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• Re: David Carment's Silver Secret
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 25 Aug 94 18:38:00 EDT
  ...Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648 writes: > > This sounds like the spot where the control for the gas heater goes, which > does in fact...
• FYI: FS: 88 Westy in NC for sale
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 21 Jun 96 21:45:12 CDT
  ...Air conditioning Cassette deck Cruise control Manual transmission Description: White w/gray interior, full Westy, a/c, euro bumpers/headlights, new clutch, shocks, new...
• Re: hot water help
  Historical mailing list - David Garth
  Sun, 21 Aug 1994 17:13:02 -0700 (PDT)
  ...My previous attempts to use the engine heat failed--I was unable to control the heat and the water got much too hot. I...
• 87- Stop the fresh air!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 20 Sep 1996 07:38:29 -0600
  ...ve read the owner's manual and tried everything from the control panel on the dash to stop/reduce the fresh air flow into...
• Re: Fw: Ques: squeak under passenger seat.
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Wed, 29 Jan 1997 12:13:19 -0500 (EST)
  The squeak is the upper control arm bushings. I have not found a fix no matter how I have tried to fix this. The...
• Re: Ball Joints Replacement Question
  Historical mailing list - Doug Smith
  Thu, 17 Sep 1998 12:35:54 EDT
  ...In addition to ball joints I have had to replace upper control arm bushings and strut bar bushings, both of which can affect the...
• Friday stuff..Re: slight surge in idle speed
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Fri, 20 Nov 1998 00:23:46 -0500
  On Thu, 19 Nov 1998, David-M wrote: > Ted & Kathy wrote: > > > > its the computer chip that controls the idle speed......$350.00, had it...
• Re: AC fan (how to hurt someone)
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Mon, 19 Jul 1999 11:53:05 -0400
  ...Bloss wrote: > > The relay that controls the fan speeds is getting weak. It is > > located in the rear C-pilar, with all the other...
• berryman's B-9 Carb Cleaner
  Historical mailing list - , Dieter Thiessen
  Sun, 12 Sep 1999 10:15:49 EDT
  ...It is also delicious on Fried Chicken, is an effective antiperspirant, and controls dry 'fly-away' hair. >> hey man that sounds great especialy the...
• : FS 1988 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - keith pike
  Sat, 25 Dec 1999 23:32:57 -0330
  ...Air Conditioning, Cruise Control, Roof Rack, Sun/Moon Roof, Power Locks, Power Mirrors, Power Windows Advertise, About Us, Disclaimer, Privacy Copyright� 1995-1999 AUTONET...
• Temp II sensor
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sun, 2 Jan 2000 16:06:34 -0500
  ...What I am calling pin 1 on cable leads to pin 7 on Ignition Control Module. Thank you very much in advance. John Lauterbach...
• Brake Light Problem Found
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Sun, 25 Mar 2001 14:00:12 -0600
  ...Possibly related to the missing cruise control set up? Dave in KC 85 Westy http://members.fortunecity.com/davebaker1
• Re: Emergency engine cooling
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Wed, 25 Apr 2001 04:04:38 -0700
  ...Cooling" the engine with the heater gives an extra measure of controll & protection. Sometimes I wish for a teflon sock, but it works! Phaedra
• Re: Boring cylinder to oversize
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 19 Mar 2002 22:17:20 -0600
  ...that are induced by alterations could be destructive, or could shorten the live of the engine and may be beyond my control. John Rodgers
• parting out 84 GL standard shift near Cleveland Ohio
  Historical mailing list - Chris McClellan
  Thu, 18 Apr 2002 20:27:32 -0700
  ...The van has a nice interior, cruise control, good exhaust, nice tires & whatnot. Make me an offer on parts or the whole thing. Chris...
• New Vanagon Parts Inventory System
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 7 Sep 2002 14:01:36 -0500
  After evaluating several inventory control systems we finally settled on one that has proven successful for numerous salvage yards and EBay sellers. Please take...
• Re: Wiper motor does not auto park
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 25 Oct 2002 13:53:28 EDT
  ...I thought that the wiper relay just controlled the intermittent feature. >> Jeff, That's what I used to think until it happened to me...
• OT death of Gianni Agnelli
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 24 Jan 2003 08:29:55 -0800
  ...ownership of Fiat as he was a firm proponent of keeping control in family hands. ("GM owns 20% of Fiat Auto, and the Italian...
• Re: NEEDED: 84 vanagon Wiper Switch - brown
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Feb 2003 15:13:56 EST
  ...I need brown if possible and controls for the > rear wiper. Could someone help me out? > i have some wiper switches w/ headlight dimmer...
• Re: Diff lock in a 2wd
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Thu, 6 Mar 2003 10:02:32 -0500
  ...Would it be possible to simply use a cable mechanism rather than the vacuum control? I'm not familiar with the details of the...
