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• Re: '71 bus fuel cap
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 29 Aug 1994 12:21:08 +0800
  My gas cap is also controlled by the ignition/door/trunk key. However, I prefer NOT to have my gas cap lock, and so...
• Re: grit stats
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 05 Dec 94 10:10:38 CST
  ...it, who hasn't, what they thought of it, ... >it's important for you not to lose control of snippets of valuable >information! ARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Re: Is there an "air-cooled Vanagon" list?
  Historical mailing list - Ron 'Coyote' Lussier
  Thu, 9 Mar 2000 09:22:20 -0800
  ...isn't this a News group, by the way? Because it's much more difficult to moderate (and control spam) on a newsgroup. Coyote
• *Clue* Parts Request
  Historical mailing list - Jason Gorfine
  Sat, 6 Oct 2001 01:03:16 -0400
  ...again, the part i'm looking for is a heater control box for the left side. thanks for your patience, jason "forgets stuff sometimes...
• guage wiring question.
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Tue, 6 Nov 2001 11:27:42 -0500
  ...I run power from the wires that run to the heater control back lamp? Will I blow any fuses doing this? thanks folks, Greg.
• Re: Things are getting interesting . . .
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Sat, 11 Jan 2003 19:49:45 +0100
  > Seems > it connects to, drum roll please, the idle stabilization control unit . > . . at one end. Now, where does the other end connect? Bentley, here...
• 2.1L ISV for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Mar 2003 21:27:15 EST
  ...writes: > Do you have an Idle Stabilizer Valve and Idle Stabilizer Control (box > just forward of the right rear brake light)? Interested in these...
• Fan-Tastic Vents
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hooper
  Sun, 20 Jul 2003 15:47:32 -0400
  ...In addition to having a 10" thermostatically controlled fan , it also is reversible. Any feedback would be appreciated. Mark Hooper Charleston SC 95 EVC...
• how to remove the heater controller switch?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Tue, 16 Sep 2003 10:30:26 -0700
  how do you get to the heater fan speed switch so to remove it? thanks matthew 1986 syncro westy Matthew Pollard "Racing with the...
• FS: Digifant 2.1L ISCM
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Wed, 11 Feb 2004 22:11:54 -0700
  For sale good used Idle Speed Control Module for Digifant. I tested this unit for about a month of running. Held Idle OK, did...
• NVC - List control help needed....Doh!
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Fri, 11 Feb 2005 20:28:44 -0500
  Hi all, Would someone be so kind as to send me instructions for set my Vanagon Mailing List account to "No Mail". I'm...
• Train YOUR vehicles to get better gas mileage (it's Fryeday)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 30 May 2008 16:54:53 -0500
  $4.00 per gallon is almost here! Gasoline prices are totally out of control.... Start Re-Training YOUR vehicles for better gas mileage TODAY...
• Re: Install grease fitting on upper control arm bushing(s)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 26 May 2018 14:54:24 -0700
  ...Install grease fitting on upper control arm bushing(s) >> >> >> Would installing a grease fitting (zerk type?) to each upper control arm >> bushing, and adding...
• Re: ventilation controls
  Historical mailing list - Scott
  Tue, 10 May 2016 13:55:38 -1000
  ...from then on you can't get full heater valve control, you can have plenty of 'on' but you'll never get full off...
• Re: manual control of radiator fan - 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 27 Nov 2006 10:05:05 -0800
  ...manual control of radiator fan - 87 westy > >Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 11:13:16 -0500 > > > >Greetings all, > > > >I have had problems with the...
• Re: video: Making of a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 2 Dec 2008 16:23:07 -0700
  ...Stability control likewise (but this is no guarantee of safety... "Wheels" in Australia recently tested a Toyota Kluger (=Highlander) and the stability control did...
• Re: Rostra All-Electronic Cruise Control--gROUP pURCHASE
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Fri, 28 Jun 2002 06:39:43 -0400
  ...Rostra All-Electronic Cruise Control > Frank: > The remaining neurons seem to be working pretty darn well! Thanks for the > detailed information. > Maynard > > On Friday...
• Re: Fire Talk - Campers
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Thu, 5 Aug 2004 22:34:37 -0400
  ...You must turn the gas supply off >either at the fridge control panel or at the tank main valve. > >Once lit the fridge gas...
• Cruise Control Troubleshooting 101
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Fri, 28 Oct 2005 15:04:33 -0400
  I had a customer come in with a 90 Vanagon with inoperable cruise control. It had not worked for several years and the guy...
• Re: Lower control arm bushing r&r on 89 westy
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 2 Feb 2016 20:20:15 -0700
  Patrick It's Not a TerriblyDifficult Job ~ Can be done With ControlArm OnTheVan ~ I put the FrontEnd Up On Ramps & with a FloorJack under...
