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  • Re: What's the best thing you've ever done to your Vanagon?
    Historical mailing list - Bill Witz
    Tue, 31 May 2011 16:18:01 -0400
    Recaro Seats, LED Third Brake lightin the rear on westy shelf,Inline 4 engine and Audiovox cruise control, Audio that will interface with ipod...
  • Re: 115V AC wiring question
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sun, 13 Mar 2011 21:25:24 -0400
    ...Fridge is RM182B, with light on the LED panel instead of internal meter for flame detector. Yours, David
  • Re: assorted ailments
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
    Sun, 1 Oct 2000 01:37:02 EDT
    ...off you can adjust it with a little > pot on the LED board. Can I buy some pot from you? Jeff 83.5 Westy
  • Re: refrigerator behavior
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Mon, 24 Jun 2013 14:15:29 -0400
    At 01:15 PM 6/24/2013, Dave Mcneely wrote: >By rotating the dial for setting level, I could cause the LED to go...
  • Re: Fwd: Greek Single Cab + alternator help...
    Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
    Mon, 11 Jul 2011 08:51:17 -0700
    ...No, the LED does not go out when I >> disconnect the >> blue wire. What does this mean? >> >> Thanks >> >> On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at...
  • Re: oxygen sensor and alternator lights
    Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
    Wed, 23 Feb 2000 04:08:26 +0100
    ...That's why cars use a LED instead these days. When the alt is charging, the bulb or LED gets positive both ways, but...
  • Re: '86 Vanagon alternator question
    Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
    Tue, 29 Jul 2003 21:33:13 -0700
    ...then removed my alternator. >Reconnect battery ground, turn ingition switch on. >LEDs for OXS and ALT both lit up. >Bentley says this means I...
  • Re: LED backup lights update
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Sat, 18 Feb 2023 17:59:00 -0600
    ...Line the backup light window with alunim air conditioning tape. > >> Install big, bright LED. Put it back together. Might take you an hour > >> including...
  • Re: Temp warning light blinking...
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Fri, 1 Aug 2003 01:24:22 -0400
    ...The insulation had melted through and whenever >vibration caused the bare wire to touch the pipe the led would flash. If >it touched solidly...
  • Re: Upholstery Re-cover Swatch Opinion? ('81 Westy)
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Wed, 20 Feb 2013 21:20:14 -0800
    ...and quite likely additional mood lighting LEDs > > >> What I am trying to say is that going to LEDs inside makes the stock interior blah...
  • Re: Cockpit of a C-141, was: Fabricating a radiator fan on indicator light, with surprise ending!
    Historical mailing list - Ellen in Oregon
    Sun, 27 May 2007 14:33:52 -0700
    ...Sun, 27 May 2007 12:58:37 -0700 > As expected, the LED lit brightly when the fan was energized >and mashing >the button forced...
  • Re: Digitool
    Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
    Mon, 27 Jul 1998 15:23:56 -0500
    ...With the LED attached to the coil minus we would know if the coil its self was being impulsed and if we had no...
  • Re: temp gauge flasing LED goes off instantly on start uip
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sun, 13 Mar 2011 20:18:43 -0700
    ...temp gauge flasing LED goes off instantly on start uip > At 08:58 PM 3/13/2011, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: >>I'm sure...
  • Re: Want an Easy Rear Light Upgrade? Bulbs Available.
    Historical mailing list - Doug
    Sat, 30 Oct 2004 22:40:26 -0400
    ...Doug in CT Ken Wilford wrote: > What about trying a brighter "led" brake bulb? I have seen these in > Wal-mart and I was...
  • Magnets and Vanagons
    Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
    Sun, 30 Jul 2017 22:28:18 -0400
    Hi folks, For some time I had a battle with a led light I wanted mounted over the bed over the engine compartment. I...
  • Re: oil gauges
    Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
    Mon, 19 Sep 2016 22:04:12 -0500
    ...I just see a led for the alarm. http://amzn.to/2dcuuLu I'll take a look around and see what guages you may...
  • Temp Indicator On Dash rises to max: 84 Vanagon
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 13 Oct 1996 18:30:15 -0700
    ...The temperature LED sensor has not yet stopped blinking, and the indicator is all the way to the right (MAX temp) even though the...
  • Re: assorted ailments
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sun, 1 Oct 2000 13:36:40 -0400
    ...If the calibration of the light is off you can adjust it with a >little > > pot on the LED board. > >Yes... but be careful...
  • Re: Tempurature
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Wed, 8 May 2002 15:40:27 -0400
    At 02:51 PM 5/8/2002, Ben huot wrote: >What led are you talking about, the LEVEL cooling LED, I said level! If...
  • Re: ?Brighter Turn Signals?
    Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
    Mon, 27 Jan 2003 10:13:03 -0500
    ...It has 40 led lights. I paid $55CDN at a junk yard > for it. New they are $200CDN. That's an *excellent* solution. I...
