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• Re: Alternator & EGR lights flashing?
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Mon, 3 Feb 97 14:10:26 EST
  ...Every 15,000 miles the mileage counter closes the circuit to the EGR light so that the EGR light will stay on when the...
• Re: brake light issues
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:18:31 -0400
  Well, the brake light switches are on your master cylinder. You could pull your cluster and test them with a VoltOhm Meter. Should make...
• Re: The key question and dual voltage lights.
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Fri, 12 Jul 2002 09:41:26 -0700
  Rod, Rather than dual voltage lights ... how about a small 110v to 12v converter wired into your 110v / 12v system. This way when you...
• Re: custom side turn signals?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 1 Nov 2002 00:29:05 -0800
  How about the side marker lights on the late-model Volvo wagons. http://www.volvoworld.com/60/Section_5_2.htm They look small...
• Re: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 1 Oct 2011 08:33:28 -0700
  ...I also have some big KC aftermarket lights on my bumper. They offer two style lights...a long range, tight beam "Long Range" light...
• Re: [85 Westy Brakelight Problem]
  Historical mailing list - Joe Fortino
  Fri, 23 Mar 2001 13:19:52 MST
  ...With the tail lights connected, but hanging by the cable, the brake lights work properly. When I re-install the tail light assembly, the...
• Re: HELP! Instrument Cluster Gremlins!
  Historical mailing list - Mary Creasy
  Fri, 21 Oct 2005 14:08:57 -0400
  ...Engine running, lights on: No dash lights, no tach, function of headlight dimmer switch indicator light is opposite of reality, dash lights dimmer affects...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN AND SPEEDING RED PORSCHES.....
  Historical mailing list - Roade Kampe
  Wed, 27 Nov 2002 09:00:11 -0800
  ...Lets say we put the SAME exact light bulbs and lenses in the driving light position as in the regular lights, people would STILL...
• Re: advice needed for '90 Weekender Carat
  Historical mailing list - R Blake
  Sun, 16 Jun 2002 08:46:32 -0700
  ...Better would be to put E-code lights in and aim them properly. Check this site out if you are interested in proper lighting...
• Re: headlight advice/f AKA City Lights
  Historical mailing list - Sean B.
  Fri, 30 Mar 2001 14:05:49 -0800
  ...The lights are there more to show other drivers where you are than to light the way in front of you (evidently they think...
• Re: Cigarette lighter and Horn
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 9 Mar 2003 23:20:38 -0500
  ...Cigarette lighter and Horn I put in a map light in my cigarette lighter.. and could smell burning electrical... then this metal shaving appeared...
• Re: Additional Interior Lights for vanagons
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 16 Jan 2002 10:57:52 EST
  foe whom it may concern (all of you :<) there is already a space for a dome light over the front pass door...feel your...
• Re: What is the simplest way to get 12V in a 24V VW electrical system?
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Fri, 12 May 2000 16:24:39 -0500
  <snip> >Take two 12V lights and wire them in series (12+12=24). Use these at >daytime running lights or something simular. Attach a...
• Re: wire size for headlight circuit
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 18 May 1998 10:55:13 -0700
  ...The wire I'm talking about here will supply power for ALL of my headlights, fog lights, and driving lights. The wire will run...
• Re: Park Lights
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Thu, 14 Sep 2000 11:38:07 -0400
  >If you were >to wire your turn signal up "correctly" they are also directional park >lights! Meaning that if you have the key out...
• Any interest in a group purchase of 86-92 Vanagon Euro Lights???
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 28 Jul 2001 22:35:49 -0700
  I am putting in an order to Germany for more European "e-code" lights for the 86-92 Vanagon. These are the outer "high...
• Re: OX and charge lights on
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 21 Jan 2003 18:34:16 -0500
  Well, it isn't *intended* as a backup for the ALT light -- it's hooked in to that circuit to give a lamp test...
• Re: heater lights
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 23 Apr 2000 23:25:36 +0200
  Barry Mercer wrote: > I've always thought that VW could have done a better job of lighting the > heater controls. > > Far as I can...
• Re: Update: Dashboard light filters (LED dash lights)
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Thu, 12 Sep 2002 18:43:32 -0700
  ...Much cooler (looking and temp) than the stock lights. I > installed the LEDs in to some old twist-in instrument light bases after > removing...
• Re: Problems with cigarette lighter?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:30:15 -0400
  ...If there's a way to avoid using the cigarette-lighter-type sockets, do it; because lighter sockets are very good for lighters and...
