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• Re: Manual trans replacement
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:46:15 -0700
  ...I have seen one lever absolutely *fused* onto the cross shaft. No amount of heating, or putting a puller on it could get it...
• Question about old and new throttle switch 90 Multivan
  Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
  Fri, 27 Oct 2000 22:00:31 -0500
  ...Anyways I found that after I installed the new throttle switch there was no way I could adjust it because the metal lever arm...
• (Long) Air-cooled vanagon heating/ventilating explained
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 8 Dec 1999 11:55:59 -0500
  ...We will discuss the levers as "1, 2, 3, and 4", numbered from the top. The two LOWER levers, 3 & 4, control fresh air...
• later model parking brake lever
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Mon, 2 Jul 2018 10:48:52 -0400
  I've heard that he 86 and up vanagons have a different style e-brake lever that offers more mechanical advantage. Does anyone know...
• Re: Problem removing grease cap from front wheel???
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:56:58 -0700
  claw hammer levering on cap edge, work around if needed. or two long beefy slot screwdrivers, lever up on edge of cap. alistair On...
• very hot automatic gear selector lever
  Historical mailing list - Marshall
  Mon, 2 Sep 2002 20:56:23 -0500
  ...Is it normal for the gear selector lever on an automatic to get very hot near the base? If it isn't normal, what...
• Re: Short shift kit
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 14 Mar 1998 14:52:10 -0800
  ...Can anyone offer help? The instructions say to slip the ring down the shift lever as a guide to drill a new hole. But...
• Re: Rusty parts (Auto Trans and accelerator cable)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:53:57 EDT
  ...You need to remove the lever with the cable attached which I think you have already done. Then try to get the cable end...
• Re: Such a splendid waste of time
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:34:30 -0500
  ...I did it by feel, as the levers > were unlit. > > This morning I decided to find out whether the levers for the fresh > air...
• Re: Heater Lever Knob Removal
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
  Mon, 11 Nov 2002 08:23:48 -0800
  ...Move the one that you want to remove to the center of its range and the adjacent lever to one end or the other...
• Re: heater cointrol lever differences by year?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:29:54 -0400
  At 03:44 PM 4/10/2008, Jeffrey Lubin wrote... >So there's no difference in the knobs/levers themselves? Yes, there's a...
• Looking for a shift lever for early Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Mon, 3 Aug 2015 15:49:12 -0400
  ...This time I need a good used or new shift lever for the side of the transmission on an early Vanagon (80-83). I...
• Re: 89 vanagon swivel seats - how do you make them swivel ?
  Historical mailing list - BA
  Sat, 17 Feb 2007 19:16:05 -0800
  ...Is this year-dependent? In Esme, I push the lever down. The tricky bit is to then properly apply the rotating push ... if I...
• Re: Shift Lever Broke
  Historical mailing list - Leon
  Sun, 29 Aug 2004 18:18:35 -0700
  ...A used shift lever, is it easy to > change? I did change the plastic ball at the bottom of the lever a few > years...
• Re: headlights
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 14 Apr 2015 13:39:31 -0500
  ...Jim On Tuesday, April 14, 2015, Michael Kimball <kimballmk@gmail.com> wrote: > When I switch from low beam to high beam- when lever is...
• HOT AT SHIFT LEVER
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Thu, 8 Oct 1998 22:04:54 -0400
  The automatic transmission shift lever on my '84 DL gets quite hot when I am driving. I don't remember it getting as hot...
• Windshield washer switch malfunction...
  Historical mailing list - James Shinosky
  Tue, 25 May 1999 10:27:44 EDT
  ...It sometimes squirts when I pulled the switch lever and sometimes it doesn't. I replaced the pump but still the same. I hope...
• Re: heater control knob
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 24 Dec 2001 06:06:17 EST
  ...VW wanted to sell more heater control levers ! I have been successful in gluing them back together. Drill very small holes and use small...
• Shift buzz
  Historical mailing list - Robert Ueltzen
  Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:01:15 -0700
  I, the shifter, do not have a buzz, but my shift lever does in 4th and 5th gear. I have an 87 Wolfsburg with...
• Such a splendid waste of time
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:00:47 -0800
  ...I did it by feel, as the levers were unlit. This morning I decided to find out whether the levers for the fresh air...
• Rear Brakes: E-brake lever lube, E-brake spring function (purpose)
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 5 May 2016 13:22:40 -0700
  ...30% worn) but along with other list advice, I now strongly suspect that either the e-brake lever at a shoe or shoes and...
