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• FOR SALE: diesel & gas instrument clusters with tach for sale
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:02:55 -0700
  ...The cluster has the glow plug light too. here is the catch- i don't know the year, the speedo is in kilometers, and...
• Happy camper with a cold fridge
  Historical mailing list - Cory Sytsma
  Tue, 27 Oct 1998 13:34:07 -0800
  ...She was glowing green, nice and bright. I'm one happy camper! Thanks to everyone who makes this list so valuable. Cory '89 Westy...
• Re: 90 Carat 50 amp fuse for A/C: Substitution Possiblities
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 24 Nov 1999 13:20:39 -0500
  You may want to check the dealer and cross-reference the glow-plug fuse from a diesel. These fuses are a thin piece of...
• Re: Park Lights
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Wed, 13 Sep 2000 23:27:10 -0400
  ...circuit (headlight switch first position) and supply sort of a soft glow out of the headlight reflectors. Doesn't light up much, but looks...
• How many fuel pumps does a Eberspacher BA6 Gas Heater have?
  Historical mailing list - 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"
  Sun, 19 Nov 2000 18:18:59 -0500
  ...The glow plug works and I am getting gas as far as the pump but the hose beyond it the hose is dry. The...
• Oil light
  Historical mailing list - J. Stefanovich
  Sat, 24 Aug 2002 14:32:40 -0600
  ...Now, everything seems fine except the oil pressure light glows faintly all the time. Comes on bright at start up then fades but never...
• Ghost lights
  Historical mailing list - Data Services
  Wed, 30 Apr 2003 21:10:52 -0400
  ...After starting the bus and kicking the gas to turn off the alternator and oxs light, I get a ghostly glow from both of...
• Re: Vanagon + LED Brake Lights + AudioVox CCS-100
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 9 May 2020 15:51:18 -0600
  ...up under Dash so now when Brakes are applied the FootWell Glows & when Brakes are Off CC Works As It Should ~ Thanks a Bunch...
• Re: Another turn signal question
  Historical mailing list - Dave Woolridge
  Wed, 20 May 2009 16:32:49 -0230
  ...While looking at the lights in action I noticed that my rear right turn signal glows dimly when the park lights are on, but...
• Re: Dashboard light filters and a relay on the dashboard light circuit
  Historical mailing list - Rob Scott
  Tue, 25 Jun 2002 07:58:55 -0700
  ...Heat would be a concern though but the color >glow would be cool and resemble that Passat dash you mentioned. Could >also change the...
• Re: Doors Closed, LED Dome Light Glows On. Solved?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 13 Feb 2014 16:53:53 -0800
  Possibly. I'm not certain of my theory though a grant to study it is pending. ;) Looking at this image from your blog: http...
• MORE 12v fridge not working info
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 27 Mar 2007 14:10:00 -0500
  ...Further investigation shows that although all the gas is off, the gas LED glows when the fridge is switched to 12V. If I start...
• Re: 3 really easy exhaust questions.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 12 Nov 2007 22:44:36 -0500
  The pipe will get much hotter than the head, sometimes glowing red. I also red somewhere that is the proper direction. The next question...
• Re: Coolant leak followed by the ox sensor and altenator lights glowing.
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 15 Oct 2000 23:05:18 -0700
  ...Coolant leak followed by the ox sensor and altenator lights glowing. > With the wife heading west for a wedding, I jumped at the chance...
• Re: REVIEW: Microfiber Camp Towels
  Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
  Wed, 26 Oct 2016 16:53:29 -0500
  ...Despite > Abel's glowing review, I would have to be convinced by a direct > demonstration of efficacy. Mine were REI towels, selected explicitly to...
• Re: 82 Diesel won't start
  Historical mailing list - Bill Nienhuis
  Wed, 3 May 2000 19:34:25 -0700
  ...The responses were mostly unanimous...GLOW PLUGS!!! They were dead as a door nail. Now replaced and I'm back humming down the road...
• FS: Westy Eberspacher heater CHEAP!
  Historical mailing list - Pernice, Vincent
  Fri, 10 Jan 2003 09:43:39 -0500
  ...Comes with the main heater unit (with glow plug and sensor/switch attached), fuel pump, ducting etc. I believe a blower motor is also...
• Re: Relocating the battery to the rear of the van - ideas anyone???
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 3 Feb 2003 19:43:08 -0800
  ...larger battery and install it closer to the starter and the glow plugs, > which consume all the much needed juice. > > Any suggestions or tips...
• Re: Fiberglass Taped Exhaust
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Thu, 31 Aug 2000 11:01:50 -0400
  ...and what did I see? The exhaust header pipes were glowing dull orange! I think I might be "running a little rich", but still...
