Skip to main content
Gerry | Vanagon
Checking account...
← vanagon.com home · Continue the discussion in the forum
VanagonEuroVan

Search messages and discussions

Clear search

Search preserved mailing-list messages and current email and website contributions. Current posts are searchable before weekly archival. Recovery gaps remain possible. Words are matched together; try fewer terms if needed.

Page 56+: 60 results shown for LED.

Source-balanced relevance: matches from both collections are interleaved, with source dates breaking ties. Restoration time is not the original posting date.

  • Re: LED BULBS
    Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
    Sat, 30 Dec 2023 20:10:57 -0500
    ...To be fair it was early in the the transition to LED times. But, for example, after about a year my back up bulbs...
  • Re: Turn signal woes--91 GL automatic
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:59:58 -0500
    ...The turn signal LED stays on but is very dim; this is all the time. If I run the TS lever to operate the...
  • Re: Tach Cluster Install-Is Nothing Easy?
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sun, 4 Dec 2011 20:49:41 -0500
    ...I can fix the cap and check the gauge calibration if you need, and also put in a brighter LED if you like (more...
  • Re: holy smokes (melted the instrument circuit)
    Historical mailing list - Robert Harris
    Sun, 8 May 2005 10:21:02 -0400
    ...Thanks to all for the suggestions and support! Y'all are right that what I called the hi beam "LED" is actually a bulb...
  • Calling Aux Battery / Wiring Experts...82 Air cooled Westfalia
    Historical mailing list - Burdett, Jean-Pierre
    Wed, 6 Jun 2007 10:57:38 -0400
    Hi gang I need help (again) , My water and battery LED cluster does not function, not does the water pump. Fridge works. I have...
  • Re: parts source?
    Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
    Mon, 7 Apr 2008 11:01:29 -0600
    ...All corners working, but use of the signal lever just gives a continuous light both outside and on the LED on the dash. No...
  • Plasma gauge set
    Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
    Tue, 14 Sep 2021 07:15:33 -0700
    ...The only thing that I couldn't get working were the replacement LED bulbs - so I kept the old style bulbs in place instead...
  • Re: Water Tank Leds False Readings
    Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
    Sat, 16 Sep 2017 09:10:19 -0400
    > Hi all we have an 84 Westy and our water tank readings are all over the map. > I have replaced the panel with a...
  • Re: Tachometer Needle-How To Remove
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:53:44 -0800
    ...Tachometer Needle-How To Remove > Got my tach cluster out to replace a defective temp gauge (LED blinks > constantly) and it *looks* like the...
  • Photo of LED light strip results
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Sat, 7 May 2011 21:21:33 -0700
    Hadn't had time nor inclination to clean up after the work, but you will get the idea: http://socal2bend.blogspot.com/2011/05...
  • Re: Rich Running 1.9l WBX
    Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
    Mon, 7 Jun 2010 13:11:53 -0700
    ...The temp gaugue now shows medium temperature (just to left of LED) instead of low. But we're still getting only 13mpg. This is...
  • ARRRGGGHHH Re: Tantalum capacitors to stop blinking temp LED
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:10:30 -0400
    At 05:38 PM 9/28/2009, Jim Felder wrote: >I recently asked in a post about curing the blinking light syndrome >which was...
  • Re: SUV bashing link correction
    Historical mailing list - Pat Collins
    Sat, 18 Sep 1999 11:00:09 GMT
    A link on that page led to this: http://www.got.net/~egallant/guilty.html look for the vw bus. Original Message dated 9...
  • Re: Dash printed circuit
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Wed, 26 Mar 2003 17:16:58 -0800
    ...Anyone got a better > idea? > > Mike One more thing Mike, next time your at the wreckers grab a bunch of the LEDs and maybe...
  • Re: LED bench/barbeque lamp
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Tue, 4 Sep 2012 09:20:28 -0500
    George, we all know about p-bottles, portable johns, and so on. I just find the great outdoors to be a better place to...
  • Re: followup - coolant gauge problem...
    Historical mailing list - George Goff
    Wed, 21 Sep 2005 16:15:58 EDT
    ...If the gauge is kosher, the needle will swing just about to the right edge of the LED. George
  • Re: Instrument lamps
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Mon, 6 Feb 2006 21:26:19 -0500
    ...Anyone tried the LED replacements? Jeff / 87 Syncro Westy
  • Re: 87 Westfalia - Running hot?
    Historical mailing list - Dan N
    Fri, 6 Oct 2023 12:56:44 -0700
    ...Before the rebuild of the 2.1 WBX, the temp gauge sits right on top of the LED, no higher, driving hard or not...
  • Re: Need to add a switch to shut off my accessories while parked
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Mon, 27 Jul 2015 15:54:47 +0000
    ...The batter > > is just a year old. > > > > Which, the USB side with its LED indicator, or the LED numeric display, > is > > causing the problem...
  • Re: Everything peachy with vanagon.com foil replacement except...
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Wed, 29 Aug 2018 18:53:41 -0700
