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• Re: Starter Help!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Collum
  Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:33:01 -0500
  We that have had that problem have learned the hard way that the little cable between the solenoid and the starter motor has to...
• Power window question
  Historical mailing list - John Koloen
  Thu, 27 May 1999 21:56:53 -0500
  I have a window motor on an '87 Westy that's good but the plastic cable guide at the bottom of the window regulator...
• Speedometer question
  Historical mailing list - Kate McLaughlin
  Fri, 26 Nov 1999 23:08:12 -0500
  ...I checked the cable and it is intact to both the instrument panel and to the tire. I was wondering about the function of...
• Replacement of an accellerator cable
  Historical mailing list - �ѻ� Tim Crooks
  Sat, 22 Jan 2000 17:45:32 -0500
  Any advice on the easiest way to replacce a trottle cable on a 1990 auto without cruse? I have to go about it soon...
• Re: New England Cable News
  Historical mailing list - Jason Kirk
  Mon, 26 Jul 2004 09:57:48 -0700
  ...New England Cable News > > http://boston.mirror- > image.com/newsvideo/softwin/template.html?OAS_pos=SPONSOR2&middle=072104 _v > ws_worcester.wmv > > http://tinyurl...
• Re: Having Vanagon electrical problems?
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Thu, 30 Aug 2001 14:25:26 -0600
  ...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: battery cable contact problem
  Historical mailing list - Bob Norman
  Wed, 19 May 1999 00:10:21 -0230
  ...Buy a cheap set of booster cables, rip them down the middle giving you two lengths of heavy gauge wire. Use the wire to...
• Re: No heat from my 84
  Historical mailing list - Stuart
  Mon, 27 Sep 1999 17:59:33 -0700
  John, You can get to the cable and the valve it attaches to by removing the spare tire and getting at it from below...
• Re: Digitool Installed, totally Excellent!
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 16 May 1999 17:08:48 +0200
  ...The other end of the short cable is a 25 pin female > connector. > > This connector mates to a male connector, on the long cable...
• Re: Accelerator cable replacement (??)
  Historical mailing list - Stanley, Kerry
  Thu, 13 Sep 2001 18:03:22 -0400
  Hi all, I cannot help with the install itself, never did one, but I can mention that the cable runs through some tubing under...
• Re: electrical question - ignition switch
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:34:09 -0400
  ...the power on that cable now > comes on when i move the key around a little in the ign on position. > well I am...
• Reminder - The Bus Movie
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 29 Jul 2012 09:48:45 -0700
  ...http://www.documentarychannel.com/tv.php?date=1343545200 (your exact time might vary depending on cable/satellite provider Directv: Channel 267 5:00 PM...
• Heater control phlap cable.
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 Dec 1997 12:38:28 -0500
  I am in need of two Heater control flap cables. I am sure that there is someone out there that makes a good replacement...
• Re: Fuel pump fuse -''88 Gs,
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 10 Jul 2015 13:58:52 -1000
  make sure there is no tension on the throttle cable ! adjust it so that it makes contact 'every time' , for sure. Throttle cable may...
• Re: Power Antenna
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Wed, 14 Oct 1998 22:12:45 -0700
  ...Remove the antenna cable from the radio and attach and tape the extension cable. Now take out the OEM antenna and while pulling the...
• Re: throttle cable -patch
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 12 Apr 2002 16:43:48 -0500
  In an emergency you can cut the cable off about 3 inches from the end and hammer down a piece of 1/8" copper...
• Speedo noise, cold day....
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 23 Nov 2010 07:21:54 -0800
  ...Mine has the snap-in cable attachment and I have lubed it with some SA Besto 2000 a couple of times, both down the...
• Re: What the Heck? Melted Heater Control Cable Housing - 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 18 Jul 2004 17:43:59 -0700
  ...Lose a chassis ground and the throttle cable becomes the wire carrying lots of current when you go to start it. Makes it hard...
• Re: Engine air control flap question (somewhat urgent :^)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 24 Apr 2006 19:31:29 -0400
  ...Bellows fail or cable snaps, flaps are open. Thermostat pulls flaps closed when it contracts as it cools. If the t-stat is fully...
• Re: Tire Question (not the dreaded tire thread at all)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:11:26 -0700
  Tire size will directly affect the speedometer accuracy, irregardless of where the speedo cable hooks up. Jeff -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
• Re: e-brake boot (the underside)
  Historical mailing list - Mark
  Mon, 7 Dec 2009 16:10:11 -0500
  ...It looks like it's part rod and part cable before it makes the bend under the van. The other option is to disconnect...
