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• Re: Yucatan trip report (not mine)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sun, 1 Mar 2009 17:15:57 -0600
  ...the turn signal stalk on the RIGHT side of the steering column) but > I > made it back home and drove my other car to...
• Re: Transporter (Vanagon) Driving Position
  Historical mailing list - Barbara Sutton
  Sat, 31 May 1997 18:29:25 -0700
  ...I wish the westie had an adjustable steering column. Cris. (6' tall) '91 Westie "Fafner" '66 Kombi '67 Deluxe (parts car)
• Re: intermittent headlight failure
  Historical mailing list - Connal Hughes
  Tue, 30 Nov 1999 14:59:12 EST
  ...can damage the switch (located on the side of the steering column). I tested to see whether or not the switch was the problem...
• Re: Wiper Fuse Blows
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sat, 19 Oct 2002 23:33:45 -0600
  start with the switch in the column and check it out. it is about the only thing i can think of that doesnt have...
• Re: Fitting Jail Bars
  Historical mailing list - Morrison, Peter
  Wed, 14 Jan 2004 11:59:04 -0000
  ...hints or advice on fitting them? The base of the centre column is broken off, would this have had a hole in it to...
• Re: Radio Install
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:03:00 -0700
  ...Pull that plastic >cover off the underside of the steering column (assuming yours isn't >already broken like so many of ours). Test for...
• Re: identifying some parts, 80 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 28 Mar 2000 12:35:06 -0500
  ...The first item, the black steering-column-mounted switch, is probably a remnant of the 1980-1981.5 Westfalia optional 'tuned-mass' damper. As...
• Re: Engine Conversion marketing survey
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Wed, 2 May 2007 18:46:56 -0500
  ...The only engines that have zero in all four columns are the I-6 with 6 crankthrows, the boxer 6 with 6 crankthrows, and...
• Re: Altimeter for dash?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:58:18 -0400
  ...A water barometer is about 13 times as sensitive as a mercury one, and you can fake the fifty-foot column with a semi...
• No High Beams
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:55:16 -0700
  ...lights out? And second (and just troubleshooting in my head) how likely is it that it's just the switch on the steering column?
• Re: Memphis or Bust...
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Mar 96 21:46 CST
  ...Finally figured it out. ;) David Easterwood can change out an entire steering column in about an hour, including time answering my barrages of questions...
• Re: New Jetta Model -Whoosh!
  Historical mailing list - Shortlidge D Joel
  Sat, 5 Jun 1999 17:27:10 -0400
  ...may be coming, with supercharged VR6. >> >> See >> ><http://www.thecarconnection.com/columns/caught/caught4-26-99.asp?idSect ion= >> 09&idCategory=15> >> >> You will...
• Re: Water leak from faucet
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 23 Mar 2000 18:25:55 -0500
  ...The way I see it, I'd rather not have that column of water sitting there for months on end, growing weeds or whatever...
• Re: lights goin' bezerk
  Historical mailing list - Michael Vickey
  Fri, 2 Feb 2001 04:49:35 -0500
  ...Under the dash, slightly left of the steering column, above the fuse block is a large multi-point ground connector that is attached to...
• Horn problem
  Historical mailing list - Germain
  Thu, 24 Jun 2004 21:23:41 -0400
  ...and disconnected from the slip ring under the steering) and the column steering, I got 0.5 to 0.6 ohm. My question is...
• Re: Sound improvement success
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Tue, 17 Jun 2014 16:56:58 -0500
  Or it could be the steering wheel contacting the plastic column. Easy adjustment. Do both while the steering wheel is off. Dave B. On...
• Re: Who is the Manager of this list?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:07:39 -0700
  ...then cut/paste the list address from the > > >>> cc: column > > >>> to the To: column. > > >>> > > >> > > > > > > -- > > Jake > > 1984 Vanagon GL > > 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" > > Crescent Beach...
• Fwd: Is the Vanagon drive able with dash and cluster removed?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 4 Mar 2020 17:36:14 -0500
  ...The column won't be up to having you haul yourself up into the cab by the steering wheel, but it's perfectly fine...
• Re: Headlights Still Out
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 15 Oct 2012 16:44:41 -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...
• Fw: Re: Pfft, boring ;-) was:Styled Cockpit FISH
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Tue, 22 Oct 2002 00:16:09 +0200
  ...TWO stalks on the left side of the steering column? Is that upper > one a cruise control/MFA control stalk? > > Seats look comfy (and...
