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• '85 Westy Camper: What to watch for?
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Hatcher
  Mon, 17 Aug 1998 13:48:03 -0400
  ...heater Also, when I first drove the van home, the coolant warning light was flashing. (I checked fluid level, all was ok) It continued...
• flashing oil light
  Historical mailing list - Jenny Loerzel
  Wed, 27 Jun 2001 10:14:27 -0500
  ...Voila, I had a working digital clock, but then I also noticed that my oil light would flash when starting my van and not...
• hello my name is brian i just bougth a 1969 vw bus an i have been fixxing
  Historical mailing list - Brian Downing
  Thu, 2 Feb 1995 18:21:15 -0500 (EST)
  ...fixxing it up the only thing left is the lights the flasher rely is shot and vw does not the part the make a...
• silver color
  Historical mailing list - John Nyquist
  Mon, 8 Sep 1997 09:17:15 -0400
  >I now have a Silvery (whatever that color was called) 1989 Vanagon >Carat. It was called "FLASH silver" (cool)
• Re: led light flashing
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Wed, 7 Feb 2001 11:04:10 EST
  Low coolant WHY low coolant? I dunno.. steve... "Hey! nice Jeep, Mister!" "Look kid, it's NOTAJEEP"
• Re: temp gauge flasing LED goes off instantly on start uip
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 13 Mar 2011 20:18:43 -0700
  ...turn on key and wait, light flashes 10 seconds and goes out. start van ....light is not on at any time. - which I see...
• Re: coolant level control unit location
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:27:55 -0400
  ...If you get no flash at power-on, the *strong* presumption is the flasher circuit in the gauge is toast, or the gauge ground...
• Re: Rapid left blinker after fix
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Sat, 18 Feb 2017 17:17:18 -0800
  ...All bulbs flash when the emergency flashers work, and all turn signals work but the left turn signals flash rapidly while the right perform...
• Re: Break drums and fast flashers
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sun, 9 Oct 2011 11:17:51 -0600
  I know mine flashes way to fast if a bulb is burnt out on a side! It has somthing to do with the bi...
• Re: LED Flash light
  Historical mailing list - JD Foster
  Thu, 25 Sep 2003 13:55:41 -0700
  ...LED Flash light > I just bought the best light the other day from American Science and > Surplus... Its a 5 led headlamp (on a...
• Re: turn signal trouble when hitting brake pedal
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Sat, 8 Nov 2003 09:12:16 -0800
  ...are taking the ground from the turn signals, causing them to flash quickly. Check the turn signal bulbs - polish and grease all bulbs. And...
• Re: Joy Hecht's problem's solved?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Mon, 23 May 2005 16:25:01 -0400
  ...Is there any benefit to moving the sensor to a lower point in the system? The light should flash as soon as the coolant...
• Re: Blinker question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 7 Jun 2011 23:08:49 -0400
  ...I wanted to find out if any of this blinker activity is normal on >other vans, like the flasher clicking when the key is...
• Re: waving
  Historical mailing list - Maureen Stretch
  Tue, 19 Aug 97 20:12:29 -0500
  ...It's the "secret handshake" of our ken. > > BTW, do Acura owners flash and wave at each other? I rest my case. In all...
• Electrical gremlins
  Historical mailing list - Connor McBryde
  Fri, 27 Feb 2004 14:58:22 -0500
  ...yesterday I noticed that my turn signals and emergency flasher had malfunctioned overnight. The green LED in the dash is dimly lit whenever the...
• Re: Possessed Temp Gauge
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 24 Jul 2006 14:25:30 -0700
  The early type of coolant level sensor relay pegged the needle and flashed the led whenever it thought the coolant level was low. During...
• Re: Where's the coolant relay on a diesel vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:45:54 -0800
  ...There are some electronic components that control the flashing, inside the gauge that fail, causing intermittent or even constant flashing. One way to know...
• refrigerator failure, '91 VW Vanagon GL Campmobile
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 2 Feb 2012 21:16:17 -0600
  ...Another symptom is that the orange lamp that should flash to indicate that the propane switch is working does not flash. When I push...
• Re: Buzzer is going off - turn signal lights
  Historical mailing list - Zolly
  Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:48:59 -0700
  ...Buzzer is going off - turn signal lights > > >> At 07:38 PM 8/10/2010 Tuesday, Zolly wrote: >>>Flasher relay? I would understand that it...
• Re: blinkered
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 7 Apr 2008 17:40:15 -0700
  Try rocking your emergency flasher switch firmly back and forth about 20 times. If that does not fix it, remove and reconnect the wiring...
