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• Re: How to deal with short ALT cable
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 12 Jul 2010 08:23:03 -0700
  ...On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 7:53 AM, Greg Potts <greg@pottsfamily.ca> wrote: > Hi John, > > If replacing the cable is a problem...
• Re: Power Window Trouble
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Mon, 5 Jan 2004 15:05:04 -0800
  ...The lower cable guide was pulled loose from the frame upright (rivet missing), and I did not have enough cable slack to bring the...
• Re: replacement for stock ground cable on 85 westy
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Wed, 24 Jun 2015 16:10:47 -0500
  ...replacement for stock ground cable on 85 westy > > need a source for a replacement battery ground cable for a 85 westy. > It is EXTREMELY...
• Need a ventilation control cable ...
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 1 Apr 2011 16:03:24 -0700
  ...The cable for the second lever up on the ventilation control panel broke. Can't close off the air. Gary Young, over at Young...
• Brake cables uneven/stretched?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Fri, 18 Feb 2005 20:17:08 -0800
  I've found the parking brake cables on my '82 are uneven in length - one side is about 1.5" longer than the other...
• Re: Second Battery Installation
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Tue, 20 Aug 2002 11:29:34 -0400
  ...I put the starter cable on this connector. I also connected a heavy cable to this connector and ran the cable to the box...
• Re: Handbreak cable
  Historical mailing list - Dr. D.W. Carment
  Wed, 13 Jul 1994 21:40:28 -0400 (EDT)
  If any one wants or needs to know how to intsall a handbrake cable for a Vanagon, I just did it and it isn...
• Re: Tire chains or Tire cables?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 6 Feb 2001 16:20:35 -0800
  Cables. Go on quick, come off quick. Keep the speed down and if the surface isn't white, take 'em off. They'll last...
• Re: Lubricate front heater control cables?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Mon, 5 May 2008 09:30:01 -0400
  At 12:16 AM 5/5/2008, Stephen Edwards wrote... >The control cables are all in good shape but it seems like a good...
• Re: Throttle cable for 1.9 auto 85 with Mcquiver story bonus
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Sat, 17 Nov 2007 19:30:27 -0800
  > > and well I just check the usually on line guys no one lists the cable > where > > do you get a throttle cable for auto...
• Re: Sticky vent controls?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 20 Aug 2021 08:14:34 -0700
  ...specially the cable sheath is held in a specific position by a cable sheath holder with a bolt. When it's to far out...
• Re: Throttle cable for 1.9 auto 85 with Mcquiver story bonus
  Historical mailing list - GMac999
  Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:29:31 -0800
  Our local Home Depot sells stranded steel cable. I'm not sure what it's made of, but we use it as throttle and...
• Re: comparing e-brake lines: syncro to 2wd
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 7 Oct 2004 19:35:33 -0400
  The 2WD e-brake cables are part # 251-609-701C. They are 1473mm long. The Syncro uses different cables left and right. Right is...
• Re: Throttle cable repair-any ideas before replacement?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Fri, 9 Mar 2007 22:04:20 -0500
  When i first bought my van i noticed the cable was cut about 4 inches short (frayed and rusted the rest of the way...
• Re: engine ground strap
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sun, 21 Jan 2007 08:16:22 -0500
  ...which is better? >braided strap like OE? or cable type insulated? i got a 4ga cable type >and a 4ga braided type wondering which...
• Re: Lube Raditor fan motor bushings?
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:24:54 -0500
  On Dec 18, 2007, at 5:39 PM, Scott Daniel - Shazam wrote: > Lubraplate chain and cable lube - I'm sure is great stuff. > Did...
• WTB: Hand Brake Cable - the middle one
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Fri, 5 Jul 2002 08:11:24 -0400
  Good point Ralf The cable that I need is the one that runs from the hand brake lever back down the middle of the...
• Re: Conduit for throttle cable
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Sun, 15 Jul 2018 08:42:18 -0700
  Brainstorming here - would bicycle cable sheathing possibly work? Bruce On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 10:07 PM, mike riley <mkriley1@hotmail.com> wrote...
• need to know where to buy ribon cable behind spedometer
  Historical mailing list - Steven Gager
  Mon, 15 Apr 2002 10:04:13 -0400
  I just baught a 84 westy and the ribon cable for the insterment cluster is shot. can I replace it or do I need...
