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• High Beam Blue Light Inoperative
  Historical mailing list - mad madeline
  Mon, 1 Dec 2008 10:39:53 -0800
  � I had the high beam switch replaced last summer on my '87 westie.� Afterward, the high beams worked great, and the blue indicator light...
• Re: Curious location change of water, electric vents 85 to 86
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Sun, 30 Apr 2006 20:15:47 -0500
  The electric up high means it's a US model, not 86 and later. ALL Canadian Vanagon Westy's had the electric inlet "down...
• Re: High pitched noise
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 2 Aug 2015 17:38:46 -0700
  On 08/02/2015 06:59 AM, B Feddish wrote: > I’ve got an issue with a high pitched noise from the back. Probably...
• Drivers side high headlight housing: What is the best deal....?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley (WV)
  Sat, 11 Dec 2004 06:44:49 -0700
  Who has the best deal for high headlight housing? I finally had one smashed buy a rock in dusty rocky AZ:-(. I do not...
• Re: High tops- removal/trade
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Tue, 26 Mar 2013 23:54:42 -0600
  ...Funny that we usually hear of people wanting to do the opposite of what you propose (from poptop to high top.) What is your...
• Does AC affect MPG?
  Historical mailing list - Maggie Dew
  Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:38:38 -0600
  ...It makes sense, however, that at highway speeds it is better to have the AC on, but below highway speeds, (under 50), you are...
• Lifters pumping down at speed
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:12:40 -0400
  I seem to have the reverse of most lifter problems - my lifters pump down when cruising at a steady 60 mph and higher, but...
• Lifter pumping down at speed
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:20:30 -0400
  I seem to have the reverse of most lifter problems - my lifter pump down when crusing at a steady 60 mph and higher, but...
• Re: Need a/c hose for 87 Westy Gl
  Historical mailing list - PAT
  Sat, 11 Jul 1998 14:11:03 -0400
  ...I just figured any responsible auto manufacturer would put a high pressure switch on an AC system. Sure, in production runs as high as...
• Re: Coast mountain high tops
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 21 Jun 2017 21:52:22 -0700
  ...As I said before, I do think it's an attractive hightop. I've been in a few of the originals and while the...
• Re: Garcia's Ghost doesn't like gettin' high.
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 22 Aug 2010 12:38:55 -0500
  Don Hanson wrote: "there is another 'sharp' > decrease in O2 somewhere around 13,000' but of course, no roads that high so > N/A...
• short in headlight wiring ... somewhere
  Historical mailing list - Tom Ervolina
  Fri, 13 Jun 1997 14:34:54 -0400
  When I turn on headlights, the blue highbeams indicator is on permanently but no headlights. This was a rare intermittent thing that is now...
• Re: roadside memorials/ No vanagon content
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Thu, 22 Jul 2004 16:25:22 -0500
  ...The signs just read "DEATH" and they were placed on tripods on the sides of highways. I suppose the old Highway Department just wanted...
• Re: gas prices (again)
  Historical mailing list - Matt C.
  Mon, 31 Jul 2006 11:28:50 -0700
  Check out prices on highway 15 northbound in California. Took this on the way up yesterday (7/30/06)... http://www.flickr.com/photos...
• Re: brief trip report
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:33:34 -0500
  ---- Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET> wrote: > > We camped on the beach east of High Island just outside McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge. This is along...
• Re: LED Headlight bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 1 Jul 2015 07:40:04 -0700
  ...Re: [VANAGON] LED Headlight bulbs So is 80W rated is that the high or the low? , meaning what happens when you pull on the...
• Re: oil pressure switch 2 - HELP
  Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
  Wed, 5 May 1999 13:55:58 -0500
  ...I got a hold of the service guy and they had told me it was the high pressure switch that was leaking, but in...
• Re: U.S high-top conversion?
  Historical mailing list - MOST,DAVID
  Tue, 2 Jan 2001 23:56:59 -0800
  ...Does any one know about an > > American High-top conversion? > > > > > Adventurewagen made a high top conversion for the vanagon. > operative word is "made". i...
• headlight question
  Historical mailing list - Brian and Carol Megas
  Fri, 31 May 2002 21:00:20 -0700
  ...Flicking the lever again to get the high beams back on produced no high beams and no blue high beam indicator light. However, a...
• Re: Calif Smog Issues
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Tue, 26 Oct 2004 06:43:14 -0700
  From http://www.artsautomotive.com/thesmogstory.htm And I quote: "What causes high CO (carbon monoxide)? High CO is caused by a rich air...
