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• Re: NVC but some of us have been there . . .
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Sat, 2 Nov 2013 01:25:31 +0000
  ...Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message ----- > "Meet the American Nomads of Walmart’s Plentiful Parking Lots" > <http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2013/11/walmart-parking-lots...
• Re: Thoughts on the coming rear disc brakes from GW?
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Tue, 2 Feb 2016 09:05:07 -0500
  ...Reading about the various rear brake set ups, from various vendors, one annoying thing seems to crop up and that is poor parking brake...
• Re: Help: Lights Wont Turn Off
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 10 May 2000 19:42:52 -0700
  ...parking light switch. (Lights remain on)and have removed the fuse which controls these lights (dash board lights go off and passenger side parking...
• Re: I rather drive the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 7 Jun 2014 13:01:11 -0500
  ---- Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > Vanagons are my favorite vehicles for parallel parking and general > maneuvering while backing up > > > On Pavement, yes. > > Mine...
• Walmart Parking was Newbie question about auxiliary power
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:44:52 -0800
  ...No parking in many towns where the locals have outlawed it, usually because of pressure from commercial RV parks that think they are loosing...
• Rear Disc Brake conversions page PHOTO UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sat, 21 Jul 2001 16:42:44 EDT
  ...This is the alternate route for parking brakes. The present solution is the use of Wilwood mechanical parking calipers. see at: http://hometown.aol...
• Installing Parking Brake Cable-'86 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Winston Smith
  Thu, 22 Mar 2001 20:29:53 -0500
  The parking brake cable on my '86 Vanagon broke at the adjusting end (the long cable that attaches to the lever). I thought replacing...
• Electrical Question -Hazards/Parking Lights
  Historical mailing list - Eric Spletzer
  Thu, 9 May 2002 10:22:39 -0700
  While we're talking about the parking lights and hazards, I've noticed something a bit strange. If I turn off my ignition, then...
• Re: Parking side by side (The family thing)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 1 May 2001 09:34:58 -0500
  ...However, they will usually take > the spot > > next to you even if the parking lot is relatively empty. > > > > > > i did that once and came...
• Re: front parking light out
  Historical mailing list - Tom and Dana Cates
  Wed, 29 Mar 2000 20:05:40 -0500
  ...front parking light out NC inspection requires that I have both front parking lights operational, among others. The drivers side parking light does not...
• No headlights.
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Mon, 29 Aug 2016 22:25:14 -0500
  ...With the headlights on, I get parking lights plus high beam LED plus orange tail lights. High beam LED won't turn off. Any...
• Parking brake rod
  Historical mailing list - Dan Krautkremer
  Sat, 9 Jul 2005 07:42:34 -0700
  Howdy to all, Does anyone know the part number for a 86' Parking brake actuator rod? Does anyone have a spare? The PO "locktited...
• The final answer on the "city light" debate
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:46:01 -0800
  ...there is no such thing as a separate city light system on a vehicle - parking lights are the same as city lights and it...
• Re: slack in e-brake cable?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:50:58 -0500
  ...Two or three clicks is typical for the parking brake. Mike Ryan Alfonso wrote: > Good points. Mine is an 89, fresh rear brake instal...
• Switched Parking Lights
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Wed, 21 Mar 2001 11:28:58 -0500
  ...The Vanagon headlights go out, but the parking lights and dash lights remain on. I was studying the wiring diagram and noticed that the...
• long term parking on hills
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:41:25 -0800
  ...http://www.vanagonauts.com/[46.11]Parking-Brake,-adjusting112.htm I guess I can answer my own question on which direction is best at...
• Re: newbie - where is the gas???
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 7 Jun 2005 15:28:46 -0400
  ...The light turns green , and I simultaniously release the parking brake and continue to let the clutch pedal out.Away I go , even on...
• parking brake adjustment frozen
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Thu, 26 May 2011 16:18:29 -0600
  The nut on the rod that adjusts the parking brake is frozen. I've tried Kroil soaking and heating with a propane torch, but...
• Re: (Thread hijack!!!) Half-Lilley...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 8 Oct 2001 21:24:08 -0500
  ...that's a half-gupta!!!! sheesh!! da boy don't know sheets from shinola!! ;) > (This could be more fun than the parking garage thread...
• Re: 87 Syncro Westie Clearance?
  Historical mailing list - Mr. Polak
  Tue, 23 Mar 2004 22:23:52 -0600
  Jeff Gilbert said: > Hi List, > > How tall is an 87 syncro with stock 14 inch rims? I am looking to get > monthly underground parking...
