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• Re: No High Beams
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:07:20 -0700
  ...I > appears that when I pull up on the lever for high beams I'm getting nothing, > all four ('90 Westy) lights out, not...
• ....that hi/lo beam switch problem
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 11 Apr 2003 10:55:33 -0600
  ...Held the hi beams on until they finally went...now, no lights. I've ordered a new lever/switch from bus depot and that...
• Re: Time to replace headlight
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 2 Dec 2012 10:47:20 -0700
  ...Both the high beam and low beam headlights have separate bulbs, and are not sealed beam lights. bob On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at...
• Re: High beams not working-lighting upgrades!
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 16 Nov 2013 19:50:51 -0800
  ...If you aim them so the high beams hit the highway, the low beam is pretty close in...too far down...if you aim...
• Re: Headlight Operation
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Sun, 13 Apr 2014 10:33:13 -0600
  ...In '86-91 Vanagons the outside headlights have both low beam and high beaam filaments There is no application for H4 bulbs where both...
• High Beam Blue Light Inoperative
  Historical mailing list - mad madeline
  Mon, 1 Dec 2008 10:39:53 -0800
  � I had the high beam switch replaced last summer on my '87 westie.� Afterward, the high beams worked great, and the blue indicator light...
• Re: Torque Wrench
  Historical mailing list - walt spak
  Mon, 14 Oct 2002 18:46:37 -0400
  ...I have also torque(d) them with a clicker & checked them with a beam only to find that the beam matches the clicker rating...
• Re: square headlight upgrade kit
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Sun, 10 Jan 1999 23:32:27 +0100
  ...H1 5x7 High Beams Hella 57.50 DM = 35.00 USD H1 5x7 High Beams Bosch 63.00 DM = 38.00 USD H4 5x7...
• Re: "Relayed" Headlights Out
  Historical mailing list - Roger Reynolds
  Sun, 30 Mar 2003 17:35:15 EST
  ...Now, flip the lights to high beams and do the same check on the high beam relay. If there is voltage at the larger...
• Re: headlight relay installation problems...
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 23 Nov 2005 22:58:11 -0800
  The switch is used to "dim" the brights, the high beams as we call them in North America. My English father used to call...
• A light mystery
  Historical mailing list - turbowesty
  Mon, 30 May 2011 17:35:59 -0400
  ...I noticed on Saturday that the driver side low beam was out (all 4 high beam lights are fine) so I went to buy...
• Re: sporadic high beam prob on 85
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 7 Jul 1999 00:09:35 +0200
  Caston/Payne wrote: > The SA grille looks great on Vinnie, but there is a problem with the high > beam circuit. Low beam is fine...
• Re: Need Help with Headlights
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 4 Jan 2012 10:17:25 -0500
  At 09:44 AM 1/4/2012, Pat Patterson wrote: >When I have my low beams on I have all four lights dimly lit...
• Re: Driving Lights?
  Historical mailing list - Redwood
  Tue, 22 Apr 1997 11:08:54 -0700
  ...on US vehicles, do the low beams usually stay on at night when the high beams are used? My concern is that on my...
• Re: headlight question
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Sat, 1 Jun 2002 06:54:27 -0400
  ...Flicked the > high beam/low beam lever and the low beams came on. Flicking the lever again > to get the high beams back on...
• Re: Low Beams quit working!...Is it the switch?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 14 Jun 2004 22:49:51 -0400
  ...I can flick on the > High Beams, but they won't stay on...and I have no Low > Beams...ie: No headlights! Anybody experience...
• Re: help, headlights not working
  Historical mailing list - Jeff and Tamara Nelson
  Thu, 1 Mar 2001 21:20:32 -0700
  Loretta, If you're referring to the high/low beam lever then I would check your ignition switch. There are several items (I can...
• Re: High beams not working
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 16 Nov 2013 12:37:59 -0500
  ...High beams not working I mounted my two relays under the instrument pod cover on the left side of the instrument pod. There is...
• Re: No High Beams
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:00:04 -0400
  If you want the high beamer behind you to stop, Just put 2" strip of automotive reflective stripping on the back of the hatch...
• Some good info about E-code headlamps & "City Lights"
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Tue, 9 Apr 2002 15:27:18 -0700
  ...Why? Beam patterns are better (wider, longer-reaching) on low and high beam with Cibies. The main difference, though, is that 7" round and...
• Re: Headlights Out
  Historical mailing list - William H. Collins
  Fri, 13 Nov 1998 07:49:58 EDT
  Its certainly possible that both low beams are out. Do you start the van with the headlights on? Sometimes there is a voltage surge...
• Re: rectangular E-Code headlights
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Sun, 24 Jan 1999 13:07:47 -0800
  ...There is quite a bit of voltage drop with the high beams on, but not much with the low beams. And the low beams...
• Re: adjustable headlights was.Re: rare LLE vanagon for sale on samba
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 18 Sep 2005 18:42:58 +1200
  ...Loat the back of the van, the rear squats, beams go up. Push button to bribng beams back down to where they should be...
