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  • Re: H4 Hella Headlight Kits Available
    Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
    Wed, 27 Feb 2002 22:02:29 EST
    ...Don't confuse the H4 bulb with the E code lamp housings. I doubt you would ever get pulled over for using the E...
  • Re: mounting fog lamps on a Carat/fiberglass bumper?
    Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
    Sun, 18 Aug 2002 17:56:03 -0400
    ...If I were using the lamps strictlyas fog lamps, I would mount a pair of rectangular ones under the bumper but I use them...
  • Re: Fog Light Kit Update
    Historical mailing list - Jaap Nauta
    Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:31:38 +0200
    ...Jaap '87 Caravelle diesel > I now have both a sample lamp - graciously supplied by Daniel Stern > Lighting - and the plastic grille sample graciously supplied...
  • Re: Instrument lamps
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Mon, 6 Feb 2006 21:26:19 -0500
    ...Instrument lamps Anybody have a source for instrument panel twist-in lamps? Tried a couple of FLAPS and don't want to pay $6...
  • Head Lamp Bulbs ?
    Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
    Tue, 23 Feb 1999 05:36:46 -0500
    Canadian Tire AKA Crappy Tire up here in the frozen northland has what they are calling "High-Output" halogen head lamp bulbs on sale...
  • Re: GPS Recommendation
    Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
    Sun, 28 Mar 2010 22:32:24 -0700
    dear this little light of mine i love oil lamps ... but they do hiss ...and loudly the light is just under 25 watts according...
  • Re: green generator dash light glowing
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Mon, 13 Apr 2020 17:55:25 -0400
    ...Putting a front lamp in backwards mighjt cause this. The faint glow is basically an esthetic problem which would never happen if the lamp...
  • Re: Bentley wiring diagram. Questions on how to read.
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Sat, 23 Feb 2008 20:49:41 -0800
    ...motorcycles, mopeds. > Abroad also cars, trucks, etc. > 57a Parking lamp > 57L Parking lamp, left > 57R Parking lamp, right > 58 Side-marker lamps, tail lamps...
  • Re: Bright lighting
    Historical mailing list - Arkady Mirvis
    Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:21:36 -0000
    ...I brought with me from USA a dozen 120 volts "economy" fluoresent lamps and 12/120 v inverter. A lamp with 60 watts output...
  • GE High output "bulbs"
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Wed, 24 Feb 1999 10:59:57 -0800
    Frank Condelli wrote" > Canadian Tire AKA Crappy Tire up here in the frozen northland has what > they are calling "High-Output" halogen head lamp...
  • Re: Sylvania Silverstar headlight bulbs..great or gimmick??? anyone tried em? (fwd)
    Historical mailing list - George Goff
    Mon, 17 May 2004 05:34:56 EDT
    ...Comparing the manufacturer's intensity mappings of the two lamps might prove helpful, although the pyschovisual response illicited by the spectrum of each lamp...
  • [NVC] Focusing Beam table lamp
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Sun, 16 Dec 2007 03:36:17 -0600
    Volks, I have need of a focusing beam table top lamp - preferably with an articulating arm or a goose neck - that I can use...
  • Oil pressure lamp
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Wed, 12 Feb 2014 10:56:44 -0800
    ...The oil pressure lamp did not go out. The oil pressure gauge I installed a couple years ago read normally (75 psi, cold engine...
  • Coolant temp warning lamp glitch?
    Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
    Mon, 23 Aug 2004 14:28:55 -0700
    ...Re-started the engine and this time the lamp blinked for the usual lamp test period, then went dark. She drove the five miles...
  • Re: Hella Light Source
    Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
    Tue, 16 Nov 2010 11:09:05 -0800
    ...You could sell the other light assembly for bigbux to someone and modify your grilles to accept a different lamp. There is a material...
  • lighter light
    Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
    Sun, 1 Oct 2006 21:00:46 -0400
    OK, so no one has any idea about how to remove the lamp holder. Does anyone know who can sell me the lamp that...
  • Re: Help identifying part (image provided)
    Historical mailing list - GMac999
    Sun, 6 May 2007 09:23:11 -0700
    ...Most small trailers in the US and Canada have one lamp on each side that serves as both the turn signal and brake lamp...
  • Re: dead lighter
    Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
    Sun, 29 Apr 2001 22:22:20 -0500
    ...Nobody uses lamps or lighter outside! And how does > that bulb work in the back to illuminate the green lense? Voltage in lamp filament...
  • Re: Any one activated rear fog in back light cluster? - wire is there as stock {Grey/White}
    Historical mailing list - stephen de la salle
    Fri, 29 Mar 2002 18:05:30 -0000
    ...As to the lampholder I was able to lever the holder apart and insert the spring piece from a scrap piece - it was not...
  • Re: Hid AUX lamps GoWesty's headlight upgrade kit
    Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
    Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:47:10 +0100
    I use HID H3 lamps in my vanagon�s highbeam lamps. Great daylight-ish color after a few seconds. The first 4 or 5...
