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• Re: Interesting Vanagon Dash
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:07:41 -0400
  ...See the big hump in > the middle? Engine. > > Jeff wrote: >> Out poking around the internet and I ran across this interesting dashboard >> mod: > >> http...
• RE: dashboard fan?
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Mon, 08 May 1995 13:47:34 EST
  I don't know what kind of bus Michael Wagner is trying to aerate, but for non-sunroof vans, the aftermarket sunroof I put...
• FS: Misc Parts, So Cal
  Historical mailing list - Rennie Wible
  Thu, 13 Jul 2000 18:33:41 -0700
  ...Complete Dashboard, brown, good condition 6. Sliding window set for middle windows, good condition, need guides 7. Rear side window glasses 8. Dash pod...
• Re: EVERYONE READ THIS..hatch strut supports
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Wed, 6 Mar 2002 12:29:59 -0800
  ...can easiliy install a smoke detector that will turn on a > red light on the dashboard to let you know if it catches > fire............. >
• Re: who sells vanagon dashboard switches /IMHO Malo
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 20 Apr 2004 08:49:19 EDT
  In a message dated 4/20/04 6:27:29 AM, kdlewis_wasting_time@ACCESS4LESS.NET writes: << If your just looking to fill the...
• Re: Agony of defeat . . .
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Tue, 28 Sep 2004 10:48:06 -0500
  ...is located under the instrument cluster in the dashboard panel. > To gain access to the reservoir, grasp the two recesses provided on > the frame...
• Re: 1986 - 1991 Dashboard Printed Circuit board (PC) Wanted.
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:58:44 EDT
  In a message dated 9/26/08 8:34:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, dellaone@GMAIL.COM writes: > I need the flexible blue PC...
• RE: Heater motor gone?
  Historical mailing list - william killian
  Tue, 21 Nov 1995 18:57:06 -0500 (EST)
  ...motor itself and b) do you > >REALLY have to remove the dashboard to get at the heater motor? > > > >He's got a large, green...
• Re: The Mouse that ate our Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Fri, 7 May 1999 09:39:50 -0400
  ...a squirrel got into the passenger compartment of my van and managed to get in under the dashboard... it must have been in there...
• Master Cylinder Question
  Historical mailing list - Dan Erlandson
  Tue, 20 Aug 2002 10:43:40 -0400
  I have my dashboard out (replacing the fresh air fan) and am also doing the master cylinder. The one I had ordered from Van...
• Re: How hard can you push a Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
  Thu, 10 Apr 2003 10:08:51 -0700
  ...his open container, and without his shotgun shells rolling off the dashboard and under the seat ...? Jeff --- Stan Wilder <wilden1@juno.com> wrote: > Remember...
• Re: OT - soliciting Jetta TDI reviews
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 22 Feb 2003 20:39:56 -0500
  ...record is unbelievably > bad, so time will tell whether the new dashboards will shrink, sag > and break in half and window winder handles snap...
• VW want to buy Bugatti
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sat, 20 Jun 1998 01:19:17 -0700
  ...upholstery, lamb-wool carpeting and the finest wood veneer on the dashboard. Of course, the fridge in westies will have to go to accomodate...
• Re: Major Bud Vase Upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Wed, 15 Dec 1999 08:20:03 -0800
  ...To dis purpose, I > figure a major flower vase upgrade to fit the dashboard > ashtray is nessecary. Wherez can da ordinary Joe pick up...
• Tacho problem on a Vanagon TD Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Philippe Oudot
  Thu, 18 Nov 1999 18:55:37 +0100
  ...I've already checked the "W" alternator wire and behind the dashboard but didn't found anything. Any idea on what happen? Any help...
• Re: Heater controls, 84.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 20:35:24 -0500
  ...I can't turn off the heat in my dashboard. > The > lever that opens the heat will not slide back. When I try to...
• Re: Mystery switch in centre of dash
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Tue, 20 Apr 2004 10:20:54 -0600
  I have an 83.5 wbx, Canadian edition that has two minor mysteries in the dashboard. The first I believe is a power socket...
• Re: Brakes dashboard light -- DANGER?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 9 Apr 2017 22:37:12 +0000
  ...Brakes dashboard light -- DANGER? Aaand on to my next issue: I have a '90 automatic Westy. The brake warning light in the instrument panel...
• Re: vanagon in Angels & Demons spoiler within.
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 24 May 2009 07:45:43 -0700
  ...so all those old medals on the dashboards are kinda ... well ... fake? now" Not at all.� I have a clip-on Mr. Christopher medal...
• Dashboard hell, day 7
  Historical mailing list - Richard C Welsh
  Tue, 4 Jan 2000 13:46:01 -0500
  ...While everything was out, decided to install a CD player and fix the heater box wires and then some sketchy dashboard light connections. I...
