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• Re: Jetta cruise control NVC
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 24 Apr 2015 17:06:03 -0700
  check the switches at the pedals first... courtesy Ken from this board... make a search kenwilfy on YouTube On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at...
• FS Vanagon passenger side power window switches
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 13 Apr 2015 14:55:11 +0000
  I found two of them in my stuff over the weekend. I would like $30.00 each for them, and five shipping for either...
• Re: Brake Lights
  Historical mailing list - Geo
  Thu, 6 May 2010 08:43:09 -0400
  On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 11:15 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>wrote: > Those two switches on the master are for the...
• Re: Charging Second Battery
  Historical mailing list - harald.nancy
  Thu, 30 Oct 1997 17:00:25 -0800
  ...Does anyone know if they use a relay or multi-battery isolator or manual cut-off switches (as in the VW AdventureWagen from Ft...
• throttle valve switch
  Historical mailing list - Seth Bruggeman
  Fri, 6 Apr 2001 06:04:21 -0700
  ...This is the top of the two fuel injection switches--not the full throttle enrichment switch numbered 021 906 028. Many Thanks, Seth Bruggeman...
• Brake Lights
  Historical mailing list - Dan Eggert
  Wed, 9 May 2001 15:27:35 -0500
  Thanks everyone that gave me input on my brake lights, I put two new switches in and now they are working just fine. Thanks...
• For Sale: '85 Instrument Cluster
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Thu, 11 Jul 2002 06:44:19 -0700
  ...It includes the tach., digital clock, speedo., defrost, emergency, and headlight switches, and instrument shroud. It is in very good condition with 101,861...
• Cigar. and Glove Box light question
  Historical mailing list - Mark Cumnock
  Thu, 6 May 2004 20:13:05 -0400
  ...light dim with the dash lights? what switches the light in the dash above the glove box?
• Re: STOLEN Vanagon alert - Tacoma WA
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Tue, 8 Jun 2004 10:44:01 -0600
  ...IT SWITCHES THE GROUND TO THE > FUEL PUMP ON AND OFF. FOR $5 AND A COUPLE HOURS, IT'S A GOOD IDEA. > > JIM > SAN...
• Re: 85 stalling probs...Where's the ARCHIVE!!!?!?!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 15 Dec 2004 15:32:36 -0500
  Typically, the 83 1/2 and '84 1.9Ls have 2 switches ... with the idle position switch closer to the rear of the van...
• Window Switches
  Historical mailing list - James Vidal
  Wed, 9 Nov 2005 09:08:38 -0500
  I have a 1991 Carat and my power window switch I bought fell apart again. (after a month) Is anyone else having this problem...
• Re: 84 vs 85 Digijet
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 6 Apr 2009 19:02:18 -0700
  ...If you need to, you just put the 84 throttle body and switches on the 85 engine. But basically a bolt-in. The 85...
• Re: First cold day
  Historical mailing list - Tolga Morawski
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 23:09:19 -0400
  ...First cold day > >too many 'its' in this sentence to know what you're talking about, but >yes, the fan switches melt >if left...
• Re: Heater fan switch
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sat, 23 Oct 1999 19:05:01 +0200
  ...PerL 87 Syncro 112i "Joe L." wrote: > If you are having a hard time finding these switches you may give a > thought to taking...
• Re: Idle Surge
  Historical mailing list - Dominic Provini Jr.
  Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:28:38 -0400
  ...Reversing those plugs caused 3 TB switches to blow before it was caught, and those switches are hard to come by I'm sure...
• Re: Westy battery charger
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 13 Jan 2015 08:56:26 -0600
  ...wp-content/uploads/2015/01/auxbattery4.jpg > > you can also see my Blue Sea emergency battery disconnect switches are > easily accessible as well. > > Abel. >
• Re: Battery switches
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Fri, 12 Jul 2002 23:33:38 -0700
  On this topic, I have been thinking about buying a book called RV Electrical Systems, which is on Amazon at: http://www.amazon.com...
• Re: brake light problem
  Historical mailing list - Bill Hopper
  Sun, 18 Aug 2002 21:40:29 -0700
  ...I must have blown it when I was probing the new switches with a test light. This was a first for me, the first...
• Re: brake light switch failure?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Tue, 16 May 2006 23:20:16 -0400
  The brae light switches (there are two for redundnacy) are hydraulic. What are your fluid levels and brake pressure like? Chris On 5/16...
• FS: vanagon power window setup
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:07:14 EDT
  ...both power window motors and regs and complete wiring harness and switches drivers and pass side. everything to convert your vanagon from manual to...
