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• personal to Dworkin
  Historical mailing list - Crazed Idiot
  Tue, 05 Dec 1995 0:34:53 EST
  ...If it's not there, check under the dashboard, it may be an aftermarket job and they put switches in weird places. Other than...
• heater/defroster blower motor
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 24 Feb 1998 06:23:35 -0800
  ...I don't work on engines but taking apart a dashboard and messing with a few wires doesn't seem particualrly scarey. Any advice...
• Re: Stove knobs and dashboard utility trays
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 21 Sep 2000 09:39:07 -0700
  ...my friend Kyle's Vanagon sports a cool tray on his dashboard which has > slots for two beverages, some cassettes, and a pile of...
• Re: dashboard fan?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 May 1995 21:13:47 -0700
  My '81 westy came with a dashboard fan when I bought it about a year ago. I'd recommend getting something of good quality...
• Re: Grounds
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 13 May 2001 09:48:08 -0500
  ...Where exactly are the two ground points in the dashboard area ? > > 2. Where are the sensors that would indicate a failure in the brake...
• Re: ashtrays
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 19 Jun 95 09:44:33 bst
  >So someone wrote: > >"What creative ways have you discovered for the ashtray in the middle >> of your Vanagon dashboard?..." In a beetle I once...
• why does my electric clock stop and go?
  Historical mailing list - dieselslave
  Sat, 7 Feb 2004 16:52:20 -0500
  ...below 70's at night I have my clock in the dashboard stop and when it warms up the next day it resumes....whats...
• Re: Dashboard updates
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Tue, 22 May 2001 21:25:09 -0600
  ...You do need to run a wire from the Coil up to the dashboard for the tach. Just one is all that is needed...
• Re: Dashboard lights
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 18 Nov 2014 00:49:29 -0500
  ...2014 7:04 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Dashboard lights So - Dennis scores another 100 points. I took off the top...
• Re: intermittent electrical problem in dashboard and wiper fluid problem
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 30 Dec 2011 03:31:14 -0500
  At 01:45 AM 12/30/2011, Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski wrote: >Also, the light that illuminates the clock and the light that >illuminates the...
• Re: wierd interior in '87 ebay syncro.......
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 29 Sep 2002 05:12:15 EDT
  ...in my panelvan, it came out of a 87 GL. > The dashboard is sattelbraun in German. Don't know the exact colorcode, > I'll...
• Re: Lovin' my new GPS!
  Historical mailing list - Chris Szpejankowski
  Fri, 19 Jun 2015 08:26:04 -0400
  ...I'd like to install an > additional cigarette lighter plug hidden under the dashboard with the > unit's mini USB cable accessible through the...
• Re: Adding gauges to a Vanagon dashboard, and which are important?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Cu
  Sat, 9 Jan 1999 20:33:38 -0600
  ...Adding gauges to a Vanagon dashboard, and which are important? > Date: Thursday, January 07, 1999 9:14 PM > > I'm sure some of you...
• Additional warning light for heated rear screen switch?
  Historical mailing list - Graham Challis
  Wed, 17 Nov 1999 22:36:45 -0800
  All this talk about warning lights got me thinking about one of the more annoying things about my 90 Vanagon dashboard, which is that...
• Re: (no subject)
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sat, 30 Sep 2000 21:59:33 EDT
  In a message dated 9/30/00 6:38:32 PM Pacific Daylight Time, WoodyHalsey2@CS.COM writes: << I have just received the dashboard...
• Re: small front table
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 6 Feb 2008 19:34:35 -0500
  ...It has a mount that screws to the > face of the dashboard around the radio. Then the table slides into the > mount and has...
• dashboard removal
  Historical mailing list - Mark M. Schirmer
  Sun, 7 Jan 1996 19:08:27 -0500 (EST)
  ...Free these from the dashboard and steering column. Good Luck..... -on my '85 GL there is a bolt at each end of these channels...
• Re: Vanagons with stock tachometers???
  Historical mailing list - bmn
  Mon, 30 Aug 1999 21:40:14 -0400
  ...Nichols" wrote: > > Were there such futuristic devices in any Vanagons? What years, and where > did they go on/under the dashboard? Thanks, Y'all...
• courtesy light flickering 89 westy
  Historical mailing list - Bill MacLachlan
  Thu, 23 Nov 2017 11:51:23 -0800
  ...Before I dive into the wiring diagram, or contort myself under the dashboard, has anyone else dealt with this, and if so what was...
• Heater motor gone?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Snyder
  Tue, 21 Nov 1995 14:26:26 -0700
  ...motor itself and b) do you REALLY have to remove the dashboard to get at the heater motor? He's got a large, green...
