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• Re: E-code lights/SA grille
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Sun, 27 Aug 2000 22:59:19 PDT
  Isn't the e code light available from Fast Forward a simple drop in installation???? --- ....and do those park lights or city lights they...
• Flickering Inside Lights in 91 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jahan Byrne
  Sat, 20 Jul 2002 10:29:51 -0700
  While driving at night, I notice my dash lights flicker constantly. My courtesy lights also flicker when the doors are open. The lights don...
• Re: Blowing cooling fan fuses
  Historical mailing list - raceingcajun
  Sat, 9 Aug 2014 08:37:33 -0500
  Actually if you think about it, it makes a lot of sense! Take GM for instance, the tail lights are on the same circuit...
• Re: Some good info about E-code headlamps & "City Lights"
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Tue, 9 Apr 2002 17:45:23 -0500
  >How about city lights? What is a city light? It's a European-type parking >lamp, a small 5W bulb sticks through a grommet...
• Re: high wattage light bulbs - A caution
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Mon, 25 May 2009 16:23:14 -0400
  The LED brake lights on the new cars can be really annoying, especially the new Cadillacs. I get really pissed when I get stuck...
• Electrical weirdness on '74 bus
  Historical mailing list - John Breitenbach
  Wed, 17 Apr 1996 09:19:26 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Once I get the exterior lights working, I've got to get the interior lights going (no dash lights). Does anyone know where I...
• Dash Lights
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Tue, 3 Sep 2002 07:30:33 -0500
  Well, I had a weird thing happen yesterday, my dash lights failed. What I think happened is, I took a ferry across the Mississippi...
• Dash lights.
  Historical mailing list - Tom Jansen
  Sun, 3 Oct 2010 09:00:42 -0500
  ...Someone removed the original lights on top and replaced with lights put down in holes drilled in the top of the housing. The ribbon...
• Re: fog lights
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Mon, 8 Apr 2002 22:11:22 -0700
  I have them like that ( i have driving lights), because the law allows it. Mine are wired so they are turned on and off...
• Re: Inner round SA headlights mounitng?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Thu, 1 Feb 2007 16:19:33 -0500
  If the grille kit includes the lights they should be mounted in brackets that go to the chassis. If you did not get the...
• Re: Hella E-Code lights with "City Light"?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 9 Apr 2002 17:25:43 -0700
  I sell the Hella and the Bosch lights - the Bosch lights are better quality than the Hella units IMHO - mainly due to the better...
• Re: Headlight Switches and other switches
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Thu, 24 Feb 2005 14:56:34 -0600
  ...Yesterday I received a switch and the missing lights. WOW what a difference. I have not tried the dash lights at night although I...
• Friday van lights
  Historical mailing list - ed donnen
  Fri, 16 Dec 2016 07:36:40 -0500
  Such a lot of thread about lights, how about fixing this vans lighting problem? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yULP8-AL-zs ed...
• Re: Dash control lights question
  Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
  Sat, 10 Jul 1999 02:38:33 EDT
  ...Oddly, it's wired into the circuit for the backup lights, rather than the dash lights. It's always lit, whether the other lights...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 18:08:34 -0800
  ...the inner lights are HIGH BEAMS - take a look at a VW Cabriolet or a 16V Golf the inner lights ONLY come on during...
• no head lights on an '87
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Sat, 8 Jul 2006 21:48:21 -0600
  Hey list, A freind of a freind has an '87 Westfalia with no head lights. The parking lights and the dash lights work but...
• Re: Some good info about E-code headlamps & "City Lights"
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Tue, 9 Apr 2002 16:15:17 -0700
  They drive without lights to save gas. The alternator requires force to drive it. All force (energy) comes from the engine, one way or...
• Re: Upgrading 86-up headlights: the definative answer! (longish)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 26 Jul 1996 11:12:19 -0400
  In a message dated 96-07-25 14:19:35 EDT, jscohen@sprynet.com (James Cohen) writes: >Legal Lights > >A good legal alternative to...
• Re: Two warning lights come on TOGETHER
  Historical mailing list - chris Moyles
  Tue, 23 Aug 2005 11:21:03 -0400
  ...c Ed wrote: >My alternator and Oxygen sensor warning lights are occasionally flashing on and off. I can troubleshoot for the alt and Oxy...
• Re: Extra Headlight Question + Driving Lights?
