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• Re: A/C and High Radiator Fan Questions
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:06:35 -0700
  ...What you are calling > high speed may well be medium speed. > > High speed is only turned on by the radiator temp switch when high...
• Re: Adventurewagon high top molds - wind tunnel tests
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Fri, 4 Feb 2005 17:26:56 -0800
  ...The high top should give better fuel mileage on the highway as well. ===== Chris S. '84 Westy -> http://www.knology.net/~vwghost/hershey/ '01...
• Proper Headlight Configuration
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 15 Oct 2012 01:29:47 -0500
  When the headlights are operated, what is the correct light configuration? 1)Low beams only - high beams off 2)High beams only - low beams...
• High Country Bus Festival
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Auch
  Wed, 8 Jul 2009 00:35:37 -0400
  Just a reminder that High Country Bus Festival is going to happen in Crumpler, NC on the New River on July 23-26th. More...
• Re: AC pressure problem solved!
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Sat, 11 Sep 1999 15:07:26 EDT
  ...The high side pressure switch just turns the AC Compressor off if the high side pressures get too high (Over 300) I believe. It...
• Re: Highest point of 2WD Westy
  Historical mailing list - John Langowski
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 17:59:04 -0600
  > Hi: > I would like to know which is the highest point, the sunroof or the rear of > the roof? Sunroof is definitely higher when...
• Re: Highest point of 2WD Westy
  Historical mailing list - John Langowski
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 17:59:04 -0600
  > Hi: > I would like to know which is the highest point, the sunroof or the rear of > the roof? Sunroof is definitely higher when...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 10:56:55 -0700
  I live in the country and use my high beams as much or more than the low beams. Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: <JordanVw@AOL...
• Re: Vanagon grilles and lights
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 23 Jan 2000 10:12:10 +0100
  ...THe low beams go out when you switch to high beams. If not, the temperature in the bulb would be way too high, the...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 26 Nov 2002 19:13:00 -0800
  Yes, you will have four lights on during high beam operation - that is correct (the outer 7" become brighter too). Only two lights on...
• Re: High Beams out on 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:17:14 -0600
  ...bob On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 9:03 PM, Bobby Brown <bobbybrown1@gmail.com> wrote: > High beams won't work. Weird because I...
• Re: U.S high-top conversion?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 3 Jan 2001 02:20:18 EST
  ...Does any one know about an > American High-top conversion? > Adventurewagen made a high top conversion for the vanagon. operative word is "made". i...
• FW: Vanagon High Beams...
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Fri, 18 Aug 2000 15:25:38 -0400
  ...Vanagon High Beams... Don & Sue Welch wrote: > > We would like to increase the wattage of our highbeams in our 1991 Vanagon. [SNIP] > Question..... what...
• Re: Vanagons at High Altitudes
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Mon, 28 Aug 2000 10:50:48 -0600
  The FI system "knows" you are at higher altitude--somewhat--so you don't have to make any adjustments like we used to with...
• Re: High Power Headlight Kit (SA): melting connector
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 8 Jun 2009 00:07:49 -0400
  ...On Jun 8, 2009, at 12:05 AM, Michael Hart wrote: > I the SA Grille with high pwer headlight kit installed in my '87...
• Re: weird problem w/ poor 85 Westy gas
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 Jan 1997 17:26:29 +0200
  I wrote: >I guess, the computer shifts the point of ignition forwards on >high octane gas and you will take full advantages of the...
• Desperate for a High Top!
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Auch
  Wed, 1 Nov 2006 19:12:34 -0500
  Hi Folks, I have fallen in love with camping in my Vanagon and would like a hightop. Being in the USA, these tops are...
• Re: Engine break in
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 26 Nov 2002 08:52:36 -0600
  I would not use 20-50! You will see really high oil pressure and it won't flow as fast as it should. Talk...
• Re: No High Beams
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:41:53 -0700
  ...Now you have a high current, fused, circuit to feed the photon torpedos in front. Highly recommended method. The real key to upgrading the...
• WTB left side high beam
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Wed, 12 Dec 2001 20:11:50 -0800
  WTB used left side high beam. Thanks
• Re: Proper Headlight Configuration
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:38:15 -0500
  ...Proper Headlight Configuration > > When the headlights are operated, what is the correct light configuration? > > 1)Low beams only - high beams off > 2)High beams...
