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  • Re: Oil pressure warnings, WAS: Mann Oil Filter and lifters, now emissions indicator lights.
    Historical mailing list - JRodgers
    Wed, 5 Mar 2014 19:11:39 -0600
    I love that word "Rebuked"! Consider it done! LOL! John On 3/5/2014 1:18 PM, Project Pat wrote: > All I think of...
  • Thanks again for the HELP!
    Historical mailing list - Felder
    Sat, 1 Nov 2003 07:01:26 -0800
    ...Now on to more important things like getting the water level indicator lights working... oh, and camping, too. Thanks, Jim
  • alt & O2 lamps and dying batt.
    Historical mailing list - jon jon
    Wed, 1 Nov 2000 15:31:24 EST
    ...The other day the alt and o2 lights came on, because the westy battery indicator stayed green, I thought perhaps it was just a...
  • Lights
    Historical mailing list - Joel D Shortlidge
    Thu, 16 Dec 1999 02:46:28 -0500
    Are the bulbs that are used as high beam indicators used to back light the climate control levers? Also the blower controls? Joel ___________________________________________________________________ Why...
  • Re: Battery condition indicators
    Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
    Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:56:19 -0700
    ...Battery condition indicators > > I am considering hooking up a second battery condition indicator, and > secondary float charger for the main battery, and wondered if...
  • help with headlight/relay
    Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
    Sat, 5 Oct 2002 19:15:43 -0400
    ...Reconnected battery and checked out lights: NO headlights, no highbeams (highbeam indicator light is alweays on). Disconnected the relays and put everything back "as...
  • HEADLIGHTS on HOLIDAY!
    Historical mailing list - Scott Kraning
    Thu, 8 Jul 1999 21:08:20 EDT
    ...back on and -waaalaaah...NO LIGHTS! But...the blue high-beam indicator light as well as the parking lights come on when the switch...
  • vanagon oil buzzer & light problem
    Historical mailing list - alicja komar
    Sat, 2 Mar 96 01:53:11 UT
    I've got an '87 Vanagon that lights and buzzes its oil indicators until it warms up (which can be quite a long time...
  • LVC "Empty" Warning Lights in dash...any uses???
    Historical mailing list - Myers, Thomas A
    Tue, 19 Apr 2005 11:26:43 -0400
    ...Re: "Empty" Warning Lights in dash...any uses??? > > I was thinking about putting indicator lights for defroster and the > brake warning light. > These are...
  • Re: Turn signal issue now
    Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
    Tue, 18 May 2021 16:10:16 -0700
    What year is your van? Believe it or not, the blinker indicator in the dash gets unfused power and thus can light up even...
  • Re: idiot lights
    Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
    Tue, 29 Feb 2000 22:31:20 -0800
    ...idiot lights Is it reading 13 V during the light-on period? If so then you have a crossed wire somewhere since the indicator...
  • Re: Headlights Not Working!
    Historical mailing list - Anthony Zygmunt
    Thu, 20 Jul 2006 10:13:16 -0700
    ...turns the console lights on and the running lights > on. The curious thing > > is > > that the blue high-beam indicator light on the > dash...
  • Re: Strange electrical question.
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Fri, 11 Oct 2019 17:54:38 -0400
    The signal indicator gets 12V from the panel at key-on, and grounds through the signal lamps; so it will light whenever the lights...
  • Filling westy water tank
    Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
    Tue, 29 Oct 96 11:20:03 PST
    So when the little gizzy that lights up the leds in the $$$ indicator panel gives up, how do the cognoscenti fill up their water...
  • Re: Turn signal indicator troubleshooting - blue wire
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
    Thu, 18 Nov 2010 07:04:47 -0800
    ...The TS LED indicator is powered on one leg at all times that the key is turned on. It only lights when the TS...
  • Re: Oil pressure warnings, WAS: Mann Oil Filter and lifters, now emissions indicator lights.
    Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
    Wed, 5 Mar 2014 07:26:01 -0600
    ...arial; COLOR: #000000">&gt; "maintenance indicator light" is there for. ..... These vehicles<BR>&gt; will even know if there is a fuel vapor leak...
  • Re: Help: Wierd electrical gremlin
    Historical mailing list - Alan Pickersgill
    Sun, 12 Dec 1999 21:24:16 -0500
    ...OK, Start the car, put the lights on and heres the first puzzler, the >high beam indicator light is on BUT only the low...
  • Re: Rear lights questions
    Historical mailing list - T Collins
    Thu, 9 Dec 2010 07:56:56 -0500
    ...3rd light sale on ebay (not mine)<http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/4583-EYE-LEVEL-STOP-TURN-SIGNAL-INDICATOR-LIGHTS-s_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em14Q2el1262QQhashZitem190241843856QQitemZ190241843856QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories> GL...
