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  • Re: digital clock
    Historical mailing list - thewestyman
    Wed, 6 Jan 2016 11:30:29 -0800
    ...digital clock I've been told that a Jetta clock will fit and work, but that will glow red instead of blue or green...
  • Re: VW Parts Pricing
    Historical mailing list - J Stewart
    Fri, 9 Aug 2013 20:54:56 +0000
    ...A few months later I was buying a glow plug controller at a GMC dealer and the parts guy said "That'll be $128...
  • Re: Is it the ignition switch, or something else?
    Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
    Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:32:36 -0600
    ...really hot!! My question is the starter relay integrated with the glow plug relay? Velma 82diesel 1.6 na westy > > On Jan 28, 2012...
  • Re: Buying an '82 Vanagon Westfalia
    Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
    Fri, 16 Aug 2002 21:15:26 -0700
    ...It further means that you may have a mix of 'fast glow' and 'slow glow' parts. Too, it may mean that it has the...
  • Re: O2 sensors: 1-wire to replace 3-wire?
    Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
    Fri, 26 Jul 1996 12:59:36 PDT
    ...Is there any easy way to test if the heater element is working? I assume it's like a glow plug which can be...
  • Re: Stupic Ignorant Question
    Historical mailing list - Richard Schmittdiel
    Tue, 25 Feb 1997 17:03:49 -0800
    ...Place the lamp in series with the lead to be checked ie battery ground strap and see if the lamp glows or illuminates when...
  • Re: Diesel westy 4sale
    Historical mailing list - Harmon Seaver
    Thu, 1 Aug 2002 18:04:00 -0500
    ...140,000 miles on it, clean runs like a > top(New Bosch Glow Plugs, Air and Fuel filters). > Brown, and has the tan velour...
  • Re: List of grounds
    Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
    Mon, 29 Jul 2002 11:35:24 -0700
    ...My alternator light almost always glows: sometimes very dimly, sometimes brightly, usually just bright enough to be noticeable in daytime. The alt light gets...
  • RE: Westy 3-Way Fridge Questions
    Historical mailing list - Jack Agnew
    Wed, 23 Nov 1994 16:01:21 -0800 (PST)
    ...Mine glows red only if the fridge is working on LP, there is (SNIP)> no green....DC > LED set up. Mine glows red only...
  • Early Christmas in Maryland!
    Historical mailing list - Miller - James W.
    Thu, 14 Dec 1995 18:33:11 -0500 (EST)
    ...What exactly do glowplugs do? (yep, it's an 83 diesel westphalia) Do they function when the engine is warm?...i.e. help combustion...
  • Re: lighting the fridge
    Historical mailing list - Wes Neuenschwander
    Sun, 18 Sep 1994 10:20:20 -0700 (PDT)
    ...I look for the green LED (below the water > > level LEDs, has an * beside it) to begin to glow.... Personally, I find the pilot...
  • 82 Diesel Westy Problem
    Historical mailing list - Kristopher B.
    Thu, 20 Aug 1998 13:59:48 -0400
    ...It's a new battery, I am using the choke, the glow plugs are warmed.. Here is another real problem... when I go downhill...
  • Re: Reflective Tape NHTSA Study link
    Historical mailing list - Loren A. Busch
    Tue, 30 Sep 2003 08:37:23 -0700
    ............ this tape is not like a mirro, but a matte surface that disperses the light so it looks like a warm glow..... Actually, reading...
  • Weird little electrical problem
    Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
    Sun, 25 Apr 2021 22:10:16 -0500
    ...glow plug relay > which in turn caused issue in 15 circuit to fuel cut off solenoid? (15 > connects to solenoid via pin at glow...
  • re: '82 Diesel Smoke
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 3 Mar 1996 19:34:16 +0000
    ...If it's really rough, you've probably got a dead glow plug or two. I just did mine yesterday - had one dead plug...
  • Re: Brake Warning Light Behavior
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Tue, 25 Nov 2014 15:23:31 -0800
    ...warning light? Much different thing, but my LED dome light was glowing "on" even when switch(es) were open. I figured it must've...
  • Re: popping fridge
    Historical mailing list - Kevin Gilbert
    Sat, 31 Oct 1998 17:06:58 EST
    ...Also, my LED is slow to glow, so there have been times when I had it lit, but kept pumping/igniting in ignorance. Now...
  • Re: City Lights
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 14 Nov 1999 19:36:12 EST
    ...have your parking lights on, is gives the headlight a soft glow. i have the eurolights w/ H4 (non-DOT) on one of my...
  • Re: Grills, grills, grills
    Historical mailing list - Neil
    Tue, 24 Aug 2021 18:19:35 -0700
    ...cutting that piece, but that’s another subject . > > I like the glow when blown fuses > > Ab > >> On Aug 24, 2021, at 5:46 PM...
  • Re: stove insert
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 7 Apr 2019 12:01:53 +0000
    ...Pic show one glowing cherry red because someone wanted to test, if they would warp. Still looked intact after that. I have nearly 1...
