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• Re: Cool Lighting
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 9 Sep 2001 16:14:33 -0700
  For a LED lighting experience, you may want to check this page out (it's also great for a thousand reasons- take the time...
• The deal about the Tail Light Fairy
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 12 Mar 2011 18:25:49 -0800
  ...that's who checks things like brake lights , tail light, side markers, back up lights , license lights ... No Body ..that's his job, and...
• Re: Lighting stove before lighting fridge
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Wed, 19 Aug 2015 17:38:30 -0500
  I can't explain it but when I try to light the stove after doing this the flame flickers for a few seconds before...
• Re: Headlight Dilemma
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 13 May 2009 22:11:05 +1200
  VW` has always used Hella lights. The outer lights in the RSA grill are in the identical position to round lights in the earlier...
• Brake light help?
  Historical mailing list - Fafa Nugon
  Wed, 25 Oct 2000 09:28:18 HST
  I can't seem find a electoral problem with my brake lights. The left side is out except for the turn signal and emergency...
• Re: Aux driving lights question..best easy power source..?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:59:38 -0700
  If you are going to mount the relay close to the lights, then I would run a fat wire directly to the positive terminal...
• Re: Switch to LED lighting
  Historical mailing list - Roger VanTill
  Fri, 2 Jul 2010 15:28:19 -0400
  ...Switch to LED lighting > > > I am wondering who has had success at switching to LED lighting for running > lights/blinkers/tail lights? > > I'd...
• How do I wire up backup lights?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:33:14 -0400
  Hi Everyone, So I bought a pair of inexpensive Pilot Aux Driving lights to install on the rear lower bumper as additional backup lights...
• Re: Where is my ABS light?
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Fri, 17 Oct 2003 10:14:26 +0200
  ...A hydraulic block and control module under the driver�s seat and an ABS light over the emergency brake light where U.S. T3s...
• Re: Headlight Switches and other switches
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Sun, 27 Feb 2005 22:00:04 -0600
  >From: "jp07" >Michael, >what switch did you replace? My dash light do not work. > > When I got my Vanny, I could not see in...
• Stop the Urban Folk Myth: The IGNITION LIGHT
  Historical mailing list - GMBulley
  Fri, 8 May 1998 07:30:50 EDT
  << Now, I before I start the van, I wait until the light looks like a flower before turning the key. Sometimes it takes a...
• eurolights wanted....anyone know who can import these?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 25 Sep 1999 11:17:13 EDT
  as many of you with the '86-'91 Vanagons with the lousy square DOT lights know, the european version of these lights puts out...
• Re: Bosch and Hella H4 Lights - Group Purchace (All Mod...
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 14 Nov 1999 01:21:21 +0100
  KENWILFY@AOL.COM wrote: > To me it is a balance between creating a driving hazard because your > euro-lights blind on-coming traffic, or...
• oil light lighting - solved and thanks
  Historical mailing list - Bassim Dowidar
  Mon, 3 Jun 2002 16:44:55 -0700
  Hey all recently posted about my oil light lighting after adding a couple of quarts. well you were right, whoever you are. I was...
• AC & Warning Lights?
  Historical mailing list - Brian Doss
  Mon, 12 Jul 1999 07:40:50 EDT
  ...The OXS light, and the BAT light both came on. I shut the AC off, drove a few hundred yards, the lights went out...
• Re: Man, I am backing up now...on the light install..
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:05:44 -0500
  ...I'm trying to install some KC lights into my 84.. >> >> Now, my high beam indicator light stays on regardless. It worked ok >> before...
• Interior Camper Lights
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 Sep 94 09:51:41 EDT
  Regarding the post on interior lights: Every Vanagon owner with a camper knows that the light near the closet is great, but that additional...
• Re: Bosch and Hella H4 Lights - Group Purchace (All Mod...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 13 Nov 1999 20:28:39 -0500
  ...Ken, the E-code lights *don't* blind oncoming traffic -- they have a very sharp cutoff which keeps the light below oncoming drivers' eyes...
• Cigarette lighter and Horn
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Sun, 9 Mar 2003 19:54:20 -0800
  I put in a map light in my cigarette lighter.. and could smell burning electrical... then this metal shaving appeared from my steering wheel...
• Re: Lighting ideas for cargo area?
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Mon, 29 Jan 2001 18:21:24 -0800
  ...Randy Bergum Alan Hosage wrote: > Speaking of lights.....I have been wanting to install two lights near the > footwells. Or was thinking about mounting...
