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• High beam indicator light not working
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Thu, 8 Jun 2006 09:38:13 -0400
  Hi, On a separate note (from my stumbling problem), the high beam indicator light on my 87 Westy no longer works. Does any one...
• High beam not working
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Engel
  Tue, 11 Nov 2003 17:21:44 -0600
  Sounds like your high beam switch is the problem. Jeff 1990 Westy
• Re: High Power Headlight Kit (SA): melting connector
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 7 Jun 2009 22:26:59 -0600
  ...I also have Hella 550 "high beam" lights on my bumper, which really turn night into day out in the desert night. They automatically...
• Re: higher temperature for higher octane,cleaning your wallet [F]
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Fri, 28 Dec 2001 08:52:43 -0600
  ...Boohoohaahahahaha! It's Friday! Chris. >Chris, > If your van is knocking on regular and you add a >higher octane and it stops knocking what...
• running cold, high idle
  Historical mailing list - Andy Stalick
  Thu, 11 Nov 2004 23:36:00 -0600
  ...Sometimes running very cold (almost into the white) on the highway after an hour's drive. Later, in stop-and-go traffic, it goes...
• highbeam low beam swap around
  Historical mailing list - Brian & Carol Megas
  Mon, 18 Aug 2003 06:20:54 -0700
  I put relays on the high and low beams so the hneadlights are much improved but still not as good as I would like...
• Re: cover for refrigerator outlet vent
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Tue, 30 May 2006 18:03:37 EDT
  ...And when I say "highway speeds" I mean that in an early 1980's highway kind of way--afterall no one would accuse a...
• High Country Bus Festival XV Slide Show
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Auch
  Tue, 9 Aug 2011 11:38:48 -0400
  I just wanted to share some memories from High Country Bus Festival this year. To those of you who attended, thank you for coming...
• Re: Vanagon Westfalia high top dimensions?
  Historical mailing list - William Monk
  Fri, 13 Jun 2014 07:56:27 -0400
  It really depends on the brand of the high top,the suspension,wheels,weight,etc.. Look up North American High tops. Lots if info...
• Re: question about a high roof vanagon
  Historical mailing list - joe trussell
  Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:20:44 -0600
  ...http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=338892&highlight=hightop Joe T. On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 9:22 PM, Scott...
• Head light issue 1986 Syncro Westy
  Historical mailing list - David Klein
  Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:23:01 -0700
  ...passenger side light low bulb on with normal light lever and high beam bulb not on. on high beam drivers side high bulb on...
• Re: High tops- removal/trade
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 27 Mar 2013 07:19:30 -0700
  I've helped remove a high top (Get-a=way) from one van and install it onto a pop top. I might be able...
• Re: H-4 lights
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 3 May 1999 17:23:12 EDT
  I am pretty sure that for whatever reason the inner high beams are E-Code already (have the "E" in a circle on mine...
• Re: Vanagon High Beams...
  Historical mailing list - "Dave Bayer (by way of TomC )"
  Wed, 16 Aug 2000 16:23:05 -0400
  Don & Sue Welch wrote: > > We would like to increase the wattage of our highbeams in our 1991 Vanagon. [SNIP] > Question..... what part number... bulb...
• Re: Vanagon High Beams...
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Fri, 18 Aug 2000 14:39:10 -0400
  Don & Sue Welch wrote: > > We would like to increase the wattage of our highbeams in our 1991 Vanagon. [SNIP] > Question..... what part number... bulb...
• 2 old Westies along Highway 36 in Upson County GA
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sat, 16 Oct 2004 23:38:46 -0400
  I was on GA Highway 36 this afternoon and had just crossed into Upson county when I saw two Westies side by side in...
• Re: headlights
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 14 Apr 2015 13:39:31 -0500
  ...Jim On Tuesday, April 14, 2015, Michael Kimball <kimballmk@gmail.com> wrote: > When I switch from low beam to high beam- when lever is...
• WARNING- having A/C on high on 85' Westy or Vanagon = fire danger
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Fri, 1 Mar 2002 17:30:24 -0600
  I've noticed that if I have the A/C fan switch on high (position 3), there is a tendency to melt the fuse...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 26 Nov 2002 15:27:27 -0500
  ...the high beams are the stock outer 7" round high > beam. the inner lights are just driving lights. seems most listers have them > wired...
• Re: Headlight Upgrade Eilemma
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 12 Sep 2011 07:20:20 -0700
  ...In a stock Vanagon all normal headlight current goes through the ignition switch and headlight switch, both for high beams and low beams. If...
• Re: Gasoline Grade?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 14 Mar 1997 14:16:58 -0500 (EST)
  ...Having the high compression ratio causes them to require high octane fuel, so that it won't detonate under the higher pressures in these...
• Re: Octane smoctane
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Sat, 26 May 2007 11:57:02 -0700
  ...Higher octane will allow for an increase in the timing advance, with better high end performance, without pre-ignition. 2. In high temperature areas...
• Re: Highway driving
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 11 Sep 2015 11:28:08 -0500
  ...The higher figure turns up at high elevations in rolling or level, not steep, terrain. These figures are not adjusted for the slightly oversized...
• Highway driving
  Historical mailing list - Stan Shapiro
  Thu, 10 Sep 2015 19:51:40 -0700
  ...Is that about right? What highway speed / RPM do most of you drive at? What is your MPG? Thanks Stan Shapiro
• petrol consumption
  Historical mailing list - Bill Hayeslip
  Mon, 4 Sep 2000 22:21:02 -0400
  In reading the discussions of the various mpg averages, I noticed that many of the vans are using a higher octane. Should the 2...
• high lift jack?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Mon, 3 Mar 2003 09:44:57 -0800
  Has anybody modified their jack-points or a high-lift jack for their syncros? I am referring to the high-lift ones that you...
• Re: 2.1L coolant light problem
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 17 Jul 2003 10:24:40 -0700
  ...Mark gary hradek wrote: > > John, > I use to think the same but there is no high > pressure switch but rather a high temperature switch...
• Re: repost - basic a/c hose connection question.
  Historical mailing list - Kevin McLean
  Thu, 7 Aug 2003 10:58:08 -0600
  > Let think of it like this: > You can not compress a liquid! > High pressure gas out of compressor > to evaporator that turn the freon...
• Re: Oil Suggestions
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Mon, 27 Apr 2009 01:58:01 -0400
  ...Do I really need to switch off Mobil 1 to your High Mileage product for my high-mileage car? Mobil 1 High Mileage is...
• Price matrix
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
  Fri, 23 Apr 1999 12:07:58 -0700
  ...New Reman used Price Selection VW dealers x x HIGHEST HIGH Auto repair shops x x (x) high,med high Auto parts stores/mail...
• Re: high top interior?
  Historical mailing list - zolo
  Sun, 25 Jan 2004 18:45:06 -0800
  ...high top interior? > anybody got pix, or just plain info, re the interior of a vanagon westy > high top (as opposed to a pop...
• Re: MPG
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Sun, 2 Apr 2006 08:55:24 -0600
  Robert wrote, >>At high elevation there is less oxygen so a fuel >>injected engine will compensate with less fuel >>better mileage perhaps but less...
• Re: Quick, cheap and easy headlight relay
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 14 Dec 2001 16:45:39 -0700
  Most likely not high so much as aimed high because tehy were overloaded in the back ends - typical for vacatoinaing in a SUV or...
• Re: High Tops
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Thu, 2 Nov 2006 21:57:18 -0800
  to my knowledge, the only other source for new hightops in germany is sca. this would provide an answer to the cry for a...
• HELP!! No Headlights - 87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Fri, 28 Oct 2005 12:06:17 -0400
  Hi! The headlights (both high and low beam) have ceased to function on my 87 Westy. I have parking lights, tail lights license and...
• Re: Purpose of the ports on this AC hose?
  Historical mailing list - Gregg Carlen
  Tue, 24 Jul 2012 17:35:50 -0400
  ...like this is the high pressure line, which would have the high > pressure connector (for external guages) and high pressure switch. > > And all this...
• Re: Westy roof add-on to Syncro
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 02 May 1997 14:06:04 +0300
  ...If you have to cut the top frame rails you have to add them at same position, but maybe extended into the high to...
• overheating
  Historical mailing list - Rob Le Duc
  Sat, 7 Jul 2001 19:57:15 -0700
  having an overheating issue while highway and high speed driving .... van is fine around the city and at idle ..... once up to highway speeds...
• Re: headlight adjusters
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Mulligan
  Mon, 11 Sep 2006 22:41:41 -0400
  ...For the inner headlamps (high-beam only): 255.941.141B - Upper High-Beam Adjuster 255.941.133A - Lower High-Beam Adjuster For the outers...
