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• Still looking: WTB Left Side High Beam
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Sat, 15 Dec 2001 14:09:59 -0800
  I had one, then it fell off my hook. Anyone else have a used left high beam? Thanks! Steve
• Re: Bentley page 97.63 HDLT/PRKG labels confusing
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 4 May 2015 00:06:21 -0400
  ...The high beams are the S5/S6 pair, low beams on S3/S4 -- 56a is high beam terminal, but you can also see from...
• Re: Headlight Upgrade Eilemma
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 10 Sep 2011 20:30:23 -0700
  ...and that would be high beam current that does not flow though the light switch I believe. but 'regular' high beam headlights current does...
• Click-type vs beam torque wrenches
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Tue, 21 Feb 1995 10:42:39 CST6CDT
  ...A beam torque wrench is the only suitable tool for holding a torque, as the click type releases somewhat at the 'click' and you...
• Re[2]: Bus-Boys "Albatross" beam adjusters
  Historical mailing list
  9 Nov 94 17:40
  Andy, It's not the remove a torsion spring from the set of springs in the beam is it ? Lee.
• FW: Help!
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Tue, 11 Jul 2000 10:57:56 -0400
  ...Help! At 14:00 7/8/2000, bpchristensen1@home.com wrote: >Headlight problem; low beams work fine, but when I switch to high beams...
• Re: square headlight upgrade kit
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Sun, 17 Jan 1999 20:01:50 +0100
  PerL wrote: >What I would like to do is replace the H4 >unit with a DE low beam only unit, and let >the low...
• Re: fog light wiring ?'s
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sat, 7 Nov 1998 17:04:38 -0800
  ...to come on with the low beams, and the pencil > beams to come on with the high beams. It would be nice to be...
• FW: Help!
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Mon, 10 Jul 2000 23:33:42 -0400
  ...Help! > > At 14:00 7/8/2000, bpchristensen1@home.com wrote: > >Headlight problem; low beams work fine, but when I switch to high beams...
• Re: GE High output "bulbs"
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 26 Feb 1999 00:59:59 EST
  ...ps, they sell them anywhere..i got mine at Kmart. ('86 up van owners, your SOL) -only for the '80-85 w/ sealed beams...
• Re: Odd headlights - some on some off
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 18 May 2012 23:14:38 -0600
  ...lo beam) right ones don't work ( hi & lo beam) > when > the switch is on. > left one don't work ( hi & lo beam) right...
• Re: dim "High beam" indicator light
  Historical mailing list - Sean Birkner
  Sat, 20 Nov 1999 01:55:51 EST
  I believe the dash mounted high-beam indicator is an LED, not a light bulb. Sean B. '90 V'gon, "Happy Bus"
• headlight relay problem?
  Historical mailing list - AD Felder
  Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:52:52 -0800
  ...and the other high beams?� the website instructions are written only, no diagram, and to me, cryptic. � hi-beam warning light is fed thru...
• Headlight low beam failure
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 4 Dec 2016 10:31:22 -0800
  ...Anyhoo, complete low beam failure caused by bad connector on back of fuse panel. https://shufti.blog/2016/12/03/vanagon-headlight-low-beam...
• Re: Extra Headlight Question + Driving Lights?
  Historical mailing list - Walker, Phil
  Thu, 25 Sep 2003 10:26:03 -0400
  ...Has anyone done this? you can get two types for extra light on low beams ... - fog lights (low, wide beam) ... bosch, hella, cibie, and...
• Head lights stuck on high beam
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 7 Apr 2016 23:19:59 +0000
  Hi-I have had electrical problems I usually solved by troubleshooting , but this one is a first.My head lights stuck on high beam...
• Re: Hella E-Codes vs. Vision Plus?
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 9 Dec 2008 13:26:57 -0800
  ...To keep the high beam properly aimed, you must > raise the low beam above the 'dazzle' level. What to do? What to do? > > The...
• Re: H4 Headlight aim, thanks and..
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:57:17 -0700
  > The main difference, though, is that 7" round and > 200mm rectangular Hellas have an irritating beam separation problem. > Set the low beams where they...
• Re: Headlights Still Out
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 16 Oct 2012 09:25:04 -0700
  There is only 1 wire coming from the stalk switch for both hi beams, and then it splits into 2 circuits at the fuse...
• Re: Headlights Out
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Thu, 12 Nov 1998 12:50:57 -0800
  At 12:42 PM 11/12/98, Steven Min wrote: >I know it might sound strange but maybe both of the low beam filaments...
