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• Re: loose sliding window locks
  Historical mailing list - Caston/Payne
  Thu, 10 Feb 2000 21:19:12 -0500
  At 7:14 PM -0700 2/10/2000, BILL wrote: >Your spring loaded latch has a flat tip screw at the bottom of it...
• lock keying
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Wed, 5 Sep 2001 13:07:01 -0500
  ...Your locks can be rekeyed to match. It is not really a do-it-yourself project, as you need new wafers to match to...
• addtional fuse locations on fuse box??
  Historical mailing list - Sean Hyde
  Mon, 5 Aug 2002 08:50:18 -0700
  ...20 amp - main fuse for aux heater >20 amp - central door locks >20 amp - automatic fuse for power windows Can anyone tell me which...
• Re: Replacing driver's door wiring
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 18 Mar 2005 18:13:54 -0600
  ...of the wires > running through the > driver's door (windows, speaker, locks, and mirrors). Close to 200K > miles of opening > and closing have weakened...
• Re: Suggestions for removing locking gas cap w/o key
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 18 Sep 2005 03:35:15 -0700
  On 9/17/05, Conrad Klahn <conradk@mac.com> wrote: > > > <snip> << I have no problem pulling the locks, but need suggestions for removing a...
• remote keyless power locks - suggestions
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Sun, 2 Jul 2006 10:33:59 -0700
  Hi, I'm going to add remote keyless - at one point I was going to add an alpine alarm that had this, just looked...
• That pesky rear hatch lock!
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Mon, 8 Dec 2008 16:02:50 -0800
  What's its secret? Sometimes it locks when I lock the front door, and other times it doesn't lock requiring me to lock...
• Re: Camper Roof rack questions..
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Tue, 24 Jun 2003 12:12:16 -0500
  ...I modified the clasping part of the tower (shortened it 3/4") and use locks on them and the fork mount so everything's...
• Re: Keys
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Fri, 14 Aug 2015 16:00:30 -0700
  ...the only number I see except for the handle part number. Locksmith says that 4 digit number is not enough. Should have at least...
• 1988 prices put 1995 prices in perspective
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 4 Jan 1996 23:50:47 -0700
  ...heated exterior mirrors, $180. >Power package with power front windows & door locks including > side door and rear hatch, $450. >Cruise control, $220. This adds...
• Re: wanted Vanagon Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Sat, 07 Jun 1997 09:29:12 -0700
  ...1989 Syncro, air, pwr/win, pwr/locks, cruise ctrl, pwr/mirrors, 99k miles, 1 owner VERY clean Westfalia camper $18,000 (blue) Ron -- /\_/\ ____ Ron...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Steve/ ChildHeart
  Tue, 1 Dec 1998 09:36:00 -0800
  ...auto, great bed, fold-down table, a/c, nice stereo, alloys, power window, door locks, mirrors, great rubber. It's in PERFECT condition, and...
• Westfalias For Sale in Ca.
  Historical mailing list - - Roy I. Mathers
  Tue, 11 May 1999 09:00:43 -0700
  ...1991 VW Westfalia, White ,auto,air, power windows,door locks,cruise control,amfm casette 59k original mileage, one owner, van ,runs,drives look near...
• FW: Window chrome molding
  Historical mailing list - jeff crane
  Thu, 4 May 2000 20:39:37 -0400
  ...That chrome trim piece you speak of is actually the "locking bead", because it "locks" the rubber molding tight against the body channel and...
• westy water tank
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Thu, 9 Mar 2000 14:01:51 -0600
  ...Your local locksmith should be able to do it (Ilco 1092C is the correct key blank) or I can make them if someone wants...
• Re: '86 Vanagon West Camper
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:25:36 -0700
  ...It locks into place in the cabinet so it travels well and free's up floor space. Great fridge. bob
• Re: what's an '80 L worth?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 18 Mar 2006 14:20:40 EST
  ...get off? bolt on engine parts, marker light > lenses, grill fascia, locks, door panels (though not great), computer, > starter, ...maybe a couple hundred to...
• How do you re-key steering lock cylinder?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 26 Jan 2007 23:04:24 -0800
  ...Please do not say, "take it to your locksmith". =) I quite familiar with that process already. I would like to be able to do...
• Re: Recommended "Club" Type Security Device for Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Wed, 20 Dec 2006 23:34:31 +0000
  ...Chris Paquette <cxp36@YAHOO.COM> > I'd be interested to hear recommendations on a "Club" type security device - > the type of thing one locks...
• I'm about to buy VW LT 4x4 - anyone with exepience with these?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 7 Jan 2007 05:59:18 -0800
  ...There is about 160.000km on it, front and rear differential locks, five speed, power steering, seating for seven and a straight six 2...
