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• Help: Stuck accelerator pedal
  Historical mailing list - Dick Taylor
  Sun, 30 Jan 2000 09:18:06 -0800
  ...I can pull (hard) on the cable in the engine compartment and get it back to its normal position, but when I press down...
• iPod solution?
  Historical mailing list - James Ballen
  Sat, 11 Jun 2005 15:44:24 -0700
  ...That was really nice! I bought a single 1/8" > 2 1/8" y-cable and then ran a really long extension to the...
• D'oh! Accelerator cable woes...
  Historical mailing list - Stucco
  Wed, 21 Jul 1999 18:29:37 -0600
  Today I'm driving along and by gas pedal falls to the floor! The cable snapped in the back where it connects to the...
• Re: Backup light switch...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 7 Apr 2000 04:29:37 -0400
  ...wrote: >Dan: >Please note this is 2 wires, not a "cable" >Cheers, >Keith Yes, I'm basically an electrical guy -- to me the default...
• Re: wbx removal question
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 4 Jan 2002 16:11:58 EST
  ...Wires or cables goes dowb andunder the trans. BenT
• replacing accelerator cable on 82 diesel
  Historical mailing list - stephen de la salle
  Tue, 4 Jun 2002 00:12:42 +0100
  ...65MPH :) It looks like a long run there under the van - Any tips on changing the accelerator cable on an 82 Diesel van? Steve
• Re: sticky throttle
  Historical mailing list - sean fleener
  Sat, 6 Dec 2003 13:30:46 -0800
  I bought a new cable, didn't fix it, turned out being the linkage under the pedal drop the spare tire and grease it...
• Re: Freezing throttle cable
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 5 Feb 2004 07:03:40 -0800
  ...The problem was water (that had frozen) in the throttle cable sheath. One of the caps had some off the end of the cable...
• Re: Speedo 'jigger'
  Historical mailing list - John H. Rodgers
  Wed, 21 Oct 1998 10:31:37 -0500
  ...Rodgers * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] -- Curious! How did you lube the cable? John Rodgers "88 GL Driver -------- REPLY, Original message follows -------- Date: Wednesday...
• Re: '85 1.9 Manual accelerator cable replacement
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Wed, 15 May 2013 22:28:15 -0400
  ...magikvw@gmail.com> wrote: > I have to replace my accelerator cable - where the cable connects at the > throttle it is held in place by...
• Swing Axle Bug to bus questions.
  Historical mailing list - Michael Ham '64 Type ][
  Wed, 13 Dec 1995 08:19:53 -0800 (PST)
  ...So how do I fix my e-brake cables? The cables are just hanging there and the holes in the backing plates are on...
• Re: Cause of fluttering speedometer ?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 1 Feb 2000 08:54:31 EST
  I believe the most of the time this is caused by the lower speedo cable. It can lose the circlip and move in and...
• Re: Power Window Issues on a 90 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 23 Dec 2003 11:31:19 -0600
  ...If it's not this, then the cable must be broken, allowing the whole assembly to drop. Can you tell what's going on...
• Re: Alternator not putting out volts 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 1 Aug 2009 19:33:20 -0600
  "FYI....the cable from the alternator to the starter (which I believe goes to the battery) has power, as I accidentally arched it on...
• anyone parting out a van?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Tue, 3 Sep 2002 20:48:04 -0700
  If so, I'm looking for the speedometer cable from the wheel to the oxygen sensor box. I've got an '84; I believe...
• Wanted - Paulchen Cable Lock
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Mon, 13 Jan 2003 17:43:19 -0700
  Volks, Looking to purchase a Paulchen "Cable Bike Lock". Anyone have one available. Note ... already checked with Steve at EuroCampers.com <mailto:s@EuroCampers...
• Re: " you fixed it with what?!"
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Fri, 19 Mar 2004 08:28:35 -0500
  ...One battery cable clamp had failed by rusting through (as the VW ones seem to do). I went back into the store, bought a...
• Re: DTV Transition and AC/DC TV in Van
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 13 Sep 2008 08:51:54 -0700
  ...Or something like the Pinnacle Systems setup that plugs into the USB port on your laptop and and tunes in cable or antenna and...
• Re: WAS:trip out west-NOW: Heater valve
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 21 Aug 2010 20:26:09 -0700
  ya mahn, you can't do beans really, with the cables and levers without removing the insturment cluster .. which is easy, and you could...
• Electric window regulator cable broke! Rebuild? Used Available?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Brown
  Fri, 24 Sep 2010 11:47:45 -0700
  Happy Friday all, One of the two cables that raise/lower the glass in driver’s side power window regulator (pn 251.837.461...