• Re: light emitting diodes
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 21 Jan 2004 13:01:57 -0600
  http://www.alfenterprises.com/led_lighting/ led_low_voltage_dc_lighting.htm You will be very happy and impressed. They're expensive, but if...
• Re: Xenon Lights?
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Fri, 12 Dec 2003 08:46:23 -0600
  ...If you want better lighting, save your money for the SA grill/light combo or the ProjektZwo fog lights. you will be happy you...
• Re: Rewiring parking lights to switch with ignition
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Thu, 9 May 2002 20:49:43 -0500
  The reason they do this is some of the European countries require daytime running lights and many (most) have laws that state you are...
• Re: E-code lights/SA grille
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Mon, 28 Aug 2000 01:03:49 EDT
  ...square lights. Put a visor on the top inch and bottom of your round lights and you've got yourself a square light. Aside...
• Re: Additional Interior Lights for Westy
  Historical mailing list - Karl M.
  Wed, 16 Jan 2002 10:45:24 -0500
  Yes, I have two of those lights. My supplier (most likely the same one the seller got them from) recently had them in their...
• Re: Installation of gauge (85 water-cooled Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 17 Apr 2002 12:41:11 -0400
  Just run 12V to a small light under the dash and ground it through the original pressure switch. It will light when there is...
• Re: trailer lights
  Historical mailing list - raceingcajun
  Tue, 23 Jul 2013 14:01:17 -0500
  ...A U-haul master store will have a light adaper kit. Howard >Subject: [VANAGON] trailer lights
• O2 light
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 5 Nov 2000 08:07:54 EST
  Dear List, My O2 sensor light is now on permanently. The engine is running fine; O2 sensor itself was replaced recently. How do I...
• Re: custom side turn signals?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 31 Oct 2002 22:29:19 -0600
  > Our vanagons have red running lights/reflectors on the side in the rear, and > I am wondering, has anyone tried to modify these lights...
• dash lights (was: [WetWesties] pumped out -VOODOO)
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Wed, 8 Oct 2008 22:15:31 -0400
  Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> writes: > on the dash light bulbs..........they so easily don't make contact. > next time it happens, rap...
• Re: Power Outlet (Cigarette Lighter) Rotating
  Historical mailing list - Michael Vickey
  Tue, 25 Oct 2005 00:10:48 -0400
  ...I usually keep the light plugged in all the >time. > >The light is great, and it fits into the outlet snugly, but now the...
• Re: Differences between 82 and 83 turn signals?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 12 Apr 2009 10:20:33 -0700
  Keep in mind that this test light blink test only verifies the opposite polarity functionality, namely the test light is on when the 12...
• Re: Friday Sneaky plan for advanced van drive revealed
  Historical mailing list - Blue Eyes
  Fri, 15 Jan 1999 15:17:24 -0600
  Austin said, "Jeez - even with the rather high velocity of the photons (about light speed, maybe...?) they have no mass, so they can't...
• No headlights.
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Mon, 29 Aug 2016 22:25:14 -0500
  ...Tonight I hit the lights and no headlights. Parking lights work fine on that setting. With the headlights on, I get parking lights plus...
• Re: another angle on high-wattage headlight bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 12 May 1998 17:12:27 -0700
  At 07:49 PM 5/12/98 EDT, Kim wrote: >I personally prefer the rectangular lights....but to each their own. > Aesthetics aside, the...
• third break light...
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Koch
  Mon, 17 Apr 2000 22:01:42 -0500
  Hi, I just read a little bit of this "logo light stuff" and now my question is: What is the legal aspect about the...
• Re: OXS Light
  Historical mailing list - michael collum
  Tue, 10 Feb 2004 23:53:48 -0500
  <snip> Now my OXS light briefly lights up when I start the van.....just like the battery light. Is this normal? <snip> Yep .... that...
• Re: Timing Light Recomendation. (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 23 Sep 2005 09:51:05 -0600
  "I was planning on going to Se^rs and purchasing this timing light: > > http://tinyurl.com/cjvvp" " I have this light. It works very...
• Re: 91 Westfalia 4 switches, only one dome lite
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Tue, 12 Mar 2002 07:35:46 -0800
  ...Only the > first two activate the drivers side dome light. I believe the dome light should come on when any of the 4 doors...
• Led Lights
  Historical mailing list - WILLIAM WITZ
  Thu, 8 Nov 2012 21:03:27 -0800
  I installed a truck oval Led third brake and tail light on the rear shelf of our Westy . The light is dual Tail/brake...