• Re: Headlamp upgrades to brighter lights - think of others
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 11 Sep 2003 11:22:56 +1200
  ...No way would I wany glow-worm US lights! I like to SEE where I'm going. -- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin, New Zealand 64 (3...
• Oil Light, '85
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Wed, 9 Jan 2008 17:42:51 -0500
  ...So i almost feel like its an electical gremlin that makes this light dimmly glow, and i've heard this is a problem that...
• Re: Now For My Money...
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:08:59 +0000
  ...he's out there should have you basking in an avuncular > glow. Good call. > Stephen > --- On Sun, 1/15/12, J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST...
• Re: wrench/socket (nut and bolt head) sizes
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:18:42 -0400
  ...8mm are a common size for many things like alternator connections and the glow plug system on diesel vans. 9mm not sure. 11mm are...
• Re: Front axle rip off? - final summary
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Thu, 1 Apr 1999 15:01:38 EST
  ...It would regularly blow the glow plug controller every spring/fall, to the tune of $95.00. Once, my regular dealer was out of...
• Re: Oil Light never glows
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 19 Sep 2000 10:49:05 -0700
  The light should come on when you turn the key to "on" before you crank the engine over. The oxy, charge, and oil lights...
• Re: Dashboard light filters and a relay on the dashboard light circuit
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Wed, 26 Jun 2002 09:46:38 -0700
  ...A very dim glow is perfectly readable at night, and warning lights blaze bright regardless of the dash light illumination level. I set the...
• Re: What is a Hard Start Relay Kit? Who sells them?
  Historical mailing list - Mad and Ed
  Thu, 24 Jun 2004 13:15:09 -0700
  ...Unfortunatly the relay I installed had no "clamping diode" so I began to mysteriously fry the glow plugg relay. I added the diode and...
• Re: Dometic fridge works out of the van, but not in it.
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 1 Aug 2011 14:27:42 -0500
  ...At the right viewing angle I can see what I think is the > tip of the thermocouple glowing red. > > When installed in my '82...
• Re: #1(4) VANAGON digest 504
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 23 Jun 1995 22:32:37 -0400
  ...Now when the glow plug light goes off and I turn the key, the engine goes from not running to running instantly; the starter...
• lighting the fridge
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 17 Sep 1994 17:26:50 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I look for the green LED (below the water level LEDs, has an * beside it) to begin to glow. The fridge WILL light after...
• Re: Westy 3-Way Fridge Questions
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 21 Nov 94 8:04:38 EST
  ...You will know it is lit if a) there is a blue flame in the sight glass; and b) the red LED glows for...
• Re: Aaaaargh! Brake failure (long)
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Mon, 17 Apr 2000 09:39:15 +0200
  ...you didnt have any brakes is that when the rotors were glowing red, the brake fluid is boiling, and when it boils, oxygen is...
• Re: Instrument Cluster Woes
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 15 Feb 2006 11:16:20 -0600
  ...zero. > Tach drops to zero. > Clock turns off. > High beam LED glows dimly. (if i turn on high beams, the LED goes > OUT, ironically...
• Re: Dometic won't light troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:33:46 -0700
  ...With this adjustment the flame looked a little stronger, but I still see something glowing red. And, after running all night on LPG the...
• Re: Diesel engine wont start
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn Ratjen
  Fri, 7 Oct 2005 10:29:59 -0700
  ...If only little dimming (ie less than when pre-glowing the glow plugs), then the solenoid in the starter doesn't close the main...
• Re: replacing fuel tank
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Wed, 17 Jul 2013 09:24:09 -0600
  ...My westy's boob broke off a glow plug then book >>> off an ez out in the glow plug, what fun!! >>> >>> Velma 82 na...
• Re: Update on Cracked Heads - Archives
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Tue, 16 Nov 2010 14:45:53 -0800
  ...You might find that the recommendations are not exactly glowing.;-) BenT
• Re: Fridge led glowing on its own again.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 27 Jul 2014 17:21:52 -0400
  ...I mentioned a >couple of weeks again that my blue led on indicator panel was >starting to glow when fridge not running. This started...
• Re: HIDs on a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:16:53 -0700
  ...the gas itself is what gives off light, not a hot glowing tungsten element. This is also why they don't come in little...
• Re: Westy 3-Way Fridge Questions
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 22 Nov 1994 06:02:18 -0700
  ...blue flame in the sight glass; >and b) the red LED glows for longer than 30 seconds.... > > >The propane dial must be fully open...
