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• Re: Diesel and WBX Coolant Temp gauges same?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:20:52 -0700
  ...on, coolant warning LED would flash. Started engine. Light stayed on. Pretty sure fuel gauge wasn't rising either. Briefly running engine would not...
• Re: coolant temps
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 2 Jun 2002 21:55:06 -0700
  ...Later the coolant tank level sensor was added and VW decided to use the same flashing LED to warn the driver of a low...
• 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: 1985 GL - Turn Signal's quit working *SOLVED*
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 5 May 2010 14:16:13 -0400
  At 01:09 PM 5/5/2010, Jeff Lincoln wrote: >I had been assuming that the 4 way flashers and the trun signals >were...
• the nose knows
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Jun 1995 20:05:39 -0400
  ...Also note the is rust under the wind shield flashing(some kind of early patch). Thanks Steve Pribyl 72 boat top camper. 74 Yamaha...
• Re: Friday funny link
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Fri, 30 Jul 2004 15:12:08 -0700
  ...risk! > >www.albinoblacksheep.com > > >Brian from Salem, Or ------------------ One of the flash videos there, "The Panda Song", even has some very brief Westy content...
• Re: Euro Highness ...
  Historical mailing list - BA
  Wed, 24 Aug 2005 20:59:32 -0700
  ...We flash our headlights.
• stupid blinker question but I need help
  Historical mailing list - Mark Cumnock
  Mon, 23 May 2005 08:35:05 -0400
  ...The flashers don't work, the LED stays on ....but the outside lights don't so before I tear something up, can someone point...
• Re: Coolant Flush and Fill (Post Mortem)
  Historical mailing list - sstones
  Sun, 4 Dec 1994 11:53:05 -0500 (EST)
  ...The temperature gauge needle > was sometimes registering the engine as cool when the light would flash. I beleive it is flash for low level...
• Re: More turn signal indicator mystery
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 1 May 2014 05:33:22 -0700
  ...I see a semiconductor in the flasher relay (also used by turn signals) Maybe this relay has solder joints? If so.... Blinkers on, push...
• I fried something (front heater blower)
  Historical mailing list - John Baker
  Sat, 1 Dec 2001 12:21:03 -0500
  ...I also see that when I turn on my turn signals, the headlite indicator dash bulb begins flashing in time with the turn signal...
• Re: HELP! Anthony's oil psi question!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Tue, 30 Jun 1998 02:47:53 EDT
  ...Car will idle fine for about 15 minutes, then oil light will start to flash. Anyone with suggestions? Thanks in advance... >> Make sure that...
• Eng Temp Fine, But Warning Light Flashing ???
  Historical mailing list - Marty Wallace
  Mon, 10 Aug 1998 23:18:00 -0700
  ...warning light began to flash, although the temp gauge indicated perfectly normal operating temperatures and the Vanagon ran just fine. Some clues: ----------- Immediately before...
• Re: Cooling System Surprise
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Sat, 2 Mar 2002 12:49:07 +0100
  ...While there are several examples of badness occuring after the temp light has begun flashing, the one that comes to my mind right now...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list - Karl M
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 09:38:58 -0500
  ...I run 130/90 bulbs in my outers, 100 in the driving lamps (both properly aimed) and have yet to ever get flashed, threatened...
• Re: 91 Westy - SA Grill upgrade?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Nov 2014 15:34:27 -0500
  ...about when im in a '86-91, i just drive with my high beams on all the time and nobody has ever flashed me :)
• Re: Coolant Low Level Light Useful?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:04:01 -0400
  At 10:51 PM 10/14/2009, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: >if you unplug the sensor, the LED flashes continuously. Yup. >If you jumper...
• electrical systems
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 19 May 94 14:10:58 PDT
  ...to this group? (no, i'm not suggesting secret handshakes, or morse code headlight flashing) cheers alistair -- Alistair Bell ui775@freenet.victoria.bc.ca
• Re: VW's on the big screen
  Historical mailing list - JOHNSON THOMAS H
  Thu, 28 Dec 1995 13:14:34 -0900 (AKST)
  ...Fournier II wrote: > Then there's the new Sears commercial with the flash of a blue and white > 23-window sunroof splittie with roof...
• Re: Whiff of polyglycol
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Feb 1997 14:18:45 -0400 (AST)
  ...after removing glove box, lying upside down on the floor, flashlight in your mouth, humming a mindless ditty between cursing the VW designers. Tim
• Re: Need help - the dreaded flashing red coolant light
  Historical mailing list - Chris
  Sun, 8 Sep 2002 18:27:41 -0400
  I heard one time about some crazy such thing as parking on a hill to be able to get all the air out of...
