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• Pop-top switch link
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:03:54 -0700
  All, Anyone have a current link to the easy method of switching a Westy top onto a passenger van? >easier way: > > > >http://homepage.mac...
• switches
  Historical mailing list - Alain Thibault
  Mon, 20 Mar 2000 13:09:07 -0700
  Hi I just replaced the two switches (emergency light and rear defrost) but can't remember in which order from the top. Could someone...
• Headlight switch
  Historical mailing list - David Cooper
  Mon, 1 Jan 2001 22:53:11 EST
  Is the headlight switch on my 82 supposed to be illuminated? It seems to have some sort of light socket in it but no...
• Syncro diff lock dash switch part#
  Historical mailing list - Dylan Friedman
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 11:01:15 -0500
  Hello, Could someone please forward me the part # for a 1991 Syncro differential lock dash switch. Thank you. Dylan Friedman 1991 Westy Syncro GL...
• Re: Elec Window Switch Hanging 90 Carat
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 12 Aug 2002 11:42:09 EDT
  i just run a few small screws into the back of the switch at the top to make a improvised tab.. it works.. keeps...
• ignition switch removal
  Historical mailing list - Scott Burchill
  Tue, 30 Sep 2003 19:00:43 -0500
  ...the little hole but now I can't figure out how to remove the ignition switch. Anyone have any tips for me? TIA! -- sbb \:)> /:(>
• Switch
  Historical mailing list - kfilc
  Mon, 2 Feb 2004 23:33:00 -0000
  ...I have a 72 Westy with a brocken high/low beam switch. Need this for certification here in Canada. Enybody has one laying around...
• Re: Hesitation off idle, throttle body issues?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 12 Jan 2015 13:20:04 -0800
  Once you see the bottom of the switch it will be obvious what’s wrong. It’s just a cam with two lobes 90...
• Starting Problems . . . was Re: URGENT: Stranded in Remote Area. ..
  Historical mailing list - Birkenfeld Jeff
  Tue, 25 Jun 2002 11:14:02 -0500
  ...The automatic transmission starter solenoid gets it's juice from the Park/Neutral safety switch located under the plastic shifter housing. This switch is...
• Re: heated seat switch/controller found at wreckers
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:13:28 -0400
  Granted that it's been a couple of years, but those steering wheel covers for the switch were still available at the dealer last...
• Re: Bogging 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Fri, 30 Jun 2006 16:21:32 -0400
  YMMV, but when I had this symptom the cuplrit was the throttle position switch, my ECU was convinced I was 'idling' when I was...
• Re: AC problem
  Historical mailing list - Ram�n Celaya
  Thu, 13 Sep 2001 16:44:37 -0700
  ...The other switch is for the radiator fan when the > pressure getts very high in the system. The purpose of the low pressure > switch...
• Re: Stuck Defrost Fan
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Fri, 22 Aug 2003 10:25:40 -0400
  Sounds like it's time to replace that switch. I had similar problems in my '87 Fox, running the fan on high heated the...
• Re: hesitation
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Sun, 16 Jul 2006 18:54:22 -0400
  thanks to all the replys!! i switched afm's with a spare i had and so far the hesitations has been gone, time will...
• Re: Sliding Door "Courtesy Light" Switch
  Historical mailing list - Robyn Lundstrom
  Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:41:03 -0700
  ...Sliding Door "Courtesy Light" Switch I am working on installing an interior light that works off a pushbutton switch when the slider opens. I...
• Re: Manual Tranny, funky Reverse Light Switch
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 30 Mar 2022 00:29:49 +0000
  ...Manual Tranny, funky Reverse Light Switch On my 4 speed '85 Vanagon, I recently had the transmission rebuilt; the way we did this was...
• Re: Throttle body question-Throttle switch!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 13 Jun 2014 21:04:47 -0700
  ...Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > > I think tencentlife had a vacuum switch out before GW did. I thought about buying his but stalling as...
• Re: Lights on '82 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 17 Dec 2010 10:29:41 -0500
  ...Check your switches, unplugged. Column switch As it sits: continuity from 56 to one of 56a or 56b; no other continuity from any terminal...
• Re: Alternator light mystery-High bean switch!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 25 May 2010 16:02:21 -0400
  ...Look at the drawings to see what each contact on the ign switch does. The switch is drawn with everything in the off position...
• Re: Proper Headlight Configuration
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 15 Oct 2012 13:35:34 -0700
  re So if the ignition is off, the headlight switch on, lifting the lever will allow a back feed that will operate the wipers...
