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• sporadic high beam prob on 85
  Historical mailing list - Caston/Payne
  Tue, 6 Jul 1999 13:02:30 -0400
  The SA grille looks great on Vinnie, but there is a problem with the high beam circuit. Low beam is fine--high beam is...
• Re: Gah. Inspections
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Thu, 8 Aug 2002 23:01:26 -0700
  ...Just power the foglight relay from the low beam wire. Then they will come on when the low beams are on. Since you will...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 18:08:34 -0800
  ...I > thought the inner lights were high beams. > > no - theyre driving lights. the high beams are the stock outer 7" round high beam. the...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 26 Nov 2002 09:21:58 EST
  ...so if you wire them as high beams then you have four "high beams" which is overkill. in SA when you flip on the...
• High beam indicator light not working
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Thu, 8 Jun 2006 09:38:13 -0400
  Hi, On a separate note (from my stumbling problem), the high beam indicator light on my 87 Westy no longer works. Does any one...
• High beam not working
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Engel
  Tue, 11 Nov 2003 17:21:44 -0600
  Sounds like your high beam switch is the problem. Jeff 1990 Westy
• Re: Cloudy headlight glass?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 19 Jul 2002 17:46:23 EDT
  ...What makes sealed beam lamps "sealed"? Are the vanagon�s U.S. >headlights sealed beams? The US Vanagons don't use sealed beams. Sealed...
• Low beams are both out.
  Historical mailing list - John Andrew
  Wed, 8 Dec 1999 09:58:04 -0700
  ...The low beams are not working but the high beams are. Would they both go at the same time or is it a relay...
• Head light issue 1986 Syncro Westy
  Historical mailing list - David Klein
  Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:23:01 -0700
  ...passenger side light low bulb on with normal light lever and high beam bulb not on. on high beam drivers side high bulb on...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 26 Nov 2002 15:27:27 -0500
  ...the high beams are the stock outer 7" round high > beam. the inner lights are just driving lights. seems most listers have them > wired...
• Help with Frank's headlight relay upgrade
  Historical mailing list - BajaLeo
  Tue, 28 Sep 2004 17:47:34 -0700
  ...Fuse 6 is only for the right hand side of the high beams. Fuse 5 handles the left hand side of the high beams...
• Re: square headlight upgrade kit
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Mon, 11 Jan 1999 10:42:59 +0100
  ...1) Replace the DOT square against the E1-code squares. (better as 0) or standard on the dual beam) Total about 160 USD 2...
• High Beam Indicator-Ya Gotta Be Kidding Me!!!
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Sun, 18 May 2003 20:23:21 -0400
  ...As I mentioned the other day, my '84 failed Virginia safety inspection on ball joints, side marker lamp, license plate lamp, and high beam...
• Re: headlights on with ignition on!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:16:59 -0800
  ...As soon as the user goes from low beam to high beam the high beam circuit goes to 12V and the difference across the...
• Re: Head light issue 1986 Syncro Westy getting close to solving problem!
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 16 May 2012 00:57:14 -0400
  ...That connector on the low beam is a standard 9004 connector (if you are dealing with DOT headlights) or H4 (if dealing with EuroSpec...
• Re: High beam blue light?
  Historical mailing list - Edward Duntz
  Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:50:49 -0500
  ...High beam blue light? > yeah.........duh. > if he would have said 'blue hi beam INDICTOR LED in the dash'........... > that would have made good...
• Re: some Vanagon in-use observations..(what works for me) long-ish
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 14 Oct 2007 12:08:27 EDT
  ...installed some halogen sealed beams-One says "Wagner "and > one, "GE". These are very good lights. Excellent long range vision when > on high beam...
• Re: Lightbulb for instrument panel
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 16 Jan 2003 10:40:59 -0500
  At 04:47 AM 1/16/2003, Jfp w/2 WBXs wrote: >The high beam indicator is #867 919 062. As an aside you...
• Re: Headlight upgrades
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 21 Jan 2016 17:10:25 -0800
  High beam is OK for both... it's the Lo beam I am talking about...
