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• Re: Wiper Wackiness - No Parking
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Thu, 20 Mar 2003 20:22:34 -0800
  The wiper switch has gone bad - it controls the parking position. To replce it, you must remove the steering wheel, once you do, its...
• parking brake handle spring/rod out.......restore?
  Historical mailing list - Donald Pelava
  Fri, 29 Apr 2011 02:09:32 -0400
  Hello, I was attempting to replace my parking brake handle grip.Got the old one off, then the button/spring/rod came out of...
• Adjusting the parking brake.
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 02 Feb 1995 09:26:04 +0500
  I'm tyring to figure out how to adjust the parking brake on my 71. All of the other busses I've seen have...
• Re: Northern VA gathering
  Historical mailing list - Chris Chubb
  Fri, 28 Apr 1995 10:14:38 -0400
  ...No parking, though, so it would be impossible to get all the buss' together for a group shot. I also vote for another trip...
• Re: Waving (Was: Van reactions)
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Mon, 30 Apr 2001 15:18:05 EDT
  ...They love parking next to other busses. They may not necessarily talk to you even when you're in the vehicle. However, they will...
• Re: Randomly Parking Wipers
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 5 Apr 2005 12:18:47 -0600
  ...The parking is a combination of the relay and the motor. ���������������������������������������� jimt Planned insanity is best. Remember that sanity is optional. http://www.tactical...
• diagnosing by smell - maybe brake problem?
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:41:25 -0230
  Hi all, Matilda is giving off a smell that makes me nervous - like the way it smells if you forget to take your parking...
• Re: Wal-Mart parking lots
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Tue, 20 May 2008 08:52:57 -0700
  ...Wal-Mart parking lots > > > In a vanagon a real option is to park on the street. It's somewhat > stealthy in the urban east...
• Question about turn signal indicator light
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 20 Aug 2006 10:58:23 -0500
  ...When the parking brake is pulled up and the parking light is on, I can detect a very slight pulse during turn signal operation...
• Re: Stuck Parking Brake
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Thu, 06 Mar 1997 10:22:07 -0700
  ...You have described the conditions > under which this happened and the exact reaction of the parking brake. It > rained last night and again this...
• Re: Long-term parking: nose up or nose down?
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Thu, 5 May 2011 13:46:12 -0400
  ...Long-term parking: nose up or nose down? > > Got a fairly steep driveway alongside the house here. I plan to start > parking my 1984...
• Re: Municipal camper bans
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:38:25 -0500
  ...But in a city, outlawing street parking means outlawing the vehicle, which is the predicament I'm in. Yes, government's hard at work...
• Parking Brake Slipping
  Historical mailing list - Steven Dodson
  Mon, 12 Aug 2002 19:55:50 -0400
  ...My new 87 Syncro GL's parking brake has been slipping and I've had to pull the brake lever excessively high to get...
• Re: cross country camping suggestions??
  Historical mailing list - S.Harrison
  Sun, 16 May 2004 09:06:19 -0700
  While I think this is true for the retail chain allowing travelers to discretely spend the night in their parking lots, sometimes the local...
• Re: Foot actuated parking brake
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Tue, 8 Apr 2008 21:41:22 -0700
  ...Foot actuated parking brake > > Or you could keep it simple and use one of these: > > http://www.mooreparts.com/store/product/2769/AC611590/ > > > I...
• Re: Wal MArt camping in a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Tue, 20 May 2008 07:13:03 -0700
  ...No ambiance in a parking lot, but as Don said, better than driving tired or paying for a motel just to catch a few...
• Parking brake cables
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Sun, 13 Jan 2013 11:32:21 -0500
  In checking my rear brakes (1991 Westy), I found that when the parking brake is engaged, the passenger side cable engages the brake on...
• VW Jamboree in Irvine CA
  Historical mailing list - Sean Birkner
  Mon, 8 May 2000 01:54:26 EDT
  ...The funny thing was that the only Vanagons I saw were in the parking lot. I think the high point of the show for...
• Re: Wireless parking sensors in a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:50:13 -0500
  ...On Dec 19, 2008, at 6:13 PM, Robert Keezer wrote: > Has anyone used a Bluetooth wireless parking sensor in their > Vanagon? it looks...
• Seattle Meetup - Nov 13, 2016 (Marymoor Park) Show and Tell
  Historical mailing list - Varotto Hugo
  Sat, 8 Oct 2016 16:44:18 -0700
  ...Please, please, please, don’t forget to pay parking, I almost got into trouble one year because some people refused to pay parking. Background...
