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• Re: Mats
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Thu, 5 Jul 2007 20:41:56 -0400
  On 7/5/07, Pat Little <redtail@cablespeed.com> wrote: > Anyone have any opinions about the Lloyds versus the OEM/German kind of >floor...
• Re: Cable Shift Linkage? (tranny)
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:58:01 -0800
  ...Hi all. > > Found this website via the Samba list: > > http://www.cableshift.com/094/VW%20094.html > > Whaddaya all think? I wonder if one...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon - emergency/parking brake set-up
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:43:41 -0500
  ...I had one of my two rear cables (theres a parking brake cable for the right and one for the left) seize up and...
• Re: Aux. Wire/Battery Install Pics/Notes
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:12:38 -0700
  ...deforming the box and so there is more room for the cables. Throw the POS away and then get a regular lid with hinge...
• Second Battery Under Rear Seat
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Thu, 28 Dec 2000 10:31:11 -0500
  ...I was thinking about getting the cables out of a junk yard. Maybe out of a big old V-8? Any suggestions? Jay '85...
• Re: ELECTRIC DOOR LOCK OPERATORS
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 12 Jan 2023 11:16:21 +0000
  ...Add implied propper cables included But such was not the case. they were cheap enough, so i just kept them, thinking I would just...
• Re: A New Look In Jumper Batteries
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Fri, 12 Dec 2014 07:02:47 -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: Your method to fit grp 41 battery in box
  Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
  Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:25:17 -0500
  ...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: Making a Living....
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 3 Apr 2009 17:13:12 -0500
  ...Almost 100% of my income is now vanagon related, actually, and I'm as busy as a pair of jumper cables at a redneck...
• '71 Clutch Cable
  Historical mailing list - Scott Allred
  Wed, 20 Mar 96 16:14:57 UT
  ...Have I just gotten some bad cables (1st-Bus Stop, 2nd-VW FLAPS) or is there something basic that I am missing? The installation...
• Re: Can a 90A or 120A alternator be used for welding?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Wed, 22 Jun 2005 15:09:01 -0400
  ...system to do emergency field repairs? I am talking >about using jumper cables and a coat hanger to fix something in the back >country. > >
• Re: electrickery advice please
  Historical mailing list - al sinclair
  Fri, 18 Feb 2011 20:34:11 -0800
  ...I think it will be OK for the trip though, and carry jumper cables in case. The fuel gauge & indicator lights are working OK...
• Re: inverter lighter plug cable?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 4 Sep 2006 22:38:30 -0400
  ...It came with two detachable cables, one for the lighter and one going straight to the battery. I called Xantrex (the company that makes...
• Re: Another Burning Van!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 6 Jun 2009 13:13:02 -0700
  ...unless you use jumper cables to jump start yourself from your aux. battery. scott When I think back to my first days with my...
• Starter/ground mystery-88 GL 4sp
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sutton
  Tue, 11 Jan 2011 10:41:22 -0500
  ...In a desperate "try anything" moment, I took my jumper cables and ran one leg from the negative battery terminal to the engine bay...
• Re: Adjusting the Emergency Break
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 20 Mar 1999 14:15:49 -0700
  ...The Break adjuster (for >> lack of a better term) nut(you know the nut that connects the two >> break cables to the long metal...
• seal on air outside air dam
  Historical mailing list - Warren Gaylor
  Wed, 31 Dec 2003 19:20:32 EST
  ...When I first got it the cables that closed and opened the fresh air intake was broken or stuck -- I had this repaired and...
• Re: Belly Pans for speed or MPG
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Fri, 16 May 2008 11:09:00 -0400
  ...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: What's a good radio/CD player for the vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:15:36 -0400
  ...At the back, it's a tight fit with the cables (especially the antenna cable), but it works.
• Re: Looking for correct name or terminology f or a push-pull
  Historical mailing list - James
  Mon, 2 Dec 2013 17:31:56 -0500
  ...of cable hanging in space... > no one ever lubes these control cables as much as they need.. > so .. > one day ....you move the temp...