• Re: Out go the lights Yikes!
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/3 WBXs
  Mon, 23 Sep 2002 01:17:53 +0000
  ...The Bentley schematics showed how the regular headlights can be lost but the high beam flasher would still energize the headlights. Regards, John _________________________________________________________________ Send...
• Re: rear defroster
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Thu, 21 Nov 2002 15:37:03 -0700
  ...Start counting from the left > or use a flashlight to see the numbers below the fuses. With a '90, maybe he has the later...
• ARK II
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Alfonso
  Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:12:51 -0800
  ...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63_lcQUdxxE&eurl= See if you can tell why a guy with a white westfalia might have flashbacks...
• Re: Turn signals Blinking Too fast???????
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 12 Apr 2006 19:56:02 -0400
  ...That said, I once had the fast flashing on one side problem and, in my case, it was a bad connection due to corrosion...
• Re: Waving Vanagon drivers (again)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Sep 1995 15:09:44 +0600
  ...and i have got a flash back from a eurovan, and numerous vanagons but not too many breadloaves.. brad '85 Weekender GL
• Re: OOPS Re: HELP HELP HELP Big Headlight Trouble
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 11 Feb 2003 11:56:24 -0500
  ...The headlights work when you pull the flasher switch because the switch gets power from the 30-circuit, direct from the battery. A bad...
• Re: Turn lights weirdness
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 13 Aug 2002 19:49:24 -0400
  ...current from flowing through the turn signal lamps so the flasher does not flash. Turn on the left turns signals and look to see...
• Re: Won't Start in St. Helena, Napa County
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Sun, 30 Nov 2014 06:32:50 -0500
  ...going on. ..whether you > get flashes while cranking or not. > > or in a rare case dim or intermittant flashes ( saw that on a Subaru...
• Re: Thermal insulation for inside doors/panels
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 6 Feb 2017 10:39:05 -0800
  ...Seal-Instant-Waterproof-Repairs-6-in-x-25-ft-Aluminum-Roll-Flashing/1018733 for body panel I combine them with fiber glass roll http...
• How do I grease the clutch and brake pedal pivots.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 30 Apr 2011 21:09:13 -0500
  ...Can't even see them without a mirror and flashlight. Thanks John -- John Rodgers Clayartist and Moldmaker 88'GL VW Bus Driver Chelsea, AL...
• Re: Interior light switch
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Sat, 3 Mar 2001 16:32:41 EST
  ...You may have to drop the fuse panel out of the way to reach the wires or try fishing them out with a flashlite...
• Oh Poo! (FridayThang)
  Historical mailing list - Tracey
  Fri, 1 Nov 2002 13:17:48 -0500
  ...out this little gem...you gotta have a browser plugin with Flash player or you can d-load the latest one free at this...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 26 Nov 2002 09:38:35 EST
  ...a better idea, i'll drive down the road holding a flashlight out the window.. (which was about the performance of the stock low...
• [NVC] Re: Crumbling Flue Vent Cover
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:38:32 -0500
  ...http://www.privatehand.com/flash/elements.html (Van content? Uh, the above has a New Beetle in it...) Matt Roberds
• FW: Hello (New from PA)
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Tue, 11 Jul 2000 10:09:46 -0400
  ...I can say it is still flash silver (some areas have more flash than others) and is better than it was before I started...
• Re: Oil light/buzzer
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Aug 1997 19:16:38 EDT
  ...The flashing LED is associated with the 4.4 sensor. The flashing LED and the buzzer occur with RPM>2000 and no switch closure...
• Re: Oil Light flashing
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 3 Oct 2006 23:49:38 -0400
  ...Oil Light flashing Hi Volks, Dad called from tonight from near Salamanca NY, he's headed down rt 219 on the way to John...
• A Friday Maintenance Story
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Fri, 3 Aug 2001 07:56:17 -0400
  ...Must be the relay I decide, after finding the four-way flashers are also kaput. No sweat, I'll swap the relay from the...
• Bright LED Cheap source & usage
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Mon, 24 Apr 2006 21:54:29 -0400
  ...Edward Always looking for a good hack, I noticed recently an LED flashlight on sale for $10 at the Eckerd Drugstore. This has 21...
