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• Brake light sensitivity
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Thu, 1 Nov 2001 09:50:26 -0700
  My brake lights are not as sensitive as I would like (the pedal needs to be pushed over an inch before the lights come...
• Re: Red light rev?
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Wed, 30 Jan 2002 09:14:38 -0700
  My '81 has always required a touch to the pedal to get the red lights off, from day one. My '87 will start and...
• brake lights and temperature guage
  Historical mailing list - Daniel E. Dedrick
  Fri, 11 Apr 2003 21:00:27 -0700
  Hi all - I lost my brake lights and my temperature gauge on my 87 Syncro today, is this a coincidence or are they related...
• Instrument lights?
  Historical mailing list - Slloth
  Thu, 3 Apr 2008 20:31:36 -0700
  There are three spot lights for the instrument cluster. The middle and speedometer are working but the clock/temp/fuel gage light is not...
• Re: air bag option
  Historical mailing list - David Raistrick
  Sun, 1 Dec 1996 02:12:12 -0500 (EST)
  ...and of course, again, just being bloody careful! you know? .....david be sure you turn your stinkin lights on! <yeah, i'm the guy...
• Re: Driving lights on 91 GL with H4 Headlight lamps
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:11:37 -0700
  ...During the day you will not see the park lights on from very much of a distance and by no means would you be...
• Re: fog lights
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Thu, 25 Jan 2007 21:19:58 -0600
  ...it took me two sets of lights before i figured out it was gonna happen no matter which brand i used. too many curbs...
• Re: question about Hella fog lamps.
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sun, 17 Jun 2001 01:48:43 -0500
  Hella XL's are not fog lights, but rather auxillary low beams for vans like the 86-91 Vanagon that have horrible low beam...
• Re: Tail light #
  Historical mailing list - George Jannini
  Sun, 2 Dec 2001 12:37:35 -0500
  David, you said, << Aside from being illegal, I think that can bite you -- if your tail lights are as bright as your brake lights...
• Re: Source for 12V LED interior lights?
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Thu, 12 Aug 2004 19:59:24 -0700
  ...then boating accessories then > navigation cabin lights and then LED lights. > > Boating �>>� Boating Accessories >> Navigation / Cabin Lights > > > or just do a search on LED...
• Re: Reverse Lights not working - 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 27 Sep 2004 23:21:25 -0500
  ...The reverse lights switch is located in a little clip beside the tranny, and when reverse is made, the actuating arm depresses the switch...
• dash lights
  Historical mailing list - Ervolina, Thomas R. (Tom)
  Thu, 21 Dec 95 10:34:35 EST
  On the way to work this morning there was a faint 'pop' and the dash lights went dead (the ones that illuminate the dash...
• Re: Driving Lights, EVs and Bras
  Historical mailing list - Drew B. Farenwald
  Wed, 17 Dec 1997 11:12:36 -0500
  ...I have a 1995 Eurovan Winnebago with a bra. > I would also like to have a set of driving lights. The > bra covers the...
• '86 Accumulating Electrical Problems
  Historical mailing list - Mark Bowie
  Fri, 31 Jul 1998 00:49:42 -0400
  ...I was living with that and then on the way home tonight the OXS and alternator lights came on and won't go off...
• Re: Hella Lights
  Historical mailing list - Madsen
  Wed, 1 Mar 2000 09:58:40 -0500
  ...Hella Lights > re: Going to install some Hella Fog LIghts on a 1985 Vanagon GL, any > suggestions or bad experiences? > > Get the stock VW...
• Re: Two warning lights come on TOGETHER
  Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
  Tue, 23 Aug 2005 09:40:31 -0400
  Hey Ed, FWIW, on both my 85's, the Alt and OX lights both light on initial startup and don't go off until...
• 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 18:19:25 -0700
  ...He still wanted the rectangular lights. I have the stock e-code rectangulars on one of my Vanagon's. They work great for me...
• 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: Adding New Interior Lights
  Historical mailing list - Jay Roth
  Wed, 18 Jun 2003 08:03:42 -0500
  ...Adding New Interior Lights Jay; Be careful, if the AC converter draws 3 amps at 120 VAC, then the three lights draw 30 amps...
• Re: wiring a vanagon for towing
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Paquette
  Tue, 26 Dec 2006 17:56:46 -0800
  I don't HAVE to light the bulbs on the van? It's legal to NOT light the actual vehicle lights? Can I just...
• Re: rear lights '81
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Diebolt
  Mon, 17 Mar 1997 14:34:47 -0500
  >Third, since the brake lights and turn signals are separate, I will need >some kind of adaptor to hook up my little boat trailer...