• Re: Parking brake adjustment, '82
  Historical mailing list - Doug Fitz-Randolph
  Tue, 6 May 2008 17:28:51 -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: proper battery fit
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:35:23 -0500
  ...With the hoses for gas and the cables, > the battery is almost squeezed into the box. Now, there is a clamp. My > understanding was...
• 81 hot start problem
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 29 Mar 96 16:41:22 PST
  ...the starter with a Bosch factory-rebuild, replaced the starter switch. Cables and grounds seem good. The VW dealer in Yakima (WA) says they...
• Re: Syncro Factory "Power Take Off" Transmission from Finland
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Fri, 16 Oct 1998 17:46:16 -0400
  ...Makes more sense than first transforming mechanical power into electical, and then through monster cables & winch motor back to mechanical again. Only drawback is...
• Re: Plug n Play headlight harness with relays - almost done
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Mon, 31 Jan 2000 01:29:08 EST
  ...Seriously, I saw a battery explode once when a fellow arced the jumper cables he was connecting to his buddy's car after an...
• Re: Front Heater Motor
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Wed, 6 Dec 2000 13:07:48 -0600
  ...It looks and feels like the cables are connected to the baffles, but we're talking "nada" in the way of heat here, gang...
• Re: Van Died
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sun, 5 Aug 2007 10:35:07 -0700
  ...Almost all the power for the van starts at the battery, runs thru cables to the starter, and then starts branching away. If you...
• Re: Front heat always!
  Historical mailing list - Donna Skarloken
  Wed, 14 May 2008 09:26:57 -0700
  All you can do is slide everything to "off." Somebody else can explain it better than me but one of your cables is likely...
• One last time!! My fault...Syncro tank straps et al
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:13:44 -0600
  ...Anyone need the speedometer cables and the black box? Got a lot to photo and put on ebay this week. P mail me and...
• Re: trip out west
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 5 Aug 2010 14:16:34 -0700
  ...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: "Thanks" + Throttle cable coupler? (PIC)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 3 Oct 2008 17:05:00 -0700
  ...I made a bracket to hold the Vanagon and Jetta > cables to tranny/engine as a unit. Should solve the problem. > > Drawing a blank...
• Re: insane a/c project
  Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
  Fri, 3 Aug 2001 09:23:29 -0400
  ...You are going to need 8 guage jumper cables from your deep-cycle battery to the inverter. Don't worry about getting the wires...
• Re: Water Pump, OXG sensor, and Sputtering still.....
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 31 Aug 2003 21:38:43 -0700
  ...Find the box about 2x3 with speedo cables going in and out of it. Find the button on the box. Press button until you...
• Re: speedo cable
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 6 Oct 2005 08:39:38 -0400
  ...hence the availability of the full length cables. I've even thought of using the OXY LIGHT to do something different like indicate when...
• Re: Power window not working...
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:48:47 -0400
  ...The tracks were replaced a couple of years ago because the originals lost the plastic tabs and the cables got all messed up. Does...
• Re: Speedometer Cable
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 12 Jul 2017 09:02:12 -0700
  ...It's interesting that there are bum cables for sale. Do you get the impression that the cable liner is tight to the cable...
• Re: Gottabus!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Dec 1995 10:37:19 -0600 (CST)
  ...One of my older buses had the same problem of the rusted up heat >exchangers and cables. Aquick fix until the spring is to...
• Re: Pop Tops - open and shut
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 29 Apr 2000 16:28:40 -0400
  ...As you bend the knees, the cables pull on springs (I dunno compression or tension) inside the legs, and resist the bending motion. Mine...
• Re: mice and chewed wiring?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 10 Aug 2002 14:50:56 EDT
  ...chewed through....EVERY wire in the engine compartment has been chewed through (spark plug wires, headlights, even the battery cables show signs of chewing!)
• Re: Rear end rattle
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 29 Oct 2012 23:44:33 -0500
  ...I've been underneath and > in the engine compartment finding cables, brackets, anything that can > move and make noise and tying things off. And...
• Re: When the wind blows
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:55:15 -0800
  ...turbine and now am pondering how neatly I can > route the cables into my Westy. In an ideal world, I'd have a plug...
