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• Re: Hey, it's awful dark out there tonight....
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Tue, 8 Jul 2008 19:33:12 -0700
  If only the headlights are affected it is the headlight switch. If the wipers and heater fan are out also then it is the...
• Re: Burnt headlight switch
  Historical mailing list - James Flournoy
  Sat, 6 Oct 2012 08:14:42 -0700
  all Vw need a relay in the headlight circuit > Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 19:17:09 -0500 > From: jforero@SBCGLOBAL.NET > Subject: Burnt...
• Re: Headlight adjuster, main lens, top, �255 941 141C � � � � � � � � � � � � �
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 17 Aug 2008 07:46:15 EDT
  ...Headlight adjuster, main lens, top, 255 941 141C - $5.93 Headlight adjuster, main lens, bottom, 191 941 297 - $12.85 Headlight stationary adjuster piece...
• Re: headlight switch mystery, help!
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Wed, 23 Jun 1999 19:54:37 -0400
  ...headlight switch mystery, help! > > > > > > your headlight switch is toast...you can't fix it by disassembling and > > cleaning. replace it ...and replace the ignition...
• WTH!! First it headlights, now wipers
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 4 Feb 2011 14:10:53 -0600
  ...First the headlights go, then the wipers go belly up!! When ordering up a new headlight switch, I did - on advice from The List...
• Headlight Upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Thu, 4 Dec 2008 20:01:33 -0500
  ...Before the above listed changes I was getting about 11.9 volts at the headlights with the engine idling. After the changes I get...
• Re: front headlights not working....
  Historical mailing list - Brien Dews
  Tue, 25 Jan 2005 07:36:57 -0500
  ...Since you said you replaced the headlight swithch already i'd look at the ignitioin switch. Lot's of info in the archives. Brien...
• Re: Headlight relay upgrade?_wire sizes
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Sun, 4 Jan 2004 09:55:38 -0800
  The easiest way to find out the resistance of components in the low-beam headlight curcuit is to measure the voltage drop at various...
• Re: Headlights out
  Historical mailing list - Geneva Saint-Amour
  Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:56:19 -0700
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > OK, Revisiting my headlight issue. Had the headlights on. Turned them > off for a few, then turned them back on...
• Re: Cloudy headlight glass?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 19 Jul 2002 18:56:07 -0500
  So headlight guru rises from the depths of the pet graveyard. Tell me? What are those round headlight bulbs with the flat faces? Some...
• Re: Warning Lights Audible Buzzer
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 26 May 2010 16:55:37 -0700
  > are 30-amp contacts burley enough for switching Vanagon > headlights? > I reckon they oughtta' be. Even a double-plus illegal eye watering 120A headlight...
• Re: Headlight Adjuster Fix - Upper Outboard Corner
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 14 May 2009 09:10:29 -0700
  ...NLA Headlight Adjusters Not ALL the adjusters seem to be NLA. Check with online vendors like Van Cafe, they still have all but one...
• almost Friday: Re: vanagon smoked or clear rear sidemarkers...any interest?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Thu, 12 Jun 2003 12:19:51 -0400
  Chris wrote: ....your headlight lenses must say DOT.... ------------------------------------- how do you teach your headlight lenses to say anything ? :-) -- Karl '81 Westy "Jenny" Wilmington, DE
• headlight housing, pasenger side 1989 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Wed, 20 Oct 2004 17:17:54 -0700
  Does anyone have a good used headlight housing for a 1989 vanagon passenger side? I need one. I drove into a shopping cart at...
• Re: LED head lights
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Tue, 26 Jul 2016 18:38:01 -0400
  seems pricey (?) $231.58 per single headlight. https://www.amazon.com/Grote-90941-5-Sealed-Beam-Headlights/dp/B01B1YE02C/ref=sr_1_1?ie...
• Re: headlights delay off was Re: Warning Lights Audible Buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Tue, 25 May 2010 18:56:42 -0700
  ...the 528T could be used to signal a relay so > no worries about its capacity to handle the headlight draw. Most of us > are...
• Re: Headlight Replacement
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 14 Sep 1999 00:08:41 -0400
  ...I got the E-4 headlights > from Bus Depot, struggle a bit with the retaining ring not > holding the lens but right now I...
• Re: 758227.jpg
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Tue, 25 Oct 2005 09:35:26 -0500
  <<<In regard to installing optional higher wattage lamps, isn't the purpose of the relay to remove the headlight current from the headlight switch...
• Re: Headlight Upgrade Eilemma
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 10 Sep 2011 20:21:48 -0700
  No, 84 is like every other year with respect to the switches and the current path for the headlights. Someone misread the diagrams, probably...
