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• Re: Adding Aux Driving Lights Questions
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Wed, 11 Apr 2001 19:12:38 -0700
  ...Adding Aux Driving Lights Questions > > > > John, > > I put a set of Hella XL low beam auxiliary headlamps, > > part number 74700 (including "molly mounts"), on...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list - Mark Sheflo
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 10:52:43 -0800
  ...FOG lights.....for use with the low beam lights in the fog. DRIVING LIGHTS......for additional light when the high beams are in use...
• 88 Vanagon High Beams
  Historical mailing list - C&S Gibbs. Alaska. USA.
  Sun, 11 Jul 1999 11:55:18 -0800
  ...front & rear parking/side lights all working (switch first position) 2. low beams working as well as parking lights (switch second position) THEN 3...
• Re: Two warning lights come on TOGETHER
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 23 Aug 2005 10:53:35 EDT
  ...its thing), the idiot lights for the alternator and the OXS are connected together by a diode on the low side. If all things...
• Re: Fridge again....
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 6 Oct 2008 02:17:58 +0000
  ...I also don't know about the flickering-when-sparking light? Only the lower-left-rear-corner-of-the-fridge light that's hard...
• Re: where to find a one piece lower grille w/ fog lights?
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Sat, 17 Feb 2001 07:06:33 -0800
  ...anyone sell a lower grill that is a wrap around and has integrated fog >lights with >all of the lights, buckets, wires, relays and...
• Proper Headlight Configuration
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 15 Oct 2012 01:29:47 -0500
  When the headlights are operated, what is the correct light configuration? 1)Low beams only - high beams off 2)High beams only - low beams...
• Re: Daytime running lights...so what's the problem here?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 22 Sep 1998 13:03:01 -0700
  ...low beams. There is a fine of about $80 if you do not have the lights on... I do not know how the lights...
• fog lights vs driving lights...the answer.
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 Jan 2001 19:22:41 EST
  ...because the beam pattern is wide, and angled down low. And most often FOG lights are AMBER colored, with a heavily fluted lens, to...
• Re: Fw: H4 E-code Headlamps
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 23 Mar 1999 23:07:34 -0800
  ...Turn the low beams on. The light pattern, and please excuse my ASCII is something like: __/ __/ at the "bend" in the light pattern should...
• Re: Vanagon oil light question for you - dissection of the light
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 23 Apr 2001 16:47:28 -0400
  ...started showing low oilpressure with the >installation of a gauge. Because, as I stated before, I never had the oil >pressure light that wasn...
• Re: Warning light
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 5 Nov 2014 09:11:13 -0600
  ...It's the coolant light going off at low idle once in a while. Will clean the 2 prongs on cap and check coolant...
• Re: Dome light bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Neptuno
  Wed, 3 May 2006 09:19:02 -0700
  ...Which bulb number is the one, and is the map light the same bulb? Mark Pry 1990 GL --------------------------------- How low will we go? Check...
• Re: another angle on high-wattage headlight bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 12 May 1998 17:12:27 -0700
  ...The poor performance of the rectangular lights (especially the low beams) is why there are so many threads about using higher wattage bulbs. -Mark...
• Re: South African Grille headlight conversion on an 84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mark Cumnock
  Fri, 24 Sep 2004 10:47:09 -0400
  ...relays for the stock low. stock high, then a separate relay for the SA light , which is turn on by a floor mounted dimmer...
• Re: HIDs on a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 8 Dec 2008 21:27:28 -0800
  ...In my former Golf Country with 7" H4 lights, I used a low beam only HID system and it worked reasonably well.� The issue...
• High and Low High Beams
  Historical mailing list - Hugh Harkins
  Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:49:49 -0700
  ...Nothing comes from my low beam lamps. My driving lights also stay on now when I use my high beams. I just installed a...
• Re: Opinions on Driving Lights any one?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 9 Mar 2001 19:34:34 +1200
  ...Lights mounted too low will have problems with irregularities in the road...casting shadows. This is why headlights are set higher; they shine down...
• Re: timing light
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Fri, 14 Apr 2006 16:40:51 -0400
  ...timing light > Where do you hook up a timing light in a vanagon? The 12V power lines. On > the starter? > > > --------------------------------- > How low will we...
• Answer to "No Low Beams" thanks guys!
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Danrich
  Sat, 20 Apr 2002 19:13:00 -1000
  ...low or hi beams to stay on. > The only way I can get my lights to work is to hold the bright light > switch...
• Re: HELP...Horn/Blinker/Headlight problem
  Historical mailing list - LOREN BUSCH
  Sat, 25 Dec 2004 20:42:24 -0800
  ...Just had part of that, low beams out, but none of the other symptoms. My problem was the light switch on the dash.....
