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• Ignition/Starter Switch R&R
  Historical mailing list - Dyen Fred D.
  Fri, 9 Aug 1996 10:50:43 -0800 (AKDT)
  In answer to my own question - to replace the ignition switch you must first remove the steering lock housing (miss noted in the Bentely...
• Second tank gauge and switch
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Wed, 5 Feb 2003 11:24:32 -0500
  Has anyone thought about a gauge and a switch for the passenger door saddle tanks? There is a nice dash switch in with the...
• Re: Ignition Kill Switch
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Thu, 4 Nov 2004 15:41:47 -0700
  An alternative is a switch in the wire to the fuel pump. I have that in my '81. The switch-- a push in/pop...
• Re: Kill switch installation
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 6 Jun 2016 10:38:14 -0700
  you could put a switch on one of the coil wire too...
• Re: 86 vanagon Oil Pressure Switch
  Historical mailing list - clerkin
  Fri, 13 Jul 2001 22:58:00 -0500
  ...The other switch (at the oil pump) >closes above 20 to 25 psig. I have a red-light for low switch (kaboom) and >a...
• Re: ignition switch for 87 syncro
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 24 Jun 2002 13:26:30 -0500
  ...so I think I need a new ignition switch. > > > > I searched at vanagain.com and found an ignition switch for $9, is > > this what...
• update on a/c fuse blowing
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Tue, 15 May 2007 13:15:41 -0400
  ...We also found that once the pressure switch was replaced (used, working switch) that the high side pressure was approaching 350 psi before all...
• Re: Disabling the fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Thu, 16 Mar 2006 09:25:39 -0800
  Could this work also as a defacto accessory switch? My radio is not hot wired and my understanding is that when I turn the...
• Re: Hey, it's awful dark out there tonight....
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Tue, 8 Jul 2008 19:33:12 -0700
  If only the headlights are affected it is the headlight switch. If the wipers and heater fan are out also then it is the...
• Re: Throttle switch
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Fri, 9 Mar 2001 15:38:01 EST
  Matthew, There are two different versions of the throttle position switches on the 1.9's. VW went from two single function switches convienently...
• Re:Fan switch
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 26 Jan 1997 08:39:10 PST
  ...The switch overheats and deforms. The contacts get out of alignment. I heated them (the contacts) with a soldering iron and forced them back...
• Re: FW: '85 Defroster Switch Mojo
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 24 Jul 2000 10:33:41 -0400
  At 10:10 7/24/2000, Jay Snyder wrote: >I tried using a spare rear window defroster switch as an on/off power >source...
• FS: spare headlight switches -DONT BE LEFT IN THE DARK!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 May 2002 11:45:23 EDT
  ...coming out of my dash (above the headlight switch)� I pulled over and turned the switch off.� I had to drive the rest of...
• Instruments and Switches available
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Tue, 30 Sep 2003 14:37:08 -0700
  Client brings me an 83 Wasserboxer with broken instruments pod and a complete pod with all switches and instruments from an 87 junkyard chassis...
• Ignition switch question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 14 Jun 2023 21:08:52 -0400
  Can there be warning signs that the ignition switch is needing to be replaced? On my 84 today horn didn’t work but I...
• Re: Radiator Cooling Fan Cycles Frequently
  Historical mailing list - Bill M
  Sat, 23 Jun 2012 17:24:46 -0400
  I have one of the fan switches that kicks the fan on lower than the stock switch is factory spec'd for. It was...
• Accelerator Cable
  Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
  Mon, 15 Jun 1998 20:28:20 -0700
  ...I was checking my throttle switch today and was curious about the full throttle switch. If you depress the gas pedal all the way...
• Re: Ethnicity of Oil Pressure Switch
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 19 Apr 2002 23:10:04 -0400
  ...Ethnicity of Oil Pressure Switch Hi, The 1.8B switch replaces the 0.9B on later 2.1L production. John _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online...
• Re: What does a relay do?
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Thu, 16 Sep 2004 00:40:43 -0500
  ...A relay is an electrically operated switch. In an automotive application, the relay's contacts usually have more current carrying capacity than the switch...
• SOS - Vanagon ignition switch R & R
  Historical mailing list - AAG - Larry Word
  Fri, 31 Mar 2006 20:53:20 -0500
  ...Here's what it says..... -#7 - remove blinker/wiper arm assembly......done, OK.... -#8 - *Pull ignition switch housing off the streering column......the allen...
