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• Re: LED turn signals blinking fast
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 12 Apr 2020 21:24:51 -0400
  Yes, When I purchased my LED kit it came with the flasher relay. I was able to change out all the bulbs. But, I...
• Flasher Relay Mystery
  Historical mailing list - Bob Turnbull
  Wed, 16 Nov 2005 16:47:11 +1030
  ...This works fine in my other vehicles, but in my vanagon this causes the flasher relay to buzz (not the normal click) and the...
• Re: blinking coolant light solution
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:31:34 -0800
  ...I got it running on Saturday and the silly light flashed at me all day, even though it had plenty of coolant and wasn...
• Re: flashing LED
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Wed, 9 Sep 2009 09:55:14 -0700
  ...Where I thought > it might be the oil pressure is when the gauge was reading normal and > there was NO LED flashing (as of...
• Coolant Level Red Light -- The Other Annoyance
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:30:23 EST
  ...The led flashes when the key is turned on then stops a few seconds later. If I leave the engine off it starts flashing...
• Re: Low Coolant Warning LED
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 6 Aug 2021 09:09:26 -0600
  Coolant Level Full @ all conditions Wires to Snsr Disconnected & Jumped > Flashes Wires from Snsr Ground Continuity > Good Wires from Snsr to Relay 43 Continuity...
• Re: DIFFERENT LED TAIL LIGHT
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 6 Feb 2007 22:24:22 +0000
  ...Hard braking = fast flashing, slight braking = slow flashing. I don't think blinking brake lights are illegal, there are a number of aftermarket units...
• Re: Oil Light Flashing 90 Carat
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 04 Mar 1997 20:09:31 -0500
  ...by the cylinder 3/4 > Suggestions needed! My oil light is flashing on idle after engine is > warmed up. Oil level is OK. Has...
• turn signals don't work
  Historical mailing list - Jeff K
  Tue, 20 May 2003 14:32:59 -0700
  ...The light on the dash emits a constant dim glow, and goes bright when the signal lever is moved, but doesn't flash, and...
• Re: ...oil pressure...oil sensor
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 28 May 2005 08:23:08 -0700
  ...The usual function of the light is to FLASH at low pressure, and above 2000 RPM it flashes and buzzes. Flickering or steady-on...
• Re: Flashing Coolant light when cell phone plug into
  Historical mailing list - Richard Williams
  Fri, 19 Aug 2005 11:36:54 -0700
  Check the terminals on the coolant gage
• Re: Friday topic: MP3s in a vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:49:24 -0700
  ...On you home pc, you can transfer music onto a flashdrive, then just plug in the flashdrive to the usb on your head unit...
• Re: VW Mechanics' Shop shirt?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Thu, 27 Aug 1998 00:46:50 EDT
  In a message dated 8/26/98 9:26:10 PM, kevhd@FLASH.NET wrote: <<Hey there, A while back, I was on the...
• Re: Flashing light
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 3 Sep 2003 18:59:07 -0400
  At 06:46 PM 9/2/2003, Blake Thornton wrote: >I started up my 84 today to have the coolant light flash for about...
• Re: Joy Hecht's problem's solved?
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Mon, 23 May 2005 17:07:58 -0400
  ...My coolant temp gauge never went above 3/4, no flashing light or buzzer. But the expansion and overflow tanks were dry... If you...
• Re: Turn signal puzzle
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 2 May 2016 16:37:02 -0400
  No relay, only a flasher. Since both sides not working try that or work the emergency flasher switch. The turns signals go through it...
• Re: Coolant LED flash 87 Vanagon GL Synchro
  Historical mailing list - adrian bertarelli
  Wed, 12 Jan 2000 02:02:00 GMT
  ...Coolant LED flash 87 Vanagon GL Synchro >Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 18:36:20 -0700 > >During highway driving, the LED in the coolant...
• Re: Rabbit Help again
  Historical mailing list - Michael Brenner
  Mon, 4 Nov 2002 19:19:40 -0800
  ...Got a half of a block, heard a relay click, and then the oil light started flashing. Turned off the car, waited a couple...
• Re: coolant light flashing on startup
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Sun, 2 Dec 2018 09:12:53 -0600
  ...Jim > > On Dec 2, 2018 at 8:09 AM, <mike riley (mailto:mkriley1@hotmail.com)> wrote: > > > > the coolant flashing light will sometimes stay on...
• Idiot light troubles
  Historical mailing list - Ian & Niah Venable
  Fri, 14 May 1999 22:21:56 -0500
  88 vanagon weekender was coming home from a fruitful weekend when all of the sudden the water temp idoit light started flashing. We pulled...
