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• Re: Yellow Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Wed, 27 May 1998 16:39:25 -0400
  ...bogus) - 12v interior 2-speed swivel fan - 6-horn array of stock VW Vanagon horns w/ relay & harness (nice und LOUD, but authentic sounding...
• Re: A Different Jack
  Historical mailing list - James H. McCarthy
  Mon, 23 Mar 1998 15:51:06 -0500
  ...brad horner <crud@DNET.NET> >Subject: need a different jack > >The van that I bought last week has a problem. >It is a 87...
• Re: Eurovan Owners, please tell me
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 2 Dec 1997 17:35:18 -0500
  ...The horn has not worked for the last 3 months (checked the fuse) & there is seam rust on the doors & kick panels. Total repairs...
• Back-up light problem solved
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Mon, 7 Jul 2008 15:30:38 -0400
  ...The horn should work, if not check fuse #12, as that is the same fuse which serves the back-up lights. Once you find...
• Re: six guys update
  Historical mailing list - Walter Houle
  Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:48:14 -0400
  ...Light blue vanagon westy, very tired and road weary looking, bull horns on the front, large "pitch in" decal on the rear hatch. Four...
• Fender Bender, got lucky
  Historical mailing list
  21 Mar 97 06:11:38 PST
  ...I got to the middle, noticed the truck and stopped, leaned on horn, but to no avail. Waited for impact. After impact, got out...
• Re: memorial wkend bus trip
  Historical mailing list - Pollard, Matthew
  Tue, 25 May 1999 07:27:43 -0700
  ...Mickey Hart, Bruce Hornsby, Phil Lesh... I will not be there. My bus will be parked below El Cap in Yosemite as I thrash...
• Re: Reverse Lights
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Tue, 2 Nov 2004 21:57:20 +0100
  ...The #12 fuse is > good and the horn works - all bulbs look good. Any ideas why the back-up > lights would still not work...
• $10 Westy Sink Faucet Modification
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sat, 28 Sep 2002 15:42:32 -0300
  ...I went to Canadian Tire (FLAPS) and purchased a 12 volt "Horn Button", and 2 different - smaller- clear plastic hose - similar to the water...
• A tale of lights (not taillights)
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 22 Jan 1970 00:40:02 -0500
  ...circuit diagram again. Okay, what else is on that hot circuit. Horn. Horn works. Okay, so I've still got power. Check for power...
• Re: Vanagon is jerky, Clutch maybe?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:23:01 -0700
  ...That said, being a green-horned vanagon owner, I find the clutch on mine very particular. It is like no other standard I've...
• Curious case of no headlights-wipers-blower motors
  Historical mailing list - Brian T.
  Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:27:06 -0800
  ...wipers or A/C blower.� All the low draw items worked ~ horn, interior lights, running lights, door locks and pwr windows. � I was wondering...
• Re: Why VW's + T&A
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 07 Nov 1995 12:45:13 -0400 (EDT)
  ...2.50 over the fence on the drivel put out by VWT&A and Douche Bags and Horny Volks Wusses! IMHO as always... Ric
• Re: vanagon diesel questions
  Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
  Thu, 2 Jan 1997 20:06:05 -0800 (PST)
  ...defogger, 16 amps #11 is turn signals, 8 amps #12 is horn and backup lights, 8 amps There are some others, if you have...
• Re: Reverse Lights
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Mon, 1 Nov 2004 17:37:39 -0500
  ...The #12 fuse is >good and the horn works - all bulbs look good. Any ideas why the back-up >lights would still not work...
• Re: WOOO HOOO!! Bus BRRR is Two Weeks Away! (Buses By the Beach Event)
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
  Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:38:50 -0500
  ...search of what they long for; a > chance to toot the horn, smell the exhaust from their magnesium block > engines and to camp with...
• Re: Van was egged, how to remove?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 4 May 2012 16:18:51 -0700
  Really? It's that simple? I'll be hornswoggled. Somehow I picked up the impression that raw eggs hardened into a tenacious, epoxy-like...
• Re: Aircooled Oil Choice
  Historical mailing list - Dirk Wright
  Thu, 23 May 1996 08:50:36 -0400 (EDT)
  ...gov "I speak for myself and not my employer" 1974 Porsche 914 2.0 "A real hifi glows in the dark and has horns" *******************************************************************************
• Re: Spreadin' like cancer!
  Historical mailing list - Dirk Wright
  Thu, 30 May 1996 08:41:57 -0400 (EDT)
  ...gov "I speak for myself and not my employer" 1974 Porsche 914 2.0 "A real hifi glows in the dark and has horns" *******************************************************************************
• vanagon windows for sale
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sun, 16 Nov 2003 13:33:04 -0500
  ...vents,switches,condensor, hardware, anything) * steering column with horn button, wheel(brown), turn swith and wiper switch, * dash (brown) no damage * grab handles * rear...
