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• Re: Woody's shear bolts
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Fri, 17 Sep 1999 01:04:30 -0400
  ...Woody's shear bolts > > > Dear Friends, > > The Bentley says to "drill out" the shear bolts on the steering column in > order to disassemble the...
• DIESEL starting and other general questions
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
  Tue, 18 Nov 2003 10:19:12 -0800
  ...operated by a handle located to the right of the steering column, just below the ventilation controls. Mine is a small, round, rubber knob...
• Re: FIXED Re: horn not working after replacing ignition switch?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Fri, 21 Dec 2007 21:36:43 -0500
  ...key on the key ring gets between > the steering wheel and column.....and it makes the horn blow. That'll give > you a little...
• Re: Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 4 Oct 2020 13:00:26 -0700
  ...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: Trying to install headlight relays but wire colors don't match
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:52:11 -0800
  ...find them. > > As directed, I pulled the cover off the steering column and located > the connector for the dimmer/turn signal switch. There are...
• Re: Request Help On Antenna Installation
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 16 Nov 94 17:33:10 AST
  ...right. >If you take the plastic out from around the steering column... You ought >to be able to trace the ant. wire from the...
• Re: a simple question
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 23:00:06 -0800
  ...I tried pressing in on the steering column arm w. the wiper controls and nothing happened. thanks, Paul __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share...
• Re: Any tricks to removing sliding door rail cover?
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 11 Sep 2003 08:49:48 -0700
  ...washer? Is it pushing the washer stick (on the steering wheel column) forward???? > n How to reset clock? Two tiny holes below/under the...
• Re: Will a GTI/Audi steering wheel fit a Westy?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 12 Oct 1998 00:57:09 -0700
  ...with the 4 big horn buttons, mate to the >Vanagon steering column? > >Thought it would make getting in and out easier. Any reasons not...
• Re: high beams not working, 86 Westy
  Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
  Fri, 12 Jan 2001 21:08:52 -0800
  ...Just note down what you're doing, and take care the steering column is fully engaged with the rubber shock absorber at the bottom...
• Last Call
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sun, 9 Sep 2001 12:29:03 -0500
  ...black glove box door Nice black gauge cluster cover Black steering column, with the T/S switch, and wiper switch, with a real nice...
• Re: Electric Power Steering Pumps
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Sun, 12 Oct 2003 13:02:36 -0400
  ...that are integrated with either the steering rack or the steering > column. This won't work for me. I just need a power steering...
• front Bodywork advice wanted for 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Mon, 12 Jul 2004 22:21:28 -0700
  ...The steering linkage broke under the steering column since the accident the vehicle has not been driveable. I was thinking of transplanting the drivers...
• Re: Headlights Still Out
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 15 Oct 2012 23:54:25 -0400
  ...Heater fans, defroster, and radio work normally, so not a generic X-Circuit problem - probably not the steering column key switch, either? I'm...
• Re: Aux battery hookup
  Historical mailing list - Jon VO
  Tue, 26 May 2015 07:42:57 -0600
  ...It taps into the wiring in the steering column >> then to switch, from switch it goes to always on power and remote power. I...
• Re: Copy of: Re: 88 Vanagon with "thing" on steering column??
  Historical mailing list - Peter Larsson
  Wed, 15 Jan 1997 17:34:48 +0100
  Tim Smith wrote: > > >Where were the digital displays mounted for the BBW 46 CDN Eberspacher > >watercooled gas heater? > > > >Hey Tim Smith - you've got...
• Things to be happy about...!!!LVC
  Historical mailing list - Hermann de Boer
  Wed, 19 May 2004 01:38:11 +0000
  ...cracked u-joint in steering column, all new cv- joints. The bills were piling up, and  I have to confess, we doubted&nbsp...
• Re: Aurgh! Vanagon climate controls make me mental
  Historical mailing list - Glen Buhlmann
  Fri, 08 Mar 1996 14:12:32 -0800
  ...For the rear heater there is a 3 speed fan switch next to > the steering column on the right side. This controls the fan...
• Re: No Break Lights
  Historical mailing list - Woodcock, Frank
  Thu, 26 Feb 1998 10:12:03 -0000
  ...It is difficult to see from above so you may wish to remove the steering wheel column cover to get a better look up...
• Re: No heat from my 84
  Historical mailing list - James Ruch
  Tue, 28 Sep 1999 05:09:57 PDT
  ...cable end was left accessible to the right of the steering column, below the dash. A little crook was bent into the wire to...