• REPOST after List hiccup (AC high pressure line adaptor valve VAG 1637?)
  Historical mailing list - Todd Lund
  Sun, 31 Jul 2005 05:27:44 -0700
  ...My R-12 gauges do not fit the high side service valve located behind the closet on my stock non converted system. After checking...
• Re: Need a/c hose for 87 Westy Gl
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sat, 11 Jul 1998 12:51:52 -0500
  ----------------- There are no high / low switches on some models. Like no switches , none. My 86 westy 2wd 4 speed had none and there were...
• Re: Vanagon Westfalia high top dimensions?
  Historical mailing list - Geneva Saint-Amour
  Fri, 13 Jun 2014 09:10:52 -0600
  We drive a Westfalia Vanagon which had the pop top removed and an AdventureWagen high top installed. This means we have the tan, Westfalia...
• Re: enjoy your site, and a question
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Tue, 23 Jun 1998 21:10:16 -0400
  ...just below the center = mark(warning light) in the city, and on the highway just beyond the = center mark(warning light) and as high...
• Re: A/C Question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 29 Apr 2002 22:36:20 -0400
  You need to find out what is setting the radiator fan to run in high speed. This can either be the coolant temperature in...
• Re: where the heck is Aiyansh, BC, Canada??? :)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 18 Jul 1999 23:15:05 -0500
  ...it joins the Nisga'a Highway just north of Kitsumkalum Lake, about 30 miles (50 km) north of highway 16. so it's about...
• Re: Highway driving
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 12 Sep 2015 09:27:56 -0400
  ...pounds > > I usually highway drive at 63 mph, 3400 RPM, and average about 20 MPG. > Is > that about right? > > > > What highway speed / RPM do...
• Re: SA grills available again
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 20 Dec 2006 11:46:36 -0500
  FWIW, the rule about foglights turning off when the highbeams come on is a DOT regulation that some states (but not all) enforce if...
• A/C REPAIRS
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Thu, 24 May 2007 11:25:39 -0400
  ...We also replaced the cooked lo/high pressure switch on the high side line. The evaporator fan was not running creating high side pressure...
• Re: Will whoever left the fridge door open....
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Philbrick
  Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:04:38 -0600
  ...Here is Iowa City Iowa, we broke above the projected high today. Our actual high temp for the day was -5 with wind chill...
• Re: Highway driving
  Historical mailing list - Pete O
  Fri, 11 Sep 2015 07:47:15 -0400
  ...pounds > > I usually highway drive at 63 mph, 3400 RPM, and average about 20 MPG. > Is > that about right? > > > > What highway speed / RPM do...
• Failed Emissions - High HC at Idle
  Historical mailing list - Gmail
  Wed, 7 Aug 2013 10:17:00 -0600
  Just failed UT emissions with high HC at idle. Strange thing is this is the exact set up I had before installing a different...
• High quality two pole 60A wiring connectors
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 12 Sep 2011 04:41:23 +0100
  ...to high tolerances, go together and come apart easily, are small, impossible to plug in backwards, and if 60A continuous (surge is higher) isn...
• Re: Swivel Seat - FInally
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:27:26 -0700
  yeah, if you want an ice cream van :) I can understand the usefulness if a high top, but damn-it Jim, they just look...
• Re: help, headlights not working
  Historical mailing list - Jeff and Tamara Nelson
  Thu, 1 Mar 2001 21:20:32 -0700
  Loretta, If you're referring to the high/low beam lever then I would check your ignition switch. There are several items (I can...
• Re: From flickering oil light to valves clacking
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 16 Aug 2015 10:44:27 -0700
  at every oil change I substitute a quart of oil with Lucas engine oil additive I use this oil with high zinc... http://lucasoil...
• High-Top Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - THOMAS IN GEORGIA
  Wed, 5 Sep 2007 20:32:38 -0700
  One thing that sucks about a high-top vanagon is you can't park it in the garage! Thank god the last owner had...
• Re: No High Beams
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:00:04 -0400
  If you want the high beamer behind you to stop, Just put 2" strip of automotive reflective stripping on the back of the hatch...
• Re: '82 westy/'84 GL 7 seater - different size?
  Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
  Mon, 6 Nov 2000 23:11:08 -0600
  I know that the '85 models do sit higher than your average Vanagon... at least with good springs. Mine looks like a Syncro without...
