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• Backing with tinted windows
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:21:01 -0800
  ...I get flashed sometimes by truckers...just a quick blink of their rear-pointing floodlight wakes ME up to the fact that I've...
• Re: Friday NV
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 24 Oct 2014 08:22:31 -0700
  http://www.amazon.com/Flash-Electronic-Light-Touch-Game/dp/B007OXKQU0 On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 7:47 AM, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@gmail...
• Moo is leaking Big Time!
  Historical mailing list - Barry Mercer
  Mon, 02 Dec 1996 20:57:34 -0500
  ...I just came in, after letting the engine warm up to the point where the indicator was at the midway point. I had a...
• Re: Flashing Low Coolant Light (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Mon, 12 Apr 1999 18:33:17 -0700
  ...Flashing Low Coolant Light (longish) > Tom , > I had the same problem with a phantom > problem that kept the low coolant light coming on. > It...
• Re: Brake light problem
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 5 May 2024 19:28:59 -0500
  ...next obvious failure > point > > I should be looking at? It isn't the bulbs BTW because they work with the > > emergency flasher switch. > > > > ?? > > > > Jim >
• Blinking Temp Light
  Historical mailing list - Mister Tom
  Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:56:08 -0800
  When I start my '87 Syncro Westy the LED flashes as it should, then stops. Recently it has been coming back on blinking, sometimes...
• Re: Coolant temp warning light won't stop flashing - is my diagnosiscorrect?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 10 Aug 2000 16:58:21 -0500
  Doug, the flashing light in the temp gauge in the instrument panel is the low coolant level warning light. It connects to the coolant...
• Re: flashing light on temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - Richard Brassaw
  Mon, 7 Apr 2003 16:05:17 -0700
  ...2003 3:17 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: flashing light on temp gauge Volks, It turned out to be caused by...
• Re: Great Job Guys!!
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Fri, 18 Jul 1997 10:53:25 -0700
  ...I have to point out that the following addresses also work, for the memory-impaired: vanagon@vanagon.com listserv@vanagon.com Coyote -- /\_/\ ____ Ron 'Coyote...
• Overheating problem
  Historical mailing list - Jack Keegan
  Mon, 7 Jun 2004 15:42:06 -0700
  ...If it started flashing while driving, turning the heater on would immediately solve the problem, and it would stop flashing and drop back down...
• Re: Buzzer is going off - turn signal lights
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:44:46 -0400
  ...As Alistair Bell kindly pointed out to me, #21 is the flasher relay. If it's buzzing in some conditions and working normally in...
• Re: flashing light on temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - Richard Brassaw
  Mon, 7 Apr 2003 12:23:27 -0700
  ...Of course, it could be something else entirely, as you pointed out, but I'd suggest that he check out the sensor first. Richard...
• Vanagon TSB's Technical Service Bulletins
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:33:31 -0400
  ...92-03) Coolant Indicator LED is Flashing at Normal Temperatures * (90/87-03) Coolant Temperature Gauge Light flashes intermittently / continuously * (24/90-03) Throttle...
• Hmm. Headlights don't ...
  Historical mailing list - Zolly
  Sun, 14 Nov 2010 15:50:20 -0800
  ...The flash lights don't either. High or low beam. It's an '85 camper. I checked; fuses all good, changed the switch with...
• Re: Where's the coolant relay on a diesel vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:45:54 -0800
  ...There are some electronic components that control the flashing, inside the gauge that fail, causing intermittent or even constant flashing. One way to know...
• Re: 90 cooling problem
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:44:07 -0700
  ...After I >> stopped the engine I could hear pressure noises (what sounded like fluid >> shifting around as the engine cooled off) >> >> Does this point...
• Re: Friday flammables
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 13 Apr 2012 02:28:16 -0700
  ...We are sitting on 15.9 gallons of gasoline with a flash point of -50 > degrees f > There is 2.5 gallons of propane...
• Re: Parts Washer
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 9 Feb 2016 08:34:51 -0800
  ...Kerosene has a high flash point, minimizing fire hazard. Should still have a good sized extinguisher in your shop. Do not use anything else...
• Re: electric windows trick
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Thu, 11 Sep 1997 08:59:00 -0600
  ...flasher circuit energizes the load reduction relay thru the light switch if the light switch is turned on. I can send a complete point...
• Re: Digital Cameras
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 26 Aug 2002 23:05:36 -0400
  ...Just a data point for you. My only complaints: - The user interface could be a little more intuitive. - The flash is a bit close...
