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• Re: A/C? Pfui! Need a good fan
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:32:47 -0700
  If you set the levers as I said and got nothing out of the dash end vents while driving 60 then there is something...
• Re: Tips & Tricks - Heating and Air Flow Control Levers - how to change
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 25 Feb 2006 01:26:28 EST
  ...be CAREFUL not to catch the part of the lever that slides over the metal tab on the climate control faceplate - otherwise you'll...
• Re: limited slip differential question
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Sun, 3 May 2009 07:09:55 -0600
  ...Regarding the mention of an extra emergency brake, an acquaintance of mine who used to raced baja stuff installed a second emergency brake lever...
• Re: clutch cylinder - help
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 1 Apr 1997 19:44:14 +0000
  > One thing that bugs me is the "linkage" between the clutch slave cylinder > and the clutch lever seems to be missing. It was never...
• Re: Very Hot Blowing over Accelerator Pedal
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 8 Jul 1999 16:16:38 -0400
  ...This curious arrangement is so that if you have a sudden emergency need for maximum defrost you can slam all the levers to the...
• Tranny woes
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Mon, 29 Oct 2001 19:37:46 -0800
  Karl..I'll BET the 1st/2nd Relay lever inside the trans is broken...No easy fix other than to dissassemble & repair/rebuild..I...
• Re: Looking for vent control levers
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 16 Jan 2016 19:41:43 +0000
  ...On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 1:01 PM Jamie Auch <jamie@kookymathteacher.com> wrote: > I am in need of three vent control levers...
• Adjusting shifter linkage
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 16 Oct 2015 17:40:08 -0700
  ...on a perfect set up...when in Neutral where the shift lever sits? or where your shift lever sits? - on the far right (at...
• Re: A/C? Pfui! Need a good fan
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:46:53 -0700
  mark drillock wrote: > For even better long term results remove the bottom lever and put it in > the glove box where it belongs. Then...
• Re: How to keep cool in your van
  Historical mailing list - Debbie Walters
  Fri, 18 Apr 2003 20:30:20 -0400
  Drop your spare tire and crawl underneath, you'll find the valve that goes to the temp control lever for your vents. Make sure...
• Re: WAS:trip out west-NOW: Heater valve
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 5 Aug 2010 17:00:16 -0700
  ...One mistake I made in fiddling with levers and control cables during my engine swap, was to put the cable back in the wrong...
• Re: How to keep cool in your van
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 18 Apr 2003 19:19:12 -0600
  ...Can you describe exactly where this temp control lever is? Is it apparent once you look into the abyss? Thanks for any hints. Bob...
• Re: WAS:trip out west-NOW: Heater valve
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 21 Aug 2010 19:45:06 -0700
  ...Valve appears to turn from > external view when the lever is shifted. I can turn the valve directly > with my hand, and the lever...
• Re: shift lever adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Mon, 5 Jul 1999 19:21:25 -0700
  ...shift lever adjustment > > > Dear List, > > Last week Coby suggested the following to make shifting into first easier: > > "If so the adjustment that corrects this...
• Vanagon Heater control levers wanted
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Mon, 11 Apr 2011 10:05:00 -0400
  Hello folks, I need 2 of these control levers, but will by up to 4 if you have them. Email me of list if...
• Re: Warm air from under dash.
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 19 Jul 1996 10:54:07 -0400
  ...Well, actually the flow doesn't exactly come out of the lever. :) The air flow path allowed or stopped by this lever is from...
• Re: WAS:trip out west-NOW: Heater valve
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Fitterer
  Fri, 6 Aug 2010 13:40:57 +0000
  ...The angles were such that eventually the cable bent at > lever. > > I would suggest that it's not beyond the scope of the well...
• Re: 1984 automatic starter just clicks
  Historical mailing list - Birkenfeld Jeff
  Fri, 17 Jan 2003 14:16:52 -0600
  ...The band attaches to the lever and as you move the lever into gear or out of, the band contacts small copper buttons on...
• Re: Short shift for 5 speed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:08:58 -0700
  ...Then he pulled so violently on the shift lever moving it into 2nd that I thought he'd rip the shift lever right out...
• Re: WAS:trip out west-NOW: Heater valve
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 21 Aug 2010 10:57:14 -0700
  ...lever is shifted. �I can turn the valve directly with my hand, and the lever shifts. �Did this with a partner watching the lever...
