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• Re: security
  Historical mailing list - Ed DeBolt
  Tue, 13 Nov 2001 17:26:30 -0800
  ...Steering wheel lock >Hidden Fuel pump kill switch >Clutch/ Brake lock >Alarm >Door lock armored protection plates >Brake lock >Ignition lock (goes in like...
• Theft prevention: pain generator?
  Historical mailing list - Westyman
  Mon, 6 Jan 2003 00:08:05 -0800
  ...I remember reading once that a maker of alarm systems advertised an optional 'pain generator' that screeched so loudly that the thief would run...
• Re: Loaded van broken into
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 7 Apr 2003 22:17:33 +1200
  ...Last week I had a Viper alarm installed. Maybe it >will help deter them????? Other locations possible: Inside rear compartment trim panels (may need...
• Cruise Control Sensors
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Mon, 19 Oct 1998 17:20:33 -0700
  ...beast is going? I recently had a miserable experience with an alarm installer who botched a bunch of things on the van. Tach no...
• Re: Coleman Propane Heaters
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 23 Oct 2003 22:54:26 -0600
  ...get up early; did > not > want to risk the detector's alarm going off if it hit 35ppm CO and being > woke up at...
• Re: Use for the key left in buzzer
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:44:35 -0600
  ...the blue/white from > the headlight switch - tada, lights left on alarm :o) > > toodle pip, > -- > Dug Smith | Terry Pratchett: It's almost > (mailto:dug...
• Re: anti-theft for diesel vanagons?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Tue, 22 Nov 94 11:02:43 PST
  >Stuart Hutton writes: > Hello, > Has anyone considered an anti-theft device for the diesel vanagons? > I mean, not an alarm, etc? What options are...
• Re: Sears battery for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - t
  Sun, 16 Jul 2000 10:46:48 -0700
  ...theft > alarm failed to cut out, 2. parking lights left on). > Interestingly, my Toyota battery which I attempted to jump start it with > was...
• Gas tank thump?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Osborn
  Wed, 11 Oct 2000 11:01:59 EDT
  ...Sometimes it makes the same sound when I'm filling the tank, which dosen't alarm me too much either. Should I be more...
• Re: Fwd: RE: "Green" solar battery charger
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 14 Nov 2003 16:35:56 -0500
  ...pulsed DC, CMOS levels if I remember right) trigger signal to the alarm output stages, and at the same time to one of the...
• Re: Corrado Powered Westy Syncro - For Sale
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 29 May 1996 18:41:09 -0700
  ...89,000 total miles, 5 speed, diff lock, power door locks, >PW, UNGO Alarm system, $4000 stereo! Centra 15" wheels, 225R75 tires, Now here...
• Re: which inverter to buy?
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Wed, 14 Nov 2001 22:07:05 -0500
  ...It has an alarm that goes off at 10.5v, and shuts itself off at 10v, I believe. I thought I would mount it...
• Engine and tranny out!
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Fri, 23 Jan 2004 17:25:30 -0600
  ...install a new radiator, and on and on (and an auto alarm). Now let the games begin! AVP is still my engine builder of...
• Re: VW Radio Into Vanagon (Long & Inane)
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Mon, 26 Jan 2004 08:16:43 EST
  ...It only cost a little more than his 18K gold alarm clock necklace. Apparently, it was part of a failed campaign to recapture J...
• Re: Oil Filter Pressure
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 24 Mar 2005 10:10:46 -0700
  ...get the oil light at full light and alarm(if your vehicle had the alarm). experimenting I did with a jetta that had failure...
• Re: Loaded van broken into
  Historical mailing list - Randy Charrette
  Mon, 7 Apr 2003 03:26:15 +0000
  ...Last week I had a Viper alarm installed. Maybe it will help deter them?????</P> <P>Randy</P> <P>87' Syncro<BR><BR></P...
• Re: test
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 2 Sep 2020 10:40:40 -0700
  ...even on my MB SUV there's none, except a blinking red light on the dash when the alarm is on... On Wed, Sep...
• Re: Need help
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Sun, 8 May 2005 19:40:09 -0700
  ...My alarm would go off when coming off the freeway. I have used Phram in the past but the last filter was just bad...
• Re: Cheap TPMS ( tire pressure monitor) quick review
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 15 Feb 2020 15:56:14 -0800
  ...hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> What you really want is programmable alarm points and an alarm you can hear. >> >> Dennis >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Vanagon Mailing List...
• Alternator problem fixed
  Historical mailing list - db25
  Thu, 25 Jun 1998 15:40:00 EDT
  ...The PO had installed an alarm system many years ago. I was such a poor installation I removed everything that I could soon after...