• intermittent electrical problem in dashboard and wiper fluid problem
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:33:13 -0330
  ...First problem - I seem to have an intermittent electrical problem in the dashboard. Sometimes the light behind the speedometer doesn't go on, and...
• Re: Dash foil
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
  Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:59:40 -0500
  ...I've had to > try and glue the metal filaments in place just so that I can get the > dashboard lights and instruments to...
• Re: dashboard alters
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Dec 1995 12:12:09 -0800
  Yep, buses are certainly suspicious vehicles :) I lived in the Southeast US up until ten years ago when I moved to the Pacific Northwest...
• Re: 87GL: O2 Warning Light Flashing Intermittent/No Other Symptoms
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Wed, 20 May 1998 22:09:12 -0700
  ...Magee Voltage regulator on flexible dashboard printed circuit 'board' gone south?? Austin
• Help: Lights Wont Turn Off
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 10 May 2000 08:01:57 -0700
  ...I cannot get my parking lights,sidemarker lights,dashboard and license plate lights to turn off when switch is turned off and key is...
• Instrument panel is disintegrating!
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Fri, 8 Dec 2000 09:05:34 -0500
  ...I suspect that simple body flex is the basic culprit, slightly moving the dashboard and inst. panel (I do hear a lot of creaking...
• Re: St. Louis area salvage yards with Vanagons in situ
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Fri, 19 Oct 2001 09:47:41 -0600
  ...When you find the trick of getting a female connection, please let us know! b > part is on the wiring harness, under the dashboard...
• Re: WTB: Owners manual for 85 GL Weekender
  Historical mailing list - Tom Davis
  Wed, 14 Aug 2002 04:03:39 EDT
  ...Like whatall these buttons and knobs > >on my dashboard do. You'd think after growing up in splits and loafs I'd > >just grok...
• Re: Taking out the dash for BEHR unit / Radio relocation
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Mon, 20 Jan 2003 21:53:25 EST
  ...They could be made to mount on top of the dashboard and maybe even "swivel" right to left......kind of like the air vents...
• Re: dash removal
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 5 Feb 2003 23:17:23 -0600
  ...Stan Wilder On Thu, 6 Feb 2003 03:58:57 -0500 Clarence J Falarski <lamont@MINDSPRING.COM> writes: > Dashboard wizards: > > I have read, " removed...
• Re: Solar Battery Chargers
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 16 Dec 2004 15:13:13 -0600
  I put one of those small dashboard chargers on my camper down at the Gulf before Ivan in september, and things were so messed...
• Re: running rca cables to a rear-mounted subwoofer
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 19 Feb 2005 20:57:36 -0500
  ...On Feb 19, 2005, at 7:46 PM, Andy Stalick wrote: > Any tips on running cables down and out of the dashboard?
• Re: Porscheagon on samba
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Sun, 21 Aug 2005 13:04:07 -0700
  Good grief, did you see that dashboard! Not that an 81 brings that much these days but still the work that must have gone...
• Re: is it a 91 or 87?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Thu, 22 Sep 2005 18:00:26 -0400
  ...I guess it could be a 91 with an 87 dashboard VIN, but thats unlikely. Ask the seller if at least 2 VINs are...
• Re: Light switches
  Historical mailing list - Martin Laycock
  Tue, 16 Nov 1999 17:06:51 +0000
  ...A >> My high beams and dashboard tally light went recently and after a look through a circuit diagram narrowed the fault to the turn...
• reality check
  Historical mailing list - D Welch
  Tue, 21 Dec 1999 22:30:35 -0500
  ...Please advise, adventures are one thing, but upside down under the dashboard looking for Lucas, the Prince of Darkness is another. Great list, I...
• Re: Vanagon supplemental security
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Mon, 29 Apr 2002 09:52:42 -0400
  I've had a "fake alarm light" on the dashboard of all of our cars for years. Radio Shack has a 12v flashing red...
• Re: Ford Excursion is DEAD ? (longish reply)
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 2 Aug 2002 16:35:57 -0400
  ...Even the dashboard was basically unchanged. The 1990 I used to drive still had a foot-operated dimmer switch. These vehicles aren't sold...
• Re: diesel van in CO junkyard
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 11 Sep 2002 12:48:10 -0300
  ...chewed), rear > bench, suspension & wheels, nice front bumper, all doors, nice > dashboard, master cylinder, steering wheel, steering parts, long metal > coolant lines, and a...
• Re: ....that hi/lo beam switch problem
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Fri, 11 Apr 2003 11:08:59 -0700
  ...is there a temporary fix to "direct-wire" the low >beams to the dashboard switch? Do the headlight relay fix (which is a good...
