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• NEED HELP
  Historical mailing list - Tony DeMille
  Thu, 8 Oct 1998 16:22:47 +0000
  ...apply the brakes? Also, how hard is it to install new emergency brake cables? Would appreciate any help ASAP. Thanks alot TonyD '87 GL
• FS: 87 Syncro GL= $2500obo
  Historical mailing list - Kurtis Thomas
  Sun, 29 Aug 1999 11:31:42 EDT
  ...new r/brakes&cylinders&cables new throttle cable bentley manual incl. dark blue ext. dark blue int. fair cond. military member is moving need...
• Re: Can a whining speedometer be fixed?
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Tue, 8 Aug 2000 09:51:24 -0400
  ...Speedometer cables are expensive. Liquid graphite is not. IMHO you should try the lubricant first. -Larry
• Re: Fridge update
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 5 Oct 2005 15:08:14 -0400
  ...I see a crack in both of my dometic cables where they make the 90 degree bend.I suppose some electricity excapes at times...
• Re: Lubricate front heater control cables?
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Mon, 5 May 2008 23:44:01 -0400
  Stephen Edwards <welfarewrkr@IGC.ORG> writes: > To lube or not to lube? I would lube them. I like Lubriplate Chain and Cable Fluid for...
• Re: Question regarding coolant flow and front heater
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 23 May 2005 15:42:22 -0500
  That Air Cooled air flow starts with adjustments to the wire cables behind the dash at the slide lever panel. The wires often bend...
• Re: tire chains / cables on snows?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:36:52 -0700
  ...NOT CABLES... Chains only and make sure you tie up the loose end well with wire or else the baning on the fender will...
• Re: Emergency break adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 23 Aug 2015 22:05:34 -0400
  This symptom is usually a sign of the parking brake levers seizing on the shoes or the cables are getting stuck in the sheaths...
• Re: sunroof leaking
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Fri, 5 Jan 2001 17:15:16 EST
  ...Initially, it appeared that my operator or cables were stripped because the roof would stop just short of closing and the crank would rachet...
• Re: Chains/Snow Cables - 89 Westy 2WD
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 2 Dec 2004 18:59:08 -0700
  On 12/2/04 6:34 PM, "Antaki" <wrack@COMCAST.NET> wrote: > Chains required. Whips optional... > > -----Original Message----- Ooooooh! Kinky! ���������������������������������������� jimt Planned insanity is...
• Re: speedometer no move
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 12 Nov 2003 09:26:19 -0700
  ...Therefore my problem must be one of the cables, or the little gear box under the bus? Unless I hear some advice from you...
• Re: DPO's cablemania
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:05:18 -0800
  There are 2 cables from dash to rear that control the heat flaps in the heater boxes at engine. They terminated at the dash...
• Tires Batt isolators bike racks etc.
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 8 Jun 1999 07:18:07 -0700
  ...I charge it with a set of moto jumper cables when driving and simply disconnect the cables after a while. For portable power it...
• Re: (F) Martens a menace to German vans etc
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Fri, 12 May 2000 16:33:40 -0500
  ...There are an estimated 160,000 cases annually of the weasel-like mammals nibbling through brake cables, water- cooling lines and electric cables of...
• Re: heat slider switch
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 25 Feb 2004 16:50:20 -0600
  The control cables tend to bend and distort if they have too much resistance. The adjustments are often critical to get the right combination...
• cable shift
  Historical mailing list - Robert Ueltzen
  Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:13:55 -0800
  http://www.cableshift.com/094/VW%20094.html Has anyone ever tried this? I know the cable shifted Jetta (2001) I owned shifted much...
• Re: 1982 Diesel Intermittent Start Problem
  Historical mailing list - James Foust
  Wed, 12 Apr 2000 12:10:50 -0500
  ...After replacing the starter, alternator, battery, cables and fuses, I finally tried one more simple thing. (long pause for dramatic effect) I ran all...
• rear disc brakes project
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:48:17 -0400
  ...2- Mk4 rear calipers, used with new seals, including e-brake cables and brake lihes. 2- new braided brake hoses from GW (I already...
• Re: Checking on new Syncro Driveshafts
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Thu, 20 Apr 2006 21:55:03 -0600
  ...Thu, 22 Sep 2005 21:36:06 -0000 > From: "donald_storm" <dstorm@cablespeed.com> > Subject: Drive shafts > > As of September 30, the contact for...
• What fuse would you use for this application?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 11 Apr 2015 14:37:27 -0500
  ...I wired in an external 12 connector using an Anderson Powerpole connector set and battery cables. I took the negative from the diesel exhaust...
