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• oil temp or oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 18 Oct 2015 16:21:40 -0700
  ...drop, the red idiot light is there and the buzzer will warn you in case it's too low.. #2. oil pressure gauge: if...
• Re: Window Trick Works!
  Historical mailing list - STEVEN G WACKER
  Mon, 15 Sep 1997 12:22:34 -0700
  ...If when you turn off your headlights they are in the low beam position and your turn on the lights with the ignition off...
• Re: Westy Interior Lighting
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 21 Mar 2011 13:17:36 -0700
  ...Has anyone found a nice neat wired > solution that improves the overall lighting in the cabin? Obviously > utilizing some newer technologies with low draws...
• Re: What does the cooling light mean?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 8 Jan 2007 22:38:18 -0600
  ...coolant light could be > indicating? My gauge never gets much past overlapping th elight but it > blinks full time now. > > Chris > > Low Coolant level...
• Re: Audible Idiot "Light"...EE Inventor Wanted
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:35:23 -0800
  ...Same thing could be done for the fuel gauge sender, an alarm to alert you when fuel low, even just a blinking light. The...
• Headlights Out
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 30 Jan 2011 16:15:23 -0600
  ...Nothing! Dash lights OK, driving lights OK, brake lights OK. No head lights. No high beams, no low beams. BUT - if I hold the...
• SA headlights....(wiring snafu)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Garske
  Thu, 20 Dec 2001 10:26:49 -0800
  ...I hooked the wiring up so I have high beams on the headlights at low beam and this makes the inner lights glow brighter...
• Coolant Level Switch
  Historical mailing list - Jack Newton
  Wed, 16 Jul 1997 12:24:33 +1000
  ...of low coolant until the light flashed when the engine overheated. :-( Can anyone help me to solve the problem with the low coolant level...
• Headlight's wont come on (relay bad?)
  Historical mailing list - Danny C.
  Tue, 9 Feb 2010 15:31:27 -0800
  ...need to know which relay is the hi beam low beam relay. My lights wont come on unless you hold up the dimmer switch...
• Re: Headlight Alternatives for 89 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Mulligan
  Sat, 18 Oct 2003 20:55:17 -0400
  ...The perceived low cost of headlamp replacement for the SA setup has a > pitfall. The inner 5 3/4" high beam light seems to...
• Re: Refrigerator gasket and flame goes out remedies
  Historical mailing list - Leonard Sitongia
  Sun, 5 Aug 2012 12:55:31 -0600
  ...light up. But, I can hear it burning from inside the camper from the sound that comes out of the flue, a low rumble...
• Re: Tail light update
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 25 Dec 2003 00:14:14 -0500
  ...The reason the tailight has a lower > wattage than the brake light is to prevent glare , and contrast between the > brake and tail lights...
• Re: SA Grille
  Historical mailing list - wheelierider
  Wed, 29 Mar 2006 09:22:26 -0800
  ...I planned on putting in some smaller 5" lights later if I want more light. I would like to cut the holes lower though...
• Vanagon BRA caution
  Historical mailing list - THE BUSLADY
  Tue, 7 Oct 1997 12:30:39 -0500
  ...They're cutouts so you'll get all the light you need(well..the lowbeams leave much to be desired!)
• Re: Still no passenger side high beam
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Fri, 11 Nov 2005 19:08:50 -0800
  ...Now the drivers side driving light is on all the time dim on low beam bright on high and on the passenger side it...
• RSA grills
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 14 Mar 2000 10:21:18 +1300
  ...small inner lights will be fine for the US market, but the large outer lights are RHD and will have the low-beam cutoff...
• Re: Parking lights + ignition switch = flat battery
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 11 Jun 2000 21:27:26 -0400
  At 19:45 6/11/2000, =David-M= wrote: >Is there a (simple?) way to rewire the parking lights so they go off >when...
• FW: E-code lights/SA grille
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Tue, 29 Aug 2000 10:54:59 -0400
  ...inner high beams in addition to the 7" round outer low/high combo lights found on the pre 86 vans. Oh, and the 'styling...
• Headlights Not Working!
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Beasley
  Thu, 20 Jul 2006 11:12:23 -0400
  ...Neither hi nor low beams work. The fuses are fine and the light switch on the dash turns the console lights on and the...
• Re: Power wiring/headlights
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Fri, 11 Dec 1998 12:03:06 -0800
  ...What I want to achieve is better low beam lighting for my 90 Westy Syncro. Right now they are so dim I think they...
