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  • Re: Water level/temp warning flasher
    Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
    Fri, 27 Jul 2001 08:32:42 -0500
    ...Once, while starting up the Westy, the Tracker key got wedged into the steering column, causing the horn to blow and the temp light...
  • Re: pick n pull
    Historical mailing list - VW Doka
    Wed, 2 Apr 2008 13:18:03 -0700
    ...Let me know if there are any parts I should be pulling off this > thing! I pulled the voltage stabilizer and horn control. They...
  • Shower/Extendaroom 4 Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
    Mon, 15 Apr 96 10:37:19 PDT
    ...Murre Caspian Tern White Pelican Snowy Egret White Egret Ruddy Duck Horned Grebe Western Grebe Broad bottomed wobbler Hairy Chested Nutscratcher lots more... -- -- ___ / __ __/ ____/ Al...
  • Re: Revisiting the Catalytic Converter...
    Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
    Tue, 6 Aug 2002 01:07:04 +0200
    ...Fish Salzburg, Austria 1987 Wolfsburg Vanagon 2.1 GL Weekender 1987 Golf Cabriolet 1991 Golf ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Yarnell" <Andrew.Yarnell@KIMLEY-HORN...
  • Re: pick n pull
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Wed, 2 Apr 2008 13:29:43 -0700
    ...Let me know if there are any parts I should be pulling off this > > thing! I pulled the voltage stabilizer and horn control. They...
  • Re: "OUR LIST"-Civil War
    Historical mailing list - The Gunnings
    Mon, 7 Aug 2000 09:26:57 -0400
    ...Playing the pipes is the Fryeburg Academy Memorial Jazz Ensemble Band, (former State Champs) w/ my son Gabe blowing a mean T-bone horn...
  • Re: Installing an after market radio?
    Historical mailing list - Mike S
    Fri, 31 Aug 2007 21:31:23 -0400
    ...I don't know for sure on an '85, but on an '81, fuse 12 is ACC switched, powers the horn, and isn't...
  • Re: [be seen] Road rage cause--Diesel powered vanagons - Driving Slow
    Historical mailing list - Roland Melzer
    Sat, 24 Sep 2005 12:43:44 -0700
    ...I hit the horn, and it was something like a squeaky mouse. My impolite verbalizations were equally inaudible. Therefore, high priority changes for me...
  • Re: Oil light and warning
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Wed, 18 Nov 2015 21:47:00 +0000
    ...Jim On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 3:40 PM John Rodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote: > This light and warning horn fault of coming...
  • Mid-grade fuel, was: RE octane rating
    Historical mailing list - Bulley
    Tue, 13 Jul 1999 20:20:08 -0400
    ...1984 Westfalia (Green Hornet)
  • Fuse Box Blues
    Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
    Fri, 18 May 2001 22:14:15 -0700
    ...fresh air blower 14. rear window heating 15. reversing lights 16. horn 17. windscreen wiper motor 18. brake system warning lamp 19. turn signals...
  • Re: Bus Depot Sucks HUMOR
    Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
    Sat, 26 Jan 2002 15:17:07 -0500
    ...When the horn toots, my kids > yell "Bus Depot!" from wherever they are in the house. It gives everyone > here a smile. > > Gary > ----- Original...
  • Re: Headlight conversion for '85 Westy....
    Historical mailing list - pensioner
    Tue, 12 Nov 2002 08:11:34 -0800
    ...Add four relays, real wiring, good H4 sharp cutoff lenses, a 105db+ horn set, an SVX motor, upgraded brakes and wheels and you begin...
  • No vanagon content Re: ... A Rose by Any Other Name ...
    Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
    Sat, 10 Apr 2004 15:47:08 -0500
    ...janitor at Garden City Collegiate (High School in Winnipeg) named, "Mr. Horny". That one caused great difficulties for everyone around him, as you'd...
  • Re: How Long Was I Asleep?
