dash Control unit
    Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
    Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:45:33 -0500
    ...for the next 8 weeks and have discovered that the control unit (on-off switch) in the dash has come apart and is not...
  • Re: starters-used vs. cheap rebuilt vs. Bosch rebuilt
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:12:16 -0800
    ...80% or better of the 'bad' units only needed cleaning and new brushes, some needed the commutators turned and some needed bearings, most fixes...
  • Re: Air Conditioner
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Sat, 30 Mar 2002 08:01:09 -0600
    I explored the idea of taking a new AC window unit, moving all the hot stuff out over my spare tire. Then plumbing the...
  • audio source A's
    Historical mailing list - mortimer peaberry
    Thu, 12 Feb 2004 22:42:07 -0800
    ...probably around $100 for the box and the head unit you need starts around $200 (plus XM compatible). But the unit won't ship...
  • Re: Dometic cooling fan noise
    Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
    Mon, 25 Jun 2007 08:02:16 -0700
    The original fan is a real cheap unit, and it might have gone noisy, or some bit of rubbish might have drifted into touching...
  • Re: slightly bizarre Vanagon...front AC in a westy - My Experience
    Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
    Tue, 7 Mar 2006 02:12:42 EST
    ...In my installation of the AC unit, I moved it forward so that a line drawn parallel to the back of the driver's...
  • Re: CD/MP3 Player suggestions
    Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
    Thu, 2 Jan 2003 15:21:30 -0500
    I'm about to put in a BEHR in dash AC unit that eliminates the stock radio. Any ideas of where I should locate...
  • Re: Need Westy Guru
    Historical mailing list - Stewart, Donna
    Fri, 11 Apr 2003 17:43:25 -0400
    ...Same as someone else posted, I had an old style 73, with the sink, water supply, and icebox unit behind the passenger seat. No...
  • Re: looking for a source for temp 2/temperature gauge sending unit connectors
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Sat, 12 Jan 2013 12:02:57 -0800
    ...temp 2 sending unit on my 1990 vanagon > and was also checking the wiring for the temperature gauge sending unit > today and the connector...
  • Water Temp sender location
    Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
    Sat, 19 Sep 2009 11:34:32 -0500
    ...Now that I've found a sending unit and it's arrived, I screwed it in last night The question is; I this an...
  • FI Puzzles Bosch Mechanic
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 28 Dec 1995 10:48:00 -0500
    ...While repairing my Fuel Injection on my 87 Westy my "Bosch Certified" Mechanic diagnosed a failed control unit. It was burned and needed to...
  • Re: 84 westphalia
    Historical mailing list - STEVEN G WACKER
    Mon, 30 Mar 1998 12:04:11 -0800
    Derek, sounds like either your "idle control valve" on top of the engine or your "idle stabilizer control unit". The valve on the engine...
  • Re: Install Front AC or Keep Stock Unit???
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Wed, 10 Aug 2016 13:18:36 -0700
    ...07 PM, PB <pbrattan@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > Can a stock AC unit (90 Westy automatic) be replaced with a front AC? > Would there be...
  • Re: Idle stabilizer control
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Engel
    Sat, 9 Jul 2016 14:52:57 -0400
    ...GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > I am replacing the failed unit, but find that the new unit won't seat all > the way. Has about a1...
  • Re: Small kitchen for GL? Ideas please
    Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
    Wed, 20 Mar 2013 08:22:26 -0400
    ...Cheers, Harry On 03/19/2013 07:14 PM, EDWARD V BARGER wrote: > at our local CostCo just saw a small unit aprox 24...
  • Re: MP3 Player Advice Needed - with a twist (no pun intended)
    Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
    Sun, 17 Oct 2010 09:41:54 -0700
    ...With my lousy ears and the inexpensive Pioneer head unit and cheap > speakers I doubt that I'll be able to hear any difference...
  • stearing box parts and ideas
    Historical mailing list - Matthew Henricks
    Tue, 12 Dec 1995 14:14:35 -0800 (PST)
    ...they are not like normal sealed units. are they avalable from local supply houses? also there is a seal for the cross shaft. any...