• Re: '85 vanagon passenger compartment fan...
  Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
  Thu, 10 Nov 2005 21:55:56 -0500
  ...The cable for the heater valve will need to be undone at the > valve end but the other cables can be left attached. > > Mark...
• Re: '85 vanagon passenger compartment fan...
  Historical mailing list - Bryant Baecht
  Fri, 11 Nov 2005 12:44:34 -0600
  ...You should get the inner control lever assembly and cables with it, all as a unit. The cable for the heater valve will need...
• starter woes
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Wed, 25 Jun 1997 17:25:39 -0700
  ...Is your cable the real one??? Should be very thick diam., almost 1.5x normal 2WD cable and with the big connector. I couldn...
• Re: "sticky" new Gowesty throttle body
  Historical mailing list - Andrew R.
  Fri, 6 Oct 2017 07:55:55 -0700
  All seemed to be functioning as it should after disconnecting cable and checking TB for any hang ups. Van sat in the 60-70deg...
• Re: Intermittent high idle - able to make "go low"
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 24 Jun 2015 11:31:40 -0700
  ...However, I've checked the throttle cable & > what it attaches to and everything seems to be travelling smoothly. > > Annoyingly, I can't replicate this...
• Re: Can a whining speedometer be fixed?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 8 Aug 2000 19:20:39 -0700
  ...Disconnect the speedometer cable at the back of the speedometer. Add >> drop by drop to the cable end. Be very careful not to spill...
• Re: Frozen emergency brake
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 7 Jan 2010 15:34:08 -0800
  my thoughts go to the cables. could be frozen moisture in there. You can get a rough feel for if they are working, just...
• Re: Heater Control Question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 20 Jan 2007 10:47:19 -0600
  ...Now you can see the problem, but you can't do anything about it, if it's the heater control cable, until you remove...
• Re: emergency brake doesn't work well?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 24 Nov 2002 07:35:12 -0800
  ...The "trick" is to put enough slack in the cable before adjusting the rear shoes. Otherwise one end of the shoe adjuster bar is...
• Speedometer ticking noise
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:14:35 -0500
  ...Could be the cable too. My tripometer, odometer AND speedometer all work fine(the speedo bounces a little bit at speeds below 30. My...
• Re: 82 Vanagon E-Brake doesnt hold
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reed
  Tue, 25 Jul 1995 10:43:18 -0600 (MDT)
  ...its my e-brake cables - they are stretched. > I replaced these once (albeit with *used*, probably also stretched cables) > and it didnt help. > > Are...
• Re: '70 Clutch Cable Clevis Pin failed!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 May 1996 22:48:36 -0400
  ...well guess what? My '70's 'broken >clutch cable', when I finally got down into it to fix it, turned out >to have been...
• Re: Speedometer Noise
  Historical mailing list - Melvin Mudgett-Price
  Thu, 21 Oct 2004 15:27:35 -0400
  I had something similar when the cable broke. Sometimes the two ends of the cable would mesh and the speedo worked, other times the...
• Re: Replacing Fuel Valve Cable
  Historical mailing list
  20 Jul 95 15:44:00 +1700
  >> On busses to about 63 or so, there was a pull cable located in front >> of the seat to operate the reserve fuel valve...
• UPPER SPEEDOMETER CABLE REMOVAL ADVICE
  Historical mailing list - Chris Almida
  Sat, 15 Nov 2003 22:08:00 -0800
  Any advice on how to remove and replace the upper speedometer cable? The one on my 84 westy is dead and neither pushing from...
• Re: Truly Vanagon Content (no swill, dung, offal, vomit or ...)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 24 Nov 2004 13:22:16 -0800
  ...If you sew a 1/8 inch cable into the > hem and lock around the cable so that the entire hem must be removed...
• Re: 1987 Oxygen Sensor Wiring 2.1 liter Digifant MV engine
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 24 Feb 2002 17:30:54 -0500
  ...cable... >however I have never seen a shielded cable in a car before (I"ve seen it >often in cable TV coaxial cables, and...
• Re: Speedo Issue..
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:04:30 -0600
  ...Think of the cable/odometer/speedometer as a drive train--the transmission or wheel (in the case of a Vanagon) drives the cable. The...
• Cable shifter for Porsche trans?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 1 May 2006 20:08:42 +1200
  ...But why not go the Toyota van route, fitting a stubby gearlever mechanism in a custom console against the dash, with a cable-operated...
• Re: bouncing speedo
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
  Wed, 7 Mar 2007 19:31:10 +0000
  ...Maybe >'cuz the cable is spinning faster then? I've found that the white >plastic piece that connects the cable to the speedo is...