    Historical mailing list - Clint Kolda
    Thu, 1 Feb 2007 17:25:30 -0800
    ...And I assume he means the old 3 speeds AMC Hornet. Ebay item # 300075398733 http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Volkswagen-Bus-Vanagon-GL-Westfalia...
  • Re: Friday: Peace =?UTF-8?B?c2lnbnPigJV0aGUgb2xkIHdheXMgbGl2ZSBv?= =?UTF-8?B?bg==?=
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Fri, 1 May 2015 18:09:50 -0700
    I'm not a fan of the "beep beep" greeting (having brought up to consider the horn a warning device), but I make it...
  • Re: shocks
    Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
    Tue, 7 Apr 1998 12:16:04 -0700
    At 07:20 AM 4/7/98 -0400, Brad Horner wrote: >would i be wasting my money to change out >my monroe shocks for...
  • Re: here are some cool vanagon accessories and upgrades
    Historical mailing list - mike miller
    Wed, 16 Jan 2002 08:21:06 -0800
    ...front chin spoiler from carat > -dual hi/lo horns from an audi > -goofy musical horn (plays a bunch of different tunes, dont ask me...
  • Ignition switch?
    Historical mailing list - t bill
    Mon, 16 Mar 1998 12:58:23 -0800
    ...Pry off the horn "button" and remove it. > Undo > > the large nut holding on the steering wheel and remove it. Remove > turn > > signal assembly...
  • HOW TO make other vw model steering wheels fit the VANAGON (GTI, Scirocco, etc..
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 12 Jun 2003 14:47:14 EDT
    ...wheel now fits, horn works, and turn signals cancel properly. i used a large diameter split washer under the nut when bolting the wheel...
  • Re: yet another engine choice - VW "twincharger"
    Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
    Thu, 29 Sep 2005 21:00:34 -0500
    ...I didn't know a Allison / Rolls-Merlin could be shoe horned into the back of a Transporter/ Caravelle / Vanagon. I'd like to...
  • Re: The flattery of flashing blue lights
    Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
    Sat, 10 Nov 2007 06:37:49 -0800
    ...I got the opportunity to test the > Westy�s new air horns this morning (someone sitting > through a green light while waiting to make...
  • Re: Beep On Ignition
    Historical mailing list - Brent Weide
    Tue, 21 Nov 2017 12:55:44 -0800
    ...and known to be strong. >>> Very randomly I get a short horn toot when I turn the ignition/key to >>> start >>> my van. >>> Anyone...
  • Re: Loss of head lights, wipers and rear heater blower
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Wed, 25 Dec 2013 05:25:57 -0800
    ...Also, sometimes the horn will toot when turning the steering wheel. Has anyone experienced this before? > Thanks and Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, > Bob...
  • Re: Westy faucet changing
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Sun, 8 Mar 2009 15:16:37 -0700
    ...Pretty sure the part is called a "horn button". It was found at my FLAPS. http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/FaucetFootSwitch.jpg/FaucetFootSwitch-full;init...
  • Re: Who's Next? FISH
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Wed, 1 Jan 2003 10:37:05 -0600
    ...With several variety of fruit trees we had bumble bees, honey bees, wasps, dirt dobbers, hornets, asps. Some times of the year it was...
  • Re: transmission/clutch noise
    Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
    Mon, 25 May 2015 11:31:00 -0700
    ...Sorry to sound the horn ,but this is just to close to home. Stacy On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 11:20 AM, Mark...
  • Re: Water Pump
    Historical mailing list - Eric Ley
    Sat, 1 Dec 2012 19:15:34 -0500
    ...PM, Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@q.com> wrote: > >> You'll open a hornets nest with that one. A proper sized o-ring does NOT >> need...
  • Re: $6: Stealth Camping, Big Springs, Texas
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Thu, 5 Nov 2009 10:54:48 -0500
    ...90 S from Van Horn, or at least have stayed with I-10 just east of there, but Richard must have places along I...