• Re: Headlights: 2D1 types to Euro H4 types?
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:06:01 -0400
  On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 6:32 PM, Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" < camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote: > My 84 has round headlights. I...
• Re: Headlights Out
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Thu, 12 Nov 1998 17:13:51 -0500
  ...Williamson wrote: >I ask these question of the listees: >(1) is there a relay that could control the headlight feature (I read in the...
• Re: rare LLE vanagon for sale on samba
  Historical mailing list - Antaki
  Sat, 17 Sep 2005 20:24:52 -0700
  ...Forget DOT-spec headlights! Nothing more than blinding marker lamps, they are. Useless, a waste of photons! Ron -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List...
• Re: Proper Headlight Configuration
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 15 Oct 2012 08:23:17 -0400
  ...Proper Headlight Configuration When the headlights are operated, what is the correct light configuration? 1)Low beams only - high beams off 2)High beams...
• Re: headlight switch
  Historical mailing list - David Boan
  Wed, 28 Mar 2018 23:58:40 +0000
  Thanks for the quick reply! My headlights are working, it is only things on the dimmer circuit that are off. Does that rule out...
• Re: Volkswagen Vanagon, 1.9 L Diesel, 1982 - $3750 (Bellingham)
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Tue, 31 Dec 2013 11:58:41 -0800
  ...The two headlight types swap interchangeably about as easy as swapping late model alloys onto an early AC van. Years ago I swapped headlights...
• Re: South African Grille headlight conversion on an 84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Wed, 22 Sep 2004 12:52:23 -0500
  ...I'm pretty sure that along with the 4 headlights in 86 came the completely new fuse box with the modern plug in fuses...
• Re: Broken headlight adjuster?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Fri, 13 May 2005 07:05:26 -0400
  ...Of >> course, this did not make me happy, as I now had two things to fix >> thanks to the juvenile dilenquents. >> >> Thankfully, the headlight...
• Re: Wiring headlight washer pumps
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:11:23 -0500
  ...the headlight washers? >> >> On my Caravelle fitted with Headlight washers it was operated by the windshield washer pump _only_ when the headlights were on...
• Headlights Still Out
  Historical mailing list - C B
  Mon, 15 Oct 2012 16:13:04 -0700
  Cunegonde has just one headlight mode again - the driver highbeam. All four marker lights and turnsignals work normally. The dashboard rocker switch is new...
• Hella H4/why such different prices?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Mon, 25 Sep 2000 15:49:40 EDT
  I'm looking into getting Hella H4 headlights (7" round halogen lights that replace existing 7" round headlights). I see great price discrepancies 1...
• Re: headlights
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Mon, 29 Jan 2001 07:04:27 -0600
  Hi Darrel, The head lights circuit current travels from the battery, ignition switch, light switch, headlight dimmer / flasher switch, fuse panel to the lamps...
• Re: HELP!! No Headlights - 87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Ric Golen
  Fri, 28 Oct 2005 13:53:56 -0400
  The heater blower and wipers work....so I guess it might be the headlight switch.... In my earlier posting I spoke of the "intermittent...
• Re: anyone have power height adjust Headlights on their vanagon?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 Sep 2005 12:25:42 EDT
  ...does anyone on here have them on their > vanagon, or has anyone installed them? the kit is complete with both > headlight > motors, wiring, and...
• Re: Wiring headlight washer pumps
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sun, 10 Feb 2013 10:54:42 -0800
  ...In my old 928, there was even a separate tank with a different fluid supposedly more suited for the type of debris the headlights...
• Headlight Washers
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Wed, 6 Mar 2013 09:07:00 -0600
  I was perusing my copy of the Haynes Transporter Repair book and stumbled on references and pictures of a headlight washer system. Just wondering...
• Need Headlight Buckets
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:41:00 -0400
  Looking for several sets of 80-85 Vanagon headlight buckets. Will trade for Bus Depot store credit or send paypal. Thanks, - Ron Salmon The...
• Re: Headlight improvements IMHO
  Historical mailing list - t
  Sun, 29 Oct 2000 20:47:45 -0800
  and I much prefer > the rectangular headlights... why would I want to regress to the round look > of older vans??? > > Bill Because we have...
• Headlight switch
  Historical mailing list - David Cooper
  Mon, 1 Jan 2001 22:53:11 EST
  Is the headlight switch on my 82 supposed to be illuminated? It seems to have some sort of light socket in it but no...
• Re: Headlight question
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Tue, 5 Mar 2002 09:59:02 EST
  In a message dated 3/5/02 9:57:01 AM, gmr@OBPA.USDA.GOV writes: << Is it normal for the headlights not to...
