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• Re: Goofy Coolant Refresh Idea
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Fri, 4 Apr 2003 13:23:03 -0800
  Jeffrey Earl wrote: > Howzabout instead a VanaLava Lamp? Transparent coolant > hoses and reservoirs as you suggest, but with the > addition of psychodelic wax globules...
• Re: NparticularVC: TS bulb blows
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Sat, 26 Aug 2006 07:49:06 -1000
  Jim, Is moisture getting into the lamp assembly? The most common problem and one of the only ones that I can think of that...
• Re: oil idiot lamp lights&buzzes
  Historical mailing list - JD Foster
  Wed, 30 Jun 2004 21:47:50 -0700
  ...Wednesday, June 30, 2004 9:08 PM Subject: [VANAGON] oil idiot lamp lights&buzzes > Hello All, > Hoping you can head me in the right...
• Re: LED Refit
  Historical mailing list - Paul Gordon
  Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:22:48 -0500
  ...The incandescent lamps (3) seem to draw an obscene amount of power from the auxiliary battery. After shopping around I found a molded strip...
• Re: Overheat lamp
  Historical mailing list - Greg S
  Fri, 15 Oct 2010 07:06:02 -0400
  You can search the Vanagon forum here: http://gerry.vanagon.com/archives/vanagon.html <http://gerry.vanagon.com/archives/vanagon.html> On Thu, Oct...
• Auto-shifter backlight (Again)
  Historical mailing list - chrisadubs
  Sun, 4 Mar 2001 14:49:51 -0800
  Thanks to the list I was able to remove the two small lamps under the auto-shifter cover. Went to two different auto parts...
• FS hella driving lights.
  Historical mailing list - Rex Merriweather
  Tue, 30 Mar 2004 20:00:55 -0800
  ...be used on a Rabbit, Caddy of Cabrio with round head lamps. Now for the Vanagon content, I would like to trade for one...
• Daniel Stern Lighting - 200mm E-code
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 22 Sep 2004 15:42:50 -0500
  I was just looking at the lighting on the above web page and was wondering about those 200 mm lamps. Are they useable on...
• Re: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual)
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:31:40 -0700
  ...Connected to the oil lamp on the dash. Lit the lamp when temp exceeded 220F or so. > > You need some 'random output' indicator or...
• Re: Instrument lamp replacement
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 18 May 2007 06:02:33 EDT
  ...Instrument lamp replacement While we're on the subject of those pesky instrument bulbs what are any of you doing for the bulb & socket...
• the importance of good electrical connections
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 24 Jun 2010 23:03:54 -0700
  ...12 volt divided by 8.6 total Ohm = 1.4 Ampere which flow through switch and lamp. This lamp will therefore hardly glow at...
• Re: Fw: Flashing Coolant light on a diesel van.
  Historical mailing list - stephen de la salle
  Sun, 8 Apr 2001 20:53:58 -0400
  ...Flashing Coolant light on a diesel van. > What lamp is flashing? If you don't have level sensor there shouldn't be light > either...
• Re: Warning Lights Audible Buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Thu, 27 May 2010 12:19:57 -0700
  ...INDICATOR NORMAL FAULT REFERENCED TO Oil Lamp 12V 0V GROUND Alternator ...etc. I made that example up. -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 84 Westfalia...
• Re: Need: Headlight Assembly
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sun, 29 Jun 2003 23:23:28 -0400
  > ? I need the left outer lamp assembly for a 90 Someone posted about an entire grill and headlamp assembly for sale, the square kind...
• Re: 4 headlite grille?/Talilight Assembly
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 16 Dec 2003 04:45:44 -0700
  ...http://tinyurl.com/zg00 T25 Rear Tail lamp lens Hella near side 5/79 > 7/91 Quantity= Number: 251945111B Price: 29.50 Category: Electrical...
• Re: circuit for water level monitor?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Fri, 20 May 2005 16:47:26 -0700
  On 5/20/2005 10:26 AM Michael Elliott wrote: > Can someone point me to the schematic of the water level monitor lamp > circuit...
• Re: Don't yell at me but I tried led H4
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 12 Jun 2017 07:54:01 -0700
  Hey Pete, I'm leery about any drop in led bulb in the rectangular lamp set up. ( sorry Ken). I'll make the assumption...
• Re: gauge wiring question.
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Wed, 7 Nov 2001 06:11:10 -0500
  ...for the guage back lamps, can I run > power > from the wires that run to the heater control back lamp? Will I > blow > any...
• Fwd: RE: Dang driver lowbeam and front driver turnsignal
  Historical mailing list - C B
  Sun, 1 Jan 2017 20:41:43 -0800
  ...I replaced several corroded or loose ground and fuse wire connectors, though the under dash headlight and turnsignal/parking lamp connectors seemed fine. I...
