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• Re: third brake light
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 4 May 2001 00:02:02 EDT
  ...find the third brake light that could go on the > top of the hatch, the normal taillights are so low.... > Has anyone installed one...
• Re: Rear Red Brake Lights stuck on
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 4 Aug 2005 13:14:31 +1200
  ...RULE BY THE LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR
• Re: Fw: interior lighting for westys
  Historical mailing list - Stefan Weir
  Mon, 24 Jan 2000 22:20:55 EST
  ...They also sell older style lights which are used for closet lighting. >> I found at Lowe's some miniture fluorescent tube lights that work...
• Vanagon Security
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Sat, 31 Oct 1998 22:54:34 -0800
  The latest issue of 'Nuts & Volts' has a nice rundown (including schematics) of various 12V/automotive security projects - + ice warning, lights-on, & low fuel...
• Re: low-voltage lighting
  Historical mailing list - Chris Smith
  Wed, 13 Feb 2002 17:36:13 -0600
  ...store to buy >some under-counter low voltage lighting. As you probably know, they're 12v >lights. I thought it might be a nice...
• Re: instrument cluster
  Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
  Sat, 1 Jun 2002 23:13:13 -0600
  ...in the lower right of the instrument > cluster every used for anything by VW, This one > appears to have a security light??? > gary > http...
• Re: Fixed dash lights, not certain how.
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 15 Dec 2016 21:19:26 -0800
  ...I checked light operation while fuse panel was lowered >>> but did not check them after re-attaching the fuse panel. I'm >>> suspecting a...
• Re: Plug in LED dash bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Doug F
  Mon, 13 Feb 2006 23:36:00 -0800
  ...This > would be a problem driving out in the countryside where most folks like > to have the dash lights turned down low. He said...
• Re: brighter tail lights - again
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 31 May 2005 22:31:33 +1200
  >So I mounted a cheap (as in found at Sally Ann) "driving light" , with >a 55 W H3 bulb, to top of back bumper...
• Re: LED/HID lighting questions
  Historical mailing list - Jay Brown
  Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:58:08 -0400
  ...low beam, it makes the most sense to aim the low beam where it is most beneficial. A set of auxiliary driving lights can...
• Re: Help me Please--Temp Gauge light Blinks non stop
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Fri, 7 May 1999 09:12:41 -0400
  That light indicates low coolant in the primary coolant tank (the one in the engine compartment, not the one behind the license plate). If...
• Re: Oil Pressure Light Flickering
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 19 Feb 2014 17:17:30 -0600
  ...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: weakly stats/Newbie ...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 20 Apr 1995 13:42:50 -0300
  Welcome aboard... >Also, my "low coolant" idiot light started blinking last week. >I checked the coolant level and it was well above the "max...
• SILVER SOCKETRe: Switch/Light??
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 9 Nov 2003 07:56:00 EST
  ...Westy (aircooled) there is 1 inch dia silver switch/light housing? > on the lower dash just to the right of the steering column. It...
• Re: Hid AUX lamps GoWesty's headlight upgrade kit
  Historical mailing list - Kai Mei
  Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:19:59 -0500
  ...for low beams... On Nov 13, 2007, at 2:52 PM, Kim Brennan wrote: > Unfortunately they put out a bluish(5400K) light. Bad for...
• 1.9 turbo diesel oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - Alan Pickersgill
  Tue, 10 Aug 2004 05:16:44 -0400
  I'm having trouble with the oil pressure light and buzzer coming on. I'm wondering if the collected wisdom of the list might...
• Re: 2 Cups low on coolant made my vanagon overheat?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 3 Apr 2007 08:20:36 -0400
  ...it makes the dash light flash. > >the light is telling you in that case that the coolant level is low not >that the van...
• Re: oil gauges
  Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
  Mon, 19 Sep 2016 22:04:12 -0500
  ...a low limit for the > warning light. The warning light changed the entire face of the gauge to > Red with an LED light-hard...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 26 Nov 2002 19:13:00 -0800
  ...Only two lights on during low beam operation - this would be the outer 7" lights only. Take a looks at an 86-92 Vanagon...
• Re: Help me diagnose and fix no brake lights
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 9 Oct 2015 12:25:06 -1000
  ...85-91 vans use 2 wire switches, only for the rear brake >> lights. >> >> For some reason new switch quality seems low and the supply...
• Re: oil light
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 01 Nov 1995 23:58:19 -0600
  ...Apparently, the Dynamic system does solve low idle oil light flickers--my old Rabbits used to have flickering oil light problems as well--my...
• Re: 89 Wolfs/Newbie ??