• Best place to locate headlight relays
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Sat, 27 Jul 2002 19:37:35 -0700
  I am doing the relay upgrade for my headlights, and need to install three relays. I am interested in where anyone else chose to...
• Headlight switch help
  Historical mailing list - Rich Pournelle
  Sun, 2 Jan 2005 09:12:30 -0800
  The switch for the headlights on my 87 Westy has become stuck in the "on" position. Is there any way to get at this...
• Re: front headlights not working....
  Historical mailing list - Kevin C
  Tue, 25 Jan 2005 00:42:44 EST
  Hi Christian, Sounds like your headlight switch is shot. A new and you should be all set. I had the same problem with my...
• Wanted: single 7" round hella H4 ecode headlight
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 1 Jun 2005 02:57:41 EDT
  does anyone have a good spare 7" round Hella H4 ecode headlight they want to part with? mine got a rock chip in it...
• best headlight replacements?
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Fri, 21 Oct 2005 16:29:30 -0400
  My headlights are old and sad. I see lot's of different replacement options from the list vendors. What do people think is the...
• 82 w/square headlights
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 28 May 2007 14:13:27 -0700
  ...s something you don't see very often: "1982 Vanagon Westfalia... Headlights and grill have been upgraded from a later-model Vanagon" <http://tinyurl...
• Re: Arrgh.. Headlights out on 86 FIXED
  Historical mailing list - Bill Shawley
  Wed, 28 May 2008 15:47:31 +0000
  Just a followup for the archives; 86 Westy w/ headlight relay upgrade Symptoms Sudden outage of headlights Fuses OK Hi beams do not light...
• Headlights, Fans and the Wiper/Headlight Stalk Control
  Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
  Wed, 5 Apr 2000 20:09:09 GMT
  ...Last week I discovered that the headlights on my '87 Westy weren't working, and asked for advice on checking out the headlight switch...
• Re: Proper Headlight Configuration
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 15 Oct 2012 13:35:34 -0700
  re So if the ignition is off, the headlight switch on, lifting the lever will allow a back feed that will operate the wipers...
• Have you worked on a headlight switch?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
  Thu, 30 Mar 2000 15:55:46 GMT
  Volks - The headlights on my '87 Westy stopped working. I can flash the high beams with the stalk, but lows don't work at...
• Re: Replace Headlights?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Feb 1997 10:57:51 -0500 (EST)
  If you have the round headlights you have a lot of alternatives. The easiest would be to swap in sealed halogen bulbs, next would...
• inner headlight socket connectors
  Historical mailing list - Tolga Morawski
  Wed, 13 Oct 2004 00:08:01 -0400
  Does anyone have or know where I can get connectors that plug into the South African inner headlight (aka driving light) sockets? The connector...
• Re: Headlight grill.
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:37:18 -0700
  ...Anyone hove any info on these headlight grills? http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=481135 http://www.thesamba.com...
• Re: headlight switch
  Historical mailing list - David Boan
  Thu, 29 Mar 2018 19:47:57 +0000
  ...Re: [VANAGON] headlight switch The most likely problem is that the REST of your headlight switch has melted, and is causing your dimmer switch...
• Re: headlight relays
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:31:24 -0700
  Thanks Mark, I'll search for the original (illustrator? sheesh, must have been 10 years ago I drew it) file of the early headlight...
• Re: Rectangular Headlights -- HiPo Possibility
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Fri, 24 Apr 1998 08:48:03 -0400
  ...Rectangular Headlights -- US only??? >Maybe everyone else knows this but I'm going to ask it anyway. > >After reading the round quad SA Vanagon...
• Vendors for E-code OEM Vanagon Low-beams
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 18 Jan 1999 10:34:34 -0800
  Thanks to all for posting the info on E-code headlights. Helmut pointed out that $350 for a pair is rather expensive, given the...
• Square Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 16 May 1998 23:10:59 -0700
  ...or Jeta or something are bolt-in replacements for the stock Vanagon square headlights. Can anyone tell me which VW model that was? Thanks
• 84-headlights moisture
  Historical mailing list - karen davis
  Mon, 9 Jun 2003 02:19:35 +0000
  Both of my headlights have moisture inside...how do I get this moisture out? _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get...
• headlights and relays oh my
  Historical mailing list - Brian T.
  Tue, 24 Aug 2004 11:05:47 -0700
  I was told recently that the stock headlight switch would handle a 300W load. For the life of me I can't recall who...
• Eurospec Rectangular headlights
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 28 Aug 2006 00:55:03 -0400
  ...business, anybody got an idea where I can pick up the European Spec'd rectangular headlights? I'm going to be needing another set...