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• a question or two..
  Historical mailing list - Charlie Callahan
  Fri, 22 Mar 1996 02:13:19 +0000
  ...One of my control cables has snapped right at the space-shuttle-compexity a/c control, thereby creating colder conditions than my Beetle .. It...
• Re: waterboxer overhaul
  Historical mailing list - John
  Mon, 13 Sep 1999 19:24:38 -0400
  Bj�rn Ratjen wrote: > > > >2) The Digifant control module would need special information like a > >"MAP" sensor to accurately fuel a turbo-charged engine...
• Hall control unit failure, was: Quantum no-start problem solved( no Vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 2 Nov 1999 07:12:15 -0500
  ...That got me thinking about two things, the coil, it was OK, and the Hall control unit, it was bad. Does anyone know what...
• Re: Rear Seat Heater Core Control Valve needed
  Historical mailing list - Greg S
  Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:26:08 -0400
  ...Core had been replaced by something from another vehicle and the control > valve is not there. > I am wondering if anyone has a used...
• Re: heater control knob
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 24 Dec 2001 09:31:10 -0500
  ...VW wanted to sell >more heater control levers ! I have been successful in gluing them back Warm them first with a hair dryer through...
• Re: heater control knob
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 12:15:51 -0500
  At 11:28 AM 12/27/2001, Todd Last wrote: >Dart 330 wrote: > > > The knob on the end of the heater control lever broke...
• Re: Squeaky upper control arm bushings
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Sun, 9 Jun 2002 12:13:25 -0500
  ...tried drilling, taping and putting a grease fitting on the upper control arm bushings to stop the squeak? Do you drill thru the rubber...
• a fuel pump relay story
  Historical mailing list - brian j
  Thu, 12 Aug 2004 13:43:29 -0700
  a year after my Hall Control unit adventure, my van started doing the same thing again - occasionaly when I hit a bump, the motor...
• Re: To weld or not to weld upper control arm bushings..
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Fri, 24 Sep 2004 00:54:04 -0500
  ...Al Brase 69 doublecab, Vanagons jesse johnson wrote: > Hey all, > Is it necessary to tack weld in the upper control arm bushings back in...
• Re: Control Arm Bushing Squeak?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 28 Dec 2005 10:58:05 -0500
  ...Do know that sway bar bushings can squeek too,and may be the problem.Upper control arm bushing is more expensive than difficult. You...
• Re: Can Anyone Identify This "Thing"?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:07:11 -0600
  Wondering if this is part of an aftermarket cruise control. In about '91, maybe '93 there was a recall on cruise controls and some...
• Re: Oil dipstick pushed out of the tube
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Fri, 3 Oct 2008 22:36:17 -0400
  ...oil control' to be 100 % related. > You can have pretty good compression in a compression sometimes, yet not > have great oil control, > 'specially on...
• Hand control camper for sale
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 11 Sep 2014 08:58:09 -0700
  We are all getting older: http://bellingham.craigslist.org/cto/4654407335.html Stuart
• I need three black plastic heater control levers...
  Historical mailing list - Phil
  Sun, 21 Nov 2010 15:16:13 -0800
  For my '89 Wolfie. Broke mine. Thanks, Phil in Bakersfield
• thermostatic control models too,
  Historical mailing list - Radish150
  Thu, 1 Feb 2001 18:23:46 -0800
  any reason these could not be installed? mark... http://www.strikemaster.com/home.html
• Re: Ball Joint Replacement Time
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 21 Nov 2005 19:22:43 -0500
  Sorry bout that. I was talking about control arm bushings. You need 4
• Re: Solar Package Link Needed
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Tue, 2 Jun 2015 20:50:00 -0500
  ...149 buck kit http://www.windynation.com/Monocrystalline-Solar-Kits/WindyNation-Inc/100-Watt-Monocrystalline-Solar-Panel-and-Charge-Controller-12-Volt-Battery-Charger...
• Re: Idle issues
  Historical mailing list - Steven Mills
  Sun, 17 May 2020 10:43:31 -0500
  ...The controller is a current limiting device and the valve operation is based on duty cycle. It is fairly common for the controllers to...
• Re: AC Controls
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 18 May 2008 00:09:36 -0700
  ...AC Controls >> 1990 was the first year of the dash-mounted a/c controls. >> i know 1988 had overhead controls cause i had one...
• Re: DPO's cablemania
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:05:18 -0800
  There are 2 cables from dash to rear that control the heat flaps in the heater boxes at engine. They terminated at the dash...
