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  • Re: Unpowered PS rack impressions plus manual rack FS
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Wed, 9 Jun 2010 15:11:14 -0700
    ...of those cool Jetta padded steering wheels with the four > small horn buttons .. and slightly smaller than vanagon diameter ....I > understand they'll fit...
  • Re: retractable antenna
    Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
    Tue, 24 Apr 2001 19:07:09 -0500
    ...Other 5000 parts work like relays, interior lights, horns, rims, power features such as windows and antennas. The manual that Terry speaks of below...
  • Re: Gah. Inspections
    Historical mailing list - Dylan Spurgin
    Fri, 9 Aug 2002 00:57:40 -0500
    ...Is Texas just easy when it comes to car inspections? .headlights, brakelights, blinkers .horn. .insurance and you got yourself a sticker in tx. ds...
  • Re: Dealership Replacement Speedometer Housing Colour?
    Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
    Wed, 18 May 2016 16:02:48 -0700
    ...My horn gets regular use now as it > becomes ever more dangerous on the roads. People are not "distracted" > by phones, they are drawn...
  • " you fixed it with what?!"
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
    Thu, 11 Mar 2004 12:50:45 -0800
    ...Gently tugging on the line, like a trucker on his air horn, he found he could control the throttle well enough to drive, even...
  • Re: CV Boots, accel & clutch cables
    Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
    Thu, 5 Jan 1995 08:41:27 -0800 (PST)
    ...You might also consider putting in new motor mounts, the rubber pieces that go on the bottom of the tranny on the fram horn...
  • Solenoid Sermon
    Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
    Wed, 20 Nov 96 18:20:31 EST
    ...The joke is, the contactor takes almost as much juice as the VW solenoid! A wiser choice is a headlight or horn relay. Cheap...
  • Re: horn
    Historical mailing list - David McNeely
    Fri, 27 Mar 2020 08:05:12 -0700
    No, I have not heard anything to the contrary. So far as developed campgrounds in NF, most in Washington do not open in normal...
  • Re: OT & NVC & Pre-Friday: Palcohol?
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Thu, 24 Apr 2014 19:13:30 -0500
    ...if it's a Real Thing then I will be (a) hornswoggled, and (b) > pleased. > > > -- > Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott > 1984 Westfalia, auto trans...
  • Re: Any musicians out there?
    Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
    Mon, 10 Jul 1995 17:53:09 -0700 (PDT)
    ...out there. > Bob plays trombone in a brass quintet, and french horn in the local > community band. Penny plays clarinet in the band, too...
  • Battering Ram vs. Ford Escort
    Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
    Wed, 22 May 2002 22:31:58 -0400
    ...I laid on the horn and the brakes, and got that sinking feeling as the car disappeared below my windshield. Spun the escort a...
  • Re: [Friday] Adjusted cylinder Index! I love MINNESOTA!
    Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
    Fri, 2 Aug 2002 12:24:13 -0700
    Another Bus guy who rocks out to Bob! Awesome!!! Sam --- Andy Yarnell <Andrew.Yarnell@KIMLEY-HORN.COM> wrote: > >Sam wrote: > >However, since this measure...
  • Re: WARNING: Lighting upgrade hazard
    Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
    Tue, 24 Dec 2002 13:09:38 -0800
    ...I have run my 80w/100w lights for months with no problems, > including running them along with the main heater, horn, windshield wipers, > and...
  • Re: Hit 4 Deer...Need body Parts
    Historical mailing list - jimt
    Mon, 25 Oct 2004 17:23:09 -0600
    ...For the record, if you're ever voyaging in > moose country (like Northern Ontario for example), by all means lean on > your horn, then...
  • Fwd: Unacceptable : Why you can't comply
    Historical mailing list - mordo
    Thu, 11 Jan 2007 18:15:22 -0500
    ...based > on specific characteristics What if those specific characteristics include, say, horns and cloven hooves? > > providing personal service to senior members Good grief, practically...
  • Re: Ignition Switch on 85
    Historical mailing list - t bill
    Mon, 16 Mar 1998 12:34:18 -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...
  • Re: Unacceptable : Why you can't comply
    Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
    Thu, 11 Jan 2007 18:24:48 -0500
    ...based > > on specific characteristics > > What if those specific characteristics include, say, horns and cloven > hooves? > > > > providing personal service to senior members > > Good grief, practically...
  • Re: [NVC] Beware of the Skid Demon
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:26:21 -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...
  • Aftermarket Cruise questions . . .
    Historical mailing list - KENYON FAIREY
    Mon, 02 Jun 1997 13:03:39 -0400 (EDT)
    ...Sometimes it just cuts out! But it will not hold at all? When it is working, if you 1) blow the horn 2) put...
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    Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
    Mon, 31 Oct 2005 23:19:00 EST
    ...For example, trigger a blinking light at 7 psi, turn on an internal klaxon horn at 4 psi. To each his own, but running...
  • Re: Maybe this is the cause of poor shifting in my air-cooled Westy?
    Historical mailing list - Chris S.