• 09/12/09 Van-O-Rama #9 in South San Francisco
  Historical mailing list - Van-O-Rama
  Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:45:52 -0700
  ...Alta Loma Park (south parking lot) 450 Camaritas South San Francisco The City of SSF will not issue permits for a vehicle-related events...
• parking light fix
  Historical mailing list - Dan Scott
  Sat, 23 Nov 2002 20:31:52 -0700
  Thanks to all of you who emailed me with suggestions on my question about the emergency brake parking light that stayed lit. I found...
• Re: later model parking brake lever
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 2 Jul 2018 15:12:19 +0000
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• Re: Stealth Vanagon Camping
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 11 Nov 2010 09:45:03 -0800
  ...On the roof of a Parking garage if you can get the van in. Industrial areas. Motel parking lot, or a 4 star Hotel...
• Westy Shorter Than My Honda?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 8 May 2009 10:45:47 -0700
  ...Since it's daytime parking downtown, my first thought was: "How hard will it be to find a parking spot for my Westy? Is...
• regulations concerning overnight parking
  Historical mailing list - Yvan Cloutier & Marilyn Verge
  Sun, 10 May 1998 20:18:31 -0400
  ...Is there anybody who can help me about "overnight parking" regulations in the States especially in the eastern part. Thanks a lot Yvan
• Re: Parking lot encounter
  Historical mailing list - Jon Joyce
  Mon, 15 Apr 2002 13:24:40 -0500
  ...Joyce <okartguy@HOTMAIL.COM> >CC: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com >Subject: Re: Parking lot encounter >Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 14:09:43 -0400 > ><<<snip...
• Re: long term parking on hills
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:52:39 -0600
  ...nose down? Or is > there nothing in it? Surely for short parking it wouldn't matter a fart, > but if the van sits for...
• Re: long term parking on hills
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:13:21 -0800
  ...nose down? Or is > there nothing in it? Surely for short parking it wouldn't matter a fart, > but if the van sits for...
• Re: Parking near New York City
  Historical mailing list - Evan Martin
  Sun, 15 Jul 2007 19:00:47 -0500
  ...an awful concrete RV park for > about the price of a parking lot in Manhattan ($40-$50/day) and have > a safe place to...
• Re: Stealth Camping
  Historical mailing list - Stewart, Donna
  Thu, 2 Oct 2003 10:13:06 -0700
  ...They're very lenient at this WalMart, though I notice the camper is moved frequently around the parking lot. -----Original Message----- From: Larry Chase...
• Re: Anyone familiar with 1000 Islands area?
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Thu, 27 Jul 2000 12:01:13 -0700
  At 10:35 AM -0700 7/27/00, Karl Wolz wrote: >I found out, inadvertently, that Canadian change does work in US parking >meters...
• Re: Randomly Parking Wipers
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 5 Apr 2005 16:22:01 -0700
  ...do under there! > > Thanks for the info. > > - Mike > Mike, Windshield wipe parking is definitely a function of the relay. Remove and readjust. Then replace...
• OT bug rolls on its own into another car
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Mon, 5 Jun 2006 12:33:21 -0700
  Ok,, I don't own herbie, but my 66 rolled out of parking spot down a little hill into another car, ok this was...
• WANTED - Drivers side turn signal/parking lamp assembly
  Historical mailing list - David Maurio
  Sat, 12 Jul 2003 17:09:57 -0400
  I need everything but the wires and lens (and bulb :) )
• Camping at Wally Marts
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Reisinger
  Mon, 24 May 2004 12:30:06 -0700
  Does anyone have a list of Wally Marts that prohibit overnight parking...Thanks...Chuck...
• Re: no parking lights? huh? wiring worries
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 26 Feb 2003 17:20:31 -0800
  ...for other new items? What year Vanagon is this? So the parking lights don't come on at all, only the headlights? Mark Matthew...
• Re: Getting Caught
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Fri, 17 Feb 2023 19:36:07 -0800
  I think the no overnight sleeping in vehicles in NP parking lots is universal now. Years ago I used to drive all day and...
• Re: Spotted at GRR tonight
  Historical mailing list - Pete Owsianowski
  Sat, 1 Mar 2014 09:37:55 -0500
  ...wietorg@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > > Blue Vanagon tintop in a long-term parking parking area at Gerald L Ford airport here in Grand Rapids, MI...
• 84 westy - height?
  Historical mailing list - Sean O'Neil
  Fri, 6 Sep 1996 15:21:35 -0300
  I've got to start a new job next week and the parking lot is underground. This is a good thing during Canadian winters...