• Re: Problem Solved! was: Van Dies, Relays clicking...
  Historical mailing list - Mark Upton
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 17:27:44 -0500
  ...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: short shift kit
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 7 Sep 2001 23:11:52 -0500
  ...For a picture, go to http://home.earthlink.net/~tjhannink/ and select [Drive train] from the left column, its near the bottom of the...
• Re: Horn ring replacement...
  Historical mailing list - Larry Edson
  Tue, 27 Jul 2004 15:56:13 -0700
  ...crunching in the steering column while turning. This > was not a one-time occurrence. The noise is not subtle and seems to emanate > from...
• Re: Flat 4 towing 85 GL
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 18 Feb 2005 21:11:21 -0500
  ...in the ignition after keying on and off and the steering column doesn't lock until you pull the key out.so I won...
• Re: Stereo wiring question
  Historical mailing list - caverat
  Thu, 24 Feb 2005 20:00:35 -0500
  I took off the cover of the steering wheel column and using the Bentley manual wiring diagram as a guide, tapped the radio's...
• Re: Master cyclinder replacement and do you have one to sell/trade
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:52:07 -0500
  ...that I will have to remove the instrument cluster and the > column cover but not sure about any of it and can use any...
• Re: Hidden Key & Code
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 28 Oct 1996 16:55:40 -0500
  ...to use the key. : ( So FWIW there is a bus I know of with a locking column, w/o lock, putting around Oly. Clara
• Re: replacing ignition switch
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Fri, 15 Jun 2001 13:33:44 -0700
  ...Then I discovered that Bentley has a section on pulling the >steering >column lock (indexed under steering, it turns out, and not under >ignition...
• Re: tiico conversion vs. other I4 conversions, ?GTI vanagon
  Historical mailing list - VW Caravelle
  Thu, 3 Jan 2002 22:09:42 +0800
  ...Can anyone help me source the necessary? I also need the column switches for indicators and wiper as well as the plastic shroud for...
• Re: Tire observation
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Tue, 24 Dec 2013 19:46:21 -0800
  ...Might go on the steering column inside the car. I just saw some guy's post from the UK saying he was very pleased...
• Re: Junkyard Wars
  Historical mailing list - Donna Skarloken
  Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:23:55 -0700
  ...not > including those two bizarre "safety" bolts that hold the steering column in > place (is there any way to get those off besides vice...
• Dah back together, almost everything is fine...
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Tue, 26 Oct 2010 19:47:52 -0400
  ...After a 1 hour battle with the 2 plastic steering column cowlings everything is back together. I have only 1 left over screw which...
• RE: Wiper Controls
  Historical mailing list - bill (w.r.) crick
  Tue, 12 Mar 1996 10:22:00 -0500
  ...the windshield washer tank runs up to a valve >on the column and from there to the jets on the windshield. If the washer...
• Re: four-position wiper stalk, 78 bus
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Mon, 11 Mar 1996 10:56:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...the windshield washer tank runs up to a valve >> on the column and from there to the jets on the windshield. If the washer...
• Re: headlight switch mystery, help!
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Wed, 23 Jun 1999 01:42:23 -0400
  ...Still no headlights, The > only way the headlights will come on is by pulling and HOLDING the turn > signal lever on the steering column...
• Re: Help!!!!Key WON"T WORK
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Fri, 8 Dec 2000 09:52:33 EST
  ...in a >way so as to put tension on the steering column lookout? you might try >to turn the wheel back to a slightly...
• Re: Horn beeps when starting '87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - David Yates
  Wed, 7 Dec 2005 16:19:53 +1000
  John, Check that you are not touching a dangling key against the ring on the steering column where the horn spring connects. I have...
• Re: Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 5 Oct 2020 10:26:52 -0700
  ...besides electrical wiring, there are > >> > >>> vacuum pump, vacuum switch under the pedals, switch on the steering > >> column, > >> > >>> vacuum diaphragm linked the throttle body at...
• Sound improvement success
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 17 Jun 2014 16:11:10 -0400
  ...Now, if I could just fix the squeak made by the steering wheel turning against the plastic column I be really pleased. Eric Caron...
• Re: Idiots for Clunkers..guy scraps 86 westy in new goverment program
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sun, 2 Aug 2009 09:12:26 -0700
  Try http://www.mercurynews.com/brucenewman/ and search down the LH column for a suitable title. The passport thing you get when you try...
