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• Re: weird brake warning light problem
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 18 Mar 2012 20:55:01 -0400
  ...with key on or manually triggering the emergency brake switch or low level switch,however it comes on when the starter is engaged. any...
• Re: '56 bus electrical - Not yet!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Mar 1996 01:12:27 -0500
  I think its the ignition switch: if I shake and shimmy the key, it worx. well, do ye olde hot wire trick and bypass...
• Re: Running hot/No fan Running
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 Jun 1998 09:02:48 EDT
  Easy check for this one is to unplug the plug on the thermo-time switch and jumper the connections together with a short piece...
• Re: power window motors
  Historical mailing list - William Carden
  Thu, 6 Aug 1998 17:25:30 -0400
  Does anyone have any door switches for the windows, I need the drivers switch that controls the passenger side window. Thanks Bill NACHTAIN7@AOL...
• Re: Wiring Question.
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sat, 20 Nov 1999 20:19:35 +0100
  Stefan Weir wrote: > Ground wires in German cars are generally (1) Brown Grounds are brown, and switched grounds (like door light switches) are brown...
• Switch to lower-range temp sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Elfelt
  Wed, 1 Dec 1999 12:07:32 -0500
  Some posts in the archives discuss switching the on-radiator temp sensor to a lower temp-range. I didn't see anything on why...
• Re: Have you worked on a headlight switch?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 30 Mar 2000 20:52:17 EST
  ...something? Should I just spend the $50 and buy a new switch? >> i'll sell you a good used one for less than half...
• Re: Ceramic Switch ?
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Thu, 4 May 2000 21:57:58 +0200
  > Does this make sense? What exactly is this ceramic switch? If I remember correctly, the ceramic thing is the resistor for the radiator fan...
• Re: Switched power for vanagon radio--easy solution
  Historical mailing list - Ken W.
  Fri, 28 Jul 2000 18:50:17 -0700
  Ditto on the DPDT switch.... Works great, one position is I : Ignition the other O : Camping. It went into the dash where and replaced...
• Re: New backup lights keep blowing the fuse !~~
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Thu, 10 Aug 2000 04:33:48 EDT
  Tim, Why can't he just unplug the back-up light switch, turn on the ignition w/ the tranny in reverse, plug the switch...
• Re: Strange switch near sink
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 9 Aug 2007 18:36:14 -0700
  ...Tracing wires and cabinet top Paul, based on the location of the switch you should be able to find the wires without removing anything...
• Re: Aux driving lights question..best easy power source..?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:06:16 -0700
  ...Don is using a small wire > from the high beams to feed the new switch. Thus the new switch will > only have power when...
• Re: Electrical puzzle
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 15 Jun 2018 23:07:05 -0400
  ...The solenoid is an inductive load, so it arcs more at the switch contacts than a similar resistive load. The switches I've taken...
• Re: Preliminary...Headlight weirdness? (long)
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 9 Jun 2012 09:14:34 -0600
  ...I > understand > the headlight switches are often 'problematic' and I do have a > spare, so > I'm putting swapping in my spare switch near...
• Re: Fuel pump relay cutout switch
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:39:55 -0800
  ...Barely any current in that wire, so not a bad signal to go messin' with, and you could use a really tiny switch. -----Original...
• Re: '85 Vanagon Automatic Rough Idle
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Fri, 3 Jan 2003 06:27:21 -0600
  Mathew, Check the adjustment of your throttle position switch. If your engine is an early '85 you may have two switches -- one for idle...
• '85 Radio Concern
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 11 Jul 2000 09:43:22 -0400
  I finally got around to re-wiring my Blaupunkt Mesa stereo so I could turn it on without the ignition switch. What I used...
• Re: 12v outlet switch?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 1 Apr 2008 14:47:09 -0700
  ...And the little device below the outlets is NOT a switch, it is a breaker. It only has a small button in the middle...
• Re: Radiator Fan
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Thu, 28 May 1998 01:51:19 EDT
  ...When is the fan supposed to go on if the fan switch is working correctly? Has anyone figured out a way to avoid the...
• Re: Orphan Wire Needs Help
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 28 Mar 2000 17:35:42 EST
  Bud this is the plug that hooks into the throttle position switch plug which is supposed to be mounted on your air intake. If...
• Re: 85 GL Radiator Fan Problem
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sat, 3 Jun 2000 10:46:52 -0700
  after going through 2 3 buck junkyard sensors, i said fudge it (though i didn't say fudge) and installed a toggle switch for...
