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• Re: Ongoing saga: Dometic and Multimeter . . .
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:28:13 -0400
  ...You need to remove ALL AC power, switches off, etc. Then test the ohms through the heater rod. If it shows infinite, or very...
• Re: Off topic Friday question on switches...
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Fri, 16 May 2014 14:24:35 -0600
  ...Off topic Friday question on switches... > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > > > I realize this is somewhat abstract terminology. There is no such thing > as...
• Re: Engine stalling at high speed
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 16 Apr 2016 12:59:38 -0700
  My '85 with a build date of 8/84 has the two switches. Missed the cut, and Tyler's might have too. Stuart -----Original...
• Re: Radiator noise
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 11 Nov 2016 13:42:27 -0800
  ...re: "other problems" Was (are?) there different temp thermo switches available? Pretty unlikely someone installed the wrong switch though. (e.g. got if from...
• Free parts from 1985 Westy-you pay shipping
  Historical mailing list - C. Pius Weibel
  Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:30:14 -0500
  ...guts, horn pad (all brown) Heater/Defrost control panel and all switches Radiator cooling fan Vent cover for under dash-center (brown) Instrument panel...
• Re: Heater fan CHIRP!
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 9 Apr 2013 12:28:39 -0400
  ...4 speed version for the same price as our > 3 speed switches. Fits the same, works the same. Add a wiring pin to the...
• Re: Low Temp Radiator Thermo Switch "Better"?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 24 May 2012 20:59:48 -0400
  > There are two different switches available from Bus Depot: > > http://busdepot.com/view.jsp?model=43&category=11&group=92&prodgroup=753 > > Van-cafe...
• Re: Water tank level gauge on '91 Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 23 May 2010 19:58:32 -0400
  ...If you further cut open at the top with a tubing cutter, withdraw the circuit board and re-solder the two reed switches so...
• '85 A/C Question
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 22 Jun 2001 08:45:56 -0400
  ...There does not appear to be any lo or hi pressure switches on this system. (The Bentley is nearly useless for this unit.) There...
• Re: Computer woes?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 9 Jul 2001 10:29:32 EDT
  ...If you need a new switch I have these for $60 and I also have the cams for the switches (normally what wears out...
• Re: Rear Window Washer
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
  Wed, 8 Aug 2001 19:23:14 +1000
  ...Pressing the lever briefly again switches the wiper off. Press the lever away from the steering wheel and hold in this position - The wiper...
• Re: Front heater motor
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 1 Nov 2001 19:32:33 -0500
  ...Do these things > have known problems with switches?? with Motors? > > Any ideas?? > > David > > David Prager > Vectrad Networks Corp. > 425-354-1315
• Re: Fw: no head lights on an '87
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 9 Jul 2006 09:59:01 -0400
  ...Will spare switches for my '85 work in this '87? > George > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: George Thorburn > To: Vanagon Mailing List > Sent: Saturday, July 08...
• Re: Water Cooler System Design Flaw Workaround?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 25 Apr 2010 11:36:30 -0700
  I have fooled around more than most with Vanagon radiator fans, temp switches, manual over-ride switches, etc. I'd say the best thing...
• Re: does aux air reg affect idele after warm up 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Scott
  Tue, 10 May 2016 13:57:58 -1000
  ...I have the 1.9 with the two switches on >> throttle body and they both are set correctly. The vacuum advance >> works fine but...
• Re: strange brake problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:30:07 -0400
  ...When replacing the master cylinder one has to be careful that the brake light switches get filled with fluid. Some of them have enough...
• windshield washer fixed
  Historical mailing list - Linda J. Bartnik
  07 Mar 96 13:16:10 EST
  ...So I removed the steering wheel and the turn signal and wiper switches. Then I coaxed the faulty hose off of the windshield washer...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Fri, 12 Jun 1998 10:11:52 -0700
  ...creates a tire casing and tread design, (like the Potenza), and switches >out some sidewall name-plates in the mold to create the discount...
• Question about air intake - trying to solve Vanagon Syndrome
  Historical mailing list - John Hawk
  Sun, 6 Jan 2002 18:24:48 -0600
  ...throttle idle switch and see that this lever would effect the switches closing or opening from the intake pressure. What do you think? Where...
• Can the stock headlight wiring handle higher wattage bulbs?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Earl
  Mon, 29 Jul 2002 14:18:23 -0400
  ...Adding the relays protects the headlight switches from the higher current, but I still have the same fairly thin wires going from the fusebox...
• Re: Pre-mature high-speed fan
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 11 Aug 2003 17:32:37 -0700
  ...There are other even lower temp switches available and someone may have put one of those in. I did that myself in my 87...
