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• 84 Vanagon A/C
  Historical mailing list - KBatzler
  Sat, 10 Oct 1998 16:42:12 -0700
  ...in no time flat! I can find ab- solutely no pressure switches anywhere to cause the compressor to cut out. Is this normal to...
• Re: Gowesty starter problems...but, Ignition Switch
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 5 Sep 2016 23:09:13 +0000
  I just want to comment...all Ignition Switches are not alike.  I was having "turn key, nothing happens" issues.  Was on the road, and...
• Re: Another Burning Van!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 6 Jun 2009 13:13:02 -0700
  ...battery? To simplify things, could one install it at ground strap(s) to battery(s)? Some boats have fancy battery switches that have one...
• Help! I've got Vanagon Gremlins!!!
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Tue, 10 Sep 2013 22:03:15 -0500
  ...I immediately turned all switches off - tested the air fro further fumes but there were none. Something fried - but no fire, fortunately. ARGGH! Such...
• Re: Torque spec that requires calibrated fingers
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 27 May 2011 17:31:11 -0400
  Type 1 and type 4 motors used a tapered thread for the oil pressure switches. The water boxer does not. The thread is straight...
• Re: wasserboxer oil buzzer warning = Fram
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Feb 1996 12:23:22 -0500
  ...The dynamic oil pressure monitoring system gets inputs from two pressure switches. One switch is closed with no oil pressure and opens when oil...
• Re: Power Window Problem - Driver's Side Switch Quit
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Fri, 1 Mar 2002 08:38:17 -0800
  ...very-easy-to-break legs on the frame holding the window switches into the driver's side. I have a fix if they're...
• Re: WTB Behr AC switch and switchplate
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Mon, 25 Jul 2005 16:27:52 -0400
  ...t > mount into the plate. > > Another observation is that the two switches (off and three speed > positions = 4 postions) seem to be the same...
• Re: AC Thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 10 Jul 2006 23:14:44 -0400
  ...The low pressure switches on our Vanagons should prevent that from occurring. However, if the ambient air temperature isn't very warm but has...
• Home Ethanol Production
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Fri, 9 May 2008 12:45:53 -0700
  ...That guy goes to bio-diesel, that woman switches to a bike, another woman gets some kind of hybrid, some other dude buys one...
• Re: Rigging up spare Rear Defogger Switch to do other stuff
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 2 Apr 2020 22:23:29 +0000
  ...My amber light is dim on both de frogger and fog light switches , for what’s that worth. Alistair > On Apr 2, 2020, at...
• Re: Volksiebus - 88 Transporter - Rough Running Engine
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Thu, 16 Jan 2014 22:50:29 -0800
  ...Throttle body switches out of limits and need adjusting. " >>> >>> is it making contact at idle or not ? >>> it either is, or it isn't...
• Re: $75,000 syncro SVX Westy
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Tue, 10 Feb 2015 11:33:19 -0800
  ...way to zero in is to see if ot his door switches on the sliding door and rear deck. Stacy On Tue, Feb 10...
• Re: Eric Caron is on the road!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 24 Jun 2013 10:49:34 -0400
  ...On the '84 the brake warning lights if the parking brake is on or if only one of the two pressure switches activates when...
• Re: Oil light/buzzer
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Aug 1997 19:16:38 EDT
  ...You have two oil pressure sensing switches. The low pressure switch (4.4) must open between 2.2 and 6.5 psi. It is...
• OEM vanagon cruise control system FS...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 26 Jan 2006 20:20:52 EST
  ...cruise switch, wiring harness, relay for fusebox, switches at pedal, tab that clips to pedal, vacuum hose, cruise control programmer behind glovebox and mounting...
• Re: Deep cycle batteries, voltage regulators, and eating cake
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:17:41 -0700
  ...on a single 10 gauge wire to the starter where it switches to the 2 gauge starting wire from there to the battery. For...
• Re: A/C fan and burning smell
  Historical mailing list - sailingfc dslextreme.com
  Wed, 12 Aug 2015 15:43:55 -0400
  ...I found the inline connection of the switches/knobs right on top of the front duct where it connects to the middle duct (the...
• =?utf-8?Q?Re:_All_wipers_on,_won=E2=80=99t_turn_off_=28fixed!=29?=
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 23 Aug 2021 12:45:55 -0700
  ...story is that depressing the stalk, or pulling back on it, switches between front wash and rear wash ( and wipe). > > Neutral position between two...
• 91 Vanagon Gl with power window switch problem
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 May 1997 22:12:42 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Any one with experience with this switches ? Are they repairable or do they need to be replaced ? The fact is, both 1 left and...
