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Need part number (steering column trim upper)
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Wed, 10 Aug 2005 01:39:10 -0400
...I'm looking for the part number for the upper steering column trim...but the trick here is that I want the one with...
Re: horn beeps when i turn the steering wheel???
Historical mailing list
Wed, 11 May 2005 23:54:16 EDT
...just the brown gound wire you see at the bottom of the steering column, coming off that spade terminal off the column base? chris
Re: . . . & Those Damn Shear Bolts
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 22 Mar 2001 10:28:08 -0500
Dropping the column allows you to drill the hole into the steering lock assembly so you can remove the lock cylinder. You can remove...
Re: tilt steering column???
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Tue, 25 Sep 2001 19:29:15 -0700
...tilt steering column??? Has anyone else tried to fit a Golf/Jetta tilt steering column into a Vanagon? I'm gonna try it. The...
Government MPG ratings site
Historical mailing list - Jack R.
Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:32:16 -0500
...http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/calculatorCompareSideBySide.jsp?column=1 <http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/calculatorCompareSideBySide.jsp?column=1&id= 8423> &id=8423 There are...
Re: Steering wheel locked after replacing blower motor
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 20 May 2011 22:12:01 -0400
...I did not unfasten the ignition switch from the steering column >when I swapped the blower motor. All I meant was that when you...
Re: Steering column cover (Friday whining)
Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
Mon, 31 Jul 2000 22:36:13 PDT
...Maybe you are thin-skinned! > >you should try banging your knee on the steering column if the plastic >cover >is NOT there! "OWEEE" > >Karl...
Re: Power steering leak !!? Nope CLUTCH!!
Historical mailing list - Brandt Milczewski
Tue, 14 Mar 2000 16:39:34 +0000
...Hanlon" wrote: > BM, > > Is the steering column wet? Have you removed the two screws which hold > the cover over the steering column, just below...
Re: replacing ignition switch
Historical mailing list - Charles McGehee
Fri, 15 Jun 2001 16:18:42 -0700
...In order to get the lock assembly back on the steering column he calls for a using a clamp (identified as VW tool 267a...
Re: silly little question about the basics...removing plate over the horn on ...
Historical mailing list
Wed, 25 Jul 2007 02:21:22 EDT
...its probably a bad ground on the brown wire that runs down your steering column. put the vw emblem back into your steering wheel...
Re: removing dash w/o steering column
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Mon, 17 Jun 2002 11:48:39 -0400
...Do I really > have to take off the steering column in order to take the top off the dash? No -- in fact you shouldn...
Re: Steering wheel locked after replacing blower motor
Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
Fri, 20 May 2011 15:48:05 -0600
...So when the time came to reattach the steering column it took quite an effort to torque the column back to its original position...
needed steering column cover
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Sun, 21 May 2017 14:13:55 -0400
Hi listers, When fixing my front washer pump I was very careful with my brown steering column cover. Despite that it seems to be...
Re: Fridge problem... which thing is malfunctioning?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sun, 17 May 2015 02:48:25 -0400
At 09:02 PM 5/16/2015, Keith Hughes wrote: >Turn the propane on, and measure the difference in height of the >water columns...
Re: Steering Column bolts again
Historical mailing list - Joe L.
Sat, 26 Feb 2000 20:14:33 -0500
...Steering Column bolts again Sorry to bother the list again with my problems. My blower motor sits, awaiting an answer to the latest problem...
Re: Frydaye Follies
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:28:00 -0500
...The original column has a half-page introduction > and > some additional definitions, so I recommend you try to obtain that > issue of > R&T...
can't get ignition switch housing off steering column
Historical mailing list - Scott Wilson
Wed, 9 Oct 2002 06:43:17 -0700
...the point that i just pull the housing off the steering column, at which point it will not just come off. im just trying...
Re: ISO Upper Steering Column Housing
Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
Sun, 13 Sep 2020 10:03:21 -0600
...is it missing or broken? > https://www.brickwerks.co.uk/steering-column-cover-t3-upper-black-for-switch.html > > if broken you could repair...
Re: Looking for dash removal procedure
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Wed, 8 Jul 2009 21:02:57 -0500
...Remove steering column surround > Remove shear bolts holding steering column to dash > Loosen (do not remove) lower bolts holding steering column to chassis > Remove...
Re: Shear Bolts/Steering column
Historical mailing list - EMZ
Mon, 9 Aug 1999 12:18:40 -0400
...infestation, what is the best way to remove > the shear bolts from the steering column? The repair manual says to drill > out? > > Scott Curtis >
Lost Vanagon Key
Historical mailing list - Robert Young
Wed, 11 Jul 2001 23:20:37 -0400
...Has anyone tried to drill through the steering column like Bentley says to get the key lock out? With the lock out of the...