• Re: Jump starting without opening battery compartment?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 15 Feb 2016 15:49:06 +0000
  ...Buy yourself a pair of jumper cables, cut off one end and mount a power pole connector to that end (they are hermaphroditic, there...
• Re: Radio Reception Fix or Upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 17 May 2010 13:18:40 -0500
  ...not a real big deal and I did route the power cables away from speaker/amp signal cables. Guess I will look more into...
• Big Thanks and Brake Wear PICS
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 12 May 2016 23:38:07 -0700
  ...new axle seals, nuts/pins, new backing plates, e-brake cables, upgraded to newer style e-brake lever, new shoes drums and hardware except...
• Re: Speedometer and odometer doesn't move - Updated
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Mon, 17 Nov 2003 07:03:44 -0800
  ...Z --- VWNut Hawk <vwnut@HAWKCOMPUTING.COM> wrote: > Thanks for all the replies last week. > The square hole is working fine. > I unscrewed the cables...
• Re: Where do jumper cables go on an 87 westy?
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Tue, 9 Dec 2003 08:54:37 -0500
  ...Where do jumper cables go on an 87 westy? Thanks for the replies It does seem that I just have to accept the pain...
• HELP! Need Westy Luggage Rack Section
  Historical mailing list - Michael Wagner
  Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:48:40 +0000
  ...The cables impacted the van about 1' up from the bottom of the windshield, then scraped up the glass until they reached the roofline...
• Re: '85 vanagon passenger compartment fan...
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 10 Nov 2005 20:21:42 -0700
  ...The cable for the heater valve will need to be undone at > the > valve end but the other cables can be left attached. > > Mark...
• Re: wrench/socket (nut and bolt head) sizes
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 21 Jun 2011 21:15:52 -0700
  I have 7mm brake bleeders (Ate), and Shimano uses 9mm to fasten shifter & brake cables. Karl Wolz | |I do see 12mm exhaust nuts often...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Ralf Kalscheuer
  Sat, 4 Oct 1997 19:15:09 -0400
  Hi Volks, I changed my spark plug cables on my 87 Vanagon, since then,it runs a bit strange, does anyone know what the...
• Re: Convincing my wife...(famous last words)
  Historical mailing list - Mitch Hendrickson
  Fri, 15 Dec 95 16:43:23 PST
  ...Yeah, it's got no floor and the battery's hanging from its cables. Just lets you see through to its soul, I say...
• BUS BURR
  Historical mailing list - Ken & Sue
  Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:10:07 -0500
  ...This year I will bring my airplane jumper cables and we can turn those ice cold motors over all day until they get warm...
• Re: Brakes still going to the floor
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:14:28 -0400
  ...Adjust rear brakes after loosening parking brake cables, then retighten parking brake cables. If the rear brakes are not self adjusting then the horizontal...
• Re: Some (Simple!) Diesel Question to do with Glow Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 7 Apr 2000 19:39:03 +0200
  ...Remove the plug, and hook them up to the battery with jumper cables. They should be glowing red within 15 seconds. PerL 87 Syncro...
• Re: Where do jumper cables go on an 87 westy?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Tue, 9 Dec 2003 09:38:58 EST
  http://community.webtv.net/VanStuff/VanagonWestfalia Terry has a neat little gadget installed above his battery box to plug in a pair of jumpers...
• Re: Aux. Battery-Stereo Amp question
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Wed, 11 Aug 2004 09:01:00 -0700
  ...The inverter needs to have a fuse and properly sized battery cables running between it and the aux battery. For a Prowatt 1750 watt...
• Clutch cables
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Sep 1995 15:13:27 -0700
  ...end of the cable was to wide. >And all of the cables had the problem. So I had to file a little off to...
• Re: Tips on running Speaker Wire to the Back speakers of a 86 Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Arbaugh
  Thu, 23 Mar 2000 16:54:16 -0800
  ...Those take >RCA cables. Most amps (necessary for running a >subwoofer with any sort of desired effect) have RCA >inputs. You want to have...
• Re: Battery cables
  Historical mailing list - Marvin Westenburg
  Sun, 2 Aug 1998 12:44:14 -0500
  ...Battery cables >At 06:49 PM 8/1/98 -0500, Marvin Westenburg wrote: >>And you're right--a >>discharged house battery would discharge the...
• Parking brake cable stretch
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Mon, 15 Jan 2001 21:56:57 EST
  ...Duh, is it possible these cables have stretched over the last 19 years? Ken Hunter 82 Westy 1.9D 84 Jetta 1.5D
• Re: Emergency break adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 24 Aug 2015 10:35:33 -0700
  ...ebrake cables When removing and installing them, I use pliers to grab the collar on cable housing where it inserts into brake backing plate...
