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Re: westfalia pop top cables
Historical mailing list
Mon, 6 May 2019 10:37:14 +0000
Skip the cables and install the gas shock lifters. Check the vendors in your area for them. I installed a set and never looked...
Re: Auto shifter cable: Ideas on making it longer?
Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
Fri, 11 Mar 2011 14:10:43 -0800
I would visit my local ship chandler and have a new Morse cable fabricated. They will have the tools and raw materials. Jim -------------------------------------------------- From...
Freezing throttle cable
Historical mailing list - Spooner, Robert E.
Thu, 5 Feb 2004 07:41:38 -0600
...Is there any magic solution I can squirt in the end of the cable housing to stop the freezing? I'll plan on replacing...
Re: engine revving at idle
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 7 Jul 2010 21:14:11 -0700
if it is a throttle cable issue ... *all* vanagons if they haven't had it done, and I see many that have never had...
Re: ventilation controls
Historical mailing list - Scott
Tue, 10 May 2016 13:55:38 -1000
just like adjusting a bicyle brake cable .. adjustment is by movement of the outer cable housing , in this case at the upper end where...
Re: Great device for lubing cables
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Fri, 5 Jul 2019 07:59:21 -0700
...Recently I recalled >> mention of the use of a motorcycle cable lubrication gadget--in my case the >> Motion Pro 08-0182 cable luber--and...
Re: Auto shifter cable: Ideas on making it longer?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:14:25 -0500
At 06:47 PM 3/11/2011, Jim Arnott wrote: >Motorcycle cables pull. Boat cables push and pull. Automatic transmission >cables push and pull...
Re: Speedometer Cable
Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge
Wed, 12 Jul 2017 12:19:44 -0700
...It's interesting that there are >>> bum cables for sale. Do you get the impression that the >>> cable liner is tight to the cable...
Re: Swage Bit + Bolt for Pop Top Cable. Strong enough?
Historical mailing list - neil n
Wed, 4 Aug 2010 10:37:49 -0700
...I plan on drilling the stock bigger end piece out, running cable through, then crimping a stopper on. The exposed cable + stopper may be...
Speedo cable install question
Historical mailing list - Andrew R.
Wed, 19 Feb 2014 21:37:51 -0800
Hey all, I've got a new speedometer cable installed from the dash head unit down through the body, bypassing the old OX counter...
Re: Oops Re: Less expensive brand
Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:36:12 -0400
That big brute of a router, and all other Porter-Cable tools, are made by Black and Decker. Don ----- Original Message ----- From: David Beierl...
Re: aircooled intake elbow - Speedo Cable
Historical mailing list - jimt
Tue, 5 Oct 2004 14:23:23 -0600
...Leave the EGR box in place with the wires > hooked up and run the one piece speedo cable next to the EGR box. Your...
Re: speedometer no move
Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
Wed, 12 Nov 2003 19:34:16 -0500
the problem is more then likely the lower cable from the spindle to the black box. to check it reach under the bus and...
Re: Auto shifter cable: Ideas on making it longer?
Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
Fri, 11 Mar 2011 15:47:22 -0800
...Oh! Wait! There ARE chandlers in the bay area still! http://www.marinersguide.com/regions/california/sanfrancisco/chandlers.html Motorcycle cables pull. Boat cables...
Re: Auto shifter cable: Ideas on making it longer?
Historical mailing list - Mike S
Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:45:40 -0500
...How would you go about making >such a cable longer for a custom application? Maybe check with a local custom motorcycle shop. They may...
Re: aircooled intake elbow
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Tue, 5 Oct 2004 11:37:17 -0400
> I am also looking for a good speedometer > cable, the upper cable that connects from the > egr box to the speedometer - but I need...
Air flow cable
Historical mailing list
Sun, 11 Sep 1994 21:55:12 -0500
...I'd like to find out which cable I now have. Is there an easy way to do this? I understand the cable has...
Throttle cable repair
Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
Sat, 10 Mar 2007 17:20:27 EST
...I looked in vain for a cable coupler at Lowes and several auto parts and hardware stores. No luck. I did rig something up...
Main Positive battery Cable
Historical mailing list - john
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:59:14 -0400
...Pretty big and expensive cable. I would like to know what you guys have been using as replacement cable and if #1 AWG wire...
Re: Advice on doing TD Conversion
Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
Mon, 4 May 2015 18:46:22 -0400
With the TDI gear reduction starter that Overland supplies (utilizing a copy of my adaptor design btw), the stock battery location and cable should...