  • Re: Oil temperature sender
    Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
    Fri, 13 Jan 2017 19:26:27 -0700
    I suggest leaving the OEM senders alone & adding 1 of these ~ http://www.glowshiftdirect.com/oilfilter-sender-adapter-3-4unf-16.aspx http://prosportgauges...
  • Re: Front heater fan resistor option
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:44:00 -0500
    ...This area seems pretty devoid of other wires etc. >which is important as the resistors do get very hot, glowing >actually. Normally the resistor...
  • Re: How goods the firstaid kit in your Westfalia?
    Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
    Fri, 3 Jul 2009 13:17:14 -0600
    ...into their mouth with a little protrusion for the "administrator" to glow into. If someone did the upchuck thing into it, I'd ask...
  • Last chance! (was: need assistance)
    Historical mailing list - David Ohlemacher
    Tue, 23 Jun 1998 19:52:19 -0400
    ...rich that when the cat was on, it would make it glow! Help, help, help, help, help! 2 days until vacation and the wife...
  • Molluscs, Grebneffs, Lat 45 and other EnZed delights.
    Historical mailing list - pensioner
    Sun, 15 Dec 2002 08:07:21 -0800
    ...do in their spare time down there, what with all the glow worms, Kiwi, Keas, and luscious sheep. What does an Imperial Gallon of...
  • Re: Clean my Dusty Caps
    Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
    Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:18:10 -0500
    ...on my > 91GL? I've tried brake cleaner, carb cleaner, orange glow, palmolive > and still have residual. Don't want to remove the finish...
  • Fridge flame led always on fixed
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Thu, 26 Jun 2014 16:27:15 -0700
    ...blue) that indicates flame in the fridge combustion chamber, has been glowing whether the fridge is working or not. Started intermittently, then last few...
  • Re: aux gauges install
    Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
    Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:46:47 -0600
    Links to components http://www.glowshiftdirect.com/Universal-Triple-Gauge-Console-Dash-Pod-Dome-Lip-1.aspx http://www.machv.com/prosportgauges.html & don...
  • Re: <F> Friday how-to clean spilled FISH sauce in the van
    Historical mailing list - pensioner
    Fri, 7 Feb 2003 13:35:46 -0800
    ...Be careful tho, gators have glowy eyes too and little ones can cause serious problems. Frawgs got no big teeth. Flounderfishing is done by...
  • Refrigerator wiring
    Historical mailing list - Paul Chubbuck
    Wed, 4 Jul 2007 10:47:03 -0600
    ...In other words, the green light indicating flame is glowing even if the flame isn't. Turning off the fan(s), it still works...
  • Re: Cleaning the poptop roof
    Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
    Fri, 23 May 2008 22:31:19 -0600
    ...It's a sure fire method of making your figerglass roof glow with a sheen look. It's been 2 years since I did...
  • Re: Clean my Dusty Caps
    Historical mailing list - Dave Brune
    Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:15:55 -0800
    ...on my 91GL? I've tried brake cleaner, carb cleaner, orange glow, palmolive and still have residual. Don't want to remove the finish...
  • Re: Diesel Instrument Cluster Blue Ribbon: Glow Plug Light Wiring Confirm Please?
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Thu, 24 Aug 2017 12:26:06 -0700
    So on my 1982 Diesel Vanagon blue ribbon, I finished repurposing the yellow glow plug warning light to a red CEL warning light; the...
  • Fresh water tank leaking via vent.
    Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
    Sat, 9 Aug 2014 02:34:18 -0300
    ...Also, when I filled the tank, the LED lights light Amber with the green faintly glowing. Now the green is glowing fully, but we...
  • Re: Differences between 82 and 83 turn signals?
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sun, 12 Apr 2009 01:16:19 -0400
    ...Turn light -- same, pin 14 ALT light -- same, pin 13 Glow plug light -- different, pin 11 vs 12 -- on the '83 pin 12 goes...
  • Re: '88 GL - Gradual Power Loss
    Historical mailing list - walkingboss
    Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:23:40 -0500
    ...The temp will be very high at the point of blockage, may even glow red hot at that point. It will be cold or...
  • Re: All done - finally.
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Sat, 5 Mar 2011 18:59:17 -0800
    ...life than in the pix! The new paint has that inner glow to it - Dixie was parked opposite in the lot and looked pretty...
  • 91 fridge not lighting
    Historical mailing list - William Manley
    Fri, 16 Jun 2006 12:41:11 -0600
    ...When I try to light it, the little red display at upper right glows briefly, then goes out. In other words, the red light...
  • Re: Some good info about E-code headlamps & "City Lights"
    Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
    Wed, 10 Apr 2002 01:04:04 +0200
    ...That way the "city light" glows on the front corner, and a tail light on the rear corner.. and hopefully nobody slams you because...
  • Re: cold start problem
    Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
    Tue, 30 May 2000 06:33:37 -0700
    ...I would check all 4 glow plugs for proper operation. If they are good, check the pump timing. Mike Snow Camp Pendleton, California 1982...
  • Re: [T2] [BP] What is this-Is it a compressor??
    Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
    Fri, 28 Feb 2003 11:16:56 -0800
    ...system? > >3) All of that electrical system, and no spark or glow plugs. > >4) Where is the fuel system? > >5) If there is combustion...
  • 83 Diesel Vanagon timing update.
    Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
    Thu, 19 Aug 2004 18:06:40 -0400
    ...When I had all of the injectors removed I visually watched all four glow plugs glow brightly. 6. I marked the position of the...
  • dim lights when revved
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 30 Oct 1994 21:59:28 -0700
    ...Reason being - I've noticed at night that the Batt and EGR lights are barely glowing, but the weird thing is that they both...
  • Re: FS diesel grab bag
    Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
    Tue, 28 Aug 2001 15:22:38 -0400
    ...autobahn quick glow realy and plugs > .. intake manifold > make me best offer, i will let the whole lot go cheap if ya > take the...
  • Meet me in Puyallup at the fair....
    Historical mailing list - Eric Oster
    Sun, 9 Oct 1994 01:43:09 -0700 (PDT)
    ...Oster (ekoman@u.washington.edu)| `I lit my cigarette off the * * | glowing case, wondering what * * `63 kombi(RIP, THIS week:,()wahh! | the problem could...
  • Re: It didn't start today. (The van, I mean.)
    Historical mailing list - P.J. Kenny
    Fri, 20 Jan 1995 22:26:11 GMT
    ...Jetta TurboD--could >be a (U.S.) $0.70 in-line glow plug fuse. Same exact >symptoms--lotsa white smoke, then an eventual fire...
  • Re: electrical oddessy: long, drawn out, and annoying
    Historical mailing list - GMBulley
    Tue, 17 Mar 1998 08:25:23 EST
    ...Search backwards on the big fat wire that leads to your glow plugs. It will lead you to a little (1.5") box. Inside...
  • Re: problems with high beams
    Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
    Thu, 2 Oct 2003 14:37:41 -0400
    ...Incidentally, recently the high beam indicator light glows when I turn on the headlight switch (but that occurrence is new, whereas the high beams...
  • Re: Tacho installation: wiring
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Mon, 1 May 2000 18:29:09 -0400
    ...that the driver won't see the oil >light's duly glow until the engine begins to clatter...unless it's Easy and quick...
  • Re: Unimog
    Historical mailing list - James Creech
    Sun, 19 Nov 2000 20:57:45 -0500
    ...Where is the canon turret? Not that I doubt the glowing reports of its functional glory! I'm not a soccer mom or dad...
  • Starter Help
    Historical mailing list - dusty edwards
    Thu, 22 Mar 2007 20:27:41 -0700
    ...that clip into the solenoid are also making the test-light glow (is that right?). The bentley is showing other wires, terminals 16 and...
  • Re: our new 87 Vanagon GL
    Historical mailing list - Patrick & Stephanie Harris
    Thu, 26 Apr 2001 23:10:58 -0700
    ...I just upgraded my 73 super bug to some H4 headlights w/insert driving lights and daytime "glow" lamps. They are supposed to not...
  • Re: gmail problems?
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Thu, 1 Apr 2010 08:49:34 +1300
    ...here doing my mail whilst https sits there in thew URL glowing red, with a strikethrough piercing its evil little heart. -- Regards Andrew Grebneff...
  • Westfalia Pop Top Decals
    Historical mailing list - Kirk Turner
    Thu, 19 Jun 1997 15:26:52 -0600
    ...I have reflective vinyl on my '84 Westy and it is very cool - it = glows at night like a street sign - this is helpful...
  • Re: Coolant level sensor lite dimly lit
    Historical mailing list - SyncroHead
    Sun, 24 May 1998 01:56:27 EDT
    ...It was allowing too high a voltage and causing the light to glow, falsely. Good luck, Jim Davis
  • Re: Who makes the straight-up pop-top?
    Historical mailing list - Greg Morrison
    Fri, 14 Jan 2000 13:19:33 EST
    ...upper bunk, but it made a great place to glue my glow-in-the-dark map of the universe. Greg 86.5 Camper Syncro...
  • Re: Wanabus seeks your advice and experience.
    Historical mailing list - Marvin Westenburg
    Tue, 3 Mar 1998 15:54:17 -0600
    ...If you turn on the glow plugs with the donor car running and putting out 14-15 Volts into glow plugs that are designed...
  • Need assistance
    Historical mailing list - Dave Ohlemacher
    Tue, 23 Jun 1998 08:11:41 -0400
    ...runs, but almost no power and if run for more than a few minutes at 2000+ rpm the cat actually begins to glow!! Before...
  • Re: A/C woes....
    Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
    Tue, 5 Aug 2003 23:52:42 -0400
    ...I believe the dye will glow with a UV light, which the technician then can shine on the hoses to help determine where the...
  • Re: Oil temperature sender
    Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
    Sat, 14 Jan 2017 11:57:17 -0500
    ...climb12@gmail.com> wrote: > I just recently took delivery of the Glowshift oil sender adapter > along with their oil temp gauge and oil pressure...