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• Conversion Commotion!
  Historical mailing list - Marcus Elia
  Wed, 10 Dec 1997 09:58:12 -0400
  ...I am looking at an 1.8 or 1.9 litre Golf/Jetta, engine, reknowned for being, in the words of Engineer/Auto columnist...
• Re: Question #2 - clutch bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 9 Apr 1998 17:25:13 -0700
  ...So the second time you step on the clutch pedal you're stepping on a solid column of fluid (ignoring the little bit of...
• Re: Replacing steering rubber link with universal joint
  Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
  Mon, 7 Oct 2002 15:53:39 -0400
  ...Replacing steering rubber link with universal joint Anyone tried replacing the rubber coupling in the steering column with a splined universal joint? This would...
• Re: Nominations are now open: Top 10 Ugliest Parts to Fail
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 2 Sep 2009 12:58:32 -0700
  ...The steering wheel came right off in my hands after a few non-productive rotations on the column..I just clamped some vicegrips onto...
• Re: Yucatan trip report (not mine)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 1 Mar 2009 16:30:51 -0800
  ...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: YES! We Have NO Bananas! (film at eleven). and now, the stats ...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 20 Jan 95 12:07:38 CST
  ...besides, it would mess up my nice neat columns. :) so if you have some sort of vw transporter/bus/camper/pickup/panel/shoebox made...
• Re: 87 GL: Removing and Replacing Radio Antenna
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 18 Dec 2004 19:48:58 -0500
  ...There is also an alarming bit about > "drilling out" some steering column bolts...furthermore, I can't even > see where the antenna plugs into...
• Vanagon Crashworthiness
  Historical mailing list - HARRIST
  Tue, 28 Apr 1998 15:05:00 EST
  ...If anything, it was accelerating toward the steering column. (Ouch) This is not an unknown condition. Back in 1979, a Honda sedan had excessive...
• Re: Go Westy sale item question
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 1 Jan 2017 22:25:22 -0800
  ...It was the washer switch in the steering column. I took the switch assembly off and was able to get some fine abrasive paper...
• Re: Wipers only have one speed,
  Historical mailing list - Scott
  Mon, 16 May 2016 11:00:47 -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: Free parts from 1985 Westy-you pay shipping
  Historical mailing list - C. Pius Weibel
  Mon, 20 Oct 2014 17:17:19 -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...
• Re: Data tag - anyone fluent in these?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Tue, 4 Sep 2012 11:17:35 -0700
  ...aut hkey=Gv1sRgCLiE7syBtP2ytwE&feat=directlink) well the 25 in the Modell column refers to T25...but im sure you already knew that LOL the...
• Re: waterboxer pinging
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:37:03 -0600
  ...http://www.cartalk.com/content/columns/Archive/1997/June/09.html I would like to know how the lower octane at altitude is specified...
• Re: lights dim since 6 volt conversion
  Historical mailing list - ed
  Sat, 1 Apr 2000 14:11:33 -0500
  ...Attach the valve to the stalk on the column so you can boost the propane and get a high-beam effect. As for the...
• re. saturday stumper: why do Canadian westys have the elec. outlet down
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee
  Sat, 22 Mar 2003 21:53:38 -0700
  ...control is just behind the steering wheel on that plastic housing which covers the steering column. Gary Lee http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gary2a...
• Re: Bad plastic(s)
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Thu, 3 Feb 2011 07:06:27 -0800
  ...Some of them get impacts on > occasion, like > knees to steering column covers and map pockets, while others just get > normal usage, like door...
• Re: An Open Letter to all the DADs Out There NVC Friday Stuff
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 28 Jul 2006 20:30:08 -0700
  ...how I feel > when > I drive my non-seatbelted, non-collapsible-columned '57 Karmann Ghia.) > > rob infante > 87 syncro westy with svx almost done >
• Re: Sound improvement success
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 17 Jun 2014 18:25:44 -0400
  ...Sound improvement success >> >> Now, if I could just fix the squeak made by the steering wheel turning >> against the plastic column I be really...
• Re: fuel sender repair
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Gary Soiney
  Tue, 11 Oct 1994 10:32:59 -0500 (CDT)
  ...this list is starting to sound like one of Peter Eagan's monthly > column in Road & Track. :) > > joel > Not only did dkw become part...
• Re: Trip Report
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 3 Apr 2007 21:00:41 -0700
  ...Popped the steering column cover off with the two screws, yanked out the ignition connector and plugged in the new switch. One twist with...