• Re: Dash Noise - Buzzing
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:39:25 -0400
  ...speedometer. (shown in Bentley) Remember, if the oil light isn't flashing then it's not the oil buzzer. yrs, d (in damp Seattle...
• Re: [f] Re- Spare on nose
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 Nov 1995 12:42:21 +0500
  ...there" in contrast to the carbon base life forms here on Terra, and > he is probably haveing flashbacks to previous voyages. (Voyages not Voyeurs!!! > :-) )
• My 91 Westy For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Wed, 7 Jul 1999 18:07:29 -0500
  ...http://www.flash.net/~condor2/ Tis' a hard thing, but it is a great Westy for someone else (Who doesn't have 2 kids...
• New instrument pod from Bus Depot
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 22 Oct 1999 14:31:05 -0700
  Hello all and Ron, Installed my new instrument cluster and got a nasty oil pressure buzz at 2k RPM along with flashing light. After...
• Motorola MtoROKR/VW Bus Commercial
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 25 Sep 2005 19:40:02 -0600
  ...Macromedia Flash 7. Bob
• Re: For how long have you been here?
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Thu, 7 Jun 2007 15:34:12 -0600
  ...And that post was a topic that just flashed by again in the last few days--"what does Kombi mean?".... ;-) Richard Boulder
• Re: Slow-poke vanagon warning sign
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Fri, 4 Jun 2004 22:12:22 -0700
  ...http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/vw-camping/ Photo of a vanagon with a special orange striped flashing warning sign to alert other drivers...
• Re: Turn signal system failure
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:29:48 -0400
  ...With the stalk in center position > the indicator glows dimly. > > Changing the emergency flasher relay (21) didn't correct the fault. > > I have disconnected...
• RE: Why didn't that VW use his signal?!
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Mon, 15 Apr 1996 09:11:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...In a Ford with a separate plug-in flasher unit, it's a bad flasher that normally makes this happen. In your bus, probably...
• Re: Now what have I done.... Flashing oil light??
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 6 Mar 2010 16:54:17 -0800
  ...But then I notice the flashing oil light on > the dash, and I shut down the engine. > > Turn the key to ON, and the...
• Re: Won't Start in St. Helena, Napa County
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 29 Nov 2014 22:07:33 -0700
  ...going on. ..whether you > get flashes while cranking or not. > > or in a rare case dim or intermittant flashes ( saw that on a Subaru...
• Re: Found my Syncro project.
  Historical mailing list - Brendan Slevin
  Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:40:41 -0700
  ...coolant temp barely moving, coolant light flashing intermittently AND the oil light/buzzer on even with the wire disconnected and grounded: I think I...
• Re: Broken Window - Angry...
  Historical mailing list - Bernie
  Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:06:52 -0800
  I have a VERY visible blue flashing light on dash and it's just a "dummy light"but it looks like it is a...
• Re: Re flashing over vans
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 25 Aug 94 12:40:18 EDT
  David Schwarze writes: > > L.S.Griffiths@physics.salford.ac.uk writes: > > > > Your high beam should work with no lights on. > > I thought so too...
• Re: Joel's Database...
  Historical mailing list - William Duff
  Thu, 13 Jul 1995 15:33:03 DST
  ...life thing, she said to her it sounded more like a FLASHBACK. It stuck. Bill Duff (69 single cab pickup) (82 vanagon) ( two Volvo...
• Re: flashing coolant light
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 6 Apr 2001 12:48:12 -0400
  At 12:32 PM 4/6/2001, David Beierl wrote: >You don't want to hear this, John -- > >1) live with it Actually, an...
• Is a black interior common??
  Historical mailing list - JT Harvey
  Mon, 12 Aug 2002 14:17:27 -0700
  ...1985 flash silver, sunroof, and a black/grey interior. I've never seen this interior and was wondering if it was common and what...
• Re: Hooray for Vanagon owners
  Historical mailing list - Dr.Chris
  Sun, 17 Dec 2006 10:14:53 -0500
  ...it, given the lack of bricks in the Chicago > suburbs. > > 8^) > > > > I flashed him the Vdub salute and commended him > > on his lightning reflexes. > > > > >
• Re: Temp Gauge
  Historical mailing list - vt
  Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:17:40 -0500
  ...Early watercooled Vanagons had no coolant level > warning system but still had the flashing light, same gauge. The coolant > level circuit was added by...
• Re: Instrument dash lights not working
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 23 Jul 2024 15:29:48 -0400
  ...when leaving the shop that the blinkers seemed not to be flashing normally, and I was told driver side rear lights were dim. >> >> I...