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• Re: bubbling in coolant during flush
  Historical mailing list - Birkenfeld Jeff
  Tue, 7 May 2002 07:50:36 -0500
  ...Why do people do this? /snip more/ >The heads and upper cylinders will get well over 210, >which will flash vapor plain water in...
• Re: headlight switch bulb
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Thu, 3 Oct 2002 08:59:25 -0700
  When I did my SA grill upgrade, I got a switch from Busdepot that fits the blank by the flasher switch. It appears to...
• Bus Depot Electricity is Out
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 22 Jul 2003 17:28:19 -0400
  ...Also, we are continuing to ship orders (by flashlight). We close in 90 minutes anyway, so if power isn't restored by then, I...
• Re: Do I drain coolant B$ removing sensor
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 26 Jul 2013 15:59:20 -0500
  ...mcneely ---- Spencer Allen <spencervw@AOL.COM> wrote: > The coolant light is flashing on my 1.9 when cold or hot. I want to remove...
• New instrument cluster in '84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Wed, 14 Dec 2005 11:21:10 -0500
  ...The oil pressure light flashes momentarily when I start the engine. John
• Center Table
  Historical mailing list - mad madeline
  Sun, 11 Feb 2007 07:58:16 -0800
  ...dish pan, table cloth, lantern, flashlights, etc. I find that as we leave the house, we have our hands full of "almost" forgotten goodies...
• Re: REPAIR FOR INSTRUMENT PANEL RIBBON CONNECTION
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Gilbert
  Wed, 7 Jan 2009 11:55:38 -0500
  ...It looks like a rats nest, but having dash lights beats the clip-on flashlight... kgg On Jan 7, 2009, at 11:24 AM...
• Great way to look for holes
  Historical mailing list - A Brandon Smith
  Fri, 29 Mar 1996 09:36:44 -0800 (PST)
  ...Late at night when it is dark out, drop your small mag light flashlight down into the piping! I removed the plastic "Y" that...
• Re: LVC adding LED interior lighting
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Tue, 18 Sep 2007 09:43:28 -0700
  ...I have a LED flash light with a single 3 watt LED in it. It is incredibly bright. You won't need more than...
• Re: Funky temp gauge - update
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Mon, 8 Jun 2015 16:43:17 -1000
  ...the later style is as you'd like ..the red LED flashes to indicate a level issue, but the tamp gauge continues to reflect...
• Re: On the Road Again - NOT!
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Fri, 21 Mar 2014 14:44:52 -0700
  ...While you didn't see the steam if you heard > gurgling there was also boiling or flashing as coolant flashed off and > cooler came...
• Re: High voltage havoc from coil?
  Historical mailing list - Karen Olson
  Mon, 15 Jan 2001 12:44:11 -0800
  ...brake bulbs blow like old flashbulb cameras, > > I've told you over and over not to put flashbulbs in your > tail-lights. Seriously, describe...
• Re: Temp Gauge calibration with Subaru engine
  Historical mailing list - John Reddick
  Mon, 23 Apr 2007 23:36:39 -0400
  ...This spot ensures that the LED will flash before the engine grenades itself. We want the radiator fan to come on before the LED...
• Re: Any Guesses ~~ Now For Sure Your Turn Please ~ Update
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 7 Jul 2021 14:31:57 -0600
  ...Beierl <dbeierl@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > >> >> Another Oddity > Coolant Level Warning Light Flashes Constantly with Key On >> >> Even with Connector Jumped & Relay 43 Removed ~ Any...
• Re: Headlight Operation
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Sun, 13 Apr 2014 10:33:13 -0600
  ...filaments light together on high beam, except as noted when using flasher control. This is true for USA-style "sealed beams," too. H4 bulb...
• Totally OT Siren Sound In Firefox
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 21 May 2010 09:11:04 -0700
  ...In Firefos you can get rid of it by loading an add on called Flashblock. Sorry for the wasted bandwidth but I'm sure...
• Vanagon Water Temp Gauge
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 30 Apr 1996 08:07:15 +1000
  ...The light came on and flashed mostly continuously but the engine temp was OK. >From the net I was advised to check the mix...
• TEMP I SENSOR
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Mon, 4 Jan 1999 18:32:55 -0500
  ...Is this typical of a bad sensor? Coolant level is high enough to keep the flashing LED off, but I am probably a couple...
• Re: Headlight help!!
  Historical mailing list - John McLean
  Mon, 20 Dec 1999 04:10:16 -0800
  ...Brights will flash on, but not stay on. > 5. I can hold the brights on with the brights lever. > 6. Regular beams no worky...