• Re: Strobing Reverse Lights -- bright light
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Thu, 30 Dec 1999 21:24:38 -0500
  ...So, I installed white flashing strobes in my reverse lights. He he. Talk about being seen . . . HK PS-- (NO, I am not making this...
• Re: oil pressure warning
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 3 May 2001 20:13:05 -0700
  ...Rev it up a > bit, I assume it is going over 2000 rpm, and it starts buzzing and flashing. > Continues buzzing and flashing even...
• 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 - John Lauterbach
  Sun, 28 May 2017 12:48:36 -0400
  ...Engine goes above 13 >> psi at >> 1500 rpm, light flashes. >> >> Yrs, >> d >> >>> >>>
• Re: flashing temp light
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 23:33:39 PDT
  My LED red light goes on without flashing when it overheats. It did this twice: once when the belt for the water pump and...
• new switch
  Historical mailing list - ed donnen
  Thu, 31 May 2012 15:19:56 -0400
  ...Oh yeah, and my Emergency Flasher stopped working. Probably knocked something askew in the fuse block. ed- Creating more work by doing a simple...
• painting
  Historical mailing list - Gary Clendening
  Mon, 27 Oct 1997 08:58:35 -0500
  Alas, Old Flash was wounded a week ago and needs to be touched up. Anyone got the paint numbers needed to take care of...
• no vanagon, or jag content
  Historical mailing list - richard
  Sat, 7 Nov 1998 15:56:33 +0000
  ...If you're ever driving after dark and see an on-coming car with no headlights turned on, DO NOT flash your lights at...
• strange sounds flashing lights
  Historical mailing list - Richard Ferguson
  Tue, 5 Dec 2000 03:37:01 -0800
  ...What else could this sound be? Is it something in the tires? Also, now that it is colder I have noticed my temperature flashing...
• Re: flashing coolant light purpose
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:41:51 -0500
  ....I > could die right there, wondering if that light was working properly and > stuff... > > Huh? Incalculable chance. Jim
• oil pressure light not working
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Rueb
  Mon, 8 Mar 2004 22:18:27 EST
  whats common to not have the led flash,switchs ,cluster, wiring any ideas thanks 87 wolfs 2.1l
• Re: stupid blinker question but I need help
  Historical mailing list - Mark Cumnock
  Mon, 23 May 2005 18:42:22 -0400
  here is more info, it is an 1984, the blinkers work, the flashers don't
• Re: Headlight wiring for 80/100 bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 15 May 2010 17:56:53 -0700
  I have the high wattage bulbs and a relay kit and haven't been flashed either. Maybe I should be but people are so...
• Re: Blinking temperature light
  Historical mailing list - Goetz Aust
  Mon, 29 Jul 2013 12:05:53 -0600
  ...Also the temp gauge flashes 6 >> or >> 10 times before starting and I thought it should only flash 3times. >> > > The gauge is spec'ed...
• Re: No Turn Signal
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:27:47 -0700
  ...Do the 4 way flashers work ? Have you inspected the front turn signal bulbs, lenses, and sockets ? They fill with water ya know. Scott...
• Re: Temp Gauge
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:38:36 -0400
  ...Early watercooled Vanagons had no coolant level > warning system but still had the flashing light, same gauge. The coolant > level circuit was added by...
• Re: waving
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 29 Aug 94 09:14:40 PDT
  ...I have Indiana plates. > > Jesse > I took a trip to Mendocino, CA (redwoods, beach, etc.) and waved/flashed (headlights, that is...) at a dozen...
• Re: Water temp warning light flashing
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Tue, 11 Nov 2014 14:26:48 -0600
  ...One thing I've found on my 88 with a Subaru 2.2 is that the light will go on, flash, and then usually...
• Re: '85 temp warning light won't turn off.
  Historical mailing list - Joachim Beek
  Tue, 2 Mar 1999 10:18:58 -0600
  ...Recently (before the light started flashing) I had the water pump replaced, so I thought the light flashing and coolant levels in the two...
• Re: rear window defogger switch ('87)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:48:06 -0600
  ...That is all that it has in common with the E flasher switch, > they both get the dimmer wheel controlled backlight voltage. The > grey...
• Re: flashing LED
  Historical mailing list - Sunshine
  Wed, 9 Sep 2009 08:35:54 -0500
  ...Where I thought it might be the oil pressure is when the gauge was reading normal and there was NO LED flashing (as of...
• Re: Low Coolant Warning LED
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Fri, 6 Aug 2021 16:35:01 -0400
  ...Low Coolant Warning LED > > Coolant Level Full @ all conditions > > Wires to Snsr Disconnected & Jumped > Flashes > > Wires from Snsr Ground Continuity > Good > > Wires from Snsr...