• Re: High Top
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:15:01 -0700
  ...High Top > Ben T has the high top mold in San Fran.... > > *************** > Trevor Reid > GFAB Manufacturing Ltd > www.theskylightguy.com > 604-839-3597 >
• Headlight differences - 88 GL and 91 Carat
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 16 Dec 2016 15:21:27 -0600
  ...Switching from low to high beam, the low beams lamp turn off, and only the high beams are on. On my 91Carat, when the...
• Re: Buffalo to EveryBus vis US219
  Historical mailing list - Sam Johnson
  Wed, 6 Apr 2005 11:57:59 -0400
  Hi Greg, I am from Toronto and have traveled this 219 highway several times on my way to Washington DC and I can highly...
• High Country Bus Festival
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Auch
  Fri, 29 Jun 2007 05:55:00 -0400
  Hi Volks, Mark your calendars for July 26-29! High Country Bus Festival will be held on Grandfather Mountain in Boone, NC. Come join...
• Re: Proper Headlight Configuration
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 15 Oct 2012 13:35:34 -0700
  ...And 83 Westy would not return from high beams to low beams, 'sometimes' ... It could even go from High Beams on to 'no lights...
• Re: Still no passenger side high beam
  Historical mailing list - Kevin
  Fri, 11 Nov 2005 18:50:48 -0800
  ...So here is the senario has high powered relays, works fine in low beam both sides work, if I turn on the high beams...
• Re: Idling high and uneven. Problem filling with coolant.
  Historical mailing list - John P. Flaherty
  Mon, 22 Mar 1999 21:30:26 -0500
  ...Turns out I didn't have it jacked high enough. 16 inches is waaayyyy up there. Once I had it high enough, it came...
• Re: Desperate for a High Top! (Quebec
  Historical mailing list - d spence
  Thu, 2 Nov 2006 00:15:56 -0700
  ...last time they advertised on canadatrader.com they had a bunch of high tops in stock. Benoit, you listening On Wednesday, November 1, 2006...
• Re: Headlight Operation
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Thu, 10 Apr 2014 21:17:44 -0500
  ...On both of my US model '88 GL's - Any time I switch from high to low or low to high - the opposite set...
• High Country Bus Festival, July 27-31
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Auch
  Sat, 11 Jun 2011 10:11:48 -0400
  There are only 46 days until the fifthteenth anniversary of High Country Bus Festival. Come camp with fellow bus lovers, enjoy the camaraderie, the...
• Re: High fuel costs threaten Alaska trip NOT!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Mon, 1 May 2006 14:16:58 -0800
  John you have to use the term Highway very loosely when speaking of the Dempster, Dalton, and several other "highways" in Alaska. It is...
• Re: trigger current for highbeam relay
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Tue, 8 Dec 1998 06:42:06 EST
  ...Instead hook it to the high beam's hot wire. If the high beams are off the relay will find a ground path through...
• Re: Desperate for a High Top!
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Wed, 1 Nov 2006 17:20:52 -0800
  I spotted an aircooled Vanagon hightop for sale in Burlington VT in September. It may still be at Better Bus & Bug on S. Champlain...
• Re: How high is a Syncro Westy Hightop?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Sat, 22 Dec 2007 11:31:26 -0500
  ...On Dec 20, 2007 4:02 PM, VW Doka <vw.doka@gmail.com> wrote: > Anyone know how the height of a Syncro Westy Hightop...
• Re: Headlight Question
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Sat, 10 Nov 2007 17:44:56 -0500
  This just means the high beam bulb is burnt out. Whenever you switch to high beams, it uses just the high beam bulb. Jere...
• Re: gas mileage city vs. highway
  Historical mailing list - Danny
  Mon, 25 May 2009 08:27:51 -0700
  I get 13.5 mpg city and 15 highway, my van weighs 4800 pounds (westy)�its a 1.9 L with 4000 miles since...
• Re: AC Hose Help Needed, Please...
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:04:59 -0400
  ...The high side can get up to about 250psi when running. Test the high side if it is cracked , when the compressor is running...
• Re: Spring advice
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 19 Apr 2021 15:58:37 +0000
  ...Since we own different versions of vanagon in the family, I can confirm the following by order of highest  suspension height (unmodified OEM equipment...
• Re: Radiator Fan temp Sensor Failure
  Historical mailing list - Blue Eyes
  Sun, 8 Nov 1998 22:54:16 -0600
  ...Then, replace your high temp thermostatic switch with the old low temp thermostatic switch. To preserve easy reversibiliy, don't throw away that old...
