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  • Re: drive from Oklahoma to Spokane, WA
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Sun, 5 Oct 2014 10:23:37 -0500
    ...The temperature indicator almost always sets dead on the led after the vehicle warms up, but occasionally in traffic in town with a lot...
  • Running hot, what can be the matter
    Historical mailing list - Peter Krogh
    Thu, 4 Apr 2002 19:27:45 EST
    ...As time (several months) has gone by, the operating temp has gone from below the led, to having the needle rest right above the...
  • Re: Golf II instruments fit Vanagon cluster? White faces? Backlighting?
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Fri, 23 Mar 2001 00:37:19 +1200
    ...Fit a row of LEDs into the case, maybe 3-4cm "below" the face. Make these LEDS in sets of 6 each of one...
  • Re: test
    Historical mailing list - Dan N
    Wed, 2 Sep 2020 10:40:40 -0700
    ...oval, > > and use a Passat 3B knob shroud, which includes the LED. > > > > Am 02.09.2020 um 18:12 schrieb Steven Johnson: > >> I really...
  • Resistor for LED turn signal
    Historical mailing list - Stan Shapiro
    Sun, 25 Aug 2019 13:18:39 -0700
    ...I installed new LED bulbs for my parking/brake, backup, and turn signals. Lighting is MUCH improved. I even added silver reflective HVAC tape...
  • Re: back up lights options
    Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
    Wed, 4 Jul 2018 19:26:47 -0400
    Nilight Led Light Bar 2PCS 18w 4" Flood Driving Fog Light Off Road Lights Boat Lights driving lights Led Work Light SUV Jeep Lamp...
  • back on line, new radiator
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 27 Jun 95 09:48:23 EDT
    ...Now the water temp needle sits on top of the LED, only on some of the steeper mountains would the needle move pass the...
  • fan won't go off
    Historical mailing list - susan hafler
    Sun, 27 Sep 1998 11:28:39 PDT
    ...there's plenty of coolant in the expansion tank behind the license plate and the red led display light hasn't gone on (in...
  • Re: test
    Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
    Wed, 2 Sep 2020 18:20:53 +0200
    Just dremel the door sheet metal to oval, and use a Passat 3B knob shroud, which includes the LED. Am 02.09.2020 um...
  • Re: New thermostat funky?
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
    Sun, 2 Dec 2007 17:27:39 -0800
    ...Straight up on the LED is 180 degrees F, or darn close to it. Cooler is not better, warmer is. But run however you...
  • Re: LED bulbs
    Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
    Fri, 3 Feb 2023 23:58:37 +0000
    ...The connector on the LED > wires is easily > > > > removed as they are bared wire push through & fold over style so You > just need to...
  • Re: Camper Light power and ground
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 26 Jan 2022 11:51:34 +0000
    ...Camper Light power and ground Any LED diode will have a current limiting resistance in series. This might be a simple resistor or like...
  • Fridge Interior Fan
    Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
    Thu, 29 Oct 1998 19:07:41 -0500
    ...You can lead small wires behind this front wooden panel from the LED panel to the fridge interior. You can get the 12v dc...
  • Re: ADMINISTRIVIA - Re: 2 LEDs
    Historical mailing list - Sam Conant
    Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:22:11 +0000
    ...We do not attack people. > > If you need to hook up LEDs. Google it. It's not like it's a deep > dark secret...
  • Re: Interior lighting
    Historical mailing list - TC
    Fri, 13 Jul 2007 17:50:22 -0700
    you can use those 18 led bulbs http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=228739&highlight=led+bulbs+ interior I have this...
  • Re: Running Hot
    Historical mailing list - SBate82659
    Mon, 6 Apr 1998 21:20:26 EDT
    <so, the question, where does your temp gauge needle sit on your perfectly operational digifant powered vanagon?> Right smack dab over the LED. Sam...
  • LED Lights(for dash) Info recieved.
    Historical mailing list - phil cain
    Wed, 24 Sep 2003 06:11:42 -0700
    Thanks for the response, off to Radio Shack I go. Phil __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software...
  • Re: Headlight upgrades
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Fri, 15 Jan 2016 21:59:56 -0600
    ...Headlight upgrades > > Sounds like a drop in led bulb for stock lamps. Will be interesting to see > how well that works. Pics on site...
  • Re: New dash foil replacement
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
    Sun, 23 Oct 2022 02:18:08 -0500
    ...The red LEDs for the alternator and oil pressure are equally bright but they are only on momentarily. The green LED for the signal...
  • Re: Rigging up spare Rear Defogger Switch to do other stuff
    Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
    Thu, 2 Apr 2020 00:25:17 +0000
    ...Toggle, goes into the Blue/Gray wire, through the little amber LED illuminating it (assuming no external resistor needed), and then back out to...
  • Re: 1991 van - bulb/holder for automatic shifter - What is the LED equivalent?
    Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
    Wed, 22 May 2013 16:27:02 -0400
    ...Gilleran <kevin@gilleranenergy.com > wrote: > Hi all, > I am planning to switch out the dashboard and automatic shifter light bulbs > to LED. I found...
  • Instrument Cluster Woes
    Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
    Wed, 15 Feb 2006 08:41:04 -0800
    ...High beam LED glows dimly. (if i turn on high beams, the LED goes OUT, ironically) Cluster illumination lights off. If i rotate the...
  • westy decal kit for kitchen unit LED panel (was Re: Krylon Grey Color
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:31:52 EDT
    ...Any ideas? Thanks. > > > i cant believe none of the list vendors has offered a decal kit for the westy kitchen unit LED panel yet...
  • Re: Westfalia instrument panel.
    Historical mailing list - mdrillock
    Mon, 5 Jan 2009 13:06:09 -0800
    I doubt that your led panel has a fridge lit led. The early panels had no switch and no pilot led. Someone could have...
  • Re: Jetta swap: Check Engine Light Install Electrical Questions
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:20:29 -0700
    ...if it supplies a ground, that turns on the LED, you're done. Like if you turn on the key, the LED is on...
  • Re: Time Delay LED Lighting Circuit
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Mon, 31 Jul 2017 12:00:24 -0700
    ...What do you think the voltage drop profile will look like in your circuit? Maybe a bit of a dimming then off? Leds don...
  • Re: FRIDGE connection question
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:20:29 -0700
    ...If you're using the LED to see if flame is lit, (i.e. not just checking that LED works) and have a VOM...
  • Your Van might just need a flush....was Van runs hot in traffic jams
    Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
    Tue, 1 Apr 2003 22:17:33 EST
    ...In trying to suss the cause out, I noticed that it runs steady with the coolant temp needle over the LED or a tiny...
  • Re: How hot should a diesel run?
    Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
    Tue, 7 Oct 2003 18:22:57 -0400
    ...It helps a lot. > The temp needle went up to the right of the LED, a > situation I'm not used to seeing on...
  • Re: Galley LED recommendations
    Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
    Sat, 7 May 2016 08:18:12 -0400
    ...in replacing my Westy galley light fixtures with more > energy efficient LED ones and I'm looking for some recommendations. Any > ideas? > Thanks, > Mike...
  • Re: interior LEDs - get rid of the morgue
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:12:10 -0800
    ...Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > > > >> The light comes out of the LED more from the tip than from the sides and > >> that is not...
  • Re: basic electronics question
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 26 Jul 1996 13:45:13 -0700
    > jeez, why didn't i pay attention more back in high school? > > question: > > i have a super bright , jumbo LED that reqires 2.6v...
  • Re: Tail light stuffing
    Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
    Wed, 24 Sep 2003 11:14:01 -0700
    ...It is a cheapy I found in Whitney's offerings and has 20 LEDs. I led the wire through a plastic loop fastened at...
  • Re: Fridge/Pilot light viewfinder question
    Historical mailing list - Neal R. Denison, Jr.
    Wed, 15 Jan 1997 21:20:38 -0600
    Louise, Use the led on the panel above the fridge. If the fridge has anything in it you probably won't be able to...
  • Re: "82 Diesel suddenly runs warm
    Historical mailing list - Bob Bellanca
    Sun, 10 Aug 1997 09:28:59 -0700
    ...Coupla weeks ago, wife noticed that at freeway speeds, it ran > warmer, at the right hand edge of the led, but cooled down if...
  • Re: Anyone know of a good Westy LED ceiling light they like?
    Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
    Tue, 20 Oct 2020 11:23:02 -0400
    ...I can’t help you there with led suggestions. > I used led tape. You know, so ubiquitous and so varied in colour temp and...
  • Re: Oil Leaks due to Synthetics
    Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
    Sun, 18 May 2003 21:51:46 EDT
    ...I was amazed !! I used to run with the temp gauge needle on mid LED. Now it runs with the needle just below the...
  • Re: Digitool test results--no throttle switch LED at idle
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Thu, 2 Oct 2008 17:53:13 -0500
    ...38 PM 10/2/2008, Jim Felder wrote: >> >> The throttle switch LED is on when when floored, but not at idle. >> >> What to do...
  • Re: Blinking Coolant LED light and other cooling issues
    Historical mailing list - joe trussell
    Sun, 29 May 2005 14:48:25 +0000
    ...Blinking Coolant LED light and other cooling issues >Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 12:04:43 -0700 > >RE: Cooling/Overheating problem >The symptoms you...
  • Re: Rear brakes - made by Volkswagen / LED dash lights
    Historical mailing list - Jack R
    Thu, 6 Aug 2020 13:30:30 -0400
    ...Rear brakes - made by Volkswagen / LED dash lights Thanks for the link Jack to the Meyle shoes -- they fit my budget and I plan...
