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• Re: Pfft, boring ;-) was:Styled Cockpit FISH
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 21 Oct 2002 11:09:43 -0600
  ...TWO stalks on the left side of the steering column? Is that upper one a cruise control/MFA control stalk? Seats look comfy (and...
• Re: 87 GL Intermittantly Not Starting
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Mon, 12 May 2003 15:04:45 -0400
  ...Remove the 2 > screws holding the bottom cover onto the steering column. Then unplug > the connector from the ignition switch and plug it into...
• Re: access to the heater/fresh air fan; do i need to remove dash?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Gruber
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 17:32:12 -0800
  ...Well, the steering column is > attached to the facia by some funky shear bolts, which apparently you > have to drill thru to get off...
• Copy of: Re: 88 Vanagon with "thing" on steering column??
  Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
  14 Jan 97 22:13:13 EST
  ...88 Vanagon with "thing" on steering column?? >I continue: >Sorry, I've seen the little thumwheel style knobs there for heated seats and >this...
• ignition switch removal?
  Historical mailing list - Joachim Beek
  Thu, 26 Jul 2001 23:12:26 -0500
  ...Is there no simpler way to get the switch out? After all, I can remove the plastic steering column covers and drill a little...
• Re: Need brown lower column steering cover
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:16:40 -0600
  Tom, turns out I don't have it. Good luck! Miguel I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won...
• parts
  Historical mailing list - rob le duc
  Fri, 18 May 2001 19:13:25 MDT
  ...each maroon sliding door $100 maroon right front door $100 steering column $75 after parting out my 91K 90 gl happy volksin rob 86...
• 87 Vanagon Steering joint - torque?
  Historical mailing list - Jutta & Christian Knust
  Mon, 10 Dec 2001 04:07:32 +0100
  ...to the power steering pinion on one side and the steering column on the other side? Bentley only shows the old version without the...
• Replacing steering rubber link with universal joint
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 7 Oct 2002 23:51:44 +1300
  Anyone tried replacing the rubber coupling in the steering column with a splined universal joint? This would eliminate the possibility of losing the steering...
• Re: Horn, why won't it stop blowing?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Nov 2003 12:30:44 EST
  ...is there a > relay involved? thanks jack8trop > > sounds like your horn wire is grounding out in your steering wheel or column somewhere
• Re: Who wants to play "Guess that part!"
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:36:39 -0800
  Looks like the clip for the plastic cover under the steering column. Mark Tabe Johnson wrote: > I think this might be for holding the...
• silly little question about the basics...removing plate over the horn on ...
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:32:35 -0500
  ...its probably a bad ground on the brown wire > that runs down your steering column. put the vw emblem back into your > steering wheel...
• Re: Our deepest fear
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Sun, 12 Dec 2010 08:05:23 -0700
  ...Looks like the crumple zone, impact beam in the front of the Vanagon, and break apart steering column did what VW says they do...
• Re: Etka 7 query
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 8 Jul 2009 16:23:52 -0400
  At 02:46 PM 7/8/2009, David Beierl wrote... >When the parts listing in the Model column gives 251-256 and 245-248...
• Ignition/Starter Switch R&R
  Historical mailing list - Dyen Fred D.
  Fri, 9 Aug 1996 10:50:43 -0800 (AKDT)
  ...steering lock housing (miss noted in the Bentely as the steering column lock), then the ignition switch can be removed by unscrewing the phillips...
• Troubleshooting cruise control
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Sat, 7 Jun 2003 23:43:03 -0700
  What do folks recommend? I verified that the column switch is working properly. As well, I checked the wiring at the control unit, and...
• Re: sheer bolts/steering column
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 22 Oct 2003 02:40:07 EDT
  In a message dated 10/22/03 2:03:34 AM, korkwood@WSHOST.NET writes: << It's a hell of a lot easier to...
• Re: Our deepest fear
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 12 Dec 2010 11:09:14 -0500
  ...Thank goodness too for the articulated, collapsible steering column. I get the heebies whenever I look at an old beetle or bus or many...
• Re: Leaking Clutch Master Cylinder Help Needed/Hoe to change it.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 1 Dec 1997 20:38:03 -0500
  ...Remove the steering column cover and you will be able to see it at the bottom of the assembly. One hose, a banjo type...
• Re: Steering wheel locked after replacing blower motor
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 20 May 2011 17:39:46 -0700
  ...So when the time came to reattach the steering column it > > took quite an effort to torque the column back to its original position...
• Loose steering wheel at top off steering column.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 18 Jul 2023 13:47:41 -0500
  Got some play here. Suspect the bearing is at the top of the cast aluminum ignition switch housing. Is that bearing replaceable? Must a...