  • RE[2]: BUM STARTING FUN FOR A WHILE BUT...
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 6 Sep 1995 16:06:09 GMT
    ...Muir, as it helped me a lot with my > current problem...I'm still tossing around the idea of > trying the Ford Horn relay...
  • Re: What's happening to Fridays?
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 28 Oct 94 11:26:46 EDT
    ...life's passion, and it's fruits a happy auto, with horn that toots and mostly carries me along the stretching roads with happy...
  • Re: RE tailgaters
    Historical mailing list - gmbulley
    Sat, 28 Aug 1999 10:14:59 -0400
    ...Eric P 1984 Westfalia(Green Hornet) 1973 Norton Commando 850(Ed) << File: ATT00000.html >>
  • Re: IGNITION SWITCH SNAFU
    Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
    Sat, 15 Feb 2003 21:47:05 -0700
    ...remove is [in this order]; 1. ignition key from switch; 2. horn button from steering wheel; 3. 17mm nut that holds down steering wheel...
  • Re: Left Turn Signal Blinks Fast
    Historical mailing list - jimt
    Wed, 23 Mar 2005 21:25:17 -0700
    ...Sometimes when I turn the wheel the > horn blats and the wipers go for a turn, which confuses my kids because they > know that...
  • Wish to trade Land Rover for Syncro
    Historical mailing list - Rick Berman
    Sat, 30 Sep 2000 07:45:18 -0600
    ...Many extra components like air pump, air horn, air open hood, hella 4000 lights, heated front windows, new cab components, Murphy auto shut off...
  • Re: Spoke too soon... (won't idle when warm)
    Historical mailing list - Alfred Bagdan
    Thu, 29 Jan 2004 09:55:38 -0700
    ...The weird thing I noticed the last couple of times, when I > start up from a cold start, the horn honks quietly. Maybe an...
  • bought a syncro
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:56:23 -0700
    ...but a small but bad bit at corner of driver door) horn ring broken broken sway bar drop link a/c not charged webasto...
  • Back on the road with Opie
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 20 Nov 1995 16:22:51 -0600
    ...When I saw the other car in the parking lot backing towards me I nailed the brakes and horn. Everything worked, but afterwards, in...
  • Re: On the horns of a dilemma
    Historical mailing list - Lionel Tun
    Sun, 16 Mar 1997 00:22:12 -0000
    I was talking to a VW mechanic in Farnborough, Hampshire called Andrew Glaser I think, and he had done this job ie converting an...
  • Re: Awnings, propane heaters and auxiliary batteries
    Historical mailing list - Derek Brown
    Tue, 25 Apr 2000 12:03:18 -0700
    ...Doug Hornberger [mailto:DHornberg@AOL.COM] Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2000 11:33 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Awnings, propane heaters and...
  • Re: RE; K&N Air Filters, and Engine Longevity
    Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
    Sat, 6 Jan 2001 10:17:54 EST
    ...work for a dirt bashing Syncro except that economics start to horn in. With the K&N filter costing $40+ and a prefilter costing...
  • Re: Optima Battery Question (cutting terminal posts?)
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Sat, 10 Aug 2002 08:30:10 -0500
    ...It is true that some make goose sense like dual horns, up graded sound systems but every change you make can become the weakest...
  • Re: Converting a salvage title in CA
    Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
    Tue, 11 Mar 2003 13:10:15 -0800
    ...They thought that the horn wasn't loud > enough but I got a clean title anyway. > Neal > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 10:36...
  • Re: FS: leather wrapped steering wheel for vanagon
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Thu, 20 Sep 2007 23:12:21 -0700
    ...The ignition lock cluster can be simply adjusted upward so that it engages the horn contacts and turn signal switches. I got steering wheels...
  • Re: VW sounds as ring tones
    Historical mailing list - T Collins
    Fri, 11 Dec 2015 12:34:33 -0500
    ...sound of your turn signal > > Time to get up, hear two horn beeps. > > Have a phone call, hear your van start up. > > > > Silly I...