• Re: Front Fan Switch for '82 needed
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Wed, 10 Oct 2007 08:02:30 -0700
  ...I am > looking for the front fan switch and the knob for my > '82 ac westy and know > that a few of you are...
• Re: blinkered
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Snook
  Tue, 8 Apr 2008 15:39:44 -0700
  ...That switch can sit in one position for years untouched. This allows the open contacts to get dirty or such and then when you...
• Re: Part Friday -- Headlight Switch Hazard
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 29 Apr 2017 02:35:55 +0000
  ...I pulled the switch. > > And those switches changed over later than some stuff, so my 87 does have > > the earlier switch with fewer pins...
• Re: No Headlights or Turnsignals but Markers OK Update 2
  Historical mailing list - C B
  Tue, 25 Oct 2016 23:01:58 -0700
  Should I check the ignition switch? CUNEGONDE 1985.5 1,9l WBX 4sp Westfalia On Oct 25, 2016 19:16, "Cunegonde" <cunegonde.van.westfalia...
• Re: Electrical issues
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Fri, 8 Jan 2016 09:03:00 -0800
  And as long as you are unplugging it just plug the new switch in to the connector to see if that fixes the problem...
• Re: Headlight's wont come on (relay bad?)
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Christensen
  Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:00:31 +0000
  ...Headlights only worked when i pulled in the highbeam switch-after driving holding in the highbeamm switch the lowbeam seemed to cool off and...
• Re: backup light switch
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Fri, 11 Oct 2002 04:14:40 +0100
  ...backup light switch > Is there a slight possibility that it might be on the side of the > transmission like a standard Vanagon? > > Stan Wilder...
• Re: Master Cylinder Reservoir Cap Vent: @ Electrical Connection?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 14 Sep 2012 12:50:30 -0700
  80-84, plain cap with no fluid level switch. 85-91, cap with fluid switch, turn on dash brake warning light when low This...
• Re: 85 Westy radio connection
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Tue, 31 Oct 2006 14:15:41 -0600
  ...he found the power wire to the ignition switch key-left-in buzzer (the one that goes off when/if you leave the keys...
• Re: oil light question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 1 Jan 2014 13:04:50 -0500
  If the higher pressure switch wire is grounded then the buzzer is disabled. The lower pressure switch should .3 bar, (14.1 psi/bar...
• Re: Proper Headlight Configuration
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 15 Oct 2012 08:23:17 -0400
  ...Now for the confusing part, the dimmer switch has an extra contact for "flashing" the high beams. So it is possible that when the...
• Re: Switching to synthetic oil
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
  Fri, 8 Jun 2007 18:17:27 +0000
  You might google it--I've heard you don't want to switch to synthetic on an older engine, so you either run sythetic...
• Re: headlights (all) - poof! - continued...
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 4 Apr 2011 20:16:20 -0700
  ...It supplies B+ when relay switch open.) Key to ign., hi/low switch in low position, turn on headlight switch, only low beam relay...
• Re: Headlight Warning Buzzer??
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Aug 1998 14:00:54 EDT
  ...The headlights are turned off by the ignition key switch but, the running lights stay on and drain the battery:( I am used to...
• Re: Instrument Cluster Woes
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 15 Feb 2006 15:45:43 -0600
  ...Of course, if you just want to have a spare switch, that's another matter. I have two vanagons and it takes just a...
• Re: 86 Syncro 2.1 surging at 2K rpm no load
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 24 May 2012 12:06:46 -0700
  ...Either way the two-switch people have it a lot > easier than the one-switch. Everything is big and sturdy and out in the...
• Ignition Switch Mystery Continues...anybody out there????
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Wed, 23 Jun 2004 09:05:10 -0700
  ...I haven't gotten any replies to last nights post about my 1990 Carats' Ignition Switch problem...in the meantime I have isolated the...
• Re: Which Switch Mystery
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 30 Nov 2004 05:57:20 EST
  ...In replacing the headlight switch in my '90 Westfalia I've encountered a curiosity, maybe even a mystery for the list wizards. You have...
• Re: Throttle body question-Throttle switch!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 13 Jun 2014 22:56:40 -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: Update: Idle Speed Adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Jimmy Sanby
  Tue, 20 Oct 1998 11:14:12 +0200
  ...I put a meter on the wires coming from the switch and it was only operating at full throttle and not at closed throttle...
