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• Re: What could have gone wrong?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 5 May 2008 09:09:01 -0400
  ...If the needle stays in the middle, temp > is fine, and the red light indicates level too low. Level was OK, so > sensor is...
• High beams not working
  Historical mailing list - Pat Patterson
  Fri, 15 Nov 2013 18:06:47 -0500
  ...My low beams work as do my fog lights. I have the relays and 4 100 watt bulbs when they work. I checked all...
• Re: Eurovan brakes
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 25 Feb 2005 23:49:56 EST
  ...The Eurovan brake light has been coming on . . . Any help would be greatly appreciated. >> Check the brake fluid level; if low, check for leaks...
• Re: Vendors for E-code OEM Vanagon Low-beams
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 19 Jan 1999 07:24:42 -0800
  ...When you say "genuine Hella H4 lights for the 86 to 91 Vanagons", do you >mean the e-code rectangular low/hi headlights that...
• Re: low power, no throttle response
  Historical mailing list - Scott Wilson
  Fri, 16 Aug 2002 06:34:42 -0700
  ...seems to always happen at one particular light in the morning...or not at all....it is wierd, sometimes i think it could even...
• Re: Report: gas mileage, in town, 1.9L AT
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 4 Apr 2011 16:07:05 -0700
  ...have a light foot. Got 12 mpg on > this last tank. > Sounds about right for an automatic though a little lower then I was...
• Re: ....that hi/lo beam switch problem
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 11 Apr 2003 22:46:34 -0600
  ...Monday AM (the hi/low switch on the windshield washer stalk). I put the relays in last summer...great lights! We'll see monday...
• Re: Headlight Operation
  Historical mailing list - Mike B
  Tue, 1 Oct 2013 09:05:41 -0400
  ...It's an excellent way to get home if your headlight switch fries (giving you NO lighting), as happened to me one particular dark...
• Re: Total Dash Circuit rebuild...?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:09:07 -0700
  ...Things like oil light led, low water led, new temp gauge, gas gauge, speedometer and tach. Can these things be searched out, and mounted...
• Re: Vendors for E-code OEM Vanagon Low-beams
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Mon, 18 Jan 1999 12:43:21 -0800
  ...the Hella e-code lights that Randy supplies are readily available here in the U.S. at a MUCH lower price... under $50 each...
• Re: Brake warning light on
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 30 Apr 2017 20:06:37 +0000
  ...Brake warning light on > > > > You are low on fluid. > > > > Jim > > > > On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 2:39 PM B Feddish <UprightBassGhost@hotmail.com...
• Re: master brake light misbehaving
  Historical mailing list - brett rueff
  Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:09:43 +0000
  ...When fluid is low the light will flicker, when > it gets REALLY low, it comes on and stays on. It's definitely a safety...
• right side headlight wont power up ..new relay kit 2 mths ago ...
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Sun, 27 May 2007 11:39:57 -0700
  ...low beam still works so I remove both relays & the left side hight/low beams still work... (I can see the left side light...
• Re: On The Road Again w/Oil Pressure Light Working
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 8 Feb 2000 17:10:08 -0500
  ...0600, John Rodgers wrote: >The low pressure switch is normally closed, completing the circut to the >warning light. When the ignition switch is turned...
• LED source website
  Historical mailing list - Joe Reed
  Sun, 9 Sep 2001 19:59:32 -0400
  ...Cool Lighting > > > > IM looking for low energy 12v lighting and found some really cool stuff! > > I did a search for "LED lighting" (I user...
• Re: Dash Oil Light
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:17:33 -0500
  ...Dash Oil Light I've been reading for a while and appreciate all the info folks are sharing! The red oil indicator light in...
• Re: intermittent headlight failure
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 30 Nov 1999 14:47:41 +0100
  ...reason! The high/low dimmer switch in the turn signal lever gets its power from the X, via the head light switch, but the...
• Re: Instrument Pod Parts Needed
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 5 Jan 2005 16:02:43 -0700
  ...It houses the turn signal indicator light, the high/low beam indicator light, the oil indicator light, battery light, etc. It locks in place...
• Input Shaft Notes
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:35:28 -0800
  ...Smaller light would be more useufl than trouble light. Maybe small clip on light? Dental type mirror: REALLY useful. See if gear lifted high...
• Re: New headlights and low battery
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Thu, 23 Jan 2003 12:47:52 -0800
  ...Make sure it's not some dumb light left > on, like the map light... Thanks for suggestion. It's now an intermittent problem, which...
