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  • high beams not working, 86 Westy
    Historical mailing list - Imua Camper Co.
    Thu, 28 Dec 2000 11:45:18 -1000
    ...Is there a high beam relay? If so, can't figure out where it is. Anybody know where the relay is or what else...
  • Are Ebay second chance auctions legit?
    Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
    Mon, 7 Jul 2003 16:19:38 EDT
    Or does it indicate that a seller was trying to increase the profit by forcing you to bid higher? I had bid on an...
  • AC high pressure line adaptor valve VAG 1637?
    Historical mailing list - Todd Lund
    Wed, 27 Jul 2005 14:05:41 -0700
    Quoted from Bentley 87.15 A/C adaptor valve VAG 1637, installing: "Beginning in May 1988 the threaded connection on the AC high pressure...
  • Swiss Bus & Bug Meet
    Historical mailing list - george jannini
    Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:30:13 -0400
    ...T3s are welcome too, I told you it's a bus. <EG> http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/26/high-in-the-swiss...
  • Re: High Beam #
    Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
    Sun, 2 Dec 2001 08:04:14 -0800
    ...It is 55W. -Dana- > The inner headlights (I have the square ones), the ones that only come on > when you switch on the high...
  • Gas Milage and the Fuel Pressure Regulator
    Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
    Thu, 10 May 2001 09:28:53 -0800
    Listmembers The general idea of this post, is to associate some symptoms of too high of a fuel pressure. I own a 91 with...
  • Re: Headlights
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Sat, 1 Oct 2011 08:33:28 -0700
    ...This puts your > high beam pattern too high for best road use. > > Of course you could use the shotgun on the mouse approach popular...
  • Re: Engine Balancing
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Fri, 25 Oct 2002 10:01:28 -0500
    ...If you are misled by racers, rebuilders or anybody else that balancing allows you to routinely run your engine harder and at higher RPMs...
  • Re: temperature issues
    Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
    Mon, 12 Feb 2001 11:46:45 -0800
    ...temperature seems a bit higher than previously. > this is in NY where it is about 20 to 25 degrees F outside. what i mean...
  • Re: Rear Heater
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
    Tue, 20 Sep 2005 15:59:12 -0700
    ...Leaking at any pressure (usually higher means more leaky) is why you replace your heater/valve/o-ring. But it is not an inherent...
  • Re: how do you test and a/c compressor?
    Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
    Tue, 27 Jun 2006 11:30:02 -0400
    ...They should seperate out to the high and low sides. maybe 200 and 25 or 30 psi,with r12. Higher with 134a. With the...
  • Re: dim "High beam" indicator light
    Historical mailing list - Davidson
    Wed, 17 Nov 1999 09:39:14 -0800
    ...I have a very dim "High beam" indicator light. I can't see if my high beams are on until its really dark outside...
  • Re: Headlight Upgrade Eilemma
    Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
    Sun, 11 Sep 2011 08:51:02 -0400
    ...I have read many times the symptom of "my headlights don't' work except when I pull and hold the lever for high beams...
  • Re: No High Beams
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:25:06 -0700
    ...shined directly through the windshield of unnecessarily > lifted tailgating pickups with high beams on? I'm thinking something in > the carbon-arc family though...
  • Re: URL for info on LEDs
    Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
    Thu, 9 Sep 1999 12:56:59 -0700
    PerL, Radio Shack sells a blue LED that's way brighter than whatever the Vanagon high beam indicator is. I used one for a...
  • Re: Fiberine high-roofs: any experience with these?
    Historical mailing list - Tim
    Sun, 30 Nov 2003 11:59:50 -0500
    ...Fiberine high-roofs: any experience with these? I'm ready to buy the only high-roof available in the US, www.fiberine <http://www...
  • Re: Porsche's SUV
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Mon, 7 Oct 2002 09:05:54 -0500
    ...I've been told the same about speeds on some highways in the Arab nations. My Friend John, sells used but not flyable aircraft...
  • Re: High wattage tail light bulb?
    Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
    Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:47:39 -0400
    ...Please > see the > pic and view the distortion caused by a high wattage tail light bulb > in my > Vanagon. Yes, the plastic melted. > > I...
  • Re: Octane smoctane
    Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
    Sun, 27 May 2007 15:36:55 -0400
    ...If you increase w or x, Z goes lower, Y higher If you decrease w or x, Z goes higher, Y lower If you...
  • Re: AC and cooling fan
    Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
    Thu, 24 Aug 2000 21:33:37 -0400
    ...Running fan on high will no doubt cause much wear on an expensive component. The wiring diagram in Bentley is so simple, that the...
  • Re: LED Headlight bulbs
    Historical mailing list - T Collins
    Wed, 1 Jul 2015 10:20:29 -0400
    So is 80W rated is that the high or the low? , meaning what happens when you pull on the lever to get high beams...
