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• Re: City Lights
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 14 Nov 1999 23:35:42 +0100
  ...mandatory automatic DRLs since 1985, and it is usually low beams or fog lights operated at 70-100% voltage. The requirement for DRLs are...
• Re: Hella style driving lamp, or else.
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Tue, 8 May 2007 11:17:16 -0500
  ...Using the low beams works better. Fog lights are the same idea, but mounted lower - they are designed to put out a wide but...
• Alternator Light Just Came On
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 9 Aug 2009 19:36:31 -0500
  Cruising down the road today - suddenly the alt light came on. Battery had enough juice to get me home. Alternator Type - Beck/Arnly Reman...
• Re: "Relayed" Headlights Out
  Historical mailing list - Roger Reynolds
  Sun, 30 Mar 2003 17:35:15 EST
  ...When your low beams are on, take a test light or volt meter and with one of the tester leads grounded to the chassis...
• Re: 2.1L WBX -oil pressure light flickers at idle
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 28 Feb 2015 13:46:41 -0600
  ...the light no > longer flickers. It might, or it might not, flicker at the next stop. > > I have never had a low oil pressure...
• Re: Electrical gremlin dash brake light
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 25 Apr 2021 12:45:31 -0400
  ...Dennis, great to know I have a low brake fluid warning light! I could have sure used that in a Bay window in my...
• Re: Camping in cold & battery
  Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
  Tue, 3 Dec 2002 10:51:02 -0700
  ...IIRC, alternators charge at a lower voltage at lower RPMs, peaking somewhere around 4500 or so. If high-draw accessories were in use AND...
• Re: fantastic super cool photo
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Sun, 26 Apr 1998 12:59:23 -0500
  This is what all the hubbub is about? <shrug> I like my foglights lower. If I remember correctly, the strategy of fog lights is...
• WD-40 ain't lubricating oil, etc.
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 10 Sep 1996 15:02:24 -0700
  ...Light machine oils like 3-in-1, etc, or light greases like Libriplate will FAR outlast WD-40 in light-duty applications. If you...
• Re: Dash Light Weirdness
  Historical mailing list - Lorraine Sym
  Mon, 12 Sep 2005 13:39:36 -0400
  ...With my lights on and the brightness rheostat (or whatever) wheel down low, my tach read about 1000 rpm low, one of the other...
• Re: Idiot Light Alternator
  Historical mailing list - Beth & Jere Hawn
  Wed, 13 Dec 2000 20:40:00 -0800
  I've had a similar problem, the low end diodes in the alternator are bad. I ended up replacing the whole thing under warranty...
• wiring a dome light, in back of westy
  Historical mailing list - dave bowers
  Tue, 14 May 2002 06:56:18 -0700
  ...The light I bought, is a simple, low profile 2 bulb florescent, which has 2 leads (positive, white and negative, black). I am wondering...
• Re: Gah. Inspections
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 9 Aug 2002 13:24:40 -0400
  ...Just power the foglight relay from the low beam wire. Then > >they will come on when > >the low beams are on. Since you will...
• Re: Temp Gauge
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:38:36 -0400
  ...of low coolant level. Mike Mark Drillock wrote: > Actually, it is a temperature warning light first and a coolant level > warning light second. Early...
• Re: New instrument cluster in '84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Wed, 14 Dec 2005 15:04:41 -0600
  ...flashing light many years ago, much to my later expense. Apparently the oil was so hot that the oil pressure was low. Regrinding a...
• Re: Oil Pressure Light Flickering
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Thu, 20 Feb 2014 14:06:14 -0500
  ...I'm changing it now. > > My question is, can there be a problem with low oil pressure if the light > stays off at low...
• Re: Low-cost 12v fluorescent fixture at Home Depot
  Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
  Sun, 10 Apr 2005 19:31:12 -0400
  ...Low-cost 12v fluorescent fixture at Home Depot > FYI, today I was at Home Depot and picked up a small fluorescent light > fixture for...
• Re: Low-cost 12v fluorescent fixture at Home Depot
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Sun, 10 Apr 2005 15:48:02 -0700
  ...Low-cost 12v fluorescent fixture at Home Depot > FYI, today I was at Home Depot and picked up a small fluorescent light > fixture for...
• driving lights
  Historical mailing list - aircooled chris
  Mon, 11 Oct 2004 22:31:56 -0700
  I would prefer the option to turn my driving lights on whenever I want, rather than only when the highbeams are on. Is there...