• Re: WTH!! First it headlights, now wipers
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 4 Feb 2011 16:27:44 -0500
  ...The 15 terminal carries all switched loads except headlights, IIRC, which are switched directly by the X terminal (which also controls but doesn't...
• Re: Neutral safety switch
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 2 Jun 2011 20:33:58 -0700
  The switch is in the shift console , right by the shifter. what symptom are you experiencing ? the only thing that is really associated with...
• Re: Best Hatch Struts???
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 2 Oct 1998 18:52:47 EDT
  ...have a light switch >like the other doors? I wonder how hard it would be to install another >pressure switch in that circuit? Hmm...
• ign switch
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Sat, 13 Jan 2001 10:54:58 -0500
  hey all, some people responded and said that my starting prob may be linked to the ign switch. well, i looked it up in...
• Re: oil pressure: where?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Thu, 29 Oct 1998 13:53:06 -0500
  The '84 model only has a single oil pressure switch, located on the left side of the crankcase situated between the pushrod tubes for...
• OXS and battery light on intermitant
  Historical mailing list - tunajuice
  Mon, 10 Oct 2005 20:59:23 -0700
  ...It will come on with the switch if EITHER >> >> the key is in the on position and the headlight switch is off >> or >> the...
• Re: Throttle body lubrication
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:02:37 -0700
  It's a One switch, which is in the bottom of the TB and clicks when you release the accelerator. It it does not...
• Help requested: No headlights!!
  Historical mailing list - ed
  Sun, 10 Sep 2000 20:32:47 -0400
  ...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: Testing Vanagon Headlight Switch
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 26 Apr 2011 07:41:24 -0700
  ...live all the time) and wire d comes to the 30 > terminal on the right side of the switch. Note that there is an...
• Re: Getting my 1985 Vanagon's front radiator fan to come on sooner
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 24 May 2007 13:14:59 -0700
  ...VW makes a switch that will turn on > your radiator fan at a cooler temperature than the stock switch. According to > the Bus Depot...
• Re: Ignition switch question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 14 Jun 2023 21:49:16 -0400
  The headlights for her were off unless she held up the switch to change the lights then she might get a temporary flash, but...
• Re: What is the wire that screws on to the master cylinder and fluid behind the instrument cluster?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 8 Apr 2014 09:00:07 -0400
  ...If the switch actually caused the wire to burn up, it must be shorted to ground. A good switch would show little or no...
• Re: Smoking Dash
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 22 May 2002 08:40:46 -0700
  I had a smoking dash once, turned out to be coincidental with a recent install "new from the junkyard" headlight switch. The wire that...
• Re: throttle switch
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 11 Jan 2021 09:30:31 -0800
  You don't have to remove the throttle body to adjust the switch but you have to remove the throttle body to replace/repair...
• Wiring diagram needed for 67 Rusty
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 30 Jun 96 06:55 CDT
  ...is the wire coming from the brake > switches supposed to plug into the flasher relay somehow? That > would make some sense but it The...
• Re: '86 a/c rotary combo thermostat/fan switch - where to get a replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:03:24 -0400
  ...it's the same switch as you have on your '86 (goes to the left of the steering column). Mike Mike Collum wrote: > Here...
• Re: WTB: heater switch
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Mon, 27 Dec 2004 07:57:16 -0800
  Although some parts do change over the years, one that has not has been the Heater Fan Switch, which is a 3 speed unit...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 13 Aug 2005 22:35:36 -0700
  > I've been thinking about Westy security....considering an ignition kill > switch....don't think theves are going to tow a Westy....need > recommendations...
• Re: Bentley Typo? (1.9 WBX oil pressure switch)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:36:11 -0800
  ...It shows the > switch and says 0.3 bar. The second switch for 2.1 says 0.9 bar. > > The wiring diagrams have some...
• No headlights
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Thu, 18 Dec 2014 06:33:01 -0800
  ...Holding the hi/low switch back makes no difference. No lights. This started yesterday AM. Cycled headlight switch yesterday and it resolved itself. Headlights...
• Re: Headlight Switch
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:14:17 -0800
  ...the actual switch contacts for high beams are in the wiper stalk switch assembly I think. if you just have to have a used...