  • Re: gasoline was STP Gas Treatment
    Historical mailing list - Mike S
    Fri, 11 Mar 2011 14:52:33 -0500
    At 10:48 AM 3/11/2011, Dave Mcneely wrote... >in general, only high compression engines benefit from higher >anti-knock indexes than 87...
  • Re: Fri. Off topic.."Sent from my Dingleberry mobile device".. whatever
    Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
    Fri, 7 May 2010 15:40:17 -0700
    ...Then they decided they didn't like the highway noise, so they wanted to build long high walls all along the road to block...
  • Re: Hightop Conversions Questions
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
    Thu, 4 Mar 2010 09:43:41 -0800
    ...Second, they say "Insulation and interior finish may be offered in the future" Third, and most interesting, the new high top is glued on...
  • Re: engine dieing while AC on high--solved
    Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
    Thu, 14 Jul 2005 12:21:31 -0400
    I seem to remember reading sometime ago, that the heaviest current drain setting on the fan was the medium (not high or low) settings...
  • Hightop Link?
    Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
    Mon, 18 Sep 2006 01:15:40 -0400
    does anyone have the link to the site where a guy from canada took a type II bus hightop cut it down fused it...
  • Temp. reading too high on gauge ...
    Historical mailing list - The Westy man
    Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:02:46 -0700
    Hi all, My temperature reading is a bit too high on the gauge. It reads halfway between the warning light and the top line...
  • Re: Man, I am backing up now...on the light install..
    Historical mailing list - Walter Houle
    Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:49:34 -0400
    ...Position 1 allows the driving lights to come on with the high beams. Position 2 is the off position. Position 3 bypasses the high...
  • Re: simple engine RPM question--need shifting advice
    Historical mailing list - Phillip Bouton
    Fri, 20 Nov 1998 09:46:21 -0500
    ...In my van it seems that in order for the next higher gear to start around 2k, you definitely need to be shifting around...
  • Re: High idle again
    Historical mailing list - Matt Barclay
    Wed, 2 Feb 2005 13:43:59 -0800
    ...Idle > went up even higher. Swapped it back and the idle is high again. Swapped out > the electronic part, no change. > > So... vacuum leak...
  • Re: New Youtube video about radiator fan resistor
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sun, 19 May 2013 15:45:29 -0400
    ...b) Middle speed from the A/C high-pressure switch through the A/C fan relay and one part of the resistor. c) High...
  • Re: Purpose of the ports on this AC hose?
    Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
    Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:58:27 -0400
    ...Sounds like this is the high pressure line, which would have the high pressure connector (for external guages) and high pressure switch. And all...
  • Re: GE High output "bulbs"
    Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
    Fri, 26 Feb 1999 10:06:44 -0700
    ...i have them (GE high output low sealed beams) on my '84 > audi 5000 turbo, with a set of Bosch driving lights mounted below...
  • Re: 2.1L coolant light problem
    Historical mailing list - John Connolly
    Thu, 17 Jul 2003 10:13:15 -0600
    Inspection of the A/C circuit will also reveal the high pressure switch in the AC system. Since "Freon" pressure is also dependent upon...
  • High beam not working
    Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
    Tue, 11 Nov 2003 16:09:31 -0500
    ...I discovered today that my passenger side high beam is not working. The low beam is still workign fine. Assuming it was the bulb...
  • Re: FLAPS LED taillights
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
    Mon, 5 Apr 2004 18:02:39 EDT
    In a message dated 4/5/2004 1:49:47 PM Pacific Daylight Time, jtharvey2@HOTMAIL.COM writes: > This guy has a high wattage...
  • Missing a high-beam... suggestions?
    Historical mailing list - John Runberg
    Tue, 12 Sep 2006 22:07:18 -0400
    Noticed the other day that the passenger high-beam would come on, then almost immediately go out. Wait a little while and try it...
  • Re: water wetter??
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 18 Jul 1996 18:09:23 -0400
    ...Aluminum is attacked by both very high pH and very low pH. Question is.....how high is the solution of Wetter Water and.....how...
  • Re: REPOST after List hiccup (AC high pressure line adaptor valve VAG 1637?)
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sun, 31 Jul 2005 10:09:42 -0400
    ...REPOST after List hiccup (AC high pressure line adaptor valve VAG 1637?) I posted this question just before the list went down. My R...
  • Re: the 5th seat
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:37:06 -0500
    ...highlight=<http://www.thesamba.com/vw/**forum/viewtopic.php?t=426830&**highlight=> >>> <http://www.thesamba.com/vw/**forum/viewtopic.php?t=426830&**highlight=<http...
  • Re: gas mileage city vs. highway
    Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
    Mon, 25 May 2009 14:55:02 -0230
    ...Mon, 25 May 2009 08:27:51 -0700 > > >I get 13.5 mpg city and 15 highway, my van weighs 4800 pounds (westy) its...