• Re: Electrical System Mystery
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 10 Dec 2000 00:01:56 -0500
  ...Other parts of the electrical system (e.g., parking lights, interior lights, dashboard lights, turn signals, emergency flashers) work fine. When I turn the...
• Stange Malady
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 16 Mar 2007 22:13:24 -0500
  ...After farbling around a bit, I rev'ed the engine to 2000 rpm and the lights went out. Below that and the lights came...
• Headlight buzzer?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:42:24 -0700
  I'm so trained by my "modern" cars' buzzers I leave the Vanagon lights on all the time since they appear turn themselves off...
• City Lights
  Historical mailing list - Undetermined origin c/o LISTSERV administrator
  Sun, 14 Nov 1999 12:06:24 -0800
  ...The rectangular Hella I beleive another term for 'city lights' is day time running lamps. I could be wrong about this though... dave
• Re: Hella Lights
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Tue, 29 Feb 2000 18:52:50 -0700
  ...Going to install some Hella Fog LIghts on a 1985 Vanagon GL, any suggestions or bad experiences? Get the stock VW switch (Bus Depot...
• Adding New Interior Lights
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Wed, 16 Jul 2003 16:07:42 -0700
  ...Ralph Channell <pchannel@PACBELL.NET> >I recently saw Larry Roadhaus's LED track lights that were really nice. _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam...
• Re: interesting front lights...
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sat, 13 Oct 2007 11:01:36 -0700
  ...On 10/13/07, Paul Guzyk <paullist@guzyk.com> wrote: > > what did this guy do? put Eurovan lights/signals onto his Vanagon? weird > > http...
• Re: lighting questions
  Historical mailing list - John Becker
  Mon, 23 Dec 1996 05:10:47 -0800
  ...They advertise it for use in brake lights and back-up > lights. I was wondering how hot these halogen bulbs get. Would they melt...
• Re: FOG LIGHTS......if I use the brackets from Fast Forward.......
  Historical mailing list - Tim Hannink
  Thu, 25 Apr 2002 08:15:01 -0400
  I have some pictures of the brackets for the steel bumper and the Hella XL driving lights here: http://home.earthlink.net/~tjhannink/photos...
• Kamei Vanagon lighting update
  Historical mailing list - Peter Cassidy
  Wed, 28 Mar 2001 14:04:50 +0100
  ...It's also fitted and supplied with Euro-style parking lights & bulbs. Both lights are actually the same size and are both rectangular Hella...
• Re: tail lights
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sat, 18 Dec 2010 11:45:15 -0800
  ...To be noticed by other drivers, it seems we must have brighter lights (more lumens) for the brake and turn lights. The taillights could...
• Re: Cool Lighting
  Historical mailing list - Standley, Craig
  Mon, 10 Sep 2001 16:51:37 -0800
  ...To do all > these jobs, the lights had to have a swivel neck so I could point it where > needed. > > I ended up using...
• Alternator and oxy lights blink
  Historical mailing list - WILLIAM WITZ
  Fri, 19 Oct 2012 17:29:40 -0700
  ...My little problem is that my alternator and oxy lights flash faintly over 2600 rmps the voltage is good at 14.25 volts. The...
• Re: GE High output "bulbs"
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Fri, 26 Feb 1999 10:06:44 -0700
  ...i have them (GE high output low sealed beams) on my '84 > audi 5000 turbo, with a set of Bosch driving lights mounted below...
• H4 Lighting Follow-up
  Historical mailing list - Jon Kanas
  Wed, 18 Dec 2002 21:03:38 -0700
  ...In addition to the lights, he was able to provide me with some additional information regarding options for halogen back-up lights and a...
• Cleaning the tail light too.
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Fri, 23 Nov 2001 06:31:04 -0800
  Joel, Good call on the cleaning of the tail lights. I just cleaned my tail lights. You were right. They were filthy down in...
• Re: wiring a vanagon for towing
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 26 Dec 2006 22:26:00 -0500
  ...When both motor home turn signals are on such for brake lights, the towed vehicle brake lights will also be activated. I use this...
• Re: Wiring for inner headlights
  Historical mailing list - tolga
  Fri, 26 Nov 2004 13:34:44 -0500
  ...to do so would >lessen the output of all four lights. it would be best to run new >wires to the inner lights AND...
• Re: P'zwo Foglights
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 8 Jun 1998 07:42:03 -0400
  ...The effect is that the fogs come on anytime both the key is "on" AND any of the lights are turned on (which is...
