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• dash panal lights Please help what did i do
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Rueb
  Tue, 26 Mar 2002 21:39:07 EST
  replacing the cigrette lighter and it sparked and now have no dashboard lights everything else works except dash lights fuses all good thank you...
• 90 Vanagon--Brake Lights Died
  Historical mailing list - Suzanne Hackett
  Sun, 25 Oct 1998 20:55:16 +0000
  ...The exterior brake lights stopped working today. I checked the fuse--fine, also assume the bulbs are okay since both brake lights are out...
• Re: fog lights
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Mon, 8 Jan 2001 16:44:29 -0800
  ...get the DRIVING lights, not the FOG lights. chris Or you can go to your local speed shop and get a set with dual...
• Your thougs on 3" LED lamps at the ends of my van-cafe tube bumpers. The birth of Gronski Lights
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:39:38 -0400
  I've always loved the axillary lighting you see on big rigs, especially the side mounted turn signals, and the guide lights they have...
• Fog Lights
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Winterpacht
  Sat, 9 May 1998 23:36:15 -0500
  Since we're on the subject of Fog Lights, a while back there where discussions on where to mount them. On my 89 Wolfsbure...
• Re: Led back up lights inside bumper
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Wed, 25 Mar 2015 20:13:37 -0400
  The LED backup lights appear to be improvement enough to obviate the need for additional ones. However, if you're backing into a dark...
• Lost my dash lights?
  Historical mailing list - Dylan Friedman
  Wed, 31 Oct 2001 21:09:53 -0500
  Hello, I recently have lost operation of my dash lights. I thought that it was the headlight dimmer switch, replaced it, still no lights...
• Re: Some good info about E-code headlamps & "City Lights"
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 9 Apr 2002 16:36:38 -0700
  ...Some good info about E-code headlamps & "City Lights" > snipped---- > I thought European city lights were for use at night in the city > end...
• RE: Alternator & O2 lights on
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Fri, 8 Dec 1995 13:41:55 -0700
  ...a) Did the idiot lights used to work as I described them? b) Do the idiot lights now work as I described them. It...
• Reverse lights
  Historical mailing list - Scott Kraning
  Mon, 5 Jul 1999 09:47:21 EDT
  hey y'all- I'm trying to fix the reverse lights on my 88 Westy. It's an automatic, and although it's a...
• Re: Fw: Re: E-Code Lights - another alternative
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Thu, 25 Feb 1999 09:30:17 -0800
  ...E-Code Lights - another alternative >Don't forget, > >When your headlight switch melts in the off position, at least the auxillary >lights would be...
• tail lights, euro vs USA
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 20 Feb 2011 19:35:39 -0800
  pulled together info from my old website and some new pics to summarize what I know about differences between tail lights... exciting stuff eh...
• Brake Lights Troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - Donna Skarloken
  Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:51:57 -0800
  I found out last night my brake lights aren't working. About three years ago I had a switch replaced because I had no...
• Instrument dash lights not working
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 23 Jul 2024 11:56:51 -0400
  ...I decided to leave that to the shop and, not ask friends to do it with me! Now, the instrument lights don’t work...
• Re: more lights / and chip questions
  Historical mailing list - James S. Cohen
  Mon, 30 Oct 2000 01:14:36 -0500
  ...The inner lights are standard H3 used in most fog lights, like $5 at Wal-mart. The round outer lights are anything you want...
• Flickering lights
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Mon, 14 Jan 2002 08:32:20 -0800
  ...Flickering lights? Hello all,=20 I've got a small problem with the interior lights of the van that seem = to have gotten odder...
• Re: cibie lights
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Fri, 7 Jul 2006 12:22:41 -0700
  ...Alex Towner <altowner@COMCAST.NET> > Regarding the use of HID lights and fog lights: > > The HID lights are so good that fog lights are...
• Re: 90 Vanagon--Brake Lights Died
  Historical mailing list - Phillip Bouton
  Mon, 26 Oct 1998 11:06:55 -0500
  ...90 Vanagon--Brake Lights Died Hi: The exterior brake lights stopped working today. I checked the fuse--fine, also assume the bulbs are okay...
• WTB: Headlight assy for '86 and up
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Mon, 15 Nov 2004 14:31:34 -0500
  ...I need the metal mounting bracket and the two INNER lights. I do not need the outer lights or the adjusters. I am planning...
• auxillary low beams?
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Tue, 22 Aug 2000 09:38:03 -0600
  Does anyone have any recommendations for auxillary low beams / driving lights? The price of the E-code headlights is too rich for my blood...