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 30 Nov 1997 20:43:34 -0500
  ...Low oil pressure exists (below .3 bar), keeping .3 bar switch closed Oil light: Flashes Buzzer: Silent 2. Normal oil pressure exists (above .3...
• Re: 86 Vanagon antifreeze problem
  Historical mailing list - Tracey Choulat
  Sat, 9 Mar 1996 19:35:37 -0500 (EST)
  ...I refilled it and light went off and everything was > fine. Today , I checked the coolant and it seemed lower than when I filled...
• Re: Help on Westy water level lights
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Wed, 5 Jul 1995 21:03:14 -0700 (PDT)
  ...light lit" light and battery voltage lights still work. > > The top sensor at the tank is getting about .6 volts, the two lower ones...
• Re: Flywheel Lightening
  Historical mailing list - Steve Tew
  Sat, 6 Mar 1999 19:27:14 -0600
  One more thing . . . lower profile tires could give a bit snappier acceleration out of the hole cuz of the increase of the vitual final...
• Headlight Question
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Sat, 10 Nov 2007 14:22:52 -0800
  Greetings All Low beam works as designed; I switch to hi beams and both lights on the passenger side go out????? Any suggestions? TIA...
• Re: Oil Pressure Light Flickering
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 19 Feb 2014 15:51:08 -0800
  ...My question is, can there be a problem with low oil pressure if the light stays off at low RPM? From what I've...
• Re: Cooling temp light flashing...
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 17 Aug 2000 04:26:12 -0700
  ...Cooling temp light flashing... > Pertaining to my '87 Westfalia: > > Whilst driving through downtown San Francisco today, my coolant light > began flashing and stayed flashing...
• Re: Lighting the fridge-the E-Z way
  Historical mailing list - Mark G
  Fri, 15 Aug 2003 16:53:05 -0400
  ...Lighting the fridge-the E-Z way Mark, what are your lowest day and night fridge temps? Include also the ambient readings _______________________________________________ Join Excite...
• Re: fog light switch--how to rig it 3 way
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Sun, 10 May 1998 09:13:54 -0400
  ...light position (which would have them come on with either parking lights only, or also co-incident with any high beams or low beams...
• Re: Just got a 1987 Westy Syncro!! (Ref. Light)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mancuso
  Sat, 20 Jul 96 01:01:43 -0400
  ...the lower lip of the refrigerator (it usually has a little metal chain on it). Then try to light it. If it lights, replaced...
• Re: Favourite Free Modifications
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sat, 13 Aug 2005 01:11:19 -0700
  You also lost your warning of low brake fluid, in case of a leak in the brake lines. This could be dangerous. M --- tabe...
• Re: HELP!! No Headlights - 87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Fri, 28 Oct 2005 12:40:55 -0400
  ...The headlights (both high and low beam) have ceased to function on my >87 Westy. I have parking lights, tail lights license and plate
• Re: Das Blinkenlights
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 24 Nov 2005 23:36:05 -0500
  On more than one occasion, in more than one 1.9 system, I have run plain water and the low coolant light operated normally...
• Re: Sad...oh so sad....electrical woes. Please help -- :^\ ( a little long)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 13 Apr 2007 07:27:28 -0700
  ...light would get brighter), AND I have NO alt./signal etc. > > lights BUT headlights, lights, and wiper etc. work. > > > >......... > > I'm stumped. I triple...
• Re: Upgrading an '85 Westy to '86 Spec?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Fri, 28 Jan 2005 11:04:50 -0600
  ...went to the lighter weight lower control arm, >As an update and to save money. >The way all cars have lightened up over the...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 26 Nov 2002 23:22:42 +1300
  ...These lights have no cutoffs, unlike H4 low-beams, and therefore will scatter light into the oncoming drivers' vision. -- Andrew Grebneff 165 Evans St...
• Cibie Lights
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Thu, 6 Jul 2006 10:45:46 -0700
  ...Is there a reason why sometimes I see fog lights installed so closely together . . . I know its good when they are lower, I know...
• Re: HIGH POWERED HEADLIGHT
  Historical mailing list - KIM BRENNAN
  Mon, 26 Jan 2015 13:52:58 -0500
  ...Your use of non-road legal light bulbs is simply too much wattage for what the connectors (and wiring) are able to handle. Heck...
• Sylvania 9004 CB headlight bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Durby Suniga
  Tue, 23 May 2000 09:40:34 -0700
  ...and watts on Low and High, respectively? 3) Other than whiter light, do you think they'll provide better lighting than the stock bulbs...
• Re: Brake light sensor switch adj.
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:03:57 -0400
  ...Mike Houlton, Maine Jeff Oxroad wrote: > In summation, in my opinion the pressure needed to illuminate the brake > lights should be lower. Does anyone...