• Solar charge controller needed what were the recommendations from a while back
  Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
  Sat, 28 Oct 2017 14:15:22 -0700
  HI Just getting it all back together and now it seems the my 10 + year old solar charge controller is not working and the...
• Re: South African van differences - when they happened
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:02:29 -0700
  ...didn't differ from the > German; it also had slide heater controls. However I am in the process > of buying a 1993 RSA Microbus...
• Re: Continuing Engine Troubles
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Sat, 11 May 1996 10:05:23 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Also, the Bentley describes a procedure to check the Hall control unit. On the bottom left of 28.37 it says that if you...
• Re: Too much heat!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 6 Feb 1999 11:19:09 -0700
  ...There's too much heat in >my bus. > >When the temp controls for the front heater are all the way to the left, I...
• Re: the weekender saga again
  Historical mailing list - Todd Kaderabek
  Wed, 22 Mar 2000 12:49:55 -0500
  ...Mine does not have cruise control, but there were others at the dealer when I bought mine that did. Some did not have alloy...
• Ball Joint, and bushing tools...
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Wed, 19 Jun 2002 18:46:09 EDT
  ...Phil Hi Phil, I found that the lower control arm bushings wanted to tip to the side, and I was worried they would be...
• Re: New weels rubbing control arm
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sat, 5 Dec 2015 13:31:06 -0500
  ...The tire place just called and said the front wheels are hitting the upper control arms. >>> >>> The wheels are the 16x7.5 ET 23...
• Re: 88 vanagon gl "issues"
  Historical mailing list - Chris Lisica
  Wed, 14 Feb 2007 15:53:59 -0800
  ...Where is the idle control module and stabilizer valve? > > > > Thanks again! > > > > -chris > > > > > > > > >
• Re: Starting problems with 88 Vanagon, WIKI problems too
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 16 Sep 2007 16:09:44 -0500
  ...BOTH relays are needed for the fuel pump to run. > > One relay turns on the ECU, controlled by the key switch. > > The other relay...
• Re: Upper COntrol Arm Bushing '85 GL
  Historical mailing list - dylan
  Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:18:39 -0800
  ...Upper COntrol Arm Bushing '85 GL Ok, so I knew before I picked Gertie up that she would need the Upper COntrol Arm bushings...
• (FIX) Re: Oil pressure mystery, resolved???
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Tue, 1 Oct 2002 14:41:08 EDT
  ...If not, it's the controller. I never got a chance to ask what the "controller" is. Once the buzzing went out with his...
• Re: Vent flapper noise?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 5 May 2008 09:07:08 -0700
  ...If heat control valve is open, and appropriate flaps open, you will feel the heat even with fan off. If foam on all flaps...
• S'not Tires
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Wed, 9 Jan 2013 13:07:04 -0800
  ...Whenever chain controls are posted over Donner Pass on Interstate 80, heavy trucks are usually required to have link-type chain on at least...
• Re: How Long Does it Take Your Van to Warm up? Cont.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:19:35 -0400
  ...Idle warm up speed and stabilizing is done with an electronic valve, controlled by a separate idle speed controller, mounted in front of the...
• Re: Urgency of Upper Control Arm Bushing replacement?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 6 Jan 2013 19:48:11 -0800
  ...Assuming you're talking about a 2WD (I know little of the Syncro), the upper control arm long bolt shouldn't be hard to...
• Re: Idle Control Issues
  Historical mailing list - Craig Forney
  Sat, 20 Jul 2013 22:55:32 -0700
  ...I have spent a lot of time with Vanagon Idle Stabilation Control Modules (ISCMs) and thought it might to explain the workings to help...
• Re: [Syncro] Syncro lower control arm bushing tips?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 26 Aug 2004 23:08:54 -0400
  ...Syncro@yahoogroups.com; Vanagon Mailing List Subject: [Syncro] Syncro lower control arm bushing tips? So, my hand was called. I've been sitting on...
• Re: electrical mystery
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Wed, 4 Dec 2013 15:54:40 -0500
  ...It turned out to be a black box hanging behind the cruise control canister. It was written on it "Valet 711T" and I believe...
• Adjustable rate fuel pressure regulator? anybody try one?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 15 May 2012 21:54:59 -0700
  ...We had no way to control the pulse length...I don't think.....I was more concerned with the whole package of racing the...
• AC thermostat
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 1 Dec 1994 10:20:19 -0500
  ...The idea that you can turn your ac compressor on by adjusting your fresh air controls in a vanagon just doesn't sound right...