• Re: Temp Gauge -- why did this happen?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 9 May 2012 13:04:35 -0400
  ...When the Navy found that fighter pilots would sometimes land with the gear up they installed a nasty loud warning horn. Pilots would still...
• Re: Seat cover wanted
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 29 Jan 2014 15:22:29 -0600
  I'm not going to horn in on Chris' purchase here, but I may be looking for something like this. I currently have a...
• Re: W-8 conversion--
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Fri, 7 Jun 2002 23:51:23 +0000
  ...plumbing nightmare--- > >But what about a naturally asperated W-8, shoe horned into the back end >of the Vananone? Yah, little mon. Come hiah...
• Re: tail gate hatch question
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:20:09 EST
  ...your clutch go out, and have intermittant grounding problems with your horn, we could call your van "little miss sunshine" :<) seriously ive never heard...
• Free parts from 1985 Westy-you pay shipping
  Historical mailing list - C. Pius Weibel
  Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:30:14 -0500
  ...Window wiper motor 2 Brown tables with rotating leg Steering wheel, column exterior plastic, steering wheel guts, horn pad (all brown) Heater/Defrost control...
• Westy vent assembly
  Historical mailing list - Lewis Horn
  Fri, 9 Jun 1995 16:17:24 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Lewis Horn z006539b@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us
• intermittent sound w/ steering--'87 GL Westi
  Historical mailing list - Gail Fitzpatrick
  Thu, 11 Jun 1998 00:32:31 -0700
  ...Maybe 1 time in 5, or in 8 or 10, I hear a sound like my horn, but very muted. It happens midway through...
• Removing Steering Wheel
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Fri, 9 Nov 2001 16:41:28 EST
  ...just bolts one would screw into exiting threaded holes under the horn button. I don't believe the Vanagon wheel has these. I'm...
• Trip Success (a pre-report)
  Historical mailing list - Jeremy Speer
  Sun, 25 May 2003 17:32:48 -0500
  ...best gas milage yet >21 MPG, 2) lots of bison, big horned sheep and mountain goats were seen up close, 3) no mechanical problems...
• Re: WTB trailer hitch for 84 westy
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Thu, 11 May 2006 13:43:00 -0400
  ...It is reinforced to the bumper horns and will likely pull out the frame before failing. I have pulled a #5000 trailer with it...
• Re: Trip Report -
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 8 Jul 2019 07:59:55 -0400
  ...a very cool Dometic fridge - I ended up never turning > off the propane when driving around Hornby from the camp site - which is > new...
• Re: Bubba insults and Monster snaprings etc.
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Tue, 15 Nov 94 21:27:39 PST
  ...I never knew we had Fog-Horn Leghorn on the list! Ah say, ah say Boy! Pay attention boy! :[ ] ;) Steven sjohnson@pcocd2.intel.com
• Re: Mystery (to me) wire
  Historical mailing list - Dirk Wright
  Thu, 23 May 1996 15:46:28 -0400 (EDT)
  ...gov "I speak for myself and not my employer" 1974 Porsche 914 2.0 "A real hifi glows in the dark and has horns" *******************************************************************************
• Re: Hornet car alarm?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 5 Jul 1997 06:56:25 -0700
  I just have to put in my 2 cents!!! I have never, that's NEVER, seen an owner (or anyone else, for that matter...
• Re: 89 Syncro Westy Rotors Needed
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Fri, 4 May 2001 09:14:20 -0500
  ...Brakes in Italy? I thought they only used horns. Dave in KC 85 Westy http://members.fortunecity.com/davebaker1 ----- Original Message ----- From: Benjamin Tan...
• Re: headlights are working again
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Mon, 7 Oct 2002 13:06:28 -0400
  ...I redid some of them before I posted the original question, and I fixed the intermittent horn failure (bad/broken connection of the ground...
• aux fuse panel
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 16 May 2005 22:00:14 -0700
  ...From my home made panel, i had run; an 8 gauge wire for horn and aux light (250 W aircraft light), and an 8...
• Re: '53 Deluxe for sale (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - rachel martin
  Thu, 4 Jan 1996 09:03:52 -0700 (MST)
  ...However, she is not the oldest and best preserved Deluxe, that honor goes to Mike Hornbecker's '52 with approximately 18, 000 miles. I...
• Re: interior lighting, or leaving the key on
  Historical mailing list - Dieter Dworkin Muller
  Mon, 20 May 1996 07:24:25 -0600
  ...One good place is the horn circuit - it's hot all : of the time. Which brings up the next problem, arranging a free spade...
