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• brake light problem
  Historical mailing list - Bill Hopper
  Sun, 18 Aug 2002 09:40:23 -0700
  ...Stop lights don't work. I disconnected the switches (there are two) at the master cylinder and used a jumper wire between the terminals...
• Re: LED Dash Lights?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew C. Huntley
  Tue, 29 Mar 2005 16:59:16 -0800
  ...http://www.members.shaw.ca/bilbo/LED.html M > Someone posted a while ago about some LED lights they installing or trying > to configure...
• Re: Rear side reflectors on North American cars
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 8 Oct 2008 12:06:50 -0700
  ...Most vehicles today simply wrap the tail lights and front turn signal/marker lights around the side so no individual lights are needed
• Re: Typical wiring for Vanagon > trailer?
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sun, 18 Jun 2006 04:01:37 -0700
  If the trailer needs rewiring anyway, why not put seperate brake and turn signal lights on her? There will be one less thing to...
• Re: Fog Light wire fire, help!
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sun, 29 Oct 2000 08:08:39 -0800
  ...I pick up this actuator power off the parking > light circuit (which is fused via the factory) so that the fog lights can > only...
• Re: Automatic Gear Shifting Console Lights not working, need assistance
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Mon, 6 Feb 2006 11:51:47 -0500
  ...Automatic Gear Shifting Console Lights not working, need assistance > Hello everyone, > > My 88 Automatic Gear Shifting Console Lights not working, anyone know what > could...
• Typical wiring for Vanagon > trailer?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Sat, 17 Jun 2006 12:32:39 -0700
  ...Just need operate the trailer's running lights & turn/brake lights. -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus 84 Westfalia: Mellow...
• Re: Brake Lights
  Historical mailing list - Jerry
  Fri, 2 Jan 2009 09:20:37 -0600
  Do you have an after market cruise control installed?? If you do, this will cause problems with your brake lights. It will appear as...
• Re: H4 Replacements w/City Lights
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Thu, 12 Dec 2002 18:24:59 -0800
  ...I would prefer Bosch, Cibie or Hella, >possibly with the "city lights" in them, as well. > >I am also seeing some similar lights from...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 00:20:59 -0800
  Are the lights adjustable ? Many new cars have daylight driving lights that are too bright and I suppose it's deliberately engineered that way...
• Re: Lights out!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 18 Oct 2012 11:23:09 -0400
  ...Running lights work - turn signals, flashers, break lights, dash lights - but for one. The speedometer light is out. This van has the SA headlights...
• Re: Electrical Circuit Instrument Cluster 85 Vanagon Help
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:26:04 -0800
  ...one for the warning lights area. also. once the instrument cluster cover is off .. they're in plain sight right on top. around my...
• Re: Ideas on installing E4-lights
  Historical mailing list - John Langowski
  Thu, 1 Jul 1999 21:25:03 -0500
  ...I didn't see any difference in fit compared to the stock lights I removed. John 84 Westy > About a month ago I bought...
• Re: Best way from bumper mounted lights to under dash?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 16 Jul 2013 19:41:07 -0400
  Ground to the body near the lights. Run the power wire to the left side behind the left headlight bucket and sneak in with...
• 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
  ...and wants to know if he can replace his lights and grill my lights and grill with his van, will my grill fit on...
• back-up lights, windshield wipers, interior lights
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Tue, 20 Jul 1999 15:32:13 -0400
  ...Loose wire somewhere, probably; but where should I start looking? 2) Interior lights go on when I open the rear sliding door, but not...
• Brighter taillites
  Historical mailing list - Dana Showers
  Tue, 12 Sep 2006 09:37:21 -0400
  I have one of the LED lights from one of the web vendors (I think it was superbrightled.com or something like that). I...
• 84 Vanagon Brake Light fuse location
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:08:33 -0400
  ...I shorted out my brake lights when my trailer light adaptor fell into the belts. Now the brake lights on my 84 westy don...
• Re: Make those backup lights bright
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Aycock
  Tue, 9 Aug 1994 21:39:51 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I really don't want to mount additional lights but I really need more illumination. Any ideas? Yup, they exist. I saw a halogen...
• Re: ? Curious- Fan runs when lights on,
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Feb 1997 17:53:48 +0200
  ...Multiple recipients of list Subject: ? Curious- Fan runs when lights on, eve Date: Monday, 17 Feb, 1997 16:21 Just noticed this yesterday - the...
• back-up lights, opinion please
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Fri, 8 Sep 2000 18:22:53 -0700
  I'm about to install a pair of back up lights... they measure about 4" wide by 1 1/2" high... (sold by Camping...
