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• Re: is power steering fluid generic?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:56:51 -0700
  RE: Power Steering Fluid Bently specifies Dexron Automatic Transmission Fluid.
• Re: Power steering rack to standard rack
  Historical mailing list - Darren Lastfogel
  Mon, 11 Oct 2004 12:58:32 -0400
  Thanks Dennis I enjoy the power steering and I planned on rebuilding the rack unless the unpowered rack steered much eaiser than the broken...
• Re: Horn problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Mon, 13 Jul 2015 18:37:17 -0400
  ...Turned ignition on moved loose steering wheel >>> up and down etc and the horn goes off as I move the steering wheel. Take >>> steering...
• Re: Messed up Steering column
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 07 May 1995 11:29:31 -0700 (MST)
  I just read Steve Johnson's story about his steering column. He figures it got damaged by the way he entered the Van, pulling...
• Re: Alignment
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 8 Jan 2003 23:33:28 EST
  In a message dated 1/8/03 11:08:53 PM, mwmiller@cwnet.com writes: << First try the steering wheel was centered but the...
• 85 Steering wheel
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sun, 30 Oct 2005 09:10:38 -0500
  ...The power steering is certainly a nice feature. But what in God's Name were they thinking when the blocked the view of the...
• Re: swap of front end components?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 23 Oct 2002 20:21:34 +1300
  ...You also need >the PS steering shaft if you install the PS steering rack. > >Mark > >Derrek Wittmmann wrote: >> >> Is it possible to swap the...
• Re: restoring power steering in an 86 Westy
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 15 Apr 2003 00:31:56 -0400
  ...because the power steering was leaky, the current > owner cut the belt and plugged the pump etc. so the power steering no longer > works...
• Re: Steering Wheel
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:42:09 -0700
  ...Arthur,Dave" <Dave.Arthur@NSCC.CA> wrote: > Does a VW steering wheel from a Jetta, Rabbit or other, fit the > Vanagon > steering shaft? > > D
• Re: Warning: Loose Steering
  Historical mailing list - Southard Family
  Tue, 14 Mar 2000 20:58:34 -0500
  ...Ordered a new > steering coupler ($20, dealer)... Eric, do you happen to have the part number? Maynard '82 Westy Diesel "Reinhardt" '93 EV GL...
• Re: Power Steering Leak
  Historical mailing list - Robert Wing
  Tue, 16 Oct 2001 12:03:02 -0400
  Pull back the boot on the steering rack. Be prepared for a shower of power steering fluid. If there is fluid present it is...
• Re: Jerky/Wiggly Steering Wheel
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 21 Apr 2003 13:11:12 EDT
  ...Also I power steering fluid is at full levels. > warped rotors
• Re: steering rack - r&r
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Mon, 14 Jul 2003 18:08:20 -0700
  how do you remove the steering rack? >From: TJ Hannink <tjhannink@YAHOO.COM> >Reply-To: TJ Hannink <tjhannink@YAHOO.COM> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON...
• Re: power steering pump
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Mcmillan
  Sat, 12 Apr 1997 23:31:15 +0100
  hi everyone, I have a slightly different problem, my power steering is making a whining noise when the steering wheel is turned. Is it...
• Re: Power steering U-joint
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sat, 8 Dec 2012 04:34:54 -0800
  Frank, The custom car and street rod crowds have a good list of suppliers of steering u-joints. Why not contact one of those...
• Steering rack
  Historical mailing list - Chris Snyder
  Wed, 19 Jul 2006 23:50:22 EDT
  The steering rack (again is going to have to be replaced once again. The inner tie-rods are worn-out and their is some...
• Syncro vs 2WD steering rack
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 22 Sep 2004 18:38:47 +1200
  Are 2WD and Syncro steering racks interchangable ie are they the same?
• Re: Steering Wheel
  Historical mailing list - Todd P Last
  Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:33:05 -0700
  I have a Scirocco Steering wheel as well and it bolted right up no problems. Todd '88 GL Westy 2wd 5spd Mark A Kippert...
• Re: more idle issues revisited
  Historical mailing list - -------------
  Tue, 16 May 2006 17:07:52 -0400
  ...is it > possible that the power steering sensor is faulty? if so, wouldn't i > notice > poor power steering overall. i realize the power...
• Rebuilding manual steering rack?
  Historical mailing list - jbclem1
  Thu, 3 Apr 2008 21:59:42 -0700
  I have a 1983 Westphalia with a manual (not power) steering rack. There's a lot of play on the passenger side, and the...