• Re: trip out west
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 4 Aug 2010 15:54:20 -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...
• Odds and Ends-Before the crusher
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 4 Feb 2002 08:18:25 -0600
  ...Heater Boxes, cables, flapper valves, ductwork. #2. * Heat shield above the muffler, exhaust crossover pipes or complete exhaust systems. #3. * Drivers side rear corner...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 12 Jan 2023 10:04:29 -0700
  ...Add implied propper cables included But such > was not the case. they were cheap enough, so i just kept them, thinking I > would just...
• What is this fitting, nearby the thermostat?
  Historical mailing list - Roland
  Thu, 2 Dec 2010 16:57:05 -0800
  ...The hose was jammed into the little bundle of cables and stuff around the coolant bleed circuit at the "firewall". I have a suspicion...
• Engine Won't Start...
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Tue, 15 Mar 2005 12:39:54 -0600
  Reading the recent thread about the cables and such reminded me. I pulled the wires off the starter and cleaned them up really well...
• Re: stupid question of the day . . .
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:36:09 -0400
  ...jump start the vehicle, which one do I attach the jumper cables to, >the battery behind the driver's seat, or the one behind...
• Re: Vanagon safety and design?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
  Wed, 23 Feb 2000 15:44:02 -0600
  ...Almost every car > on the market uses cables for their emergency/parking brake, just like the > Vanagon. The only additional cable I know of...
• Re: wireless Internet connection from Westy
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sat, 21 Oct 2000 10:05:05 -0700
  ...If you already have your lap top call the manufacturer and ask them what cables they offer and what cell phones those cables hook...
• Re: Aux. Battery/Non-Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 14 Nov 2001 10:57:14 -0500
  ...I ran heavy-duty cables (2 AWG, if I remember correctly) directly to the starter (both positive and negative). This gives me better cranking...
• Re: Aux Battery Suggestions for under Drivers seat
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Mon, 18 Mar 2013 07:22:51 -0700
  ...I drilled one large hole for the cables through the kitchen cabinet into the box under the driver's seat, which I use as...
• Re: '83 AIR-COOLED VANAGON; NEED AN ODOMETER GEAR
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 31 Jan 2013 13:41:53 -0800
  Does your speedometer cable Screw onto the back of your speedometer ? ( early vans are likethat, most speedo cables clip on ) .. Id yours has a...
• accelerator cable replacement
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
  Thu, 3 Mar 2011 19:22:21 -0700
  All this talk of bad accelerator cables encouraged me to pay attention to mine. Felt "notchy" and made me worry about it breaking. Ordered...
• Re: Cable-operated clutch
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 3 Feb 2010 16:33:53 -0800
  ...but you can get custom made cables if you need to badly enough, or adapt another cable from somewhere - not that hard to do...
• Re: Fuel guage & speedo problems
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 24 Nov 94 23:00:06 CST
  ...same again, perhaps? Other lubricant >ideas? Different problem likely? get some of that graphite stuff that is specially made for cables (you can check...
• Re: cooling fan
  Historical mailing list - brad horner
  Mon, 30 Mar 1998 18:47:11 -0500
  ...I tested it by hooking up the jumper cables and zapping it for a second. It worked. So then I changed the fan relay...
• Re: buzzing in dash
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 19 Oct 1999 09:50:26 -0700
  ...heater control cables, a couple run across the heater/ventilation box and are "held" in place with adhesive tape - maybe one or two have...
• Re: Alternator check for 1.9L 85
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 12 Nov 2004 12:38:59 -0700
  ...Check the voltage at the lead terminals and out on the cables. A good fully charged battery should read 12.3 to 12.6v...
• Re: How To Make New Battery To Starter Cable for 2.1 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:13:20 -0500
  ...When soldering battery cables I use a > >propane torch with a slightly smaller tip. Hotter and faster (more energy per > >unit time) means you...
• Re: Battery cable question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 28 Dec 2008 22:04:36 -0500
  ...Like you, my first thought was to replace cables ... but I didn't and, obviously didn't have to. YMMV. Mike