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• Re: interesting vanagon for sale in victoria
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 18 Feb 2014 11:00:32 -0800
  I don't recall the controls when I drove the van, but I suspect Russ brought back the controls from a trip to SA...
• Re: Dash Controls
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Mon, 15 Mar 1999 20:00:28 -0500
  Per - Also, there's a good description on http://www.vanagon.com/info/articles/vent_controls.html with a nice pic of the heater...
• 1989 Vanagon A/C controls?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 4 Jan 1996 15:30:04 -0500
  ...I've seen 1988 Vanagons (Non campers) with A/C controls mounted on the A/C console and some mounted on the dash. I...
• Re: Ventilation Controls
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Tue, 29 Jan 2002 13:29:44 -0800
  OK, the controls on the ceiling are the A/C. They're lower right on a westy. The one with numbers is fan speed...
• Re: Very Hot Blowing over Accelerator Pedal
  Historical mailing list - Steve Macaulay
  Fri, 9 Jul 1999 08:10:59 -0700
  >(far as I can tell anyway given the > obscure interface of the vent controls) - anyone got > > any idea where this Hi John, Check out...
• Re: AC Controls
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sun, 18 May 2008 06:26:22 -0700
  My '89 Wolfsburg Edition has the AC controls in the dash, but doesn't have the rear passenger shoulder belts On Sat, May 17...
• Re: Ventilation controls
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Wed, 30 Jan 2002 02:10:33 -0800
  Ventilation controls are very confusing, I've got 2 vans and one for 12 years and I still don't completely understand those flippin...
• Re: Ventilation Controls
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Tue, 29 Jan 2002 19:09:53 -0700
  ...Ventilation Controls > OK, the controls on the ceiling are the A/C. They're lower right on a > westy. The one with numbers is...
• Dash Controls
  Historical mailing list - Owen Swords
  Mon, 15 Mar 1999 19:00:08 -0500
  ...Can anyone provide a picture or a moron's guide to the controls - including how to turn on the rear wiper etc Owen
• Re: Need help with Heater controls in an 88 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Fri, 19 Nov 1999 11:12:17 -0500
  http://vanagon.com/info/articles/vent_controls.html on Coyote's site will demystify this for you. I had the same problem. Cheers, Doug...
• Vanagon heater controls
  Historical mailing list - Danny
  Mon, 25 May 2009 13:30:19 -0700
  What do each of the 4 heater controls do starting from the top moving down? Danny '84 Westy (Vanny) �
• Re: AC Controls
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 17 May 2008 23:05:58 -0700
  > 1990 was the first year of the dash-mounted a/c controls. > i know 1988 had overhead controls cause i had one. and likewise...
• Re: AC Controls
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 17 May 2008 23:23:05 -0700
  >> 1990 was the first year of the dash-mounted a/c controls. >> i know 1988 had overhead controls cause i had one. and likewise...
• Re: interesting vanagon for sale in victoria
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Tue, 18 Feb 2014 09:54:11 -0800
  South African T3's have rotary controls. Not sure what year they started putting those on. If you look at a Mk3/A3 Golf...
• Ventilation controls
  Historical mailing list - Dave M
  Tue, 29 Jan 2002 22:03:38 GMT
  ...Its impossible to figure out the ventilation controls without an owners manual. Tell me this isn't one of the most stupid designs ever...
• Need help with Heater controls in an 88 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mike Hugill
  Fri, 19 Nov 1999 10:58:13 -0500
  ...The pictographs on the heater controls leave me clueless. They look to me like something about bacon and a water bed? By running the...
• SA vanagon heater/vent controls
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:24:51 -0700
  Here is a link to a close up pic of the rotary controls on south african T3s. http://www.sa-teile.de/drehknop.jpg...
• Re: vanagon - warm air please!!
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 22 Jan 2003 16:25:04 -0400
  And if you're new to vanagon's climate controls you may want to visit: http://www.vanagon.com/info/articles/owners-manual/vent...
• Re: Ventilation Controls
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Tue, 29 Jan 2002 16:52:04 -0700
  I think newbies are confused partly because the ventilation controls evolved from a simpler scheme in the air-cooled Vanagons. The initial design (sort...
• Re: what controlls the fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Thu, 17 Apr 2003 12:06:12 -0400
  The ignition key controls the fuel pump ---- if your key is on your fuel pump is pumping. It pumps continuously at high pressure into...
• 80 vent controls
  Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
  Sun, 17 Sep 2006 18:33:59 EDT
  ...Do the controls work the same? I am assisting in the eviction of vermin They made a nest in my guru's glove box...