• Re: Saga of the missing oil was Re: Dipstick readability tip (getting kinda long)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 26 Sep 2002 01:37:12 -0400
  ...If it lights because you're low on oil, you aren't low, you're [basically] out of oil, far below the point where...
• Re: Headlight Alternatives for 89 Carat
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Fri, 17 Oct 2003 13:17:43 -0700
  ...An auxiliary low-beam light like the Hella XL is another alternative. <http://www.rapidparts.com/Pages/vwc030p.html> They are designed to supplement...
• Switch not referenced in the Bentley Manual
  Historical mailing list - Ed Shultz
  Wed, 22 Aug 2001 16:33:43 -0400
  ...the rocker switch in the lower right side of my instrument cluster? It looks just like the head light switch on the left. I...
• Re: Brighter Tail Lights
  Historical mailing list - Matthew C. Huntley
  Fri, 1 Apr 2005 08:36:15 -0800
  ...Brighter Tail Lights Why not use the new ganged LED lamps. Not cheap but they will outlast your van (and several others). Low current...
• Re: Finally got some SA Grille Kits in Stock
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 25 Sep 2001 09:37:22 -0400
  ...With the RSA lower grill > it looks great. I stock both the SA grills (including genuine VW driving lights) and the "wrap-around" RSA...
• Re: Mystery Lights
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Mon, 25 Sep 2000 15:19:50 -0400
  ...This engine > is tight and runs perfect, i doubt the pressure is low so whats up? > Also the coolant light is weird. Temp is...
• Re: 2.1L Engine: Oil Pressure Senders faulty reading
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 12 Dec 2004 17:42:08 -0500
  The high and low pressure sensors have different switch operation. Low is normally closed, opening with adequate pressure. High is normally open, closing with...
• Re: Hella lights
  Historical mailing list - William Dummitt
  Wed, 29 Sep 1999 18:30:06 -0400
  ...As a bonus, the provided switch fits in the blank in the lower RH dash and looks like a factory fit. I took a...
• Re: Questions: Clear Coat and Westie Stoves
  Historical mailing list - Urs Rothacher
  Wed, 22 Apr 1998 18:21:10 -0700
  ...the flame returns > (without re-lighting). Actually I think this one makes sense. In the 'conventional' setup: "off"->"low"->"high" I almost always kill...
• Re: Oil pressure light comes on after about 7 minutes.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 2 Dec 2010 21:56:52 -0500
  ...That's what it says in the owner's manual -- flashing light for low pressure, also buzzer if above 2000 rpm. I haven't...
• Headlight Failure
  Historical mailing list - Kevin
  Sun, 25 Sep 2005 23:01:27 -0700
  ...problems what so ever and pretty good light. So here is the problem, in the low beam setting I now have the two outers...
• Wrap around lower grill for 91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - A PETER MARSH
  Mon, 29 Nov 2010 11:38:37 -0500
  ...the South African WRAP AROUND lower grill? I did see a neat package with blacked out signal lights (front) but the shipping charges are...
• Re: 83 Westy temp guage
  Historical mailing list - W. Silva
  Mon, 9 Jun 1997 07:58:14 -0400
  My temp gauge runs just on the lower inner edge of the low coolant warning light. It has gone higher but has never gone...
• Re: flickering oil light at idle
  Historical mailing list - The corruptor
  Sun, 25 Apr 2004 00:17:11 -0400
  Bal bla bla.............come on you noob........ (he he he he he he) put some 20/50 oil, change the faulty low end oil...
• Re: Both low beams burnt out at same time?
  Historical mailing list - honemastert
  Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:59:32 -0700
  ...grille installed and the inner 100w high beam lights. (GoWesty Kit) One of my low beams died recently, and I took the oppty to...
• Battery consumption of fridge etc
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Low
  Sun, 12 Apr 1998 09:25:47 EDT
  ...Of course then it would be totally dead and the low battery alarm would have gone off hours ago. The fluorescent lights give off...
• Re: headlight bulb question...
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 3 Mar 2003 17:25:15 -0600
  Now I'm really cornfused!! The driving lights aren't the highbeam lights? So in a low beam siutation which lights are supposed to...
• "goose-neck" lighting
  Historical mailing list - Cooper, Jonathan R.
  Thu, 26 Aug 1999 14:04:25 -0400
  I want to add some lights to my westy. I would like to add one over the sink which seems pretty easy. I would...
• Re: Oil Pressure Light/Buzzer on '87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 24 Sep 2006 20:30:07 -0400
  ...I recently purchased an '87 > (with lower miles, much better exterior condition > etc.) > Unfortunately the oil pressure light/buzzer on my > (new) '87 Westy...