  Historical mailing list - Walker, Phil
  Thu, 25 Sep 2003 10:26:03 -0400
  ...bosch, hella, cibie, and others make these. - auxilliary lights (low, wide, but more like low beam headlights than fog lights). hella makes these. then...
• Re: SA Quad Grill Kit
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 26 Dec 2005 08:06:01 -0800
  > > The inner round lights are called driving lights and include for hi > beams.. > > The outer lights lens are not included.., but you get these...
• Re: SA grills available again
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:07:28 -0500
  I've always viewed the inner lights on a South African Grille to be additional "High beams". Terminology does serve to confuse the issue...
• Interior Camper Lights
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 Sep 94 09:51:41 EDT
  Regarding the post on interior lights: Every Vanagon owner with a camper knows that the light near the closet is great, but that additional...
• Re: Bosch and Hella H4 Lights - Group Purchace (All Mod...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 13 Nov 1999 20:28:39 -0500
  ...Ken, the E-code lights *don't* blind oncoming traffic -- they have a very sharp cutoff which keeps the light below oncoming drivers' eyes...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 09:46:37 -0600
  The very first thing I did when I finished installing my SA lights was take the time to aim them (Chris, I'm not...
• 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: Brake Lights Troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:44:11 -0500
  The brake lights are activated by two pressure switches on the master cylinder. Both have to fail to be a problem. Check bulbs/sockets...
• Re: European Tail Lights
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 15 Jun 1999 00:31:28 +0200
  ...Rainer, the bulb is the same 21w as the ones in the turn signals, brake lights and backup lights. The special chromed reflector inside...
• Auto running lights?
  Historical mailing list - River Clan
  Mon, 3 Apr 2006 12:31:58 -0700
  ...we drive with our lights on almost all the time. Is there an easy mod to make the running lights turn off with the...
• Re: Back-up lights don't work
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Paquette
  Sat, 4 Aug 2007 08:24:26 -0400
  ...My problem is that my backup lights come on both when I'm in reverse, and also when I go to 1st (syncro). How...
• Re: City Lights
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 14 Nov 1999 19:36:12 EST
  ...I could be wrong about this though... >> no, "city lights" are on euro spec non-DOT headlamps where there is a small parking light...
• Re: '86 Vanagon GL?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 15 Sep 2002 08:32:09 -0500
  ...any ideas? as simple as a fuse? > I don't remember if an 86 GL has single lights or dual lights like my 88...
• Re: Dash light short
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 27 Nov 2000 19:40:05 -0500
  At 09:19 AM 11/27/2000, puzerewski wrote: >What is occurring is that they are working fine, and then the 3 lights in...
• Re: 4 headlite grille?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 16 Dec 2003 09:28:44 -0500
  > Seen a few pics of vanagons with 4 headlights---2 big lights and 2 little > lights. I thought it would look sharp on my...
• Re: Rear lights questions
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 8 Dec 2010 12:48:08 -0800
  On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 11:58 AM, David M <covrambles@yahoo.com> wrote: > Two questions about rear lights: > > (1) Is it possible...
• '85 Breaking Lights
  Historical mailing list - Lebron,Nathan
  Mon, 6 Oct 1997 11:38:00 E
  Had my breaks done and now my breaking lights don't come on. The fuses, and bulbs are fine. All the other lights work...
• Daytime running lights on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Floyd Truskot
  Mon, 1 Jan 2001 08:56:26 -0500
  Does anyone know how to hook up daytime running lights on US model of Vanagons (1991)? I know the Canadian model has daytime running...
• Re: Some good info about E-code headlamps & "City Lights"
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Wed, 10 Apr 2002 01:04:04 +0200
  snipped---- I thought European city lights were for use at night in the city end snipped--------- Nope... that I have NEVER seen here, in...
• Does anyone have an interest in better lights for their Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 27 May 2009 08:49:23 -0700
  I recently upgraded my BMW GS motorcycle to DE projector lights - basically the same technology to what is found on newer VWs and the...
• Re: SA lights
  Historical mailing list - Michael E. Pidcoe
  Fri, 29 Dec 2000 17:38:33 -0500
  After some pmail discussions with Joel Walker, I am reconsidering the use of the inner 5" lights with the 55w bulbs. A better description...
• Re: Door buzzer - I killed it! -"mexican hat dance"
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 7 Jul 2001 10:10:03 -0700
  ...Door buzzer - I killed it! -"mexican hat dance" > With the ignition off, but the lights turned on the system circuitry > turns off the head...