• Re: Ventalation Controls (sp)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Ramer
  Fri, 10 May 2002 08:03:05 -0700
  ...http://www.vanagon.com/info/articles/owners-manual/vent-controls.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Winesette" <Chriswinesette@AOL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM...
• Re: Printing on Aluminum Sheet - NVC
  Historical mailing list - Brent Weide
  Tue, 11 Oct 2005 07:34:34 -0400
  ...Has anyone ever printed good labels (a permanent cheatsheet) for the Vanagon heater panel controls? I feel a little silly reading the owner's...
• 81 Vanagon Dash Temperature Controls
  Historical mailing list - Scott A. Harvey
  Fri, 21 Dec 2001 12:24:14 -0800
  Has anyone figured out how the temp controls really work? My '81 has only the three slider controls (although the owners manual shows four...
• Re: Heater Controls?
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sat, 16 May 1998 09:54:38 -0400
  I'm on my third van and I still don't understand the controls. I did find a page in the archives that explained...
• Re: Duct controls (was How to keep cool in your van)
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
  Fri, 18 Apr 2003 21:22:43 -0700
  ...Move it right to get more air from the console. ����������� This is interesting, on my '84 the third lever controls the front lower center...
• A/C wiring diagram wanted
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Fri, 14 Dec 2001 18:37:21 +0100
  Could anybody please pmail me the wiring diagram of the Vanagon A/C with the controls above the mirror in the A/C tunnel...
• Re: Ventilation Controls
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 29 Jan 2002 17:37:26 -0400
  ...http://www.vanagon.com/info/articles/owners-manual/vent- controls.html EVERYTHING about our vans has been discussed 10 times by experts and idiots...
• Re: Issue w/ 90 Euro spec doka heating levers
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 25 Jun 2013 21:52:01 -0400
  At 07:09 PM 6/25/2013, Tom Buese wrote: >Dang if I can figure out the heater controls on my syncro doka! Yes...
• Re: Need help with Heater controls in an 88 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 19 Nov 1999 17:06:47 +0100
  ...http://www.vanagon.com/info/articles/vent_controls.html PerL 87 Syncro 112i
• Heater Controls
  Historical mailing list - Evil Pig
  Thu, 30 Aug 2001 22:49:40 -0700
  Hi folks, I am having trouble with two of my heater controls one, the defroster/foot heater selector (the one on top) can't...
• getting to heater cables and controls
  Historical mailing list - Ron Paitich
  Mon, 20 Jun 2005 08:47:21 -0700
  ...The chassis has 300K on it, but is in very good condition; I expect the thousands of cycles of the controls have made the...
• Dash control lights question
  Historical mailing list - Steve Macaulay
  Thu, 8 Jul 1999 14:08:19 -0700
  ...The controls that are lighted are fine, but something seems funny to me now since there are several controls that aren't lighted up...
• Re: vanagon - warm air please!!
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 22 Jan 2003 16:41:59 -0500
  On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, Malcolm Stebbins wrote: > And if you're new to vanagon's climate controls you may want to visit: > > http...
• Re: getting to heater cables and controls
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Mon, 20 Jun 2005 08:51:56 -0700
  ...The other controls will require you to remove the dash to get at the unit. Time consuming but not too bad. Z Ron Paitich...
• Re: Ventalation Controls (sp)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Ramer
  Sun, 12 May 2002 09:03:15 -0700
  ...Ventalation Controls (sp) Yeah this is good. But still, what about that icon to left of the red dot, what is that? And what...
• Re: Ventilation Controls
  Historical mailing list - Imua Camper Company
  Tue, 29 Jan 2002 11:18:03 -1000
  >I feel rather stupid, but I've had my vanagon now for 4 months, and >I'm still pretty perplexed to the ventilation controls...
• Re: Rostra cruise control
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 14 Jan 2013 08:28:45 -0800
  ...Cruise Controls The guy that installed my Audiovox cruise control said that Rostra bought out/bought up the Audiovox cruise controls. And that Rostra...
• Ventilation Controls
  Historical mailing list - Brady Ferguson
  Tue, 29 Jan 2002 13:11:28 -0800
  I feel rather stupid, but I've had my vanagon now for 4 months, and I'm still pretty perplexed to the ventilation controls...
• Re: Hello from a newbie
  Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
  08 Feb 97 03:00:46 EST
  ...Just to the left of the heater controls (between the heater >controls and the steering column) there is a hole in the dash with...