• Shifting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Mike Blair
  Fri, 1 Jan 1999 05:37:45 -0800
  ...Usually by moving the shift lever around you could get it into gear. Now it is worse. Usually if you move the shift lever...
• Shifter came unbolted from floor
  Historical mailing list - Ian Stewart
  Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:13:56 -0700
  ...The shift lever is still securely bolted to the linkage, but the nuts that secure the shift-lever housing and the lower gearshift mechanism...
• Re: Ventilation Controls
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Tue, 29 Jan 2002 15:24:19 -0600
  Top lever operates the flap for the top/defroster ducts. Below that is the temperature control. Below that is the lever that operates lower...
• Re: 76 Type II valve & "O" ring answers and questi
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 May 1996 21:19:14 -0500
  ...O> - short (3" or so) 3/8" drive socket extension (as leverage to help TO> get bail back on--a trick David Schwarze showed...
• Re: Sticky vent controls?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Fri, 20 Aug 2021 11:53:39 -0500
  ...And use a thin pry bar, dinner knife even, to lever the lever down, or up ( top lever , lever down, next lever up, next...
• Re: I need three black plastic heater control levers...
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Mon, 22 Nov 2010 12:05:24 -0800
  ...I need three black plastic heater control levers... > Those levers have gone NLA... better get 'em while you can... We have them for $9...
• Re: Air and heat knobs on levers
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 4 Mar 2013 12:20:24 -0800
  Use pliers on the "shaft" of the levers, not the knob, when you are pulling with the pliers, brace your pulling hand so that...
• Re: Shift Lever to Transmission Attachement Question
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:33:36 -0800
  You have it correct..The splines on the lever will allow it to go on only one way (unless you force it)...straight down...
• Re: Air and heat knobs on levers
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 7 Mar 2013 17:16:29 -0600
  ...they are also easily broken, especially if you use a tool because the knob is stuck tight to the lever. > > -- > Jack "Rocket j Squirrel...
• Heater Slider Lever
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 07 Jul 1997 09:59:26
  Had the heater slider lever cable cable replaced on recently acquired 82 Westphalia. Still no heat coming out in either position, unless I also...
• front heater valve
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Mon, 1 Oct 2001 12:09:21 -0700
  ...I got the lever moved over to the left and the wire is in the housing but still heat comes out. Anyone know how...
• WTB: Turn signal switch w/cruise control (86+)
  Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
  Thu, 7 Feb 2002 12:21:58 -0800
  I need a new turn signal lever/switch for a '90 van....the one with cruise control switch built in. Need the late model...
• Re: tranny diagnosis please
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Thu, 11 May 2000 19:54:42 -0700
  Does the shifter lever make noises in All gears or just 3rd or 4th???? Many times the shifter is just telescoping an internal iminent...
• Re: Duct controls (was How to keep cool in your van)
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
  Fri, 18 Apr 2003 21:22:43 -0700
  ...Third lever: Controls a flap that opens and closes to direct air through the front door ducts. Fourth lever: Controls a flap that allows...
• Re: Where's rear wiper switch on '87 GL
  Historical mailing list - JonR
  Wed, 20 Nov 1996 18:26:51 -0500
  ...on my '85 you push the lever toward the dash till get adequate washer fluid on the rear window, then let the lever go...
• Re: Front Seat Removal
  Historical mailing list - Chris Hinkle
  Mon, 3 Jun 2002 16:18:06 -0500
  ...Use the normal slide adjustment lever and slide the seat all the way forward. Once you hit the maximum forward travel, look along the...
• V'gon Vent Cable Fix
  Historical mailing list
  20 Dec 96 05:57:24 PST
  ...The cable sheath on the upper heater control lever (front air vent) broke and forces LOTS of travel to be able to open/close...
• clutch housing rebuilding questions
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Thu, 11 May 2006 14:00:54 -0700
  ...The clutch lever where the release bearing resides, and the input shaft seal. How on earth does that shaft get removed? It looks like...
• Re: Headlights--High beam
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Thu, 17 May 2001 19:31:38 -0400
  ...When I work the lever that controls the headlight beam, I get a click, the headlights go out as long as I hold the...
• Re: Parking Brake Slipping
  Historical mailing list - Fredrich Hesterberg
  Mon, 12 Aug 2002 21:02:26 -0500
  ...Check for a problem with that lever or with the end of the self adjuster that contacts the lever when the parking brake is...