• Re: Auto running lights?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 3 Apr 2006 15:31:17 -0700
  ...Terminal 56 is powered thru the switch from Terminal X which get's it's power from Terminal X at the Ignition Switch). The...
• Re: Is it the ignition switch, or something else?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:37:48 -0800
  ...The ignition lock > has a "tail" on it which engages the electrical switch and turns the > switch > to the various positions. If that "tail...
• Re: Jerks/surges when going from coasting to acceleration
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:05:12 -0400
  12 volts does not go to the throttle switch. That goes to the auxiliary air regulator. Since you had the 12 volt connector to...
• Re: Yeppers -- failed oil pressure switch alright.
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 29 May 2011 10:28:06 -0700
  My FLAPS have a replacement oil pressure switch. It is a BWD S4026. Website says compatible with: "Vanagon Campmobile, H4 - 1.9L vin B...
• Re: Alternator light mystery-High bean switch!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 25 May 2010 13:28:28 -0700
  ...Alternator light mystery-High bean switch! > At 02:40 PM 5/25/2010, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: >>That explains how the ign sw. could...
• Re: rear heater switch
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:46:32 -0400
  At 11:47 PM 9/25/2009, David Klein wrote: >Does anyone know where I can get a rear heater on/off switch? VW...
• Re: Round Foglights
  Historical mailing list - Cory Zumbrennen
  Wed, 10 Jun 1998 13:26:22 EDT
  ...In my Syncro, the third switch position is occupied by a "cutoff" switch (which kills power to the engine.) I don't know what...
• Fwd: Foglight switch
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 20 Jun 2002 11:42:13 -0400
  ...Foglight switch > > On Wednesday, June 19, 2002, at 10:03 PM, Stephen Overmyer wrote: > >> ...and this got me thinking...what OEM accessory uses the...
• Re: Projektzwo Fog light question
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Tue, 23 Jul 2002 14:51:35 -0700
  ...When the lows are on and the switch is closed the fogs are lit. Turning off the switch or switching to high or to...
• Part number needed
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Wed, 15 Jan 2003 22:03:56 EST
  ...I'm curious if they changed from say 86-91 or if they are all interchangable and will all accept the same switches and...
• Re: reverse lights not working,
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Alden Pegden
  Thu, 25 Mar 2004 15:49:58 -0600
  ...When the van is in reverse, I have 12v going into the switch and coming out. Is there anything else you know of that...
• Re: 86 vanagon Oil Pressure Switch
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Mon, 9 Jul 2001 21:26:51 -0700
  Both .3bar and .9bar pressure switches were used on 2.1l engines with dynamic oil pressure warning system. 1.8bar was used on 83...
• Re: Scored brand new Behr AC but missing switches
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sun, 16 May 2010 22:47:32 -0700
  dear ben ts i do not know if this is a behr switch the 1984 i purchased came with an air con in the...
• Re: Overheating on '84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dave Fain
  Fri, 19 Sep 1997 06:08:20 -0600
  ...Then I checked the Bentley manual, which shows TWO > thermo-switches, one for a low speed circuit, one for a high speed. I > removed...
• Re: Help me diagnose and fix no brake lights
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 9 Oct 2015 18:42:18 +0000
  ...Blue-gray connects the two switches as a fail safe and runs off to the brake warning light just in case both fail, I...
• Re: Smoking Dash
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Wed, 22 May 2002 22:40:54 EDT
  ...The light switch was frozen (melted?) in the "on" position. All the other exterior lights worked but I had no headlights. We were still...
• Re: 84 Vanagon Brake Light fuse location - Problem fixed!
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:41:25 -0400
  After tracing the brown/black wire to the back, and running a lead from the front switches on the master cly. I tested with...
• Re: Radiator thermo switch
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:18:22 -0400
  ...Haven't looked yet, but >can I trust a FLAPS switch (if avaliable, to save me a wait for the >mail), or should I...
• Westy rear shelf support
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
  Fri, 17 Jun 2016 07:24:11 -0700
  ...Made provision for another one of the new dimmer switches in the brace. The switch controls the strip of lights under the rear edge...
• High Pressure Oil Switch Wire; Tethered to Switch. OEM? PIC
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 11 May 2012 18:01:31 -0700
  ...The wire is tethered to the oil pressure switch. I know Bentley says "push back exhaust cover" for switch removal, so doing so may...