• Re: Strange problem
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:47:21 -0400
  ...that seems to be coming from the area around the steering >column. This has been most noticeable when starting and stopping the >engine. It...
• Re: when making a left turn, parking brake light comes on??? ideas?
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Mon, 6 Mar 2006 14:05:11 +0100
  ...but I was >wondering, is there a wire in the steering column that would ground >parking brake light and cause it to come on...
• Re: Dometic mystery ....more clues!
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sun, 19 Aug 2007 14:15:29 -0400
  ...Seems to me that this smaller size can be mimicked by reducing the tank pressure.Changing it from 11 inches of water column , to...
• Removing 91 Volkswagen Vanagon, Heater, Heater blower motor
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Thu, 7 Oct 1999 22:44:28 -0700
  ...Remove steering wheel and steering column covers. Remove cover over instrument cluster. Pull off fan switch knob and heater control lever knobs (watch out...
• Re: Brights
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Mon, 3 Apr 2017 14:10:19 -0700
  Try wiggling the bright switch to see if there is a short in the circuit at the steering wheel column, this would eliminate the...
• Re: plug and play intermittant programmable/adjustable wiper relays for vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:47:59 -0700
  ...manual to see how you remove a plastic tab in steering column so that stalk can move down to intermittent function. My '82 had...
• Cruise Control (Non-working) 85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Heidcamp
  Mon, 28 Feb 2000 13:59:03 -0600
  ...I have checked the very obvious (fuses, wires coming from switch on steering column are attached). My questions is there a common failure point...
• Re: Vanagon gl Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sun, 13 Aug 2000 09:17:34 -0700
  ...Ignition Switch on steering column. Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "william ferris" <dankboybill@yahoo.com> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2000...
• FS on eBay: 14.5 inch GTI Leather Wheel to fit Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Tue, 16 Oct 2001 17:19:46 EDT
  ...your T3 Transporter/Vanagon/Westy/Syncro will require that the steering column be moved downwards about 8 mm -10 mm. Otherwise, your turnsignal control...
• Re: when making a left turn, parking brake light comes on??? ideas?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Mon, 6 Mar 2006 07:19:13 -0500
  ...but I was > wondering, is there a wire in the steering column that would ground > parking brake light and cause it to come on...
• Re: retro-fitting retractable rear seatbelts, '86 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Tom Altman
  Sun, 10 Oct 2004 22:49:30 -0500
  ...On the right side there is space behind the panel between the C and D columns, under the window. There is a seatbelt mounting...
• Re: Horn problem
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 13 Jul 2015 09:00:55 -0500
  ...Crazy! Drop,the steering column electrical harness and found no apparent problem there. Is there a fix for this? > > Dennis Jowell > Scotch Hollow Farm...
• flashing to pass, spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 25 Aug 94 11:57:57 CDT
  ...that it didn't show up until the New Revised steering column and switches of the 1975 buses. but i am old, and it...
• Re: crybabies peeling monkeys having sex in a banana vanagon ----
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Fri, 27 Jan 2006 13:09:43 +0000
  ...stamp on the column.. that says... legal limit... no more than 7 monkeys doing business at one time while the circus is in motion...
• Re: Wipers only have one speed,
  Historical mailing list - Scott
  Mon, 16 May 2016 11:02:04 -1000
  ...The wipers behave normally on all the other functions of > the column stalk wiper switch, but the wipers just plug along at low speed...
• Re: signal to 85 Tach.
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Mon, 29 Sep 1997 10:22:24 -0400
  ...wire bundle behind and just to the right of the steering column contains the wire that runs the tach. In my '85, it is...
• Re: Fwd: Lights off when key off (was DRLs)
  Historical mailing list - Neil Wigley
  Fri, 18 Sep 1998 12:56:03 -0700
  ...The black box is sitting >on top of the steering column inside the dash. It works great. The low beam >headlights lit up alone...
• Re: Blinker LED goes solid, sometimes....
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 15 Feb 2013 11:39:57 -0600
  ...I believe that the blinker switch at the steering column is faulty. Sometimes it makes proper contact, sometimes not. But I'm no expert...
• Re: Towing a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Thu, 14 May 1998 00:22:17 -0500
  ...Just be sure to have it in neutral and keep the key in the ignition turned just enough so that the steering column lock...
• Re: Ford F150 pulling a vanagon?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 2 Jun 1999 02:25:11 EDT
  ...fun.. :<( chris someday to inherit my dad's '63 Falcon Sprint Convertible...260 V8 w/ 3spd on the column... he bought the car new!