Accl. cable retainer
Historical mailing list - John
Tue, 8 Aug 2000 23:47:22 -0400
Hi List, I'm in the middle of reinstalling my motor when the accelerator cable retainer went flying to parts unknown. Does anyone have...
E-Brake cable front cable
Historical mailing list - Shaggy
Tue, 23 Mar 2004 16:32:40 -0800
how do you get the front part of the cable out of the bracket above the fuel tank? Shaggy 82' Diesel __________________________________ Do you Yahoo...
Re: Lube the accelerator cable on a vanagon?
Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
Fri, 14 May 2010 22:29:38 -0400
Don, Go to a motorcycle shop and pick up a cable luber. They slip over the cable and seal the end of the housing...
Re: fire
Historical mailing list - roger sisler
Sat, 1 Oct 2005 10:05:25 -0700
...I looked at the ignitor cable that goes from the push button, down to the burner box. Where the ignitor cable makes a sharp...
Re: FW: URGENT: Stranded in Remote Area with disabled wife - please h elp!
Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
Mon, 24 Jun 2002 09:09:58 EDT
...When it starts, pull it off, retrieve cable, drive away. Of course, I assume any vanagon owner has jumper cables onboard at all times...
Re: E-Brake cable
Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
Tue, 23 Mar 2004 07:52:53 -0500
After removing the end of the cable from the brake lever the old cable will pull out thru the backing plate. This will include...
RE: Clutch Cable
Historical mailing list - Armstrong, Charles L.
Wed, 10 Aug 94 11:08:00 cdt
...This may attribute to increased stress on the cable. Mine always stretch then fray at the point where the cable exits the Bowden tube...
Re: Heater Cables
Historical mailing list
1 Sep 94 16:34
Tam, I got under my '78 and both cables were snapped off due to seizure. I don't know how willing you are but...
NLA - lower speedometer cable
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:19:14 -0500
...I was told this lower cable from the wheel to the OXS box appears to be another part VW is dropping. There is also...
Re: Parking brake adjustment, '82
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 5 May 2008 13:57:17 -0400
Most likely the cables are binding or rusted into the jacket. Look at the jacket carefully. If there is any distortion or rust through...
Re: Heat/Fresh Air Cables broke
Historical mailing list
Tue, 1 Apr 1997 10:00:36 -0400 (AST)
As pointed out to me by Shawn Wright, I think it is sometimes the valve in the hose that binds not cable/sheath. Drop...
Re: Cable for Pop Top Assist DONE. Pics.
Historical mailing list - neil n
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:00:54 -0700
...Got shop to swage ball on cable. Made stopper bolt installed on new cable. Ferrule loose, sized new cable on wood strip, secured cable...
Re: Looking for correct name or terminology f or a push-pull
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
Mon, 2 Dec 2013 13:26:28 -0800
...at full max temp there's over an inch of cable hanging in space... no one ever lubes these control cables as much as...
Re: Whatever happened to speedo cable lube?
Historical mailing list - Mike S
Fri, 4 Dec 2009 07:02:19 -0500
At 10:39 PM 12/3/2009, David Beierl wrote... >I went for some speedometer cable lube t'other day and there wasn't...
Speedometer Cable
Historical mailing list - Chris Winesette
Fri, 10 May 2002 10:48:58 -0400
...If I understand it correctly there are 2 cables from the wheel to the dash. Has anyone ever do the lower cable before? Any...
Re: Stuck again !! (accel cable)
Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
Tue, 26 Dec 2006 09:38:26 -0700
...Besides the cable run itself, check under the pedal. Take the protective box off underneath. A lot of crud can build up in there...
Re: Wheel C-clip
Historical mailing list - T Collins
Wed, 11 Aug 2010 07:51:29 -0400
...Take the cable with you to a good hardware store and get a c-clip that matches the end of that cable. GL, Tony...
Re: A throttle puzzle
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Sun, 18 Jun 2006 15:50:15 -0400
...On the automatic, the "Pin" that the throttle cable passes through doesn't grab the cable at all. that's accomplished at the end...
Re: '84 sliding door cable question
Historical mailing list - EL EL
Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:28:41 -0700
...The cable is detached at the rear. The cable simply ends about > 3 > cm from the end of the sheath. My question: do I...
how to buy a clutch cable
Historical mailing list - nick mcree
Mon, 5 Sep 1994 22:20:56 -0500 (CDT)
...It was only then that I noticed that the only thing you get when you buy a new cable is...the cable. No replacement...
Re: O2/ECU coaxial cable
Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
Thu, 8 Mar 2001 09:22:00 -0600
...Open the ECU connector shell on the harness, and you will see the cable (sorry, but I don't have a manual with me...