• Continuing saga of Oil Pressure light...
  Historical mailing list - James Benthall
  Fri, 8 Jul 2005 18:19:36 EDT
  Hello folks, Around xmas of last year my oil pressure light and alarm started going off on my 87 Westy. Took to mechanic and...
• Re: Re Banging Noise
  Historical mailing list - Uncle Traveling Eric
  Wed, 5 Apr 2000 20:54:46 -0400
  ...Very alarming noise indeed, and it seemed to come and go for a few months until it got really bad. Hope this helps! [text...
• canine car alarm cleaner-upper
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Tue, 22 Jun 2004 22:17:31 -0700
  No, not a pooper-scooper, but a well-made and compact whisk broom/dust pan combo. Just found it today at my local W...
• Re: 88 Vanagon - oil pressure alarm
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:26:56 -0800
  Come on, Scott. The problem is most likely electrical. FEW people can test their own oil pressure and doing it the way you suggest...
• Re: break-ins was Re: Alarm choices: was Today somebody got into my van
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Wed, 4 May 2011 18:44:02 -0400
  ...If you figure out to have a 150dB annunciator with your alarm > system. Put it inside the van. The casual theif will leave in...
• 91 vanagon not starting
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wyatt
  Sun, 4 Jun 2000 08:37:12 -0700
  ...The van did have an alarm system installed that was non functional had that completely removed yesterday. She continues to start now but, I...
• Re: Sears battery for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sun, 16 Jul 2000 10:51:00 -0700
  ...theft > alarm failed to cut out, 2. parking lights left on). > Interestingly, my Toyota battery which I attempted to jump start it with > was...
• Re: Largest diameter... failures in politics.
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Tue, 2 Nov 2004 12:14:26 -0700
  ...org/?q=node/view/78#breaking >> >> sorry, this was kind of alarming. >> >> if you are in a state with electronic voting, make sure that...
• You could be fooled (story of low oil pressure)
  Historical mailing list - Juha Koivisto
  Thu, 28 Oct 1999 06:35:13 +0300
  ...Short after (few days) he noticed oil pressure warning buzzer and led starts to alarm on the road. He drove car back and complains...
• Re: Vanagon fire fighting techniques
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 22 Dec 2003 12:04:12 -0500
  ...We don't usually install halon extinguishers in our homes, but >we always, I hope, have alarms and monitors that will alert us, to...
• Re: Spooked!
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 5 Jun 2011 08:47:13 -0500
  ...I noted no strange > sounds, and the oil pressure alarm did not sound. I drove the remaining > 100 feet up the hill to the...
• Low Idle w/A/C on 91 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Tue, 28 Jul 1998 08:37:21 -0500
  ...This is causing my oil pressure alarm bell to go off with a hot engine. Reviewing Bently has me confused: Should I just tweak...
• Re: HEADLIGHTS on HOLIDAY!
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Thu, 8 Jul 1999 21:14:48 -0400
  ...month without pulling some $&!T it > would be cause for serious alarm. This time it's the headlights. When I > turned them on today...
• Re: Car alarms- Humor
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Fri, 25 Jan 2002 12:14:22 -0800
  people that rip stuff off SUCK!! the day will come they get ripped off and will feel the pain it causes. Joe -- Joseph Fortino...
• Re: I4 conversion speed sensor
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sun, 22 Sep 2002 10:27:15 EDT
  ...make, using magnetic reed switches (the kind usually found in window alarm systems). >> Oh yes, good ol' American ingenuity at its best where a...
• propane valve leak
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Sun, 8 Jun 2008 20:57:17 -0800
  ...Meanwhile, I am plugging in my propane alarm in the garage. Troy
• Re: Spooked!-temp gauge-oip pressure problems.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 5 Jun 2011 09:55:29 -0400
  ...I noted no strange > sounds, and the oil pressure alarm did not sound. I drove the > remaining > 100 feet up the hill to the...
• Installing an alarm/keyless entry (91 Westy)
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Mon, 24 Oct 2016 10:35:40 -0400
  Hi all, I'm looking for 2 simple connections to make. 1.) The brown/white wire for the interior dome light. I've found...
• Re: Water Cooler System Design Flaw Workaround?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 22 Apr 2010 22:33:26 -0400
  ...If you have more than about 180k across the pins it will set off the low-coolant alarm after a few seconds. If there...
• solar panels
  Historical mailing list - Bob Mac
  Wed, 8 Apr 2009 16:43:09 -0400
  ...I was all but ready to order until i heard some alarming news that just took the wind out of my sails imediately. Where...