• what causes low oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - Ben S
  Wed, 7 Jan 2004 23:41:47 -0800
  ...what causes the oil pressure to get low enough to trigger the light? assuming that the oil was getting too hot and thin from...
• Re: headlight switch mystery, help!
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 25 Jun 1999 19:10:51 +0200
  ...The dip switches the 56 (input) into 56a (high beam) and 56b (low beam). The light horn gets its input from 30 (battery), so...
• Re: Oil Light Flickering at Idle
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 3 Jun 1998 15:24:19 -0400
  The 10-30 is too light for the Vanagon engine. Also, 800 rpm is a tad too low. They normally idle about 950. Change...
• Re: Inner round SA headlights mounitng?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 1 Feb 2007 16:25:44 -0500
  ...upper and lower edge of the > chassis metal, where the stock lights are mounted. > > I know that even the rectangular lights have little metal...
• Head lights stuck on high beam
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 7 Apr 2016 23:19:59 +0000
  Hi-I have had electrical problems I usually solved by troubleshooting , but this one is a first.My head lights stuck on high beam...
• Re: Hella Light Source
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Tue, 16 Nov 2010 09:44:43 -0800
  ...Hella made those lights special for Projektzwo and will not reman them without their approval. Sorry, Jeff -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
• oil light and buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Scott Grillo
  Fri, 15 Feb 2002 19:50:31 -0500
  The Vanagon owner manual states that flickering of the light is ok at idle. My 85 never did this until the oil sender on...
• Re: weird para-normal
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Tue, 25 May 2004 08:59:15 -0700
  ...so this would be my high pressure > switch. > this idiot light like to go crazy. it first started at low idle then changed! > > Joe > >
• Re: waterboxer coolant light
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 1 Aug 1998 23:56:30 -0400
  ...waterboxer coolant light >The warning LED on my temp gauge(located over the clock) has never blinked >when turning on the ignition like it...
• Re: 83 temperature gauge goes berserk
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 26 Apr 2005 05:14:07 -0700
  ...getting low. The early models such as yours came with a coolant level relay that pegs the gauge and blinks the red light whenever...
• Re: WTB: Round Headlight assembly from '85 and older
  Historical mailing list - Jay Brown
  Tue, 28 Jan 2014 16:04:45 -0500
  ...lighting (enough of a difference that they are illegal in most of the world) and will fill in the dark space between low and...
• Re: Oil pressure switch problem
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 14 Apr 2002 09:31:17 -0500
  ...When I accelerate back > above 2000-2500 rpm, the light and the buzzer go off. > > I have changed both switches (high and low) now...
• Re: electrical weirdness after 2nd battery install......
  Historical mailing list - Mister Tom
  Mon, 12 May 2008 17:23:58 -0700
  ...If you remove the wire and put the fuse in all you > >have done is move the interior lights,etc back to the main...
• Re: Third brake light
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 16 Mar 2015 14:19:41 -0600
  ...They further obscure the low down stock lights. I put some LED lights >> in the upper corners of my back window. They have 2...
• Curious case of no headlights-wipers-blower motors
  Historical mailing list - Brian T.
  Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:27:06 -0800
  ...wipers or A/C blower.� All the low draw items worked ~ horn, interior lights, running lights, door locks and pwr windows. � I was wondering...
• Needed for Scirocco: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES
  Historical mailing list - Antaki
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 20:17:36 -0800
  ...Ever since i've had the South African Quad driving light grill on my van, during nighttime driving (with driving lights on and low...
• Re: Fuse Box Blues
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Fri, 25 May 2001 13:10:17 -0700
  ...reversing lights > > 16. horn > > 17. windscreen wiper motor > > 18. brake system warning lamp > > 19. turn signals > > 20. number plate light > > 21. low beam left...
• 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: Source for 12V LED interior lights?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 12 Aug 2004 21:22:18 -0500
  http://www.alfenterprises.com/led_lighting/ led_low_voltage_dc_lighting.htm Jim On Aug 12, 2004, at 7:03 PM, Tobin Copley wrote...
• Re: Help requested: No headlights!!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 11 Sep 2000 23:06:41 -0700
  ...Some quality time with the Bentley and a test light shows that the hi-low beam switch seems to be the culprit - there's...
