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• Re: Radio/subwoofer wiring
  Historical mailing list - Roland
  Sun, 15 Jul 2012 08:23:12 -0700
  ...Very straight forward wiring, just like the instructions say I tapped into the grey/black wire under the steering column (relay is required!). Only...
• Re: Let's Talk About Seats
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Buese
  Sat, 26 Jun 2010 08:47:43 -0600
  ...cover at 300 each, you only list one in the right >>> column ... >>> if you need two of those .. >>> and all these other parts, looks...
• Re: 2nd clue: windshield wiper switch problem
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 8 May 2004 17:43:06 -0500
  ...I tried fiddleing > with the column seitch (blew air in & tried sandpaper) > but it still wont work. > > I ran an errand today and I...
• Re: Fuel Additive
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 4 Oct 2005 15:24:58 +1300
  ...My Dad's '74 with three on the column (and 225 Cu In.) >regularly got 24MPG - both pulling cars in the 3400 pound range...
• Re: Mahle OC 28 oil filter
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Thu, 24 Aug 2006 03:03:09 -0400
  ...I was looking at the wrong > table column in my cross > reference when originally I keyed this in. The > 719/12 is for the...
• Re: Ignition switch repair-advice needed
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Wed, 17 Jan 2007 15:38:33 -0800
  ...If > you've got cruise control, the wires feeding the cruise control switch > will likely be zip-tied to the steering column. > > > Best, > d...
• Re: Radio Install
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:14:48 -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...
• CRIPES O' MIGHTY
  Historical mailing list - Tom and Dana Cates
  Sat, 7 Oct 2000 22:54:53 -0400
  ...I got in the van and pulled up the rubber boot at the base of the steering column, and looked at the U Joint...
• Re: electric or hydraulic power steering
  Historical mailing list - Tom C
  Sat, 19 Mar 2022 12:01:10 -0400
  ...Been researching the electrical steering kits, seems like >> > > the downside is I'd lose the collapsibility of the steering column >> > > in the >> > event >> > > of...
• Gremlins update
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 Jan 1997 10:44:40 -0800
  ...ecu module (Halls control module) 9) key starter switch on steering column ..... I've found a loose wire on the starter solenoid that both...
• Re: The faucet
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 10:23:15 -0800
  ...If you have 4 LEDs on the left column and the 2 lower ones are both RED, you may have this model of panel...
• Re: The faucet
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 10:23:15 -0800
  ...If you have 4 LEDs on the left column and the 2 lower ones are both RED, you may have this model of panel...
• Re: Any Fiat Spider owners out there?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 5 Oct 2001 15:37:54 -0500
  ...The steering column swung > out > when the door opened. It had narrow rear wheels. It was a real > neat > little vehicle. I made a...
• fluid, fluid everywhere
  Historical mailing list - Eric Peterson
  Sat, 5 Jan 2002 14:03:22 EST
  ...After scouring the many messages on vanagon archives (thank-you vanagon.com!) I inspected my steering wheel column for leakage from clutch master cylinder...
• Re: Horn question (did some searching)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 25 Jul 2006 16:41:52 -0500
  ...Searched and learned but.... > > What is the best way to replace the brown ground wire > that passes through the curved tube at steering column...
• Re: Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - Mbob1950
  Sun, 4 Oct 2020 20:12:49 -0500
  ...besides electrical wiring, there are >> >>> vacuum pump, vacuum switch under the pedals, switch on the steering >> column, >> >>> vacuum diaphragm linked the throttle body at...
• Re: Horn problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Mon, 13 Jul 2015 10:08:42 -0400
  ...While parked, > ignition on, no horn rim, turned the steering wheel and the horn blows. > Crazy! Drop,the steering column electrical harness and found...
• Re: Let's fix our Dometic refigerators
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 23 May 1999 21:00:49 -0700
  ...apply the gas to > one end, the difference in height btw the two water columns is the answer. > > david > David Beierl - dbeierl@ibm.net
• Propane pressure... oops! Also, dual lp tanks
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Wed, 2 Jun 1999 10:57:26 -0400
  I think I solved my own problem! The measurement of the change in water column height should NOT be the distance one side rises...
• Re: mystery parts again
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 16 Apr 2002 13:06:20 -0400
  ...That is what I have, it has a seperate stalk on the steering column, mine mounted below the turn signal arm. The factory intallation...