• Re: 88 Vanagon with Power Windows, No Power to Switches - HELP!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 29 Jul 2011 20:35:22 -0400
  ...88 Vanagon with Power Windows, No Power to Switches - HELP! > > Robert, what Ken said ! OK, so here's my trick for getting access to...
• Re: Throttle Switch, Geology, and Happenstance?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 17 Feb 2015 10:24:25 -0600
  ...loss and surging issue, > > I thought to look toward the throttle switches. > > Here's what we found: > > > > do you see it? Image > > > > http://tinyurl...
• Re: Still trying to diagnose an off idle stumble.
  Historical mailing list - vw woody
  Mon, 3 Nov 2014 08:37:27 -0600
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > I did adjust the switches to Bentley standards. I also tested the switch > and it seems to work as required...
• Re: Strange Idea about retrofitting early Headlight Switch onto late model Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 16 May 2013 13:14:00 -0400
  ...This would mean a ready >supply of new switches as long as someone has the patience to pop these >apart and do the swap...
• '73 Westy parts - want list
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 02 May 1996 10:34:48 -0400
  ...for windshield/drivers/passengers windows (snap in), light over table (with switches?). In addition, I would like to add a propane system (heat/stove...
• vanagon stuff FS (seats, interior bits, wheelcovers, bumpers etc)
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 9 Feb 2002 01:05:52 EST
  ...85-91 slider door -85-'91 slider doorhandles, front doorhandles -dash switches -grey front doorpanels -jacks -window glass -complete poptop section from westfalia w...
• FS: complete overhead A/C unit
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Tue, 29 Jun 2004 22:26:43 -0400
  ...included are all covers,vents, wiring, switches,conectors,condensor, and anything else A/C related. its a big box of stuff. im located in...
• Re: some parts 4 sale
  Historical mailing list - John Wallace
  Mon, 8 Nov 2004 16:03:01 -0500
  ...here's what >i >got > >2 wolfsburg decals from 86 wolfs good condition >speedo/tach cluster from same van with all switches ie headlight...
• Re: battery kill switch
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 24 Aug 2012 21:46:41 -0700
  Most of the racer supply houses have main electrical switches that can take all the power from the vehicle. They are required on racecars...
• Re: [intermiitent ignition problem]
  Historical mailing list - d t
  Tue, 11 Jul 2000 12:58:18 MDT
  ...4 parallely operated switches with three positions each). The three positions are ignition off, run, and start. In my schematic I can see a...
• Re: Headlamp Relays; Fuse the Relay Control Circuit?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 5 Aug 2006 06:35:32 EDT
  ...Current would still flow through these switches, of course, but it is much lower amperage used only to operate the relay control circuit, which...
• Re: Part Friday -- Headlight Switch Hazard
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Fri, 28 Apr 2017 22:34:51 -0400
  ...to assume, which is why I pulled the switch. > And those switches changed over later than some stuff, so my 87 does have > the...
• Re: back-up lights
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 19 Feb 2011 12:24:14 -0800
  ...but you should say if manual or auto trans ..the switches are located in different places on those two types of vans. That's...
• Re: Incantation
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Thu, 9 Sep 2010 15:54:05 -0400
  ...Now > suck it up and lets get on with discussion of fuel lines, tires, headlight > switches, hydraulic lifters, oil, and so on... > > Happy Trails...
• Re: How to make an A/C compressor on indicator light
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Sat, 25 Jul 2009 08:00:36 -0400
  ...LEDs to indicate the status of the high and low pressure switches. This would give you useful diagnostics information. Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m...
• Re: '71 Hard Start
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Apr 1995 11:26:21 -0300
  ...When the regulator switches on the generator you do lose some power, ie RPM drops. Take it as a sign that the charging system...
• Need a bit more help...
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Thu, 11 Jan 2001 10:15:09 -0600
  ...but for the fact that there are no buttons or switches at the driver's postion to activate it! (and no signs that any...
• 1.9 Throttle Body
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Tue, 8 Jun 2004 21:32:28 -0400
  ...the limit has one molded connector that plugs into the harness 022 133 067C this throttle body has two independent limit switches on the...
• Re: STOLEN Vanagon alert - Tacoma WA
  Historical mailing list - Jim Kennedy
  Tue, 8 Jun 2004 09:23:37 -0700
  ...IT SWITCHES THE GROUND TO THE FUEL PUMP ON AND OFF. FOR $5 AND A COUPLE HOURS, IT'S A GOOD IDEA. JIM SAN...
