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  • Re: installing oil pressure gauge
    Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
    Tue, 12 Sep 2000 07:59:48 -0700
    > > <snip> Also, using the cam bearing > > location will allow the use of a dual post VDO sender allowing the warning > > light to remain intact...
  • Re: Favourite Free Modifications
    Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
    Sat, 13 Aug 2005 01:11:19 -0700
    You also lost your warning of low brake fluid, in case of a leak in the brake lines. This could be dangerous. M --- tabe...
  • Warning to Non Vanagon Owners
    Historical mailing list - bueses
    Tue, 11 Oct 2005 15:47:02 -0600
    ...see individual artists names. Each name is clickable to the artwork. WARNING: Some of these images are of later model Buses. There are even...
  • Re: Dometic Fridge: Bah Humbug! <grin>
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:22:26 -0700
    ...On page 15 in my _Camper/Multivan Suppplement to Volkswagen Vanagon Owner's Manual_ (highlighted in blue): "WARNING Make sure the main valve is...
  • Glow Plug Warning Light-Glo
    Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
    17 Jul 1995 11:56:00 -0700
    ...Glow Plug Warning Light... Time: 11:51 AM Date: 7/17/95 Glow Plug Warning Light The reason I put a special warning light...
  • Re: Oil pressure warnings, WAS: Mann Oil Filter and lifters
    Historical mailing list - James
    Sun, 2 Mar 2014 22:52:19 -0500
    ...Oil pressure warnings, WAS: Mann Oil Filter and lifters > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > There is not any gauge or warning light that will...
  • Re: Brake Failure Warning Light
    Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
    Wed, 9 Sep 2009 11:30:54 -0500
    <Hopefully, Dave felt the brake pedal go to the floor and didn't need that warning light to tell him he had no brakes...
  • Re: removing gmail warning from vanagon messages?
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Thu, 1 Sep 2016 17:58:34 -0700
    ...removing gmail warning from vanagon messages? No, I get it too. Using gmail... Steven 91 Westy On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 7:52...
  • Re: 2.1 waterboxer oil temp gauge?
    Historical mailing list - jbange
    Tue, 28 Dec 2004 09:25:00 -0800
    At 04:14 AM 12/28/2004, you wrote: >Unless you've disconnected the 2.1L Dynamic oil pressure warning system. The >0.9B...
  • Re: Oil pressure warnings, WAS: Mann Oil Filter and lifters
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sat, 1 Mar 2014 23:14:21 -0500
    ...I have also seen the high press warning make the awareness of something wrong. Loose rockers, clogged pump inlet screens, worn pumps are just...
  • Re: Dometic Fridge: Bah Humbug! <grin>
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:25:47 -0500
    ...However, > the warning is clearly stated on pages 15, 16, and 21 of my owner's > book. > > So far as the DOT rules reaching...
  • Re: 1991 Carat - the drama continues
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Wed, 20 Jul 2016 20:04:38 -0700
    ...I had a nagging "high" pressure warning issue that AFAIK, was due to a corroded section of brown wire from switch to white connector...
  • Re: Some potentially stupid actions
    Historical mailing list - Rob
    Fri, 5 Nov 2010 08:45:47 -0700
    ...YOUR camper, mine does not have that warning. I looked. <shrug> Rob becida@comcast.net Western WA state with a Subaru powered '84 Westy
  • Re: Two warning lights come on TOGETHER
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Tue, 23 Aug 2005 09:25:25 -0400
    ...Two warning lights come on TOGETHER > My alternator and Oxygen sensor warning lights are occasionally > flashing on and off. I can troubleshoot for the...
  • Weird going-ons!
    Historical mailing list - Vincent Dow
    Wed, 6 Sep 2023 13:55:13 -0400
    Hey y’all So I’ve been getting a brake warning light the last couple weeks , when I push the brake pedal . At first...
  • Virus Warnings are Themselves Viral....