• Disabled Westy
  Historical mailing list - John P. Flaherty
  Sat, 22 Sep 2001 22:19:24 -0400
  ...It still had its flashers on. I pulled up behind it to offer assistance (in my wife's little Japanese car, my bus is...
• Re: Timing '91 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 2 Mar 2002 11:39:48 -0600
  ...to use a timing light on my Westy and get no "flash" when I press > the trigger. Using the battery under the rear bench...
• death of a 1.9 :(
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Sat, 28 Aug 2004 19:17:04 -0400
  ...Over the past couple weeks a flashing oil light (at idle) after running a long time has changed to a solid oil light when...
• Re: Seeking "Ice Guard"
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Thu, 16 Jun 2005 10:18:19 -0700
  ...Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") Carlsbad, CA KG6RCR On 6/16/2005 10:00 AM Loren Busch wrote: >RE Ice Guard or Flashing Material...
• are sensor wires polarity specific?
  Historical mailing list - rsf
  Wed, 1 Feb 2006 19:59:14 -0500
  ...Or is this just the temperamental nature of the sensitive system? The LED doesn't flash hot but I'm concerned once summer comes...
• Total Dash Circuit rebuild...?
  Historical mailing list - Lyle Lathem
  Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:25:44 -0600
  ...I'm sure somebody must have done it before..? What about the timed low water flashing light in the fuel gauge.. is that in...
• Re: Dang driver lowbeam and front driver turnsignal
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 7 Jan 2017 01:07:03 +0000
  ...The 4 way flasher is not an > independent circuit. The flasher will not flash unless it sees enough > current being drawn for two bulbs...
• Re: Suburban Legends
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 14 Mar 2005 09:33:59 -0800
  ...You know the game, bored, looking at the two cars ahead, watching the signals flash, each with a slightly different flash frequency, but they...
• Re: Ignition switch question
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Tue, 20 Jun 2023 07:34:53 -0400
  ...A few > months ago my wife came home with no headlights, she only saw a flash when > doing something with the brights. I went...
• Elec. Leak Draining My Battery!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 7 Jun 1995 09:39:35 -0400
  ...This light was never lit at all except just a little tiny flash when I plugged the car stereo in. So I am thinking...
• Re: Relay positions, 78
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 18 Jun 96 17:09:06 CDT
  ...the blinker/flasher relay (5) is a big tall dark one. the headlight dimmer relay (4) is a short silver looking one. as to...
• Was: Why no reverse lights? Why is coolant light flashing? 85 No w: problems getting weird
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Heidcamp
  Thu, 25 Jul 2002 09:25:48 -0500
  So, I've gotten a ton of replies on my coolant light flashing problem. I took the sensor out and cleaned it. The O...
• Re: waving
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Aug 1997 13:57:47 -0400 (EDT)
  ...There's a tendency for Westfalia owners, no matter what the vintage of their vehicle, to flash and/or wave at one another. Keep...
• Re: Overheating Blues on my 1990....Help!!!???
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 10 Jul 2002 14:17:48 -0400
  ...Coolant disappeared from the Overflow bottle...the light flashed whenever it felt like it...no rhyme or reason. Anyway... This winter I had the...
• Re: vanagon difficulty
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 7 Sep 2009 19:03:12 -0700
  ...flashed by a dealer, or someone with the right equipment. > Our ecu's of course, are 'complete' the way they are - no flashing or...
• Trailer 3 to 2 converter
  Historical mailing list - Juha Koivisto
  Tue, 4 Jan 2000 13:10:31 +0200
  ...While LTS flashes + 12 V on/off capasitor keeps relay energized during off -periods => same tact and flashing rate as in towing vehicle. Selecting...
• Re: E-codes w/ 9004 bulbs?
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Wed, 28 Apr 2004 14:48:33 -0800
  ...BTW, my observation is that people don't flash others to lower their lights as much as they used to, at least not in...
• Re: Drafting (was Re: Engine to auto-tranny match and the Indy 500
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:25:01 -0700
  ...long grades. > This is NOT overheating, unless the red light starts flashing. My ignorance showing. I always figured that then the temp starts climbing...
• crash damage, Van front end
  Historical mailing list - MS GINA GODAT
  Tue, 26 Aug 1997 22:13:55 -0500
  ...and seat belts) ____ ?GG? gksl24f@prodigy.com Stop When Red Lights Flash Be nice to me, I might be driving your student to school..... >;-}
• Re: Road Haus Two LVC
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Thu, 6 May 2004 12:30:11 -0400
  ...are support for the Canon image stabilization lenses and for external flash. There's probably more to justify the price, but I don't...
• What is best program to make a website?
  Historical mailing list - Matt Bennett
  Sat, 22 May 2004 23:02:59 -0400
  ...It's fairly user friendly (once you get used to it), and allows you to do a few flashy things. The only reason I...