  • Re: COPY: tired of mind games
    Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
    Mon, 19 Jul 1999 22:01:31 -0700
    ...wrote: > > Sorry, but I didn't sign up with vanagon.hot.horny.com > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com...
  • Re: Can I carry a motorcycle on a Type III carrier?
    Historical mailing list - westydriver
    Fri, 11 Oct 2002 09:37:54 -0600
    ...I have seen 250 carried on one of the flat extension shelfs by vanagons using the bumper horn mounting type that didnt appear to...
  • Re: Oil
    Historical mailing list - tom ring
    Tue, 15 Jul 2003 18:47:15 -0600
    ...And yes, I seem to have stirred the hornets up with this one. :) Hi everyone! Nice list. Glad to be here. Best one I...
  • Boy did we have an adventure today
    Historical mailing list - THE BUSLADY
    Sat, 4 Oct 1997 22:56:38 -0500
    ...just beind the side door got just slightly scraped and my horn was bent. So on our way an hour late and MrEd was...
  • Re: [NVC] Beware of the Skid Demon
    Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
    Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:02:28 -0400
    ...When a passenger of the foot, hooves in sight, tootel the horn > trumpet melodiously at first. If he still obstacles your passage, tootel > him...
  • Re: Bus vs Vanagon, how times change
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:13:09 -0700
    ...Many were opposed and saw this as Vanagon people > trying to horn in on the aura or mystic of the older "real" VW vans...
  • Re: Unpowered PS rack impressions plus manual rack FS
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Wed, 9 Jun 2010 14:57:26 -0700
    ...I'll trade you one of those cool Jetta padded steering wheels with the four small horn buttons .. and slightly smaller than vanagon diameter...
  • Re: [NVC] Beware of the Skid Demon
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:50:02 -0700
    ...When a passenger of the foot, hooves in sight, tootel the horn > trumpet melodiously at first. If he still obstacles your passage, tootel > him...
  • New Beetle and more at CarPoint
    Historical mailing list - Scott Semyan
    Thu, 12 Mar 1998 11:01:22 -0800
    Not to toot my own horn, but the web site I work for here at Microsoft (CarPoint) has a ton of information on the...
  • Fixing Horns - On the Leading edge...Beer survey
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 16 Jul 1998 10:36:31 EDT
    In a message dated 98-07-16 02:53:17 EDT, you write: > > > I gotta hand it to you, Carl - I do stuff like...
  • ATTENTION DIESEL WESTY FANS - FOR SALE
    Historical mailing list - Scott Foss
    Sat, 28 Jul 2001 15:26:29 -0700
    ...Ah-yooga Horn. New Muffler. It's white, a very good van & car color. Has both tables & legs ! Van appears to have the normal...
  • Re: 71 Bus: Lola needs her steering wheel removed, please help!
    Historical mailing list - David L Finet
    Thu, 14 Dec 1995 05:46:29 -0600 (CST)
    ...BTW, be careful to get the connection to the horn at the base of the steering post back together (a good time to clean...
  • Re: wolesburg van on eBay is a Whitestar
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
    Wed, 28 Mar 2007 03:16:32 EDT
    ...That is to say the new style SA Microbus wheel that some vendors sold for time with the down-turned "boomerang" style horn pillar...
  • Re: Tires, Parts, Etc.
    Historical mailing list - Laura Mangan
    Thu, 25 May 2017 16:19:49 -0400
    ...the ones i have are new, but are not Van rated >> (4ply >> >> instead of 6ply) >> >> >> >> The steering wheel cover or horn cover is not...
  • Re: I am not alone
    Historical mailing list - KIM BRENNAN
    Fri, 21 Feb 2014 23:34:43 -0500
    ...They waved, blew the horn again, but didn't stop. Wish they had. >> >> But it's nice to know I'm not alone in...