• Well, it's over.
  Historical mailing list - Brad Spear
  Sun, 16 Jan 2000 22:55:11 EST
  ...Universal joint for a Syncro steering column 3. Four plastic full wheel covers (one with chip) 4. Bentley manual I also have the cylinder...
• Re: What is Fahrvergnugen?
  Historical mailing list - mattf
  Sat, 26 May 2001 14:11:11 -0400
  ...Consolate, we've determined that it actually > > translates to "the pleasure of driving." > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Credit: > > http://cartalk.cars.com/Columns/Archive/1992/June/07.html > >
• Re: Oh no more clutch slave and master questions,
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 26 Apr 2003 07:35:27 -0700
  ...pedal down the first time you're now standing on a column of hydraulic fluid with no clutch fingers to push the fluid back...
• Re: 94EV Westy nearly stolen. Ignition lock broken
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 14 Feb 2004 18:57:52 -0800
  ...If there is no lock remaining in the steering column I would 'hot wire' it to drive it to the dealer. As long as...
• Re: Brake Fluid Loss
  Historical mailing list - Bill H.
  Thu, 15 Apr 2004 20:11:08 -0700
  ...There is a little > fluid on the lower steering column but not enough to account for the whole > reservoir and the area around the...
• Re: Vanagon gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Tue, 23 Dec 2003 11:26:00 -0800
  ...Remove the interior except for the drivers seat, steering column, guages etc., ditch the bumpers, spare tire, sound deadener, jack and tools and you...
• Van Not Starting - 88 Automatic with New Starter and Alternerator
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Wed, 8 Aug 2007 01:17:28 -0400
  ...I then opened up the plastic shroud around the ignition removed the plastic and exposing the steering column and the lead wires to the...
• Re: Projekzwo Lower Grille Fog Lights - Kit Update
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:59:09 EDT
  ...I cut and pasted the column here but Gerry may strip if from the e-mail. You can click the link to see it...
• Re: FW: Dash removal - how long
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 23 Oct 2010 18:32:36 -0500
  ...dashboard, just > hook up the steering column again (make sure the rubber coupling for > the collapsing column is fitted correctly). �So you don't...
• Re: Wipers only have one speed,
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Engel
  Mon, 16 May 2016 15:03:53 +0000
  ...The wipers behave normally on all the other functions of the column stalk wiper switch, but the wipers just plug along at low speed...
• MUCH more than we needed to know
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sun, 12 Dec 1999 07:58:51 -0800
  ...fine] In Car & Driver magazine some years back one of the columnists recounted his (unsuccessful) attempt to discreetly relieve himself by utilizing a technigue...
• Re: propane question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 29 Apr 2000 02:24:51 -0400
  ...You have to either supply a two-stage regulator with output at 11" WC (water column, about 6 ounces per square inch), or tap...
• Re: Propane Heresy - Can you retrofit Westy for alternate use of Coleman fuel?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 8 May 2002 23:28:46 -0400
  ...psi to about 1/3 psi -- actually specified as a water column 11 inches high. There are kits available which will allow you to...
• Re: Wait a minute, I drive a Ford Falcon! (No Vanagon Content)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 26 Oct 2005 03:36:16 EDT
  ...3 spd manual column shift...black sport interior w/ buckets seats and factory tachometer.. what a blast to drive :<) aside from the body, the...
• Wipers? Speed control?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:30:50 -0800
  ...the second position with the wiper control stalk on my steering column...1984 Van with intermittent wipers at the down position..off above that...
• Re: fridge puzzle
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 12 Feb 2015 17:06:30 -0800
  ...The difference in column height should be 11" for proper gas pressure. Adjust the regulator until you get 11". I did this many years...
• Re: vanagon spotted on TV
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Wed, 14 Jan 2015 13:42:40 +0000
  ...one out of paper.  Then they hotwired it under the steering column with no attention to the steering wheel lock.   The shots of the...
• Re: break-ins was Re: Alarm choices: was Today somebody got into my van
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Mon, 2 May 2011 21:47:09 -0700
  ...Messed up the steering column badly.
• Re: 1984 Speedos
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:33:40 -0400
  ...You can go to www.snurl.com/vanagon and it is listed in the right column. Actually if you like any of the stuff...
• Re: No High Beams
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:07:20 -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? >
• Major Junkyard Score
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 23 Jul 1995 13:43:39 -0700 (PDT)
  ...this!)_ Early ribbed _rear_ bus bumper, with brackets! :) YAHOO! bus steering column lock 2 bus windshields 2 light switches - early 2 wiper switches, early...