• Re: Tachometer
  Historical mailing list - Dr. Theodore B. Hoekman
  Thu, 24 Apr 1997 11:29:04 +0000
  ...Since the diesel had a line for the glow plug indicator that ran forward in the wiring harness to the console (now unused) that...
• Re: Blink'n Ignition Light (cont'd)
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Thu, 7 May 1998 12:05:19 -0400
  ...They require a waiting period for the glow plugs to warm. Eric 86-VW4x4 vw4x4@fyi.net 72-240z Pittsburgh, PA USA 1936-Chrysler...
• Water seperators, was diesel engine question
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Mon, 27 Dec 1999 08:26:52 -0500
  ...If the separator gets too full of water, the glow plug light will flash while you are motoring down he road. The second (separator...
• Re: '86 Westy cranking trouble
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:03:52 -0700
  ...2 for FP relay. (some diesels use relay socket #2 for glow plug relay but these don't use Fuse 5) Either way you...
• Re: 82 Diesel coolant temp sender location
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:15:33 -0700
  there are two temp senders, of course, one for gauge, one for glow plug circuit. normally .......the temp sender that's in the water...
• Re: oil light
  Historical mailing list - Dan Beatty
  Wed, 1 Nov 1995 20:19:09 -0600 (CST)
  ...When it's wet >out, my oil light glows dimly, I always thought due to the placement of the >oil sender and the road...
• Re: Tachometer
  Historical mailing list - Dr. Theodore B. Hoekman
  Thu, 24 Apr 1997 14:53:34 +0000
  ...Since the diesel had a line for the glow plug indicator that ran forward in the wiring harness to the console (now unused) that...
• Re: OXS and battery LEDs
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 21 Oct 2003 20:06:25 -0400
  ...You could do what I do...just let the silly light glow until I back out of my parking space and get up enough...
• Re: Power loss when engine wet and cold
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Thu, 11 Oct 2007 22:27:59 -0400
  ...between spark > plug wires and ground (might see sparks outright, or glow around wires, at > night), or, even if not root cause, fouled plugs...
• Phred's not feeling too well...
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Fri, 12 Mar 1999 08:19:17 -0600
  ...Oh, one other thing - the OXS light on the dash glows a bit. Not full on - you can only see it at night with...
• Re: bizarre electrical problem (kinda urgent)
  Historical mailing list - DAN WILKIN
  Sat, 24 Feb 2001 08:26:40 -0800
  ...I tried turning it over again, very weak glow from idiot lights. waited a few seconds, tried again, Click, nothing, a repeat of the...
• Westy water level indicator fixed, interesting fridge fringe benefit?
  Historical mailing list - Felder
  Fri, 7 Nov 2003 09:30:21 -0800
  ...anecdotal evidence shows that the battery indicator LED, which always worked, glows brighter, and the fridge lights first time and stays lit with minimum...
• Re: [Syncro] I did the ultimate upgrade for Christmas!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Sat, 29 Dec 2007 21:28:30 -0500
  Thanks for your glowing comment. You removed all doubt about yourself with that statement. 1) You don't know what vehicles I have driven...
• Re: Help troubleshooting minor diesel running issues
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 8 Nov 2011 13:11:02 -0800
  ...None of these problem existed with the previous engine > which would start up at the touch of the key once the glow plug light...
• Re: 82 Diesel Overheating
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 7 Nov 94 7:44:07 PST
  ...Injection pump lock "bolt" Cam lock ice-pick-like tool to grab the shims spare shims set of new Bosch glow plugs (I'll...
• Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 7 Aug 2002 06:24:42 EDT
  ...have found 100/80 watt, XENON WHITE, 9004 bulbs by LIGHT GLOW @ $27.71 ea. and 100/80 watt, XENON WHITE, 9004 bulbs, by...
• Re: HIDs on a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 9 Dec 2008 08:33:08 -0500
  ...The issue with the HID > system is the glowing bit of the element is different than the glowing bit > of a halogen bulb so...
• Re: Weird little electrical problem
  Historical mailing list - Neil
  Sun, 25 Apr 2021 20:22:51 -0700
  ...glow plug relay >> which in turn caused issue in 15 circuit to fuel cut off solenoid? (15 >> connects to solenoid via pin at glow...
• Re: Oil temperature sender
  Historical mailing list - C. Abney
  Sat, 14 Jan 2017 11:42:10 -0800
  ...climb12@gmail.com> wrote: >> I just recently took delivery of the Glowshift oil sender adapter >> along with their oil temp gauge and oil pressure...
• Re: Starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Robin Oomkes
  Tue, 12 Dec 2000 15:22:35 +0100
  ...1 cold start problem is crapped up injectors (assuming > your glow plugs are working). Having the correct oil viscosity helps it to > crank faster...