• Re: LED Tail Lights
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Thu, 8 Nov 2012 12:50:48 -0800
  ...LED Tail Lights I have 'ordinary' LED 12 volt tail light bulbs in my good Vanagon. They are just like a regular bulb, except...
• Re: Third brake light
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Wed, 18 Mar 2015 22:06:22 -0500
  ...Third brake light >>>> >>>> I honestly wouldn't fuss with all that unless you've already upgraded to >>>> led >>>> exterior lights. The led brake lights...
• Re: tail lights
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sat, 18 Dec 2010 10:57:07 -0500
  There is considerable information on Vanagon lighting in the wiki: http://www.vanagonwiki.net/wiki/94,_Exterior_Lights
• Re: Bosch and Hella H4 Lights - Group Purchace (All Mod...
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 13 Nov 1999 18:03:29 -0800
  Ken, Euro lights DO NOT blind on coming traffic - this is the whole design idea behind them. I drive with 80/100W H4s all...
• Re: Camping Christmas Lights
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 19 May 2010 13:44:28 -0600
  I am curious as to how many volks like to light their campsite up like a Christmas tree? Seems to moi, that getting off...
• Re: Tail light update
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 24 Dec 2003 01:50:11 -0800
  ...You *need* a big difference in the tail light and brake lights so the guy behind you can see the brake lights! Don't...
• Re: Audible Idiot "Light"...EE Inventor Wanted
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:47:31 -0500
  David, I thought the original idea was an audible warning not only for if the Alt light comes on but also the coolant warning...
• 84 coolant light.
  Historical mailing list - Ian Allan
  Tue, 1 Sep 2009 23:06:46 -0400
  Hi; I just got my daughters 84 on the road and have a pesky flashing coolant light. Coolant level is fine. Operating temp is...
• clock light
  Historical mailing list - John H. Rodgers
  Sat, 3 Oct 1998 10:00:16 -0500
  ...Rodgers * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] -- On the '88 GL I just bought, the light is out for the digital clock, which is just...
• Re: 3rd brake light?
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT O UELTZEN
  Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:28:23 -0700
  Gee....my 87 Vanagon doesn't have a third brake light on the hatch or anywhere else. Did the 87's have a third...
• Mystery Lights
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Libby & Denise DeWolfe
  Mon, 25 Sep 2000 09:36:02 -0400
  ...Temp is OK, no light. I switch on my headlights and the coolant light starts blinking, it goes away with a little rev of...
• Re: European Tail Lights
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Mon, 14 Jun 1999 00:20:08 +0200
  ...The p/n is 251 941 535 > Also, what bulb is used for the > rear fog light? The rear fog light uses a 21w...
• Re: no dashboard lights
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 18 Feb 2002 18:20:12 -0600
  A Abian wrote: > > Hey folks, > > All of my dashboard lights are out, including the > light for the radio. I checked the fuse, but it...
• Re: advice needed for '90 Weekender Carat
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Sun, 16 Jun 2002 06:22:34 -0400
  > I have the Bosch relays installed in my van and the lights work much better > than stock. Not H4 80/100s mind you like...
• Re: Alt idiot light on
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 24 Jul 2002 22:56:28 -0400
  If you have a camper, the refrigerator relay will also turn the light on with the alternator disconnected. The alternator has to actually be...
• Re: website for dash lights
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 21 Jun 2004 09:02:00 -0700
  ...the dash light > above the > tach has gone out so I am going to replace it. I searched the archives > and > found several suggestions...
• Additional lights (was: Lighting Switch)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 17 Nov 1995 13:55:42 -0500
  ...It's real easy to add the wiring for this light if you're already adding the stock type of light in the same...
• Re: City Lights
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 14 Nov 1999 19:36:12 EST
  ...I could be wrong about this though... >> no, "city lights" are on euro spec non-DOT headlamps where there is a small parking light...
• Re: more bulbs...
  Historical mailing list - madsen
  Wed, 17 Nov 1999 20:15:52 -0500
  This turned a light on in my head too :) There IS a spot for a small bulb in the head light switch, but no...
• Re: GE High output "bulbs"
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 26 Feb 1999 00:59:59 EST
  In a message dated 99-02-24 15:46:36 EST, smacaulay@INFINTIUM.COM writes: << I recently upgraded the halogon lights in my Toyota...
• Re: back up lights options
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Wed, 4 Jul 2018 18:45:39 -0500
  ...Jim On Wed, Jul 4, 2018 at 6:27 PM Craig Cowan <phishman068@gmail.com> wrote: > Nilight Led Light Bar 2PCS 18w 4" Flood...