  • Re: Camping Christmas Lights
    Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
    Wed, 19 May 2010 12:08:51 -0500
    ...Far more energy-efficient would be those strings that use LED bulbs. I've seen strings of 70 LED Christmas lights that use only...
  • Re: Interior lighting for the vanagon LED and CCF
    Historical mailing list - Vince S
    Tue, 24 Aug 2004 21:57:35 -0700
    ...Interior lighting for the vanagon LED and CCF > >I have been doing some lighting research and found out the LED > >technology only produces about...
  • Re: Temp gauge on hot at cold startup
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Sat, 26 Feb 2005 17:27:09 -0800
    ...This will give a false reading of too hot, peg the needle and flash the LED. The sender is in the thermostat housing. It...
  • Re: Galley lighting addition
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Fri, 27 Jun 2014 17:18:22 -0700
    Jarrett - looks good but to be honest I prefer the long strip of LEDs in a channel on the edge of the pelmet. You...
  • Re: adding resister to center 1.9 coolant temp gauge?
    Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
    Tue, 6 Jul 2010 23:48:12 -0400
    ...cruising on flat after warm up it was either just below the LED or over the LED. No excessive heat wave in the engine...
  • Re: Exterior light bulb types
    Historical mailing list - craig cowan
    Sun, 31 Jul 2011 13:41:30 -0400
    are there LED's that fit!? -Craig On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@mac.com> wrote: > A possibility...
  • Replaced blower motor/ alternator out
    Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
    Wed, 13 Oct 1999 20:54:22 EDT
    ...Today I noticed the battery and EGR LEDs light faintly when the van is running and the dash and headlights are dim. The battery...
  • Re: 12V fridge necessary?
    Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
    Wed, 15 Mar 2006 12:19:40 -0700
    On my '90 Westy, when the fridge was running on 12v and the engine was running, the green pilot light LED would be on...
  • Re: DIFFERENT LED TAIL LIGHT
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Mon, 5 Feb 2007 17:50:18 -0800
    ...Egeln <regnsuzanne@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Here's another take on the LED tail light, with options for turn signals > and back-up lights. I...
  • Re: Water and Battery LEDs dead - fix
    Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
    Wed, 23 May 2007 16:11:42 -0700
    ...Water and Battery LEDs dead - fix Hi guys my status lights don't work - I've checked fuses under the dash and they are...
  • Stereo- related question
    Historical mailing list - Geneva Saint-Amour
    Wed, 29 May 2013 08:47:39 -0600
    ...Started after we changed the rear light bulbs to LED from orig.Geneva1985 Vanagon/Bostig
  • Re: LED brake lights may mess up your VW cruise control
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Mon, 5 Jul 2010 17:31:54 -0700
    RE: Brake Lights and Cruise Good point, thanks. I know my Audiovox cruise grounds through the brake light, I'd probably encounter the same...
  • Re: Interior light/work light
    Historical mailing list - Frank Brancolino
    Wed, 7 Nov 2001 19:52:09 EST
    I bought from Planet Bike LED head lights very bright, portable, 100 hours on self contained batteries, no wiring needed and at a good...
  • Blue LED instrument lighting
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Wed, 4 Dec 2002 09:04:14 -0800
    Instructions on how-to here (in German): http://www.bullisurfers.de/ see "tipps (sic) & tricks" Alistair -- '82 Westy -> diesel converted to gas in '94...
  • Re: Coolant Hoses, Complete Set -- Remove and Replace
    Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
    Thu, 25 Jun 2020 19:48:35 -0700
    ...centreline of the needle is about 1 full LED > diameter above the centre of the LED > -temperature scanner reads 225F on the return pipe...
  • Re: LED to tell when fan is on.
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:59:45 -0800
    ...When my F111 simulator > > fan comes on an LED is clearly superflous. It is shall we say, very > > noticeable. Maybe I just have a...
  • Re Adjust Battery LED Pot
    Historical mailing list - Norman Leong
    28 Nov 1994 15:05:22 U
    ...the green LED functions at 12.5 volts and above; >the yellow below 12.5 volts and the red between 12.5 volts and...
  • Radio Shack stampede...?
    Historical mailing list - Jutta & Christian Knust
    Sat, 22 Sep 2001 05:08:33 +0200
    ...Having read Todd's explanation regarding the blue LED, I wonder whether a similar stampede on Radio Shack will start now to purchase the...
  • Possessed Temp Gauge
    Historical mailing list - David Prendergast
    Mon, 24 Jul 2006 16:41:44 -0400
    ...I look down and the temp gauge is pegged and the led is flashing (Cue Psycho theme music). I was only about 500 yards...
  • Re: LED light product
    Historical mailing list - Tom Salicos
    Fri, 4 Aug 2006 16:08:55 -0700
    ...COM> Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 3:46 PM Subject: Re: LED light product > > On a vaguely related noted, I recently bought a nice...