• Re: Misfire when coasting?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 30 Jun 2011 09:38:27 -0400
  At 07:07 AM 6/30/2011, miguel pacheco wrote: >That TPS can click to heaven, but that doesn't mean the switch is...
• Re: Syncro Fan!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 30 May 1996 09:29:56 -0800
  ...We found out that the automatic fan switch didn't come on soon enough, so we installed a manual switch and a water temp...
• Re: Ground Shut-off Switch Needed
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Diebolt
  Fri, 07 Mar 1997 23:08:44 -0500
  ...Battery shut off switches are very popular on boats. HTH At 02:27 PM 3/7/97 -0600, David Richoux wrote: >Hi All: > >I...
• Re: Faulty Switch or Relay?
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Mon, 26 Nov 2001 19:37:31 -0500
  ...Faulty Switch or Relay? I have experienced an intermittent failure with my headlights and wipers quitting at the same time. I thought I'd...
• Re: replacing lock cylinders + ignition switch
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 24 Apr 2003 10:24:28 -0400
  ...Anyone have an idea as to the cost, > difficulty, and time, of a lock switch. Easiest and least expensive way is > best of course...
• Front Cooling Fan Override Sw Instux wanted..
  Historical mailing list - UWanna Deal2
  Thu, 18 Jul 2002 21:24:18 -0600
  Front Cooling Fan Override Switch Instux wanted-- Rather than look for a new adventure-any have the easy override switch install instrux for the...
• brake light switch failure?
  Historical mailing list - shawn feller
  Tue, 16 May 2006 22:13:09 -0400
  ...I'm assuming there is an issue with the switch down low. Shawn
• FW: Help!
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Tue, 11 Jul 2000 10:57:56 -0400
  ...The dimmer switch simply switches the 56 lead from the light switch (which gets its power from the load reduction relay, X terminal on...
• Re: Need help with washer wiring
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Sun, 9 Aug 2009 13:29:02 -0400
  Most often it's the switch contacts inside the right stalk switch. Peer into the switch from the right side, through the hole on...
• Re: Cruise
  Historical mailing list - Stan Shapiro
  Thu, 18 Dec 2014 17:06:43 -0800
  ...Cut the wire between the switches and the master cylinder (on manual-shift vehicles it should come from the clutch pedal switch) and ground...
• variable speed blower fan
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 20 Apr 2017 19:27:12 -0700
  hi all, let's say my front heater blower motor works only on high speed and the switch is not defective, then it's...
• Re: vanagon airco switches (mounting panel)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Fri, 20 May 2011 20:37:58 -0400
  On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 5:03 PM, Raf Knockaert <raf.knockaert@telenet.be> wrote: > Hello, > > In the late Vanagon the airco switches...
• Re: Back Up Light Switch Location
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 6 Dec 2010 11:57:42 -0800
  ...Back Up Light Switch Location > Can anyone offer guidance on the location of the backup light switch. > I guess it helps to know the...
• parts needed
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 14 Oct 1996 22:45:54 PST
  ...I need an antenna, passengere power window switch, and a Wolfsburg emblem. The dealer wanted $88 for the window switch. OUCH. If anybody is...
• Re: Status: vw foglight switch kit ZVW 123 251
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 16 Mar 1999 01:59:06 +0100
  robyn.rudisill@ADOBE.COM wrote: > Now, if some one would expound upon the working of this three position > switch I would appreciate it. > Robyn...
• brake light problem
  Historical mailing list - Bill Hopper
  Sun, 18 Aug 2002 09:40:23 -0700
  ...It seems to me that indicates the problem should be with the switch(es). Both switches were replaced, and still no brake lights. The...
• Re: Headlight Switch Vendor
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Tue, 4 Jan 2005 21:08:20 -0500
  ...Headlight Switch Vendor >I check in the bus boys and gowesty catalogs and didn't see any headlight > switches. Anyone know who sells them...
• Re: Ignition Switch Source & Tips
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:28:59 -0500
  Tom, If your starter is making grinding noises it sounds like the ignition switch, and its start position, are working. Maybe it's that...
• Re: Heater Fan Switch
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 1 Apr 2007 18:29:26 EDT
  In a message dated 4/1/07 5:47:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time, rayreinhard@GMAIL.COM writes: > The switch that controls the blower...
• Re: Front Heater Fan Just stopped working last week, Any ideas? Need some parts....
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 8 Dec 2007 15:17:25 -0500
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Kevin etc.,> > The switch for the rear heater can be used in place of the front heater> switch, same switch...