  • Re: Richards fog light query, inside look
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sun, 5 Apr 2020 13:34:21 -0400
    ...For the LED you need a diffused one, not clear. Yrs, d
  • Water tank level system
    Historical mailing list - Neil2
    Sun, 22 May 2016 10:58:54 -0700
    Would someone tell me how the thing senses the water level? Mine shows Full all the time on the LED panel. -- Neil2 '82 Diesel...
  • Tachometer Needle-How To Remove
    Historical mailing list - J Stewart
    Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:03:36 +0000
    Got my tach cluster out to replace a defective temp gauge (LED blinks constantly) and it *looks* like the tach needle would just pry...
  • Re: Camping Christmas Lights
    Historical mailing list - george jannini
    Wed, 19 May 2010 16:20:24 -0400
    ...I'll see your Christmas (or any other style of tacky patio light) and raise you a fog machine featuring an LED array that...
  • Fridge ?
    Historical mailing list - scott jones
    Wed, 28 Oct 1998 18:45:52 PST
    ...Does the led light have to be red, green or both. I'm Going on a phishing trip to Vegas this weekend and thought...
  • neat interior light product
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Thu, 15 Dec 2005 09:31:17 -0800
    ...small stick on led lights from sylvania <http://www.sylvania.com/ConsumerProducts/AutomotiveLighting/Products/ Dotitlights/> Alistair '82 westy, diesel converted to gas in '94...
  • stickers
    Historical mailing list - Bob Mac
    Thu, 5 Oct 2006 22:13:41 -0400
    ...I don't know what they say because mine are not ledgable. They just all look like silver foil.
  • Re: Fridge operation
    Historical mailing list - Jim Cain
    Wed, 8 Mar 2000 14:11:58 -0500
    ...The LED that indicates it is >lit is 50% as bright as the green battery condition LED. Is this normal? In my 85 it...
  • Re: Fwd: Westfalia refrigerator issues
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Tue, 24 May 2011 14:41:50 -0400
    ...After a half a dozen pumps, I release the igniter >switch and the green led on the cabinet glows. The propane burner is lit...
  • Re: overheating?
    Historical mailing list - Buettner, Peter
    Mon, 18 Oct 1999 11:38:48 -0700
    ...The temp needle is still above the LED. I also checked the hoses and couldn't find any coolant spots. There were some slight...
  • Re: Temp II voltages
    Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
    Tue, 1 May 2001 00:14:30 -0000
    ...My Temp II is rock steady at 0.4 volts, with an indicated temperature 1 needle blade width below the LED, and I can...
  • Deciphering Coolant Temp Guage
    Historical mailing list - Leslie Shiaman
    Wed, 27 Jun 2001 19:34:06 -0700
    ...In stop-and-go situations it goes up about halfway between LED and far right of guage. I have taken some steep climes and...
  • Low-Level Coolant Blinker
    Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
    Sun, 23 Jun 2002 22:08:33 -0400
    ...Everything seems fine, except that dang blinking LED! If I bypass the sensor, should the LED stop blinking? What else could be causing blinking...
  • Re: '86 Vanagon alternator question
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Wed, 30 Jul 2003 06:34:59 -0400
    ...These LEDs shouldn't come on with alternator disconnected. Any advice/clues where the short might be? Dan Hall '86 Westy Weekender "Das Boot"
  • Re: Interior lighting
    Historical mailing list - Evan Martin
    Sat, 14 Jul 2007 13:20:05 -0500
    ...On 7/13/07, TC <trclark@shaw.ca> wrote: > > you can use those 18 led bulbs > > http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php...
  • Re: '87 Vanagon Thermostat?
    Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
    Fri, 12 Sep 1997 16:01:07 EDT
    ...When out on the freeway, the temp >goes above the led, when I would think it should go down. > > If I pull over after...
  • Flex Neck LED Lamp
    Historical mailing list - JRodgers
    Sat, 1 Sep 2012 21:42:30 -0500
    ...It'd got 6 LED's for light, and they are in a somewhat conical shaped metal shade. That in turn is attached to...
  • Re: LED light product
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Fri, 4 Aug 2006 18:30:44 -0500
    ...COM> > Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 3:46 PM > Subject: Re: LED light product > > >> On a vaguely related noted, I recently bought a nice...
  • Re: LED Headlight bulbs
    Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
    Fri, 3 Jul 2015 10:20:47 -0700
    http://www.ebay.com/itm/271849066858?item=271849066858&viewitem=&sspagename=ADME:X:AAQ:MOTORS:1123&vxp=mtr > On Jul 3, 2015, at 10:02...
  • round fog lights
    Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
    Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:57:41 -0400
    ...Anybody tried LED foglights?
  • Alternator warning light
    Historical mailing list - Earl Smith
    Thu, 15 Oct 1998 19:34:36 -0700
    ...to operate? Hayes manual is careful to point out that the LED has a negative and positive terminal but nowhere does it tell one...
  • Re: Green digital clock (from Mars)
    Historical mailing list - Ben T
    Sun, 7 Mar 2004 14:06:29 EST
    ...Isn't it just a bulb or LED that lights it up? I seem to recall my GTI has LCD with green backlighting. LCD...
  • Re: info on the fridge
    Historical mailing list - Tom Moritz
    Tue, 18 Sep 2001 22:06:34 -0700
    Mark, First of all, I have replaced the pale green LED with a brilliant blue LED. Much easier to see in strong daylight. It...
  • Re: Seeking LED advice
    Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
    Fri, 30 May 2014 09:03:27 -0500
    ...8:43 AM, Steve Williams <sbw@sbw.org> wrote: > I installed LED strip lights in place of the stock cabin light, but > running four...
  • Re: Sometimes it does not ...
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Thu, 20 Oct 2011 07:30:32 -0700
    ...After re-curring false indications, one may be inclined to ignore a 'real problem' should that capricious LED indicate when one is actually happening...
  • Re: flashing light on temp gauge
    Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
    Mon, 7 Apr 2003 15:57:14 -0400
    ...The symptom was that the LED would periodically start blinking but the temp gauge did not go up. When I'd turn the van...
  • Re: LED light product
    Historical mailing list - Tom Salicos
    Fri, 4 Aug 2006 17:14:52 -0700
    ...COM> Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 4:30 PM Subject: Re: LED light product > As I asked in another post on this topic, would...
  • Re: Camper Light power and ground
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 25 Jan 2022 19:08:38 +0000
    Hi Dennis.  Are you saying that when a LED light fails, it creates a short circuit, along with all the consequences that go along...
  • Re: Time Delay LED Lighting Circuit
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Wed, 2 Aug 2017 21:03:45 -0700
    ...It's this one > > Geekcreit® DC 12V LED Display Digital Delay Timer Control Switch Module PLC > https://banggood.app.link/YobsCIrqiF > > I haven't...
  • Re: New LED lighting and camping updates
    Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
    Fri, 8 Nov 2013 07:12:22 -0600
    ...New LED lighting and camping updates Just wanted to share my latest interior lighting modification. Very happy with the end result and thanks to...
  • Re: 1985 GL - Turn Signal's quite working
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Wed, 5 May 2010 09:40:28 -0500
    ...Still wondering about a fuse. > > As for the glowing LED - I wasn't concerned about it as much as I just > thought it was...
  • More stuff on Coolant boiling over
    Historical mailing list - Chas Hoakanson
    Wed, 15 Aug 2001 00:27:48 EDT
    ...Temp was fine (stayed below the LED). However, about half way home the LED started blinking and statyed blinking the rest of the way...
  • Piranha LED taillights
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Tue, 21 Sep 2004 19:25:13 +1200
    Has anyone tried fitting Piranha LED taillights to their van? These are circular units, about 90mm diameter, sold for big rigs. I just noticed...
  • Re: led replacement for overhead westy light
    Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
    Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:05:54 -0400
    ...festoon.html > >the "39 x 10 mm Festoon base with 6 LEDs" fit perfectly, but require 12v, >not the 6v that is found across...
  • Re: Thought problem for Friday
    Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
    Fri, 16 Mar 2018 16:46:48 +0000
    ...Any ideas why LED brake lights might cause > this? Maybe install a capacitor on the radio like this? > https://www.amazon.com/PAC-CSS12...
  • Re: Talking About Thermostats...
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Mon, 11 May 2009 19:46:59 -0700
    ...The needle should be on the LED when the engine's warmed up. On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 6:38 PM, Loren Busch...
  • Re: camper water level indicator
    Historical mailing list - KIM BRENNAN
    Fri, 14 Jun 2019 22:18:44 -0400
    ...Of course I replaced my green LED with a blue one years ago, so it is much easier to see. > On Jun 14, 2019...
  • Re: Small Vanagon parts for sale
    Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
    Tue, 30 Jan 2018 20:19:19 +0000
    ...OEM VW green dash led in package (1) > > > "blue LED" kit, (not really an LED, as no blue LED existed back then, > > but a...
  • Re: removing Westy stove face plate
    Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
    Mon, 28 Aug 2017 08:14:20 -0700
    ...face plate of the Westy stove-- > > the front part with the LED panel and the gas knobs? > > I had it off, or saw how...
  • Re: Thermostat change, indicator difference
    Historical mailing list - jimkim
    Sun, 28 Mar 1999 06:48:39 -0800
    ...Now my indicator needle rides just above the red LED. Before > thermostat change, it always hovered just below the red LED. The fan hasn...