• No High Beams
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:55:16 -0700
  ...I appears that when I pull up on the lever for high beams I'm getting nothing, all four ('90 Westy) lights out, not...
• Re: Headlight upgrade issue
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:02:34 -0700
  ...Both high > beams work, and so does the left low beam. The right low beam does > not. I swapped the lamps, same result - no...
• Re: h4 headlights
  Historical mailing list - Nathan Mc Blain
  Sat, 14 Apr 2007 19:31:04 -0700
  ...255 941 133 A Adjustment Pc, Hi Beam Bottom $7.28, 1 per beam 255 941 141 B Adjustment Screw, Hi Beam Top $3...
• Re: square headlight upgrade kit
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 12 Jan 1999 04:27:45 +0100
  ...What I would like to do is replace the H4 unit with a DE low beam only unit, and let the low beam stay...
• Dash lights, tach and temp
  Historical mailing list - Chris McEwen
  Tue, 31 Aug 2004 07:54:31 -0700
  ...At the same time, something strange happened to the high beam indicator. When the headlights were on low beam, the high beam indicator came...
• 84 Vanagon head lights stuck on hi beam
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 8 Apr 2016 01:52:04 +0000
  ...My head lights stuck on high beam last night I have had my headlights go out at night on a road trip before and...
• Re: upgrading 86-up headlights
  Historical mailing list - Drew Jenkins
  Thu, 25 Jul 1996 11:58:37 GMT
  I agree that the stock square headlights are very disappointing with respect to the low beam light output. I feel the major problem with...
• High beam blue light?
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:32:32 -0700
  Any one know what bulb I'd need to replace the blue hi beam on bulb on an '84? Rob becida@comcast.net Western...
• hi-beam lens
  Historical mailing list - .
  Mon, 01 Apr 1996 23:15:11
  86 westy with cracked passenger hi-beam lens. Any ideas besides the local vw dealership? Sherwin Sherwin Kaufman Spring Valley, New York 86 Westfalia...
• '87 Headlight lenses needed...
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Tue, 9 May 2000 00:32:55 -0700
  I also need the right side lo-beam and high-beam lenses, as mine are cracked. Any tips on where to find these would...
• Low beam HELP!
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Danrich
  Sat, 4 May 2002 13:47:28 -1000
  I replaced the ignition key system and turn signals, wasting money and time trying to figure out why my low beams won't work...
• Headlight Question
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Sat, 10 Nov 2007 14:22:52 -0800
  Greetings All Low beam works as designed; I switch to hi beams and both lights on the passenger side go out????? Any suggestions? TIA...
• Re: trigger current for highbeam relay
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Tue, 8 Dec 1998 06:42:06 EST
  ...Instead hook it to the high beam's hot wire. If the high beams are off the relay will find a ground path through...
• Head Lights Dim
  Historical mailing list - Pat Patterson
  Fri, 25 Jul 2014 10:08:40 -0400
  My low and hi beams are on at the same time and lower than before my bulb upgrades. My fogs also will turn on...
• Re: Westy 3-Way Fridge Questions/LEDs
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 30 Nov 1994 06:16:41 -0700
  ...my friends 80 vanagon has a green led for the >high beam indicator, its really distracting, as you are constantly >checking the blinker stalk...
• Lighting Upgrades
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Wed, 4 Jun 2003 10:01:00 -0700
  ...Compromising the cutoff height with the high beam hot spot pattern is an acceptable but not optimal solution. The high beam is dipped slightly...
• Re: Vanagon grilles and lights
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 23 Jan 2000 10:12:10 +0100
  Dick Taylor wrote: > I know, I know...the part I wasn't > thinking about is the fact that the low beams stay on all...
• Re: newibie
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 9 Oct 2002 19:28:20 +1300
  ...beam indicator is on when headlights are on low beam with key in on >position, and goes out when you turn high beams on...
• Re: Headlights Out
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Thu, 12 Nov 1998 16:16:19 +0000
  ...I did not enjoy driving with the high-beams on. :-( Clean your ground contacts and you should be fine. High-beams are often on...
• Re: Time to replace headlight
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 2 Dec 2012 14:25:21 -0500
  ...What I bought and installed looked like a sealed beam headlight, and had no opening through which a sealed beam could be fit. It...
• Re: Cloudy headlight glass?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 19 Jul 2002 17:46:19 -0400
  ...What makes sealed beam lamps "sealed"? Are the vanagon�s U.S. >headlights sealed beams? Sealed-beams only come in rectangular and round -- any...