    Thu, 2 Oct 2014 06:17:19 -0400
    ...Pulled the plastic tube couplers from horn joints. They had too much play so I sanded them down a tiny bit and installed stainless...
  • Re: What dumb thing do you repeatedly do with your Vanagon?
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:38:14 -0700
    ...Beetle horn, maybe. ;-) > > Yrs, > David
  • Re: wbx reliabilty
    Historical mailing list - John P. Flaherty
    Sun, 17 Feb 2002 21:42:41 -0500
    ...wbx reliabilty > In a message dated 2/17/02 8:36:29 PM, CTONLINE@WEBTV.NET writes: > > << << I wonder if I can shoe horn...
  • Re: Wait a minute, I drive a Ford Falcon!
    Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
    Wed, 26 Oct 2005 10:06:11 -0800
    ...If you pry the Mustang emblem off of the horn button on a 1964 1/2 Mustang there will be a Falcon logo underneath...
  • 1987 Syncro Parts Van For Sale
    Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
    Tue, 27 Feb 2007 22:17:05 -0500
    ...It is reinforced to the bumper horns and will likely pull out the frame before failing. The PO says he pulled a 5000 lb...
  • Re: For Sale 1972 Campmobile
    Historical mailing list - Killer Banshee Productions - Kriss De Jong
    Tue, 20 Oct 1998 14:08:53 -0700
    ...bicycle the 16,000 miles from Prudhoe >Bay, Alaska to Cape Horn, Chile I collided with a bus in Guatemala City and >broke my...
  • Re: Dielectric grease
    Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
    Sun, 13 Jan 2019 00:39:51 +0000
    ...On the classic "grinding" sound from horn ring, you definitely want to use white lithium grease; if you use dielectric grease, it will only...
  • Re: For the dreamers ... TDI emissions
    Historical mailing list - swadt
    Wed, 09 Jul 1997 12:08:31 -0500
    ...She also has had a few people > honk the horn and hold their nose when they pass her car. The car is > very well...
  • Re: [T2] help with starter relay? (odd, see pics)
    Historical mailing list - chris
    Thu, 13 Jul 2006 20:16:05 -0700
    ...activate. > > The relay is essentially a relay used commonly in lighting, horn, fuel pump, > fuel injection and some other circuits on other vehicles, domestic...
  • Re: Living the Compleat Vanagon Experience.
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:45:59 -0700
    Wiper arms slipping? Horn honking by itself? Defrost/heat fan motor dying? --- ;^) It's something I've considered doing too. Making my Westy a...
  • Re: Awnings, propane heaters and auxillary batteries
    Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
    Sun, 23 Apr 2000 13:01:20 -0700
    ...Doug Hornberger <DHornberg@AOL.COM> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Awnings, propane heaters and auxillary batteries > Date: Sunday, April 23, 2000 11:33...
  • Re: Fridge problems
    Historical mailing list - Mike Barfield
    Thu, 27 Apr 2000 18:09:48 -0400
    ...I then put a charger on the dead battery. > Headlights, wipers, horn, dome light, etc. all work. Put fridge on 12v, > nothing. Next tried...
  • Re: can't get ignition switch housing off steering column
    Historical mailing list - Scott Wilson
    Thu, 10 Oct 2002 06:11:47 -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: Oh Deer, Oh Deer
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:00:37 -0500
    ...There by the box lay a dead deer - a young fork-horn with a broken neck. Evidently it had been running and simply leaped...
  • Re: Electrical question from the laziest guy in the room
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
    Sun, 1 Dec 2013 17:07:21 -0800
    ...attend to the horn contact ring on the back of the steering wheel while you're there. Very Important Scott On 12/1/2013...
  • Re: cats and campers
    Historical mailing list - prb
    Sun, 22 Jun 2003 22:02:55 -0700
    ...signed, the owner of a cat in the woods who doesn't have the sense to stay away from coyotes and great horned owls...
  • Vanagon using Jeep steel wheels
    Historical mailing list - Chris S.
    Fri, 28 May 2004 09:48:47 -0500
    ...AMC Gremlin, Hornet, Pacer, Javelin, Matator, AMX AMC - most models (exc. Jeep) '40-'89 Chrysler/DeSoto - all full size RWD cars (exc. Imperial) '37...
  • New over cab luggage rack bag
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 8 May 2024 22:23:13 +0000
    ...shape with MA plates and 2 happy people inside, toot your horn and give us a wave. Dave B.the Boston oneThis time with...
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    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Sat, 2 May 2015 01:11:09 +0000
    ...of the "beep beep" greeting (having brought up to consider > the horn a warning device), but I make it a habit to give other...
  • Re: if have few $$K
    Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
    Thu, 12 Jun 2003 00:21:52 -0700
    ...Thu, 12 Jun 2003 01:09:12 -0500 If I had a few $$K to spare i'd buy this and try show horn...
  • Re: Van was egged, how to remove?
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Fri, 4 May 2012 18:31:56 -0700
    ...J Squirrel wrote: > >> Really? It's that simple? I'll be hornswoggled. >> >> Somehow I picked up the impression that raw eggs hardened into a...