• Used Parts Search
  Historical mailing list - James H. McCarthy
  Tue, 16 Nov 1999 13:38:26 -0500
  ...the Eurovan list.) He is looking for an 1989 Vanagon GL dashboard cluster housing and RPM unit and speedometer unit. Thank you for any...
• Re: Behold! my Jesus shag rug
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Thu, 1 Feb 2001 00:12:42 -0600
  Correction----- "I don't care if it rains or freezes, Long as I got my plastic Jesus, Riding on the dashboard of my car...
• Re: Vgon Crash Tests
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Wed, 16 Jan 2002 13:02:30 -0800
  On Wednesday, January 16, 2002, at 12:53 , Matthew Pollard wrote: > Raise your > hand if you have seen teeth in a dashboard or steering...
• Re: Generic or VW O2 sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Anonymous Digest
  Sat, 5 Apr 2003 22:27:39 -0700
  ...The little LED on the dashboard is called EGR, not OX, right? John
• Re: weakly stats ...
  Historical mailing list - Mike White
  Mon, 8 May 1995 09:44:22 MST
  ...What year did they change the dashboard around the radio on the microbus? I put a normal DIN sized radio in my '67 (No...
• Oil Temp Sender Ohms
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Sat, 7 Apr 2001 13:31:44 -0600
  ...I wired up the whole deal from the engine to the dashboard (yikes, that was fun) and connected it all up. The VDO gauge...
• Re: Heater/vent control panel/cigarette lighter illuminating lights...
  Historical mailing list - S.C. Harrison
  Tue, 27 Nov 2001 18:18:35 -0800
  ...have to tear them out of the dashboard? Or let my hand crawling inside the dashboard? Any advice will be appreciated... Thanks. Jim w88kender...
• Re: Dashboard lights
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sun, 16 Nov 2014 07:16:35 -0400
  ...As a new owner of a 91' multivan, I pulled the dashboard hood off to fix a > rocker switch (the hazard switch) which seems...
• air conditioning
  Historical mailing list - Felix D. Bello
  Thu, 7 May 1998 19:36:56 -0400
  ...free ? Please start with the cheapest possible solution scenarios, other than dashboard fans and driving with the windows down. Again, thanks to all. Felix...
• antenna
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Thu, 4 Dec 1997 15:03:04 EST
  ...was going to be a nightmare feeding it up under the dashboard. The job only took me 30 minutes! The secret is to remove...
• Re: heater blowers
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 29 Sep 2000 18:26:47 -0400
  ...the steering-column bolts out, and someone to help lift the dashboard out and in -- and all day, and access to the necessaries in...
• parking light?
  Historical mailing list - Dan Scott
  Wed, 20 Nov 2002 22:38:08 -0700
  ...The dashboard warning light for the parking brake has decided to come on and stay on; I certainly keep checking the emergency brake handle...
• Re: small front table
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 6 Feb 2008 19:58:56 -0500
  ...It has a mount that screws > to the face of the dashboard around the radio. Then the table > slides into the mount and has...
• Re: Front A/C Installation - Aftermarket
  Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
  Mon, 2 Sep 2002 01:49:36 -0400
  ...Custom center vent mounts on top of the dashboard instead of in the radio hole in your dashboard like the Behr kit, so you...
• Re: Looking for dash removal procedure
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Wed, 8 Jul 2009 15:16:55 -0400
  ...http://www.vanagonauts.com/[70.5-]Instrument-Panel---Dashboard-(T-J-Hannink)117.htm John Meeks '91 Multivan Northern Michigan Vanagon Rescue Squad http...
• Re: 1/87 Scale vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Mark M. Schirmer
  Sun, 2 Feb 1997 14:20:45 -0500 (EST)
  ...my dashboard altar includes a rubber duckie, a halibut hook, a dried horseshoe crab and a dried rose...
• Re: back heating fan??
  Historical mailing list - ~K~
  Sat, 27 Nov 1999 00:27:46 -0400
  ...no one's perfect and i'm not taking off the dashboard...not yet anyways) What's the best way to find out what...
• Re: Q: Where is the chassis number on a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 6 Jun 2000 00:55:38 +0200
  #1 on the left side of the dashboard #2 on the I.D. sticker in the doorjamb #3 on the rear side of the...
• US economy is like a car?/F
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 9 Feb 2001 08:05:03 -0800
  ...Alistair "A warning light is flashing on the dashboard of our economy. We need tax relief now. In fact, we need tax relief yesterday...
• Re: Running Lights Dark
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Tue, 28 Aug 2018 00:19:17 -0700
  ...Here is the > current status of the patient: > > - Headlights work. > - Running lights do not at either switch setting. > - Dashboard lights also do not work...