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 8 Jun 1996 16:16:49 -0500 (CDT)
    Please stop posting virus warnings to the list. Just stop. Even if they weren't all bogus, they still wouldn't belong here. Hints...
  • Brake Warning Light Stays On
    Historical mailing list - Jerome Perkins
    Mon, 24 Jun 2002 08:19:41 EDT
    For some time the handbrake warning light has remained lit on my 84 DG engined bus. There is low brake fluid level indicator fitted...
  • Re: Brake Light Troubleshooting Tips?
    Historical mailing list - Mike B
    Mon, 9 Jun 2014 08:53:29 -0400
    ...If one switch failed so as to leave both > outputs open, I agree there would be no warning light until the second > switch failed...
  • Re: removing gmail warning from vanagon messages?
    Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
    Thu, 1 Sep 2016 22:14:38 -0500
    ...removing gmail warning from vanagon messages? i just started using gmail for my vanagon listserv messages. stuart's just came in with a warning...
  • Re: Anyone know thread size of coolant bleeder bolt on radiator?
    Historical mailing list - Jfp w/3 WBXs
    Fri, 16 Aug 2002 06:45:02 +0000
    Hi, I'm designing a pressure based warning system based on Darrell's idea, using an oil pressure 0.3Bar switch. My switch will...
  • Re: Brake warning light on
    Historical mailing list - B Feddish
    Mon, 1 May 2017 21:25:44 +0000
    ...Brake warning light on Thanks, I�ll check that after work today. Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows...
  • Re: Syncro off-road or not?
    Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
    Mon, 19 Apr 1999 01:57:43 +0200
    ...I bet this warning is more on the liability issue than the mechanical issue. The Vanagon Syncro is a very capable off roader, VW...
  • Re: Warning regarding a NW parts seller
    Historical mailing list - PSD
    Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:46:50 -0400
    ...20, 2014 12:07 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Warning regarding a NW parts seller Just found this on CL: http://seattle...
  • Re: Brake warning light flickering
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Wed, 7 Dec 2011 12:30:16 -0800
    ...BenT sent from my electronic leash On Dec 7, 2011, at 12:12 PM, David M <covrambles@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > My brake warning light...
  • Re: Warning Lights and Gauges
    Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
    Sat, 2 Mar 2002 20:36:36 +0100
    ...Warning Lights and Gauges > Gauges/warning lamps currently installed on our 1982 Air-cooled Westy: > > Gauges: > Manifold vacuum > Compass > Altimeter > Exhaust temperature (L & R...
  • Re: oil pressure-quaker state filters/Fram filters
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Tue, 21 Jul 1998 22:42:48 -0400
    ...The oil pressure switch that operates the oil warning buzzer above 2000 rpm is located between the pump and the filter inlet. If a...
  • Re: What controls pre-ignition flashing of warning lights?
    Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
    Mon, 16 Sep 2002 21:41:12 -0400
    ...What controls pre-ignition flashing of warning lights? > > > Hi everyone, > A quick question for electrical system experts. What controls the > blinking of the temperature...
  • Re: Brake warning light flickering
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sun, 18 Dec 2011 18:47:56 -0800
    ...non-working oil warning light, or charge warning light not working . People don't even notice the warning lights aren't working .. then one...
  • Re: removing gmail warning from vanagon messages?
    Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
    Thu, 1 Sep 2016 20:21:42 -0400
    ...Steven 91 Westy On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 7:52 PM, Karl Ploessl <karl.ploessl@gmail.com> wrote: > I see this "warning" all...
  • Re: Head Gaskets are shot. Should I swap heads?
    Historical mailing list - James R. Wetzel
    Sat, 1 Feb 1997 12:13:30 -0500 (EST)
    ...I've heard the contrary. > > > > Thanks, > > Rob Halligan > > '87 Syncro > WARNING.WARNING.WARNING. It is my understanding that VW heads are extermely difficult to...