• Re: dash upgrade(friday)
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 30 Dec 2004 22:13:16 -0700
  ...For Christmas my little brother gave me the highly prized " > DASHBOARD HULA GIRL" ! Any suggestions to properly attach her to the dash? > She came...
• Re: A/C question
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 27 Jun 2005 18:40:10 -0400
  ...Air wont blow through it until melted.This mostly happens in regular cars, with the evaporater inside the dashboard.The vanagon has only a...
• Behr AC; Air Leaks; Alarms; Scope Creep
  Historical mailing list - Jon B. Kanas
  Wed, 5 Jul 2000 11:12:56 -0600
  ...Getting to these fans requires removal of the entire dashboard; It is NOT a trivial job. Once the dashboard is out, they are easily...
• Re: Re. gauges
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Fri, 12 Jun 1998 12:19:04 -0400
  ...i took a 3/16" drill bit and drilled two holes right through the metal dashboard (didn't know it was metal before i...
• Re: back window - inside wide angle film
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sat, 15 Feb 2003 20:11:09 -0800
  ...cabinet. ;) Has anyone tried remounting the rear view mirror on the > dashboard, to get it low enough to see under the cabinet? Did it...
• Re: Subject: getting cooler air to the front in a Westy
  Historical mailing list - honemastert
  Thu, 29 Jun 2006 17:07:06 -0700
  ...Make sure all outside vents are off and the dashboard controls aligned properly. GoWesty has a section on their pages that details this. Take...
• Re: Do you ever pat your Vanagon on the head and say thanks?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 31 Jul 2014 17:53:04 -0700
  Homeward bound it gets a pat or two on the dashboard between the instrument cluster and the document filing box (ash tray). Karl Wolz...
• Dimensions of Vanagon AC concenser ?
  Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
  Thu, 21 May 2009 14:29:50 -0400
  ...my dual AC setup (Westy overhead in the rear....Behr in dashboard). When last working, I was getting 60 degrees at the front vents...
• replacing heater blower!
  Historical mailing list - Dan Resler
  Tue, 29 Jun 1999 16:11:17 -0400
  ...He said you basically have to dismantle the whole dashboard to get it out. My question - is this a job a novice DIY person...
• Re: Seeing out the back window on a Westy w/ AC
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Tue, 19 Mar 2002 08:47:59 -0800
  >I would be concerned that you wouldn't be able to see small cars if your >line of sight was from the dashboard (Roof...
• Re: Heater controls, 84.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 21:51:53 -0400
  ...I can't turn off the heat in my dashboard. The >lever that opens the heat will not slide back. When I try to...
• Re: American Knowhow vs German engineering vs British electrics
  Historical mailing list - Stones
  Mon, 8 Apr 2002 09:31:42 -0400
  ...Hell, look at dashboard padding these days, is it there to keep your sun-glasses from breaking if they fly off? Normal people don...
• Re: Dashboard light filters and a relay on the dashboard light circuit
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 25 Jun 2002 09:08:04 -0500
  The colored tab inserts that are used on hanging file folders are large enough to cover the windows on the cluster lights. Just cut...
• Re: Interesting Vanagon Dash - Photos
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
  Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:40:09 -0400
  ...I have NEVER seen, nor > seen photos of, anything like this dashboard. > > Thought some of you might be interested. It's full res, so...
• Re: replacing wiper motor
  Historical mailing list - Gerry Rafferty
  Fri, 20 Sep 2002 17:43:54 -0700
  ...replacing wiper motor > Hi consulting team, > Have any of you replaced the motor for the front wipers without removing > the dashboard (on an '87...
• Re: duct tape sticky residue removed
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Sun, 1 Jun 2008 23:08:53 +0000
  ...now trying to get that sticky residue off without taking the dashboard finish with it. Anyone know of a product that will do that...
• Re: Adding gauges to a Vanagon dashboard, and which are important ?
  Historical mailing list - Pollard, Matthew
  Fri, 8 Jan 1999 08:08:46 -0800
  ...Adding gauges to a Vanagon dashboard, and which are > important? > > At 10:12 PM 07/01/99 -0800, you wrote: > >I borrowed this idea...
• Re: Lovin' my new GPS!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
  Thu, 18 Jun 2015 21:25:05 -0500
  ...I'd like to install an > additional cigarette lighter plug hidden under the dashboard with the > unit's mini USB cable accessible through the...
• Re: replacing padded part of dashboard/ brown dashpad FS
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 6 Mar 2010 23:32:08 EST
  In a message dated 3/6/2010 3:02:30 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, syncro@GMAIL.COM writes: If you didn't care...
• Re: Major Bud Vase Upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Captain Ray
  Wed, 15 Dec 1999 19:02:36 -0800
  ...To > dis purpose, I > figure a major flower vase upgrade to fit the > dashboard > ashtray is nessecary. Wherez can da ordinary > Joe pick up...