• Re: 1990 Blinking Coolant Light Mystery
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 6 Feb 2006 08:17:32 -0800
  ...The pinch had broken the insides but was allowing them to come > into contact some of the time (no flash) and separate some of...
• Re: Turn signal system failure
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:24:28 -0800
  ...First, I have seen aftermarket flasher relays that caused a faint glow of the indicator with signals off. Make sure you have a genuine...
• Instrument dash lights not working
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 23 Jul 2024 11:56:51 -0400
  ...when leaving the shop that the blinkers seemed not to be flashing normally, and I was told driver side rear lights were dim. I...
• Re: Micro flashlight--just have to share this
  Historical mailing list - raceingcajun
  Sat, 22 Feb 2014 19:06:14 -0600
  ...551922854 ********************************************************************* Show this number 0068267600237 to a Walmart associate to find this item in your store. ********************************************************************* ARTSKILLS-Poster Flash Reusable Star LED Poster Lights...
• Re: Frydayeism
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 25 Feb 2011 13:33:45 -0600
  ...I felt it was pretty cool in the store actually, and I commented "Perhaps it one of those ladies things - you know - hot flashes...
• Re: 87 vanagon oil light when cold
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Aug 1996 18:32:25 PST
  ...The flashing LED is associated with the 4.4 sensor. The flashing LED and the buzzer occur with RPM>2000 and no switch closure...
• "Grounds" for Vanagon divorce?
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Mon, 9 Apr 2007 17:19:01 -0700
  ...emergency flasher switch. Found tiny connector, plugged in, and now dispaly light works on flasher. Duh. Cheers, Neil. -- Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia...
• RE:BURN BABY BURN!!!! 8)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 15 Jun 1995 13:48:51 -0400 (EDT)
  RIGHT ARM!! FREE FIG NEWTON! POWER TO THE PEEP HOLE!! Couldn't resist....must be them caffeen induced flashbacks!! Ric
• Re: f/ Burma Shave
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 16 Aug 1996 12:55:03 -0400
  >If You're Driving Down the Road... >(pretty slow out there this mornin') ...and that LED starts flashin' (absolutely without warnin')
• Re: 91 Carat w/autotranny - Turn Signal Issue
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 29 Jun 2014 22:22:03 -0400
  ...When turned on - > the light in the signal indicator comes on - but the flasher does not > work flashing the lights. > > If anyone has any...
• Re: overheating warning light flashes immediately on 83.5 V'go
  Historical mailing list - James Felder
  Thu, 11 Jul 2013 07:57:38 -0500
  ...Jim On Jul 10, 2013, at 10:52 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > On that year, low coolant will flash the light...
• Re: Question about turn signal indicator light
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 22 Aug 2006 12:15:36 -0500
  ...I checked for flashing ground continuity at the connector, it's OK. On the instrument cluster, I checked the flasher contact on the connector...
• Re: Help with coolant light flashing randomly - no leaks
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:15:20 -0700
  There is a little electronic device on the Bentley diagram that looks like a flasher, connected in parallel with the LED. This device looks...
• Re: '88 westy water temp light flashing..... what to check first
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Kuecker
  Mon, 25 Apr 2005 18:13:37 -0500
  ...The wiring from that connector goes into the temperature gauge system and causes the light to flash if the coolant level drops below the...
• Re: paint codes or names
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Sep 2000 17:41:09 EDT
  ...Is this it? >> no, its not flash silver. there is no touch up paint for the fiberglass bumpers in a spray can. you'll...
• Re: Two warning lights come on TOGETHER
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 23 Aug 2005 09:30:28 -0400
  ...Mike Ed wrote: > My alternator and Oxygen sensor warning lights are occasionally flashing on and off. I can troubleshoot for the alt and Oxy...
• Re: Xmas decoration for the van
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 19 Dec 2013 19:38:00 -0800
  ...slow flash, fast flash, steady. Modes stay on for 6 hrs then off for 18. I can see re-wiring them after Christmas and...
• Turn Signal Flasher Replaced-Wipers NG
  Historical mailing list - Richard Schmittdiel
  Tue, 28 Jan 1997 07:25:41 -0800
  (I'm away from my Bentley, so can't refer to wiring diagram.) Last weekend I replaced the turn signal flasher unit in my...
• Re: Turn signals Blinking Too fast???????
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 12 Apr 2006 18:25:34 -0400
  The flasher is designed to require a minimum load to work properly. The fast flashing is an indication that one of the bulbs is...