• Re: Blowing driver's side running light fuse
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 6 Sep 2005 20:31:23 -0500
  ...My emergency flasher and turn signal fuses both blew on > Friday night. Maybe we've got a Vanagon virus that is blowing our > fuses...
• Re: Road rage cause--Diesel powered vanagons - Driving Slow
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Thu, 22 Sep 2005 17:49:20 -0700
  ...Even with the sign, we got >no end of irate jackasses honking and flashing their brights. >Anyway, he said I should put a similar...
• coolant LED issues
  Historical mailing list - carboncow
  Mon, 13 Mar 2006 17:07:18 -0500
  ...The coolant temp/level LED is flashing non-stop. Coolant level OK and temperature OK. New temps sensor recently and opening or closing the...
• Re: Blinker problems.
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Diebolt
  Tue, 22 Apr 1997 20:38:09 -0400
  ...When I turn on my emergency flashers on, my turn signals and my brake >lights come flash. I don't think the brake lights...
• Re: Rogue Horn - Friday
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Fri, 21 Mar 2003 15:53:20 -0800
  ...been pressing that bar on the steering wheel? >You need to flash your light dimmer switch and you'll see you also have a...
• Re: Microscopic corrosion on electrical contacts
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 14 Jun 2023 12:57:44 -0700
  ...Flashlights, > battery operated wall clocks, remote controls, room thermostat....you name > it. > > > In cases like the Emergency Flasher Switch....well, you can't readily...
• Re: Microscopic corrosion on electrical contacts
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Wed, 14 Jun 2023 15:27:05 -0700
  ...Flashlights, > battery operated wall clocks, remote controls, room thermostat....you name > it. > > > In cases like the Emergency Flasher Switch....well, you can't readily...
• Re: Let's All be Silly, Chapter 2
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 20 Jul 94 13:51:27 PDT
  ...children) - 1985 VanagonGL with Weekender package (rear bench/bed) Flash! - 1986.5 Scirocco 16v (FlashSilver) JUMBO - 1986 Ford E350 based Jamboree P23 Class-C...
• Re: Coolant Light Problem 90 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Modl6971
  Fri, 24 Apr 1998 02:15:47 EDT
  ...If there's too much coolant concentration, your control unit for that stupid cooland light will flash because it thinks that the coolant level...
• Re: I fried something (front heater blower)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 3 Dec 2001 00:55:28 -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: Light Bars
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Tue, 10 Jul 2018 17:11:36 -0400
  ...Right > now there is an Amazon flash sale on some. But my point here is that even > if you have no interest in adding...
• Re: Won't stay running below 2,500 RPM
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 3 Mar 2018 11:18:41 -0800
  ...leave the ICV attached and connected - unplug the connector - shine a flashlight in the rear cavity to locate the very small allen screw - use...
• Re: '84 temp gauge shoots up fast
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:36:31 -0500
  If coolant is low, or coolant sensor is bad, temperature gauge will shoot way up, often with flashing red warning light. john On Sat...
• coolant leak up front
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 3 Oct 1996 08:41:34 -0500
  ...I crawled underneath with a flashlight but couldn't find the leak source. I assume the leak originates at the heater core or its...
• 86 Syncro Water Temp Gauge
  Historical mailing list - Drew Jenkins
  Wed, 1 Sep 1999 09:56:22 -0400
  ...However, when the key is turned on, I get the flashing LED in the temp gauge. All other instruments, including all led's, in...
• Re: A Snow Story (minimal VC)
  Historical mailing list - James Karukas
  Sun, 6 Jan 2002 14:47:55 -0800
  ...On leisurely freeway jaunts, we fully expect to see our lives flashing before our eyes at any moment. Still, we persevere... Local color aside...
• Headlight problem?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn
  Wed, 24 Apr 2002 19:10:51 -0500
  ...1)Key on headlights work ONLY on Hi beams 2)Flasher results in more light prior to headlights going out. 3)12V only on...
• Re: Aux Air Flow Regulator
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sim
  Mon, 29 Jul 2002 18:09:45 -0400
  ...A flashlight works to see if it is opening and closing... Matt Sim '81 Aircooled Westy New Cumberland, PA
• Re: ?Brighter Turn Signals?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 27 Jan 2003 14:31:58 -0500
  ...You have to add an additional load so that the flasher relay sees about the same current flowing that it would with regular bulbs...
• Oil buzzer coming on?
  Historical mailing list - digest Herbie Dave
  Sun, 6 Apr 2003 19:26:16 EDT
  ...When I slowed during the exit a buzzer sounded and the "oil can?" light started flashing. I pulled over and turned off the bus...