• Re: Power Steering issue...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 15 Apr 2006 15:39:29 -0700
  My power steering rack sprung a leak and needs to be rebuilt, so we've had to do without the power steering, so to...
• Re: Power Steering
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Sun, 29 Dec 1996 22:23:53 -0500 (EST)
  On Sun, 29 Dec 1996 natasha!mholser@Adobe.COM wrote: > I have one Vanagon with power steering and two without. I don't really...
• Re: Steering Wheel Rasp grinding noise while turning
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 11 Nov 2006 23:45:39 EST
  In a message dated 11/11/06 2:35:24 PM Eastern Standard Time, rchannel@LAFSD.K12.CA.US writes: > have a steering wheel...
• Power steering rack install?
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:21:36 -0700
  I'm going on the assumption that a power steering rack just bolts into a Vanagon that did not come with one (an '83...
• Re: Steering. Re: P 48.14 Measurement "a"
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 2 Feb 2013 17:05:49 -0800
  ...I "forgot" I had a spare steering column from my '85 hiding under my work bench; the clamp on the lower column of this...
• Manual Steering Rack Worn - Convert to Power?
  Historical mailing list - David Wilhite
  Thu, 20 Sep 2007 03:31:30 +0000
  I believe that my steering rack is getting worn out as it appears that I have quite a bit of play in the front...
• Re: Atsco Rebuilt Manual Steering Racks. Opinions?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 4 Apr 2011 15:26:01 -0700
  ...Atsco Rebuilt Manual Steering Racks. Opinions? > Hi all. > > I'm curious about rebuilt manual steering racks. > > RockAuto carries Atsco manual steering racks (complete with...
• Re: Power steering woes
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 7 Apr 2019 17:29:45 -0400
  ...Relative to this conversation the power steering pump and rack are >> both original. >> >> About 2 weeks ago the power steering belt randomly popped off...
• Re: Power Steering
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Mon, 4 Jan 2010 09:55:53 -0500
  ...Power Steering Has anyone had experience with Vanagons having power steering verses no power steering?� I'm trying not to be too picky about...
• Re: Steering. Re: P 48.14 Measurement "a"
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 1 Feb 2013 16:42:35 -0800
  ...These marks on the upper steering column outer tube (black arrows in this image): https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-6eU242lfor4/UQxgXAv45RI/AAAAAAAAGus/kZinKBev7fE/s720/Steering...
• Re: Why is my steering wheel so heavy
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 5 May 2008 07:56:00 -0400
  David, Do you have power steering? Not all '84 Vanagons came with power steering. It's also possible that the power steering pump belt...
• Steering guru request...
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Mon, 3 Oct 1994 07:10:49 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Further, I've never had a vehicle where you could actually tell the steering center position - while turning the steering wheel - from any other...
• How hard is it to retrofit power steering in a Syncro?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 25 Jan 2005 20:18:57 -0800
  ...I want to install power steering in my 1986 Syncro Westfalia High Top. Not that steering is an issue, but the motor that I...
• Re: stop mail please
  Historical mailing list - Susan Bernavich
  Wed, 25 Jul 2001 02:05:57 +0000
  ...Power steering failure ? > > > Am I right in assuming that nothing catastrophic happens. You just revert > to > > manual steering, right? > > > > Phil > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: PSavage...
• Re: Power steering fluid
  Historical mailing list - MIKE MOERY
  Sat, 8 Dec 2001 00:43:46 -0900
  ATF (automatic transmission fluid) is different than power steering fluid. If the book calls for ATF, use ATF only. Many cars, over the years...
• Re: Power Steering
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 4 Jan 2010 08:33:24 -0800
  ...wrote: > Has anyone had experience with Vanagons having power steering verses no > power steering? I'm trying not to be too picky about options...
• Problems with switching back to non pwr steering?
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Thu, 15 Feb 2001 02:37:53 -0600
  Wondered if there was a hang up or two with converting my 90 GL back to standard steering ie early/late brakes issues, steering...
• Horn Brush? in steering column?
  Historical mailing list - Joe Seitz
  Tue, 17 Apr 2001 09:01:18 -0500
  ...I diagnosed my horn problem as a poor connection between the steering column electrical connector and the brass ring on the bottom of the...
• Re: Silly Question, maybe?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 30 Mar 2017 11:31:40 -0400
  is the horn button pad on the steering wheel padded? or is it hard plastic? if the horn button is padded, you have power...