• Re: How to know RPM wothout a tach
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Sat, 22 Mar 2003 14:10:08 -0800
  ...You'll need the flash player (5 or greater) to use it. Steve
• Re: Friday NVC-- Ultimate amphibious RV
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Sat, 8 Dec 2012 13:46:32 -0700
  Flashy and expensive, but deserves credit for imagination and ingenuity! Miguel
• Re: Flashing coolant LED was Re: Tweak yer heater output!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 18 Nov 2002 21:03:34 -0500
  ...The circuit is quite sensitive -- as I recall something like 150 K-ohms is enough to stop the light from flashing. Electronically it works...
• electrical short?
  Historical mailing list - Richards, Andrew
  Mon, 26 Mar 2007 09:01:53 -0700
  ...Also, the same jolt will cause my coolant light to flash just like it does when first turning the key to start the van...
• Re: new switch
  Historical mailing list - ed donnen
  Thu, 31 May 2012 15:51:51 -0400
  ...5/31/2012, ed donnen wrote: > >> Oh yeah, and my Emergency Flasher stopped working. Probably knocked >> something askew in the fuse block. >> > > Do your...
• Re: Two warning lights come on TOGETHER
  Historical mailing list - chris Moyles
  Tue, 23 Aug 2005 11:21:03 -0400
  ...c Ed wrote: >My alternator and Oxygen sensor warning lights are occasionally flashing on and off. I can troubleshoot for the alt and Oxy...
• Blinker weirdness ... FYI
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 14 Jan 2006 09:29:47 -0500
  ...Eventually it got to where it would come on solid when I would "Try" to signal for a turn but would not flash (turn...
• Re: '84 Vanagon 1.9 engine oil pressure switch etc. Now have voltage data on wire from oil pressure switch to instrument panel
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 28 May 2017 11:21:09 -0400
  ...Engine goes above 13 psi at > 1500 rpm, light flashes. > > Yrs, > d > >> >>
• Re: Blinkers, Flashers, and Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 11 May 2006 12:11:31 -0500
  ...loose wires, > touching > wires, etc. > > I've cleaned the flasher switch contacts and reconnected; didn't see > any bad > wires back there either. > > Any...
• Re: 91 Carat - Turn Signals and Flasher
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 26 Jun 2014 16:24:45 -0400
  ...The >> usual indication is a fast or erratic flash or no flash at all. Except for >> breaking a wire there is nothing to separate...
• Re: HELP!! No Headlights - 87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 28 Oct 2005 15:25:01 -0400
  ...Every once in a while, I'll get the high > beam indicator when I use the headlight flasher...or it will stay on > when...
• Oil pressure LED update
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Thu, 1 Nov 2001 05:54:36 -0800
  ...For those of you with the flashing LED and you have not been able to find the problem, you might check out your ignition...
• silver bumper color
  Historical mailing list - Paul Bucco
  Thu, 17 Feb 2000 12:09:36 EST
  i think the 2 colors for the bumpers are Wolfram grey and flash silver. paul
• No Turn Signal
  Historical mailing list - Slloth
  Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:52:56 -0700
  I have no left or right turn signal but I do have flashers? '84 westfalia
• Re: FS: '90 wolfsburg Syncro TDI
  Historical mailing list - dylan
  Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:40:33 -0800
  IIRC, a 90 or 91 Syncro base model was available in Pastle White or Flash Silver. The Westy Syncros of those years were available...
• Re: indicators & lights
  Historical mailing list - VW Addict aka The Bus Nut
  Mon, 12 Mar 2001 03:10:58 -0800
  ...With head light on, I get no > flashers..... > > sound familiar to anyone ... Yes, I had this on my new 85 I just got. The...
• Re: Coolant Level Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Leon
  Fri, 13 May 2005 07:22:31 -0700
  ...My 85 GL coolant level light flashes sometimes and >> it's driving me nuts. >> >> On startup, it flashes a few times as usual, then...
• Re: green glow
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 16 Apr 2020 02:41:15 -0400
  ...The flasher has to have some way of detecting when the output line gets pulled to ground so it should begin flashing. Yrs, d...
• Specialty light sought
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 6 May 2011 00:38:21 -0500
  ...The lighting end ideally would be a halogen type with a variable focusing beam much like the 3 or 5 battery Mag-lite flashlight...
• Re: Waving Vanagon drivers (again)
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Mon, 11 Sep 1995 13:40:53 -0700 (PDT)
  brad writes: > > I have stopped waving, noone usually notices...usually i flash my high beams > twice at oncoming busses of all types. and i...