  • Mysterious red LED
    Historical mailing list - Steven Cu
    Sun, 6 Dec 1998 19:30:27 -0600
    Listees, I have recently checked the Indicator panel of my 82 Westy and I was wondering what is the function of the single Red...
  • Riddle me this about Vanagon dash wiring gremlin
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Thu, 31 Dec 2015 20:05:47 +0000
    ...When switched off or to parking lights, it does not glow. The turn signal work but the indicator light on the dash does not...
  • Headlights stopped working
    Historical mailing list - van man
    Mon, 22 Jul 2002 13:24:12 -0700
    ...If I turn them on, the dash lights come on, etc but no headlights. The high beam indicator is stuck on - i cant get...
  • Re: Headlights stopped working
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 23 Jul 2002 02:46:14 EDT
    ...If I turn them on, the dash lights come on, > etc but no headlights. The high beam indicator is > stuck on - i cant get...
  • Re: Riddle me this about Vanagon dash wiring gremlin
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Thu, 31 Dec 2015 16:40:42 -0500
    ...When switched off or to parking lights, it does not glow. The turn signal work but the indicator light on the dash does not...
  • Re: Help on Westy water level lights
    Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
    Wed, 5 Jul 1995 21:03:14 -0700 (PDT)
    So David Garth says: > Drat! The water tank level indicator lights stopped working today. None > of the lights light, no matter what the water...
  • Re: dead house battery / fully charged house battery?
    Historical mailing list - Joe Novak
    Thu, 11 Sep 2014 14:17:02 -0700
    ...on the back of the indicator is a dial that > can change the voltage readings of the indicator lights and where they came > on...
  • Re: HELP! Instrument Cluster Gremlins!
    Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
    Fri, 21 Oct 2005 11:40:44 -0400
    ...Engine running, lights on: No dash lights, no tach, function of headlight dimmer switch indicator light is opposite of reality, dash lights dimmer affects...
  • Re: Strange Blinking Light on my battery light indicator - seems erratic
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:31:12 -0400
    ...When you say "goes off" do you really mean "lights up?" >I recently changed my "bright" high beam indicator bulb, could I >have possibly...
  • Re: new switch
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Thu, 31 May 2012 15:02:15 -0700
    ...It confuses people but the cluster indicator led works out of phase with the outside blinking lights. It only needs a ground from the...
  • Good things about Busses
    Historical mailing list - Richard
    Thu, 22 Jun 95 10:18:54 EDT
    ...Amazing! My speedometer now moves like a Rolex, and is well lighted, and all my indicator lights are bright and colorful! It is definately...
  • Re: Westy battery indicator light below sink
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Tue, 28 Nov 2006 11:35:07 -0800
    ...Based on my experience with two Westfalias, '85 and '90, it's normal to see the battery indicator drop to the yellow area and...
  • Re: Headlights Not Working!
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Thu, 20 Jul 2006 22:33:15 -0400
    ...When the lights don't work and the blue hi beam indicator is on it's a bad ground, usually at the cluster behind...
  • Wiring ?
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 17 Feb 1997 13:36:03 -0500 (EST)
    ...The turn indicators blink at a high rate (all the the corners work) and when the headlights are turned on the amber lights in...
  • Re: Hazard lights
    Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge
    Tue, 7 Nov 2017 09:09:45 -0800
    ...With lights on or off they only work on > the driver's side front and rear. > > The turn signal indicators all work otherwise under...
  • Re: vanagon diesel questions
    Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
    Thu, 2 Jan 1997 20:06:05 -0800 (PST)
    ...indicator lights, 8 amps #6 is high beam right, 8 amps #7 is accessories and radiator fan, 16 amps #8 is interior lights, cig...
  • Re: odd headlight issue?
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Fri, 28 Jul 2006 13:29:32 -0400
    ...The high beam indicator is telling you the switch is turning on. The main lights do not have a ground path except through the...
  • Re: OX and charge lights on
    Historical mailing list - George Goff
    Tue, 21 Jan 2003 16:40:34 EST
    ...The O2 light is not a backup for the anything; the indicators merely share a common electrical node for convenience. George
  • Re: Question about turn signal indicator light
    Historical mailing list - John Bange
    Mon, 21 Aug 2006 14:32:02 -0700
    ...the Bentley diagram, the blinker module provides an intermittent ground for both the LED and the turn signal lights. -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
  • Re: reset? OS2 indicator light
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sat, 8 Jan 2000 16:03:36 -0500
    At 17:44 1/8/00 , Gina wrote: >Hi, > >Does anyone know a way to reset the OS2 light indicator on the >dashboard? I...
  • Re: 84 westy - how to stop clock battery drain?
    Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
    Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:27:35 -0400
    ...Lights 3 ...... 8 Amp (White) Left Low Beam 4 ...... 8 Amp (White) Right Low Beam 5 ...... 8 Amp (White) Left High Beam & Indicator Light...