Re: Chains/Snow Cables - 89 Westy 2WD
Historical mailing list - Antaki
Thu, 2 Dec 2004 17:34:37 -0800
...Chains/Snow Cables - 89 Westy 2WD Chains = heavy duty Cables = light duty Are you after just a little better traction on what is probably...
Re: trip out west
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 4 Aug 2010 13:03:25 -0700
just about every vanagon I see needs this simple adjustment/repair on the heater control cable. why it screws up - it's a dumb...
Re: I-4 conversion Questions
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Thu, 4 Oct 2001 08:32:13 +0000
Hi, can give you a couple of suggestions about a throttle cable. (I am not sure what kind of attachment point you have on...
Bad battery cable? 90 tintop
Historical mailing list - Rob
Wed, 13 Oct 2021 16:36:23 -0700
Hello Vanagon land! I'm looking for a reason NOT to change the battery cable. 1990 Vanagon with a 91 Subaru 2.2 in...
Re: Sticky Throttle Cable
Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
Fri, 6 Jan 95 17:20:32 PST
> > Does anyone know of a way to grease a throttle cable without removing it.? My > cable in my 1987 Syncro is beginning to bind...
Re: Front Heater shutoff options
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Wed, 23 May 2012 19:07:52 -0700
On 05/23/2012 05:32 PM, phishman068@gmail.com wrote: > Are the cables replaceable without pulling the dash? Ha ha. I believe the...
Re: How To Make New Battery To Starter Cable for 2.1 Vanagon?
Historical mailing list - Tom Messick
Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:58:43 -0800
...The one near me has a bench mounted one that makes cables that look like the pre-made ones. Soldering can make the cable...
Re: ABA into 1.9 Vanagon was coolant overflow fears and thoughts
Historical mailing list - Daniel O Stevens
Tue, 14 May 2013 16:37:06 +0000
...Then used 2 cables. One to the Trans for kickdown and one to the engine throttle. You can use bicycle cable adjusters in the...
Re: Looking for correct name or terminology f or a push-pull
Historical mailing list - Channing Davis
Mon, 2 Dec 2013 21:36:15 -0500
The same type cables are used in light and medium duty aircraft. A wire encased by a spiraling wire that serves as the sheath...
DPO's cablemania
Historical mailing list - Mark Hineline
Mon, 15 Nov 2010 11:48:20 -0800
...Is there any other cable from the dash that's bus-length (or van-length)? It is cable for sure, not electrical wire. Mark...
Speedometer and odometer doesn't move - Updated
Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
Mon, 17 Nov 2003 10:32:03 -0600
...I unscrewed the cables from both sides of the gear box. We checked that the cables did move when the other ends where rotated...
Re: Battery dead AGAIN!!!!
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Mon, 30 Apr 2007 02:50:54 -0400
...Please please PLEASE disconnect the GROUND cable on the battery before fiddling with the positive cable. Ground is always the last thing to be...
'71 Clutch Cable
Historical mailing list - Scott Allred
Wed, 20 Mar 96 16:14:57 UT
Hi Volks, About 5 or 6 months ago I replaced my clutch cable because it had stretched beyond adjustment. At the same time I...
advice for-heater lever won"t close
Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
Mon, 25 Feb 2002 18:15:53 -0600
...the cable bent and I could not shut it off completely. Instead of purchasing a new cable. I took off the lever cover ( pull...
Re: Does anyone know how to replace the accelerator cable??!!
Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
Sun, 17 Oct 1999 22:28:36 -0400
...Now the throttle cable was lying on the gargage floor but I had a nice 12 gauge wire tracing the path the new cable...
Broken scrunchy or what do you call this cable protector?
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Tue, 16 Aug 2016 19:36:16 -0400
...they let the cable go in and out and keep it protected from the environment. the upper one is half missing. or it is...
Re: A starting battery to starter cable replacement story
Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
Sat, 7 Aug 2010 15:52:11 -0400
I did inspect the cable. It looks perfect on both ends and also looks perfect under the sheathing where I have cut the insulation...
Frugal Gas Pedal Cable Repair
Historical mailing list
Mon, 21 Apr 1997 14:14:09 -0400
...My '86 Golf's accelerator pedal cable snapped from wear the other night. Without warning, I found myself stranded in a car with a...
Re: Tried this cruise control?
Historical mailing list - Jason Simpson
Wed, 7 Jun 2006 09:44:51 -0700
...This put the cable almost parallel to the original throttle cable. I attached the _bead chain_ to the _bead chain eyelet connector_, removed the...