• Re: 84 Vanagon head lights stuck on hi beam
  Historical mailing list - Mike Stewart
  Sun, 10 Apr 2016 08:19:56 -0700
  Can you push the stalk forward a bit and *then* pull back and turn off the high beams? When you pull the stalk, is...
• Weird electrical problem
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 29 Oct 2023 09:37:10 -0700
  ...Why does the radiator get the power feed when the high beam is ON and not on low beam? Have you come across this...
• Re: Odd headlights - some on some off
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 18 May 2012 18:19:03 -0700
  ...lo beam) right ones don't work ( hi& lo beam) when > the switch is on. > left one don't work ( hi& lo beam) right...
• Re: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 1 Oct 2011 12:36:57 -0700
  I usually adjust low beams so the tops of the beams are about 2 1/2 van lengths out in front.. with the right...
• Re: Head light issue 1986 Syncro Westy
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:07:39 -0600
  ...I hear the relay click then passenger > lights turns from high to low beam mode. > > I hope this makes sense and please ask questions...
• Re: headlight adjusters
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Mulligan
  Mon, 11 Sep 2006 22:41:41 -0400
  ...For the inner headlamps (high-beam only): 255.941.141B - Upper High-Beam Adjuster 255.941.133A - Lower High-Beam Adjuster For the outers...
• Re: headlight question"david are you there?"
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Wed, 5 Jun 2002 09:55:38 -0700
  ...Flicked the > high beam/low beam lever and the low beams came on. Flicking the lever again > to get the high beams back on...
• Re: square headlight upgrade kit
  Historical mailing list - KBatzler
  Wed, 13 Jan 1999 07:50:44 -0800
  ...square headlight upgrade kit >Okay, I admit it; I am confused. > >Does the e-code headlight fit in the 4" square high beam location...
• Re: Sa Grill upgrade?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 17 Nov 2014 09:54:27 -0800
  ...works fine, but the divergence between high and low beams is just slightly too large and one or both beams will end up being...
• 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...
• Re: headlight relay installation problems...
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 23 Nov 2005 17:25:51 -0800
  ...If I run just the high beam wires through one of the > > relays, but twist the low-beam (yellow-and-black) wires together, > > everything...
• Re: 87 Westfalia headlight issue
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Thu, 1 Dec 2016 21:04:52 -0800
  ...Pulling the turn signal lever to toggle high beams on/off does not alter the high beam indicator: it stays on. The 'fog' lights...
• Re: Headlight's won't come on (relay bad?)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 9 Feb 2010 21:40:00 -0500
  ...The hi-low beams are actually controlled by contacts on the turn signal lever. In order to be able to "flash" the hi beams...
• Re: Brights & lights
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 2 Dec 2006 21:10:24 EST
  ...the brights come on? > > both the high beams and low beams come on at the same time when the high beams are on. chris
• Re: No low beam on driver's side '85 GL
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 19 Jan 2009 09:55:23 -0500
  Jeff Lincoln wrote: > no low beam on the driver side. One possibility is that the fuse for the left low beam isn't making...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 07:48:16 -0800
  ...Fog Lights cannot be on when high beams are on. Fog lights are of course not "driving" lights and have a beam pattern that...
• Re: Time to replace headlight
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 2 Dec 2012 13:18:20 -0600
  So, what did I buy at Autozone? What I removed looked like a sealed beam headlight, and it had no opening through which a...
• '87 Driver headlight out...or not?
  Historical mailing list - Aaron
  Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:52:49 -0800
  We're driving around in the Eastern WA fog and I noticed that my Driver's side low beam is off when driving with...
• Re: Head light issue 1986 Syncro Westy getting close to solving problem!
  Historical mailing list - David Klein
  Tue, 15 May 2012 21:36:31 -0700
  ...I hear the relay click then passenger > lights turns from high to low beam mode. > > I hope this makes sense and please ask questions...
• Re: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 1 Oct 2011 08:33:28 -0700
  ...The best I have come up with is the high beam lights the highway too far ahead and the low beam is right...it...
• Re: square headlight upgrade kit
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Thu, 14 Jan 1999 09:02:43 +0100
  Karl (and Budd) wrote: >>Does the e-code headlight fit in the 4" square high beam location? Is it a >>high beam or a...