• Re: emergency brake doesn't work well?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 24 Nov 2002 05:24:54 -0800
  Late 85 and newer Vanagons have a much improved parking brake due to a redesigned handle/ratchet assembly. It is a simple matter to...
• Re: Proud (long semi-rant)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 4 Nov 2002 07:50:26 -0600
  Or are you the guy who used to laugh at those steelworkers who wouldn't allow a foreign car to enter their parking lots...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon - emergency/parking brake set-up
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:43:41 -0500
  ...Furthermore, if your parking break does actually fail, and mine actually did, its simple to replace. I had one of my two rear cables...
• Re: 84 Vaanaog weak parking brake - Sqirrel.
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:24:37 -0700
  ...Cockeyed Parking Brake Equalizer > > >> For what its worth, both my vans parking brake bars are at an angle and >> work >> effectively - the '86 more...
• Re: No headlights.
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 30 Aug 2016 23:11:07 -0400
  ...With the headlights on, I get parking lights plus high beam LED plus orange tail lights. High beam LED won't turn off.
• Vanagon sighting Cactus convention Tucson
  Historical mailing list - Toni Rizzo
  Sun, 12 Apr 2009 10:28:32 -0700
  ...Just wondering who you are? Toni from the Mendocino coast, CA '90 burgundy Westy Lucy (also in the parking lot)
• Unimog & Mercedes van
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:16:11 -0700
  I drove down to Bellingham in Dixie today, and there in the parking lot of Hardware Sales (the best hardware store in the PNW...
• Re: # warning buzzer for turn signal and parking lights left on
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Mon, 29 Sep 2003 14:37:38 -0700
  ...The parking > lights > stay on although the headlights are turned off by > the > ignition switch. This is hard to notice in the day. > > 2...
• Re: Parking brake pressure (was I've had it)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 4 Jul 2010 10:54:13 -0700
  ...At 11:56 PM 7/3/2010 Saturday, Alistair Bell wrote: > vanagon parking brake in theory applies braking to both rears. Mis- > adjustment of...
• Re: Parking Garage tale
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Fri, 5 Oct 2001 10:31:04 -0700
  ...08:45:06 -0700 > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Parking Garage tale > > I don't think they expected something quite that dramatic...
• Re: Thoughts on the coming rear disc brakes from GW?
  Historical mailing list - T3 Technique
  Tue, 2 Feb 2016 06:24:41 -0800
  ...Many of my customers have had just as much trouble getting the parking brake to work well on both kits. -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon...
• Re: Camping in San Diego?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 13 Nov 2001 22:15:37 -0700
  San Diego is the only place we've ever used a Wally Mart parking lot. I believe that there is a lot of camping...
• Re: Foot actuated parking brake
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 8 Apr 2008 14:01:12 -0700
  ...Draws current of course, and is for short temp 'parking brake' use, and not actual parking for a few hours or anything. I think...
• Re: Wiper Wackiness - No Parking
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 20 Mar 2003 21:49:41 EST
  ...Any suggestions? >> Tony, Parking is a function of the relay. That is assuming your wiper arm isn't simply slipping from it's post...
• Re: newbie - where is the gas???
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 7 Jun 2005 15:28:22 -0400
  ...The light turns green , and I simultaniously release the parking brake and continue to let the clutch pedal out.Works real smooooth.I drove...
• Re: Fender Bender, got lucky
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 Mar 1997 19:54:25 -0500 (EST)
  ...almost scrunched my bus. > > Whilst backing out of a parking place at a crowded parking lot > yesterday, a truck & my bus had a meeting...
• Re: Windshield Wiper Problem
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Mon, 21 Aug 2000 03:37:00 EDT
  Art, I went to the same repairs attempts with my VW Fox's windshield wiper parking problems. Just before I was about to give...
• Re: I want a lift...
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Mon, 31 Mar 2003 13:54:10 -0800
  ever been to new orleans? Parking is at such a premium that they park vehicle two-high but putting one on a verticle hydrolic...
• Re: parking light?
  Historical mailing list - Claudio Cella
  Thu, 21 Nov 2002 00:40:51 -0800
  Dan, me thinks you may want to take a look at your parking brake switch. I can't remember if one can adjust it...
• slip sliding parking brake grip - A poetic pictorial essay
  Historical mailing list - Bret Berger
  Tue, 29 Mar 2011 23:41:27 -0600
  I recently replaced the stone-age engineered parking brake lever on my 1982 diesel Westfalia with the space-age engineered 1985 model. Big improvement...
• Dang driver lowbeam and front driver turnsignal
  Historical mailing list - C B
  Sun, 1 Jan 2017 16:48:10 -0800
  ...BUT the driver front flasher works in emergency 4-way flasher mode regardless of parking light/headlight configuration. I know the 4-way flasher...