• Re: Joy Hecht's problem's solved?
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Mon, 23 May 2005 17:07:58 -0400
  ...Is there any benefit to moving the sensor to a lower > point > :::in > :::the system? > ::: > :::The light should flash as soon as the coolant...
• Re: 2WD vanagon lift front springs
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 3 Jul 2009 12:18:16 -0400
  ...At some point if someone wanted to swap me a set of those for the lower springs on my current '89 White Star I...
• 90 cooling problem
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:08:37 -0700
  ...The temp needle went to the top and the red light began to flash. I drove a little while longer and idled downhill home...
• coolant LED issues
  Historical mailing list - carboncow
  Mon, 13 Mar 2006 17:07:18 -0500
  So I'm guessing sensors, relays and electrical are not vw strong point. The coolant temp/level LED is flashing non-stop. Coolant level...
• Re: Light Bars
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Tue, 10 Jul 2018 17:11:36 -0400
  ...Right > now there is an Amazon flash sale on some. But my point here is that even > if you have no interest in adding...
• Overheating '87 GL
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Wed, 17 Jul 2002 13:11:35 -0500
  ...The temperature on the gauge went up then the red light started flashing. I shut the engine down immediately. Once I got the van...
• Re: painted vans?
  Historical mailing list - Bart Wineland
  Fri, 18 Aug 2000 08:55:49 -0400
  ...I grateful for the pointers incase I take another shot at it. thanks At 01:09 AM 8/18/00 -0700, Mark Dorm wrote...
• Re: Light Bars
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Tue, 10 Jul 2018 15:34:08 -0500
  ...Right > now there is an Amazon flash sale on some. But my point here is that even > if you have no interest in adding...
• Re: electrical short?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:22:20 -0500
  ...Also, the same jolt will cause my > coolant light to flash just like it does when first turning the key to > start the van...
• Re: Turn Signals
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 14 Jan 2003 23:58:26 -0500
  ...New bulbs, >new flashers, new fuses--nothing. I realize I need to track the electrical >path but are there some problems common to vanagon...
• Re: Friday NV
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 24 Oct 2014 08:27:48 -0700
  ...I need to actually touch what I am pointing at >> repeatedly and the object pointed at needs to change positions randomly. >> What I propose...
• Re: Fire!
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Mon, 24 Dec 2012 22:25:37 -0500
  Dennis, Thanks for the flash point link. Good information. My fire started only one mile into my trip to work on a chilly day...
• Re: What I'd like to see in a Vanagon...
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Sat, 5 Feb 2005 13:02:24 -0500
  Flashback to early evening on back-roads along the northern shore of Lake Huron... one eye peeled for moose, one eye peeled for gas...
• Re: coolant level control unit location
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:27:55 -0400
  ...But of course at some point you have to make contact with the steel body... The flasher circuit needs a ground at the gauge...
• Re: Dang driver lowbeam and front driver turnsignal
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 2 Jan 2017 23:12:28 -0500
  ...The 4 way flasher is not an > independent circuit. The flasher will not flash unless it sees enough > current being drawn for two bulbs...
• Engine Died
  Historical mailing list - Geoffrey Toye
  Mon, 30 Mar 2020 10:35:04 -0400
  ...it from the drivers seat and crank the engine, if it flashed as usual would this not tell you that the coil, HT wires...
• Sprudel back on the road
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Wed, 18 Sep 2002 17:29:28 -0700
  ...and the temp doesn't rise above this point. The red light just keeps flashing. Any ideas why? Anything to worry about? Hoping to...
• Re: Car alarms
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Fri, 25 Jan 2002 17:52:31 -0500
  ...At that point the perpertrator (sp?)is going for it. The alarm can beep, buzz, shriek, flash lights, release a smoke screen, whatever. It...
• Re: temp. gauge warning light
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 2 Jul 2001 21:11:49 -0500
  ...John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Brett Ellingson wrote: > > My 87 westy's coolant temperature gauge warning light has been > flashing. After about 45 freeway...
• Re: Differences between 82 and 83 turn signals?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 12 Apr 2009 01:16:19 -0400
  ...Did it? and how did you fix? For the turn signal -- I'm assuming that turn signals and flashers work normally, yes? Unplug the...
• Re: Dash Noise - Buzzing
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:32:22 -0700
  Good point. I could have worded my response better. I was inferring that it might be something else buzzing or (admittedly I was guessing...