• Re: Time to replace headlight
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 2 Dec 2012 18:51:24 -0600
  ...What we are used to dealing with - most US vanagons have - are the rectangular lamps that are not sealed except in the sense that...
• Re: Interior Light -Florescent vs Incandescent
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Thu, 6 May 1999 08:47:12 -0700
  ...Very > nice, indeed, when you are drawing power from your battery. > A fluorescent lamp has greater longevity as well. > > I assume the light you...
• Heat lamp, cold weather, etc., etc.
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Tue, 18 Jan 2000 08:03:25 -0600
  ...F, with a 25 mph wind!! Thanks to all who responded to my heat lamp query. Here's what I wound up doing, in...
• Re: Dang driver lowbeam and front driver turnsignal
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 2 Jan 2017 23:18:25 -0500
  ...I > replaced several corroded or loose ground and fuse wire connectors, though > the under dash headlight and turnsignal/parking lamp connectors seemed > fine. > > > I...
• Re: High Beam Indicator
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Fri, 17 Nov 2000 09:11:07 EST
  ...beam indicator is NOT an LED, it IS a miniature INCANDESCENT LAMP. Also, should you need one, prepare yourself for a bout of sticker...
• Re: VW logo center caps
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Sat, 24 Nov 2001 08:49:53 EST
  ...in the house- bad smelling fumes) or they have a heat lamp system for large parts. Tom '71 Westy, '85 Westy, '91 Carat [text...
• Re: Sanity Check - Wire gauge for wiring SA headlights
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 4 Oct 2002 21:44:09 EDT
  ...and why cheap "long life" lamps have 130 V stamped on them. Lumens or service life, now that is the question. George
• Re: Halogen H4 Transplants
  Historical mailing list - Duncan Cameron
  Sun, 28 Jan 2001 18:14:55 -0600
  ...The center lamps Ron provides in the kit are the real thing though, no complaints there. Duncan -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
• Re: Time to replace headlight?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 4 Dec 2012 02:36:04 -0500
  ...But you need to measure the voltage across the lamp terminals when they're lit, and if it's not within a say half...
• Re: Blue LED's?, Valve adjustment procedure, buslust
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Fri, 2 Aug 1996 12:30:58 PDT
  ...If its an LED, it'll > turn ON in micro-seconds, if an incandesent lamp, milliseconds, so if > you're sharp-eyed, or can...
• Re: Those blue xenon HID headlight bulbs all over ebay
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Tue, 18 Feb 2003 22:49:56 -0800
  ...The blue-appearing lenses in many Asian-made fog lamps ("ion crystal", "gold irridium", and other nonsensical marketing names) are coated with a multilayer...
• Re: Headlights out
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Wed, 28 Nov 2012 07:50:27 -0600
  ...I > > have the SA lamps - and all four lamps failed to come on. I am at a > > disadvantage because I moved and my Bentley...
• Re: FOUR full size headlights?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:20:46 -0500
  ...SA grill on the 91 but has two rectangular pot/fog lamps embedded. Again - this numbskull has never seen this. Your uggestions are encouraged...
• Re: Recommended Driving Lights or SA Grill Inners?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:11:43 -0600
  ...for the SA Grille inner lamps? Something somewhat vibration-resistant would be nice, as I seem to blow lamps almost every time I off...
• Re: Dash lights
  Historical mailing list - Scott Desanti
  Sat, 14 Nov 1998 00:29:18 EST
  ...Most of the instrument panels are plexiglas composites with 4 or 5 28v incandescent lamps lighting up the plexiglas "channels". As far as painting...
• Re: Parking lights on one side only?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Smith
  Wed, 4 Apr 2001 08:13:35 -0500
  ...VW has had a long history of not splitting the parking lamp circuits front/back like every other manufacturer, but rather right/left side...
• Re: [f]Niners and Chargers! Whew!!!
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Tue, 17 Jan 1995 11:39:40 -0800 (PST)
  ...of the league? Thom -- > Statistics are used like a drunk uses lampposts; for support rather than illumination. ............................................................................ : Thom Fitzpatrick Transamerica Info Mgmnt : : Systems Administrator...
• Projektzwo Fog Lamps
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 17 Jun 1998 23:16:05 EDT
  Well, now that I have my Syncro back again, I'm looking at the P'zwo fogs that I ordered....It looks to me...
• Re: third brake light and curious
  Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
  Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:47:38 -0700
  ...Grounds at the mounting screw at the base of the lamp (as I recall I used the existing screw for the curtain rod). Was...
• Re: New Bosch H4's from CDN Tire r Installed
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 5 Nov 1999 19:10:10 -0800
  $135 with freight, H4s and park lamps included. If you want just the H4 shells $99 CAD would be a fair price plus shipping...
• Re: FW: Rectangle headlight conversion to common 200mm headlights
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Fri, 1 Nov 2002 08:23:40 -0800
  ...I wonder if the heat from the lamp would jepardize the bond though? Dana > In a message dated 10/31/02 2:52:07...