• Re: Switch to LED lighting??
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 4 Jul 2010 15:56:23 -0700
  ...The cruise control uses the voltage spike from the current draw of the brake lights as a release mechanism - the LEDs don't pull...
• Re: Parking lights + ignition switch = flat battery
  Historical mailing list - Puzerewski
  Sun, 11 Jun 2000 21:33:17 -0400
  ...Re: [VANAGON] Parking lights + ignition switch = flat battery > At 19:45 6/11/2000, =David-M= wrote: > >Is there a (simple?) way to rewire...
• Re: Trailer wiring kit
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 15 May 2017 11:52:28 -0400
  Best to use one that separates trailer from vehicle circuits and adapts separate turn signals to single bulb trailer lights. I ordered mine from...
• Re: grills, grills, grills
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 31 May 94 09:19:11 ADT
  > > >anybody know of a north american source of replacement >radiator grills for a 4 light system? not the late model >rectangular lights, but a...
• Re: Daytime running lights for US Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Thu, 7 May 1998 09:17:51 -0500
  ...You idea of "economical" off-roading lights sounds good. ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> Shalom Mark B. Magee 82 Diesel Westy 87GL 96 Suzuki 4WD Sport Kemah TX USA...
• Idiot lights
  Historical mailing list - wogdog
  Thu, 8 Jun 2006 06:09:43 -0700
  Volks, After a long uphill climb into a head wind and in 3rd gear I noticed that two lights had come on at the...
• Re: Projectzo fog lights
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 13 May 1999 20:03:39 EDT
  I am taking orders for these fog lights right now. They are $298. I have a few orders all ready. We are getting them...
• AC & Warning Lights?
  Historical mailing list - Brian Doss
  Mon, 12 Jul 1999 07:40:50 EDT
  ...I shut the AC off, drove a few hundred yards, the lights went out. Coincidence?
• Re: Christmas Lights
  Historical mailing list - Marie Whitehead
  Thu, 2 Dec 1999 19:47:01 -0500
  For those in the Philly area who might be interested in lights for the vans, I just received a CVS circular which lists a...
• Horn honks when I flip on the bright lights
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 16 Dec 2002 11:52:16 -0600
  Horn honks when I flip on the bright lights. That is about it anybody got a fix or work around to relieve my frustration...
• Re: Bosch and Hella H4 Lights - Group Purchace (All Model Years)
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Sat, 13 Nov 1999 18:32:00 -0800
  ...I mean people drive with off road lights on and everything... no one seems to get stopped by the C.H.P. Bill -----Original...
• Re: Need help for forgetful Son -- leaving the lights on -- 84 Vanagon 1.9L engine, automatic transmission
  Historical mailing list - Dave Weaver
  Mon, 16 Jan 2017 13:29:45 -0500
  ...Need help for forgetful Son -- leaving the > lights on -- 84 �������������� Vanagon 1.9L engine, automatic transmission My > Son (18 last June) is now the...
• Re: Vanagon rear lights and the pathetic headlights
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 17 Dec 2010 18:30:11 -0800
  ...New lights and > improved wiring-relay kit is the way to go. This should include grounding > the lights directly instead of the stock ground...
• Re: The key question and dual voltage lights.
  Historical mailing list - Rodney Woten
  Fri, 12 Jul 2002 11:44:14 -0500
  ...The key question and dual voltage lights. pRod, Rather than dual voltage lights ... how about a small 110v to 12v converter wired into your...
• Faulty brake light switches
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:59:28 -0500
  ...However, when I stepped firmly on the brakes and the brake lights came on they had no reason to investigate. I think they (four...
• Re: Bosch and Hella H4 Lights - Group Purchace (All Model Years)
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 13 Nov 1999 09:13:48 -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: Lighting ideas for cargo area?
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Mon, 29 Jan 2001 18:21:24 -0800
  ...Randy Bergum Alan Hosage wrote: > Speaking of lights.....I have been wanting to install two lights near the > footwells. Or was thinking about mounting...
• relay your headlights (wasRe: Round vs. Square vs. SA double round headlights
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 10 Mar 2002 12:40:54 EST
  ...6 lights on the front of my van.. :<) i dont even USE the SA inner lights or P-zwo fogs at all.. RELAYING 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...
• Interior Lights
  Historical mailing list - James morris
  Tue, 15 Sep 1998 10:18:38 -0500
  Driving home last night in my 87 GL, the interior lights started blinking off and on. (WHAD-UP!). The back rear light is not...