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• Re: Heater Controls?
  Historical mailing list - Latchua
  Sat, 16 May 1998 10:51:08 EDT
  ...Lever B - Temperature control To increase heat - slide lever to right. To decrease heat - slide lever to left. Lever D - Roof outlets in passenger...
• Re: shift lever broke
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 13 Aug 1999 11:19:21 +0200
  ...Why, you might ask? You know, your lever broke, my lever broke, and some other guy's lever broke. Don't you think there...
• Re: *MY* 82 Diesel!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 25 May 94 17:22:23 PDT
  ...top lever for air delivery to the windshield, next lever down for temp, next lever for footwell air deliver, and the bottom lever for...
• re. clutch lever play
  Historical mailing list - Tom Runyon
  Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:27:17 -0800
  Hi Dave, The clutch lever rotates on two release shaft bushings. I think the clutch lever can be removed fairly easily by removing a...
• Re: are your vanagon seats wearing out? read this.
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Thu, 5 Mar 2009 14:25:28 -0800
  ...The seat tracks are the same and they can easily be swapped, but the control levers are different. On mine, the levers for the...
• Re: ventilation levers- tips for usage
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 31 Jan 2002 20:33:04 -0500
  ...All the levers perform single functions, i.e. they open or close one thing. Top lever -- open to the right -- opens the defrost vents...
• Re: later model parking brake lever
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 2 Jul 2018 17:35:56 -0400
  Darn, Now I have break lever envy. I have the 85 with the old version. Mine is a metal lever with the rubber boot...
• Re: ventilation levers- tips for usage
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Thu, 31 Jan 2002 17:26:03 -0600
  ...Here are some tips For heat at your feet.....move just the second lever from the top (lever that has a blue dot on...
• Re: Educate Me Please - Vanagon Shifter Operation
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Thu, 9 Apr 2009 10:18:03 -0400
  ...http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=317536 on the gear shift lever inside the van, traveling downwards to the...
• Re: *MY* 82 Diesel!
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Dove - VAX Master
  Thu, 26 May 1994 8:27:01 -0400 (EDT)
  ...top lever for air delivery to the windshield, >next lever down for temp, next lever for footwell air deliver, and the >bottom lever for...
• Re: re. clutch lever play
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:49:03 -0800
  ...The clutch lever was on pretty tight. YMMV, but removal on mine was tough. On 2WD, lever can be removed with tranny installed. You...
• Re: *MY* 82 Diesel!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 26 May 94 9:29:33 EDT
  >One thing I like about the four-lever >system is its simplicity... top lever for air delivery to the windshield, >next lever down for...
• Re: 250 ft-lb torque wrench?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 28 Mar 2003 05:33:31 -0800
  ...Imagine your lever is at the "4:30" position, i.e., 45 degrees off horizontal. Now hang your weight from the lever. In which...
• Re: WTB jump seat parts
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:16:23 -0800
  The levers are fragile and often break off. The failure point is the lever assembly itself. A steel lever is welded to a small...
• Re: later model parking brake lever
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Mon, 2 Jul 2018 09:51:32 -0700
  ...The majority of 85 vans have the newer lever too. IMHO the later lever is improved in 3 ways. Better hand comfort, more leverage...
• Re: Shift Lever Disassembly Help Needed
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:01:32 -0500
  ...The Lower Shifting Relay Lever can be separated from the Shifting Ball Lever, no problem. The Shaft (which runs all the way from the...
• Re: In the clutch of tragedy Help! (questions)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 25 Jul 1997 18:00:30 -0700
  ...Pull the clutch lever off the release lever. Some clutch levers may just slip off; others may need coaxing with a hammer and a...
• Re: later model parking brake lever
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Mon, 2 Jul 2018 19:44:51 -0500
  ...Attach the cable to the newer > lever BEFORE bolting the lever down to the floor. > > Also, the later lever uses a hard plastic partial...
• Re: Can the front seats be reversed?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 26 Feb 2003 15:36:09 -0800
  ...The passenger seat has both adjustment levers on the right side. The driver's seat has only the tilt lever on the right and...
• Re: shift lever broke
  Historical mailing list - Jason M. Yasment
  Fri, 13 Aug 1999 18:53:52 -0000
  Is there a generic lever that would fit in there? Any sort of any 4-speed Muncie type lever? Jason M. Yasment ----- Original Message...
• clutch release lever removal
  Historical mailing list - dr
  Fri, 11 Apr 2003 17:40:33 -0400
  Looking for ideas on how to remove the clutch release lever from the release shaft on an 82 manual transmission. Trans is out and...