• Re: Sticky vent controls?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 20 Aug 2021 10:09:00 -0700
  ...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: Berg shifting gizmo
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Fri, 14 Oct 94 16:39:36 CDT
  ...but there might be some design differences between the vanagon and bus shift levers that make the bus lever need some slightly different version...
• Re: very hot automatic gear selector lever
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 2 Sep 2002 20:38:27 -0600
  My '91 Westy has so much big plastic box around the base of the auto lever I don't notice heat....but, wonder if...
• Tranny swap: All Forward Gears too High.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:04:24 -0800
  ...On bench, shift lever on tranny felt fine. Same as old one. Likely I got something wrong in linkage where shift lever on side...
• Accelerator problem -Kickdown lever
  Historical mailing list - Dave Yates
  Sat, 8 Aug 2009 14:05:24 +1000
  ...It seems that the resistance is in the auto transmission (the accelerator cables connects to the kickdown lever on the A/T and then...
• speedometer noise and other ramblings
  Historical mailing list - lbart
  Tue, 7 Jan 1997 23:30:24 -0500
  ...On the Vanagon, there is a lever on the dash which slides side to side for amount of hot air. This lever is connected...
• Re: [DIESEL] [Diesel] Injector Pump is leaking...
  Historical mailing list - Milo
  Sat, 20 Oct 2001 13:25:43 -0500
  ...For what it's worth, pulling the cold start lever is a Herculean task - although I don't know if it's the cable...
• Re: Sticking Heater Cables - The cure
  Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
  Tue, 14 Apr 1998 11:37:17 +0000
  ...Find which lever activates which cables and operate the lever such that the maximum amount of cable is exposed. Put the chain lube tube...
• back heater lever question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 23 Jul 2014 17:53:27 -0400
  Hi folks, under the back seat on the passenger side is a lever on the side of the heater. It can be reached through...
• Re: 87- Stop the fresh air!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 23 Sep 1996 13:54:52 -0400
  ...Just to make sure you're operating it properly, here's what the levers do: The WINDSHIELD AIR FLOW is controlled by the top...
• Re: electrical problems... confusing!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:00:22 -0400
  ...only come on when >i pull the lever for the brights and then when i let go of the lever they >go >off.... NOW...
• Re: Air and heat knobs on levers
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Tue, 5 Mar 2013 12:14:50 -0800
  ...I was wondering if you can pull the plastic > > knobs on > > the air/ heat levers in order to remove the plate. I have some...
• AW: heater cointrol lever differences by year?
  Historical mailing list - Christoph Boltze
  Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:52:21 +0200
  ...heater cointrol lever differences by year? At 03:44 PM 4/10/2008, Jeffrey Lubin wrote... >So there's no difference in the knobs...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 19 Feb 2002 - Special issue (#2002-184)
  Historical mailing list - Phillip Bouton
  Tue, 19 Feb 2002 23:10:35 EST
  ...Bottom ventilation lever > My 87 Westy has two vents above the sliding door. The bottom control lever opens and closes this vent. Not noticable...
• Re: Heat/cooling lever knobs
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sat, 20 Nov 2004 17:05:44 -0600
  ...Do NOT use liquid anything on the 4 heater lever knobs ! Do not glue them, period. The ides is to make them halfway removable...
• Re: anyone have an automatic kickdown lever they can part with?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:59:45 -0400
  ...Thanks, Ken Wilford John 3:16 www.vanagain.com Jim Akiba wrote: > I'm looking for the kickdown lever off an 85 auto tranny...
• Wiper/Washer Switch Question
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 8 Jul 2008 18:57:56 -0700
  ...On a Vanagon, '90, the wiper/washer lever has three positions: center off, up for fast, down for slow. And in all three positions...
• Re: Free limited slip differential. Was: Locking differential..?
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sun, 8 Mar 2009 22:35:50 -0700
  ...They consisted of levers that attached to either side of the emergency brake lever...so, that when you were losing traction with the power...
• Re: Tranny Woes? No 1st and 2nd!!-reply
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Mon, 15 Feb 1999 03:29:29 EST
  ...You could just open the case and replace the lever but since this is a used transaxle with over 100K on it I'd...
• Re: 84 GL Heater question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Desanti
  Thu, 10 Dec 1998 00:32:28 EST
  ...Try moving the bottommost heater contol lever to the far right (no outside air in). The next lever seems to work best when positioned...