• led running lights
  Historical mailing list - Richard DIXON
  Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:20:27 +0000
  I wish to upgrade tail, parking and brake lights to the brighter led type. I recall someone in this group had these lights for...
• headlights and plasma lights
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Tue, 20 Nov 2001 10:19:00 -0800
  I found these lights on ebay. has anyone got any experience with plasma lights? Are they what they are advertised to be? Here is...
• Re: Rewiring parking lights to switch with ignition
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Thu, 9 May 2002 13:15:36 -0400
  ...Now all the lights go off when I turn the ignition switch off. Regarding the need for parking lights, I simply use my 4...
• driving lights in front bumper?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 09:35:54 -0800
  Has anybody done that- put driving lights in the bumper? I am trying to add more lights- but not as many as Joel Walker...
• Re: fog lights
  Historical mailing list - Sean B.
  Mon, 8 Jan 2001 19:07:48 -0800
  Or get the Hella Optilux model 2020 lights and get both in one package! :) Sean B. '90 V'gon, "Happy Bus" Torrance, CA http...
• Re: yet another oil temp. gauge question\breadloafs.
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Durstewitz
  Mon, 27 May 1996 10:53:19 -0800 (PST)
  ...If you wire gauge AND dashboard lights through the resistor you'll almost extinguish the remaining dashboard lights when you dim the gauge light...
• LVC "Empty" Warning Lights in dash...any uses???
  Historical mailing list - Myers, Thomas A
  Tue, 19 Apr 2005 11:26:43 -0400
  ...Re: "Empty" Warning Lights in dash...any uses??? > > I was thinking about putting indicator lights for defroster and the > brake warning light. > These are...
• HELP! Instrument Cluster Gremlins!
  Historical mailing list - Warner, Jeffrey (Jeff) S (J6C)
  Fri, 21 Oct 2005 11:15:39 -0400
  ...Engine running, lights on: No dash lights, no tach, function of headlight dimmer switch indicator light is opposite of reality, dash lights dimmer affects...
• H4 Replacements w/City Lights
  Historical mailing list - Jon Kanas
  Thu, 12 Dec 2002 18:18:16 -0700
  ...I would prefer Bosch, Cibie or Hella, possibly with the "city lights" in them, as well. I am also seeing some similar lights from...
• Can you replace a 83 grill and lights with an 88 square light set and grill?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Wed, 30 Mar 2011 12:15:21 -0400
  ...The person has an 83 and wants to know if he can replace his lights and grill my lights and grill with his van...
• Re: Driving Lights?
  Historical mailing list - Barbara Sutton
  Mon, 21 Apr 1997 19:42:53 -0700
  ...Silva wrote: > > Has anyone had experience in adding "driving lights" for daytime use to a > Vanagon? I always drive with my headlights on but...
• No brake lights
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Fri, 3 Dec 2010 19:30:00 -0800
  I have no brake lights. I checked the fuse and the bulbs. Both good. What next? I looked in my Haynes and Bentley and...
• Re: Bosch and Hella H4 Lights - Group Purchace (All Mod...
  Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
  Sun, 14 Nov 1999 20:53:42 -0500
  Umm, if euro lights "blind" oncoming traffic, how do Europeans put up with them? Are Europeans impervious to blinding light? Are European roads designed...
• E-Code Lights
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Mon, 6 Nov 2006 14:59:20 -0800
  ...I have a few sets of German e-code lights I'm looking to trade for U.S. spec lights + $75. Anyone interested?? Cheers...
• Re: Bright tail lights
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Bryson
  Thu, 12 Apr 2001 12:20:54 -0700
  I agree with Steve in regard to stop, turn and running lights. However, I'd like to offer one correction. In America, low beams...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list - Karl M
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 09:38:58 -0500
  ...BTW, the auxiliary lights you see in most factory setups are not driving lights, but FOG lights. Always makes me wonder why so many...
• Electric Gremlin
  Historical mailing list - Toma Keller
  Fri, 6 Dec 2002 21:35:08 -0800
  ...I bought this van in April and at the time I had interior lights when I turned on the lights at night. I could...
• FW: E-code lights/SA grille
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Tue, 29 Aug 2000 10:55:25 -0400
  ...E-code lights/SA grille Mark Dorm wrote: > > Fast Forward has square/rectangular e code lights that will be much > better..... you just have...
• Re: Hella Fog Lights For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Bill Witz
  Mon, 6 Aug 2007 00:04:43 -0400
  These are great lights I mounted them on my front bumper with u shaped flat stock that I welded some ears on for screws...
• Dash warning lights?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:13:08 -0700
  Hi, from what I find searching, I am not too clear on the operation of the dash idiot lights I've been seeing all...