• <syncro> vac. reservoir probs/fix
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Thu, 25 Jun 1998 11:53:42 -0300
  Hi Syncronauts, Both diff locks refused to come on last weekend when needed, in the middle of a grassy bog. No vacuum to dash...
• Re: Syncro and Long Trip w/o Front Drive Shaft?
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 13 Apr 1999 10:38:35 -0300
  ...Should one not be able to tell IMMEDIATELY if the front VC locks up just by seeing of the front tires 'scrub' in a...
• Re: Diff locks on 2WD Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Mon, 19 Jul 1999 16:15:37 -0400
  ...Not worth the effort! Axle locks don't work like most people think. Yes you get more traction, but only in a straight line...
• Re: cornucopia of questions
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Thu, 30 May 2002 07:57:14 -0600
  ...The power locks work great except that the driver's side > behaves erratically. If the passenger locks/unlocks his/her door, the > driver's...
• Re: Brake locks up in reverse
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 27 May 2012 16:54:08 -0700
  ...Brake locks up in reverse >>>> >>>> Hi to all, >>>> I have no idea why, but when I put it in reverse it soon locks up...
• Camping co-op? Westfalia Working Group?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 22 Jul 1997 10:05:00 -0600
  ...Unfortunately, most of the, "I'm hitting the road," messages seem to be done just before the traveler logs-off and locks the front...
• Re: Lemon ? Advice, opinion�
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 25 Jun 1997 19:57:35 -0400 (EDT)
  ...They had the more desireable 2.1 litre engines and the later the model, the better the interior features such as power door locks...
• Re: westy water tank
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Davis
  Wed, 8 Jul 1998 10:04:14 -0700
  ...Where is the best place to > get a new one, a locksmith? I'd rather not have to buy the entire new > unit. Thanks...
• Re: Front diff lock revisited.
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 5 Sep 1999 22:39:43 +0200
  ...Now I'm happy, both diff locks work, and the Van is one step closer to getting ready for the winter. PerL 87 Syncro...
• Re: Wanted: Water tank key
  Historical mailing list - Todd Kaderabek
  Tue, 2 May 2000 08:33:06 -0400
  ...from the side of the bus and take it into a locksmith to have a key made, (a bit of work and probably cost...
• Epoxy/Filler Seam Rust Fix Info?
  Historical mailing list - Lee Roesner
  Thu, 13 Sep 2001 09:06:08 -0600
  ...Lee http://www.por15.com/preventrustpaint.html#POR-15StarterKits > I searched the archives but my computer locks up during the search. Could > someone please...
• Re: Westy Window Install
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Tue, 15 Oct 2002 07:11:02 -0600
  ...slide it to the left. >> There is a little "tit" that locks the screen all the way to the front. >> If you lift it...
• Re: Breaking into a vanagon? How do you lock the keys in?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Fri, 16 Apr 2004 07:21:52 -0400
  ...This is sutch a stupid thing, I took the door locks apart and altered them to lock, without the key. Eric Jack wrote: >With...
• Re: Key code on door lock?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Wed, 17 Nov 2004 13:13:16 -0700
  ...If the handles were aftermarket replacements that came without tumblers then they may be blank unless a locksmith etched in the key number from...
• Central Locks--driver's side actuator
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sun, 12 Feb 2006 12:01:16 -0800
  Does anyone have any idea how much the driver's side door lock actuator runs? I've checked several vendors, but no one seems...
• Re: drivers door lock Re: For the Newbies - Vanagon secrets revealed
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Tue, 29 Aug 2006 09:25:05 -0700
  ...Rather than making the person who locks the > key in the car, piss off, VW figured it was better to make > everyone upset all...
• Re: Locking Gas Cap
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:17:40 -0400
  ...I've "Heard" that replacement caps that use the ignition key really don't have locks at all and that anything flat inserted will...
• Re: Steve's Lock Shoppe
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Wed, 25 Jul 2007 16:37:50 -0700
  ...I can still be reached at > vwcarlocks@hotmail.com. > Steve Sandlin, Registered Locksmith > '84 Wolfsburg Westy > '79 Bus > '00 New Beetle > > _________________________________________________________________ > http://imagine-windowslive...
• Re: Keys, locks and Steve Sandlin the Locksmith Guy
  Historical mailing list - Kw
  Sat, 28 Oct 2000 11:23:32 -0700
  I was asked to share the door lock cylinder washing technique that Steve coached me on. 0. Order new door handle seals now, so...
• Re: Nice thing about vanagon keys
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:51:07 -0400
  ...I also rekeyed the ignition cylinder and trunk cylinder to match the door locks by simply moving the internal tumblers around to make them...
• Re: Found an old key...
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 26 Aug 2014 05:52:22 -0500
  ...of vanagons etc. > > I've not had any problem getting a locksmith to make a copy of a vanagon > key eithe, though I don...