• Re: Long-term parking: nose up or nose down?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 5 May 2011 11:47:57 -0700
  Well yeah -- I trust not the parking brake alone. I'm certain I'd wake up to find the van nuzzled up against the...
• Re: Foot actuated parking brake
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Tue, 8 Apr 2008 14:37:34 -0700
  ...Draws current of course, and is for short temp 'parking brake' use, and not actual parking for a few hours or anything. I think...
• parking garage help
  Historical mailing list - daniel lawson
  Tue, 14 Aug 2001 15:59:45 -0700
  I know this has been discussed before....but school starts in a few days and i need to park in a giant commuter parking...
• Re: parking light?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Fri, 22 Nov 2002 10:51:04 +0100
  ...I just only drove automatics since I was 16 and we never used the parking brake... they were just there to get rusty and...
• Re: Driving into NYC and using a parking Garage
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Thu, 4 Oct 2001 17:02:54 EDT
  ...It was self parking. Relatively cheap. I used to park there but haven't been there in about a year. If someone knows the...
• Re: Vanagon Bras? was Re: Parking Garage tale
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 5 Oct 2001 23:29:09 -0700
  ...05, 2001 8:42 PM Subject: Re: Vanagon Bras? was Re: Parking Garage tale > > OK, you guys are hilarious!!! > > uh-oh!!! somebody showed her...
• Re: parking space needed for Westy in New England, 2 weeks.
  Historical mailing list - Justin Mayrand
  Mon, 31 Jul 2006 10:28:55 -0400
  ...Guzyk wrote: > Hi, > > Does anyone in NE have available off street parking (driveway, > backyard, farm etc). ? > > I need a place to park a Westy...
• Re: Seem time
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 18 Aug 2006 11:45:51 -0400
  Feel free to gouge out more puddy from the seams than you think you should.n A slight tap ,in a parking lot,on...
• Wireless parking sensors in a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:13:20 -0800
  Has anyone used a Bluetooth wireless parking sensor in their Vanagon? it looks like a good idea considering how difficult it can be to...
• Re: Enroute Camping
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 3 Jul 2001 15:29:42 -0700
  Very helpful information, but color me stupid (and a newbie), but what is WalMart's policy on overnight parking in their parking lot? TIA...
• Re: Brake Failure Warning Light
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Wed, 9 Sep 2009 11:30:54 -0500
  ...I left the parking brake on for about 20 miles. Loaded w/canoing stuff and 6 people. Noticed parking brake was on when tried...
• Re: Truck Stops
  Historical mailing list - Carter
  Wed, 31 Mar 1999 05:55:47 -0800
  Camping World (RV parts & service) parking lots are another overnight freebie. When scoping out a Wal-Mart lot, look for signs prohibiting overnight parking...
• Re: Reversibility, was REAR DISCS
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 28 Dec 1999 14:29:36 +0100
  ...I also have Mercedes, > 911, & BMW rear disc brakes on hand but decided that drum-style parking > brakes would be more complicated to adapt...
• Re: no parking lights? huh? wiring worries
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Thu, 27 Feb 2003 09:11:21 -0800
  ...So changing the > > parts did not effect this change. > > > >> What year Vanagon is this? > > > > 86 syncro westy > > > >> So the parking lights don't come...
• Re: Long-term parking: nose up or nose down?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Thu, 5 May 2011 10:37:51 -0600
  That's a 7%+ grade-adjust your parking brake & leave in Park if it is that steep? No clue on the fluids, but doesn...
• Adjusting Parking/Emergency Brake
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 31 Aug 2022 19:15:56 +0000
  ...My parking brake seems to need adjustment.  Crawling under, of course I see the yoke with a solid rod from parking brake lever, and...
• Turn Signal, But No Parking Light
  Historical mailing list - James V
  Thu, 4 Sep 2003 15:39:33 -0700
  The front passenger side parking light/corner marker on my van doesn't work, but the turn signal does. I had this problem before...
• Re: Travel help - driving Westy in NY City
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 21 Dec 2003 13:49:24 EST
  In a message dated 12/21/03 11:54:57 AM Eastern Standard Time, SPENCERVW@AOL.COM writes: > about parking my Westy with all...
• Seattle Meetup - Nov 15, 2015 (Marymoor Park) Show and Tell
  Historical mailing list - Varotto Hugo
  Wed, 7 Oct 2015 23:11:23 -0700
  ...Please, please, please, don’t forget to pay parking, I almost got into trouble last year because some people refused to pay parking. Background...