• Re: CV Boots, accel & clutch cables
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Thu, 5 Jan 95 9:16:28 PST
  ...that > go on the bottom of the tranny on the fram horn. > I don't know who the original poster was, but as long...
• Re: 87 West is unstable in wind
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Mon, 23 Mar 1998 12:27:15 -0800
  ...brad horner wrote: > I would like to know what can be done to keep my van stable > in the wind. The steering seems too...
• Re Re Seppuku?
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Thu, 31 May 2001 20:08:55 -0700
  > How is this different from harikari? PS; as long as I have you on the horn, wasn't Phaedra a charactr in Zen&the...
• Re: Can't back up
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:55:11 -0500
  ...Does your horn work? It gets power from the same source. (this is based off an '81 wiring diagram, I doubt the '83 is...
• (no subject)
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:13:52 -0700
  ...gets blown around in the wind like a bus, toots it horn like a bus, makes others who drive buses wave when we pass...
• Re: VIRUS ALERT
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 23 May 1996 14:25:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Lift out the center seat, and anything from a French horn to a bari sax will fit. Bass trombones may need a walk-thru...
• Re: volkswagen song (f)
  Historical mailing list - Glen Buhlmann
  Tue, 02 Jul 1996 21:22:38 -0800
  ...You may see it on Caron's face right after she lays on the horn and screams obscenities out the window at someone who...
• Re: Close Encounters (trip report?)
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:47:56 +0000
  ...He was certainly able > to hear my horn. > In a perfect world, I would have beenable to witness him disposing > of his underpants. > Starting...
• Re: aux gauges install
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:56:27 -0700
  Aw pshaw Bob :) No, the thing that looks like a rhino horn is a river worn stub of a Sitka Spruce branch. You find...
• Re: Wiring headlight washer pumps
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 10 Feb 2013 11:56:29 -0800
  ...Radio, horn, kitchen light.... Heh heh. A little knowledge is a bad thing in my hands. Test at motor connections with a new - lead...
• Re: Propex question - attention Karl if you are on list
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Tue, 9 Nov 2010 04:08:43 -0700
  ...Edison On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 8:54 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > Thanks Karl. > > I had been hornswoggled by the...
• RE: For the dreamers ... TDI emissions
  Historical mailing list - Paul Henderson
  Tue, 8 Jul 1997 11:20:00 -0500 (EDT)
  ...She also has had a few people honk the horn and hold their nose when they pass her car. The car is very well...
• '80 vanagon camper for $5000
  Historical mailing list - McComas_Glenn
  Fri, 11 Feb 2000 02:51:50 -0500
  ...get under the vehicle, or pull some electrical connectors. Quick test: horn should blow loudly. Ask how owner 3 knew owner 1... Possibly some...
• Re: Van related sites I found interesting - a little off topic
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Wed, 23 Feb 2005 18:31:34 -0800
  ...Then there's the minor problem of it apparently not having an engine or transmission, unless they think they can shoe-horn something in...
• Re: Smacked the steering wheel and the van died
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
  Sat, 17 Apr 2010 15:54:24 -0400
  ...it starts sounding bad > and then eventually you get to all horn all the time. > > My Fox used to honk if the other keys...
• Re: Steering wheel removal-THANKS!
  Historical mailing list - Gregory S. Morrison
  Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:21:45 -0800
  ...mtbiker62@COMCAST.NET> wrote: > Grab the top "lip" of the long horn bar and pull toward you and it will pop > off. It's...
• Re: Help me choose Sunny's grill style!
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Mon, 26 Mar 2001 07:28:00 -0500
  Hey Mike- Are those SIX horns I see peeking out below the bumper? From the sound that those must make, they probably don't...
• Re: if have few $$K
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 12 Jun 2003 00:10:14 -0700
  ...if have few $$K If I had a few $$K to spare i'd buy this and try show horn it into my Westy...
• Re: No Clutch....
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 2 Feb 2010 14:32:53 -0800
  ...the earliest air-cooled vanagon I have ever seen had a unusual small horn pad. the only one I have ever seen that way...
• Re: New Beetle Sighting
  Historical mailing list - Lowe, Brandon
  Mon, 29 Sep 1997 11:06:50 -0700
  ...last friday morning at >approximately 8am on I-10 between Van Horn and El Paso Texas. They were >in two groups of two, each...
• Re: Trans Problems
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Thu, 27 May 1999 22:32:02 -0700
  ...are stuck with factory ratios only Eric P 84 Westy(Green Hornet) You can cut the pinion gear and have the pinion head welded...