• Re: Source for propane "regulator" for propane tank...
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:09:14 -0600
  ...will raise a column of water eleven inches; around > six ounces per square inch IIRC) will do. Not "any"--you need a horizontal one...
• Re: 88 Vanagon with "thing" on steering column??
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Tue, 14 Jan 1997 14:44:00 -0800
  Chris Pittack wrote: > > You dog! Heated seats? Is there anyway on earth the rest of us mere > mortals could aquire such a luxury > > Chris...
• Re: Power steering leak !!?
  Historical mailing list - Brandt Milczewski
  Tue, 14 Mar 2000 12:23:06 +0000
  ...If you follow the steering column to the floor it enters a doughnut shaped unit right at the floor. this is where the fluid...
• Re: Front table in rear
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 2 Jul 2007 10:09:24 -0700
  ...First, if switching, you will need to switch the legs/support columns also. Second, once switched you will find it difficult if not impossible...
• Re: Steering Column Shear Bolt Part Number?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 24 Apr 2006 12:47:33 -0700
  ...this was designed as an > anti-theft aid, hence the difficulty you have in taking the bolts out to > get the column loose from...
• Re: [Syncro] Steering Column Shear Bolts part number?
  Historical mailing list - Cory Zumbrennen
  Mon, 24 Apr 2006 08:15:51 -0600
  ...gerry@vanagon.com; syncro@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [Syncro] Steering Column Shear Bolts part number? > > No ETKA at the office :(. Does anyone happen to have...
• Re: Radiator Bleed Screw
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Wed, 13 Jun 2007 00:57:37 EDT
  ...068 121 253A For the bleeder bolt it uses "bleeder valve" 113 615 273A The "Remarks" column says: M7X35 and "ALSO USE 211 611...
• Fuse panal cover?
  Historical mailing list - CanineWolf
  Fri, 15 May 1998 13:03:20 EDT
  ...I bought the van, it was also missing the steering wheel column cover but I bought one of those awhile back. Its a black...
• Coolant Article
  Historical mailing list - Jason Yasment
  Sat, 20 Feb 1999 12:57:12 EST
  ...Also there is a really good column in there by Jay Leno. Jason Yasment '84 Vanagon Westfalia '98 Jetta TDi AOL Instant Messenger: jyaz2...
• Windshield washer switch malfunction...
  Historical mailing list - James Shinosky
  Tue, 25 May 1999 10:27:44 EDT
  ...I hope it s not in the switch lever in the steering column? Contact corrosion? Did anyone out there have the same experience with...
• Re: Shear Bolts/Steering column
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 9 Aug 1999 18:42:26 -0400
  At 16:47 8/9/99 -0400, EMZ wrote: >but the purpuse is not as you see it. If you are in a head...
• Re: Steering coumn cover needed
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 3 Feb 2000 15:33:39 EST
  ...NET writes: << I'd like to dig up a top steering column cover in brown. Don't wanna pay for new unless I gotta...
• Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cochran
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:56:53 -0700
  Hi List, It appears that my cruise control only consists of a lever stuck into the steering column and nothing else, so here's...
• Re: Parts Place preys on "customers"(longish)
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Bulley
  Tue, 25 Jul 2000 13:33:57 -0400
  ...The Shakespearean Insult Kit +++++++++++++++++++++++ When necessary, combine one word from each of the three columns below, prefaced with "Thou": Column 1 Column 2 Column...
• sheer bolts/steering column - another question
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 23 Oct 2003 13:21:45 -0700
  ...sheer bolts/steering column - another question Okay - so I just replaced my front heater core, and it removing the whole dash, the bolts holding...
• Re: Government MPG ratings site - updated link
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Fri, 1 Feb 2008 09:00:48 -0500
  ...http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/calculatorCompareSideBySide.jsp?column=1 <http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/calculatorCompareSideBySide.jsp?column=1&id= 8423> &id=8423 There are...
• Headlights
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 22 Jun 2021 12:28:08 -0500
  ...By pulling the switch stalk on the steering column they will stay on as long as I hold it back. Has anyone with ideas...
• New Jetta Model -Whoosh!
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Fri, 4 Jun 1999 07:38:59 -0500
  ...See <http://www.thecarconnection.com/columns/caught/caught4-26-99.asp?idSection= 09&idCategory=15> You will probably have to copy the entire url...
• Need a few odd parts
  Historical mailing list - Philip Chidlaw
  Wed, 20 Nov 2002 18:04:23 -0800
  ...here has or knows whereabouts of: * Black 2-piece plastic steering column cover * Circular grounding block * Wire fridge shelves for RM182B. Not the door...