• Re: slow wipers
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 4 Nov 2004 15:42:20 -0600
  ...I'd explore the ground and wiggle the wire plugged into both the steering column connection and into the motor behind your glove box...
• ignition switch shenanigans
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 19 Sep 2004 19:54:55 -0700
  ...the key, doh! Out of desperation I pulled off the steering column cover and pulled off the multi-connector to the ignition switch thinking...
• Re: vibration
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 12 Sep 2005 11:32:40 -0600
  ...alignment related. (now believe this last vibration is in the steering column itself) ///love a challenge!!!/// jimt On 9/11/05 11:55 PM...
• Re: What about heated seats? NOT for westy swival seats
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Tue, 4 Dec 2007 18:38:38 -0500
  I finally found a source for these column switch assy's........ http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=473110 Mike B. ----- Original...
• Re: impressive crash test vids
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Fri, 1 Oct 2010 23:41:55 -0700
  ...interesting. > > Oh, and Jim A., can you make out any steering column collapse that > involves the shear bolts? I'm not sure if I...
• Re: Towing question
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Mon, 23 Aug 1999 01:06:30 +0200
  ...http://www.vw-service.de/Techdata/Ratgeber/t4frontmsy.htm The text is in German, but the first column shows the engine power in KW...
• Fw: 85 vanagon ignition problems
  Historical mailing list - Matt Schweitzer
  Tue, 18 Sep 2001 21:26:45 -0400
  ...The ignition switch has to be mounted on the steering column to be properly grounded??? Alternatively, can someone tell me how to hotwire it...
• Re: re. Heated seats
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 21 Dec 2002 09:54:42 EST
  ...the control was on the upper steering column cover. canadian listmember pedro dos santos has the heated drivers seat on his '91 vanagon. and...
• Re: Instrument Cluster Woes
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Wed, 15 Feb 2006 23:41:02 -0800
  ...Nevermind that it kinda runs into the steering column and uses a different style of fuse. Then they needed some more relays, so they...
• Re: Wipers only have one speed,
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 16 May 2016 11:50:36 -0700
  ...The wipers behave normally on all the other functions of > the column stalk wiper switch, but the wipers just plug along at low speed...
• "The Survey Sez"------
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Fri, 2 Feb 2001 05:50:56 -0600
  ...my rear window. (2) A funnel urinal mounted under my steering column so I can pee on the roll. (3) A chrome chain link...
• Re: Wiper Wackiness - No Parking
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Thu, 20 Mar 2003 20:22:34 -0800
  ...Any suggestions? > > BTW - How is the switch removed from the steering > column? Pull the wheel? > > Thanks, > > Tony > > Anthony L. Mourkas > Hampden, Maine, USA > 1984...
• Re: Ignition Switch Mystery Continues...anybody out there????
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 23 Jun 2004 13:12:08 -0400
  ...Bought one...and >to check it I removed the plastic panel from beneath >the steering column...pulled the wiring plug off the >old switch...
• Re: Heater Box Photos
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 30 Jan 2003 17:36:15 -0600
  ...After I remove the 2 shear bolts I clamp vise grips > below > the steering column coupler to keep it from coming out of it...
• Re: flashing LED
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Wed, 9 Sep 2009 09:55:14 -0700
  ...You can reach up under the dash, on the passenger side of the steering column, and reach the connector. If you continue to have...
• Re: Fridge igniter doesn't
  Historical mailing list - Jack Agnew
  Tue, 22 Nov 1994 09:20:53 -0800 (PST)
  ...10 minutes (110V works just as well) to get the air column working. That brings fresh air to the combustion chamber. Next hold in...
• Re: left hand to right hand.
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Wed, 26 Aug 1998 22:31:21 -0500
  ...I wonder if it could be so easy as to drill new holes for the steering column and pedal set, and flipping the steering...
• brake master cylinder leak
  Historical mailing list - Eric Henning
  Mon, 30 Mar 1998 09:12:37 -0500
  ...took gauge cluster out, removed steering column cover. inspecting brake master cylinder. saw a small hole (looks like it belongs there) on the brake...
• Re: Woody's shear bolts
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Thu, 16 Sep 1999 07:40:22 -0700
  ...Woody's shear bolts > > > Dear Friends, > > The Bentley says to "drill out" the shear bolts on the steering column in > order to disassemble the...
• Re: Vanagon Love
  Historical mailing list - Marie Whitehead
  Thu, 20 Apr 2000 22:38:22 -0400
  ...The only repairs have been the usual upkeep- tires, brakes, muffler, something that burned out in the steering column that made the horn beep...