• Re: My Vanagon's blinking coolant light problem vs other peoples'---it all blends together
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 12 Dec 2014 12:10:19 -0800
  ...driver checks the truth of the light, a sense of awe that it actually did indicate low coolant ? Or, did they intend to waste...
• Re: Tail light update
  Historical mailing list - J. Harvey
  Wed, 24 Dec 2003 02:09:45 -0800
  ...Why not rig the dummy lights to operate as additional low wattage running lights and also have them function as additional high wattage brake...
• FW: E-code lights/SA grille
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Tue, 29 Aug 2000 10:55:25 -0400
  ...At any rate, H4 light bulb units are available in 7 inch round size and thus are a drop in replacement for the low...
• Re: Headlights Still Out
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 16 Oct 2012 13:31:17 -0700
  ...indicator light it connect to that one. The only reason I knoiw S4 is for right low beam is the right Low Beam is...
• Re: New Microwave oven
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 15 Mar 2007 05:20:40 -0800
  ...Mark Dennis Haynes wrote: > Maybe it has a low power setting for "cigarette lighter socket" operation. > 660 watts @ 12 volts is 55 amps. Evenif...
• Re: right side headlight wont power up ..new relay kit 2 mths ago ...
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 27 May 2007 13:14:22 -0700
  ...low beam still > works > so I remove both relays & the left side hight/low beams still work... > (I can see the left side light...
• Re: Oil light?
  Historical mailing list - Rusty Johnson
  Sun, 17 Dec 2000 12:19:50 EST
  ...parking brake would make the warning light go out while the oil pressure is in fact low. let me know so I don't...
• Fwd: RE: Light Inside Camper
  Historical mailing list - Tom Smith
  Thu, 31 Aug 2000 16:47:41 EDT
  ...Been thinking about some kind-a courteously lights, low mounted in the rear area; tied into a light switch operated by the sliding door...
• Re: 2.1L WBX -oil pressure light flickers at idle
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Markett
  Sat, 28 Feb 2015 23:45:36 -0800
  ...the light no > longer flickers. It might, or it might not, flicker at the next stop. > > I have never had a low oil pressure...
• Re: Coolant level warning light - '88 GL - 2.1 WBX
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 5 Jan 2017 22:51:56 +0000
  Low water level in the upper tank, is what I discovered.  In the case of our '87 it meant that the hose between the...
• Re: Headlight improvements IMHO
  Historical mailing list - Filcoff, David M.
  Mon, 30 Oct 2000 16:21:00 -0600
  ...The H4s have an excellent pattern and put more light on the road, not in other drivers eyes, low beams of course. Anyway you...
• Re: Can you replace a 83 grill and lights with an 88 square light set and grill?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:33:46 -0700
  ...The rectangular headlights split the high and low beams. Whereas the round headlights use a hi/lo headlight with a single socket. Everything else...
• Re: Blinking temperature light
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 29 Jul 2013 12:50:55 -0500
  ...2013, kenneth wilford (Van-Again) wrote: > > > The flashing light is most likely because you are low on coolant in the > > tank that is inside...
• Re: Cleaning contacts/Oil light buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:24:02 -0700
  ...The low rpm oil pressure switch works the old fashioned way, disconnected = no oil light. Mark Nathan Mc Blain wrote: > After the coments recently...
• Re: westfalia 2nd battery question
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Tue, 26 Nov 2002 11:10:58 -0500
  ...Knowing my aux >was low, I disconnected my main batt. My fluorescent light went out, >suggesting it was powered off the main batt. > >Would...
• Blinking Light in 84 Camper (Continued 2)
  Historical mailing list - George Averill
  Sun, 31 May 1998 20:11:27 -0400
  ...light to blink, I just found the schematic diagram for the air conditioner. It appears that turning on the AC engages the low speed...
• Re: Fw: no head lights on an '87
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 9 Jul 2006 09:59:01 -0400
  ...The parking lights and the dash lights work but the low and high beams do not work. > My guess is that head light switch...
• Re: Poptop Lift Assists
  Historical mailing list - Dake Collins
  Thu, 2 Jul 2015 20:59:02 -0400
  ...My girlfriend is short and light and if she had to lower the top with stronger struts she would end up dangling from the...
• Re: Oil light flickering at 1k or < rpms
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 23 Jul 2011 09:05:59 -0400
  ...That is very low oil pressure. Your fan not working at low speed may be contributing. Oil viscosity can add to the problem. If...
• Re: Headlight's wont come on (relay bad?)