• Re: RoadHaus - Coolant level LED Problem
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 2 Mar 2004 07:09:31 -0800
  ...Malcolm --- Larry Chase <roadguy@roadhaus.com> wrote: > Malcolm, By "Flasher Switch" do you mean the Turn > Signl Flasher Relay? > > I really appreciate your suggestions...
• Re: turn signal indicator weirdness
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 15 Nov 2010 07:17:58 -0800
  ...During flashing, when the dash bulb blinks -on- the outside bulbs blink -off-. If you have an 86+ try pulling the flasher relay. Then...
• Re: blinkers still not working FIXED!!!
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 23 Mar 2003 14:17:22 -0800
  ...Mark Tom Young wrote: > > > > When your right and left blinkers are flashing check in the > > bulb to see if it the same wire that...
• RoadHaus - Bulb Help Needed
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Mon, 1 Mar 2004 17:01:03 -0500
  ...like having your four way flashers on but with the taillights blinking also. Situation two: Motor running / head lights on - Both front running lights...
• Re: Headlight Upgrade Eilemma
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 10 Sep 2011 22:57:02 -0500
  ...10/2011 10:30 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: > high beam flash function works with key and light switch off. I just > did to...
• Re: binker flashing like a strobe light.
  Historical mailing list - MtnGal
  Tue, 23 Mar 1999 19:40:20 -0800
  Yes, it was a simple bulb replacement.... thanks to all. [text/html]
• Re: flashing light on temp guage
  Historical mailing list - Richard Williams
  Mon, 7 Apr 2003 13:41:34 -0700
  Be sure the connections on the back of the temp guage are tight.
• Re: Road Haus Two (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 6 May 2004 13:52:45 -0400
  ...However, it does have a hot shoe for an external flash. It lacks a sync cord connection, however, so there's no provision for...
• Re: Water temp warning light flashing
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Tue, 11 Nov 2014 11:44:57 -0600
  ...Only worry if it starts flashing while driving, which means shut down the engine NOW. or if it won't go out after a...
• Re: Temperature Gauge Going Crazy...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 20 Jul 96 17:46:01 CDT
  ...Water-Cooled System Flashing at Normal Temperatures ALL ALL 90-87-03 Electrical Coolant Temperature Gauge Water-Cooled System Light flashes intermittently / continuously ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Technical...
• I'm Back...
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Mon, 26 Feb 2001 17:03:01 -0600
  ...After about 3-4 minutes, the coolant light began to flash. The temperature guage remained in the normal range, however. When I got home...
• Re: Need more help - the dreaded flashing red light
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 29 Sep 2002 22:19:10 -0400
  ...The mix is very percise and too >much or too little will cause the light to flash. The resistance between the probe tips has...
• Re: Blinking temperature light
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Mon, 29 Jul 2013 13:26:45 -0400
  The flashing light is most likely because you are low on coolant in the tank that is inside the engine compartment with the pressure...
• Re: flashing coolant light purpose
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:03:31 -0400
  ...In fact, it may *still* be flashing, >over 65k miles later...I just taped it over, after about 3 frustrating >attempts to make it...
• Fwd: RE: Re: wrong internet address for tents-Address is OK. Try the tilde
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Sat, 28 Jun 1997 06:44:51 -0500
  -- [ From: * EMC.Ver #2.3 ] -- Smko, TRY http://www.flash.net/~vwcanvas/index.html, with period instead of comma and the tilde after www...
• Electrical Anomalies
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Cebula
  Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:27:55 -0700
  ...every now and then my temp warning light flashes�while idling, after the initial flash at start-up, even while the engine is relatively...
• Re: US Westfalia version gallery flash guard / drainboard trip tray wanted...
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 3 Sep 2009 21:55:05 -0600
  ...help me out in trackng down the US version of the flash guard / > drainboard drip tray found under the galley lid? This apparantly came...
• Re: '81 westy rims / pop-top color
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 4 Dec 2001 11:39:58 EST
  In a message dated 12/4/01 11:26:51 AM Eastern Standard Time, dragonlist@IPMTS.UCSC.EDU writes: > my flash silver metallic 1987...
• flashing light on temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Bradford
  Mon, 7 Apr 2003 17:40:21 +0000
  What does it mean? It just started happening recently, intermittent at first, now after it warms up it flashes fairly constantly. I'm sure...
• Re: flashing LED
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 9 Sep 2009 09:29:37 -0400
  Sunshine, that led is supposed to flash initially, until the engine is running. It's a check to make sure it and the sensing...