Re: A radical idea
Historical mailing list - Timothy Lee Harrison
Mon, 10 Dec 2001 21:06:15 +0000
...Additionally, you can replace the > torsion bolts on the steering column with normal bolts which makes "torsion bolts" ??? is this what they're called...
Re: SHEAR bolts/steering column / We got Us a Horse Race
Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
Fri, 24 Oct 2003 15:40:22 +0000
...if you take out the two shear-headed bolts, the >bolt on the column bracket, and remove the steering wheel the whole column >tube...
Re: James May on westies
Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
Wed, 19 May 2010 10:35:34 -0400
...Owsianowski wrote: > > Couldn't get that link, but found this one: > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/columnists/jamesmay/7652453/Happiness-is-a-camper...
Re: "thing" on steering column
Historical mailing list
Thu, 13 Feb 1997 13:19:59 -0500 (EST)
In a message dated 97-02-12 22:34:09 EST, you write: > I've looked int the "thing" on the steering column and...
Wanted to buy: grey stove knob and black cover under steering column
Historical mailing list - mathew Bennett
Tue, 18 Mar 2003 12:18:42 -0500
...and the black cover (plastic) that screws/clips under the steering column on an '87 Westy.  Anyone have either (or both) of these...
Re: SHEAR bolts/steering column / We got Us a Horse Race
Historical mailing list - George Goff
Thu, 23 Oct 2003 15:17:42 EDT
...if you take out the two shear-headed bolts, the bolt on the column bracket, and remove the steering wheel the whole column tube...
Re: Spare tire location
Historical mailing list - Gene P
Sat, 3 Apr 2021 11:47:03 -0700
...Just make sure that you have not changed the breakaway bolts in your steering column either. Stacy
NO HORN
Historical mailing list - James Flanigan
Wed, 12 Jul 2000 09:34:25 EST
...The steering column is no longer a good ground. If I jump a wire from the steering column (or the nut holding the steering...
Re: 84 dash fit in 87? 91 to 85?
Historical mailing list - John C...
Wed, 3 Sep 2003 09:22:14 EDT
...my > biggest concern is the dash and steering column. will an 84 dash and > steering column fit okay into and 87? > thanks > jason > Hi...
Horn gap and column pictures
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 14 Apr 2011 19:05:37 -0400
>On the top of the column tube is the steering lock assembly, >containing the upper ball bearing supporting the upper column. This >acts as...
Re: Re-use Used Steering Coupling Disks? (PICS)
Historical mailing list - neil N
Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:38:43 -0800
...And inside the cab, the lower half of the steering column moves back out of the way. No need to drop the steering column...
Re: Steering. Re: P 48.14 Measurement "a"
Historical mailing list - neil n
Sun, 3 Feb 2013 14:42:54 -0800
...The column tube (the cadmium-plated one with mounting ears on it) is adjustable about half an inch in and out on its mounting...
Re: tilt steering column???
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Tue, 25 Sep 2001 18:08:41 +1200
>Has anyone else tried to fit a Golf/Jetta tilt steering column into a >Vanagon? I'm gonna try it. The splines look the...
Re: Fuel Gauge quit and annoying squeak
Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:34:30 -0800
... a felt collar under the column surrounds ? ... --- On Fri, 11/25/11, george jannini <georgejoann@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > From: george jannini <georgejoann@GMAIL.COM...
EVER HEARD OF SPECIAL STEERING COLUMN GREASE?
Historical mailing list - John Wallace
Thu, 7 Apr 2005 23:51:02 -0500
Dear List members, What I thought was power steering problems appears to be the possiblilty of a tight steering column bearing in the relay...
Re: No Vanagon Content, yet
Historical mailing list - Neil2
Sat, 7 Jun 2008 19:45:10 -0700
...This piece originally appeared in Road & Track, April > 1996 in Peter's column, Side Glances. The original column has a half-page > introduction and...
Re: Scraping steering wheel - not screws
Historical mailing list - Neil Crawford
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:14:38 -0700
...Remove the lower steering column cover and you will > see an allen head bolt that is clamping the ignition switch housing to > the steering...
Re: Looking for dash removal procedure
Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
Wed, 8 Jul 2009 20:11:58 -0700
...Remove steering column surround >> Remove shear bolts holding steering column to dash >> Loosen (do not remove) lower bolts holding steering column to chassis >> Remove...