• Re: AC in the winter
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Tue, 29 Nov 94 7:31:34 PST
  ...If you notice on the heater controls > there are the three A/C settings and then the upper/lower and > defrost controls. The order...
• Seat Adjustment Control Q's
  Historical mailing list
  20 Jun 97 08:02:09 PDT
  ...One has both front/back and tilt controls on the same side, and the other is on the opposite side. Which goes where? Of...
• Re: interior LEDs - get rid of the morgue
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:19:58 -0800
  ...alistair PS heater fan controls(s) also are illuminated. On 2011-11-23, at 3:12 PM, Don Hanson wrote: > Heater controls are supposed...
• Re: So What's Wrong with this Syncro?
  Historical mailing list - Varotto Hugo
  Fri, 15 Jan 2010 07:37:38 -0800
  It does not seem to have the controls to lock the differentials, so probably is a Syncro without the locks (I think most of...
• Re: rear window wiper
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Wed, 9 May 2001 07:26:14 EDT
  ...Second lever controls temperature (to right hotter - left cooler) Third lever controls air flow to the footwell area Fourth level is for air flow...
• Re: interesting vanagon for sale in victoria
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 18 Feb 2014 10:44:49 -0800
  ...interesting vanagon for sale in victoria South African T3's have rotary controls. Not sure what year they started putting those on. If you...
• Re: instrument panel lights
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Jul 1994 16:20:37 -0500 (CDT)
  > > On Mon, 18 Jul 1994, Will Self wrote: > > > > > In my '84 Vanagon the lights behind the speedometer and heating > > controls don't work. The...
• Re: How do the heat controls work on an 85 GL?
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Wed, 15 Oct 1997 15:04:58 -0700
  ...http://www.vanagon.com/info/articles/vent_controls.html Coyote -- /\_/\ ____ Ron 'Coyote' Lussier ( ) \ _/__ LikeMinds (415) 284-6972 \ / \X / "Tools that Help People Decide" \_/ \/ http...
• Re: A/C ducts
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 3 Nov 2012 17:21:10 -0700
  Yes, later passenger models have the factory A/C controls on the dash while 86/87 have the controls overhead between the visors. The...
• Re: SA van images
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:56:45 -0800
  AB, I pulled a set of these controls from an A3 Jetta. Near as I can figure, all one has to do is convert...
• 91 GL Dash Lights out
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Boyd
  Sat, 27 Dec 2003 07:12:06 -0800
  ...heat controls, ac controls) do not work. The instrument cluster lights work fine. Any ideas? Enjoy your day! Tom Boyd meyra21@yahoo.com --------------------------------- Do...
• Re: need to "See the light"
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 17 Nov 96 13:10:04 CST
  ...My '85 Westy has a knob to the left of the >sliding heater/vent controls for the rear seat fan unit-it is lit...
• Re: how to use heater controls on dash. '88 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - handy ighland
  Sat, 15 Sep 2007 21:20:09 -0700
  http://vanagon.com/info/articles/owners-manual/vent-controls.html On Sep 15, 2007, at 8:50 PM, Bart Prinsen wrote: > I just bought...
• Re: Ventilation controls
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 29 Jan 2002 17:39:13 -0500
  At 05:03 PM 1/29/2002, Dave M wrote: >I sympathise. >Its impossible to figure out the ventilation controls without an owners >manual...
• Re: More questions on my '85
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 11 Nov 1994 16:46:43 -0500 (EST)
  ...The third lever from the top controls the air flow at your feet (left = more, right = less). The last lever controls fresh (non heated...
• Re: interior LEDs - get rid of the morgue
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:12:10 -0800
  Heater controls are supposed to have Lights? Hmmmm....I always thought that is why I wear a headlamp sometimes.... Grin Don Hanson On Wed...
• '60 CrewCab Controls
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 04 Apr 1997 12:50:34 -0800
  ...What are the controls for on the front of the front seat? I know the turning knob is for the heater, but the two...
• Re: fresh air/heat sliders (EASY WAY TO KNOW)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Shane
  Wed, 9 May 2001 18:55:20 -0400
  ...And the lever off to the left, controls the NOISE from all that are left. So remember, when the controls have you beat... Be...
• Re: So What's Wrong with this Syncro?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:26:12 -0500
  ...However, aren't there usually some Syncro specific controls on the dash of a Syncro? Like where the A/C controls are in the...
• Re: SA vanagon heater/vent controls
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:27:19 +1200
  ...is a link to a close up pic of the rotary controls on south > african T3s. > > http://www.sa-teile.de/drehknop.jpg The...