Date:         Mon, 6 Jul 2009 19:06:32 -0700
Reply-To:     Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From:         Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Mulititude of questions (dash out now...)
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Anyway now that I'm in there I noticed that the cable that operates the
right side defroster vent was broke off where it attaches to the slider. I
haven't seen a cable for sale on line. I'm wondering if I can push the wire
through to that side enough to expose some beyond the sheethe and make the
bend my self to re-attach it? Not sure if there's enough wire to do this

I've done this ..........by pulling the inner cable pretty far back,
chopping off an inch of outer cable..............then slide the inner cable
back in all the way, and to put a small bend or two in the end........heat
the cable with a torch .....propane will do, to get it red hot and it'll
bend, like with a needle noise pliers, very nicely.

I lube the speedo cable by undoing it at the top, jacking up the left front
wheel, and turn the wheel with my foot while I feed synthetic spary grease
into the speedo cable.  Or .......you can do it driving down the road too,
if you dare to.

guage issue make 'voltage stablizer' pop into my mind.........small thingey
on the back of the instrument cluster. Bentley tells about it.

for any mechism that moves like wipers ...........spray synthetic grease
........many good ones avaiable.  Prolong,  Gunk brand with PTFE , etc.
On almost anything that moves.

shouldn't be too hard to make sure battery power is getting to the cig
lighter.  It's full time, 'battery power'......key doesn't need to be on.

knowing the year of the vanagon helps too, with making suggestions for
things to do or check.
Scott
www.turbovans.com



----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Morse" <andysings@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 6:18 PM
Subject: Mulititude of questions (dash out now...)


> I took the dash out of my 86 syncro today (thank you for all the help!) It
> was easy going until I needed to get the heater unit out, two of the
> screws did not want to budge, I resorted to wd-40 and an impact screw
> driver. Finally! Heater unit was clamped and glued together, oh what fun.
> Now that they're apart I have a new heater unit, brake master cylinder and
> heater control valve on order from europarts direct.
>
> I'm finding the Bentley manual pretty useless. The Bentley for my 99 Turbo
> New Beetle and the one for my? old 71 Westy are much better and more
> detailed at taking things apart. Glad I have you and the internet!
>
> *Anyway now that I'm in there I noticed that the cable that operates the
> right side defroster vent was broke off where it attaches to the slider. I
> haven't seen a cable for sale on line. I'm wondering if I can push the
> wire through to that side enough to expose some beyond the sheethe and
> make the bend my self to re-attach it? Not sure if there's enough wire to
> do this. Any other options?? I believe it broke beacause there was a mouse
> nest taking up the entire opening on the right side vent...Mice are good
> for dinner, yum!
>
> * Seems I should install new foam around the parts that had it. I'm
> thinking home depot for this, hopefully they have different sizes.
>
> *A number of my switch lights were not working, bulbs burned out. Do just
> the mini lights themselves get replaced or, the whole mini light unit that
> the wires hook into? Where can I get these and what specifically are they
> called, bulb number?
>
> *The temperature gauge stopped working awhile ago, is this a dash fix or
> somewhere else?
>
> *The gas gauge only registers up to about 1/3 full and then the needle
> won't go any higher even when the tank if full..
>
> * Is there a way to lube the speedo cable? When it's freezing outside it
> makes a nasty screetching vibrating sound, when it's warmer there's no
> problem.
>
> *How do I grease the wiper arms and any other areas on the unit?
>
> *12v cig.circuit not working. Do these go bad? Are they for sale? It would
> be nice to have the port operational.
>
> *Seems like a good time to replace the radio antennea, anyone know of any
> replacements? maybe one of the chains, bap-geon, adcance auto, pep boys
> has something that will work?
>
> Anything else?
>
> Thank you!
> ????? Andy