• Take it easy, guys
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 8 Nov 1995 23:33:10 -0600
  ...of us can continue our day without setting off the fire alarm. Peace, ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Edmund A. "Eddie" Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer...
• Re: Dash Noise - Buzzing
  Historical mailing list - A PETER MARSH
  Tue, 29 Mar 2011 18:29:46 -0400
  Robert Sounds like you OIL PRESSURE alarm to me. Mine does it ALL THE TIME right now after both oil sensors have beeb replaced...
• Re: central locks?
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Wed, 6 Feb 2008 16:17:23 -0800
  ...Sure - I used an aftermarket setup (http://www.commandoalarms.com/itm10004.htm), with an immobilising alarm and a remote lock / unlock. The Vanagon has...
• Re: Oil Buzzer advice
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Robinson
  Thu, 1 Oct 2015 20:27:33 -0700
  ...If that yellow wire is broken or not making contact in that connector then the oil alarm/buzzer will happen every time the engine...
• '97 VW Stereo Install Complete
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 17 Oct 2001 09:29:34 -0400
  ...If you hot wire the switched lead (tie it together with the hot "memory" wire), the alarm mode won't work. (The blinking light...
• Re: break-ins was Re: Alarm choices: was Today somebody got into my van
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 4 May 2011 16:25:08 -0700
  On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 1:32 PM, Al Knoll <anasasi@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 4:52 AM...
• Re: Door Chime madness
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:25:53 -0700
  ...http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_764_126/battery_saver_alarm.html On Jul 23, 2009, at 4:24 PM, Automatic digest...
• Re: Only ONE drive wheel?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sun, 12 Apr 2009 19:45:40 -0400
  ...Nothing to be alarmed about. 2009/4/12 Brian Doss <doss88wkndr@zoominternet.net> > I have an '88 GL with a manual transmission. I got...
• Westfalia 1991 or 1986
  Historical mailing list - Alain Thibault
  Tue, 30 Sep 1997 22:41:20 -0800
  ...00$ Cdn (107K Km/ showroom condition/ come with braw, Repair Guide/ alarm system).I like both although the 1986 is automatic transmission and has...
• 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: cost of 91 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Leif Paulsen
  Tue, 15 Jul 1997 13:24:52 -0600
  ...it was white, loaded (CD changer and detachable face deck, 6-speakers, alarm), and everthing worked, heads had been redone. it had 94,000...
• Re: headlights-on alarm always goes off
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 26 Nov 2001 21:25:52 +1200
  >Hi, > >anyone knows how to correct that? that beep-boop-beep goes off even if the >lights are turned off. >Also, the blue indicator...
• Re: serious vanagon security issues
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 5 Aug 2005 14:46:17 -0700
  ...Much cheaper than an alarm. Tehy even notify me when the local cops tag me to move my vehicles around. Cheers, BenT
• Buzzing Fuel Pump
  Historical mailing list - James Wagner
  Tue, 21 Jan 1997 21:51:08 -0500
  ...I have an 85 Vanagon Camper and about two years ago the fuel pump began buzzing(like a digital alarm clock under the floor...
• Re: Oil Light and Buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 3 Feb 2003 14:17:55 -0500
  ...By grounding this wire you are disabling the high pressure alarm. Most vehicles don't have this anyway. Your not fixing anything by doing...
• Idea for engine-fire warning/control system
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 3 Aug 2004 23:36:57 +1200
  ...If the sensor detects excessive heat it will sound the alarm, flash the LED and shut the fuel flow off at the tank and...
• Re: serious vanagon security issues
  Historical mailing list - A. Hurley
  Fri, 5 Aug 2005 17:27:13 -0400
  ...I'm thinking of looking into some sort of alarm system. I do have great insurance but sometimes that is the least of the...
• Re: Use for the key left in buzzer
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:05:56 -0600
  ...the blue/white from > the headlight switch - tada, lights left on alarm :o) > > toodle pip, > -- > Dug Smith | Terry Pratchett: It's almost > (mailto:dug...
• Re: Need help
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 9 May 2005 13:58:40 -0500
  ...This could cause a low enough pressure at the lower pressure sense >switch to cause a buzzer alarm with thick oil. >Jimt > > > >
• Re: ...its alright ...if you wanna get down .... propane ... (apologies to eric c.)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Tue, 15 Jan 2008 06:39:24 -0800
  ...No prevalent smell of propane (I just got OUT asap). >> The red LED on the detector for 'ALARM: MOVE TO FRESH AIR' was blinking...