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• Installing Volvo Front Seats
  Historical mailing list - C B
  Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:39:05 -0800
  ...Also, can I re-use the Volvo bun warmer switches, and suggestions on how to wire? Perhaps with a relay and direct wire to...
• Re: Master Brake Cylinder Install
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Sat, 2 Sep 2006 21:18:30 -0700
  ...My new MC came with the two new brake light switches but I ended up using my old switches - 22mm wrench on my old...
• Re: The two throttle valve switches, redux
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:27:27 -0700
  ...Lemme try again. >> >> On the earlier 1.9L's there are two switches on the throttle valve. One >> closes when the foot is off...
• Re: Power window switch relocation
  Historical mailing list - Toomey Douglas
  Sun, 27 Aug 2017 11:47:22 -0700
  ...I need to diagnose the voltage drops between switches and motor, and I may need a new motor or mechanism. It appears that the...
• Re: Good/bad vanagon design, waS - Soft Brakes after driving with E-brake on for 30 miles
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 26 Sep 2010 22:35:08 -0700
  ...Still havn't gotten >>around to putting in head light relays that I have .. >>mostly the switches are not that bad. 'vw grade' I...
• Re: Electrical questions. Radiator fan circuit from 85 Vanagon into 81 air cooled Westy.
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:24:10 -0800
  ...But then VW must have had a good reason for designing it with both the low and high thermo switches and fan speeds. Likely...
• Re: It's not the way to do it ...
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 12 Dec 2016 22:16:59 -0500
  ...FWIW, we do have new thermo time switches... http://www.busdepot.com/043906163a Ron Salmon The Bus Depot, Inc. www.busdepot.com
• Re: bad fit brake switches
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Mon, 20 Jul 2015 16:36:27 -0700
  Not quite accurate. The 3 terminal brake light switch was stock for 80-84 vans and those used the 3rd terminal has part of...
• Re: [WetWesties] Westy water tank senders now available again
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 1 Nov 2011 17:03:55 -0400
  ...These are the wands with reed switches (not relays) and floating magnet. I had some discussion with them before they started assembling about providing...
• Re: Behr, of a price, A/C unit
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Thu, 29 Sep 2005 20:30:31 EDT
  ...Hoses, switches etc. Check um out before you jump to any conclusions! :o) vintageair.com John C...
• Fwd: 1981 Westfalia - Refrigerator Propane problem
  Historical mailing list - Michael Harrnacker
  Fri, 28 May 1999 12:39:47 -0800
  ...Following the instructions; pumping the unit up ( switches set for GAS, etc) and simutaneously pressing the ignitor and safety button - Won't light! Propane...
• Re: Interior Lights not working
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Tue, 11 Dec 2001 19:08:50 EST
  In a message dated 12/11/01 4:03:53 PM Pacific Standard Time, hector.zapata@XRXGSN.COM writes: << Check your door switches, there...
• Re: heater blower replacement
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 5 Aug 2003 14:38:53 -0400
  ...be there, the heat generated may do bad things, like melt switches (aka headlight switch), or wires, or even cause a fire. On Tuesday...
• Re: What's this broken connector?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 19 Apr 2012 01:25:16 -0400
  ...Since the two switches are in parallel, the only plausible scenario I can see would be for one switch to fail open and the...
• Re: Speaking of Heaters, who's got a QUIET plug in they like?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:38:27 -0500
  At 09:35 PM 1/27/2009, brions cars wrote... >Watch out for safety tip over switches. The last Wally mart one I >bought...
• Re: Brake master cyclinder replacement procedures (LONG)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Mon, 17 Jul 2006 19:43:33 -0700
  ...My new MC came with the two new brake light switches but I ended up using my old switches - 22mm wrench on my old...
• Re: [Nearly Off-Topic] Seeking Battery Switch
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 20 Sep 2012 15:12:54 -0700
  ...battery alternator "on" blue wire carries + to relay coil, switches relay to vehicle B+ --> 30 --> 87 --> starter batter --> aux. battery If it were me...
• Re: The Comedy of Errors
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:05:04 -0700
  ...Being it had sat for years, I figured brake light switches. Instrument pod removed, master cylinder exposed and drained, new genuine VW switches in...
• Re: 86 vanagon Oil Pressure Switch
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Tue, 10 Jul 2001 00:19:29 -0700
  ...The fact that you had .3bar switches on 84 and 85 indicates PO or their mechanics had installed wrong switches. It's like using...