• Re: Spring advice
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 19 Apr 2021 16:20:40 +0000
  ...Since we own different versions of vanagon in the family, I can confirm the following by order of highest  suspension height (unmodified OEM equipment...
• Re: SA inner Highbeams Cutout Circuit
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 5 May 2014 16:54:02 -0700
  ...If the switch is turned to the second position...when the high beams are on it sends power to the relay which lights the...
• Re: idle before shut down [was wasserbox]
  Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
  Tue, 15 Aug 2000 22:31:33 -0500
  I think the idle-down period is necessary after extended high-speed (75 MPH +) heats up the heads. Higher revs = more frequent combustion = higher...
• Re: Has any Diesel Vanagon ever climbed Mt. Washington?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:53:04 EDT
  ...Remember that isn't the highest peak on the east side,but probably the highest road. Mt Mitchell in NC is highest peak but...
• Re: Advice...temp to high.... after new parts....
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Wed, 6 Jul 2005 14:35:45 -0700
  ...Advice...temp to high.... after new parts.... Followup.... No thermostat, not much pressure in the exp. tank... new temp sender for the temp gage...
• Re: High Wind Warning!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:41:45 -0700
  ...google.com/markusmumper/HighWindWarning >> >>im amazed the hubcaps stayed on :<) >> >>chris > > I bet the wind had to be a lot higher than 70 mph...
• oil temp up
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 18 Jun 1996 21:53:03 -0500 (CDT)
  Hi, last weekend, we took our first long distance highway trip this season to "Busses on 66" (Maria will report on Bo66 later--it...
• Re: To mutual understanding
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 11 Sep 95 22:14:39 CDT
  ...t take spanish in high school cause the teacher was a real flake> <who didn't take latin in high school cause the teacher...
• Voltage Drop to Fuse Panel
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Wed, 23 Feb 2000 14:59:04 EST
  ...This was to compensate for a voltage loss when using high draw accessories like heater fan motor, wipers or high watt headlights because of...
• Re: Vanagon SPRINGS now in!
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 8 Sep 2000 13:57:30 -0400
  How much would they lower my '85? It is ~1" higher than your '89 to begin with. I not saying this is bad--the...
• Product review - pop-top cleaner
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Foust
  Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:21:37 -0500
  <http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=181640&highlight=> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=181640&highlight= I wrote...
• Re: Westfalia decals in high reflective material
  Historical mailing list - vanagon
  Tue, 23 Mar 2004 23:55:51 -0800
  ...Westfalia decals in high reflective material > > > Hi Dave, > What would it cost for a silver gray high reflective material? > I am looking for high...
• question about a high roof vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:22:26 -0700
  ...it has a high top fiberglass top ...........that looks a lot like an Adventurewagon, but it's not. An AW has a pointy rear...
• Re: gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Tue, 12 Dec 2000 11:08:07 -0800
  I consistently get around 300/325 miles per tank when doing strictly highway driving. I get around 200 miles for mixed highway/stop-and...
• Re: Cassiar Highway
  Historical mailing list - Ed Carroll
  Wed, 12 Feb 2003 22:57:16 -0500
  There's also a book called "The Alaska Highway" by Ron Dalby, a former editor of Alaska magazine and a former editor of mine...
• Re: An upgrade for a more efficent A/C system?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Lubin
  Thu, 3 May 2007 15:45:07 -0400
  ...Infact the late Vanagon (86-91) has such a high pressure switch to close at >> > 210psi.When this happens,the fan runs on high...
• Re: Some Fuel Pump Theory
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Sun, 10 Oct 2004 20:23:32 -0300
  ...The high pressure fuel pumps used on our vans are great at blowing, but are bad at sucking. That is, they can develop >100...
• High Country Bus Festival T-shirts
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Auch
  Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:48:49 -0400
  ...The designs can be seen http://www.highcountrybusfestival.com/tshirts.htm All Shirts are $15.00 Sizes - are avail XS- 3X Youth sizes as...
• Re: Fans again
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Mon, 22 Jul 2002 23:07:56 -0600
  ...The high speed fan always comes on when the A/C is on. I think there is a pressure switch in the A/C...
• Re: High beams not working-lighting upgrades!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sat, 16 Nov 2013 19:59:12 -0800
  ...and the high beams always seem just fine doing it that way. I don't find the high/low 'spread' to be different than...
• Re: 82 Failed CA Smog Test- help!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 14 Apr 2003 23:47:30 -0700
  Used to be that higher octane fuel had more cleaners but I've been told, by my former brother in law who's been...