• Re: 86 Vanagon Digifant stalling!
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Wed, 7 Oct 1998 14:27:40 -0500
  ---------------------------- Hi Maurizio, I would check the throttle switches. Also a good book to supplement the bentley bible is " Bosch Fuel Injection & Engine Management" This...
• Re: interest in 5cyl conversion? NO VANAGON CONTENT
  Historical mailing list - Cory Sytsma
  Wed, 13 Jan 1999 16:43:04 -0800
  ...I don't think there really is going to be a difference between a plastics shop in the US shooting plastic instrument switches and...
• Euro-Drive: 84 Volkswagen VANAGON, No-start
  Historical mailing list - "Charles Barnes (by way of Derek Drew )"
  Wed, 5 May 1999 12:58:55 -0400
  ...OK Airflow shows a smooth sweep coolant temp in range throttle switches OK Ignition system ,hall generator,Idle stabilizer ,hall control unit , coil, wires...
• Re: Quad Grilles are Back!
  Historical mailing list - Caston/Payne
  Thu, 20 Jan 2000 10:08:53 -0500
  ...Just make sure to upgrade the wiring with heavier gauge wiring and a couple of relays to keep from buring out your switches inside...
• Re: '85 A/C Hi/Lo Valves
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Thu, 24 May 2001 15:12:25 -0500
  ...To the best of my knowledge pressure switches came on '86 and later models. Our '85s have a dealer-installed system while '86 and...
• replace an 86 clock with a tac?
  Historical mailing list - Neil Wasbrikoff
  Wed, 29 Jan 2003 12:38:55 -0500
  ...We sized it up, we wondered, can we keep his speedo & switches, and swap out the clock for the tach? The dash he bought...
• Re: "Favorite Vanagon Features" (& least-favorite)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 14 May 2005 22:28:19 +1200
  ...my 84 Taillights too small, too low & not wraparound Light & wiper switches on wrong sides (dangerous & typically European in RHD) Front indicators too low...
• Re: '86 Westy A/C Switch Desperately Needed
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 25 May 2006 19:27:00 -0400
  ...Note that these switches are UNIQUE TO WESTIES of roughly the > '85 to '87 vintage; a switch from a non-Westy vanagon will not...
• Re: Power window not working...
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:48:47 -0400
  ...I swapped switches with the passenger side, same result. I checked and can feel the cable on the track, it seems okay, not extra...
• Re: Headlamp Relays; Fuse the Relay Control Circuit?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 4 Aug 2006 15:10:57 -0400
  ...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: Filling cooling ( PART 2) and other little tid bits..<grin>
  Historical mailing list - Debi
  Sun, 2 May 1999 23:53:06 -0700
  ...I was fiddling around (with the dash/tach cluster out) and got to looking at the wires that ran to these switches and noticed...
• Re: 2.1 Throttle Switch Assmebly on 1.9 with later style switch?
  Historical mailing list - John Morris
  Sun, 22 May 2016 08:26:18 -0400
  ...I've read of cam size differences on these later style switches but it > seems to me that > one should be able to fit...
• Re: How to wire on-off-on-switch
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 15 Jul 2013 17:18:41 -0400
  ...Assuming it's not illuminated, a center-off switch with six terminals will probably be wired as two separate switches, each with a common...
• Re: Looking for the plastic power window switch holder on the drivers side
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 5 Jun 2009 16:02:09 -0500
  ...Now the unit >> holding the >> power window switches wont stay in. >> >> So either I get a new one or figure out to how to...
• RE:Engine Surges
  Historical mailing list - Mike Plickys
  14 Jan 95 21:32:24 EST
  ...The location of the switches varied slightly from year to year but all are located somewhere adjacent to the throttle body. If the switch...
• more '89 saga (A/C)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 31 Jul 1995 16:22:24 -0500
  ...New switches, new compressor, new in-line 3A fuse for the compressor clutch. First day: fuse blows. I looked throughout the Bentley manual and...
• Re: '87 ECU mysteries
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Fri, 5 Nov 1999 17:44:57 -0500
  ...place to start next the grounds im sure could use a cleaning and have you checked the throttle switches with a good meter Bob
• Re: Digitool diagnostics
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 15 Mar 2000 09:11:44 -0800
  ...The throttle switches, temp sensors and OX sensors act up intermittently. The Digitool can pinpoint these problems quickly. Has anyone ever located the connectors...
• Re: Heat/cooling lever knobs
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sat, 20 Nov 2004 22:54:47 -0600
  ...The plastic knobs on the ends of them are designed to be removable to access for instance the blower switches. One of two things...