• Re: Another LED application
  Historical mailing list - Cetin Seren
  Wed, 07 Aug 1996 22:22:39 -0400
  ...However, those integral on/off switches with the power "on" light in the middle look a lot nicer, and since the wiring becomes simpler...
• Re: Finding and Accessing the Brake Light Switch
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Sun, 25 Dec 2005 19:00:32 -0500
  ...I'm going to try it your way tomorrow at first light (as well as checking the switches and the junction box). Chris On...
• Re: Cleaning contacts/Oil light buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Nathan Mc Blain
  Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:33:26 -0700
  Mark, Thank you, This gives me a much better understanding how these switches work. It's a good thing that VW made the high...
• Replacing radiator Fan Thermo switch questions
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Mon, 23 Aug 2021 10:30:42 -0400
  ...I read an old post from Mark Drillock talking about the several different switches that were available 12 years ago & a problem w/ using...
• Urgent help: fried head light switch and connector - 1991 van
  Historical mailing list - Kevin P. Gilleran
  Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:01:58 -0700
  ...Which is all well and good if I can find one of these infamous switches The problem is that I cannot find the 1991...
• Re: Digifane without Throttle Position switch???
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:16:04 -0400
  ...plate position, >claims to be extremely superior to the mechanical throttle switches and I >believe it. I'm from Missouri. Show me. I can...
• 1991
  Historical mailing list - Jaime Forero (by way of Ron Lussier )
  Fri, 13 Dec 1996 09:43:19 -0800
  ...Could it be the master cylinder or the pressures switches in the master cylinder. Has anyone out there had this problem? -- Ron 'Coyote' Lussier...
• Re: [vanagon] power locks malfunction
  Historical mailing list - John Reddick
  Mon, 3 Dec 2001 21:06:49 -0500
  ...I discovered this after replacing about $250 worth of VW switches and actuators. Unfortunately the wiring of the Vanagon is not up to the...
• Re: The two throttle valve switches, redux
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Wed, 26 Sep 2007 07:08:12 -0700
  Typo. Low 4 + > 1500 rpm was what I had in my head. My traitorous fingers! -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71 Type 2: the...
• Re: Brake Warning Light Behavior
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 25 Nov 2014 17:43:16 -0500
  ...On the 84 there are two switches, one for each circuit. If There are two contacts on each. If one switches without the other...
• Re: Throttle Switch Thrombosis
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Fri, 24 Nov 1995 15:26:37 CST6CDT
  ...Secondly, throttle switches. Ijust got done (like 15 minutes ago) with cleaning and adjusting those on my '87, among other duties. You can check...
• Re: VANAGON syndrome
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 17 Nov 2014 11:30:30 -0800
  ...You've got other problems to track down! Start with the easy stuff like the throttle body switches then check the spark and fuel...
• Re: AC relay question
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:58:44 -0800
  ...Maybe I should look into testing the pressure switches just the same. Anyone know how to do a bypass test? Keith O On Jan...
• Re: rectangular E-Code headlights
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sun, 24 Jan 1999 14:52:17 EST
  ...This should boost the voltage to the headlights and reduce the current through the headlight switches (which tend to melt). If this is not...
• Re: European Tail Lights
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Mon, 14 Jun 1999 00:20:08 +0200
  ...switch is separate, it sits in the same "row" as the switches for rear defogger and emergency lights. You probably have noticed that there...
• Re: cruise control switches?
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Tue, 29 Feb 2000 09:09:39 +0200
  >Does anyone have a set of the cruise control clutch >and brake pedal mounts and the tabs for the pedals >that they might want...
• Re: window cable noise
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 29 Oct 2000 23:46:59 +1200
  ...Magic-Life 2 one-touch window module $95 4990-10-227 window switches (3), bezels, wiring 65 (for both windows) 4-door remote central...
• Re: 1991 Carat - the drama continues
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 21 Jul 2016 23:00:39 -0400
  ...1991 Carat - the drama continues You can test switches like these with an ohmmeter, a bicycle pump, and a pressure gauge. Larry A. On...
• Audiovox cruise control/Subaru engine
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Thu, 27 May 2010 21:46:02 -0800
  ...I believe the problem is either with the DIP switches or I'm not getting good contact with the gray wire. The connection is...
• Re: electric plug in engine block
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:45:49 -0700
  ...Oil pressure switches are cheap, so I might >> replace both. If one's leaking, I bet the other one is not far off. >> >> Mark...
• Re: Pulling the Dash (fascia)
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
  Mon, 26 Nov 2001 09:19:02 -0500
  ...The toughest part is figuring out how all of the switches come off without breaking any of the little plastic tabs. This is the...