• Revised shift lever bearing
  Historical mailing list - Subject: Revised shift lever bearing
  February 28, 1989
  * Beginning with 06/88 production, the centering holes (arrow) in the shift lever bearing have been deleted. Revised shift lever bearing, adjusting: * loosen nuts...
• Re: later model parking brake lever
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Tue, 3 Jul 2018 15:09:21 -0400
  ...Attach the cable to the newer > > lever BEFORE bolting the lever down to the floor. > > > > Also, the later lever uses a hard plastic partial...
• Re: Vanagon Vent Control Positions
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 15 Apr 1997 12:32:55 -0400 (EDT)
  In a message dated 97-04-15 06:35:43 EDT, Karl_G_Vochatzer@notes.amrcorp.com writes: > Top lever (1) in the left...
• Re: Leefers? we don't need no stinkin' leefers! what we need iz
  Historical mailing list - John Pinkham
  Thu, 26 May 94 10:34:49 EDT
  Those VW "climate control" levers are about as intuitive as the choke on my Norton Commando. Pull the choke lever to unchoke it. Return...
• What does heater lever do?
  Historical mailing list - Lionel Tun
  Thu, 6 Feb 1997 18:15:36 -0000
  What exactly does the heater lever do? I mean that one that points to a blue circle on the left and a red circle...
• Re: Just some annoyances..
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 14 Jul 2016 21:01:00 -0700
  ​Lights On The Shift Lever for Automatic There is lighting from below that does a good job of illuminating the letters in the dark...
• Re: Ventilation Controls
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Tue, 29 Jan 2002 13:29:44 -0800
  ...Max heat, push the top lever to the left, second lever right, third lever left, fourth lever right. Two tips--I had my first...
• Re: ventilation levers- tips for usage
  Historical mailing list - Data Services
  Sat, 2 Feb 2002 17:34:37 -0500
  ...On the > (watercooled) Vanagon it's like this: > > All the levers perform single functions, i.e. they open or close one thing. > > Top lever...
• Re: Tips & Tricks - Heating and Air Flow Control Levers - how to change
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 24 Feb 2006 17:06:02 -0800
  On 2/24/06, Jim Felder <felder@knology.net> wrote: > > But Ben, some of us want to keep our levers. > > BenT pliers =, carefully ground...
• Re: Roof outlet airflow?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sat, 22 Apr 2000 01:33:10 +0200
  Garrett Adams wrote: > However for the slide lever D on the bottom, which controls the roof outlets > in the back, the manual says "To...
• Re: Such a splendid waste of time
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 25 Jan 2011 10:12:24 -0500
  ...All levers to the right. To warm your feet up start inching the third lever back. To reduce total heat output start inching the...
• Re: 250 ft-lb torque wrench?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 28 Mar 2003 08:02:33 -0600
  As long as the force applied is perpendicular to the lever, it doesn't matter. John Rodgers 88 GL Driver caryccc wrote: >I'm...
• Re: ventilation levers
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 11 Nov 96 13:52:55 CST
  On Mon, 11 Nov 1996 02:05:18 -0600 Austin said: >Ref the 4 ventilation levers in the dash of my '87 Vanagon - how...
• Auto accelerator repair
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Erlandson
  Thu, 13 Jul 2006 16:56:56 -0400
  ...I ended up taking the "lever" off of the auto transmission. This is the lever that the cable attaches to (I think it is...
• Re: shift lever broke
  Historical mailing list - Dave Stratton
  Fri, 13 Aug 1999 16:18:53 -0600
  ...Why, you might ask? You know, your lever broke, my lever broke, and some other guy's lever broke. Don't you think there...
• Lever on Throttle Body
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Sat, 14 Jun 2014 08:27:59 -0400
  ...I was looking at the throttle body and noticed that a lever above the accelerator lever, the one that's attached to a long...
• Looking for jump seat lever
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Wed, 20 Jan 1999 15:52:25 -0600
  Had to move a snowblower last night, to help the in-laws out, and when I pulled the lever to fold the passenger side...
• Re: Heat/cooling lever knobs
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 19 Nov 2004 20:59:04 -0800
  The knobs are supposed to slide off with the plastic part of the lever. When the knob itself breaks loose from the plastic part...
• 091 clutch release arm lever???
  Historical mailing list - Harmon Seaver
  Tue, 20 Oct 1998 22:19:10 +0000
  Does anyone have a 091 clutch release arm lever --- the lever that fits on the shaft which operates the throw-out bearing -- for cables...