  • Re: refrigerator update
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Fri, 30 Jun 2017 19:46:35 -0700
    ...ex girlfriend of mine took a part from my euphonium (baritone horn) to her place of work (hospital) and popped it in the cleaner...
  • Re: Silly Question, maybe?
    Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
    Thu, 30 Mar 2017 12:07:34 -0600
    ...gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Thanks for your response everyone. >> >> My steering wheel horn pad is padded, well, it's no longer attached, the >> clip broke...
  • Re: RARE RHD VANAGON DOORMOBILE DIESEL CAMPER ON EBAY!!
    Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
    Wed, 14 Aug 2002 23:17:53 +0100
    ...Get it - it's practically > honking the horn at your back door! > > Maynard Southard (OvO) '79 > '86 Double Cab Diesel "Col. Potter" > '82 Westy...
  • Re: Gas Mileage?
    Historical mailing list - monte merrick
    Mon, 24 Apr 2006 10:42:54 -0700
    ...An old Fender 4x10" bass speaker horn cabinet fits inside the car in the back seats! Digression - went to an auto show last week...
  • RE: Re:[F] Extra large engines
    Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
    Thu, 01 Feb 1996 07:36:00 -0800 (PST)
    ...the B-17, a prewar design, originally had four 750-hp Hornet engines, I think by P&W. Many revs later, it still had...
  • Re: Hornet car alarm?
    Historical mailing list - Charles D Earl
    Sun, 6 Jul 1997 00:31:48 -0700 (PDT)
    Hey Gregg, Thanks for the response, the part about not using a switch shorter than 3/4" was good future reference material for me...
  • Re: false ads on Craigslist?
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Sat, 10 May 2008 19:25:54 -0700
    ...else's rust bucket "project" bus. > He > did state that the horn and gas gauge don't work and that, added with a > lack...
  • Re: Sound proofing, was: Muffler question
    Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
    Wed, 17 Jul 2013 17:17:57 -0600
    ...Yeah, the dynamat is lighter and better but > > it's a TON more expensive. > > > > > > Tom > > > > > > '79 Mercedes 300SD "Green Hornet" > > > '84 Westy Vanagon "Spiny...
  • Vanagon turns over but won't start...ground problem?
    Historical mailing list - william landsman
    Tue, 17 Dec 2013 18:20:43 -0800
    ...The horn will not work sometimes. 2. The shifter console will not light up when first started, but it i wiggle the shifter it...
  • FRYEDAYE PHOLLIES ... well, sort of. ;)
    Historical mailing list - joel walker
    Fri, 17 Aug 2007 22:39:42 -0500
    ...I search for gas stations where they just say beep the horn and don't ask me to put it on the lift, exposing...
  • Re: 1991 Carat - the drama continues
    Historical mailing list - Scott - IMAP
    Thu, 21 Jul 2016 12:17:08 -0700
    ...As I rxited the highway at a cloverleave, my heart sank! As >>> the van slowed the oil light came on with the warning horn...
  • '78 bus for $100??
    Historical mailing list - David E Most
    Wed, 8 Nov 1995 14:26:12 -0500
    ...In the meantime, I took the horn off the '78 so my bus would pass inspection. Anyway, I don't think I've been...
  • Re: Stumped! EMERGENCY!!!
    Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
    Wed, 22 Aug 2001 10:12:33 -1000
    ...to figure out why no > > squirt?!? > > > > Switch? The one in the horn? Relay? IS there one? One thing is strange, > > with the wiring in...
  • Re: Sound proofing, was: Muffler question
    Historical mailing list - Scott Ohana
    Wed, 17 Jul 2013 22:59:58 -0700
    ...helps somebody > > Tom > > '79 Mercedes 300SD "Green Hornet" > '84 Westy Vanagon "Spiny Norman" > '86 Alfa Romeo Spider "Dinsdale" > '98 Mercedes E320 wagon "Silver Hornet" > >
  • Re: TransX
    Historical mailing list - The Henrys
    Fri, 8 Oct 1999 18:46:03 +0000
    ...In my younger, much more impoverished days, I had a 1972 AMC Hornet station wagon that developed the same transmission misbehavior as your van...
  • My 85 is Stuttering
    Historical mailing list - Thomas Bartnicki
    Thu, 18 Jul 2002 13:55:01 EDT
    ...I need dingle balls and a steer horn to mount on my van. Maybe a Mother Mary curtain?? anyone know where to find??
  • Re: 84 wolfs weekender/ any others? (long)
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 6 Jul 1998 19:00:49 EDT
    ...also, the '84 WLE's had the steering wheel horn button padded over. why? hoo knows... :<) but they did.. :<) (there's actually a vw...
  • Re: Fuse Box Blues
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Sat, 19 May 2001 17:50:36 -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: What does terminal 15a do? (LVC)
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Fri, 18 Oct 2002 14:58:23 -0700
    ...SEQUENCE CONTROL DEVICE 71 Input 71a Output to horns 1 & 2, low 71b Output to horns 1 & 2, high 72 Alarm switch (rotating beacon...