• Re: intermittent headlight failure
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Tue, 30 Nov 1999 14:21:00 -0500
  Same here - ignition switch was the diagnosed culprit ~ $70 dealer installed. mike 87 westy Alan Pickersgill wrote: > >Anybody familiar with this particular situation? > > John...
• Re: more bulbs...
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 17 Nov 1999 21:08:18 -0700
  ...more bulbs... > This turned a light on in my head too :) > There IS a spot for a small bulb in the head light switch...
• Re: fan switch and high rpms
  Historical mailing list - Scott Walker
  Mon, 11 Sep 2000 19:41:00 -0400
  Jenny, Sounds to me like you have your A/C circuit switched on. Scott -----Original Message----- From: Jenny Loerzel <jensmiles2@HOTMAIL.COM> To: vanagon...
• Westy kitchen display problem
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Sun, 13 Oct 2002 13:03:40 -0600
  ...When I flip the switch "ON" the frig LED lights (frig running....) but after a while, it is no longer lit. The battery level...
• Re: A/C Swich for '86 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 10 Sep 2005 11:23:50 EDT
  ...This is the > switch that controls on/off, fan blower speed, and temperature. At first, my > > VW dealer told me that he thought this...
• Re: Dead 83.5 Westy (injector power)
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Mon, 25 Jun 2007 17:37:17 -0400
  ...Most remote starter switches will have enough cable on them to enable you to keep the switch on the back bumper or thereabouts. Jonathan...
• Re: Install of tencentlife External Oil Cooler
  Historical mailing list - Bill Glenn
  Mon, 23 May 2011 00:47:21 -0400
  ...Like climbing up long, steep desert grades at 4,000 >rpm in first gear. > >Not sure where to put a thermal switch or what...
• Re: heater motor
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Berg
  Thu, 21 Oct 2010 11:36:12 -0400
  My first Westy (an 89) melted the switch on the #3 setting. I swapped it out with the rear blower switch until I could...
• Re: Water level sensor in camper tank
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 6 Aug 2010 23:51:26 -0400
  At 11:37 PM 8/6/2010 Friday, wiebeis@shaw.ca wrote: >switches makes sense. I'll check out Mallahat Auto wrecking or >Hogg...
• Re: heater fan whine
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:16:29 -0500
  ...On a 2.1l feed the 30 terminal from the switch feed wire, but on a 1.9l run a separate fused circuit to...
• Re: Light switches
  Historical mailing list - Martin Laycock
  Tue, 16 Nov 1999 17:06:51 +0000
  << Has anyone ever had their headlight switch go bad to the point where the headlights won't go on but the parking lights will...
• Re: fog light rocker switch
  Historical mailing list - Mark Mages
  Fri, 11 Aug 2000 07:34:57 -0700
  ...In 1983/4 they started using a rounded switch. The Scirocco MKI (1975-81) has the exact same one... Actually there is one for...
• Re: Instrument Panel Fog Light Switch
  Historical mailing list - SStones
  Fri, 11 Apr 2003 08:35:38 -0400
  At 11:22 PM 4/10/03 -0700, you wrote: >I have an OEM rocker type switch intended for fog lights that fits into...
• Re: New radio= dead battery?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sun, 3 Jun 2012 18:22:46 -0400
  On 5/30/2012 11:36 PM, David Beierl wrote: > Some people want to use the key-in switch to power the radio, but...
• Was-Still got the Drips-Now Oil pressure switch?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sat, 9 Aug 2008 14:08:03 -0500
  ...Concensus is the oil pressure switch near the water pump. Bentley says the white switch. Any suggestions on easiest way to fix? Would like...
• Re: Poll: Favorite anti-theft device?
  Historical mailing list - ed donnen
  Wed, 25 Jun 2014 05:55:18 -0400
  In carburetor models I put a switch to interrupt the electric fuel pump. You could start the thing, get it on the road, and...
• hourmeter circuit needed
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 Jul 1996 09:36:44 -0500 (CDT)
  ...I'd like this to reflect the time that the engine is running, not that the ignition switch is on. Does anyone have a...
• oil pressure switch
  Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
  Tue, 4 May 1999 15:50:36 -0500
  ...I just had the high oil pressure switch replaced at the dealer due to it leaking. It buzzed all the way home. I know...
• FS: round headlight buckets & plugs for those switchine from square to round
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 3 Sep 2002 00:36:10 EDT
  ...round headlight buckets and plugs and headlights for those switching from the '86 up square lights to round, for the South African grille conversion...