• Re: Steering Locks
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Jun 1996 20:55:35 -0400
  ...yes, they made them for barndoors. (please send me your extra, anyone) the one for your bus requires a steering column with the hole...
• Re: [subaruvanagon] Use of a non-VW powersteering Rack with Subi conversion
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 4 Nov 2002 22:44:31 +1300
  ...Any rack with the correct travel would do, so long as it can be fitted and the steering column can be adapted. Should be...
• Re: BA6 not starting
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 20 Jan 2005 12:59:00 -0800
  ...There is a reset switch under the dash at the base of the lower steering column cover. operate this red switch gently -if you...
• Re: Front seat belt explanation needed
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Sat, 28 Feb 2004 11:54:52 EST
  ...wires that are exposed as they travel out from the steering column cover to behind the middle heater vent cover. I hated looking at...
• Re: Headlight switches.
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 26 Jun 2021 10:51:26 -0600
  ...the Relays on the Nice Convenient “Tray” that attaches the >> Steering Column >> >> to the Dash,, Not sure if JB’s wires will reach to...
• Dashmount options for smartphones?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 11 Jun 2011 12:02:50 -0700
  ...One really swell spot would be atop the steering column -- allowing for room under the phone for the charger plug, the phone still doesn...
• Re: Brights When Switched On Dont Work
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:27:16 -0700
  ...replace the lever for the head > light/bright on the steering column? > > > Thanks in advance. > > Robert > -- > Bloomingburg NY > 88 Wolfsburg, Silver > 240,500 miles...
• Re: leaking clutch master cylinder?
  Historical mailing list - Herr Wibo Fichten
  Thu, 22 Jan 2004 21:20:58 -0400
  ...has been fluid (brake, i assume) > >showing up on the steering column near the clutch pedal on our '82 westy, > >suggesting a leak up...
• Re: A/C - Freon to R134 conversion
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Tue, 28 Jun 2005 16:05:58 -0700
  ...in labor since they > had to remove the dash and steering column to get to > it. > - > David, 87 Wolfsburg > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! Mail Mobile > Take Yahoo...
• Head light relay modification.
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sun, 17 Oct 1999 16:44:59 EDT
  ...You will have to drop the black plastic cover under the steering wheel column to see them. These wires feed current to the main...
• 84 Westy Fuel Pump Problem
  Historical mailing list - Nirav V. Patel [USA]
  Sat, 11 Jun 2011 20:02:48 -0500
  ...Today I removed the steering column cover to check the key lock mechanism (ignition switch?). I was told that this mechanism is signaling to...
• Problem Solved! was: Van Dies, Relays clicking...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 17:00:57 EST
  ...I removed the lower cover on the steering column and tried the new ignition switch, turning it with a screw driver. Van still wouldn...
• Re: Sound improvement success
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Tue, 17 Jun 2014 13:32:15 -0700
  ...Sound improvement success Now, if I could just fix the squeak made by the steering wheel turning against the plastic column I be really...
• EV "birth certificate"...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 28 Mar 1996 06:43:51 -0500 (EST)
  ...On the EV, if you pop off the access panel for the fuse box, to the left of the steering column, you will notice...
• RE: Sunroof Question: Part II
  Historical mailing list - Erik Thomsen
  Wed, 27 Mar 1996 09:52:57 -0800
  ...I also have seen two (identical, in different places) green and white 64 sliding sunroof microbuses with sliding doors and locking steering = columns. I...
• Re: leaking clutch master cylinder?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 22 Jan 2004 18:35:43 -0600
  ...has been fluid (brake, i assume) >showing up on the steering column near the clutch pedal on our '82 westy, >suggesting a leak up...
• Re: Mysterious short circuit
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sun, 6 Mar 2005 09:59:10 -0700
  ...It is driving me nuts. >> >> William >> >> > > Look at the wiring harness right above the pedals where it comes out of the > column. Betting on...
• Re: Mice entrance points to seal HELP! - 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 2 Aug 2006 10:01:42 -0700
  look at the base of the steering column, black rubber boot, if not fitted securely its a big enough mouse ingress/egress point :) Alistair...
• Re: Back to writing about my Vanagon restoration
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 25 Jun 2016 20:35:22 -0700
  ...There were some spots inside that had rusted through (at the > wall between the air column & wheel well) so that complicated things a > bit...