• Power steering pump rebuild kit?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 12 Aug 2011 20:24:23 -0500
  Anybody have a link to a power steering pump rebuild kit? Thanks, Jim
• Re: My Caravelle Web(steering wheel question)
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Thomas
  Wed, 10 Feb 1999 15:50:55 EST
  Where did you get that neat steering wheel? Kurt 87 syncro
• Re: Steering wheel cover?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:35:00 -0700
  It is surely tight and without any gaps! I believe the all the manual steering Vanagon steering wheels are the same but perhaps more...
• Re: electric or hydraulic power steering
  Historical mailing list - Tom C
  Thu, 24 Mar 2022 07:39:43 -0400
  ...Been researching the electrical steering kits, seems > >> like the downside is I'd lose the collapsibility of the steering > >> column in the event of...
• Re: What years power steering?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sat, 7 Jun 2008 23:23:16 EDT
  ...It was not that early and it did have power steering. My recollection of the year was simply wrong. Thanks. I shall continue my...
• Re: Interesting discovery, electric Power steering
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 28 Sep 2021 08:32:01 -0700
  Hi Eric, I too saw a van with electric steering. Restored 81, met in a parking lot. I didn’t drive it just moved...
• Re: 88 WBX Towing Questions
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 12 Jan 2004 11:52:02 EST
  ...and make SURE > that the onboard steering lock at the steering column is unlocked. > > actually ive towed automatic vanagons backwards a number of times...
• Re: converting an 83.5 to power steering ?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 22 Mar 2005 09:45:46 -0800
  ...You also need to have the shorter power steering shaft that goes between the steering gear and the rack. The manual shaft is too...
• Re: power steering pump
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Tu
  Tue, 29 Feb 2000 08:06:54 -0800
  ...power steering pump > > > Hello- > Anyone know if the vanagon power steering > will become very heavy if the power steering pump's > output pressure is...
• Re: Power Steering help request
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 12 Nov 2018 10:59:38 -0500
  Hi folks, MOre info on my power steering question. Today in the light I found my helper was wrong. The reservoir was full. The...
• Power Steering Puddle
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Sat, 8 Mar 1997 01:41:18 -0600 (CST)
  ...When doing this initially ( just after refilling the power steering circuit ) the wheels *must* be off the ground!!! And, it should be done slowly...
• Re: Which fluid for power steering
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 4 Dec 2000 20:09:48 EST
  <<auto tranny fluid as it's power steering fluid? Dexron III OK for both?>> Yes, I have used Mobil synthetic ATM fluid now for...
• Re: Inner tie rods
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford
  Fri, 21 Jan 2022 14:53:10 -0500
  ...Grab the wheel at 3 and 9 position and while you look at the steering rack boot, try to rock the wheel side to...
• Re: Power Steering Fluid Protectant
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:31:33 -0500
  ...When I replaced my steering rack last year, I refilled the system with Dextron ATF. This is why I'm being cautious here. Don...
• Re: Atsco Rebuilt Manual Steering Racks. Opinions?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 4 Apr 2011 15:36:14 -0700
  ...Atsco Rebuilt Manual Steering Racks. Opinions? > > Hi all. > > I'm curious about rebuilt manual steering racks. > > RockAuto carries Atsco manual steering racks (complete with...
• Re: Steering column shell
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 10 Oct 2011 21:58:53 -0700
  ...look for it on the steering column. It's what holds up the lower part to the steering column. it's usually there..sitting...
• Power Steering conversion quesions (my arms are tired)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 5 May 2000 17:19:45 +1200
  >I would like to convert my non-power steering westy over to the >Power-steering luxury. >It's an 84, but can I use...
• Re: Steering rack
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 20 Jul 2006 06:27:58 -0400
  ...Steering rack The steering rack (again is going to have to be replaced once again. The inner tie-rods are worn-out and their...
• Power Steering dilemma - revisited
  Historical mailing list - Joe Lin
  Sun, 19 Dec 2004 15:31:05 -0800
  ...Drove around for the next week w/o power steering. � Replaced rack, (used Mobil Mercon V ATF which say Dexron compatible), got steering alignment...
• Re: Power Steering help request
  Historical mailing list - den jolliffe
  Tue, 13 Nov 2018 14:53:32 +0000
  ...there's hope! By the way, never put in regular power steering fluid.  As you listed below, Dexron/Mercron ATF fluid, is the correct...
• Re: Steering Wheel Rasp
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Sat, 11 Nov 2006 18:59:13 -0500
  ...I have a steering wheel the makes a rasping sound when it turns. It sounds like it is near the connection between the steering...