    ...Love the LED switchover. > > But... not long after the install, the temp LED came on and stayed on. This > happened about every four times...
  • Re: Troubleshooting Blinking LED
    Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
    Wed, 30 Apr 2014 21:07:24 -0600
    ...8:11 PM, Mister Tom <TomsGroups@salicos.com> wrote: > The "Overtemp" LED blinks after I start the van, but doesn't stop. > > Not always...
  • Re: Interior lighting for the vanagon LED and CCF link to the new fridges
    Historical mailing list - Vince S
    Tue, 24 Aug 2004 21:21:34 -0700
    ...Interior lighting for the vanagon LED and CCF link to the new fridges I have an adventurewagen so the layout is quite different. Seth...
  • Re: Old fuel rails Ok or Disaster waiting to happen?
    Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
    Thu, 7 Jan 2016 20:47:21 -0800
    Tyler, I have before and after pictures of my dash using white LEDs from GoWesty. I can send you pictures if you like. -Dick...
  • Re: Refrigerator gasket and flame goes out remedies
    Historical mailing list - David Vickery
    Tue, 7 Aug 2012 07:40:02 -0700
    ...I think what is curious is that a couple of times it lighted normally, with the flame visible in the window and the LED...
  • Re: camper water level indicator
    Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
    Mon, 17 Jun 2019 16:24:33 -0400
    ...If you hear a intermittent rumble you ar >> all set. >>> >>> I know of people that have changed the LED and now it is very...
  • Re: Richards fog light query, inside look
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Sun, 5 Apr 2020 10:53:11 -0700
    ...You may also find that there's an empty spot at the cluster where you could install an LED to indicate when the added...
  • Batteries & MXT's
    Historical mailing list - George Nahrebecky
    Fri, 9 Apr 1999 12:05:47 -0300
    ...I used a 2 amp charger to get it back up to snuff (green LED)a couple of times, but the last time I...
  • Red temp light
    Historical mailing list - Spooner, Robert E.
    Fri, 31 May 2002 12:47:49 -0400
    All, My understanding of the red led temperature light is that it is related to coolant expansion tank level only. It does not indicate...
  • Re: Stock westy kitchen light improvement
    Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
    Tue, 19 Jul 2022 00:06:31 -0600
    ...It’s dimmable led, no mods to the light unit needed, apart from taking out the festoon bulbs.it’s really quite impressive. > > Blog...
  • Re: Need "MUST-HAVE" Tool List
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Tue, 2 Jan 2018 15:27:48 -0500
    > > Telescoping mechanic's mirror > Telescoping magnet > Spreader pliers > Ratcheting right angle Phillips (for Westy curtain mounting screws) #1 Phillips (for LED panel screws) Hand...
  • Re: Air and heat knobs on levers
    Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
    Mon, 4 Mar 2013 14:00:54 -0600
    ...I have some new leds > for my > burnt out lights. Thanks in advance. > Bill 84 westy -Tiico >
  • Re: Spillbuster cup/glass holder
    Historical mailing list - Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski
    Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:34:31 -0600
    ...For a man of your engineering talent, I expect a LED lighted dashboard version of one of those wave machines I remember seeing back...
  • Thank you for temperature answers!
    Historical mailing list - Lionel Tun
    Tue, 28 Jan 1997 20:23:44 -0000
    ...One remaining question is how do you test the coolant level warning sensor in the expansion tank (the LED flashes OK on start-up...
  • Re: metal engine acess lids/ vanagon engine fires
    Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
    Thu, 12 Mar 1998 20:11:38 -0400
    ...firmly clamped dry chem extinguisher clamped into the engine area with a thin steel cable led to rear seat for a pull handle? Rig...
  • Re: Digijet FI PDF
    Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
    Tue, 5 Jul 2005 15:41:07 -0700
    ...Digijet FI PDF > John, > > That link led me to http://vw.upnorth.net/files/Summer_Vacation.pdf > which was a blank page. > > Sam > > -- > Sam...
  • Oil Pressure Warning System FIXED (for the archives)
    Historical mailing list - Ryan Shawley
    Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:11:41 -0400
    ...Realized LED just flashed once with key on and went out, so bought new generic .3 bar sender from chain store (not in stock...
  • Re: My Vanagon's blinking coolant light problem vs other peoples'---it all blends together
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Sat, 13 Dec 2014 22:47:34 -0600
    ...Note his > recommendation to put in a brighter LED. He can also tell you how to add a > buzzer: > > "1) live with it 2...
  • Re: 87 Westfalia - Running hot?
    Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
    Wed, 4 Oct 2023 14:55:21 -0700
    ...The temperature gauge runs somewhat above the LED. Over the > years we have replaced the sender and the thermostat, and eventually the > radiator and...
  • Fuel/Temp Gauge Problem
    Historical mailing list - J Stewart
    Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:44:12 +0000
    ...It will go higher if a sit in traffic, but it has never gone above the LED. When it gets close to the LED...
  • Re: How many bulbs in a tail light assembly??