• Re: Is John right about the temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 8 Jun 2004 19:05:36 -0400
  On the '83-85 Vanagons, the low coolant circuit basically works by gorunfing out the temp sensor, causing both the light to flash and...
• Trip (on-going) Report
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:22:05 -0800
  ...The 2wd with it's quite low low gear is good in sand, if you are good at low traction driving. As long as...
• Re: oil filter for 2.1 l WBX?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 17:05:58 EST
  ...ones will cause a low oil pressure condition (just enough to have your oil light blink on at stop lights, etc). I sell the...
• Re: TIICO oil pump / Logical Circle Jerk of the Day
  Historical mailing list - Jon Brown
  Mon, 5 May 2003 13:14:15 -0400
  On Sun, 4 May 2003 15:02:30 EDT, George Goff <THX0001@AOL.COM> wrote: >how on earth does an oil pressure warning light...
• Re: Head lamp mystery (real questions this time)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 4 Feb 2008 16:59:46 -0800
  ...And voltage will only be present on either hi beam or low beam, but not both a once. But get a test light for...
• Re: HEADLIGHTS on HOLIDAY!
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Thu, 8 Jul 1999 19:07:11 -0700
  ...light as well as > > the parking lights come on when the switch is turned on. [Since the high and > > low beams and both lights...
• Re: headlamps
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sat, 22 Aug 2020 17:29:48 -0500
  ...High and low beams. They were the high power bulbs that I use with the relay. I put in the old low power bulbs...
• Re: Wiring for Canadian 1991 Westy with daytime running lights and (not related) loose wire GR/W wire behind fuse panel.
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Sun, 22 May 2016 22:21:17 -0600
  ...daytime running lights. >> >> Does anyone have any references how the DRL's are wired? It does seem to >> not run the low beam filament...
• Re: 90 RectangularHeadlamp wanted
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:00:24 -0700
  ...are looking for hi or low beam on the > passenger's side. > > like it matters , mmm ? > > All for light assemblies are unique to their...
• oil pressure norm?
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Sat, 13 Nov 1999 18:46:42 -0800
  ...the talk of the low oil pressure light coming on at 4 psi I expected this engine to have lower oil pressure and I...
• Re: Headlight rewiring
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 7 Aug 2002 13:00:10 -0400
  ...the light" so to speak (and will >never be able to go back)! Third. The E-code has IMO a highly superior low-beam...
• Re: FW: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Preston Grimes
  Thu, 6 Jul 2006 11:51:36 -0700
  ...Once the ground spades were cleaned up, the two wires separated with new female spade connectors, and reattached, the low beams and other lights...
• Re: Preliminary...Headlight weirdness? (long) Solved!
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 9 Jun 2012 19:26:00 -0700
  ...the test light to find voltage on a headlight wire. ( should be power on either the high beam wire, or the low beam wire...
• Re: Help me diagnose and fix no brake lights
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 9 Oct 2015 12:49:35 -1000
  ...85-91 vans use 2 wire switches, only for the rear brake >>> lights. >>> >>> For some reason new switch quality seems low and the supply...
• Re: third brake light delight
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 6 Dec 2001 22:06:20 -0800
  ...Our brake lights are so low that those cars > following close behind may not always see us stopping. As I see it a 3rd...
• Fwd: Continuing saga of Oil Pressure light...
  Historical mailing list - Ben S
  Wed, 13 Jul 2005 22:28:40 -0700
  ...unless both switches failed at the same time or your oil pressure was really low enough to set off the low switch, too (in...
• Re: Upgrading Projectzwo Bulbs to 100w and/or Yellow
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Thu, 22 Dec 2005 09:03:40 -0800
  ...I am currently running 100w bulbs in my ProjektZwo fog lights. The results are amazing. Very low flat beam of light spread far to...
• Re: Tail light #
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Sun, 2 Dec 2001 10:44:03 -0800
  ...many lights are lit? >> > > Our bus' anemic tail lights are damn near impossible to see in the > daytime, but are mounted low enough so...
• Re: Pzwo lower grille foglights NLA
  Historical mailing list - Don Spence
  Mon, 19 Dec 2005 09:36:26 -0700
  Say what? True fog lights are mounted low, have a strong top cutoff and are designed to illuminate the road surface and not the...
• Re: Tempurature
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 8 May 2002 15:40:27 -0400
  ...the light blink. On older vans (probably through mid-'85) the level controller simply pegs the gauge when coolant level is low -- so it...