• Re: square headlight upgrade kit
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Tue, 12 Jan 1999 10:50:43 +0100
  PerL wrote: >As I have mentioned earlier, the H1 Highbeam >unit on the square-eyed Vanagon is (at least >in Europe) the same unit...
• Re: Charging system strange symptom
  Historical mailing list - Juha Koivisto
  Mon, 17 Apr 2000 08:11:26 +0300
  Dave, by saying 'high resistance' David speaks relatively meaning 0.01 ohm is high resistance in this case. At high currents only a little...
• Re: headlight bulb question...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 3 Mar 2003 19:33:53 -0500
  At 06:56 PM 3/3/2003, Bob Stevens wrote: >All 4 of mine are "on" when on high beam, or "driving light" mode...
• Knock & Ping?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Fri, 3 Mar 2006 15:49:49 -0800
  ...If it's not pinging, is there some other high frequency noise that might be coming at very high throttle / high load?
• Re: High fuel costs threaten Alaska trip NOT!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 1 May 2006 20:40:31 -0500
  ...But for "highway's" in Alaska, I take the que mostly from maps and the likes of "The Milepost". They don't call it...
• Re: High Lift jack (was winches)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 27 Sep 1995 00:07:20 -0400
  A high lift jack works well for Vanagon. You simply have to guy a giant bolt, like, 1-1/4" diameter by 1 or...
• Re: pop-up vs. high top
  Historical mailing list - Dar Crammond
  Wed, 14 Jun 2000 00:22:47 EDT
  ...I highly recommend the high top if it is in good shape. DAR 87 Adventurewagen "Odell"
• R134 USERS??????????
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Fri, 16 Jun 2000 13:02:26 -0500
  ...What is your experience with that stuff? Does cool well? I live in a high-humidity and high temp area, 90% humidity and 95...
• Friday, NVC, Trans-Labrador Highway
  Historical mailing list - Tom Rowsell
  Fri, 2 May 2003 14:08:18 -0330
  ...Malcolm) have discussed the possibility of a trip on the Trans-Labrador Highway. Here's a link to some photos of snow clearing operations...
• Re: Temp. gauge reads too high ...
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 20 Jul 2008 07:29:34 -0500
  ...If the voltage is too high to the circuit, it would give high readings. Larry A. On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 9:50...
• westy high-tops
  Historical mailing list - Art McGinn
  Sat, 2 Jul 2005 09:28:51 -0700
  anybody know of a firm which converts pop-tops to permanent fiberglass high-tops? art '82 westy
• Re: AC and engine temps
  Historical mailing list - t bill
  Sun, 26 Jul 1998 10:49:22 -0700
  ...The high speed should > kick in as the needle creeps up past the led middle range. I would check > to make sure that the...
• High Octane was: what's the best kind of gasoline?
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Thu, 3 Oct 2002 11:48:57 -0700
  So one might construe that the Air-cooled brethren ought to use higher octane to prevent pre-ignition. We do have much higher head...
• Re: High Idle Solved!
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:54:24 -0400
  ...I found that even after replacing my throttle cable, the butterfly valve didn't quite seat right, leading to high idle. A telltale sign...
• Re: Ethanol free gas
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Mon, 9 Sep 2013 09:29:19 -0500
  ...It was > about a dollar higher than 87 octane, but only 7 cents higher than > alcoholic 93 octane. I buy only 87 octane in...
• Re: Wiring in Auxilliary lights?
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:15:27 -0700
  ...Do the same with the high beams. Take the power from the current switch to the switch on the high beam relay, and in...
• High Idle Speed Problem
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 06 Dec 95 09:43 CST
  ...FWIW, I had high idle problems, but ONLY when the temperatures were at or above 100F degrees last summer. I never did track down...
• Re: radiator fan speeds vs AC
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 16 Jul 2013 14:04:51 -0400
  ...Either the AC or the radiator switch can call for the high speed. If the radiator calls for the high speed the AC compressor...
• Re: How are people wiring their high-performance lights?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Sun, 25 Feb 2001 20:10:39 -0500
  ...How are people wiring their high-performance lights? > Dear List, > > As I ponder the many ways of wiring my South African Quad headlights with...
• Hightop install
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 22 May 2012 09:41:31 -0700
  Friend Simon's hightop project was complete enough for him to take van on a trip this last weekend. I've added interior pics...
• Re: 88 Vanagon High Beams
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 11 Jul 1999 19:51:38 -0400
  ...click on high beams with indicator stalk and RIGHT side FRONT LOW BEAM >GOES OFF!!! Bad ground on Right front low beam -- it's...