• Re: Brights & lights
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 2 Dec 2006 15:43:00 -0800
  The outer lamps have high and low beams, so they switch up as the inners come on. On 12/2/06, J Westy <rbluewesty...
• Re: If you want a Pro Training Manual CD
  Historical mailing list - Robert Osborn
  Wed, 4 Oct 2000 15:08:20 EDT
  My little red remperature light came on, blinking, at 65 on I-80. It's the light to the lower right of the tach...
• battery and oxy lights coming on.
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Alden Pegden
  Sat, 13 Dec 2003 23:53:19 -0600
  ...lights come on for a couple seconds, and then go off? Well now mine are coming back on whenever my rpm's get low...
• Re: '88 headlight upgrade options?
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:37:12 -0500
  > What I'd like is a reasonable cost option to get more light in the > low beam > range, without going with a new grill...
• Re: Fuse Box Blues
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 19 May 2001 17:50:36 -0700
  ...reversing lights > 16. horn > 17. windscreen wiper motor > 18. brake system warning lamp > 19. turn signals > 20. number plate light > 21. low beam left...
• Coolant and int. lighting questions
  Historical mailing list - Bill Urban
  Wed, 11 Nov 1998 21:00:33 -0600
  Hello all, My '91 is low on coolant. I've only qwned it for a couple of months so this is the first time...
• Re: master brake light misbehaving
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 18 Jul 2010 22:24:52 -0500
  ...When fluid is low the light will flicker, when it gets REALLY low, it comes on and stays on. It's definitely a safety...
• Re: hot Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 16 Feb 2006 19:56:21 -0500
  ...Obviously the low coolant level warning system is not working. Just because the light came on once does not mean the complete system is...
• Re: City Lights
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Sun, 14 Nov 1999 15:41:34 -0700
  ...low in the sky--northern latitude stuff. We motorcyclists in the USA hate them because we become invisible again as more cars have lights...
• We don't need no stinkin' blinkin' lights!
  Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
  Wed, 6 May 1998 23:35:11 EDT
  I don't claim to know all about Vanagons but I think that the low water level/overheat light blinks mainly to show you...
• hatch struts: INSTALLED!
  Historical mailing list - Rocko Flamefart
  Thu, 2 Jan 97 11:50:22 -0600
  ...definately lighter than what it was before with the 2 high pressure struts (before one blew out). which is better? with a high/low...
• Re: No low beam on driver's side '85 GL
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:01:29 -0500
  Thanks Mike. I guess I didn't realize the lights were on separate fuses. Thanks, Jeff
• SA Grill and Headlights Out!!!
  Historical mailing list - Andy Zappe
  Sat, 21 Aug 2004 14:24:20 EDT
  ...Now the original lights are out, low and high beams, and the inner SA lights only stay on only when I pull on the...
• Re: SA Quad Grill Kit
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 2 Jan 2006 17:31:37 +1300
  >So when you buy one of these kits, the inner hibeam lights come with >it.., but if you don't use hibeams much then...
• Re: Vanagon oil light question for you - dissection of the light
  Historical mailing list - Brian Cochran
  Mon, 23 Apr 2001 12:48:18 -0700
  ...started showing low oilpressure with the installation of a gauge. Because, as I stated before, I never had the oil pressure light that wasn...
• Re: Blinking Oil Light
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:37:58 -0700
  Had the same situation; turned out to be a short - broken insulation on low pressure switch wire. Karl Wolz Sent from my electronic umbilicus...
• Re: Oil light blinking on Air-cooled engine
  Historical mailing list - S DaRoota
  Wed, 1 Aug 2018 05:07:10 -0700
  Sounds like you have low oil pressure and/or low oil. Engine rmps should give more pressure, but something could be wrong. It has...
• Re: Extra Headlight Question + Driving Lights?
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Thu, 25 Sep 2003 05:18:00 -0700
  ...When people refer to driving > lights are they talking about > the highs, the lows, or something different? I've > heard this term but never...
• Re: Brake warning light on
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 30 Apr 2017 19:58:13 +0000
  ...low on fluid. Jim On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 2:39 PM B Feddish <UprightBassGhost@hotmail.com> wrote: > My brake warning light is...
• Third Tail light
  Historical mailing list - Gary Ryan
  Wed, 22 Aug 2001 09:45:02 -0700
  I don't know if there is a proper name for it but it's the tail light that sits on the top or...
• Oil light problem... can you help?
  Historical mailing list - K. Taylor
  Mon, 14 Jul 2003 16:59:49 -0700
  ...the oil light, but the oil light flashes on and off when the van is idling or the RPM's are low. Coming down...