• Re: battery cable contact problem
  Historical mailing list - Duclos Darie
  Wed, 19 May 1999 10:07:06 +0200
  ...At the time I drove a few weeks with wires hanging out the steering column, with some little connectors which the mechanic had attached...
• Re: westy: where does the light over the cabinets terminate?
  Historical mailing list - feller
  Sun, 30 Apr 2006 16:24:19 -0400
  ...where does the light over the cabinets terminate? I think, it connects to the fuses behind the driver on the column. There are two...
• Re: sheer bolts/steering column
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 21 Oct 2003 15:14:07 -0700
  ...The bolts > attach the column to a pair of fairly thin straps > suspended from the upper > dash area. These straps operate primarily in > tension...
• Re: Beep On Ignition
  Historical mailing list - Brent Weide
  Tue, 21 Nov 2017 12:55:44 -0800
  ...gmail.com> > wrote: > >> If a key is sticking into the steering column, that can do it. Do you >> have a large key ring? >> >> Ken...
• Re: Loss of head lights, wipers and rear heater blower
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 25 Dec 2013 05:25:57 -0800
  ...2 phillips screws to remove the lower cover from the steering column. Unplug the harness from the key switch. Plug the replacement switch into...
• Re: Starter/relay/switch problem
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Mon, 23 Jul 2012 14:24:57 -0500
  ...get the&nbsp;other ignition switch out/off of the steering column in my spare bus.</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT size=3 face=Tahoma...
• Re: Wiper Fuse Blows
  Historical mailing list - Phil S.
  Sun, 20 Oct 2002 07:28:26 -0700
  ...Phil Stanhope 84 Westy Tiico --- jimt <westydriver@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO> wrote: > start with the switch in the column and check it > out. it is...
• Re: Brake Light Switch
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:10:02 -0700
  ...switches (from the top or do I remove the streering wheel column cover?), and will I have to remove the fluid to remove the...
• Re: do vanagons ever get stolen???
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 17 Aug 2002 10:57:18 -0500
  ...The thieves broke the steering column but couldn't start the car. They broke several windows before they left the scene. In total about...
• Re: ODBII for smartphones
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Fitterer
  Thu, 15 Aug 2013 21:13:47 +0000
  ...I view this data on a Samsung Tab3 7 inch and it sits on top of the steering column in a horizontal fashion. I...
• Re: Well, it's over.
  Historical mailing list - Brad Spear
  Sun, 16 Jan 2000 23:41:45 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: Left Turn Signal Blinks Fast
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Wed, 23 Mar 2005 21:25:17 -0700
  ...My > brake fuse blows periodically. > I just figure that I'm gonna have to go through the wiring in the steering > column piece by...
• Re: Go Westy sale item question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 2 Jan 2017 09:55:59 -0500
  ...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: '71 T2 VIN
  Historical mailing list - Mark Thomas
  Wed, 31 Aug 1994 13:57:45 -0500 (CDT)
  ...According to a recent column in Hot VWs, you could get the sunroof on models 22, 23, and 24. I'd like to see...
• Re: Adding gauges to a Vanagon dashboard, and which are...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Jan 1999 23:09:30 EST
  ...Right now I have my "wet" oil pressure guage attached the the lower left side of my steering column by tie wraps (doesn't...
• Re: cruise control mystery
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 7 May 2001 22:07:07 -0700
  ...The steering column stalk (shared with the turn signal) A switch on the brake and clutch pedal A Vacuum motor in the engine compartment...
• Re: Why I ask "dumb" questions By: Joel Sell
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Tue, 13 Nov 2001 17:51:22 -0800
  ...you talking about? (that damned silver >thing next to the steering column) >My ignorance shines again. >See you guys on the road, >Joel Joel...
• Re: Jailbar kits
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 24 Aug 2003 05:40:42 +1200
  ...com> >>or possibly >>www.creative-engineering.com> >>(there was a hyphenated column-break there, stupid editor >should've >>caught that) > >-- I didn't look...
• Re: 1985 ignition lock cylinder install help
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 10 Sep 2017 17:36:22 -0700
  ...I also spoke to a vw shop and the guy said it sounds like the steering wheel column lock thingy inside the housing is...
• Re: Actual Weight Distribution of loaded Vans
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 9 Oct 2005 16:38:37 -0700
  ...http://www.roadhaus.com/tires/load.html If you look at the last column .. "Actual Weight Distribution Front/Rear" You will see that 67...