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Christensen
  Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:00:31 +0000
  ...need to know which relay is the hi beam low beam relay. My lights wont come on unless you hold up the dimmer switch...
• weird para-normal
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Tue, 25 May 2004 08:46:15 -0700
  ...this idiot light like to go crazy. it first started at low idle then changed! Joe
• Fuse Size for Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Tue, 28 Mar 2000 11:12:30 -0500
  ...relays that will trigger the low beams, high beams, auxiliary driving lights, and fog lights. Each individual light circuit will also be protected by...
• Re: One Step Forward, One Step Back
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 29 Jun 2004 14:28:23 -0500
  ...no lights, but with AC > going and stereo blasting.) Just something to add to vanagon lore. > > FWIW, the guages will read lower than normal...
• Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 29 Jul 2017 23:20:52 -0700
  ...light to flash steadily on/off. Oil pressure switches do wear out too. This is not to say that you don't have low...
• HEADLIGHTS on HOLIDAY!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Kraning
  Thu, 8 Jul 1999 21:08:20 EDT
  ...light as well as the parking lights come on when the switch is turned on. [Since the high and low beams and both lights...
• Re: oil pressure warning system anomaly?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 3 Dec 2010 09:41:43 -0500
  ...I verified that the oil light worked by grounding the wire to it from the low switch with the key turned on. The light...
• Re: 2.1L WBX -oil pressure light flickers at idle
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 28 Feb 2015 10:58:27 -0800
  either the oil pressure sensor are bad or you have a low oil pressure .. what grade of oil are you using? On Sat, Feb...
• Re: Oil light flickering
  Historical mailing list - Matt Thyer
  Tue, 8 Feb 2011 08:56:59 -0800
  ...Oil light flickering Lately at low idle my oil light has been flickering. Rev up the RPM's and it goes away. I have...
• Re: Headlight Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Caston/Payne
  Mon, 13 Sep 1999 23:42:18 -0400
  At 10:23 PM -0400 9/13/99, Ed Goodrow wrote: >Hello All: > 1984 Westy with not enough light being thrown from the headlights...
• Re: Oil temps
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 15 Apr 1996 12:23:44 -0400
  ...NOX emissions reduced by lowering of "Peak Flame Temparature". Lower PFT will lower head and piston temps, which will reduce oil temp also. Even...
• Re: Headlight Operation
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 10 Apr 2014 23:30:35 -0600
  ...Any time I > switch from high to low or low to high - the opposite set of lights turn > off - or on - depending how you...
• Re: Bentley page 97.63 HDLT/PRKG labels confusing
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 4 May 2015 00:06:21 -0400
  ...error, Parking light callout should point right instead of left. Compare 97.56. The high beams are the S5/S6 pair, low beams on...
• Re: Alternator out at *high* rpms?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 8 Dec 1997 08:35:39 CST
  ...it's still charging and running ok, but those two lights glow dimly at lower rpm (at night). as soon as i can, i...
• Instrument Pod Parts Needed
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 5 Jan 2005 14:36:59 -0600
  ...It houses the turn signal indicator light, the high/low beam indicator light, the oil indicator light, battery light, etc. It locks in place...
• Headlight Issues Continue - SA installation on '88GL
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Wed, 20 Mar 2013 23:25:33 -0500
  ...is there a way to temporarily install a bypass circuit to power the lights - at least on the low beams so I can drive...
• Re: Oil Pressure Light Flickering
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 19 Feb 2014 23:56:00 -0500
  ...My question is, can there be a problem with low oil pressure if the light stays off at low RPM? From what I've...
• plan for oil pressure gauge install- opinions wtd
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sutton
  Thu, 17 Mar 2005 07:40:11 -0500
  ...If my planned configuration works, I'll be keeping the low pressure warning light, but will have actual numbers for the rest. I guess...
• Re: ebay plasma blue headlights
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Madsen
  Tue, 6 Nov 2001 21:20:58 -0500
  Over time your head-light lenses will develop a hazy film which will reduce your light output. I suggest pouring pure alcohol into your...
• Re: Coolant Temp Indications
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 Nov 1995 01:38:30 -0500
  ...where the sensor is located" is low. If the sensor doesn't "see" any liquid then the light flashes requardless of temp. Gary, Baltimore
• cluster swap from 85 van to 86 van
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 27 May 2006 17:55:40 -0400
  ...the gauge stays at the bottom but the light keeps on flashing. Coolant is not low, and it doesn't flash with the 86...