• headlights
  Historical mailing list - Michael Kimball
  Tue, 14 Apr 2015 11:38:02 -0700
  When I switch from low beam to high beam- when lever is pulled lights go to high beam but when I release lever the...
• breaking the backup lights
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 18 Jun 1995 22:30:54 -0400
  ...there is a short or something it the break lights. This one is not a writer Steve Pribyl VW72II@aol.com
• Anyone changed Color of dash lights?
  Historical mailing list - Phillip Bouton
  Fri, 13 Nov 1998 10:50:01 -0500
  Has anyone changed the color of the dash lights to another color like red or yellow? Are there colored bulbs available to replace the...
• license plate lights
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Sat, 13 Nov 1999 08:45:20 -0500
  Dear List, Does anyone have a set of license plate lights for an 83 V'gon? I bought new plastic brackets, only to find...
• mounting auxiliary lights
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Wed, 21 Jul 2004 11:13:30 -0400
  I want to add some auxiliary lights. I "think" somebody mentioned that there are/were brackets available which mount to the existing bumper screws...
• Re: Projekzwo Lower Grille Fog Lights - Kit Update
  Historical mailing list - rpc
  Fri, 23 Mar 2007 07:28:52 -0700
  The closest I could match the Hella light to were a utility lights used on farm tractors. But the dimensions were never the same...
• Re: front aux. lights-clearance issue ???
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 10 Jan 2002 07:04:26 -0500
  I usually place the lights on top of the bumper to keep them from getting smashed. Mark the bumper. Then remove it. Install the...
• Re: SA headlights from _Vanagain_
  Historical mailing list - Steve Arbaugh
  Fri, 24 Aug 2001 20:18:46 -0700
  ...This came with a set of inner lights that were not the official VW lights, but that was fine with me as I�m...
• Re: Camping Christmas Lights
  Historical mailing list - Mister Tom
  Wed, 19 May 2010 10:04:20 -0700
  LOTS of options for 12 volt lights out there: http://tinyurl.com/2ehwnzu Tom > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon...
• Re: headlight advice/f AKA City Lights
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 1 Apr 2001 18:14:50 -0700
  ...headlight advice/f AKA City Lights I don't know, but I've been told that the european "city" lights were originally created during...
• Where to start when signal lights don't work?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 27 Oct 2022 10:32:27 -0400
  Went out in the 84 this morning and noticed no signal lights. Other lights all working normally. What fuse is that normally on and...
• Re: idiot lights
  Historical mailing list - duane o'donnell
  Wed, 1 Mar 2000 15:41:48 GMT
  ...Duane Palo Alto, CA >The battery and oxy warning lights lit up yesterday morning on my 83. >The >lights stayed on for a while...
• Electrical System Mystery
  Historical mailing list - Ray Reinhard
  Sat, 9 Dec 2000 16:07:15 -0700
  ...Other parts of the electrical system (e.g., parking lights, interior lights, dashboard lights, turn signals, emergency flashers) work fine. When I turn the...
• Crappy LED light bulb warning
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Mon, 24 Dec 2001 09:13:52 -0600
  ...I opted for the halogen "back-up lights" for my brake lights instead. They are very bright! Chris '85 Westy.
• Re: SOLVED - brighter vanagon lights
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Tue, 3 Aug 2004 10:47:25 -0700
  AutoZone stocks 50W single filament light bulbs that I use as brake lights. They used to stock 50W halogen light bulbs which I used...
• Re: Xenon Lights?
  Historical mailing list - Lloyd McClelland
  Sat, 13 Dec 2003 07:03:50 -0800
  Hey I got one of those HID lights for my bicycle too (Night Sun). But the '87 Vanagon still has the BAD American low...
• Re: Driving Lights?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 22 Apr 1997 05:33:18 -0500 (CDT)
  The Canadian version of daytime driving lights for 88-91's uses a normally closed relay to turn off the low beam elements when...
• Missing Lighting Wiring
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 26 Jul 2011 14:28:47 -0500
  I'm restoring an '88GL that did not have lights and grille in it when I got it. I was preparing to mount a...
• trailer and lights
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Wed, 6 Apr 2005 08:07:23 -0400
  how do people with trailers hook up the lights to the trailer? Are the connections (plug-outlet) standardized? I am thinking to get a...
• Re: Back-up lights & now tail lights
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 20 Sep 2007 17:27:31 -0500
  ...The exception - and >> here is >> where you have to be careful - is the backup lights. You can put in >> bright backup lights - Provided you...