• Re: Mulititude of questions (dash out now...)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 6 Jul 2009 19:06:32 -0700
  re Anyway now that I'm in there I noticed that the cable that operates the right side defroster vent was broke off where...
• Re: Warm air from under the dash.
  Historical mailing list - John Sweet
  Sun, 21 Jul 1996 13:32:29 -0700
  ...The control cable > can get bent and then it will never be able to close the valve all > the way. > I have to re...
• 1981 Accelerator Cable: Barrel Clamp Failure. How?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 26 Apr 2018 10:45:41 -0700
  ...Was the original barrel clamp at forward end of the accelerator cable designed with splayed legs? If someone drilled the hole to make it...
• Re: My neighbors must think I'm crazy
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 17 May 1995 09:38:53 -0700
  >Well folks, Among the many things I've been working on is replacing a heater >cable. I bought a new one at my local...
• Re: E-Brake cable front cable
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 24 Mar 2004 07:31:10 -0500
  ...COM writes: > >how do you get the front part of the cable out of the >bracket above the fuel tank? > >Ha ! You like this...
• Re: Cable TV in the Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Milby
  Tue, 17 Nov 2015 09:16:00 -0500
  ...MM On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 6:08 PM, Pat Spragge/RFAN <Pat.Spragge@rfan.com> wrote: > Has anyone run cable TV into...
• Heater Cables
  Historical mailing list - WOODRUT
  Thu, 01 Sep 1994 10:37:34 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Where do you start in terms of making these easier to move? I'm totally new to this cable thing and have no idea...
• Re: Speedo cable/wheel bearing question
  Historical mailing list - Sean Birkner
  Fri, 24 Sep 1999 13:10:27 EDT
  in my 90 the speedo cable goes through the center of the front driver's side "stub axle". It's in a different chamber...
• Re: [vanagon] Re: Application
  Historical mailing list - Jim
  Wed, 25 Jun 2003 16:50:04 -0700
  ...Originating server: (24.117.86.174) Cableone.net So... if your provider is cableone, you might want to virus scan. Attachments stripped in both...
• WTB: Oil filler and oil pressure cable 1.9L
  Historical mailing list - lauterba
  Sat, 16 Aug 2003 18:55:08 -0400
  ...the old engine (1.9L) that unexpectedly need to be replaced: Cable that goes between wiring harness and oil pressure switch on the block...
• Re: grinding speedo
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Fri, 14 Nov 2003 16:18:21 -0700
  ...I talked with a guy at Palo Alto Speedometer who said the cable stretches and puts pressure on the speedo. The speedo can be...
• Re: cheap source for 12V SAE connectors for solar panels?
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 9 Dec 2012 16:42:22 -0500
  ...Connectors for Solar Etc. >I'm using these: ><<http://www.allelectronics.com/make-a-store/category/116/Cables-2-Cond.-Waterproof/1.html>http...
• Re: Substitute for aircooled thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Richard Jones
  Tue, 22 Feb 2011 07:00:30 -0700
  ...How about an old-fashioned "choke cable" from under the driver seat to move the flaps? Do they even make choke cables anymore? I...
• Air cooled and WBX accelerator cable same length?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 9 Jun 2008 13:13:05 -0700
  ...If it can be made to fit, I *may* use a spare WBX cable to connect the Jetta throttle linkage. (engine conversion) Wouldn't...
• Re: SA T3 Ventilation System
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 2 May 2008 21:23:07 -0700
  On 5/2/08, Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@mac.com> wrote: > > As BenT notes, some round knob controls still make use of cables. > That's...
• Re: trip out west
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 4 Aug 2010 14:52:38 -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...
• Vanagon-era technology..love it,
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 16 Dec 2007 14:21:46 -0800
  ...I love the way the vanagon goes together..Clips, screws, clamps and cables. Stuff you can actually fix. The defrost cable had kinked due...
• Re: Accelerator linkage is sticky..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 16 Nov 2010 09:43:03 -0800
  ...That may be worn...I know bicycle cables wear eventually when they are made to curve.. I shall look into getting some new cable...
• [F]Re: How to Replace Tach Light??
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 4 Jan 95 12:06:09 PST
  ...wrote: >my gorilla hands would not reach the speedo cable nut without major >contortions and scars from the stamped steel edges in the way...
• Still need help/ball and socket joint end of throttle cable
  Historical mailing list - Judith Barr/Leo Girard
  Sun, 27 Jun 1999 22:28:11 -0400
  ...At the rear end of the accelerator cable installation (85 automatic) there is a snap on (ball & socket) union. It seems to me that...