• Windshield Wiper Madness!
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Sun, 20 Mar 2011 12:56:15 -0700
  ...the secret? It took me the longest time to learn the dashboard sliders. I've had this Westy for 4 yrs now so it...
• Dashboard removal electrical problem.
  Historical mailing list - Saulius Berzinskas
  Fri, 9 Mar 2001 18:00:37 -0500
  After removing the light switch socket from the rear of the gauge panel I plugged it back in and notice that when switched on...
• Re: clutch slave cylinder mounting bolts/PC it's friday
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 19 Dec 2003 19:41:57 -0600
  ...could be remote and local, or client and server! About time we started appropriating technical terms, since there are "fuel guages" and "dashboards" in...
• Re: Entertainment System upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
  Thu, 21 Nov 2002 14:42:38 -0800
  ...I could always record a dashboard display off of NASCAR 2002 onto tape and play it in the VHS at the inspection station.:>) Worst...
• Modding Vanagon dash
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 1 Aug 2017 15:36:33 -0400
  ...would be best for cutting a square hole in the metal dashboard. Has anyone cut this metal and what tools did you use? I...
• Re: Hot Wheels Vanagon anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:34:09 -0400
  ...Can't remember where I got it, but is now resides on the > dashboard (in the ashtray) of my real full sized Vanagon Westy...
• Re: Dashboard Removal Procedure: where in Bentley's?
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Thu, 19 Aug 2004 13:00:59 -0400
  Mike, Attached is a zip file with a number of posts that I have clipped from the list or its archives on this repair...
• buy my vanagon B4 i change my mind again!
  Historical mailing list - gary goldey
  Sun, 14 May 2006 14:28:14 -0700
  ...pass TX emmissions...also needs cooling fan fixed (been on a dashboard switch for 3 years) banged up slider door no radio $700 --------------------------------- Love...
• Re: Paint color for Westy stove brown
  Historical mailing list - Bill M
  Tue, 10 Jul 2012 08:27:29 -0400
  ...Paint color for Westy stove brown > > Stuart, > > I needed some brown to match my dashboard and couldn't find anything close > enough. I went...
• Re: dashboard altars <Spelling,dude,spelling>
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Dec 1995 14:06:26 -0700
  I used to have a ceramic Horned Toad on the dash of my old '68 Chevelle. The girlfriend asked what it was. I told...
• Volkswagen Bus Information
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 6 Jul 1996 04:44:48 GMT
  Does anyone know where i can get a under the dashboard cover for the steering column, for a VW Vanagon Syncro 87. I've...
• Re: Tach in 1980?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 10 Jun 2002 16:59:57 -0500
  ...Is it possible to add a VW Tach to a 1980 dashboard that doesn't > have > one? I'd like to remove the closk...
• Re: WTB: Dash Metal Panel for below windshield...1990 2.1
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Fri, 26 Aug 2005 13:34:02 EDT
  ...its called the "entire dashboard".. its all one piece. anyway i a few good dashes but shipping would be nuts And, if I might...
• Re: For Sale - Vanagon ToothBrush?
  Historical mailing list - rpc
  Sat, 28 Jan 2006 17:26:24 -0800
  ...It will sit next to my vintage 80's Braun shaver on the dashboard with all my Duran Duran cassettes. I throw down a...
• Re: Need Speaker Advice
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Mon, 22 Mar 1999 16:07:43 EST
  ...I'm guessing there may be a clearance problem between the new grills and the window crank and the new grills and the dashboard...
• Re: (no subject)
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Sun, 1 Oct 2000 11:06:52 -0400
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: (no subject) Dear List, I have just received the dashboard tray from GoWesty and am sorely disappointed. It is...
• Re: Dashboard Removal Procedure: where in Bentley's?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 19 Aug 2004 10:08:33 -0700
  Hey Sam, Great information -- thank you! -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71 VW Type 2 / 84 Westy: A poor but proud race. KG6RCR Sam...
• Re: mounting a laptop in vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:48:24 +0000
  ...They're expensive, and they don't have a dashboard > mount, but they have mounts for all kinds of stuff, and all kinds of...
• Re: no dashboard lights
  Historical mailing list - A Abian
  Wed, 20 Feb 2002 12:18:20 -0800
  ...A Abian <amabian@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hey folks, > > All of my dashboard lights are out, including the > light for the radio. I checked the...
• Re: Glove compartment blow-up
  Historical mailing list - Karen Chapelle
  Thu, 18 Jun 1998 19:39:05 -0300
  ...Can i change the fuses and hope for the best or do i have to take off the whole dashboard and se what's...