  • Re: rear heater for sale/free
    Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
    Thu, 25 Nov 1999 20:50:14 -0800
    ...Is this a rear heat unit, or do the Westy's have those things? Mike '85 Westy [And it will LIVE again...maybe] ----- Original...
  • Email stops
    Historical mailing list - Zoltan
    Thu, 21 Dec 2000 11:52:42 -0800
    ...Kitchen units I am looking for kitchen units with working fridge in them with the neigboring cabinet that has the water tank in it...
  • Re: fuel pressure gauge
    Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
    Sat, 20 Jan 2001 20:04:05 -0800
    > > Has anybody done this using a sending unit and electrical gage. I found a > > VDO gage that goes to 11 Bar and thought about...
  • Re: Bosch or Hella Fuel Pump?
    Historical mailing list - Rennie Wible
    Tue, 3 Apr 2001 20:18:43 -0700
    ...Any feedback? > Our > vendor friends sell a Bosch unit and a Hella/Piersburg unit. Any > difference... besides $10.00 price? > > Brian Doss > '88 Weekender...
  • Re: WTB: Blaupunkt Stereo
    Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
    Thu, 29 Jan 2004 08:11:26 -0500
    Bruce wrote: [...] Does anyone know where I can get a Sydney or other comparable unit. I would be willing to give up the cassette...
  • Re: Removing a CD player
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Sun, 18 Jun 2006 20:59:05 -0700
    If mounted like my Pioneer it takes the special tools that came with the unit to get it out. They slide in on each...
  • Re: No spark
    Historical mailing list - Shawn
    Sun, 23 Jul 2000 18:23:36 -0500
    John, Thanks for the info, But i thought that was a fuel injection control unit. Shawn
  • eberspacher heater B1L
    Historical mailing list - Rick Berman
    Tue, 29 Aug 2000 17:16:09 -0600
    I have a eberspacher B1L Heater does anyone know anything about this unit Rick [text/html]
  • Re: .03"=.762mm
    Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
    Sun, 8 Oct 2000 19:28:53 -0700
    Here's a useful site for converting any measurement: http://www.unitwiz.com/index.html Jerry
  • syncro pumkin unit
    Historical mailing list - Jonc
    Wed, 29 Nov 2000 23:07:00 -0500
    will redline MT 90 make the syncro's VC happy or is there a trick? Regards
  • espar b1l
    Historical mailing list - Kai Mei
    Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:37:14 -0500
    I have all the parts except the control unit... Anyone know of a source? Prefer used, working.
  • Re: Some Comments on GPS Systems and Audio Electronics (Not Short)
    Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
    Fri, 27 Jul 2007 10:07:55 -0400
    ...At first, I examined the single DIN > combo stereo and GPS units that flipped a screen out of the unit to rest at 90...
  • Re: idea?
    Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
    Sat, 26 Oct 2013 09:15:46 -0500
    ...idea? > > > > My brother and I were discussing cutting an AC unit in two and mounting > > part > > outside, part inside, under the rear seat. > > > > Also...
  • Re: headlights- round or square
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Tue, 27 Nov 2001 19:20:47 +1200
    ...You will also >find that "quality" H4 replacement round units will be a dramatic >improvement over the standard halogen sealed beam round units or...
  • Decent deal on an inverter
    Historical mailing list - olists
    Mon, 16 Dec 2002 21:02:54 -0600
    ...Since I have not rec'd the unit yet I will reserve opinion on this shop and unit. I will update the list if...
  • Re: under rear seat AC and heat
    Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
    Mon, 22 Nov 2004 13:28:52 -0500
    This sounds very much like a 'conversion van' unit I'm running in my 1980 TD camper. I bought it for $35+/- from a...
  • Re: WTB Behr AC switch and switchplate
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Mon, 25 Jul 2005 14:59:32 -0500
    ...I think the switches from later model over the visor units use the same switches and controls. Stan Wilder Engine Ceramics 214-352-4931...
  • Re: Idle Stabilizer Control Unit Reverse Engineering
    Historical mailing list - jon
    Tue, 9 Jan 2007 14:25:13 -0800
    ...unit > I called gowesty they already have a hot-wire digital replacement for the > afm for ouch $675 > Has anybody tried this unit from...