• Re: Cured my hot cabin heater leak
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 3 Sep 2023 12:18:34 -0500
  ...I gently reclamped the cable using the least > > pressure possible so as not to bind the wire as it passed through the > cable > > sheath...
• Re: DPO's cablemania
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 15 Nov 2010 14:28:41 -0800
  if it is a diesel vanagon cold start injection cable.. save it. it's valuable part not easily obtained, not as far as I...
• grinding spedometer on '86 westy
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Fri, 14 Nov 2003 01:52:13 -0800
  ...after a bit of looking around, i noticed that the end of the spedo cable, the part that actually latches to the spedo, had...
• Re: Need a ventilation control cable ...
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 3 Apr 2011 16:21:09 -0700
  ...A bit more work, but might be a better deal than buying just one cable. If no Vanagons, maybe a Mk2 or Mk3 VW...
• Re: SCREAMING Speedometer
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 1 Sep 1999 03:57:42 +0200
  ...I'm hoping that I can disconnect the > Speedometer cable in a few minutes during lunch. Which end of the cable > would be easiest...
• Re: [subaruvanagon] Re: Accelerator Cable hook up
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Thu, 7 Dec 2000 05:00:32 -0600
  ...put it into into a bench vice and >drilled a hole in it just large enough for the two cables to go >through. With...
• Re: How to deal with short ALT cable
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Paquette
  Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:35:01 -0400
  ...Raymond John Rodgers wrote: > The terminal end (loop type)of my alternator cable broke and I find > that after removing the broken end, the...
• Re: Replacing Accelerator Cable on an 87 syncro, manual
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Tue, 12 Jul 2011 15:59:03 -0600
  ...The "adjustment" will come from cutting the stranded cable (front end of van AND cable) where it goes into the barrel adjuster with the...
• Re: spring/wire in pop top lift handle
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:36:17 -0800
  ...The Westfalia OEM cable (looks like galvanized metal?) has 19 strands. The cable I used is 7 x 19 stainless meant for pulleys and...
• Re: Looking for correct name or terminology f or a push-pull
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 2 Dec 2013 15:43:09 -0600
  ...By contrast a sheathed cable like a bike brake cable can only pull - if you push on it it will buckle. > > What is the...
• Re: DPO's cablemania
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hineline
  Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:09:21 -0800
  ...But how exactly? ETKA only shows a little box that looks like it adds the cables together, but no number and no indication of...
• WTB: diesel Vanagon pump advance cable
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Mon, 22 Aug 2005 00:25:31 -0700
  I need to locate a good advance cable and knob from a diesel Vanagon...I pre-sold the one from my van to a...
• Re: clutch - help
  Historical mailing list - Dieter Dworkin Muller
  Mon, 16 Oct 1995 07:44:54 -0600
  ...Classic signs of the clutch cable stretching. It's kind of inherent in the way cables are made. The stretching *seems* to show an...
• Cured my hot cabin heater leak
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 2 Sep 2023 19:51:31 -0500
  ...I rerouted the cable underneath the dash so it took the most gentle path possible to the lever. I loosened the cable clamp on...
• Re: Sticking Heater Cables - The cure
  Historical mailing list - Oxroad
  Tue, 14 Apr 1998 12:39:22 EDT
  In a message dated 98-04-14 11:52:48 EDT, you write: > I had a kink in one of the heater cables, Hey...
• Re: stuck acc cable
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Tue, 5 Dec 2006 12:23:32 -0500
  ...I disconnected the >>cable in the engine case and under pedal assembly. I could barely get the >>throttle cable to move freely, so obviuosly...
• Accelerator Cable - Broken?
  Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
  Sat, 13 May 2006 19:33:58 -0400
  ...Anyway, I was adjusting the idle and on the process when the engine was off I was lubricating the accellerator cable and the entire...
• fun with cables
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Sat, 4 Oct 1997 17:16:49 EDT
  ...It had the same rubber sleeves around the cable as the original. Those sleeves keep the cable sheath from wearing through where the cable...
• Re: Accelerator linkage is sticky..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 16 Nov 2010 09:53:58 -0800
  ...The cable housing (where the moving part of the cable itself emerges) IS attached to a bracket right off the fuel rail.. but maybe...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon - parking brake cable adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 6 Jan 2008 18:53:57 -0500
  The only proper way to adjust the brake cables is with the drums removed so you can see the lever position. The rear cables...
• Re: Great device for lubing cables
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 5 Jul 2019 08:46:40 -0700
  I’ve just used it on bicycle cables, yes I’m still in the eighties, like the van , and no hydraulics on the bikes...