  • Re: Fwd: '87 Westy - Oil Change, out of hibernation
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:04:02 -0500
    ...I have run my 2.1 with 170K miles for hours at temperatures approaching that, at highway speed. I think VW meant the single...
  • Re: 1990 Hightop "Atlantic"
    Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
    Thu, 1 Dec 2016 17:36:13 -0400
    ...The California and the Atlantic were both available in pop-top or hightop models. They were the follow-on to the Joker and Club...
  • Re: anyone ever bypassed the 2.1L high oil pressure sender???
    Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
    Tue, 13 May 2003 22:57:41 -0400
    ...anyone ever bypassed the 2.1L high oil pressure sender??? > > > has anyone ever bypassed the high oil pressure sender on > the 2.1L? the...
  • 88 Vanagon High Beams
    Historical mailing list - C&S Gibbs. Alaska. USA.
    Sun, 11 Jul 1999 11:55:18 -0800
    Hi All, Just noticed something strange with the high beam headlights on my 88 Westie. Whilst running through the usual lighting checks I noticed...
  • Re: refrigerator - high altitude operation
    Historical mailing list - Gary Lee
    Wed, 19 Jun 2002 19:41:07 -0600
    >For high altitude problems, you can install a smaller jet (prolly not >available) or adjust your regulator to lower pressure Get a set of...
  • Re: grey stripe
    Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
    Sat, 6 Mar 2004 23:36:49 -0500
    ...I think one size > tolerates higher RPM's but don't remember which one. I would guess the 4" disc would tolerate a higher...
  • Highest mileage?
    Historical mailing list - Rodney L. Boleyn
    Tue, 21 Nov 1995 15:19:56 -0500
    I'm sure this has been asked before, but I was wondering what is the highest mileage any of us has seen on a...
  • Flickerin oil light on 85 auto
    Historical mailing list - Richmond Mike
    Sun, 31 Mar 2002 13:50:00 -0500
    So after a long drive on the highway this always happens after coming to a stop. Never when I'm just around town, only...
  • Re: Nice WBX....
    Historical mailing list - Tim Clark
    Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:57:24 -0700
    Mark 10c does have a lot of experince/background with the wbxer as do you can elaborate on the 'highly questionable' endeavor ? >A highly...
  • Re: Fwd: '87 Westy - Oil Change, out of hibernation
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:28:30 -0700
    Well, obviously waterboxer engines with not that many miles on them are not highmilage wbxr engines. There are a lot of those around. Possibly...
  • Re: Highest HP in a Vanagon w AT
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
    Wed, 7 May 2008 13:30:15 -0700
    ...The upper range of aftermarket high hp for turbo soobie engines ( hot rodded to the max ) is as high as 700 hp. Try 'subiesport...
  • Re: (water-cooled) blinking light ... some tech bulletins
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Mon, 11 Jul 94 22:16:05 CDT
    ...At stop-and-go, it can move up to the 3/4 or higher >position. At highway speed, it goes back to the LED...
  • Re: "High" Pressure Oil Switch Electrical Questions. (Jetta conversion) PIC
    Historical mailing list - mdrillock
    Wed, 8 Oct 2008 18:45:45 -0700
    ...It only monitors the high pressure switch when the engine rpm is high enough for the switch to be valid. Mark neil N wrote...
  • Re: gas mileage city vs. highway
    Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
    Mon, 25 May 2009 07:39:44 -0400
    ...I seem to be getting around 12 mpg > - compared with 17 or 18 as a rule on highway driving. > > > > Joy > >
  • Table leg hole?
    Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
    Thu, 29 Apr 2021 11:14:04 -0400
    ...Mine won’t line up as the leg is a bit high as I have a adaptor at the foot with a metal pipe...
  • Re: Hurry Folks! The Price Will Go Up If It Runs!!!
    Historical mailing list - Tom Torrella
    Sun, 15 Jan 2012 09:04:06 -0500
    ...Or is just high........ IF it ran without starting fluid maybe. . . . . On Jan 15, 2012, at 8:31 AM, J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET...
  • Re: Swivel Seat - FInally
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:52:22 -0700
    ...really helps when you turn the van into a > chip wagon :) > > <http://www.usedvictoria.com/classified-ad/1989-Westfalia-diesel > syncro-hightop_12531326> > > Link...
  • Re: [VIDEO] The Dempster Highway in a Vanagon Westy
    Historical mailing list - levi hawkins
    Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:02:27 -0700
    ...Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> Subject: [VIDEO] The Dempster Highway in a Vanagon Westy To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Friday, June...
  • Fuel and Temp read too high.
    Historical mailing list - Joel Hembel
    Mon, 19 Oct 1998 21:33:03 -0500
    ...It seems as though my temperature and gas guage read optimistically high. Both by about a 1/4 inch. I ran out of gas...