• Re: Wanted: Heat/Air Control Lever Extension
  Historical mailing list - Paul
  Tue, 24 May 2011 18:05:56 -0700
  ...Fresh Air & Heater Control Lever]<http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_534_120/fresh_air__heater_control_lever.html> Fresh Air & Heater...
• Cable to top ventilation lever breaks
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 5 May 2005 22:35:37 -0700
  When we got Mellow Yellow, our 84 Westy, I found that the top ventilation control lever did nothing. After some inspection I found that...
• Re: Ventilation Controls
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Tue, 29 Jan 2002 19:09:53 -0700
  On my '90 Westy, the lowest lever directs additional ram air from the air vents in the rear, to the front vents, whether you...
• Re: Rear Window Washer
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 8 Aug 2001 21:44:56 -0500
  Ray Hunnam wrote: > Hi > > Page 41 of the Instruction Manual Rear Window. > > Press the lever briefly away from the steering wheel - the wiper works...
• Re: 250 ft-lb torque wrench?
  Historical mailing list - caryccc
  Fri, 28 Mar 2003 05:26:00 -0600
  I'm sure this is a silly question for those of you in the know, but why does the lever need to be horizontal...
• Re: ventilation levers
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Tue, 12 Nov 1996 23:32:35 -0800
  At 02:09 PM 11/11/96 -0600, you wrote: >>Ref the 4 ventilation levers in the dash of my '87 Vanagon - how the...
• Re: Lever on Throttle Body
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 15 Jun 2014 00:19:56 -0400
  ...I was looking at the throttle body and noticed that a lever above the accelerator lever, the one that's attached to a long...
• Re: WTB jump seat parts
  Historical mailing list - --------
  Wed, 28 Nov 2007 07:08:24 -0500
  ...Mark Drillock wrote: > The levers are fragile and often break off. The failure point is the > lever assembly itself. A steel lever is welded...
• Re: Heater lever removal question
  Historical mailing list - James V
  Thu, 25 Mar 2004 15:47:48 -0800
  On 3/25/04 15:38, "Jim Felder" <felder@KNOLOGY.NET> wrote: > Heater lever cover removal... I want to replace the light bulb behind...
• Re: Heat/cooling lever knobs
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 20 Nov 2004 21:50:33 -0600
  OK, As I understand it, the heat/air levers themselves - that part sticking through the slot in the dash, - is made with that little...
• Re: Heat exchanger wierdness, repost
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 8 Dec 95 13:53:53 +0100
  Bill, Is it so that the '71 T2 heatexchangers originally came with the same operating-levers as a Bug, the ones that pivot on...
• Re: Heat/cooling lever knobs
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sat, 20 Nov 2004 22:54:47 -0600
  ...The lever's are not removable without first removing the face plate& knobs. Unless you bend and snap off the lever's ( a tough...
• Bottom ventilation lever
  Historical mailing list - BajaLeo
  Tue, 19 Feb 2002 18:31:48 -0800
  ...As I don't have roof outlets, I removed the glovebox to see what the lever was doing. It is operating a lever right...
• Heater Levers?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Chameides
  Tue, 24 Jan 2006 07:04:09 -0800
  The 4 heater levers on my 82 1.6 diesel are broken off. Two of the levers still have some of the plastic on...
• Re: Help removing clutch lever
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 7 Apr 2005 20:12:30 -0700
  In desperate cases I put a glob of weld on the lever on either side of the shaft hole and then use a small...
• '81 Heater control cable question
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 28 Nov 1997 15:48:59 -0800
  ...The manual is not at all clear on how the two control cables eventually connect up to the control lever. Do they meet somewhere...
• Clutch lever play
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
  Wed, 14 Feb 2007 03:44:57 +0000
  ...Last time I had my van in the shop, the mechanic said the clutch lever has play because the hole in the lever gets...
• Jump seat lever replacement?
  Historical mailing list - luke
  Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:38:07 -0700
  According to my friendly VW parts counterperson, I recently purchased the VERY LAST Vanagon jump seat actuating lever. So I have one, but need...
• Re: that little light behind the heater controls
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 11 Dec 2005 13:57:25 -0800
  ...Then when you pull the lever out the thicker inner part of the lever won't catch on the edge of the faceplate and...
• Re: Clutch lever
  Historical mailing list - dylan
  Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:04:50 -0700
  ...Clutch lever I have a van owner nearby needing a clutch lever. If you have one pmail me. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry