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• Re: Unintended consequences
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Aug 2020 12:42:33 +0000
  ...that programs the delay with normal intermittent wiper lever action, not with wash/wipe action. Relay 99 is most common, also 197 and 198...
• Re: Starter/relay/switch problem fixed
  Historical mailing list - Aaron
  Tue, 24 Jul 2012 10:14:23 -0700
  I've been able to use the gear lever while turning the key. I'd turn key with left hand and hold it in...
• Re: '84 1.9L engine -- no start on cold mornings -- starts fine late morning
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 12 Jan 2016 08:25:46 -0500
  ... Neutral-start > switch on automatic transmission shift lever is bypassed. > > I have a Bosch starter relay in the starter motor circuit > and everything...
• Re: "99" Programmable Wiper Relay Into an '81?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:25:29 -0700
  ...To adjust, you just flip the lever to off after it wipes. Then when you decide the window is getting a little hard to...
• Re: Out go the lights Yikes!
  Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
  Sun, 22 Sep 2002 21:35:46 -0400
  ...A good Sat project is to wire in a couple of relays to handle the current and have the switch just control the relay...
• Re: headlights (all) - poof! - continued...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 10 Apr 2011 09:22:13 -0400
  ...My suspicion is that the third relay, the one that doesn't click with >the high-beam lever, is somehow related to either the...
• Starter relay with automatic and cruise, was: Starter woes
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Tue, 26 Jan 2016 11:23:06 -0800
  ...someone > accidentally bumps the shift lever into neutral while underway. > > Does this make sense to you? > > Could a relay be installed safely if this...
• Re: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 23 Jun 2021 06:43:35 -0500
  ...On the Vanagon the high lever is >> powered >>> directly from the fuse box, battery connection. So operating the lever >>> bypasses the ignition and headlight...
• Re: parts source?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 7 Apr 2008 08:08:39 -0400
  ...lever, then another click just after it's returned to center > and the LED goes out. I just figured it to be the relay...
• Re: four-position wiper stalk, 78 bus -Reply
  Historical mailing list - Glen Buhlmann
  Tue, 12 Mar 1996 08:45:52 -0800
  ...I remember someone mentioning something > >about a wiper relay? How would one go about finding out if one of the > >newer relays would fit...
• Throttle cable
  Historical mailing list - John Schaper
  Tue, 22 Feb 2000 07:49:30 -0800
  ...to replace--my guess is after looking at Bentley is the "relay lever", "pin", or clamping bold. I looked at the engine accelerator cable...
• Re: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 22 Jun 2021 15:50:00 -0700
  ...On the Vanagon the high lever is > powered > > directly from the fuse box, battery connection. So operating the lever > > bypasses the ignition and headlight...
• Headlights Again
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 23 Oct 2001 11:10:07 -0600
  ...I can hold the bright lever back and the brights work. Funny idiosyncracy: if I turn the headlight switch on, turn the ignition key...
• Re: "99" Programmable Wiper Relay Into an '81?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:27:29 -0700
  ...From what I read, thought one moved the wiper lever down to intermittent position, waited to set desired interval, moved it up, then down...
• No High Beams
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:55:16 -0700
  ...I appears that when I pull up on the lever for high beams I'm getting nothing, all four ('90 Westy) lights out, not...
• Re: 84 Vanagon head lights stuck on hi beam
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Fri, 8 Apr 2016 08:01:09 +0000
  ...http://www.vanagain.com/shop/wiper-switch/ The turn signal lever has a hook that grabs the switch on the wiper switch assembly. Yup...
• Re: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 22 Jun 2021 16:44:31 -0500
  ...On the Vanagon the high lever is powered > directly from the fuse box, battery connection. So operating the lever > bypasses the ignition and headlight...
• Re: Out go the lights Yikes!
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 22 Sep 2002 19:40:05 -0600
  ...That is, putting a couple relays in the headlight system so ALL the current goes to the lights, and the switch acts like a...
• More abuse from the dash gremlins
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 2 Mar 2009 09:31:37 -0600
  ...No turn signal indication on the dash, other than the relay clicking. Over this winter, on cold days, temp needle went nuts and temp...
• Re: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 23 Jun 2021 07:41:45 -0500
  ...On the Vanagon the high lever is > >> powered > >>> directly from the fuse box, battery connection. So operating the lever > >>> bypasses the ignition and headlight...
• Re: hot start relay didn't work, solonoid!?
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Thu, 23 Jul 1998 14:53:15 -0700
  ...Unfortunatly, many people didn't know about the problem and would try to fix it with a relay like in the old 6V days...
• Electrical Unsolved Mysteries
  Historical mailing list - STEVEN G WACKER
  Tue, 11 Nov 1997 00:27:42 -0800
  ...Pull the dim/bright/flasher lever on the steering column to the on position and all headlights come on. OK, it's not a...
• Re: headlights (all) - poof!
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 3 Apr 2011 22:39:01 -0700
  ...the fuse box are intact. > The relay is clicking when I click on the turn signal lever for the high > beams. > > -- Neil Nicholson '81...
• Re: Headlight switch failure (possible solution)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 25 Feb 1999 07:26:01 EST
  ...I had to hold the high beam lever on too, to have some light for the ride home (everyone in the oncoming traffic lane...
• Re: parts source?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 7 Apr 2008 11:25:42 -0700
  ...Is there only one > for both the signals and emergency flashers? Also, it seems to be a relay > plugged into a board. How would...
• Re: Hey, it's awful dark out there tonight....
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Tue, 8 Jul 2008 19:33:12 -0700
  ...Both switches fail, adding the headlight relays protects both switches. Mark Greg Potts wrote: > Hi Volks, > > Tonight at dusk I drove home from my...
• Re: Starter/relay/switch problem fixed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 24 Jul 2012 18:54:29 -0700
  ...Finally, oil the > bearings and Bendix, grease the Bendix lever, and put it back together. >
• 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...
• No Lo/Hi Beams
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:36:52 -0600
  ...with good wireless!! '87 Syncro Westy, relays, aux "driving lights" in the form of Hella 550. When I turn the light switch on, the...
• 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: Disable Compressor in Westy A/C ??
  Historical mailing list - Kitzmann
  Tue, 15 May 2001 08:38:02 -0400
  ...In that car you had to slide the selection lever over several spaces to turn it off there was no off on the fan...
• Fwd: Unintended consequences
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Aug 2020 12:45:02 +0000
  ...that programs the delay with normal intermittent wiper lever action, not with wash/wipe action. Relay 99 is most common, also 197 and 198...
• Re: headlamps
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sat, 22 Aug 2020 12:13:16 -0500
  ...They were the high power bulbs that I use with the relay. I put in the old low power bulbs and they worked. Odd...
• # warning buzzer for turn signal and parking lights left on
  Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
  Mon, 29 Sep 2003 02:42:03 -0700
  ...parking spot the lever doesn't always return to center and I don't notice it because the turn signal relay isn't clicking...
• Re: Starter relay with automatic and cruise, was: Starter woes
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 26 Jan 2016 16:22:11 -0500
  ...someone >> accidentally bumps the shift lever into neutral while underway. >> >> Does this make sense to you? >> >> Could a relay be installed safely if this...
• Electrical weirdness
  Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
  Tue, 20 Jul 1999 23:27:32 -0400
  ...Strangely, they all come back on if I hold the brights on with the lever. My Bentley is loaned out at the moment so...
• 1991 Vanagon Electrical Problem
  Historical mailing list - Jones, Dustin
  Mon, 16 Dec 2002 08:30:27 -0500
  ...I had to hold the high beam switch forward to keep them on (the lever wouldn't stay forward by its self) so I...
• Re: Front Heater Fan Just stopped working last week, Any ideas? Need some parts....
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 8 Dec 2007 15:17:25 -0500
  You just reminded me of something else I want to do on my '85 Westy, Darren, and that's put relays in the air...
• Re: 12 Volt + Wire Up Rear Pillar? (vent)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 18 Feb 2013 05:56:08 -0800
  ...It's switchable from > dash (switch near shift lever when in reverse). Relay is a 5 pin > waterproof type. > > 87a of relay is normally...
• gas pedal > accelerator linkage question
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 23 May 2011 15:16:07 -0700
  ...Can someone tell me how the lower end of the Push Rod is captured in the upper hole of the Relay Lever? I have...
• Re: 12 Volt + Wire Up Rear Pillar? (vent)
  Historical mailing list - Bill M
  Sat, 16 Feb 2013 15:14:33 -0500
  ...It's switchable from > dash (switch near shift lever when in reverse). Relay is a 5 pin > waterproof type. > > 87a of relay is normally...
• Re: Install Details Please? "99" Intermittent Wiper Relay
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:30:53 -0600
  ...to change the duration between wipes in addition to the 99 >> relay? > > Dead simple. You put the lever down to intermittent, then back to...
• Re: headlamps
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Wed, 26 Aug 2020 23:36:54 -0500
  Just to confirm - McNeely this is for you :) - the problem is NOT the ground, right? Am I reading that correctly? You pulled the lever...
• Re: Low Beams out, Where to Look?
  Historical mailing list - Wes Ullrich
  Fri, 26 Nov 2004 06:33:43 -0500
  ...gt;the lever up so that I had headlights.) >>I assume it has to be a fuse or a relay. The fuse...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Fri, 30 Nov 2001 22:26:11 -0600
  William, Your problem with the rear wiper sounds like the relay is Kaput----- Change it, it'll work---- Three wipes is usually the norm...
• Re: easy mod...ADJUSTABLE intermittent wiper!!! read!!
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Mon, 3 Apr 2006 23:21:32 -0400
  ...the VW supplied relay described above. *The time interval on this relay is set by pulling on the washer lever when the wiper switch...
• Re: Ignition Switch Mystery Continues...anybody out there????
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 23 Jun 2004 15:00:10 -0500
  ...In many cases the remedy is to install a relay near the starter. Some of the vendors on the list sell a "hard start...
• Re: '84 1.9L engine -- no start on cold mornings -- starts fine late morning
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 12 Jan 2016 17:46:57 -0500
  ...Neutral-start switch on automatic transmission shift lever is bypassed. I have a Bosch starter relay in the starter motor circuit and everything works...
• [Fwd: Re: Dead Headlights]
  Historical mailing list - Vlach Family
  Mon, 30 Nov 1998 15:51:15 -0500
  ...Hi-beam lever makes > no difference. > The relay in fuse box position 10 cllicks once > when ignition is turned on. > Hi-beams: stay off...
• Re: Windshield washer motor not working
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Sat, 6 Jan 2001 12:24:42 -0500
  ...lever. Use a small folded piece of super-fine sandpaper. > The dirty contacts may only be sending enough power to enable the wiper > relay...
• Re: Randomly Parking Wipers
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 6 Apr 2005 11:59:55 -0700
  ...On Intermittant they work fine, but low or high speed, when you > switch the lever to off, they just stop wherever they are. > > I...
• Re: Throttle cable
  Historical mailing list - John Koloski
  Tue, 22 Feb 2000 20:28:59 -0500
  ...to replace--my guess is after looking at Bentley is the > > "relay lever", "pin", or clamping bold. I looked at the engine > accelerator > > cable...
• Re: Arrgh.. Headlights out on 86
  Historical mailing list - Ryan
  Sun, 25 May 2008 23:02:41 -0400
  ...Some upgrades use a single relay for both high and low beam. If > this was done in your case, it's possible that the...
• Re: headlamps
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Thu, 27 Aug 2020 05:21:29 -0700
  ...The high beam lever direct connects from the battery feed to > the high beam circuit doing a bypass past the X contact on the...
• Re: Low beams are both out.
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 9 Dec 1999 02:48:51 +0100
  ...Would they both go at the same time or > is it a relay or switch? Thought I would get some input before I look...
• '84 1.9L engine -- no start on cold mornings -- starts fine late morning
  Historical mailing list - john
  Tue, 12 Jan 2016 08:15:29 -0500
  ...Neutral-start switch on automatic transmission shift lever is bypassed. I have a Bosch starter relay in the starter motor circuit and everything works...
• Re: How do you get to the passenger side wiper shaft?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 17 May 2009 13:03:31 -0700
  ...power outlet (cigar lighter) install headlight relays, etc, etc, etc.) To remove, remove instrument cluster, heater control levers, unplug heater fan switches, remove heater...
• Re: Throttle cable
  Historical mailing list - Martin Laycock
  Tue, 22 Feb 2000 16:32:56 +0000
  ...to replace--my guess is after looking at Bentley is the >"relay lever", "pin", or clamping bold. I looked at the engine accelerator >cable...
• Re: '91 Westy - Yikes, lights! NOT
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Sun, 16 Sep 2001 06:38:15 -0400
  ...Check out my web page on how I added relays to cure this problem. On an electrical competence level of complexity between five(deals...
• Re: adding a second battery
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 30 Aug 2002 12:58:40 -0400
  ...On the (-) cable at the battery end, I used a lever-type connector. When camping for any length of time, I disconnect this cable...