• stereo speaker wire colors?
  Historical mailing list - Jesse Reynolds
  Tue, 24 Oct 2006 08:15:16 -0700
  ...there is a gray cable with a twist of aluminum strands, a blue wire, and a green wire, and there is a white cable...
• cable that goes to the starter?
  Historical mailing list - Kriss De Jong
  Sat, 2 Oct 2004 23:34:45 -0700
  Hi all- Have any of you had your cable fall off the starter? I've got a '91 vanagon GL & it has been running...
• Re: Fix or replace PW regulators?
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sat, 21 May 2005 19:41:21 -0700
  Well, I ventured to remove the cover on the gearbox and found the cable had gotten sucked into the worm gear. Worked to delicately...
• A throttle puzzle
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Sun, 18 Jun 2006 11:35:10 -0700
  ...I'm trying to find an elegant way to attach the servo ball-chain cable to the throttle. Jason Simpson seemed to have installed...
• Looking for good used Automatic transmission shift cable
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Mon, 24 Jul 2017 08:43:50 -0400
  I have a customer that is looking for the cable that goes from the front shifter lever to the side of the transmission on...
• Looking for some Vanagon parts
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Wed, 10 May 2017 11:45:21 -0400
  ...The metal plate that supports the accelerator cable and the clip that holds the cable to it for a manual transmission Vanagon. If you...
• Speedo Needle Bounce?
  Historical mailing list - McComas_Glenn
  Sat, 3 Jun 2000 10:59:48 -0400
  ...a cleaning and lubrication job and smoothly realigning the cable housing of your speedo cable. I've had this problem a couple of times...
• Heater housing/flappers/cables
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Miller
  Tue, 30 Mar 2004 12:37:52 -0700
  ...I've got a broken cable, flappers in poor condition and housing that's pretty beat up and leaky. Anybody out there that can...
• Re: Symptoms of a bad starter?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:28:53 -0400
  FIFTEEN DOLLARS PER FOOT!?!?!? That's what the local marine store I frequent wanted for 2/0 cable. I am not, by any means...
• Re: Starters and batteries
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 31 Mar 2018 14:48:31 -0600
  ...Starters and batteries > > The short answer to both questions, yes! If in the process of disconnecting or handling the positive cable any contact with...
• Accelerator problem -Kickdown lever
  Historical mailing list - Dave Yates
  Sat, 8 Aug 2009 14:05:24 +1000
  ...It also isn�t to do with the engine end of the cable. It also isn�t to do with friction in the cable...
• Free Sirius satellite radio system - FM isn't free anymore (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
  Fri, 27 Jun 2003 09:40:20 -0700
  ...No-commercials actually made cable TV kind of tempting. But now that it's so popular, greedy cable-TV companies have continued to raise...
• Re: Throttle cable
  Historical mailing list - John Koloski
  Tue, 22 Feb 2000 20:28:59 -0500
  ...Throttle cable > > > > I did something stupid that broke my throttle cable. With the rpm's at > 2000 > > at a stop light I used my...
• Re: electrical question - ignition switch
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:26:46 -0600
  ...I rather assumed that the switch itself can take some decent loads as rather thick cables are going through it, while the feed cables...
• Re: Starters and batteries
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 1 Apr 2018 17:32:16 -0400
  If you *don't* pull it and you touch the battery cable (or your wrench when you're working on it) to ground you...
• Fw: Speedo 'jigger'
  Historical mailing list - KBatzler
  Tue, 20 Oct 1998 15:34:21 -0700
  Hi David, My 84 did the same thing...it was the lower speedo cable (dealer $340, maybe available at one of our list vendors...
• Correct Throttle tension
  Historical mailing list - Dave Chameides
  Tue, 5 Oct 2004 16:31:26 -0700
  ...So my question is, should I readjust the cable tension so it is taught in the �at rest� position, or do I set the...
• 1980 AC model speedo
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Fri, 3 Dec 2004 11:59:01 -0500
  ...my other AC model speedo has a differant cable connection.. is that cable connection the same as the later WC speedos? if I change...
• comparing e-brake lines: syncro to 2wd
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Thu, 7 Oct 2004 15:42:16 -0700
  I am wondering HOW the syncro emergency brake cables are different than the 2wd. I have one well respected fine 'gent say it PROBABLY...