• Re: Question regarding coolant flow and front heater
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 23 May 2005 13:18:10 -0700
  ...Then > greased it up to assure free movement. > In the meantime, becaus eit was stiff, the haeter valve control cable had > bent up at...
• Re: vents
  Historical mailing list - Jaap Nauta
  Mon, 25 Apr 2005 11:59:04 +0200
  ...I have 4 ventilation control slides, the bottom one controls fresh air. The air flows through the front doors, then up through the pillar...
• LED Brake lamps and Audiovox cruise control
  Historical mailing list - WILLIAM WITZ
  Fri, 16 Aug 2013 16:22:45 -0700
  Hi all , well after much thought and consideration I repaired my cruise control using the keep it simple stupid principal. Not wanting to remove...
• Re: Cruise control diagnosis progress - ambient temp?
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Wed, 1 Nov 2006 07:48:40 -0800
  ...work when the weather was warmer? I have the stock cruise control in my '89 Syncro GL, and whenever it gets cold it doesn...
• Re: WTB: BA-6 Dash Control unit
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:34:13 -0800
  ...vanagon for the next 8 weeks and have > discovered that the > control unit (on-off switch) in the dash has > come apart and is...
• Re: Idle gremlins still at play
  Historical mailing list - Tom Neal
  Wed, 11 Aug 2021 07:10:28 -0700
  ...When an idle gremlin appears, I unplug and plug back in the idle controller and/or swap it with my spare which seems to...
• Headlight Operation
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013 23:07:19 -0500
  ...time?? Like low beams are just on and when the dimmer control switch was pulled the brights come on and the low beams remain...
• Re: Dometic Fridge Lit? 1991 Vanagon Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:44:50 -0500
  ...Any LED's would be up by the controls, I think. Mine has the analog linear dial with the "green zone". -- Alan Felder Austin...
• Re: Query....
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 13 Aug 2010 23:13:35 -0400
  ...I have an '89 Wolfie without cruise >control and wish to install an aftermarket unit. Is there one out there? Audiovox is the one...
• lenti down
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Thu, 8 Jun 1995 09:33:25 -0500 (CDT)
  Lenti.med.umn.edu had a problem with a disk controller sometime early this morning. If you posted and got a bounce, you can...
• Re: IDLE STABILIZER CONTROL
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Fri, 15 May 1998 08:31:33 -0500
  I found an old one of these under the Weekender seat while cleaning up and assume it's bad. I was wondering how these...
• Re: MOUSE PROBLEMS
  Historical mailing list - J. Andersen
  Tue, 23 Jun 1998 18:13:25 -0700
  ...Once they were out the pest control people advised us to seal all the holes with silicone and steel wool, the steel wool hurts...
• Re: power window motors
  Historical mailing list - William Carden
  Thu, 6 Aug 1998 17:25:30 -0400
  Does anyone have any door switches for the windows, I need the drivers switch that controls the passenger side window. Thanks Bill NACHTAIN7@AOL...
• Re: Ceramic Switch ?
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Thu, 4 May 2000 21:57:58 +0200
  ...for the radiator fan (3 speeds with AC, 1st and 2nd controlled by the resistor, 3rd by the relais in fusebox). Vanagons without AC...
• Re: EV Camper
  Historical mailing list - Stratis Kakadelis
  Tue, 26 Sep 2000 19:43:28 -0400
  ...at the I-95 > & I-395 intersection) is a dealer of the campers. > > Bob Busick > Controller > The Dutko Group Companies, Inc > 202.484.4884
• Re: wiper motor fix???
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Thu, 21 Dec 2000 17:16:30 EST
  ...IIRC the wiper park feature should be controlled by the windshield wiper relay. I had this problem in my VW Fox for years. I...
• Re: Heater/vent control panel/cigarette lighter illuminating lights...
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Thu, 29 Nov 2001 09:27:20 -0700
  Entity Mike Collum spoke thus: > I put a single wrap of electrical tape around the part that fits in the > hole and pushed (buttoned...
• 84 Vanagon idles up and down
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Hosick
  Thu, 18 Oct 2001 13:52:18 -0700
  ...Although hardly noticeable with a flick of the radio's volume control I would like to hear any suggestion's that may cure this...
• Re: Sale prices for Vanagons
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Mar 2002 22:57:25 EST
  ...dmc@CYBURBAN.COM writes: > It was a burgundy Wolfsburg with cruise control but manual windows! 1988 > most '88 wolfsburgs had manual windows. power windows...
• part needed for 84 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Robert Copich
  Tue, 21 May 2002 16:07:31 -0700
  I am looking for the long bolt that goes through the upper control arm bushings. Its about 30 cm long and has a 14mm...