• Re: E-Code Lights - another alternative
  Historical mailing list - Steve Macaulay
  Thu, 25 Feb 1999 09:44:17 -0800
  Another alternative to the crappy low-beam light problem that works well and is much cheaper than the $300 E-code lights that I...
• Re: OK- here's a good one........What is that other little LED on the instrument cluster that never lights up?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Wed, 3 Apr 2002 00:25:14 EST
  ...I always hated VW's approach to one light for turn signal flashers, so at the top of the internal cluster, the left light...
• Re: Oil Light On!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 5 Sep 2001 19:12:45 -0700
  ...Oil Light On! > '84 Vanagon 1.9 > 20/50 Dino Oil > Mann filter. > Note: Oil light on refers to full bright steady on, not...
• Re: third brake light delight
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 7 Dec 2001 07:45:44 -0800
  ...Todd '88 Westy developtrust wrote: > I had a friend step on my brakes after I installed my third LED brake light at the top...
• Re: Upgrading 86-up headlights: the definative answer! (longish)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 26 Jul 1996 11:12:19 -0400
  In a message dated 96-07-25 14:19:35 EDT, jscohen@sprynet.com (James Cohen) writes: >Legal Lights > >A good legal alternative to...
• Re: LED tail lights etc third brake light
  Historical mailing list - Oakland Westfalia
  Tue, 28 Jan 2003 10:20:58 -0800
  What are the options for a high brake light if: 1) you have dark window tinting on your hatch window and the brake light...
• Re: Fw: interior lighting for westys
  Historical mailing list - Stefan Weir
  Mon, 24 Jan 2000 22:20:55 EST
  ...They also sell older style lights which are used for closet lighting. >> I found at Lowe's some miniture fluorescent tube lights that work...
• Re: Trying to light fridge!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 16 Apr 2002 13:20:49 -0700
  Uhh, if you face the van north you'll be bowing down and facing west when trying to light the sucker. I think the...
• no dash lights and radio only works when engine is running
  Historical mailing list - Damon Lowe
  Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:19:05 -0400
  My 91 westy's dash lights don't work for some reason and i think there might be a larger issue involved beyond these...
• Re: 12V LED mood lighting?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 25 Dec 2008 18:30:37 +0000
  A van-bud from Colorado has a few 3-light LED units that he wired into the rear over-stove wires, and overhead up...
• Re: OX and charge lights on
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 21 Jan 2003 23:20:28 -0500
  On Tue, 21 Jan 2003, George Goff wrote: > The O2 light is not a backup for the anything; the indicators merely share a > common...
• Re: Tail light stuffing
  Historical mailing list - SStones
  Wed, 24 Sep 2003 12:21:32 -0400
  At 08:35 AM 9/24/03 -0700, you wrote: >When the tail lights are on, current flows through 2 >resistors in series, so...
• Fw: no head lights on an '87
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Sun, 9 Jul 2006 07:07:23 -0600
  ...no head lights on an '87 Hey list, A freind of a freind has an '87 Westfalia with no head lights. The parking lights...
• Re: Auxiallary Brake Lights - Was Carrying Scooter
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 28 Mar 2009 20:25:00 -0700
  At 3/28/2009 06:46 PM, David Wilhite wrote: > Since I already had installed trailer lighting, I just tapped > into it, so I...
• Re: Hella E-Code lights with "City Light"?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 10 Apr 2002 23:13:19 +1200
  >Does anyone know a good source for 7" round Hella E-code headlamps with the >"city light" bulbs like the Bosch units? Does Hella...
• Brake lights--stay on
  Historical mailing list - UWannaDeaL2
  Mon, 2 Aug 2004 16:47:58 -0400
  1989 Vanagon Brake light stay on I changed the brake light switch.. shut the van off lights may stay off tap the brakes brake...
• timing light?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Wagner
  Sun, 07 Apr 1996 20:11:43 -0700
  What is the timing light supposed to show you? I bought a cheap one at Sear's, got it all hooked up... sure enough...
• Re: Rear lights questions
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 8 Dec 2010 14:08:27 -0800
  ...Rear lights questions > > > Two questions about rear lights: > > (1) Is it possible to install a high-mounted third brake light? > (2) Is it possible...
• Re: Thanks RE: Photo ticket at stop lights
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Sat, 14 Dec 2002 19:56:58 -0800
  ...It is just silly to get green light, drive 200 yards to next light and get red light. Keep going like that all the...