• Re: Rear lights questions
  Historical mailing list - Marius Strom
  Wed, 8 Dec 2010 21:36:33 +0000
  I went LED bulbs, and I also wired up the spare socket in the rear cluster to be on with my running lights. http...
• Re: '66 progress, questions about wiring, lights
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 23 Apr 1996 13:11:08 -0400
  I had the lights apart. Also the head-light buckets needed a good cleaning, the lenses got a good rubbing out on the front...
• comments on SA grilles
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 6 Aug 1998 07:49:17 -0700
  ...Anyone know whether these are fogs or driving lights? I hope they are driving lights... The lights themselves seem to be of good quality...
• Re: LED lighting - Dash Lights
  Historical mailing list - Stephan White
  Wed, 9 Mar 2011 12:59:29 -0800
  ...Very cool looking lights. Can't seem to find them. -Stephan www.StephansAutoHaus.com On Mar 9, 2011 11:50 AM, "Robert Stewart" <robertmstewart...
• Re: Where to start when signal lights don't work?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 27 Oct 2022 14:57:50 +0000
  Try actuating the Emergency Flasher switch....like 20 times...the turn signal lights and that Flasher switch are all inter-related.  Through lack of...
• Re: Help on Westy water level lights
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Wed, 5 Jul 1995 21:03:14 -0700 (PDT)
  So David Garth says: > Drat! The water tank level indicator lights stopped working today. None > of the lights light, no matter what the water...
• Re: Third brake lights (tack-free)
  Historical mailing list - Greg
  Mon, 17 Apr 2000 22:07:51 -0700
  ...Third brake lights (tack-free) > In a message dated 4/17/00 11:15:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > coyote@MACROMEDIA.COM writes: > > << > The...
• Re: fog lights
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Mon, 8 Apr 2002 11:02:34 -0500
  ...fog lights mounted some fog lights on top of my bumper that have their own in line fuse and switch. anyone ever spliced them...
• If you have an Aux battery.....
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:15:12 -0400
  ...NO dash board lights, nothing. Damn, left the lights on. Here is what I did. 1>Turn off the head lights. 2>Leave the...
• Re: Pzwo lower grille foglights NLA
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Mon, 19 Dec 2005 10:14:48 -0800
  Solitary fog lights (without main lights on) are purpose-function lights. If it's foggy out, great. If it's not foggy out and...
• Hella Driving Lights: Was:Bosch fog lights. No, no, no.
  Historical mailing list - Barry E. Muller
  Wed, 4 Dec 2002 07:01:08 -0500
  ...tx, bem-stem George Goff wrote: > Brian, > > Even if I knew where to buy Bosch fog lights, I wouldn't tell you. I have...
• Melted lightswitch... again!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 28 Aug 1998 21:48:27 -0700
  ...This time it was 1am and I was 75km from home when the lights went out! The only lights that would come one were...
• Re: Man, I am backing up now...on the light install..
  Historical mailing list - Walter Houle
  Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:49:34 -0400
  Don - I wired my driving lights in a similar fashion many years ago and they have always worked fine. I pulled my old yellow...
• Re: Hella Driving Lights for a 1991 GL
  Historical mailing list - Steve Macaulay
  Tue, 31 Aug 1999 15:35:52 -0700
  > Hi Folks, > > I am looking into adding Hella (or a similar type) driving lights to the > front of my 1991 GL. I love the...
• Re: Bosch and Hella H4 Lights - Group Purchace (All Model Years)
  Historical mailing list - JeanneMaly
  Sat, 13 Nov 1999 08:31:11 -0800
  ...Bosch and Hella H4 Lights - Group Purchace (All Model Years) > These lights works quite well, but they are not European spec lights with > the...
• Re: HELP! Instrument Cluster Gremlins!
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Fri, 21 Oct 2005 11:40:44 -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...
• Headlight conversion for '85 Westy....
  Historical mailing list - Rich Blake
  Mon, 11 Nov 2002 13:41:27 -0800
  ...The only problem with this system on your van is that you will need round light buckets and 7" H4 main lights. The 7...
• Re: Fasten Seat Belt Lights Not working
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:52:55 -0700
  ...Fasten Seat Belt Lights Not working > I've got a stick shift too - if mine ever had fasten seat belt lights, > I've > never...
• Installing SA Headlights & Grill
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Fri, 4 Oct 2002 17:40:47 -0500
  Howdy All, I am in the middle of installing my new South African grill and dual round lights onto my '87 Vanagon. It isn...