• Re: CD Changer
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 30 Apr 1997 12:04:39 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I didn't have to cut any sheetmetal to fit it and ran the cables under the carpet near the hand brake lever. Derek...
• speedo cable
  Historical mailing list - David Bingham
  Sun, 23 Sep 2001 07:57:47 -0700
  Hello, Does any one know if there is a speedo cable that will eliminate the box that divides the two cables? The box on...
• Rear brake
  Historical mailing list - Stan Harrison
  Thu, 7 Aug 2003 18:20:39 -0400
  Rusty left and right rear brake cables take the small force required to move the shoe, and through a magnification of the friction and...
• Re: Cable Shift Linkage? (tranny)
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:28:04 -0700
  ...Routing of cables would entail a challenge or two, but I am curious and will make a call tomorrow............. Thanks for putting that out...
• Re: Symptoms of a bad starter?
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Sat, 24 Jul 2010 11:22:58 -0500
  ...Symptoms of a bad starter? > > the old cables are not "useless" they are still providing some > conductivity, so adding new cables to the old...
• Psycho Bus, Witicisms, and other Hilarities
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Sat, 30 Mar 1996 12:12:58 -0800 (PST)
  ...Got out to do the obligatory cable check, yanked on the battery cables, and the starter kicks in. And the bus is in gear...
• Re: Battery placement alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:51:46 -0700
  ...a sensible approach would be to maintain battery position and have cables attached for remote jumpstarting and charging. something like what Terry Kay sells...
• Re: tire chains / cables on snows?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:39:25 -0700
  ...tire chains / cables on snows? RE: rolling onto chains or jacking the wheel off the ground. The easy way to install a tire chain...
• Re: Are My Curtains on Correct? - black cord thingie
  Historical mailing list - Trina Lindal
  Wed, 29 Jun 2005 11:33:41 -0700
  ...Otmar siad: > 2) it looks exactly like the cable housing used on bicycles > for gear and older brake cables. Well, having seen what the...
• Re: What was that robust 12v connector?
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Fri, 24 Jan 2014 18:51:19 -0800
  ...the kind of two post high amperage male-female plugs a tow truck would have on their jumper cables . On 1/24/2014 4...
• Re: A starting battery to starter cable replacement story
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Sun, 8 Aug 2010 14:01:28 -0500
  ...These cables, some 30 years old, > have corroded internally and are offering enough resistance to create the > hard or inconsistent starting problem many are...
• Re: spring/wire in pop top lift handle
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:50:51 -0800
  ...I say this b/c for a point of reference, AFAIK, the new cables I made (and had parts swaged on to) are still...
• 1982 Diesel Intermittent Start Problem
  Historical mailing list - Donna Stewart
  Wed, 12 Apr 2000 08:43:49 -0700
  ...I take it to the dealer on Monday - they say it's bad cables to the battery and that the battery is bad. Had...
• Re: Having Vanagon electrical problems?
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Thu, 30 Aug 2001 14:25:26 -0600
  ...I removed all the cables I installed for the dual battery system I installed 4 years ago, and found every end connector made of...
• Re: Follow up - parking brake questions. Was: Frozen emergency brake
  Historical mailing list - Luke Bakken
  Sat, 9 Jan 2010 22:18:44 -0800
  ...I'm pretty sure they're the original cables. On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 9:29 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote...
• Re: Winching, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Tue, 24 Nov 1998 09:29:57 -0500
  ...Before you head out into the >rough stuff attach the cables to the tow hooks and attach the free ends of >the cables to...
• parking brake cable guide
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Tue, 2 Jan 2007 16:11:47 -0500
  On an '85 theres two plastic round guides that the rear parking brake cables go through immediately before combining/meeting the front cable. I...
• Re: Second Battery for Westy
  Historical mailing list - TBill
  Tue, 2 Sep 1997 00:16:02 -0700
  ...want to put in the > heavy duty cables. > Tony, don't worry about the heavy duty cables. You only have to run one over...
• Re: Sunroof Vanagon roof cables
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 20 Nov 2002 05:37:01 EST
  In a message dated 11/19/2002 1:24:22 PM Eastern Standard Time, LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: > Sunroof Vanagon roof cables I...
• Re: RIP Click (or was he Clack?)
  Historical mailing list - William Monk
  Wed, 5 Nov 2014 07:01:19 -0500
  ...Battery cables have also been upgraded and are very heavy duty. Bill