• Re: BRIGHTER LIGHTS: install relays
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Fri, 6 Jul 2001 12:45:59 -0700
  ...The E-code pattern really is immensely superior to the US >pattern (we're talking about low beams). I have the square lights. So...
• Re: South African Grille headlight conversion on an 84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Tolga Morawski
  Wed, 22 Sep 2004 21:24:52 -0400
  ...I want to set them up as: Low: 2 outer lights on High: all 4 lights on seems the best for my use and...
• Vanagon Lighting (was: low cost fluorescents...)
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Sun, 10 Apr 2005 22:33:33 -0400
  This doesn't quite come under "low cost" but if you only run one battery in your van and are afraid of draining it...
• Re: Headlight improvements IMHO
  Historical mailing list - Bolliver
  Wed, 1 Nov 2000 19:14:45 -0600
  ...Headlight improvements IMHO Craig, There is also a shield inside the low/high beam light. It partialy blocks the light from the bulb hitting...
• Re: LED Headlight bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 1 Jul 2015 07:40:04 -0700
  I'll let you know when they get here.... (A group of LEDs that draw 80w would light your parking lot....) Google is your...
• Need help with blinking coolant overtemperature light
  Historical mailing list - George Averill
  Mon, 25 May 1998 19:05:04 -0400
  ...The light still blinks. One message said that the cool low level warning control unit should be replaced, and that it was located behind...
• Re: 88 Vanagon High Beams (FIXED)
  Historical mailing list - C&S Gibbs. Alaska. USA.
  Tue, 13 Jul 1999 22:14:49 -0800
  ...It turns out that there are two separate filaments in the low beam headlight bulbs. When the lights are on LOW beam (yellow wire...
• Re: BRIGHTER LIGHTS: install relays
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 5 Jul 2001 20:19:29 -0400
  ...The US-version square Vgon lights simply don't put the light in the right place on low beams, and making the light brighter...
• Re: dome lights
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 2 Jul 2004 11:28:07 -0500
  http://www.alfenterprises.com/led_lighting/ led_low_voltage_dc_lighting.htm Check out CLWD3 Jim On Jul 2, 2004, at 11:08 AM...
• Re: Headlight upgrades
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 21 Jan 2016 15:05:11 -0800
  ...A set of fog lights, mounted low, helps tremendously in being able to see critters standing by the road getting ready to cross in...
• What does my battery light mean
  Historical mailing list - Dave Chameides
  Tue, 5 Apr 2005 11:24:04 -0800
  ...Does the battery light mena that the battery is low, that the alternator is charging, or that that alternator needs to be charging? Dave...
• Re: Hella Driving Lights:
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Thu, 5 Dec 2002 13:33:22 -0500
  ...http://www.offthehill.org/~dan/mudskipper_photo_gallery.html > Driving lights will not improve the performance of low beam headlights as > they should be...
• Re: FS Rectangle Vanagon Lights
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Sun, 21 Mar 1999 14:46:20 -0800
  The bulbs are new...the lights are used ... but reflectors and glass are as good as new. Steve wrote: > One pair of low beam...
• Help on Westy water level lights
  Historical mailing list - David Garth
  Wed, 5 Jul 1995 20:22:28 -0700 (PDT)
  ...light lit" light and battery voltage lights still work. The top sensor at the tank is getting about .6 volts, the two lower ones...
• Re: Fw: H4 E-code Headlamps
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Wed, 24 Mar 1999 06:25:30 -0800
  ...Turn the low beams on. The light > pattern, and please excuse my ASCII is something like: > > __/ __/ > > at the "bend" in the light pattern should...
• Blinking Light in 84 Camper (Continued)
  Historical mailing list - George Averill
  Sun, 31 May 1998 17:00:37 -0400
  ...When the water is low, and the light starts to blink, whatever causes the light to blink also turns on the fan. (I'm...
• Re: Backup lights not working all the time
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Thu, 6 Nov 2014 18:43:17 -0500
  ...What was the answer? Low coolant level? > Jeff > > > Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2014 17:04:11 -0500 > > From: dennisjowell@GMAIL.COM > > Subject: Backup lights...
• Re: Interior LED Lights?
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Sat, 9 Nov 2002 17:24:58 -0700
  ...http://www.alfenterprises.com/sporting_goods/led_low_voltage_dc_lighting.htm Richard A. Jones Boulder, Colorado '81 Vanagon Mr Bus '87 Syncro Westy...
• Hella Yellow Star H4 light bulb report - ecode
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Sat, 26 Jun 2004 21:37:22 -0700
  ...While that works fine in inclement weather on low beams, it does reduce the light output to below that of a standard 60/55W...