• Re: Battery switches
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 12 Jul 2002 10:22:42 -0400
  ...Others use thinner or thicker wire, either of which affects the potential rate of charge of the aux battery. > The problem of using switches...
• Re: Coolant temp at idle questions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 7 Aug 2006 06:47:16 -0400
  Rarely do the switches become intermittent although it can happen. Intermittent and short cycling indicate you have a problem with coolant flow. Either low...
• Re: Need Vacuum hose connector part
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 31 Aug 1999 09:56:33 -0700
  ...There are two white switches against the back > of > > the passenger side of the van behind the air box--mounted on the firewall. > > These...
• Re: A/C fan and burning smell
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 10 Aug 2015 20:07:39 -0400
  Remove the knobs and pull the switches out. There is a wiring harness up there with a 4 wire connector near the first splice...
• Re: Thought problem for Friday
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Fri, 16 Mar 2018 16:05:30 -0400
  Brake light switches are pressure-activated items. Maybe that’s something. Chris > Wiadomość napisana przez Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> w dniu 16.03...
• Re: No headlights
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 18 Dec 2014 06:57:27 -0800
  ...install GoWesty instrument foil replacement kit. > > I’ve done no troubleshooting so far. (Other that cycle headlight, dimmer and ignition switches a few times...
• instrument panel short =?UTF-8?Q?=3D=20no=20start=3F?=
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Thu, 6 Nov 2014 13:16:01 -0500
  ...The switches are not causing the problem, neither is the speedo induction sender. I'm lost re. the wiring diagram and why an instrument...
• fresh water level sensor
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Thu, 24 Mar 2011 11:08:38 -0800
  Just wanted to thank David Beierl, and others who pointed me to a source for replacement reed switches for the fresh water level sensor...
• Re: Mystery wires/connector Canadian 83.5 wbx
  Historical mailing list - Don
  Sun, 23 Aug 2009 10:43:56 -0600
  ...This branches off the harness on the >> section >> that goes to the idle and full throttle switches. Engine runs fine >> with it disconnected. >> >> Any...
• Re: '86 a/c rotary combo thermostat/fan switch - where to get a replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:57:58 -0400
  ...a replacement. > Alternatively, if anyone knows a non-junkyard source for these switches > (preferably costing less than $400) that would be even better. > Thanks. >
• Re: temp fluctuation '81 Diesel
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Thu, 9 Apr 1998 13:04:30 +0300
  ...The sensor, which switches the fan (on you '81 you may have two of them, high and low fan rpm's) you will find...
• Re: Intermittant Dome light Activation?
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Thu, 6 Aug 1998 15:57:11 PDT
  ...Probably a switch problem, from any of the switches. What is happening is that you have a loose wire on the switch that is...
• Re: sporadic high beam prob on 85
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 7 Jul 1999 00:09:35 +0200
  ...It switches on > sometimes but not others. The flash function is ok as well. Disassembeled > the headlight switch from the dash while the wife...
• Re: '85 Vanagon Sunroofy 1.9L - Coolant BLeeding/Thermostat/FanSwitch
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 13:16:13 -0700
  ...They mount differently, use different fan temp switches (2 separate ones, mounted high sadly), have a brake style bleeder valve, use a different fan...
• The DoKa is back, with a buzz !
  Historical mailing list - Mick's freeserve
  Mon, 4 Nov 2002 18:17:51 -0000
  ...this gave a 'free' opportunity to replace the oil pressure sender switches. But then the heads have been rebuilt, so no more smoke, replacement...
• Re: Another D15 connector failure example- The fix!
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Sun, 27 Feb 2022 09:23:55 -0800
  ...Same for all the > wiring up most of the switches and even after the switches to the fuse box. > > Dennis > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon...
• Re: Overheating on '84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dave Fain
  Fri, 19 Sep 1997 06:08:20 -0600
  ...Then I checked the Bentley manual, which shows TWO > thermo-switches, one for a low speed circuit, one for a high speed. I > removed...
• Re: 84 Vanagon A/C
  Historical mailing list - KBatzler
  Sat, 10 Oct 1998 20:54:08 -0700
  ...and I can't find any pressure switches ( I think that the later models do have switches at the condenser. I also hear a...
• Re: Got the Drips :-(
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:13:23 -0700
  bit tricky to follow you, and..........yes one of two oil pressure switches is in the oil cooler area. On the underside of the...
• Re: VANAGON syndrome
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Mon, 17 Nov 2014 14:47:12 -0500
  ...You've got other problems to track down! Start with > the easy stuff like the throttle body switches then check the spark and > fuel...