a few of you out there are using other steering wheels on your vanagons, some
of you said you are using wheels from a MK1 Scirocco, etc.  i saw a MK1
Scirocco steering wheel mounted in a vanagon, it didnt go all the way down, so the
turn signals didnt cancel.
 i picked up a really nice leather wrapped steering wheel from a '89 Jetta
GLI 16v yesterday.  i wondered if it would fit the vanagon..  took the vanagon
steering wheel off, it bolted on  - the splines matched up, but like the MK1
Scirocco wheel, it didnt go all the way down so the turn signals wouldnt cancel.

 i then looked at why it wouldnt go all the way down - the aluminum housing
around the splines at the back of the steering wheel was too narrow, keeping it
from seating properly and the plastic tab contacting the turn signal cancel
switch.
so i set the steering wheel down on the floor , face down, and took a drill
and a 1/2" metal drill bit and hogged out the aluminum housing at the back of
the wheel.  prolly easier/quicker to do by my local machine guy, but end result
was the same.   wheel now fits, horn works, and turn signals cancel properly.
 i used a large diameter split washer under the nut when bolting the wheel
back down.   it was pretty easy to do, and best of all, i didnt have to do any
mods to the van itself, just the steering wheel...

chris