• Re: trip out west
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 5 Aug 2010 14:16:34 -0700
  ...Now, >> >> I >> >> can't tell which conduits in there are cables. No cables are visible, >> >> everything is inside conduits of some sort. Most of...
• Re: Sticky vent controls?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 20 Aug 2021 09:06:29 -0700
  hi Jeff, You could adjust the position of the cable without removing the dash, it will be tricky but it can be done. You...
• speedo cable
  Historical mailing list - John McLean
  Sun, 23 Sep 2001 10:35:13 -0700
  ...This will transform the box into nothing more than a connecting shaft between the two halves of the speedo cable and a place to...
• Handbrake cables for 1967 Type II
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 19 Apr 1996 22:34:35 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I have just been quoted $80 (Can) for each handbrake cable for my 1967 Deluxe. Can anyone tell me the name of a reasonable...
• Installing Parking Brake Cable-'86 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Winston Smith
  Thu, 22 Mar 2001 20:29:53 -0500
  The parking brake cable on my '86 Vanagon broke at the adjusting end (the long cable that attaches to the lever). I thought replacing...
• Re: Lube for heater control cable?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:44:26 -0800
  ...I would not use engine oil on a cable .. but just about any good spray lube will work. it's like this .. THAT it...
• Re: High idle
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Tue, 19 Apr 2016 14:00:20 -1000
  Did you check the throttle cable for free easy movement, and a little free-play just ahead of the throttle body ?? or try to...
• power window cable
  Historical mailing list - James Creech
  Thu, 26 Oct 2000 15:37:59 -0400
  ...The only problem appears to be the cable guide at the top. Has anyone dealt with this or a similar cable guide problem without...
• Re: Acceleratro cable
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:05:37 -0500
  Nope it is the correct cable - I am just missing part of the linkage. Someone sent me the ETKA pictures and it looks just...
• Re: E-brake adventures
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Mon, 04 Aug 1997 20:14:17 -0700
  ...So I figure that rather than a broken cable I >may have a "stretched" cable, and one that stretched rather violently. >Probably like the...
• Re: Throttle cable repair-any ideas before replacement?
  Historical mailing list - rpc
  Fri, 9 Mar 2007 17:30:24 -0800
  ...While changing out the boot on the engine end of my 1990 Westy's throttle cable the cable frayed down to the last metal...
• Re: Failure to return to idle
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Sat, 30 Dec 2006 22:31:27 -0500
  ...I had this > > problem with a '91 Carat automatic, and the cause was moisture getting in > > the rear cable sheath, rusting both the cable...
• Re: Accelerator cable
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 15 Apr 2007 09:19:06 -0400
  The accelerator cables for the automatics and manual transmissions are drastically different. The manual cable goes directly to the throttle. The automatic cable goes...
• Re: 80 Vanagon Accelerator Cable Sticking
  Historical mailing list - Frank Terhaar-Yonkers
  Thu, 12 Dec 1996 11:11:59 GMT
  You have water in the cable. Crawl under you van and trace the cable back fron the front. You'll find various couplings along...
• Sticking park brakes
  Historical mailing list - Earl J.Smith
  Sun, 9 Mar 1997 13:09:05 -0800 (PST)
  My son bought a gizmo for the cables on his motorbike which I have used on other kinds of bowden cables. It gets clamped...
• Alternator Shot?
  Historical mailing list - Jim & Melody
  Mon, 9 Nov 1998 18:20:53 -0700
  ...I did look underneath and the ground cable from the tranny to frame is tight. All other cables seem tight. What would make my...
• All 25 wire cable not created equal (digitool)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Thu, 17 May 2001 21:27:06 -0500
  I found out why my ECU shorted out when I tried to run some round 25 wire shielded computer cable under the van so...
• Speedometer cable...nub & clip but no cable....fixable?
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Fri, 6 Aug 2004 08:40:42 -0700
  ...I looked at the Drivers side hub and found the clip is there...attached to a "nub"...but the cable must have broken off...
• Re: 1980 AC model speedo
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 3 Dec 2004 12:24:33 EST
  ...my other AC model speedo has a differant cable > connection.. is that cable connection the same as the later WC speedos? > if I change...
• Re: Heater control cables - '82 Diesel
  Historical mailing list - John Haugland
  Sun, 21 Nov 2004 13:57:33 EST
  cables you can get new as well at the bus depot I believe