• Re: A light mystery
  Historical mailing list - turbowesty
  Mon, 30 May 2011 18:39:51 -0400
  ...However I swapped a couple of fuses so while I have both low beams now I only have 3 of 4 high beam lights...
• Re: Some good info about E-code headlamps & "City Lights"
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Tue, 9 Apr 2002 21:50:45 -0700
  ...Set the low >beams where > > they belong, and the high beams are up in the trees without enough >on-road > > light. Pull the high...
• Upgrading 86-up headlights: the definative answer! (longish)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 25 Jul 1996 11:08:13 -0700
  ...Aux Lights Hella Auxilliary Low Beam lights: Hella may have an answer for the beleagured 86 and on crowd. Hella makes a "Auxilliary Low...
• Re: headlights
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Wed, 15 Apr 2015 06:41:52 -0700
  ...Mark Michael Kimball wrote: > When I switch from low beam to high beam- when lever is pulled lights go to > high beam but when...
• Re: Lights on '82 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Fri, 17 Dec 2010 13:43:49 -0500
  ...go to low). When > I > turn off the ignition with the headlights on, the headlights stay on when > the parking lights would normally be...
• Re: brake light switch failure?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Tue, 16 May 2006 23:20:16 -0400
  ...lights will not light unless considerable pressure is applied to > the pedal. I'm assuming there is an issue with the switch down low...
• Re: low-voltage lighting
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Thu, 14 Feb 2002 07:36:33 -0800
  ...low-voltage lighting > > AC or DC isn't important with a simple resistance load, like an > incandescent light bulb (that includes quarts halogen). If...
• Re: Arguments against using VDO oil gauges only?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sun, 20 Jul 2003 16:58:07 -0400
  ...only argument is that a light and buzzer might catch your attention more quickly than a gauge reading low. Why not get one of...
• Re: Hello - Idiot oil light keeps coming on!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 7 Nov 2010 19:33:35 -0800
  ...Which I should > think is indeed the overheat/low coolant light. I'm pretty sure that's > the > only light that goes on when...
• Re: Pzwo lower grille foglights NLA
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Thu, 22 Dec 2005 11:38:22 -0500
  ...as the beam is cut off very low, and the elipsoid reflector creates a very wide light pattern. In town at night you have...
• Help! Appeal for data
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 11 Jan 2001 14:35:27 -0500
  ...light stops blinking, then unplug the low-coolant sensor and tell me what happens. What I expect to happen is that the light instantly...
• Re: flashing oil light won't go off
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:47:03 -0700
  ...The light in the temp gauge is a dual function coolant hot/low warning light. Coolant status only, nothing to do with oil. There...
• Oettinger fog/driving lights
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 10 Feb 1995 13:11:06 -0800 (PST)
  Last summer Derek Drew talked about the Oettinger light kit that installs in the sheet metal between the lower grill and turn signal (vanagon...
• Re: Coolant Low Level Light Useful?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:51:09 -0700
  ...Coolant Low Level Light Useful? > At 08:19 PM 10/14/2009, neil n wrote: >>module, but giving it some more thought, it should...
• Re: 91 Westy - SA Grill upgrade?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 16 Nov 2014 05:45:26 -0800
  ...Had not seen these LED light before - I wonder about > their light pattern, especially on low beam? > > The H6054s don't fit all that...
• Help me please, oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - Ourston and Doctors (by way of Ron Lussier )
  Thu, 26 Jun 1997 14:38:10 -0700
  Any knowledge of oil pressure sensor problems? When the engine warms up to operating temperature, the oil presure light goes on when i slow...
• Re: Flashing Low Coolant Light (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Czerniak
  Mon, 12 Apr 1999 18:33:29 -0500
  Tom , I had the same problem with a phantom problem that kept the low coolant light coming on. It seems that the pins that...
• Re: So... what is the answer for these poor lights?
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Thu, 5 Jun 2003 13:51:14 -0700
  ...With the eurospec outer lights, I don't need the driving lights on low beam. The improvement was amazing. You can see photos and...
• Low Fuel Warning
  Historical mailing list - Ralph P. Geho
  Fri, 21 May 1999 16:43:07 -0400
  Does anyone on the list know of some sort of an aftermarket low fuel warning light, buzzer, etc. for the Vanagons. Presently, I am...
• Re: 12 Volt Halogens (was RE: generators vs. camping (long and tiresome))
  Historical mailing list - David Garth
  Thu, 17 Nov 1994 06:14:32 -0800 (PST)
  ...JC Whitney (a halogen dome light, bulb for back up lights usable elsewhere) and other FLAPS. 2. Home lighting stores have low voltage halogen...