• Re: Headlight improvements IMHO
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Wed, 1 Nov 2000 17:35:09 -0800
  > There is also a shield inside the low/high beam light. It partialy > blocks the light from the bulb hitting the reflector. I carefully...
• Kamei aftermarket lighting ...
  Historical mailing list - Peter Cassidy
  Wed, 21 Mar 2001 15:59:30 +0000
  ... anyone any experience good/bad of these? They're retailing at about stg�150 + s/h for a Vanagon/T25 lighting retrofit. The package...
• dome light parts
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Wed, 12 Dec 2001 13:06:41 -0800
  ...I'm going to install a dome light above my passenger seat and wire it into the driver dome light, but the metal above...
• how to replace tachometer light?
  Historical mailing list - David Most
  Tue, 17 Jun 2003 02:06:22 -0500
  When I picked up my vanagon at the shop yesterday, I noticed that the tachometer light was out. The speedometer light is working. I...
• Re: westy: where does the light over the cabinets terminate?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 30 Apr 2006 13:38:05 -0700
  ...The Westy kitchen light connects to the wiring for the light over the driver's head, IIRC. If you have an 86+, it is...
• Re: Brights & lights
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 2 Dec 2006 19:52:52 -0600
  The lights in my 88 GL don't work that way. One way the outer lights come on as dims, the inner lights are...
• Re: Removing Cigarette Lighter Socket
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Mon, 24 Jul 2006 15:06:02 -0500
  On a related note, I want to replace the illuminated green band around the lighter as it is no longer illuminating (although the lighter...
• Re: Interior Light -Florescent vs Incandescent
  Historical mailing list - George Chapman
  Wed, 5 May 1999 21:02:56 -0700
  ...Fluorescent lights are a more efficient technology than incandescents (about four times the light output of an incandescent for the same wattage. In other...
• Re: Power Outlet (Cigarette Lighter) Rotating
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 24 Oct 2005 21:05:21 -0400
  ...I usually keep the light plugged in all the > time. > > The light is great, and it fits into the outlet snugly, but now the...
• Re: Hello - Idiot oil light keeps coming on!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 7 Nov 2010 17:25:40 -0500
  ...Just because it needs to be said as often as possible -- any of those three lights lighting on the road should be a "stop...
• Oil light on
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Mon, 30 Mar 1998 16:25:08 -0500
  On my way back from Williamsburg, VA this morning my oil light came on in traffic. It was about 85 degrees out. The light...
• Re: Power Outlet (Cigarette Lighter) Rotating
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 24 Oct 2005 21:13:37 -0700
  ...I usually keep the light plugged in all the time. The light is great, and it fits into the outlet snugly, but now the...
• Re: 12 Volt + Wire Up Rear Pillar? (vent)
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 17 Feb 2013 20:51:43 -0600
  ...He put lots of extra lights on it. The extra backup light is like a regular headlight but mounted on the rear bumper and...
• Re: E-Code Headlights
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:31:21 -0800
  There is no such thing as city light - a urban legend or myth.� On any of the VW range of vehicles there is no...
• Re: Door light
  Historical mailing list - Linda Bartnik
  Sat, 5 Jul 1997 19:40:47 -0400
  ...Now, the driver's side light has a metal frame riveted to the headliner for the light to sit in. I found that if...
• Re: Additional Interior Lights for vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Wed, 16 Jan 2002 08:53:18 -0800
  Now that we were talking about interior lights wanted to jump in on it. 2 years ago while i was searching for some extra...
• Re: LED Refit
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:33:17 -0500
  I'd be interested in the link for the source of your lights too. Though actually I'd like lights in that place that...
• Re: Driving/Fog Lights
  Historical mailing list - Dr. Rainer Woitok
  Tue, 11 Aug 1998 14:34:53 +0200
  Hi everybody, On Mon, 1998-08-10 06:58:41 -0400, David Bogle / Architecture wrote: > ... > I learned that the light from > burning sodium, a...
• Switched Parking Lights
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Wed, 21 Mar 2001 11:28:58 -0500
  ...The Vanagon headlights go out, but the parking lights and dash lights remain on. I was studying the wiring diagram and noticed that the...
• brighter tail lights - again
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 30 May 2005 09:09:29 -0700
  ...Much better light now. I took the 50 W bulbs and swapped them into the brake light sockets. I do like how much brighter...