• Re: Ignition switch recommendations.
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 7 Nov 2010 19:05:56 -0500
  ...John > LiMBO > > David says" > The ignition switch *is* a highly stressed component, somewhat like > the light switch. �If you want it to last forever...
• Re: Unfixable 86 Washers, again
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 9 Sep 2010 18:07:37 -0400
  At 02:32 PM 9/9/2010 -0700, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: >i'm going to plug in another wiper switch if I have...
• leaky oil pressure switch II
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Tue, 26 Mar 96 17:04:41 EST
  ...Now all I have to do is await delivery of the switch and then I will have a non-leaky oil pressure switch. Thanks...
• Eurovan owners?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Wed, 4 Jun 2003 22:41:47 EDT
  ...Last time this happened in my Vanagon, it was the ignition switch. I took the electrical plug off the switch and jumpered the wires...
• Re: how to remove the heater controller switch?
  Historical mailing list - Kevin McLean
  Tue, 16 Sep 2003 12:32:07 -0600
  > how do you get to the heater fan speed switch so to remove it? > thanks > matthew > 1986 syncro westy Remove the knob for the...
• removing key switch (mechanical)
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Mon, 10 Oct 2005 17:43:39 EDT
  Hi All, How does the actual mechanical key switch come out? thanks, John...
• Re: Brake light sensor switch adj.
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:49:45 +0000
  On my Vanagon (88) there are switched on both the brake and clutch pedals for the cruise control. I know this because they are...
• Re: Igniton switch / Overheating / Tires
  Historical mailing list - Karen Winter
  Fri, 04 Apr 1997 11:25:24 -0500
  It is very easy to replace the electrical switch. 1. remove the plastic covers. 2. Remove the plug to the ignition, 3. If I...
• Re: Headlights Again
  Historical mailing list - wb6otg
  Tue, 23 Oct 2001 15:30:35 -0400
  Sounds like its your ignition switch. VW provides power to the headlights via two paths. If you pull back on the lever, power is...
• Re: Need some Oil Pressure help
  Historical mailing list - SyncroHead
  Sun, 24 May 1998 01:56:45 EDT
  ...Rig up a light directly to VW's oil pressure switches to see if one is really switching. The 0.9 bar switch will...
• Re: Headlight Upgrade Eilemma
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 10 Sep 2011 20:21:48 -0700
  No, 84 is like every other year with respect to the switches and the current path for the headlights. Someone misread the diagrams, probably...
• My Ignition switch replacement experience
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Sun, 29 Oct 2006 18:28:15 -0800
  ...9) Remove hex nut holding switch/lock assembly 10) Remove switch/lock assembly (with key "on") 11) Remove switch assembly (there is a screw...
• Re: Brake Lights
  Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
  Fri, 2 Jan 2009 14:54:49 -0800
  ...Brake Lights > I would start with the switches on the master cylinder. check for > continuity between the terminal on the switch to ground when...
• Re: headlights
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 14 Apr 2015 13:39:31 -0500
  ...Jim On Tuesday, April 14, 2015, Michael Kimball <kimballmk@gmail.com> wrote: > When I switch from low beam to high beam- when lever is...
• Windshield washer switch malfunction...
  Historical mailing list - James Shinosky
  Tue, 25 May 1999 10:27:44 EDT
  ...It sometimes squirts when I pulled the switch lever and sometimes it doesn't. I replaced the pump but still the same. I hope...
• Re: Help with 1991 Vanagon headlights
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Wed, 17 Jan 2001 11:04:21 -0800
  ...likely either your headlight switch or your ignition switch... Bill
• need AC switch
  Historical mailing list - Deborah Walters
  Sat, 29 Jun 2002 11:14:59 -0400
  Hi Guys, I need an AC switch for an 85 Westy. It has the fan control and thermostat combined in one switch, 5 tab...
• Re: I found a "Mystery Switch" ...
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Mon, 24 May 2004 09:11:38 -0500
  Bob, I have a similar switch on my '85 Westfalia (Canadian Model). I was told that it is a emergency shut off for the...
• Re: Camper A/C Switch (Outrageously Expensive)
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 13 Sep 2005 08:50:35 EDT
  In a message dated 9/12/05 3:51:41 PM, rayreinhard@GMAIL.COM writes: << this particular A/C needed a special switch that...