• Re: Coolant temp warning lamp glitch?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Mon, 23 Aug 2004 15:59:39 -0700
  ...Coolant temp warning lamp glitch? > Proper Belt is 10x1175 (American Size is 3/8" x 46.5"), VW # 025 903 137. > Haven't a...
• Re: kitchen lamp wiring to get 12V where?
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Mon, 16 Aug 2004 11:51:01 -0700
  ...kitchen lamp wiring to get 12V where? > Our '81 westie has no kitchen light nor light over the bed, though > there there's some...
• Re: LED taillights WAS: Re: repost optional bulb sizes/wattages?
  Historical mailing list - --------
  Wed, 6 Feb 2008 11:35:48 -0500
  "So in my case I could benefit marginally from the LED lamp (85 vs 70" Did you consider the power savings and life of...
• Re: Quad Grilles are Back!
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 21 Jan 2000 18:35:12 -0500
  > For those that don't know, the first batch of > these grilles that Eurospec brought in included a driving > lamps that were basicly those...
• Re: Headlight Condensation (was:EVC Web Submission)
  Historical mailing list - Joe Hubert
  Fri, 19 Dec 1997 09:58:24 -0800
  ...I disassembled the lamp and smeared silicon sealer around the glass/metal interface and seal for the lamp plug-in in the rear. The...
• Re: Instrument lamp replacement
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
  Thu, 17 May 2007 18:08:13 +0000
  ...YAHOO.COM writes: > > > > > > > Anyone know the secret for getting the instrument > > lamps out? I've pulled > > > and twisted about as hard as I dare...
• Re: No Low Beams
  Historical mailing list - Mark A. Williamson
  Thu, 9 Dec 1999 08:50:28 -0700
  ...Turned out to be the low beam filament on each head lamp burned out at (basically) the same moment. More likely, one burned out...
• Re: Fwd: Re: yellow grille
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sun, 25 Mar 2001 09:57:33 -0600
  ...Paint a stock bumper yellow, as well as the brush guard.--Kewl !! Where did the lower grill come from, with the lamps in it...
• Re: 88 Vanagon auto transmission indicator lamps - how to change?
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Thu, 28 Mar 2002 08:09:45 -0600
  Lift the carpet up at the perimeter of the base of the console, take the 4 screw's out, take the set screw out...
• Fwd: [Syncro] Big Amp Headlamp Relays
  Historical mailing list - Fredrich Hesterberg
  Thu, 26 Sep 2002 23:14:06 -0500
  ...The lamps are now bright Fred
• Re: Brights & lights
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 2 Dec 2006 21:15:42 EST
  In a message dated 12/2/06 6:44:31 PM Eastern Standard Time, crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM writes: > The outer lamps have high and...
• Fw: Cleaning Headlights
  Historical mailing list - KBatzler
  Sun, 1 Nov 1998 18:39:56 -0800
  ...been relaxed somewhat, but newer 9004 lamps have a rubber seal on it to seal the lamp housing from the elements and still don...
• Re: headlamps
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Wed, 26 Aug 2020 23:36:54 -0500
  ...All four lamps lit when the bright switch was pulled. I'll try to fix that myself later today. > > Thanks again, mcneely > > On Sun...
• Re: High beam dash bulb
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 28 Apr 2015 15:17:09 -0400
  ...But I suspect that if you pull the lamp you''ll find the > > capsule plated over with a fine mirror coating of tungsten from...
• Re: What goes here? and a part request for a 85 GL.
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 2 Jul 2014 14:55:06 -0700
  ...it triggers a lamp every time |the engine |> > passes TDC. An "engine running" indicator? |> > |> > -- |> > Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott |> > 1984 Westfalia, auto trans, |> > Bend...
• Tools, lamps, 'accessory' list
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 1 Aug 1995 13:06:35 -0700
  ...Hey, way to go Ron! It starts with gooseneck lamps, but pretty soon you're gonna be putting in a gas heater and talking...
• Cleaning head lights in dish washer
  Historical mailing list - Derrek Wittmann
  Wed, 8 Apr 1998 12:46:03 -0700
  I put my head lights in the dishwasher last night to get the film off of the inside of the lamp. When they came...
• found a good 12v light
  Historical mailing list - Jeff K
  Sun, 6 Jul 2003 09:42:03 -0700
  At Target yesterday, I found a halogen clip-on lamp with a felxible arm for $10. It plugs into a 110V wall transformer, making...
• Re: Ping Terry K
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 19 May 2005 17:58:11 -0700
  ...So if one of the two fluorescent lamps I ordered from him arrived > DOA and he hasn't answered any of my e-mails...
• 88 Inst. Cluster in 85
  Historical mailing list - Michael Claire
  Sat, 27 Jan 2007 21:05:52 -0800
  ...2) the highbeam indicator blue lamp is activated on low rather than high beam. Has any one got any ideas about how to fix...