• Not Downshifting
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Tue, 10 Jul 2001 21:47:37 -0400
  ...I adjusted the front cable so that it was just going past the kickdown. (You can feel a definite detent when moving the cable...
• Re: seatupholstery removal tip request
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 26 Mar 2017 18:03:05 -0400
  Oh boy, I got it folks, no cable ties. This is a spare middle seat used only occasionally in the van and used more...
• Re: Speedometer weird
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sun, 17 Jun 2012 03:51:22 -0600
  ...Then a second cable goes on apparently to the speedometer. The first cable appears not to original as it is way to long and...
• Re: Power Window Motor
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Thu, 1 Mar 2001 19:25:05 -0700
  Brian, I would say that if they truly moved it, it was because the cable was originally broken, and they shortened it. Any motorcycle...
• Re: Heater control cables - '82 Diesel
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 21 Nov 2004 14:17:14 -0800
  ...Jim On Sunday, November 21, 2004, at 10:57 AM, John Haugland wrote: > cables you can get new as well at the bus depot...
• Parking brake adjustment, '82
  Historical mailing list - Doug Fitz-Randolph
  Sun, 4 May 2008 20:29:43 -0400
  ...At this point the parking brake cables are both seated against the backing plates. After I put the wheels back on, they turn freely...
• Re: Heater controls, 84.
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Angrisani
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 22:12:42 EDT
  ...Help??" """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Sounds like, as a few have mentioned, that you have bent the bowden cable that controls the heater valve. You can take everything...
• Re: Want to test drive some diesel vanagons - Seattle
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 30 Jul 2003 22:29:51 -0400
  ...Speaking of tailgates, the one in the 1990 16" Doka has cable stays with coresponding mountings on the side gates. I was looking for...
• Re: Emergency break adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 24 Aug 2015 21:47:11 -0400
  ...Again the proper way to adjust the brake cables is with the drum off so the gap between the lever and adjusting bar can...
• Re: 3 Questions
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 7 Dec 1998 05:38:44 EST
  ...Poor grounds may weaken speedometer needle return spring by allowing battery current to flow through speedometer cable." IOW, you probably need to chase and...
• Re: Desperately need speedometer cable
  Historical mailing list - John P. Flaherty
  Sun, 2 Feb 2003 12:00:16 -0500
  Arthur, Sorry, I don't have a cable for you, bit I'm wondering what pizza shop do you work for? I gotta order...
• Fridge
  Historical mailing list - Earl Smith
  Tue, 1 Apr 1997 20:26:56 -0800 (PST)
  ...Heater cables: I mentioned before that it is possible to buy this little clamp unit which is fastened onto the end of the cable...
• Re: What makes a pyrometer's cable so special?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 28 Dec 2003 17:16:49 -0600
  ...VDO > stressed to me that the cable can not be lengthened and if you need a longer > cable than what comes with the kit...
• Re: Heater hose ball valve behind glove compartment?
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Sat, 1 Jul 2023 08:31:10 -0700
  ...The distance from the outer sheath(guide > tube), (needed to support and guide the cable when pushed) is too great > whick allows the cable...
• Re: High Idle
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 1 Sep 2010 13:34:20 -0700
  ...generously lube the rear half of the throttle cable , then shoot lube into the white plastic tube as you feed the throttle cable back...
• Re: speedometer
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 7 Sep 2025 21:00:58 +0000
  ...I installed a new cable, very carefully routing it to minimize bends and ensure it goes straight into the speedometer connector. So far, so...
• Re: O2 Sensor Wire
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Thu, 13 Jan 2005 20:49:32 -0600
  ...The guitar cable sounds interesting. Are you talking about the same cable I use between my Strat and the amp or the shielded cable...
• Re: converting to 4wd - Scottish Farmer method.
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Sat, 8 Dec 2001 08:34:13 -0800
  ...Your rear brakes are activated by two cables that meet at a junction piece that ties them into the cable from the brake handle...
• Lube the accelerator cable on a vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 13 May 2010 21:40:24 -0700
  ...Is there some way to make the accelerator cable move the vehicle's throttle more smoothly? Mine seems a little 'sticky'. I've lubed...
• Re: Whatever happened to speedo cable lube?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Fri, 4 Dec 2009 19:04:32 -0800
  ...The aerosol is pretty handy, though, for shooting down cable housings. Gary > Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 20:30:03 -0500 > From: David Beierl...