  • Re: Troubling warning lights
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 18 Aug 2018 11:52:50 -0400
    ...Troubling warning lights On 18 Aug , 2018, at 8:53 AM, ddbjorkman@verizon.net wrote: > oxy and battery light stayed on after start up...
  • Re: Moose XXXX Pie? Warning Possible Adult
    Historical mailing list - mike miller
    Tue, 19 Jun 2001 16:22:27 -0700
    ...Moose XXXX Pie? Warning Possible Adult > David Beierl wrote: > People who disagree with his taste are reminded of the old > > > Maine story of the...
  • Re: london lab tech cover + resume ..WARNING: VIRUS
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Wed, 7 Nov 2001 09:46:12 -0500
    ...I received no virus warning from my server's >virus-stripper (I do get a lot of these, but not this time). > >Maybe he...
  • Re: Dometic Fridge: Bah Humbug! <grin>
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:11:28 -0500
    ...On page 15 in my _Camper/Multivan Suppplement to Volkswagen Vanagon Owner's Manual_ (highlighted in blue): "WARNING Make sure the main valve is...
  • "headlights on" warning chime success
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Sat, 15 May 2010 12:33:07 -0700
    Instead of doing yard work this morning, I've successfully installed a headlight warning chime circuit. All I used was a stock chime, a...
  • Re: Catastrophe???(Oil lite and oil alarm on!)
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Thu, 25 Jan 2001 22:55:51 -0700
    ...Catastrophe???(Oil lite and oil alarm on!) > While driving my 88GL down the interstate from town tonight suddenly all > the warning lights on the...
  • Re: Blinking Dash Warning Lights! * Uh, "Solved", Sorta...
    Historical mailing list - Marty Wallace
    Fri, 28 Aug 1998 17:53:36 -0700
    ...I re-connected it, and - upon starting the engine - found that the alternator warning and oxygen sensor LEDs no longer came on. [blushing] Now...
  • Vanagon Stereo Override?
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Tue, 18 Feb 2014 13:13:07 -0800
    ...If one is listening to the stereo, can't hear the engine, isn't pay attention to warning lights, if something goes wrong with...
  • Warning light
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
    Tue, 4 Nov 2014 15:34:30 -0500
    I am trying to understand the warning light on the temperature gauge of my 1988 Westy. Going off the interstate the light and buzzer...
  • '86 syncro-seatbelt/door warning buzzer
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Mon, 2 Nov 2009 10:43:14 -0800
    ...have had the seat belt and the door/key in ignition warning buzzer circuit. Bentley wiring diagram confirms. i thought it odd, my '82...
  • 88 Temp Warning Light
    Historical mailing list - Kris + Tom Peterson
    Thu, 8 Aug 2002 22:05:19 -0500
    My 88 Vanagon has a slightly different temp warning light problem. If I start a cold engine the light goes out after 3-4...
  • relay starter solenoid fix=brake warning light!?!
    Historical mailing list - Adam Behle
    Tue, 27 May 2003 20:51:22 -0700
    I recently did the "piggy back relay on the starter solenoid fix" to cure my starter delay issue and now my brake warning light...
  • Re: I guess if I'm putting on a tencentlife oil cooler . . .
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Sun, 10 Apr 2011 11:44:09 -0500
    ...It reacts with a warning light when pressure drops below about 3 psi at low rpm, and with a warning light and buzzer when...
  • Winter Warning
    Historical mailing list - David Etter
    Tue, 21 Nov 2006 14:47:54 -0700
    Just a word of warning to anyone in the snow-belt planning on storing their VW van outside this winter. REMOVE YOUR WINDSHIELD WIPERS...
  • Re: Oil warning light and buzzer go off when going uphill
    Historical mailing list - Brett Whistler
    Thu, 19 May 2005 04:55:55 -0600
    ...Oil warning light and buzzer go off when going uphill Hi Brett I've had this problem in the past...it's a nuisance...