Re: Need brown lower column steering cover
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:53:34 -0700
...Need brown lower column steering cover > Tom, turns out I don't have it. Good luck! > Miguel > > I have not failed. I've just...
Re: Tires
Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
Fri, 16 Apr 1999 00:15:46 -0400
I'd look on the column of the driver's side door. BOB
cool idea for those adding the upper steering cover w/ switch hole...
Historical mailing list
Wed, 10 Aug 2005 20:45:28 EDT
for those adding the vanagon OEM upper steering column cover w/ switch hole - as to Robert K.'s reminder, the switches that work in...
Fw: Starter Switch Replacement
Historical mailing list - JOHN REYNOLDS
Sun, 29 Apr 2001 22:55:50 -0400
...The Bently says to remove the steering column lock - which I think that they mean the key ignition switch - but I'm not sure...
Re: Lost Vanagon Key
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Wed, 11 Jul 2001 23:50:29 -0400
...Has anyone > tried to drill through the steering column like Bentley says to > get the key > lock out? With the lock out of the...
Re: Steering column
Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
Sat, 17 Aug 2019 12:32:20 -0400
...Took the column off and saw the steering lock protruding. All is good now. Sorry for the panic call. Tom Stone On August 17...
wiper problems
Historical mailing list - Jim Wheaton
Wed, 10 Jan 2001 08:21:35 -0800
...I took off the cowling on the steering column and didn't notice anything unusual (but I am new to this beastie). Any clues...
VW Rotten (Routan) review
Historical mailing list - Todd P Last
Fri, 15 May 2009 11:41:35 -0700
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-neil15-2009may15,0,5216244.column
Re: Messed up Steering column
Historical mailing list
Sun, 07 May 1995 11:29:31 -0700 (MST)
I just read Steve Johnson's story about his steering column. He figures it got damaged by the way he entered the Van, pulling...
Windshield Washer Pump Gremlins 87GL
Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
Sun, 22 Jun 1997 19:29:59 -0500
...1) Washer pump completely silent when column switch pulled 2) 13.28 volts registering at the 2 pin jack to the washer pump when...
Steering Column bolts again
Historical mailing list - Elkavitch, Michael and Diana
Sat, 26 Feb 2000 17:59:43 -0500
...The Breakaway Bolts on the steering column, the upper ones, are not breaking away. If you look in the Bentley manual, you'll see...
Re: removing dash?
Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
Fri, 26 Jul 2002 13:46:37 -0400
...looking at removing the plastic covering the steering column; the headless bolts holding the steering column (which, thanks to the list I know can...
Re: Re-use Used Steering Coupling Disks? (PICS)
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:54:05 -0600
...They will remove the screws from the column mount by >> grabbing and turning. There are no locknuts on the column, just >> breakaway bolts. The...
Re: Part needed
Historical mailing list - Jack R
Sun, 16 Apr 2023 14:18:11 -0400
...Vanagain has both the small and large part of the steering column > new. I purchased one from Jim several years ago and now have...
Re: Steering column cover (Friday whining)
Historical mailing list - Daryl Densford
Sat, 22 Jul 2000 23:28:02 -0400
...Steering column cover (Friday whining) > >Hi List, > > Since it is Friday, i figure i can take the time to curse out >that plastic cover...
Re: Who is the Manager of this list?
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:30:51 -0700
...then cut/paste the list address from the cc: column to the To: column. On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 10:59 PM, Robert...
Horn Brush? in steering column?
Historical mailing list - Joe Seitz
Tue, 17 Apr 2001 09:01:18 -0500
...I diagnosed my horn problem as a poor connection between the steering column electrical connector and the brass ring on the bottom of the...
Re: adjusting rear view mirrors
Historical mailing list - Steve Firebaugh
Mon, 25 Nov 2002 18:04:48 -0800
...Talk" guys have written good column on > one > way to adjust your mirrors. > > http://www.cartalk.cars.com/Columns/mirrors.html > > > Alistair > -- > '82 Westy...
Re: 84 dash fit in 87? 91 to 85?
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Wed, 3 Sep 2003 06:48:46 -0700
...my > biggest concern is the dash and steering column. will an 84 dash and > steering column fit okay into and 87? > thanks > jason > Hi...
Re: Need brown lower column steering cover
Historical mailing list
Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:51:59 EDT
i have a bunch of these in brown or black.. chris
Re: ISO Upper Steering Column Housing
Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
Sun, 13 Sep 2020 11:17:35 -0500
...is it missing or broken? > > https://www.brickwerks.co.uk/steering-column-cover-t3-upper-black-for-switch.html > > > > if broken you could repair...