• Re: advice needed for '90 Weekender Carat
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Sun, 16 Jun 2002 06:22:34 -0400
  > I have the Bosch relays installed in my van and the lights work much better > than stock. Not H4 80/100s mind you like...
• front direction signal work, park lights don't -- 84 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Wed, 3 Aug 2016 22:43:29 -0400
  ...He installed new (van-cafe) neutral start switch, back-up lights work, vsn starts correctly with auto shift lever in park or neutral. Front...
• Help, no brake lights!
  Historical mailing list - Jay Brown
  Sat, 27 Nov 2004 09:58:55 -0500
  While I was backing into my parking spot last night I noticed that the brake lights on my '85 Westfalia are not working. I...
• dash lights not working
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Sat, 3 Sep 2005 17:39:21 -0400
  ...If I turn the lights off and on real quick, the dash lights will flicker each time. I suspect the big white connector to...
• where to find a one piece lower grille w/ fog lights?
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Sat, 17 Feb 2001 00:59:27 -0600
  Does anyone sell a lower grill that is a wrap around and has integrated fog lights with all of the lights, buckets, wires, relays...
• Re: City Lights
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 14 Nov 1999 23:35:42 +0100
  ...In the US, the parking lights are often incorporated into the turn signals, giving amber parking lights. Here in Europe, the parking lights are...
• Re: Extra Headlight Question + Driving Lights?
  Historical mailing list - Walker, Phil
  Thu, 25 Sep 2003 10:27:45 -0400
  ...Extra Headlight Question + Driving Lights? At 01:08 AM 9/25/03 -0400, you wrote: >Offroad truck guys >have lights mounted all over the...
• no dash lights and radio only works when engine is running
  Historical mailing list - Damon Lowe
  Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:19:05 -0400
  My 91 westy's dash lights don't work for some reason and i think there might be a larger issue involved beyond these...
• Fw: no head lights on an '87
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Sun, 9 Jul 2006 07:07:23 -0600
  ...no head lights on an '87 Hey list, A freind of a freind has an '87 Westfalia with no head lights. The parking lights...
• Re: Pedal Pressure & Brake Lights
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 3 Jul 2010 18:06:00 -0700
  ...Pedal Pressure & Brake Lights > Scott wrote: > >> you could convert to a pedal activated switch ... >> where as soon as the pedal moves down even a...
• Re: Daytime Running Lights
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Wed, 10 Jul 2013 17:31:06 -0500
  ...Granted I usually turn the lights on for highway driving. My headlights turn off when the motor stops. Parking lights stay on. Is that...
• Re: Auto shifter LED lamp conversion
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 7 Nov 2012 15:18:01 -0500
  At 02:44 PM 11/7/2012, Stuart MacMillan wrote: >The Vanagon dash/shifter lights are oddballs. They are not just bulbs, but >come...
• mood lights - read this
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Sat, 21 Sep 96 22:36:41 EDT
  Hey all, While I was at the FLAPS tonight checking out their headlight selection, I stumbled upon "mood lights" which are colored lights that...
• Re: City Lights
  Historical mailing list - JeanneMaly
  Sun, 14 Nov 1999 12:27:59 -0800
  ...http://www.concentric.net/~Sxs/Lights.html I'm pretty sure that he has the city lights installed as well. Jeanne '87 Syncro Westy...
• Re: Brighter lights
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 29 Jun 2001 08:27:40 -0700
  When I pulled my tail-lights for a bulb replacement, I noticed that the plastic around the back-up lights was heat deformed. I...
• Re: Scirocco lights vs Vanagon lights
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Tue, 28 Apr 1998 22:19:06 -0400
  ...Scirocco lights vs Vanagon lights >Hi All, > >Gmbulley wrote about a friend installing Vanagon lights in his >Scirocco, I think his friend installed the...
• Re: Driving/Fog Lights
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 10 Aug 1998 08:38:42 -0700
  ...In foggy conditions, >brighter is not always better. > If yellow fog lights are so much better, then why do manufacturers even offer fog lights...
• Re: Light buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Myers, Thomas A
  Mon, 7 Mar 2005 11:51:11 -0500
  VW never had the "lights on" buzzer before the 90's They must have figured they were covered by the headlights [ but not the...
• E-code Rectangular lights
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 6 Jun 1998 11:22:49 -0700
  Was the question of if the rectangular E-code Vanagon lights available from any vendor ever resolved? I understand that you can get the...