• Re: Battery recharge and stereo
  Historical mailing list - Gregory S. Morrison
  Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:51:25 -0800
  ...Apparently that wasn't doing the trick so the PO had battery cut out switches installed on both batteries. So, when we turn off...
• Re: Throttle Switch, Geology, and Happenstance?
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Tue, 17 Feb 2015 08:21:37 -0800
  ...loss and surging issue, > I thought to look toward the throttle switches. > Here's what we found: > > do you see it? Image > > http://tinyurl...
• Re: multiple questions
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Hutton
  Tue, 29 Nov 1994 10:02:27 -0700 (MST)
  ...back in time about 25 years to the time that ignition switches were on the dash. I did this shortly after getting this vanagon...
• Re: My Dometic is nuts!
  Historical mailing list - coyote
  Tue, 28 Jul 1998 10:03:23 -0700
  ...had >turned off the propane valve, and all the fridge's switches...I figured >that the only possible source had to be 12 v...
• Idle problems with AC on
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Tue, 24 Aug 1999 08:35:16 -0400
  ...Is it safe to assume this is one of the idle boost switches (to the right of the engine compartment) failing? If this is...
• Re: Rear Window Washer
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 8 Aug 2001 21:44:56 -0500
  ...Pressing the lever briefly again > switches the wiper off. > > Press the lever away from the steering wheel and hold in this position - > > The wiper...
• Re: Stuck Defrost Fan
  Historical mailing list - SStones
  Mon, 25 Aug 2003 09:20:23 -0400
  ...But yes, setting up relays (And beefier wiring) throughout the dash-board switches and components would probably greatly increase the life of many things.
• Re: First cold day
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 10:48:57 -0400
  ...I melted two of these switches in the 10 years I owned my '87 VW Fox. At 10:33 AM 9/30/2004 -0400...
• Re: Headlight Upgrade Dilemma
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:35:55 -0400
  ...The switches in the column will merely direct control current to the appropriate relay(s) and will also no longer carry heavy loads. Yours...
• Fw: no head lights on an '87
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Sun, 9 Jul 2006 07:07:23 -0600
  ...Will spare switches for my '85 work in this '87? George ----- Original Message ----- From: George Thorburn To: Vanagon Mailing List Sent: Saturday, July 08...
• Re: Running rich.....me too
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Wed, 17 Oct 2007 19:35:11 -0700
  ...Both my '87 GLI and '85 Westy had these types of switches, but I didn't have fuel-related issues in either vehicle. Chris...
• Re: Solar Panel: Charge Controller & Vents
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Wed, 7 May 2008 10:04:01 -0700
  ...batteries together, do you need three switches, where one switch switches between the the other two switches, which in turn switch between a pair...
• Re: '88 Vanagon Cruise Control question
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Mon, 5 Mar 2012 09:47:26 -0500
  ...pedal switch, I'd be willing to bet that clutch & brake switches are the #1 failure point. There's supposed to be a white...
• Re: Auxiliary REAR underseat Behr AC -- was 'Scored brand new Behr but missing switches'
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 17 May 2010 05:52:20 -0700
  That may become a practical possibility, Ken. BenT Sent from my mobile device On May 17, 2010, at 5:13 AM, Ken Wilford <kenwilfy...
• Gas Heater for '82
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 22 Jul 95 10:41:26 EDT
  ...so we would be interested in the whole set up (heater, switches, and underplate). We would also prefer to buy a used one in...
• Re: idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Justin B. Jensen
  Thu, 11 Sep 1997 21:01:13 -0700
  ...owners group Be certain to check the adjustment of the throttle switches (specifically, the idle stop switch) prior to replacing your idle stabilizer. Additionally...
• AC parts
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Mon, 7 Jun 1999 23:48:17 -0400
  ...The compressor, compressor bracket, wiring harness, front switches, condensor, and the black relay are all gone or spoken for. However, I still have the...
• Re: '88 syncro at wreckers
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sat, 18 Sep 1999 17:11:09 +0200
  ...also possible that some owner found a nice place t mount switches for various options there. I know other Syncro owners have done this...
• Re: Fail-safe Westy water gauge? - longish
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 12 Sep 1999 14:42:17 -0700
  ...If your stick makes a tiny ticking sound when the float reaches the top and bottom, your switches should be ok. LED Panels $25...
• Re: Instrument light
  Historical mailing list - B. Webb
  Sat, 12 Feb 2000 20:08:39 +0000
  ...I also ordered a variety of other lights and switches as backups since I'm tired of the local guys wondering why I don...