• Re: Jump Seat Levers
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 23 Mar 2014 13:37:34 -0400
  ...theyre the same levers used on every front vanagon seat from 80-'91. :( who was this from? Go We$ty?
• Re: gas tank...
  Historical mailing list - David Easterwood
  Wed, 19 Jun 1996 09:55:35 -0400
  ...no big deal, except it has a small petcock with a >lever on it, 'bout 3"-4" of stiff wire to the lever. > > The...
• heater cointrol lever differences by year?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Lubin
  Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:08:52 -0400
  ...Are there any early-late model year differences in the heater control levers? I thought I read here recently that the early ones were...
• Re: 85 gl manual...shift lever BROKE!!!
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Wed, 1 Oct 2014 20:54:54 -0700
  ...VW dimpled the lever with a > screw holding the collar at the top of the spring creating a weak point, > You can pull the...
• Heat in a '74
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Tue, 12 Dec 95 11:19:33 PST
  ...After threading the cables down their tubes and attaching the front <lever> ends, I set the lever in the full on position. Under the...
• Adjusting shifter
  Historical mailing list - C B
  Sat, 26 May 2007 21:52:47 -0700
  OK, how do I adjust the shifter mechanisms forward of the tranny and the shift lever/cup/ball directly attached to the tranny? Clutch...
• Is this normal?
  Historical mailing list - William A. McKinley
  29 Apr 96 20:27:00 EDT
  ...A lot less stress on the parking brake hardware, and it will always set the brake harder than pulling the lever alone (the parking...
• Re: Warm air from under dash.
  Historical mailing list - Frank E. Terhaar-Yonkers
  Thu, 18 Jul 1996 15:26:44 -0400
  I've never been able to detect ANY flow on my '86 from this lever. It's only use (I can tell) is to...
• Re: Warm air from under dash.
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 18 Jul 1996 13:55:51 -0400
  ...The levers work like this: The WINDSHIELD AIR FLOW is controlled by the top (#1) lever. Left is closed, right is open. (There's...
• How to shift gears (was)Re: [Syncro] Shift lever broke off in my hand
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Sun, 16 Mar 2003 23:16:48 -0500
  ...The lever cracks at this > spot and the lever become floppy just before it snaps entirely. > > Mark > > Syncro86VW@aol.com wrote: > > > > I was driving...
• Re: Looking for some history
  Historical mailing list - Scott
  Thu, 18 Aug 2016 11:25:46 -1000
  shift lever for a what ? there's 4 speed diesel vanagon, 5 speed DV, early 4 speed Vanagon , 87 and later 4 speed vanagon...
• Need turn signal wiring info for '63
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 03 Jul 1996 20:49:40
  When I bought my '63 Deluxe, it had no wiring for the turn signals (in fact, no turn signal lever, either). Now I have...
• Re: Wiper/Washer Switch Question
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Wed, 9 Jul 2008 12:03:51 -0400
  ...pumps and wipes as long as the lever is pulled toward you. John Meeks '91 Multivan, '85 GL bits Northern Michigan KC8ZFN Vanagon Rescue...
• WTB: Heater control levers
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 5 May 2012 12:47:35 -0700
  Two, three removals and re-installs and the heater levers have started to fall apart. Don't let's even talk about the condition...
• Re: Rear Brakes: E-brake lever lube, E-brake spring function (purpose)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 7 May 2016 17:44:42 -0400
  ...Like the adjuster >> lever, e-brake lever, look identical. >> I can't recall if these were Raybestos Premium shoes or came from my >> local...
• Accelerator Cable - revisited
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Sun, 15 Apr 2007 17:01:28 -0400
  Ok, so my options appear to be fix the ball stud with a part off a different VW model or replace the lever with...
• Re: More questions on my '85
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 11 Nov 1994 16:46:43 -0500 (EST)
  ...The top lever controls the windshield/defrost vents (right = more, left = less as depicted by the white triangle above the lever). The second lever...
• Re: Where's rear wiper switch on '87 GL
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Thu, 21 Nov 1996 23:25:44 -0800
  ...on my '85 you push the lever toward the dash till get >>adequate washer fluid on the rear window, then let the lever go...
• Re: back heater lever question
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 23 Jul 2014 15:40:18 -0700
  ...back heater lever question Hi folks, under the back seat on the passenger side is a lever on the side of the heater. It...