• Re: '86 Westy A/C Switch Desperately Neededpecial issue (#2006-445)
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Thu, 25 May 2006 16:04:27 -0700
  ...There are different switches based on whether you have "Factory" A/C or whether you have "Dealer Installed" A/C. Factory A/C typically...
• Re: SPDT or DPDT switch?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 11 Apr 2010 13:28:53 -0500
  ...SPST = on/off SPDT = on/on or on/off/on if it has a center position DPXX = same as above but switches 2 separate...
• Re: Brake light trouble
  Historical mailing list - Cory Zumbrennen
  Thu, 26 Apr 2001 13:34:11 -0600
  ...Checked switches on brake master > cylinder, they had current but never made any connection when brake > depressed. I fiqured bad switch, so I picked...
• Re: Still confused, looking for suggestions...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 10 Aug 2001 15:10:57 EDT
  Jeff, The two switches at as follows: Low: Light comes on when there is not enough oil pressure below 2000 rpm. comes on at...
• Enterior lights
  Historical mailing list - C Snyder
  Tue, 21 Jul 2015 15:37:58 -0400
  ...No matter what positon the little switches are at, they will not turn off unless I manually turn them off. They worked fine before...
• Re: Looking for new TBS # 067906028 (was Idle Surge)
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Wed, 7 Aug 2013 11:49:18 -0700
  Van Cafe doesn't manufacture those switches. Shoebox Electronics is one of your fellow Listmembers. He also manufactures the Syncro diff lock panel 'bling...
• Power Windows
  Historical mailing list - Dave
  Sun, 4 May 1997 10:50:28 -0500
  Does anyone want to sell me their power window switches and motors? I = want to convert my Vanagon to power windows so I can...
• Re: Second Battery for Westy
  Historical mailing list - Zeidler HelmutNTC-Dusseld.
  Tue, 2 Sep 1997 09:34:47 +0200
  ...It is driven by the D+ terminal of the alternator and switches to ON when the battery light will be OFF. Helmut '80 Camper
• Re: more bulbs...
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Fri, 19 Nov 1999 17:43:41 -0500
  ...Ditto other switches made grubby by years of finger oils. As my ex-mother-in-law likes to tell me, "Simple minds, easy to...
• rad van not going on
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Sat, 21 Jul 2001 15:31:12 -0400
  ...Can someone point me in the right direction? Also, where are the temp switches for the rad fan located? (On the radiator itself? Makes...
• Re: test for radiator fan working?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 8 Oct 2003 14:37:46 -0400
  ...This is correct for '83 and up, I think. '82 has two seperate switches instead of one combo switch. David Brodbeck, N8SRE '82 Diesel...
• Re: Back-up lights
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Wed, 30 Oct 2013 08:15:50 -0500
  ...The automatics have their back-up light switches at the shifter console. Whereas, the manual trans have their switches at the nose come area...
• Re: lighting questions
  Historical mailing list - John Becker
  Mon, 23 Dec 1996 06:08:11 -0800
  ...Any advice ? > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > What colors are your wires? I have one of the dealer installed switches out of > the dash right now. I also have...
• Power Window Problem
  Historical mailing list - Steve Beyer
  Tue, 22 Sep 1998 12:06:00 -0400
  ...Do I have a fried or broken wire between the two switches? Could both switches fail at the same time? The driver's side...
• Re: Throttle switches on 1.9 WBX
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 11:25:07 -0400
  ...Instead of two switches on > top of the throttle body there is now a single switch activated by a cam > hiding under the TB...
• Re: How to find a particular three-way electrical switch.
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:54:14 -0400
  ...I went all over town today > (Radio Shack, West Marine, some local places) to find something and > everyone has on-off-on SPDT switches...
• Re: Pedal Pressure & Brake Lights
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 4 Jul 2010 11:24:27 -0700
  ...wrote: >> >> Looking at my air cooled Haynes I see how the switches work in terms >> of lighting up the brake lights, but am not...
• The Comedy of Errors
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:33:47 -0500
  ...Being it had sat for years, I figured brake light switches. Instrument pod removed, master cylinder exposed and drained, new genuine VW switches in...
• Some progress with turn signal
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Thu, 25 Jun 2015 22:11:52 -0700
  ...Yes, but the emergency flasher does not, even if I change the switch to other switches. Changed the #21 relay that works for the...
• Advice-New Ignition Switch/Cig Lighter/Fan Switch
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sat, 19 Feb 2011 11:25:59 -0600
  ...Fig 2 needs a special tool. (I got two of these switchesso I will have a backup). Fan switch in dash. Speed 3 does...