• Re: higher octane needs
  Historical mailing list - Paul Mayfield
  Fri, 28 Dec 2001 19:47:43 +0000
  ...I've heard some high performance high compression engines have preignition sensors that adjust to lower power levels when 87 octane is used. (porsche...
• Re: Favorite VW Bus/Vanagon salvageyards, was high roof freaks...
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 24 Nov 1998 10:24:41 EST
  In a message dated 98-11-23 20:16:22 EST, Iaonbb@aol.com writes: << YES, I'm still searching for the "elusive" high...
• Re: Mileage ?
  Historical mailing list - Tony Peet
  Tue, 28 Dec 1999 20:30:55 PST
  The highest highway mileage I've gotten on my '91 Syncro Westy is 18 mpg. Tony > >Driving a 91 Carat Vanagon since May 99...
• '77 Adventurewagen (highroof) FS on ebay, $250
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 23 Feb 2002 19:36:30 EST
  ...77 adventurewagen highroof.. go for it.. if anyone is on the type2 list, please crosspost this to the type2 list, i know alot of...
• Intermittent Power Loss Problem
  Historical mailing list - Ray Gromer
  Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:30:04 -0400
  ...I've only noticed the problem when I'm driving on the highway. It gradually looses power so it will only go 55 mph...
• Re: Roof weight?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 20 Mar 2017 09:28:46 -0700
  ...I'm thinking I'll actually save weight by > making > > the top of Divinicell or brunzeel like boats... > > Got a high top tour this...
• help with headlight/relay
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Sat, 5 Oct 2002 19:15:43 -0400
  ...NO headlights, no highbeams (highbeam indicator light is alweays on). Disconnected the relays and put everything back "as it was". Still no lights, but...
• Re: Headlight Operation
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Sun, 13 Apr 2014 10:33:13 -0600
  ...In '86-91 Vanagons the outside headlights have both low beam and high beaam filaments There is no application for H4 bulbs where both...
• Re: wider tires?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Mon, 7 Jan 2002 10:04:31 -0600
  >> snip >> >Disadvantages are:<< snip >> less grip << snip>> higher gearing, inaccurate speedo << snip>> Based on my observations: I've noticed increased grip with my 27x8...
• Re: Frydaye Phollies: road trips - part B - 97
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Fri, 9 Feb 2007 19:40:58 -0500
  ...97 goes from Weed, Ca to the Yukon where it connects to the Alaska Highway at the BC/Yukon border. Along the way it...
• Re: '84 value?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Morton
  Wed, 28 Nov 2007 13:44:29 -0800
  The '85 Westies definately sit higher. Significantly higher, in fact. I lowered mine by about one inch by installing '86 Westy springs. Scott Daniel...
• Re: Knock & Ping?
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Fri, 3 Mar 2006 21:56:25 -0500
  by any chance do you have a engine that was build with larger displacement than stock or a higher compression ratio? or perhaps a...
• An upgrade for a more efficent A/C system?
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Thu, 3 May 2007 09:19:12 -0700
  ...Infact the late Vanagon (86-91) has such a high pressure switch to close at 210psi.When this happens,the fan runs on high...
• High Country Bus Festival, July 27-31
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Auch
  Wed, 20 Jul 2011 10:40:20 -0400
  There is only a week until the fifteenth anniversary of High Country Bus Festival. Come camp with fellow bus lovers. Enjoy the camaraderie, the...
• High beam indicator
  Historical mailing list - David Cooper
  Sun, 11 Feb 2001 11:25:36 EST
  ...Has anyone who has done this found a way to wire the high beam indicator light so that it goes on with the high...
• Re: [PHISH][subaruvanagon] Re: A/C hose blew!
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 27 Aug 2011 15:07:21 -0700
  ...The only other switch that disables the compressor is the radiator high temp switch. When the radiator temp is too high it turns on...
• Re: Diesel to Gasoline Conversion?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:38:18 -0700
  ...Especially at highway speeds) Something to consider. > > that would be high numerically, but commonly ......when it's revving it's > guts out at 62...
• 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: Propylene glycol (Sierra)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 22 Nov 1996 18:05:31 -0500
  ...For instance, if the freezing temperature of a coolant was -18 degC, then 20% higher would be about -14 degC. On the other hand...
• Re: vacuum and the fuel pressure regulator?
  Historical mailing list - Raceingcajun
  Mon, 28 Aug 2006 23:24:16 -0500
  ...High vacuum (idle), low > pressure; low vacuum (open throttle) high pressure.