  • Re: Temp Gauge Warning Light Mystery
    Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
    Fri, 12 Apr 2002 14:00:06 -0500
    ...Temp Gauge Warning Light Mystery Hi all, We recently took our camper on a one-week trip down the Big Sur coast. Everything went...
  • Re: I need an IdiuT light! [low fuel warning lamp]
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Fri, 5 Apr 2002 19:15:37 -0700
    ...I need an IdiuT light! [low fuel warning lamp] > Dear Volks, > > Speaking of modifications/desecrations etc... > > Yikes! I spaced out earlier this afternoon and...
  • Temperature Gauge Sensor Question
    Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
    Mon, 8 May 2017 17:10:39 +0000
    ...Before the original one died, the needle on the gauge ran dead center over the warning light. Now it sits on the upper edge...
  • Re: Seat belt warning relay wanted
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 17 Dec 2001 19:18:42 EST
    ...writes: > I'm looking for a used and working seat belt warning relay for my 1989 > Vanagon GL. Mine is missing. > > youre joking, right...
  • Re: Brake warning light
    Historical mailing list - Loren A. Busch
    Sun, 18 May 2003 00:17:43 -0700
    Your brake warning light indicates one (or both) of two things: low brake fluid or a problem when you try to apply the brakes...
  • Temp warning light blinking...
    Historical mailing list - John Parson
    Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:06:06 -0400
    ...and my temp warning light keeps coming on and blinking. The temp is sometimes high, sometimes low, the belts are fine and it seems...
  • Appologies re virus warning
    Historical mailing list - Alfred Bagdan
    Fri, 15 Oct 1999 17:25:02 -0600
    Hi all I would like to hereby apologize to having sent out (inadvertently) the "Deadly virus warning" last night. I wrote the message, which...
  • Re: oil pressure
    Historical mailing list - David Kao
    Mon, 7 May 2007 10:35:47 -0700
    --- Thomas Pfrommer <pfrommer@phas.ubc.ca> wrote: > Actually i do not get a blinking, meaning even with a hot engine and > idling now warning...
  • Re: replacing ignition switch fixes coolant warning light
    Historical mailing list - Tyrone Greene
    Wed, 9 Sep 1998 19:55:57 -0400
    Mark McCulley wrote: > > I replaced my ignition switch over the weekend and it fixed the problem I > was having with the coolant warning light...
  • Re: Seattle Voltmeter
    Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
    Thu, 28 Apr 2011 12:11:41 -0400
    ...Battery Not Charging but No Warning Light > BTDT but in my case it was the brushes in the alternator. And I didn't > catch...
  • Re: Turbo diesel 5-speed DOKA on ebay
    Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
    Mon, 8 Nov 2004 14:46:16 -0500
    ...Warning, warning, Will Robinson!! Selling that Doka >for > > parts is probably not illegal, but putting it back on the road in the US >is...
  • Re: Weird going-ons!
    Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
    Wed, 6 Sep 2023 18:20:48 -0600
    ...More > like 1,000/year in the last four years. > > Now today I started seeing the seat belt warning light come on too (my...
  • eBay seller warning / Ken Morgan aka jake4parts
    Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
    Thu, 4 Sep 2008 07:37:13 -0600
    Volks, eBay seller warning. You might want to stay clear of this character. Ken Morgan aka jake4parts aka Jake the Snake. OK .. I made...
  • Re: Westy fridge efficiency in 12v mode
    Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
    Wed, 27 May 1998 12:12:29 -0700
    Neither the Camper manual nor the Dometic manual has any warnings about using the fridge on propane while driving. The Camper manual does have...
  • Re: That's it, I've had it. (Driving with brake on)
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sat, 3 Jul 2010 18:44:36 -0700
    ...just need a bigger brighter warning light for the parking brake. I suspect that many of those warning lights may not work for low...