    Historical mailing list - Don Spence
    Sat, 1 Jul 2023 16:50:47 -0600
    ...jeff.palmer@ICLOUD.COM> wrote: > > Was just swapping a few new LEDs in the back door and realized that there is an empty spot...
  • Re: Rear brakes - made by Volkswagen / LED dash lights
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Thu, 6 Aug 2020 10:12:42 -0700
    Ha ha. No doubt. But that was in CAD. Even so, pretty steep. Neil. On 8/6/20, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote...
  • Re: AFM cap fix, maybe fixed my very intermittent problem
    Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
    Sat, 23 Sep 2017 22:25:06 -0300
    ...But the switch has always given me > > > Run a wire up front with a yellow miniature LED and 470 ohm resistor and > you'll...
  • Re: Time Delay LED Lighting Circuit
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Mon, 31 Jul 2017 19:05:07 -0400
    It's not a matter of "think". It's basic physics. The voltage from the capacitor will begin to drop the instant a load...
  • Re: solar charge controller
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Wed, 18 Sep 2013 23:52:30 -0700
    ...And I'm here on a 14-day campout without access to > power, while running LED lighting and a Vitrifrigo -- Neil n Blog: tubaneil...
  • Re: aux gauges install
    Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
    Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:55:02 -0600
    ...Added white LED's all around which REALLY helps at night. bob
  • Re: 1985 GL - Turn Signal's quite working
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Wed, 5 May 2010 10:18:07 -0400
    ...It takes an incredibly small amount of juice to light an LED faintly. Is it raining where you are? :) D
  • RE: Blown Fuse Indicator
    Historical mailing list - Wagner Michael
    30 Jun 1995 09:27:22 -0800
    ...When you blow a fuse -- and even when one is just loose -- you peek under the dash and there's this LED glowing back...
  • Digi-Key catalog online
    Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
    Wed, 7 Aug 1996 13:04:26 CST6CDT
    ...they have most of the parts for those oddball VW modification projects we seem to find ourselves in, they sell blue LEDs :), they AREN...
  • Re: '91Westy Coolant loss
    Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
    Fri, 8 Feb 2002 22:32:42 -0700
    ...Still think it's weird that the fan doesn't come on nor does the van heat up above the LED on the gauge...
  • Re: parts
    Historical mailing list - Leon
    Thu, 18 Sep 2003 11:34:34 -0700
    ...trim piece for water tank water level/battery charge LED panel. Will ship any part in US at owner expense. Leon Los Angeles
  • Re: Re
    Historical mailing list - John Bange
    Wed, 10 Aug 2005 14:52:31 -0700
    ...I think the part that led to eBay pulling it was probably the "buy six 'shares' and be entered in a drawing to win...
  • Re: kitchen cabinet LED display panel decal overlay (was touching up stove f...
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 28 Feb 2006 00:44:51 EST
    In a message dated 2/28/06 12:29:19 AM Eastern Standard Time, Greg@pottsfamily.ca writes: > I can see you've never...
  • Re: your favorite 12 V accessory
    Historical mailing list - David Etter
    Sun, 18 Feb 2007 19:22:08 -0700
    ...red light would annoy me. > >http://cgi.ebay.com/Mini-Red-LED-DC-100V-Digital-Volt-Voltage-Panel-Meter_W0QQitemZ250085771742QQihZ015QQcategoryZ25411QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem > >-- >Blake Heinlein >http://blakeheinlein...
  • Re: Frig fan
    Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
    Fri, 8 Aug 2014 10:36:14 -0700
    ...With that you > can see the led starting to glow, the intensity directly related to the > heat in the chamber. > >> > >> I found that you...
  • Re: Fully restored 1990 Westy Value
    Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge
    Thu, 19 Oct 2017 19:43:58 -0700
    ...LED lighting strip along side, activated by switching on the converted LED standard rear light. Spotless interior with GW carpet set. Bus Depot awning...
  • Re: Need to add a switch to shut off my accessories while parked
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Mon, 27 Jul 2015 08:20:45 -0700
    ...The batter > is just a year old. > > Which, the USB side with its LED indicator, or the LED numeric display, is > causing the problem...
  • Re: Battery Charger Sizing (Amperage) Woe and Warning (?)
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Mon, 5 Aug 2013 22:15:16 -0700
    ...In my search online, have stumbled across LED "driver" or powers supplies. Would something like this work ok to power a Truckfridge? http://www...
  • Re: flashing coolant light purpose
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:04:26 -0700
    ...the LED will also flash with a very high temp reading as well. to draw your attention to the gauge. early vans are wired...
  • Re: '87 Westy Question For Guys With IR Thermometers
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:56:08 -0700
    ...If it is on the LED, what real temperature is it supposed to be? They are supposed to start flashing at 115C, but after...
  • Head light swap to LED, Early Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
    Sun, 26 May 2024 21:36:00 -0400
    Hi folks, Some friends use these and I put a set in one van. My wife says they work great and I’m replacing...