• Power lock amperage
  Historical mailing list - Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski
  Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:39:54 -0600
  ...Other than the radio and interior lights, the only other thing that draws measurable amperage when off is the Power door locks. A test...
• FS: '87 GL Body
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Mon, 17 Aug 1998 21:05:41 EDT
  ...power steering rack and pump, air conditioning system, power mirrors and door locks, rear window washer, rear axles, clutch hydraulic cylinders, glass, wheels and...
• side door problem
  Historical mailing list - Peter Johnson
  Fri, 10 Aug 2001 08:21:12 -0700
  Good Morning All, Last eve I found that the sliding side door on my 85 Westy GL no longer 'locks' in the wide open...
• Power Door Lock Problem
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Mon, 4 Aug 2003 05:42:04 -0700
  My driver's side door locks automatically as soon as it is closed, from inside or out. It will not open unless I turn...
• sliding door lock cylinder stuck
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Fri, 20 Feb 2004 14:04:57 -0600
  ...Steve Sandlin, Registered Locksmith http://www.steveslockshop.com '84 Wolfsburg Westy, '79 Transporter, '00 New Beetle _________________________________________________________________ Find and compare great deals on Broadband access...
• Re: Is your Vanagon "alarmed"?
  Historical mailing list - Jaap Nauta
  Sun, 21 Mar 2004 19:30:16 +0100
  ...the van back! After repairing the damage and changing the door-locks (you could open the old ones with your finger nail) I added...
• Re: Rocker arm question
  Historical mailing list - -------------
  Fri, 13 Oct 2006 13:28:56 -0400
  The only difference is the nut and the thread screw it locks in place. This thread is a larger size.... Mike Collum wrote: > FWIW...
• Re: Fuse confusion - in Los Angeles!
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Fri, 27 Apr 2007 17:44:05 -0700
  Sorry - 1990 Westy, automatic, AC, power windows, locks, etc. I live in North Hollywood (Los Angeles) CA. We have the Bentley and the user...
• Re: rear hatch panel clip removal on 90 Carat
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Sun, 2 Oct 2005 09:34:48 EDT
  ...Thanks Mom !?! :o) This squeezes the clip locks, & Ta Da, out they pop. They are very brittle though, & you may well break a few...
• Re: Heater repair
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Sun, 10 Jan 2016 15:47:29 -0500
  ...and find and > repair the broken wire or the power door locks. Then on to draining the > coolant and attacking the heater box. Certainly...
• Re: Inner tie rod
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 7 Feb 2015 12:34:50 -0800
  ...Try a rag and channel locks (big ones). The key is to grab it where if you do make some gouges in the surface...
• Re: Carat rear hatch lock fails to unlock with key
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:48:21 -0500
  ...33 PM, Jim Lieb wrote: > There is a write up on locks on the go-westy site. > > http://www.gowesty.com/library_article.php...
• Re: Corrado Powered Westy Syncro - For Sale
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 29 May 1996 18:41:09 -0700
  ...89,000 total miles, 5 speed, diff lock, power door locks, >PW, UNGO Alarm system, $4000 stereo! Centra 15" wheels, 225R75 tires, Now here...
• Re: Pagining Sandlin was Re: replacing lock cylinders + ignitionswitch
  Historical mailing list - shawn luft
  Thu, 24 Apr 2003 13:30:40 -0400
  ...argh!) > > Anyway I can't access steve's website but would like to get locks changed and > sounds like steve might be just the...
• Re: What did a new Syncro Westy sell for in 1991???
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 17 Apr 2003 19:16:27 -0400
  ...It did not have the $600 power package, (power mirrors, windows, and locks). After the dealer couldn't sell it for 5 months, I...
• Re: Replacing driver's door wiring
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 18 Mar 2005 20:18:39 EST
  ...of the wires running > through the > driver's door (windows, speaker, locks, and mirrors). Close to 200K miles > of opening > and closing have weakened...
• Re: adding central locking -- SWAP DOORS and HATCH?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Sep 2006 01:51:44 EDT
  ...This would give me power > windows/locks/mirrors and fresh(er) rubber. Downside would be a likely > color mismatch and some wiring headaches. > > front...
• Re: '88 Vanagon FS in Maine $500 its a Wolfsburg Edition (Carat)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 12 May 2008 00:57:43 EDT
  ...it has the jumpseats, side table, power mirrors, full fiberglass bodykit, alloys, sofabed, possibly power windows and power locks and cruise.... its worth a...
• Re: FS: NOS front door, sliding door, rear hatch, & ignition lock cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:37:50 -0500
  ...handles w/o keys ($40 each) SOLD OUT > > 5 rear hatch locks w/ matching ignition lock w/ 2 keys each ($60 each > set) > > 1...