• Re: Low Coolant Warning LED
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Fri, 6 Aug 2021 16:35:01 -0400
  ...Foil Continuity > Good > > Swapped In ( now ?able ) used Gauge > Still Flashes > > Guessing @ this point that must have 2 Gauges with Same Symptoms & > > Quite Actually...
• Fwd: Questions about Gas Heater from 82 Diesel
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 12:59:27 EST
  ...period and the gas does not, because Diesel has a higher flash point than gasoline. The control system is different, but the burn chamber...
• Fwd: Questions about Gas Heater from 82 Diesel
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 12:59:27 EST
  ...period and the gas does not, because Diesel has a higher flash point than gasoline. The control system is different, but the burn chamber...
• Re: Why I don't drive the Baja at 4 in the morning!
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:24:03 -0400
  ...Also chances are > you're not going to be robbed at gun point by a group of people in unmarked > SUVs with flashing lights...
• Re: Overheating problem
  Historical mailing list - lauterba
  Tue, 8 Jun 2004 00:29:09 -0400
  ...If it started flashing while driving, > turning the heater on would immediately solve the problem, and it would > stop flashing and drop back down...
• Re: Overheating problem
  Historical mailing list - tmiller
  Mon, 7 Jun 2004 22:06:31 -0400
  ...If it started flashing while driving, >turning the heater on would immediately solve the problem, and it would >stop flashing and drop back down...
• Re: flashing coolant light purpose
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:44:29 -0400
  ...And there are lots of failure points on the Vanagon cooling system. Yours, David
• Re: 84 Wasserboxer Coolant Level Light (U)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 19 Jul 1996 21:12:43 -0400
  In a message dated 96-07-17 08:46:01 EDT, niel.blackwell@srs.gov writes: << Continues to flash while running. Checked 14 point...
• Re: Water level/temp warning flasher
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 27 Jul 2001 15:04:45 -0400
  ...of the >location. >With it removed, the warning lamp continues to flash. >(DEFINATELY a faulty gauge?) Faulty gauge or just possibly faulty regulator, should...
• Re: 84 Wasserboxer Coolant Level Light (U)
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 17 Jul 1996 07:07:29 +0000
  > Continues to flash while running. Checked 14 point connector at panel, tightened > nuts on gauge, replaced both sensors on thermo housing and sensor in...
• Re: blinkered
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Snook
  Tue, 8 Apr 2008 15:39:44 -0700
  ...flashers before I bought it last fall! Just forgot, I guess. The two contact idea explains it, I guess. Anyway, at this point the...
• Re: 90 cooling problem
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:20:19 -0700
  ...After I > stopped the engine I could hear pressure noises (what sounded like fluid > shifting around as the engine cooled off) > > Does this point...
• Re: painted vans?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Mon, 21 Aug 2000 01:15:32 PDT
  ...I grateful for the >pointers incase I take another shot at it. > >thanks > >At 01:09 AM 8/18/00 -0700, Mark Dorm wrote...
• VW story and helpful hint.
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 29 Jan 1997 20:08:45 -0500 (EST)
  ...The point of this story? Well, back over the summer once in a while the dashlights would flash and the seat belt buzzer would...
• Re: 88 CV Joint ?s
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 29 Aug 2001 05:19:42 -0500
  I used to cuss those houosings but resigned myself to the fact what hassle there is accessing the 6 or 12 point cap screws...
• Bay Area Vanagons... wow.
  Historical mailing list - Earthlink.net
  Fri, 25 Jun 1999 13:06:48 -0500
  Being from the midwest where Westies are a novelty (children point and giggle, or Dead Heads flash you the peace sign) I was amazed...
• Re: My Vanagon's blinking coolant light problem vs other peoples'---it all blends together
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 12 Dec 2014 19:45:04 -0500
  ...Low coolant will just flash the light. Over temp will flash the light and raise the gauge. The flashing light should get your attention...
• Re: Fire!
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Tue, 25 Dec 2012 19:16:12 -0800
  ...day.� I doubt the exhaust manifold had reached 420� or the flash point of motor oil. I'm still blaming a failed (Magnecor) ignition...
• Re: Fraydaye -- What Was Your Favourite Westy Moment This Week?
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Fri, 14 Sep 2012 09:15:48 -0700
  ...Jetta flashed me a peace sign >and kids playing football stopped play to point and wave! >________________________________