• Re: sporadic high beam prob on 85
  Historical mailing list - j fritz
  Tue, 6 Jul 1999 18:10:23 -0500
  ...Low beam is fine--high beam is sporadic. It switches on >> sometimes but not others. The flash function is ok as well. Disassembeled >> the...
• Re: 12 Volt + Wire Up Rear Pillar? (vent)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 17 Feb 2013 21:01:49 -0800
  ...GE has a nice little 4" sealed > beam unit that I've seen supplied in a black rubber bumper mount. I had one > that...
• High beam blue LED
  Historical mailing list - BajaLeo
  Sat, 16 Mar 2002 21:57:18 -0800
  Does anyone have advice on replacing the high beam blue LED. Mine is burned out. Thanks to all. _____________________ Leo Lipert San Juan Capistrano, CA...
• H-4 Headlight questions
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:36:11 -0700
  ...Now I have some sealed beam halogens that are OK, but I wanted a little more low beam, for sure..and extra high beam...
• Re: Automatic reply: Head Lights Dim
  Historical mailing list - Pat Patterson
  Fri, 25 Jul 2014 11:14:32 -0400
  My low and hi beams are on at the same time and lower than before my bulb upgrades. My fogs also will turn on...
• lowbeams aren't working; why not?
  Historical mailing list - susan hafler
  Mon, 31 Aug 1998 10:11:54 PDT
  hello, listees, my low beams (headlights) aren't working. neither are my highbeams, except when i manually pull the high-beam lever toward me...
• Re: '87 Driver headlight out...or not?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:11:12 -0500
  The bulb has two filaments, one for high and one for low beams. There are also separate fuses for each. Yes, there are four...
• Re: fog light wiring ?'s
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 9 Nov 1998 08:33:33 -0500
  ...High beams would be wired similarly -- however, the relay would have to pickup the wire from the existing high beams. I plan on adding...
• WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 02:54:12 EST
  ...had the headlights on low beam as usual, and the driving lights on. guy started going real slow, then slams on his brakes in...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 18:06:26 -0800
  ...I'd give you the finger too for driving with the driving lights on during low beam - these driving lights are HIGH BEAM only...
• Re: 84 Vanagon head lights stuck on hi beam
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 18 Apr 2016 03:16:09 +0000
  ...Can you push the stalk forward a bit and *then* pull back and turn off the high beams? When you pull the stalk, is...
• Re: Bus-Boys "Albatross" beam adjusters
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 9 Nov 94 17:12:11 gmt
  >Has anyone fitted the Bus-Boys "Albatross" front beam >adjusters to a bus before ? I want to fit them to mine >but just wondered...
• Re: Headlight improvements IMHO
  Historical mailing list - Filcoff, David M.
  Mon, 30 Oct 2000 16:21:00 -0600
  ...The low beams are excellent, I almost never use my high beams, but I do sometimes anyway :). This past weekend I went to Bustoberfest...
• Re: Low beam HELP!
  Historical mailing list - Julianna Thoennes
  Tue, 7 May 2002 09:22:56 -0700
  ...Low beam HELP! > I replaced the ignition key system and turn signals, wasting money and time > trying to figure out why my low beams...
• Re: Hella E-Codes vs. Vision Plus?
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 9 Dec 2008 13:06:29 -0800
  ...To keep the high beam properly aimed, you must raise the low beam above the 'dazzle' level. What to do? What to do? The...
• Re: No High Beams
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:47:34 -0700
  ...Has low beams but neither high beams. On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 11:07 AM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote: > Loren, offhand...
• Re: Headlights Out
  Historical mailing list - Tyrone Greene
  Thu, 12 Nov 1998 19:29:16 -0500
  ...Here are the symptoms: > > (1) With ignition ON and headlight switch on, low beams do not work, but > high beams do. > (5) Ignition switch...
• Re: No Low Beams
  Historical mailing list - Hal Brackett
  Wed, 8 Dec 1999 12:32:52 -0500
  KENWILFY@AOL.COM wrote: > > Tom, There are two fuses (Bentley says 3 and 4) for the low beams. There are > no relays in the...
• Re: HELP...Horn/Blinker/Headlight problem
  Historical mailing list - LOREN BUSCH
  Sat, 25 Dec 2004 20:42:24 -0800
  ...Low beams and other problems..... Just had part of that, low beams out, but none of the other symptoms. My problem was the light...