• Re: Wal-Mart parking
  Historical mailing list - Walt Spak
  Thu, 17 May 2001 16:45:19 -0400
  ...Wal-Mart parking > Hey, while we are email'ing wal-mart, can you ask about their propensity > to go into a small town, undercut...
• Re: Friday Navigation Quiz
  Historical mailing list - Tim
  Fri, 25 Jul 2003 18:20:29 -0400
  The Long Island Expressway(I495) "The world's longest parking lot" never leaves Long Island.
• Re: Braille parking - what would you do?
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly, Aircooled.Net
  Fri, 27 Feb 2004 21:28:25 -0700
  taken his license plate and called the cops. John Aircooled.Net Inc.
• Re: Vanagon dead at walmart--not the coil after all
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 13 Sep 2008 08:37:24 -0400
  They will let you sleep in the parking lot.
• Re: 84 Vaanaog weak parking brake - Sqirrel.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 11 Jul 2010 13:04:51 -0700
  ...Cockeyed Parking Brake Equalizer >> >> >> For what its worth, both my vans parking brake bars are at >> an angle and >> work >> effectively - the '86 more...
• Re: Chinese heaters
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 25 Apr 2021 15:19:53 +0000
  ...2 KW Calentador de 12 V 24 V Diesel Gasolina Aire Parking, 2.00kilowatts, 12.00 volts | | | | | | | | | | | 2 KW Calentador de 12 V 24...
• Re: Vanagon front parking brake cable
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 28 May 2009 07:03:57 EDT
  Folks, thanks to everyone who pointed me to sources of the front parking brake cable. I now have them in stock. From my _Vanagon...
• Re: Real Cheap Traction
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 10 Apr 1996 06:49:42 -0500 (EST)
  In regard to the use of a lever to turn on only one parking brake to lock out a wheel for extra traction... JC...
• Re: cross country camping suggestions??
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 16 May 2004 12:40:32 -0600
  ...I use the parking area, not necessarily the asphalt lot itself, of a Holiday Inn just outside (S) of Kanab, UT on my way...
• Re: best headlight replacements?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 24 Oct 2005 20:23:07 +1300
  > > >> How do you setup the city lights? Is there another switch that needs to >> be installed? >> >> >They're actually just additional parking lights. The...
• Re: Long-term parking: nose up or nose down?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 5 May 2011 09:39:39 -0700
  ...Long-term parking: nose up or nose down? > Got a fairly steep driveway alongside the house here. I plan to start > parking my 1984...
• Re: grip keeps popping off parking brake handle
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 5 Mar 2011 11:53:05 EST
  ...Time, bretberger@GMAIL.COM writes: > > The plastic grip on my replacement parking brake pops off if it is > pulled on too hard in the...
• Re: urban camping tips
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 20 Aug 2003 00:23:13 -0400
  > Anyone else got any urban camping tips? I've heard it said before that WalMart allows RV'ers to park in their parking lots...
• Re: headlight on, no turn signals; parking lights on, fast turn signals
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 8 Feb 2013 06:35:48 -0500
  ...headlight on, no turn signals; parking lights on, fast turn signals Hello, Since removing the dash in my 84 Westy to replace my front...
• Re: Rear Drum-to-Disc Swap?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:47:21 -0700
  ...Eastern Daylight Time, >> janne.ruohomaki@GMAIL.COM writes: >> >> but on Fridae I challenge you to name two cars that have their parking >> braks >> >>> on...
• Re: trip
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Mon, 6 Feb 2012 10:58:30 +0000
  That stuff happens to me all the time, just the other day in the grocery store parking lot, the cart boy said to me...
• 88 Vanagon High Beams
  Historical mailing list - C&S Gibbs. Alaska. USA.
  Sun, 11 Jul 1999 11:55:18 -0800
  ...front & rear parking/side lights all working (switch first position) 2. low beams working as well as parking lights (switch second position) THEN 3...
• Re: Braille parking - what would you do?
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Sat, 28 Feb 2004 14:20:56 -0500
  ...while getting some chow this afternoon a lady almost clipped me - GOING BACKWARD - through the parking lot at Wendy's. She was bookin' it...
• Re: Camping in San Diego?
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Tue, 13 Nov 2001 20:42:26 -0800
  ...We > have stayed at Campland by the Bay, for something higher than $60 per day > (your own stretch of parking lot with 6 feet...
• Re: Seattle Meetup - Nov 13, 2016 (Marymoor Park) Show and Tell
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth O'Connor
  Sat, 8 Oct 2016 19:39:43 -0700
  ...Please, please, please, don�ft forget to pay parking, I almost got into trouble one year because some people refused to pay parking. > > Background...