• Re: common electrical problems in vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:31:36 -0700
  ...Ignition Switch - steering column > > 8. Headlight Switch - dash instument pod > > 9. Engine ground strap - left/driver side of engine > > 10. ?? > > so do we want...
• Re: Runaway digital clock
  Historical mailing list - chrisrvanagon
  Fri, 4 Jul 2008 19:37:19 -0700
  ...will fall right out onto your carpet or into the steering column or...oops. You follow me. Have a bright light in the cabin...
• Blinker question
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Tue, 7 Jun 2011 21:54:45 -0400
  ...With the key off I can hear the blinker relay clicking if I hit the blinker switch on the column, and I also see...
• Re: Wipers STILL don't work!! Arrgh!!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 8 Apr 2011 10:49:24 -0700
  ...agents, but not needed in such places as in the steering column, which are always dry and contain no fluids to damage the connections...
• Cheap Westy pop top seal
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Mon, 14 Oct 1996 23:42:42 -0400
  In todays FWIW column. Browsing through the McMaster Carr catalog, (hardware store for the stars lucky enough to get a catalog) I noticed and...
• Wiper Stalk Advice - Don't Do What I Did!
  Historical mailing list - Christopher T. Berchin
  Thu, 7 Jun 2001 23:33:54 -0400
  ...Well, I took apart my steering column and it appeared that I had a non-rear-wiper stalk assembly in there. Luckily, I found...
• Re: Vibration
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 17 May 2005 07:13:20 EDT
  ...Any comments? If this is on a power steering model Vanagon, check the U-joint at he steering column to rack connection. They tend...
• Re: Intermittent door chime - something's brewing?
  Historical mailing list - Luke Bakken
  Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:55:40 -0800
  ...in >> >> a while when the door is open... << >> >> �Before you go tearing into the steering column, first check out the >> door switch. >> >> George/ATL >
• Re: difference's between model years
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 27 Sep 2014 10:57:17 -0700
  ...And isn't the U joint at steering column NLA? Or is Terry K still rebuilding those? Anyhow..... thread digression over. Neil. On 9...
• Re: Westy Safety (safer than a Volvo)
  Historical mailing list - Dave
  Fri, 26 Jun 1998 08:54:50 -0500
  Check out http://v-dub.musa.com (my site) under pictures, Type 2, and in the Vanagon column near the bottom you'll see...
• Dash / Air Distribution Box removal
  Historical mailing list - Keese, Brian W
  Fri, 7 Jul 2000 13:53:21 -0500
  ...box out? I've read the recent thread on the steering column shear bolts. Hopefully, vise grips will do the trick for me too...
• Re: fuel pressure test connection size?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Tue, 6 Feb 2001 17:49:11 EST
  ...got back to the Model T advance lever on the steering column if you want to mess with stuff when you drive?.... I'm...
• Re: how do you disassemble an '83 steering wheel?
  Historical mailing list - Marc
  Mon, 31 Mar 2003 07:50:55 -0500
  ...I've take the wheel off the column and >>am trying to replace the horn contact ring underneath. I need to get to >>the...
• Re: steering rack - r&r
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Tue, 8 Jul 2003 05:35:19 -0700
  ...I also checked out the steering column coupler discs and the rack mount bushings but they were still in good shape. I've put...
• Re: Hacking up the heater box
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Lee Harrison
  Thu, 25 Aug 2005 00:21:39 +0100
  ...4 hour, including removing the shear bolts that hold the steering column in place. Putting everything back together again took about 30 minutes. 2nd...
• Re: '87 Master cylinder "popping" noise
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Tue, 29 Aug 2006 13:10:54 -0400
  ...I just assumed > since it's coming from > under the steering column. > > > > Andrew > > Portland, OR > > '87 GL Hi. I recently started to hear a...
• Re: Who is the Manager of this list?
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:12:24 -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...
• Re: Ignition lock fail - fix or replace?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:24:48 -0700
  ...Just remove steering column lower cove. unplug largish connector from the back of the existing ignition switch, and plug your new on one, then...
• Trying to install headlight relays but wire colors don't match
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
  Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:26:37 -0500
  ...As directed, I pulled the cover off the steering column and located the connector for the dimmer/turn signal switch. There are 7 wires...
• Updated my web page
  Historical mailing list - Dominique Cormann
  Fri, 22 Oct 1999 12:05:02 -0400
  ...http://kozmik.guelph.on.ca/gtdproject Chose the fluids section from the left column. While your there check the books section. Some scans from...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon fuel overflow?/spills/fire
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Thu, 15 Feb 2001 06:57:22 -0500
  ...we could see the smoke column for two blocks. She had just topped off both tanks. -- Stephen Steele Chillicothe OH '91 Caravelle Hans '84...