• Re: '91 GL -- no brake lights, no license plate lights, but have tail lights, directional signals, and back-up lights
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Tue, 24 Sep 2019 01:10:09 +0000
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: '91 GL -- no brake lights, no license plate lights, but have tail lights, directional signals, and back-up lights...
• Re: Wiring of New Front Aux Lights - Question
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sun, 4 Oct 2009 10:23:16 -0400
  ...So, if you turn off your parking lights, the aux lights will go out too. Now, put a switch between your "direct wire" from...
• Re: Back-up lights
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Wed, 30 Oct 2013 21:41:56 -0700
  ...Power directly to the feed to the lights, bypassing everything except >> wiring from the wiring box to the lights - lights stay on! (Eliminating >> bulbs...
• Re: Headlight Switch
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:49:58 -0500
  Does he even use the dimmer? There is also a separate fuse just for those lights. A short or added gauge lights are the...
• Re: Driving Lights?
  Historical mailing list - James R. Wetzel
  Sat, 22 Mar 1997 09:32:00 -0500
  ...Silva wrote: > > Has anyone had experience in adding "driving lights" for daytime use to a > Vanagon? I always drive with my headlights on but...
• SA Grille & Electrical Rambling
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Libby & Denise DeWolfe
  Thu, 14 Sep 2000 20:49:29 -0400
  I've been thinking about an SA grille, to go along with my H4 conversion (thanks for all the help with the park lights...
• Re: Brights & lights
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 2 Dec 2006 19:52:52 -0600
  The lights in my 88 GL don't work that way. One way the outer lights come on as dims, the inner lights are...
• Re: Pedal Pressure & Brake Lights
  Historical mailing list - Vern in Bend
  Sat, 3 Jul 2010 17:36:10 -0700
  Scott wrote: > you could convert to a pedal activated switch ... > where as soon as the pedal moves down even a bit, brake lights are...
• Lighting question
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 12 Dec 1998 15:31:22 -0800
  Are the SA rectangular lights the same as the US versions? Or are they E-code lights? Any possibility of someone selling these for...
• Re: BETTER BRIGHTER LIGHTS
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Wed, 27 Jun 2001 22:25:53 -0500
  ...All the part numbers listed are NAPA Tail lights, turnsignals, & brake lights-- #7352970 ( 50 watt , 1056 type ) Halogen back up light bulbs--#795D Have...
• Re: Camping Christmas Lights
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Wed, 19 May 2010 15:56:57 -0400
  ...Camping Christmas Lights Bryan---What are your concerns about using an inverter for 120VAC Christmas lights? Rocket--I am speaking of the "mini" Christmas...
• Re: tail lights
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 17 Dec 2010 19:33:52 -0800
  I recently added some inexpensive Chain Auto Parts clearance lights to my van, and got the brightest bulbs I could for the existing taillights...
• electrical problems... confusing!
  Historical mailing list - Chad Lyles
  Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:39:39 -0700
  ...i cranked up and turned the head lights on... and just the parking lights came on... i pulled the lever (for the head lights...
• Re: Yes, Vanagon lights can be great!, was: HiPo lights?
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Mon, 27 Apr 1998 23:40:10 -0400
  ...It was essentially the vanagon > square/rectangle lights, and a smaller grill. > > gmbulley > cary, nc > This must be a common thing for the young...
• Re: Tail light #
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 1 Dec 2001 13:40:16 -0500
  At 09:51 AM 12/1/2001, George Jannini wrote: > I wanted brighter tail lights, so I use the 21watt bulb in the tail...
• Re: Running Lights Dark
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Tue, 28 Aug 2018 12:47:32 -0700
  ...Thanks again, -MB On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 12:05 PM David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote: > The problem was no running lights...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 26 Nov 2002 15:28:48 -0500
  ...These are not driving lights. They aren't aimed anything like driving lights. My dad's Explorer has a set of these factory lights...
• Re: dash lights not working
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sat, 3 Sep 2005 19:44:44 -0400
  ...dash lights not working > Hi guys... my dash lights aren't working. When I turn the headlights > on, they come of for a fraction...
• Re: Inner round SA headlights mounitng?
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Thu, 1 Feb 2007 22:08:34 +0100
  ...But since the inner lights are smaller, there has to some kind of adapter plate between the lights and the chassis, right? They are...
• Re: LED Tail Lights
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 8 Nov 2012 12:29:51 -0800
  ...Upon stopping the lights go VERY > bright. They appear to me to be LED lights in rows to give good stopping > warnings. Don't...