• Re: Headlight relay setup not working in 89 Westy
  Historical mailing list - -- Dan Roberts
  Fri, 7 May 2004 14:28:00 -0400
  ...black plastic sheath on the light-switch-side of the steering column. I found the wires and made the new connections -- and it works...
• Re: wiper problems
  Historical mailing list - Jim Wheaton
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 14:40:44 -0800
  ...to me. > I took off the cowling on the steering column and didn't notice > anything unusual (but I am new to this beastie...
• Re: NEED '81 Cooling Tin and Steering Column Cover NEED
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Wed, 31 Jul 1996 07:24:53 -0400 (EDT)
  ...a brown (or I guess if price was right black) steering > column/ignition switch cover. > > John > '77 Westy (1/2 owner and caretaker) > '78...
• Re: Gas Pressure in the Refrigerator
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 25 Apr 1999 20:23:33 -0400
  ...The reefer and stove are set up to run at a pressure of a water column 11 inches high (11" W.C.). That's...
• Re: Binding Steering....
  Historical mailing list - James V
  Thu, 4 Feb 2010 10:53:41 -0800
  ...it is the universal that links the rack to the steering column. > This is how they feel when they start to go bad. So...
• Re: horn ring (no global warming content)
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:48:25 -0400
  ...In my case, the contact in the column was also in bad shape and started eating up the new ring. I flowed some solder...
• Sliding Door "Courtesy Light" Switch
  Historical mailing list - Tom Salicos
  Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:23:54 -0800
  ...I see there is a rectangular hole in the column above the door lock contacts and a matching round hole on the door. Was...
• Re: key code??
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Sep 2006 11:35:27 EDT
  ...to remove the ignition cylinder you need to drill a small hole in the potmetal housing that attaches the ignition to the steering column...
• Re: Who is the Manager of this list?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Sun, 24 Aug 2008 12:03:56 -0400
  ...So, if you >> want to >> respond to the list only then cut/paste the list address from the >> cc: column >> to the To: column.
• Lifter tests ....... just a folly?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 21 Apr 2002 17:09:36 -0500
  ...Only three of these four held pressure and became a solid column. The lifter that did not hold its column height seemed destined for...
• Re: � � � '86 Vanagon GL?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 16 Sep 2002 00:19:11 EDT
  ...First I have discovered a minor scratching sound in > the column when turning the steering wheel. There is no play in the > steering. PS...
• Re: Brake Fluid Loss
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Thu, 15 Apr 2004 19:25:11 -0700
  ...You'll find it at the base of the steering column. Look under the front of the van in the vicinity of the front...
• Off topic Friday post
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Fri, 6 Dec 2019 22:05:50 -0600
  ...I seem to have snapped a wire or something in the steering column - I think? Anybody heard of such a thing before? Thanks Jeff...
• Tiny orange switch right of steering column below dash?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 18 Jan 1997 00:07:27 -0500
  Does anyone know what this thing does? It is on a relay kind of thing with stickers that say on and off with red...
• Ignition Switch installation
  Historical mailing list - James Flanigan
  Mon, 22 May 2000 21:41:09 EST
  ...I pulled the plastic covers off the steering column, and am uncertain how to proceed. Once again, I found the Bentley manual less than...
• Re: More Stuff
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sun, 14 Oct 2001 14:56:27 -0500
  ...I only listed a black steering column assembly, with a black wheel. Change it to black-----:>) ______________ |[ ] [ ] [ ]\ | | | | ~~~ ~||-(())----(())-| Terry-- 74 Campmobile- (Clementine) 85 GL- (Delilah) 86...
• Re: gutless AND unreliable...(C'mon Volkswagen!!)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 1 Apr 2003 19:29:41 +1200
  ...steering column/switchgear ditto... cut out electric window regulators with inner door-panels and weld into VW doors... replace trans with Porsche 915 or...
• Re: replacing lock cylinders + ignition switch (starter button on dash)
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 24 Apr 2003 11:43:39 -0600
  "Where would be the best location on the dash?" ...the underside of the plastic steering column shroud...very near the ignition lock....and out...
• Replaceing the Ignition lock cylinder ?
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Wed, 24 Aug 2005 15:48:51 -0700
  ...lock cylinder is hosed, so i take off the lower/upper column switch cover & expecet to see some llocking screw holdin the lock cylinder...
• Re: horn doesn't beep when running straight ahead
  Historical mailing list - db25
  Tue, 14 Jul 1998 16:37:00 EDT
  ...ground wires down the steering column, and >they seem to end at a 13mm bolt holding the column to a steering >gearbox. What I...