• Re: Dometic fridge works out of the van, but not in it.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 1 Aug 2011 23:37:47 -0400
  ...I verified 11" > water column using a home-built manometer. Condensation drain is closed. > > I have cleaned a bit of accumulated dust from the...
• Re: Propex heater or regulator
  Historical mailing list - Clint Carson
  Thu, 25 Nov 2010 10:25:58 -0800
  ...Propex heater or regulator I would caution messing about with regulator adjustment without having a water-column gauge handy. The fact that it had...
• Where is it?
  Historical mailing list - tbill
  Thu, 19 Jun 1997 22:48:29 -0500
  ...I read on here that the o2 sensor reset button is somewhere close to the steering column. Took off cover, can't find it...
• Re: curtains dividing front from rear...
  Historical mailing list - Ty Graham
  Tue, 2 Dec 2003 21:04:19 -0800
  ...My vanagon is a carat w the center column ac venting... so that means the curtain divider (dividing front compartment from rear compartment) sold...
• Re: go westy package came and...
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:10:39 -0500
  ...time..and it appears to be coming down the >drivers window column . I managed to unplug it while fishing the new >antennae cable up...
• Re: Bad plastic(s)
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Thu, 3 Feb 2011 08:07:49 -0500
  ...However, I observe brittle and > damaged plastics in this list of parts: > > Steering column cowl > Map pockets > Heater control panel (the molding that holds...
• Re: eurovan steering wheel
  Historical mailing list - Todd
  Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:13:06 -0700
  ...fitting issues - lined up with the plastic trim on the steering column with no rubbing or anything. It was just as if I removed...
• Re: My Aux. batt. 'glitch' is fixed/Sony stereo
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Fri, 9 Nov 2007 13:17:44 -0700
  ...into the power supply wires, put it next to the > steering column under the dash, and no more low coach battery..No bright > light...
• Re: head lamp relay upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Randy Charrette
  Mon, 29 Mar 2004 02:26:15 +0000
  ...Because this is how it's worded: <STRONG>Remove the plastic cover from the underside of the steering column, two screws and spring clipped...
• Re: Aux battery hookup
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Perry
  Tue, 26 May 2015 11:59:46 +0000
  ...It taps into the wiring in the steering column > then to switch, from switch it goes to always on power and remote power. I...
• Vanagon ignition
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Mon, 12 Sep 2016 23:12:49 +0000
  ...You'll need to remove the clamshell housing around the steering column and anything in the way of the housing. In line with the...
• Heater/coolant hoses
  Historical mailing list - Dave M
  Mon, 7 May 2001 13:27:00 +0100
  ...Do I really have to remove the steering column and dashboard. I am hoping not. Also, all the plastic pipe I saw at ACE...
• Re: horn whacky again
  Historical mailing list - Marc
  Tue, 15 Jul 2003 17:01:19 -0400
  ...I know there's supposed to be a brown ground wire that connects at the bottom of the steering column associated with the horn...
• Re: looking for a tool to pressure test my coolant system
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 3 Jun 2005 13:30:42 EDT
  ...reliable information -- you'd do better to hack together a mercury column. George * To gut the pressure cap, pick out the sealing ring then...
• Re: Ignition Switch Procedure?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 16 Apr 2006 18:00:43 -0700
  ...1 Remove steering wheel - 24mm socket required 2 Remove plastic around steering column - Phillips screw driver 3 Remove the wires from the wipers, signals...
• Re: SMART Keys and kill switches, fuel pump timer
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Mon, 23 Apr 2007 10:24:37 -0700
  There is an auto alarm company that has a wireless proximity sensor you hide under the dash or plastic of the steering column cover...
• Re: Steering Wheel Adust/Horn sounds
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:37:38 -0700
  ...I can't recall the exact anatomy of the steeering column right not, but the scraping could be the ring or contact, debris in...
• Re: Engine running COLD
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 13 Feb 2011 19:01:57 -0600
  ...is a manual switch installed (which is installed on the steering column) to turn on the radiator fan manually. In a parts box in...
• Help! Electrical issue I need to solve in <3 hours!
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Robinson
  Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:32:16 -0700
  ...I just pulled the steering column cover and was investigating the lack of wipers (they haven't been working for a long time), but...