• Re: bucking in parking lots
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:34:14 -0400
  ...I believe early '84 have two switches (like mine) and later '84 have only one switch. Mine did the exact same thing you described...
• Re: High noon at the Maryland emissions station
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Fri, 23 Jun 2006 00:48:03 -0400
  ...If you got to know, I did this > because I was burning out switches too often. The early throttle has easily > accessabvle switches that...
• Re: Replace your ignition switch.
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 8 Sep 2009 05:53:24 EDT
  ...The ignitions switches are failing for two major reasons, overloaded headlight circuit and 5 lbs of keys dangling about. Old age may be a...
• Re: oil pressure problems,still
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 11 Oct 2006 15:16:01 -0400
  ...Several take off points are in the plate for oil pressure switches and such.Very interesting and useful to Vanagon owners with good pressure...
• Re: Headlight low beam failure
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 4 Dec 2016 14:56:35 -0800
  Ha! Ok.... ;) On 12/4/16, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > Switches don't handle full current, I have relays, shown on blog...
• Re: Headlight switch for '91 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jarrett Kupcinski
  Sun, 20 Jan 2013 06:27:03 -0600
  ...to solve my failed dimmer problem and > after all the pointers to possible sources of new switches turned up > nothing, this fool rushed in.
• reverse light switch
  Historical mailing list - Mark
  Thu, 23 Sep 2010 22:23:21 -0400
  ...need to fork over $40 for the original switch? These are just basic open/closed switches... right? Mark -- Mark 1990 Westy (2.1 - manual)
• Muir, again& again
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 10 Jul 1995 22:12:12 -0500
  ...advises that Buick is looking into electronic key fob activated ignition switches, as Buick drivers "have trouble turning the key". let's hope that...
• A/C and Rad fan
  Historical mailing list - Hotch
  Wed, 13 Aug 1997 21:22:57 +0000
  ...Is there a relay that switches on the fan when the A/C is turned on? if so, where? Hotch 86 GL 89 Jetta...
• Re: ADBQ
  Historical mailing list - Loren A. Busch
  Sun, 4 May 2003 12:41:58 -0700
  ...This is a potential danger with using most of these switches since selecting the off position with the engine running can damage things too...
• Re: Parts needed: '87
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Sun, 4 May 2008 19:50:57 -0700
  ...washer fluid tank >Windshield washer pump >Rear hatch lock cylinder and pushbutton >Power mirror switch >Power window switches > >Anyone have any to sell? > >Bill
• Re: LED Panel Switches for Dometic Exhaust Fan
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Wed, 11 Sep 2019 11:16:40 -0700
  ...Want it to > look as stock as possible so was going to use the little micro toggle > switches. Problem is can't seem to...
• Re: LED Panel Switches for Dometic Exhaust Fan
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Perry
  Fri, 13 Sep 2019 07:38:35 -0400
  ...Want it to > > > look as stock as possible so was going to use the little micro toggle > > > switches. Problem is can't seem to...
• Re: brake pressure switch
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 22 Jan 2015 12:52:56 -0800
  ...brake pressure switch > > At 08:05 AM 1/21/2015, Mike Riley wrote: >> Anybody know what brake pressure switches are interchangeable >> from diff. Model...
• Re: '86 Westy A/C Problem
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:44:02 -0800
  on one van.............those switches where behind upholstery material in the back of the closet. Making some small strategic slits for access was tempting...
• Website On-Line Catalog Update
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 11 May 1997 14:13:29 EDT
  ...Coolant System Parts with Exploded Diagrams - Diesel and Wasserboxer Models (Includes Radiators, Fan Switches, Coolant Tank Parts, Temp Gauge Sensor Switches, Water Pump & Thermostat...
• Re: thermostat temp vs thermo switch temp - 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 WBXs
  Wed, 11 Dec 2002 02:47:02 +0000
  ...If you refer to the Bentley schematic for your cooling fan you'll see that the radiator thermo-switch switches the low stage on...
• Re: tailgate light switch ground
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 7 Apr 2013 09:39:29 -0700
  ...they could have installed the hatch and sliding door switches that have notch in plunger (as you find in some Golf hatches) which allows...
• Vacuum Brake Booster
  Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
  Fri, 23 Aug 2002 09:17:05 -0400
  ...Does anyone have a schematic of the 3 terminal brake pressure switches? My Westy came with 2 terminal brake pressure sensors(a simple switch...
• wiringharness and relay supliers
  Historical mailing list - Caston/Payne
  Mon, 16 Aug 1999 11:35:26 -0400
  Need contact info for supplier(s) of headlight wiring harnesses and relays, high watt bulbs, heavy duty toggle switches, accessory fuse panels (ralley type...