• Re: Headlight switch help
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 2 Jan 2005 09:48:10 -0800
  ...Once the cover is off, you can see all the switches quite easily. David Marshall Fast Forward Automotive Inc. 4356 Quesnel-Hixon Road Quesnel...
• Re: MPG Question
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Thu, 30 Mar 2006 22:17:38 +0200
  ...sensor, set :::timing, :::set CO mixture, set idle position and throttle switches, checked and :::repaired all vacuum lines (distributor advance works fine), checked and...
• Re: Power Mirror Retrofit?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Mon, 1 May 2006 15:57:59 -0400
  ...on the mirrors, I just built my own. >Anyone have the switches available used? I got one with the mirrors, the guy who sold...
• Re: Oil Light
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 16 Mar 2008 08:34:47 -0500
  ...Check to see that the connection at the pressure switches are secure. The easy one to reach is the one down by the crank...
• Re: Check your grounds
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Dongilli
  Sat, 1 Aug 1998 14:04:23 -0700
  ...the wires in the harness that runs from the A/C switches in the overhead duct up front to the relays in the rear...
• Re: D.I.Y. R-134 Kit AC Recharge advice
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Sun, 3 Sep 2000 21:53:55 -0400
  On the earlier Vanagons, A/C was dealer installed and no high/low pressure safety switches were included. On my '84 I watch outlet...
• Re: WTB 83 diesel heater cover
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 25 Jan 2005 07:35:03 -0800
  ...The stock heater fan switches use a square hole, good luck with that. Mark Shawn Wright wrote: >Ok guys, which duct are we talking...
• Re: Running Lights Dark
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 28 Aug 2018 16:22:38 -0400
  ...All the headlight switches I've taken apart have had heavy wear on the main contacts; ok as emergency spare maybe, but hardly worth...
• Re: Throttle body question-Throttle switch!
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Sat, 14 Jun 2014 08:09:14 -0400
  ...It rocks. -craig > On Jun 13, 2014, at 11:15 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > > The vacuum switches do not seem to...
• Re: Urgent help: fried head light switch and connector - 1991 van
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:29:03 -0700
  ...well and good if I can find one of these infamous switches > > > > The problem is that I cannot find the 1991 version of the...
• re:91 Vanagon with "Hot Air"
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Mon, 12 May 1997 21:58:56 -0700
  ...that most AC'd vehicles today stagger the AC on/off switches in such a way that (inadvertantly) you are cycling the compressor when...
• RE: Vanagon temperature problem(new thremostat)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 11 Aug 97 02:06:21 UT
  ...I carry low temp fan switches that will turn the fan on earlier which is what you need. 80C (172F), is a little on...
• Re: hi/low idling on '87 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 6 Jan 2000 18:51:54 -0500
  ...I have the earlier '84 setup which uses two switches and is much easier to adjust. david David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv...
• Re: headlight problem and "bad "grounds. SVX
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 5 Jul 2001 17:05:16 -0400
  ...Overheating switches are caused by contact >resistance at the high current contacts in the switch. The dimmer Right (as you know). To amplify a...
• Re: ventilation levers- tips for usage
  Historical mailing list - Data Services
  Sat, 2 Feb 2002 17:34:37 -0500
  ...No cross-linkages, no blending, no cams, levers, > vacuum switches, no way to recirculate air (except the A/C and rear heater, > which have...
• Re: Wiring color question
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 21 Oct 2013 11:20:58 -0700
  ...So those > are only grounded when the ECM is "on" or ECM programming switches it to > ground? What if I connected the brown/white...
• Re: turbo?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 3 Apr 2006 14:54:44 -0700
  ...bay, which is why many > guys do not make the engine switches, they was VW wasser. > > I was just astounded at the lack of...
• Re: Weird going-ons!
  Historical mailing list - Vincent Dow
  Mon, 11 Sep 2023 20:30:38 -0400
  ...in Rhode Island - he knows Dennis) I opened up the gauge cluster to access those brake pressure switches (3-prongers) David advised me to...
• Re: Rear lighting
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Fri, 4 Nov 2016 18:42:03 -0400
  I took out the rear fresh air vent above the sliding door and installed three Hella switches for my lighting. There's a picture...
• Re: Loss of head lights, wipers and rear heater blower
  Historical mailing list - Bob Anderson
  Fri, 27 Dec 2013 09:37:14 +0000
  Thanks to all of you who have responded! I've ordered (2) new starter switches, (1 for a spare), a new horn contact ring...
• Re: Can you run without coolant...
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 15 Dec 2010 12:42:23 -0800
  ...The earlier 1.9 also has two separate switches for closed and full throttle. Dennis" Jake On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 12:10...