  • Re: post mounted 'police' spot lights...... illegal?
    Historical mailing list - Mike South
    Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:36:55 -0500
    ...What you call "yellow" for fog lamps is probably amber, which is > allowed. Again, this is for Michigan. > > MCL 257.699 "Head lamps shall...
  • Re: Your thougs on 3" LED lamps at the ends of my van-cafe tube bumpers. The birth of Gronski Lights
    Historical mailing list - Chris S
    Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:18:49 -0400
    ...Dual function yellow lamp. This > lamp stays off most of the time. When I turn my Projektzwo fog lamps on, > this lamp will light...
  • Re: Brights & lights
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Sat, 2 Dec 2006 19:52:52 -0600
    ...The other way the outer lights turn off, and the inner (small lamp) lamps (brights) turn on. I have always found that a little...
  • Re: Additional tail lighting
    Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
    Sun, 8 Jul 2007 20:34:12 -0500
    ...You wouldn't get any turn signal action on the new lamps but it would be better than lamps down low that are blocked...
  • Re: post mounted 'police' spot lights...... illegal?
    Historical mailing list - Mike S
    Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:58:57 -0400
    ...What you call "yellow" for fog lamps is probably amber, which is allowed. Again, this is for Michigan. MCL 257.699 "Head lamps shall...
  • Re: Digitool building and group entertainment.
    Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
    Sun, 26 Nov 2000 23:02:59 -0500
    Rico Sapolich wrote: > If you want to keep at it tonight and IF you know something about 120V. > circuits, try a small lamp (aka...
  • Re: Flashing coolant level lamp
    Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
    Thu, 22 Jun 2006 12:53:03 -0400
    ...Temp gauge reading one needle width's to the right of > the lamp, radiator cooling fan running -- normal for that climb. > > I got out...
  • Re: Help identifying part (image provided)
    Historical mailing list - neil
    Sun, 6 May 2007 08:39:04 -0700
    ...Historically, most US > cars had a similar arrangement for their rear lamps, so hooking up > trailer lights was pretty simple - the left trailer lamp...
  • Re: H4 lamps city lights
    Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
    Sat, 12 Feb 2000 02:00:17 +0100
    ...Anyone know of a website which shows the H4 "e-code" lamps with the "city > lights" operating? > > Roy O. > '87 Westfalia GL > (till death...
  • Re: ???---H4's---???
    Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
    Fri, 14 Jan 2000 19:33:43 +0100
    Rico Sapolich wrote: > What is the story behind the H-4 lamps that are pictured on the 251.org site? > The photos are first...
  • Re: Bosch and Hella H4 Lights - Group Purchace (All Model Years)
    Historical mailing list - madsen
    Sat, 13 Nov 1999 01:57:03 -0500
    ...incl. > park lamp holder - pair incl. incl. > 55/60W H4 lamp - pair $20 $14 > 5W park lamp - pair $10 $7 > ======================================= > Total Price (less freight...
  • Re: LOTSA NEW Stuff- curtains, carpet, air cond, bras, propane ta
    Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
    Thu, 25 Jun 1998 23:49:08 EDT
    ...Hmm, well now that I have added the Projektzwo Fog Lamps to my 86 Syncro, the bra I have (of course) doesn't have...
  • Re: Cloudy headlight glass?
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Fri, 19 Jul 2002 17:43:43 -0400
    ...What makes sealed beam lamps "sealed"? Are the vanagon�s U.S. >headlights sealed beams? Sealed-beam lamps are literally that -- lamp, reflector, lens...
  • Need: Headlight Assembly
    Historical mailing list - James Adams
    Sun, 29 Jun 2003 21:16:18 -0700
    ...Can anyone refer me to a place where I can find a used lamp ? Perhaps someone has a parts van from which they can...
  • Re: question about Hella fog lamps.
    Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
    Sun, 17 Jun 2001 01:48:43 -0500
    ...Is there really a big difference between spending over > $100.00 for the Hella lamps vs. lamps at NAPA for $35.00? > > Thanks, > > Sean
  • Re: 2 questions from a new list member
    Historical mailing list - Various
    Tue, 26 Aug 2003 17:37:24 -0300
    ...I have used household type 12v halogen lamps in my vanagon (good cheap replacement for my 84 westy house lamp) with no problems at...
  • instument panel lamps
    Historical mailing list - Jess Lopatynski
    Sun, 26 Jul 1998 16:52:18 -0400
    Any advice about changing burnt out instrument panel lamps on my 87 Vanagon? specifically the heater control panel. It doesn't just pop off...
  • Re: Oil Pressure Lamp? Denoument.
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Thu, 10 May 2012 16:56:47 -0700
    ...Now the switch and engine compartment are fully dry and the lamp is back to behaving quite normally. The conductivity of the coolant may...
  • Re: 1991 vanagon - rectangular hi-lo beam headlight replacement?
    Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
    Mon, 18 Apr 2022 15:05:12 -0400
    ...already upgraded the lamps with a Vanagon Headlight Relay Kit and > that works pretty well with the high wattage Hella lamps. > > Thanks all! > > Sincerely...