• headlights problems
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 27 Jan 2017 09:19:22 -0800
  ...recently when I turn on the headlights, these symptoms appear: - headlights are dim - high beams are on at the same time as low beam...
• Re: High beam blue light?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:15:36 -0700
  ...High beam blue light? > At 04:37 PM 3/11/2009, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: >>I assume it's not a sealed beam and...
• Re: WTB: Round Headlight assembly from '85 and older
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Tue, 28 Jan 2014 01:02:12 -0600
  I'm not wonderfully thrilled with my SA rounds either, the relationship between the hi beams and the low beams with that severe cutoff...
• Low Beams quit working!...Is it the switch?
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Mon, 14 Jun 2004 18:55:58 -0700
  ...I can flick on the High Beams, but they won't stay on...and I have no Low Beams...ie: No headlights! Anybody experience...
• HID headlights
  Historical mailing list - Alex Towner
  Sat, 18 Dec 2004 23:09:54 -0500
  ...1) It is impossible to have a high / low beam bulb. A conventional bulb just puts 2 separate filaments inside of one bulb to...
• Re: fog light wiring ?'s
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Fri, 6 Nov 1998 21:14:23 -0800
  ...to come on with the low beams, and the pencil > beams to come on with the high beams. It would be nice to be...
• Re: Square Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 19 May 1998 00:32:17 -0700
  ...Low Beam: 301-130-830 High Beam: 301-127-760-01 The High beams have the letter E within a circle on the lens...
• wiring and fuses for 80/100w bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Sat, 28 Apr 2007 08:46:22 -0700
  ...Option C would be to run one wire and fuse to high beam and one to low beam, which gives the system some redundancy...
• Re: Both low beams burnt out at same time?
  Historical mailing list - honemastert
  Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:59:32 -0700
  ...grille installed and the inner 100w high beam lights. (GoWesty Kit) One of my low beams died recently, and I took the oppty to...
• Re: Winking Westy
  Historical mailing list - Rick Sherrod (Certifiable VW mech)
  Sun, 30 Nov 1997 20:46:32 +0000
  ...Winking Westy > > This is weird... > > My '87 Westy is winking its headlights > > When I switch on my high beams, the right-hand low beam...
• headlight emergency!
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Puzio
  Mon, 6 Sep 1999 11:59:46 EDT
  ...I have the double high beams when I hold the high beam switch on, but once released I have neither high beams nor low...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 10:03:23 -0500
  ...auxiliary high beams) to come on only with the outer high beams. They are spot beams and are not intended for low beam use...
• Re: So... what is the answer for these poor lights?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 5 Jun 2003 16:02:22 -0400
  At 02:16 PM 6/5/2003, Ri wrote: >Our low beams SUCK. Our high beams are ok! But, even our high beams don...
• Re: Headlight Upgrade Dilemma
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:28:05 -0500
  ...Your false info said the > high beams don't rely on those switches and that installing the relay > moves only low beams. This is...
• Re: South African Grille headlight conversion on an 84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 22 Sep 2004 13:06:45 EDT
  In a message dated 9/22/04 11:36:45 AM, tolga@MAC.COM writes: << -outers low beams & inners high or -outers both low...
• Re: ....that hi/lo beam switch problem
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Fri, 11 Apr 2003 11:08:59 -0700
  ...Held the >hi beams on until they finally went...now, no lights. >I've ordered a new lever/switch from bus depot and that...
• Re: Hella E-Codes vs. Vision Plus?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 9 Dec 2008 17:18:06 -0500
  As a Cibie e-code user I confirm that low beam and high beam aiming is not an issue in those excellent headlights. Yet...
• Re: Daytime running lights...so what's the problem here?
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Thu, 17 Sep 1998 12:40:54 PDT
  ...When turning on the low beams, you can easily see that the low beams are significantly brighter than the DRLs. I have noticed that...
• Re: H-4 Euro headlights question
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:07:51 -0500
  ...If I bring > the > highbeams down, it puts the low beams too low...In my view anyhow. > Am I missing something or is this...
• Re: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Sat, 4 May 2002 21:22:08 -0700
  ...As part of this, I replaced the sealed beams (the '81 has just two sealed beam headlights, one on each side). I replaced the...