• Re: Pfft, boring ;-) was:Styled Cockpit FISH
  Historical mailing list - MacLachlan, Bill
  Mon, 21 Oct 2002 10:01:43 -0700
  ...TWO stalks on the left side of the steering column? Is that upper one a cruise control/MFA control stalk? Seats look comfy (and...
• Re: The "Other" Vanagon Syndrome, Part II
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 29 Sep 2003 15:38:44 -0400
  ...The car spends most of its time going 70 mph on flat ground, often on cruise control, with the throttle moving in a very...
• Chris Turner's accident, was Buses By the Depot 2009
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 6 Oct 2009 15:16:44 -0400
  ...IT IS EASIER TO KEEP PAIN UNDER CONTROL THAN STOP IT ONCE IT'S ESTABLISHED. It's been demonstrated that patients with self-controlled...
• Engine dieing after coasting.. solved! Thanks
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 29 Sep 2018 09:37:23 -0700
  ...Quite a few people responded with ideas, ..many of them things already on "my list" ....but one nailed it with a faulty idle control...
• Re: Upper control arm bushings, replacement question
  Historical mailing list - PSD
  Sun, 9 Nov 2014 17:08:01 -0500
  ...Upper control arm bushings, replacement question 84 vanagon. Is there an alternative to spot welding the bushing shell to keep it from spinning? Maybe...
• Re: High beams not working-lighting upgrades!
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 21 Nov 2013 09:58:25 -0800
  ...Mark JRodgers wrote: > Agreed - but that silly switch controls it all! > > John > > On 11/21/2013 11:20 AM, mark drillock wrote: >> on Vanagons...
• '85 Ignition Control Unit
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:42:51 -0700
  ...I'm now pretty sure it's the ignition control unit. The thing is, BD lists 2 different part numbers (211905351 and 191905351), and...
• Re: What does heater lever do?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 07 Feb 1997 13:16:37 +0200
  ...It controls the amount of coolant flow into the radiator. Check the cable if it itself or its plastic shielding are broken. I found...
• Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - Joyce and Bruce
  Sat, 4 Sep 1999 09:18:12 -0400
  I have had a problem with my cruise control on my 1990 VW Camper. It is intermittent and sometimes works just fine. When it...
• high idle/idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - John Silverman
  Thu, 28 Oct 1999 20:14:33 -0600
  ...How do I know if I need an idle stabilizer control valve (which I think is the valve on top of the engine) versus...
• Re: Mystery Box
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 25 Mar 2001 16:45:59 -0600
  ...Thanks! > > Dave Baker > 85 Westy Sure looks like the control module for the Cruise control servo that you found in the engine compartment. Great...
• Re: Squeaky upper control arm bushings
  Historical mailing list - dneu
  Thu, 13 Jun 2002 15:12:11 -0700
  ...I took off the connection to the upper ball joint so I could move the control arm around and sure enough that's the...
• Re: cruise control speedometer sensor
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 26 Oct 2004 06:23:23 -0500
  ...John Rodgers 88 GL Driver jbange wrote: > Anyone know where to find an OEM-style cruise control speedometer sensor? > Building a trip computer and...
• cruise control
  Historical mailing list - Mervyn Readman
  Tue, 4 Dec 2007 09:31:38 -0500
  I have a 90 Carat that has lost it's cruise control. It started a good while back with it jumping out of cruise...
• WTB: BA-6 Dash Control unit
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:45:33 -0500
  ...vanagon for the next 8 weeks and have discovered that the control unit (on-off switch) in the dash has come apart and is...
• Re: Issue w/ 90 Euro spec doka heating levers
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Wed, 26 Jun 2013 10:39:41 -0700
  ...Right is more. >> >> The second lever controls air temperature (including the side vents >> on later ones). Right is hotter. >> >> The third lever controls airflow...
• Re: HOWTO: Audiovox cruise control install experience
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Mon, 14 Jun 1999 13:38:21 -0700
  ...I haven't experienced it with my current cruise control, but I did experience it with the previous one on long mountain descents. 3...
• Re: WTB: Injector Driver Module
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:06:50 -0700
  ...It's the injector control > unit, or injector driver unit, aka ECU and I got one coming from Mark > Drillock. > > > -- > Jack "Rocket j Squirrel...
• Re: Need info on overhead A/C
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Mon, 22 Nov 2004 13:16:25 -0800
  The A/C controls are on the dash of my '87 camper, it's factory installed according to the window sticker. Tim --- Jeffrey Schwaia...
• Re: Galley lighting addition
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sun, 29 Jun 2014 08:54:05 -0700
  ...I recommend the little controller from superbrite led, the controller that looks like a iPod shuffle. >>>> >>>> Alistair >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Jun 25, 2014, at 7:50...