• Brand new rear speakers FS (factory units)
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Wed, 15 Oct 2003 16:59:49 +0000
  ...Internet Software to your current Internet access and enjoy patented spam control and more. Get two months FREE! http://join.msn.com/?page=dept...
• horn beeps when i turn the steering wheel???
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 11 May 2005 14:54:39 EDT
  on my '85 vanagon, the #12 fuse (which controls the reverse lights and horn) was missing. so i replaced it..and the horn starts...
• Re: replacing catalytic converter
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Thu, 9 Mar 2006 19:17:05 -0700
  ...roof, or put the lifts in the wrong place, and bend control arms, etc, etc :-) Looking at my 81, I would not attempt that...
• Re: Tips & Tricks - Heating and Air Flow Control Levers - how to change
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 24 Feb 2006 17:07:16 -0800
  On 2/24/06, Jim Felder <felder@knology.net> wrote: > > Hey, but if you're working on someone else's vanagon, you've got...
• Re: Automatic reply: Lower control arm bushing r&r on 89 westy
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 Feb 2016 22:24:28 -0500
  were getting Wallaced again :) In a message dated 2/8/2016 10:18:55 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, jim@CHNWMD.COM writes: ? I...
• Re: [SPAM] Re: Water Injection
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sun, 25 May 2008 10:30:10 -0700
  ...Look up both Snow Performance and Aquamist, as they each have electronic controllers for sophisticated dual stage injection systems, and such. Enjoy! Casey
• Re: trip out west
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 4 Aug 2010 14:22:50 -0700
  ...You will be able to distinguish which cable housing contains the heater valve control. You can also sometimes see through the ashtray hole...but...
• Genie in your garage?
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Thu, 20 Jul 95 9:57:17 PDT
  A couple of basics on the "radio" controlled garage door openers. The pushbutton thingy is a radio transmitter that sends a coded signal. The...
• Re: Last air cooled model?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 5 Feb 2002 19:14:26 -0600
  I considered upgrading my 83 to later model cast iron (replace stamped metal) lower control arms so I could mount 85 or later full...
• Re: F/you think we have problems? Try owning a Porsche 928
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:29:58 -0800
  ...Still, when working properly these cars are capable of Autobahn speeds in comfort and control at a now remarkably low initial cost.... During the...
• Re: Help! Traveling through Phoenix, Tucson and Vegasneed parts
  Historical mailing list - Geneva Saint-Amour
  Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:16:42 -0600
  ...of days on vacation. > >>> > >>> The Rubber bellow which controls the throttle for the cruise control has > >>> sprung an invisible leak. > >>> > >>> Does anyone have the...
• Leefers? we don't need no stinkin' leefers! what we need iz Knobs!!
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 26 May 94 09:08:05 CDT
  oh, for the simple days of beetles, where first it was a simple knob to control the heat. and then, complication and machinery set...
• Re: Car Talk
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Redford
  Wed, 21 Sep 94 19:33:19 PDT
  ...wasserboxers) were the result of US > mandated emission controls, safety equipment, etc. Yeah, good stuff like mandated emission controls, safety equipment. No? One could...
• Re: Catalytic heaters
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Tue, 3 Nov 1998 13:16:06 EST
  ...The gasoline heaters don't have thermostatic control, and as the one in my Thing was, only designed to run about 15 minutes at...
• Re: Cleaning & Flushing coolant system-- Fast & Effective
  Historical mailing list - Vince P.
  Thu, 8 Apr 1999 12:54:03 -0700
  ...If the heater control on the dash is in the hot position, I imagine that it pushed water through the heater cores as well...
• Re: MSN Community Idea
  Historical mailing list - Scott Semyan
  Wed, 29 Mar 2000 12:08:28 -0800
  ...By the time you read this email, our first wave of robots will be taking control of the major world capitals. Ah, ha ha...
• Re: Correct Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Sat, 22 Feb 2003 23:56:31 -0000
  ...Correct Gap of Sparks > no clear resolution to something that you can't control or modify anyway. > ------------------ Clip ---------------------- > I got that from the President...
• Re: Question regarding coolant flow and front heater
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 23 May 2005 15:42:22 -0500
  ...The springs on the control cables are often on the wrong side of the cables to operate properly. I must agree about the rear...
• Re: Westfalia instrument panel.
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Mon, 5 Jan 2009 13:23:52 -0800
  ...If you open your fridge you can see a little square meter in the upper right of the controls panel. This is the fridge...
• Re: Radius Rod Installation
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 14 Jul 2017 09:01:11 -0400
  ...It's the distance between doughnuts and control arm that's the controlling dimension, the rest is whatever works. Yrs, d On Fri, Jul...
• Re: Why Bigger Brakes Was Cause of brake rotor warping
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 14 Sep 2013 11:16:05 -0700
  ...Unlike petrol (gasoline) engines, diesel engines vary fuel flow to control power rather than throttling air intake and maintaining a constant fuel ratio as...