  • Re: Headlights
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sat, 20 Apr 2013 21:22:09 -0400
    ...what Standard headlight lamps are 55/65 watts. The small extra high beams on the 2.1l use an H3 lamp which is also...
  • Re: flashing coolant light
    Historical mailing list - stephen de la salle
    Sun, 8 Apr 2001 16:04:17 -0400
    ...that the lamp is set off..... If this is the case then I don't really see the point of the indicator lamp if...
  • Re: High-Beam LED Indicator Bulb
    Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
    Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:51:01 -0500
    ...If it has a condom, sometimes the new lamp comes with one and sometimes you have to move it over from the old lamp...
  • Re: [Nearly Off-Topic] Seeking Battery Switch
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Thu, 20 Sep 2012 20:44:30 -0400
    ...The only halogen lamp we had on board was the chart light, and its little five-watt lamp survived our usage without resort to...
  • Ignition switch #2 in 2 months
    Historical mailing list - Chad Lyles
    Mon, 7 Jan 2008 06:38:31 -0800
    ...passenger side head lamp went out (low beam) a week before the ignition switch went out. i chenged the head lamps AND the switch...
  • 2nd ignition switch in 2 months???
    Historical mailing list - Chad Lyles
    Mon, 7 Jan 2008 06:28:31 -0800
    ...one head lamp went out i drove with one lamp (actually i used the high beams because both worked) for a week or two...
  • Re: Updated Tail Lamps
    Historical mailing list - Mike S
    Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:00:40 -0400
    ...The spirit of the regs is indeed plain, that the stop lamps should be clearly noticeable in the presence of tail lamps. The separate...
  • Re: WTB: Headlight assy. for '86 and up
    Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
    Tue, 16 Nov 2004 05:22:47 -0600
    David, This is what I was told by the owner of PG when I inquired about the Euro lamps. And his lamps come complete...
  • Has anyone ever used a heatlamp...?
    Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
    Mon, 17 Jan 2000 20:28:05 -0600
    ...The down side is that the lamp - a radiant heat lamp - is intended for indoor use, say, in a bathroom heat/fan/light unit...
  • Re: Tail Light Problem--85 Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
    Tue, 12 Oct 1999 18:22:50 EDT
    Take a piece of wire and run it from a good known ground and then attach it to the conductive frame of your lamp...
  • Re: Oil pressure lamp
    Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
    Wed, 12 Feb 2014 11:03:44 -0800
    ...Oil pressure lamp Started the van (1.9L) this morning. Dampish morning, 40 degrees F (a mild morning, it was 55 degrees colder than...
  • How to aim headlights?
    Historical mailing list - Philip Zimmerman
    Thu, 22 Feb 2007 22:26:04 -0800
    ...Stern link will give you the measurements needed to align E-Code Lamps. Technically, you need the goofy-looking mechanism to align DOT Lamps...
  • Re: Fog Light Kit Update
    Historical mailing list - Chris S.
    Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:41:38 -0700
    ...I now have both a sample lamp - graciously supplied by Daniel Stern Lighting - and the plastic grille sample graciously supplied by Kim Brennan. I...
  • Re: Oil Pressure Lamp? Denoument.
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Thu, 10 May 2012 20:26:19 -0400
    ...Oil Pressure Lamp? Denoument. The warning light does turn on brightly, normally, with the ignition on before the engine has started. Until I get...
  • Re: post mounted 'police' spot lights...... illegal?
    Historical mailing list - Mike South
    Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:54:09 -0500
    ...MCL 257.696: "A motor vehicle may be equipped with not more > than 2 spot lamps, except that a motorcycle shall not be equipped...
  • guage wiring question.
    Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
    Tue, 6 Nov 2001 11:27:42 -0500
    ...for the guage back lamps, can I run power from the wires that run to the heater control back lamp? Will I blow any...
  • Re: LED Bulbs - low cost source
    Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
    Mon, 9 Apr 2007 07:05:32 -0500
    ...Cleaning and tightening the electrical connections at the rear lamps can't hurt and will probably make the existing lamps at least a little...
  • Re: map light
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Wed, 7 Nov 2012 12:52:00 -0800
    ...I can get the bulb from the online vendors, but they want big bucks for the lamp itself. This is the lamp that is...
  • Re: Coolant temp warning lamp glitch?
    Historical mailing list - jbange
    Mon, 23 Aug 2004 15:37:48 -0700
    ...No steam smelled or seen. > >Re-started the engine and this time the lamp blinked for the usual lamp >test period, then went dark...
  • LED Brake lamps and Audiovox cruise control
    Historical mailing list - WILLIAM WITZ
    Fri, 16 Aug 2013 16:22:45 -0700
    ...What If in fact want the Servo wanted to see was a load on the brake lamp switch so in would see that it...
  • Re: Need lamp socket
    Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
    Thu, 20 Sep 2001 22:11:04 -0400
    > I am in need of the lamp socket for the right front turn signal/parking > light. ... If you have one, let me know and...