• Re: Cold weather issue - super high idle
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 14 Nov 2023 07:49:04 -0500
  ...However the >> new ECU itself controls it, the separate idle control unit add on for >> Digifant is not there. >> >> Dennis >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Vanagon...
• Re: Is THIS the "boxer" transplant we've been waiting for?
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Wed, 7 Mar 2018 20:28:02 +0100
  ...If that´s not a boxer, what is? The second crankshaft seems cheaper than a whole valvetrain with its variable controls. Just put the...
• Re: Jump on this one!
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Tue, 31 Oct 2006 08:42:56 -0500
  ...I don't disagree rust can be controlled and kept to a minimum but no rust is ridiculous and a very telling sign of...
• Re: Blinking stops, relay out ...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 6 Nov 2008 12:33:48 -0500
  ...If they don't succeed, you have a bad controller or an open circuit in the wiring from sensor to controller. Cheers, David >Zoltan...
• Re: Westy Dometic 12 volt thermostatic control ?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 17 Feb 2014 18:47:40 -0800
  ...Years back someone came up with a procedure to add thermostatic control >> to the Dometic when it is running on 12 volts. Does anyone...
• Upper Control Arm Nut Grade Matter?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:39:47 -0700
  ...Am replacing upper control arm bushings. Nut on driver side shaft was tortured by PO. Was able to save threads on shaft, ("whew") with...
• Re: Anyone with a Remote Control Lock?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Wed, 24 Nov 1999 10:46:39 -0800
  ...Mark Keller Stuart wrote: > My '90 vanagon has power door locks. > On the sliding door, is a large lock assembly called > the Remote Control...
• Re: (no subject)
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Fri, 16 Nov 2001 14:36:54 -0800
  ...Mine vibrated loose and voila, no cruise control. bmc :) "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel...." > From: Mervyn Readman <Themervino...
• Re: To weld or not to weld upper control arm bushings..
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Wed, 22 Sep 2004 18:39:42 -0600
  ...Hey all, > Is it necessary to tack weld in the upper control arm bushings back in > as per bentley? or will the bolt hold...
• Moving a suspension-less vehicle(lvc)
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 18 May 2007 05:35:59 -0500
  ...I have an 87 Audi 4kq up on jackstands and missing its control arms, strut towers etc. and have a gentlemen interested in purchasing...
• FW: Pressing Lower Control Arm Bushings
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:23:53 +0000
  ...Pressing Lower Control Arm Bushings Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:09:24 +0000 By far the toughest bushing of the whole suspension to...
• Bottom slider of the heater vent panel?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 13 May 2008 15:12:48 -0700
  ...It is supposed to be controlling the rear overhead vents, right? But does it really? Or is it something like the heater control on...
• Re: AC Controls
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Sun, 18 May 2008 09:55:35 +0200
  ...Found an 89 on thesamba that has AC controls on the dash. Oh > well. > > I did, however, find this interesting 89 for sale: > <http...
• 85'Westy stove troubles
  Historical mailing list - Bill Berg
  Thu, 14 Jul 2016 11:39:33 -0500
  Anyone have a source or cure for leaky left stove-top control valve. thanks, Bill
• Re:
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 10 Apr 2012 05:07:42 -0700
  Mr Patterson is moderated until he gets his mail back under control. Jim Arnott List Admin vanagon@gerry
• Query...
  Historical mailing list - Phil Baird
  Sat, 27 Mar 2010 18:35:20 -0700
  Can an aftermarket cruise control be added to a '91 Vanagon with automatic transmission? Thanks..Phil in Bakersfield
• Looking for...
  Historical mailing list - Scott McDonell
  Mon, 20 Apr 1998 17:00:24 -0600
  Looking for.... Right-hand rearview mirror, heated and remote control. Paulchen rack. For 1986 Syncro GL. Thanks!
• Re: No spark
  Historical mailing list - Shawn
  Sun, 23 Jul 2000 18:23:36 -0500
  John, Thanks for the info, But i thought that was a fuel injection control unit. Shawn
• Re: aftermarket cruise (rostra) to VW stalk switch
  Historical mailing list - Bike Florida
  Sat, 14 Aug 2004 19:04:26 -0400
  Anxiously awaiting your install notes. I desperately need cruise control. Jerry
• Re: Heater control cables - '82 Diesel
  Historical mailing list - John Haugland
  Sun, 21 Nov 2004 13:57:33 EST
  cables you can get new as well at the bus depot I believe