• Re: How to operate the temp control
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Fri, 15 Oct 1999 13:14:22 -0700
  > How DO the heater/vent controls work? I have figured out that > if I push all four levers to the right, it is warm...
• Heater lever removal question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 25 Mar 2004 17:38:26 -0600
  Heater lever cover removal... I want to replace the light bulb behind it on my westy. I looked up removal in the Bentley, and...
• Re: Sticky vent controls?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 20 Aug 2021 12:07:21 -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: Short shift for 5 speed
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 29 Jun 2012 14:43:25 -0700
  ...If you shift by just pushing the lever forward, without any grasp or guiding the lever over to the next "gate"....it slips effortlessly...
• shift lever adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Sun, 4 Jul 1999 12:15:30 -0400
  ...Or is the rear-most section of the linkage that goes from the shift lever in front to the clutch in back. As I...
• Re: Vanagon heater controls
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Mon, 25 May 2009 19:58:16 -0400
  ...I just wiggled all the levers on the spare '85 > heater in the carport and that's exactly what happens. > > Top lever moves only...
• Bus Door Handle
  Historical mailing list - William A. McKinley
  23 Jul 96 17:45:06 EDT
  OOPS! Just broke the finger pull lever on the outside handle driver's door ("72 Westy). Anybody got a handle? Condition of the chrome...
• heater control knob
  Historical mailing list - Dart 330
  Sun, 23 Dec 2001 14:19:29 -0600
  The knob on the end of the heater control lever broke off yesterday. This is the 2nd lever down, turning heat on and off...
• brake pressure regulator
  Historical mailing list - patrick
  Mon, 15 Nov 2004 10:35:41 -0600
  ...I understand everything I need to do except in the bentley it says to" push lever on brake pressure regulator in direction of rear...
• Cured my hot cabin heater leak
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 2 Sep 2023 19:51:31 -0500
  ...Pulled the instrument cluster and the control lever assembly from the dash. Found that the wire cable that controls the heater valve had kinked...
• Re: poor shifting; Help
  Historical mailing list - Brad Anderson
  Mon, 14 Jun 1999 09:02:57 -0700
  The poor shifting sounds to me like the shift plate (where the lever goes through the floor) may not be alligned correctly. You reminded...
• Re: [Vwdiesel] Question on Leaking Diesel Pump - Cold Start Lever - HELP!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Mon, 25 Feb 2002 21:05:52 -0800
  ...There are two o-rings under the cold start lever that take just a few minutes to replace once the injection pump is off...
• Berg: stock shift lever rebuild Part #s
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Tue, 6 Feb 2001 13:22:59 EST
  If you are installing the Berg shortshift kit, you may want to replace the nylon bearings and bushings on the shift lever. The part...
• Re: Heater lever removal question
  Historical mailing list - vanagon
  Thu, 25 Mar 2004 15:56:36 -0800
  ...Heater lever removal question > Heater lever cover removal... I want to replace the light bulb behind > it on my westy. I looked up removal...
• Re: replacing accelerator cable on 82 diesel
  Historical mailing list - David O'Shea
  Mon, 3 Jun 2002 16:44:01 -0700
  ...It turned out that when the engine was hot, the pump lever (to which the cable attaches) was sticky enough to prevent the spring...
• ventilation controls
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Tue, 10 May 2016 14:04:39 -0500
  ...16px">Hi All;<br />How does one adjust the cables to the 4 lever ventilation system?&nbsp; I'm getting some blow by when...
• 85 Westfalia heater controls
  Historical mailing list - garyowen
  Sat, 11 Nov 2006 16:06:09 -0500
  ...I know which lever is heat and which is defrost but exact use of two fan switches, front doors vents open/close purpose. Think...
• Re: Clutch slave r+r from bracket: What Works?
  Historical mailing list - --------
  Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:09:24 -0400
  ...Just lever it free, then let it hang free. > >2. Wiggle the clutch lever off the shaft. If it's been there for a...
• Re: Manual tranny 3rd gear jumpout
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 2 Mar 2016 16:01:15 -0800
  ...Front engine, rear transmission, torque tube to connect em, and right on top of the torque tube (drive shaft?) Sits the shift lever, with...
• Re: Replacing shoft lever bushing/seal with transmission installed?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 12 Aug 2002 07:40:09 -0700
  ...There is a plastic ball hanging down from the tranny, on the selector lever. The shift linkage of the later 091/1 ends at...