• Re: Front end suspension
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 12 May 2011 09:42:17 -0700
  ...Its easy enough to take the upper control arms to your local welder for a quick zap - they're off the van, right? After...
• Eberspracher heaters
  Historical mailing list - ChriStenSen DeSiGn iNc.
  Mon, 4 Oct 1999 17:38:48 -0400
  ...In addition, the B1LC has many new control and safety features over the older heater (i.e. automatic control over four heat levels). 4...
• Emission / Air Mass Sensor - could it be the cause?
  Historical mailing list - Wolfgang Ziegler
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 17:22:12 -0400
  ...ECU, sensors, Idle control... new sparks, wires, distributor, air filter - timing tuneup new temp sensor, O2 sensor check for vacuum leaks, check idle control...
• Re: 86 vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - Dieter Knittel
  Sat, 28 Apr 2001 12:52:45 EDT
  ...the silver top Valve I think its called Idel control valve ? or air control valve? sitting right on top...u cant miss it it...
• Re: My dream vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 26 Jul 2002 18:17:55 -0500
  ...Why not cruise control that actually works > (I have > a lever...), A wiper control that doesn't have intermittent at the > position > below off...
• Re: Lifted Vanagon - too much negative camber on front wheels no matter what
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 18 Oct 2006 19:19:54 -0400
  ...Not enough room in the tube for the control arm bolt to travel that far. Wait a few weeks, the springs will settle and...
• Power steering rack leak
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 29 Nov 2018 16:27:04 -0500
  ...It's leaking from the two-bolt plate that controls the spring that puts axial force on the steering pinion shaft.� Has anyone had...
• Re: Velma is back on the road
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sat, 9 Jun 2012 06:19:04 -0600
  ...Start spraying your nut & bolts with kroil or other super penetrating oil now!!! Especially the 3 linking your radius rod to lower control arm...
• Re: Tie Rod end removal/Control arm bushings
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 8 Jun 2009 23:44:48 -0700
  On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 10:49 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans<scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: ... > > other methods - ..... Troy. Another method. (thank you archives...
• Re: Oxygen Sensor / Full Throttle Switch
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 21 Nov 94 16:01:57 PST
  ...in the adjustments/tune-up. >> The idle switch is for emission control purposes. If the paddle is completely released while the engine is still...
• Re: A little [W]ednesday humor to brighten your week!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 18 Oct 1995 23:19:34 -0500
  ...Put a couple of servo controls on your dash and you can rotate and lower the guns at anyone. Quilla would love it under...
• Re: Emission Controls, etc.
  Historical mailing list - William Alan Killian
  Sat, 16 Mar 1996 20:10:24 -0500 (EST)
  On Sat, 16 Mar 1996, Songie wrote: > Still missing the point. We (U.S) can buy a brand new caddy that doesn't > meet...
• Re: FYI: FS: 88 Westy in NC for sale
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan 'Snuggles' Edwards
  Sat, 22 Jun 1996 10:29:04 -0400 (EDT)
  On Fri, 21 Jun 1996, Joel Walker wrote: > VW '88 Westfalia 89K mi $13000/OBO Durham > Options: > Air conditioning > Cassette deck > Cruise control > Manual...
• re: why we love out bricks so much
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Stivers
  Sat, 30 Dec 1995 18:14:53 -0500 (EST)
  ...Korean Shit Box and die, maggot!" I love being in vechicular control on a snowy day. And the number one reason I love my...
• Warm air from under dash.
  Historical mailing list - Gordon C Smith
  Wed, 17 Jul 1996 15:02:46 -1000
  ...I haven't seen the van, but she claims to be turning off all of the heater controls. This is more and more annoying...
• FS - EV -SF
  Historical mailing list - Matthew L. Dekker
  Sun, 8 Jun 1997 18:16:45 -0700
  ...A CL means no cruise control so it won't work for me. Good Luck. Matt Dekker mdekker@eskimo.com Dekker Service Website www...
• Is this a good price
  Historical mailing list - Dan Johnston
  Wed, 19 Aug 1998 12:42:06 -0400
  ...White, Good condition, Automatic, 2 Wheel Drive, 4 Cylinders, Air Conditioning, Cruise Control, AM/FM Radio, CD Player, Tow Package 26,000 miles on...
• Re: Fwd: Yes!! finally!! an audi 5cyl into an automatic vanagon!! :<...
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 9 Nov 1998 14:25:48 -0800
  ...I just assumed that was what he was >discussing, though normally they just play with valving controllers to alter >pressures applied to these clutches...
• Re: Weird electricals
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 4 May 1999 23:08:05 -0400
  ...seemed to right itself when I re-connected > the idle stabilizer control unit. Yes, it works better when it's connected <g>. d David...