  • Questions & Help
    Historical mailing list - Lee Schelin
    Sun, 20 Jun 1999 10:50:08 -0700
    ...Several weeks ago I had the oil sending unit replaced. 2. Oil in crankcase is full The only thing I did yesterday was to...
  • Re: for sale (f)
    Historical mailing list - Alan Watts
    Tue, 21 Aug 2001 00:44:00 -0500
    ...has very little rust if any at all jack has ac unit >>but have never used it i know there is no belt on...
  • Re: GPS in a Westy?
    Historical mailing list - Bill N
    Fri, 4 Apr 2003 11:37:26 -0700
    We use a handheld unit in our vehicles all the time, since we are geocachers. Ours is an Etrex Legend. It works great, but...
  • Re: radio hole bin? '84
    Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
    Thu, 3 Apr 2003 12:58:17 -0500
    ...I pulled mine and installed an extra unit in the spot (later volunteers pulled my unit, cut my wires and trashed my dash....) On...
  • How do you remove/install center A/C vents on late model Vanagon?
    Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
    Tue, 3 Jun 2003 13:48:51 -0700
    ...But what is the secret to install this unit? Do you start at the front and move rearward or the other way around. How...
  • AC Power?
    Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
    Wed, 7 Sep 2005 21:30:25 -0700
    ...The Evap unit I am going to use has a 30A fuse in the +12V wire, built into the unit. Not knowing the fuse...
  • Re: Westfalia and AC
    Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
    Sun, 3 Jul 2005 19:16:57 -0500
    <<<1/ Use a donor westy evaporator shelf/fan (blows from the rear) 2/ Remove the center duct from your existing unit and allow air...
  • Re: Where should the radio fit in an older A/T with A/C.
    Historical mailing list - Ben
    Sat, 17 Jan 2015 11:23:38 -0800
    ...They also made a shaped plastic cover to protect the unit behind the glove box. Both units came with a plastic box which allowed...
  • Re: AC While Camping - Portable Unit
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Wed, 9 Jun 2010 20:07:14 -0400
    ...hmmmm Normal -- my 25-pint/day unit has about a two-liter bucket. But it's fitted to take a hose. The VA hospital...
  • Re: Auto Tranny Symptoms & Advice?
    Historical mailing list - John Bange
    Tue, 22 Nov 2005 14:28:13 -0800
    ...If you're doing the engine yourself, I suggest dropping the entire thing-- engine, differential, and transmission-- as a single unit and separating them...
  • Re: alt stereo intall
    Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
    Thu, 25 Jan 2007 22:58:14 -0500
    I have a BEHR in dash AC unit and I also lost my radio location so I bought a "Secret Audio" system: http://www...
  • Re: Sound systems (yet again)
    Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
    Thu, 5 Jan 2012 10:54:17 -0700
    ...I have looked a many units over the years and > have yet to see any unit > that does not have selective tuning. The only...
  • Re: Will this Radio fit in a Westy?
    Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
    Mon, 20 Feb 2017 11:09:37 -0500
    ...I found myself using CDs less and less > before I got this new unit. > > And the lack of cd means the head unit is...
  • Re: Piranha LED taillights
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Tue, 28 Sep 2004 18:14:53 +1200
    ...or should I say units? Particularly useful will be the units with radial LEDs around the edges, so that you can see them from...
  • Re: Wiring in a new Stereo Unit
    Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
    Sun, 12 Dec 2010 20:21:53 -0600
    ...Perhaps in the future I can swap the stereo out for a better unit, when we can determine what that might be. For now...
  • Re: 87 Vanagon GL 3000+ RPM idle - SOLVED
    Historical mailing list - Chris S
    Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:34:06 -0400
    ...2009/10/23, Rico Dagastino <Dagbear@aol.com>: > If my understanding of the operation of the Idle Stabilizer control unit is > correct, that unit...
  • I finally installed my window A/C
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Layton
    Sat, 20 Jul 1996 09:45:22 -0400 (EDT)
    ...I attached the bracket that came with the unit to the bottom of it and bolted the unit through the window seal and the...
  • Re: Stereo Power Amp
    Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
    Sat, 9 Nov 2002 10:23:46 -0700
    ...As suggested already, you could use both the line-level and speaker-level outputs of the head unit; line while driving and speaker while...