  • Re: dometic pilot goes out when thermostat turned up
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Mon, 26 Jun 2006 11:03:48 -0700
    ...there is another indicator light on those models that I have seen at least one new owner mistake for the indicator that the flame...
  • Re: indicators & lights
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Mon, 12 Mar 2001 08:37:48 -0500
    ...the instrument console - the flasher indiator >and the the head light indicator too. With head light on, I get no >flashers..... > >sound familiar to...
  • Re: headlight advice/f
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Fri, 30 Mar 2001 13:09:12 +1200
    ...Newer vehicles with model-specific lights tend to have them built into the indicator clusters or on the sides of the headlights within the...
  • Re: electrickery advice please
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:50:54 -0500
    At 01:06 AM 2/14/2011, al sinclair wrote: >The fuel gauge and the direction indicator lights in the dash are both going...
  • Re: HELP! Instrument Cluster Gremlins!
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Fri, 21 Oct 2005 10:44:33 -0500
    ...No dash lights, no tach, function of > headlight dimmer switch indicator light is opposite of reality, dash > lights dimmer affects the LED lights making...
  • Re: dead house battery / fully charged house battery?
    Historical mailing list - Jnovak
    Tue, 9 Sep 2014 20:05:11 -0700
    ...the battery proved that incorrect. > > any idea why the lights work 100%, the indicator would show red, pump not > work, and a voltmeter to...
  • Re: I fried something (front heater blower)
    Historical mailing list - jim&kim
    Sun, 2 Dec 2001 23:10:57 -0800
    ...but > >the reverse lights are now off and the headlite indicator dash bulb no > >longer flashes with the turn signal indicator. Anyone have any...
  • Re: Tail light update
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Fri, 26 Dec 2003 00:01:33 +1300
    ...lights, though. >The amber turn signals on some new cars are awful, too -- some of them, I >swear, are brighter than brake lights. Indicators...
  • Re: Favourite Free Modifications
    Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
    Sat, 13 Aug 2005 01:11:19 -0700
    ...took out the brake warning light indicator and > grafted another switch in its place for my driving lights. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam...
  • Re: FW: Headlights
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Wed, 5 Jul 2006 21:39:45 -0700
    ...When I put on the high > beams, they work and all of the other indicator lights seem to work. All > of > the fuses under...
  • Re: Turn signal system failure
    Historical mailing list - Matthew Snook
    Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:46:12 -0700
    ...I either get signal lights flashing or just a steady green indicator. Is my problem the same as Pensioner's? I don't get...
  • 88 Vanagon High Beams
    Historical mailing list - C&S Gibbs. Alaska. USA.
    Sun, 11 Jul 1999 11:55:18 -0800
    ...low beams working as well as parking lights (switch second position) THEN 3. click on high beams with indicator stalk and RIGHT side FRONT...
  • Re: High Beam Indicator
    Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
    Thu, 16 Nov 2000 23:01:24 -0500
    ...Even in full darkness with the dash lights dimmed you can > barely tell that the indicator is on. I pulled the dash expecting to...
  • Re: HEADLIGHTS on HOLIDAY!
    Historical mailing list - mike
    Thu, 8 Jul 1999 21:14:48 -0400
    ...back on and > -waaalaaah...NO LIGHTS! But...the blue high-beam indicator light as well as > the parking lights come on when the switch...
  • Re: Turn signal system failure
    Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
    Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:24:28 -0800
    ...With the stalk in > either left OR right, the console indicator goes to solid green, not fast > blink like a burned out indicator light...
  • Re: MORE info Re: headlights not working after towing???
    Historical mailing list - David Most
    Thu, 31 Jul 2003 22:02:20 -0600
    ...high > beam indicator is on ALL of the time when the light switch is on. > > For your reference again, all other lights and electrical...
  • Re: flasher problems
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Wed, 16 Sep 2015 23:16:18 -0400
    ...The lights on one side flash rapidly but dimmer. >other side is normal. the rapid side has both lights flashing. >flasher? while were are...
  • Re: dead house battery / fully charged house battery?
    Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
    Tue, 9 Sep 2014 18:00:04 -0500
    ...the battery proved that incorrect. > > any idea why the lights work 100%, the indicator would show red, pump not > work, and a voltmeter to...
  • Re: HELP! Instrument Cluster Gremlins!
    Historical mailing list - Mary Creasy
    Fri, 21 Oct 2005 14:08:57 -0400
    ...Engine running, lights on: No dash lights, no tach, function of headlight dimmer switch indicator light is opposite of reality, dash lights dimmer affects...
  • Re: Dash control lights question
    Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
    Sat, 10 Jul 1999 02:38:33 EDT
    ...the automatic transmission "PRND21" indicator is also lit. Oddly, it's wired into the circuit for the backup lights, rather than the dash lights...
  • Re: Dometic fridge question
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Sun, 8 Nov 2015 01:31:49 +0000
    ...The bottom light (it is an incandescent light > >and not an LED because they didn't have blue lights back then, if your is...