• Re: 2 Cups low on coolant made my vanagon overheat?
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Tue, 3 Apr 2007 05:26:45 -0400
  ...the light is telling you in that case that the coolant level is low not that the van is overheating. in addition to that...
• Re: Help! Appeal for data
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Thu, 11 Jan 2001 21:52:28 -0500
  ...light stops blinking, then unplug the > low-coolant sensor and tell me what happens. What I expect to happen is > that the light instantly...
• Re: Vendors for E-code OEM Vanagon Low-beams
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 19 Jan 1999 00:48:36 +0100
  ...on Hella as their source of lighting, and as a result, Hella has the full range of lights, competing with original parts, cause this...
• Re: ebay plasma blue headlights
  Historical mailing list - ID Workshop
  Tue, 6 Nov 2001 13:35:07 -0800
  ...I have been planning on upgrading my Synchro's lighting for some time. However, I am skeptical of these bulbs and their Performance claims...
• Re: 87 Vanagon Coolant Light?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Williams
  Mon, 14 Apr 2003 16:30:58 -0700
  ...87 Vanagon Coolant Light? > Hello, My light for low coolant will not stop flashing... I filled up the tank (not the one behind the...
• Re: HELP Flashing red temp light!
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Ryan
  Wed, 25 Apr 2001 17:45:12 EDT
  ...So if that expansion tank is empty, then that's why you're getting the light. So why's it empty or low of...
• Re: Projekzwo Lower Grille Fog Lights - Kit Update
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Fri, 23 Mar 2007 04:36:14 EDT
  ...Were the original actual fog lights also manufactured by projkzwo or did they merely design the "frame" and provide fog lights that are still...
• Re: My Vanagon's blinking coolant light problem vs other peoples'---it all blends together
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 13 Dec 2014 13:58:26 -0600
  ...I can > > cite plenty of episodes where my low coolant light simply fooled me and > > caused me problems that were just plain not there...
• Some good info about E-code headlamps & "City Lights"
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Tue, 9 Apr 2002 15:27:18 -0700
  ...Set the low beams where they belong, and the high beams are up in the trees without enough on-road light. Pull the high...
• Re: Xenon kit from Sylvania
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 16 Dec 2003 22:01:53 +1300
  >LHD low-beam ? >I am mechanically pretty sound, but lighting >technology is a new forum for me, please let me know >what this is...
• Re: old beetle elec problem (longish)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 27 Oct 1998 11:57:54 EST
  ...You see this a lot in taillights, where the stop light (big fat low-resistance filament) doesn't work but the running light (little...
• blinking coolant light on 83 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Tue, 11 Jun 2002 08:08:30 EDT
  ...The light had stopped blinking. I pulled off the electrical connection plug from the coolant level warning light switch in the expansion tank and...
• Re: H-4 Euro headlights question
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:07:51 -0500
  ...lights up > about a mile > ahead and not so much right within the needed range, yet if I lower > the aim, > my low beam...
• Re: Brights & lights
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 2 Dec 2006 21:35:36 -0500
  ...inner lights (which has 2 wires) . Perhaps you have outer bulbs where the hi-beam filament is burnt out, but the low beam filament...
• Re: LED Headlight bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 2 Jul 2015 07:01:05 -0500
  ...beam > pattern and the high low change. > > I haven't seen a led replacement that replicates that light > source/filament placement. > > And there is...
• parking light fix
  Historical mailing list - Dan Scott
  Sat, 23 Nov 2002 20:31:52 -0700
  ...The brakes feel better, and the light is out. Now I need to find out why it was low. I last had the brakes...
• Re: Headlamp upgrades to brighter lights - night vision
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sun, 14 Sep 2003 05:33:50 -0400
  ...No glare problems, even with 80W low-beams. No way >would I wany glow-worm US lights! I like to SEE where I'm...
• 87 now has round eyes
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Sun, 4 Aug 1996 11:56:44 -0700
  ...Installed Hella H4 lights, now I can see those possums in the road with my low beams. Dramatic improvement in nighttime driveability, I think...
• Re: Installation of gauge (85 water-cooled Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 17 Apr 2002 12:41:11 -0400
  ...It will light when there is low pressure and go out when the switch opens, which is around 5 psi. The other option would...
• Re: I need an IdiuT light! [low fuel warning lamp]
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 5 Apr 2002 22:25:57 -0500
  At 09:15 PM 4/5/2002, Karl Wolz wrote: >How 'bout as special circuit that, when you are getting really low on gas...