• hi beam headlight unit
  Historical mailing list - .
  Thu, 04 Apr 1996 21:41:50
  ...Performance unlimited 800 333-7862 #65115 $76 ditto high beam headlight unit for 86 Sherwin Sherwin Kaufman Spring Valley, New York 86 Westfalia Syncro...
• trigger current for highbeam relay
  Historical mailing list - Robyn Rudisill
  Mon, 7 Dec 1998 16:36:29 -0600
  People of Vanagon! Where does the trigger current for the high beams go through on the fuse block? I am trying to get my...
• Re: Poaching WiFi
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 17 Feb 2004 09:54:05 -0800
  ...Easy to mount on the roof of the westie or on a camera tripod for deep stealth beaming. pensioner ( beams on occasion)
• Re: '87 Driver headlight out...or not?
  Historical mailing list - Aaron
  Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:36:05 -0800
  ...Driver's > side low beam is off when driving with low beams, but works fine > when the > high beams are turned on. Is there...
• Re: High beam blue light?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:37:29 -0700
  ...I assume it's not a sealed beam and it takes a H4 type bulb, or whatever those bulbs are. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry...
• OOPS! Wrong attribution! Re: Headlights Out
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Thu, 12 Nov 1998 12:55:18 -0800
  ...On my van I have one low out but the high beam comes on. Can >>always buy one bulb and replace it, if the...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 09:46:37 -0600
  ...All the while I was using various combination of low beams, high beams, and driving lights. We found what was acceptable and what wasn...
• Re: front end woes
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Oct 94 09:57:18 gmt
  ...In search of a solution, I >went out and bought a really nice looking used front axle beam. After >hefting it, I have decided...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 26 Nov 2002 20:15:53 +1300
  ...I >thought the inner lights were high beams. Dunno what lights you're getting there, but they SHOULD be normal H3 high-beams, just...
• Re: ya say ya can't see at night? blind as a bat?? ..
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Diebolt
  Sun, 03 Nov 1996 19:02:17 -0500
  ...Better on low beams and very good on high beams. I went two steps better, the H4 bulb was available, at least 10 years...
• 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: Headlight Operation
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 1 Oct 2013 02:31:48 -0700
  With the Headlights on, if you pull back the Turn Signal Stalk half-way (before the click), both Low and High Beams will light...
• Blue High Beam light replacement
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Wed, 14 Jan 2004 10:23:24 -0800
  I got several responses about the high beam blue light last week, but how do you replace it. I assume you need to take...
• Re: Time to replace headlight
  Historical mailing list - Mike B
  Sun, 2 Dec 2012 22:40:53 -0500
  ...Vanagon rectangular headlights are not the same as those domestic GM rectangular sealed beams, hence the reason for the big discussion..... Mike B. On...
• Help: Wierd electrical gremlin
  Historical mailing list - Erik Feddersen
  Sun, 12 Dec 1999 19:53:01 -0500
  ...OK, Start the car, put the lights on and heres the first puzzler, the high beam indicator light is on BUT only the low...
• Re: 84 westy - how to stop clock battery drain?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:27:35 -0400
  ...8 Amp (White) Left Low Beam 4 ...... 8 Amp (White) Right Low Beam 5 ...... 8 Amp (White) Left High Beam & Indicator Light 6 ...... 8...
• Re: Headlight Upgrade Eilemma
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 10 Sep 2011 22:57:02 -0500
  ...I just > did to make sure. > Which is why.... > when headlights won't work, due to a faulty ignition switch .. > high beams still work...
• Re: No High Beams
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:01:03 -0700
  On 9/28/2009 3:41 PM Al Knoll wrote: > For those wishing some serious high beam lumens, I have h3 130W bulbs > available...
• high beams not working, 86 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Imua Camper Co.
  Thu, 28 Dec 2000 11:45:18 -1000
  ...High beams are out, will come on if the switch is held on, but won't stay on after the 'click' of the lever...
• Re: Cloudy headlight glass?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 19 Jul 2002 17:43:43 -0400
  ...What makes sealed beam lamps "sealed"? Are the vanagon�s U.S. >headlights sealed beams? Sealed-beam lamps are literally that -- lamp, reflector, lens...
• HELP!! No Headlights - 87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Fri, 28 Oct 2005 12:06:17 -0400
  Hi! The headlights (both high and low beam) have ceased to function on my 87 Westy. I have parking lights, tail lights license and...
• Re: High Beam #
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Sun, 2 Dec 2001 08:04:14 -0800
  ...ones that only come on > when you switch on the high beams, what part # are they? I know that the > normal headlights are 9004...
• Re: Alternator light mystery-High bean switch!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 24 May 2010 23:40:46 -0400
  Scott wrote "The one that surprised me is the ole 'head lights only work if you pull the stalk for high beams.' Naturally you...
• Re: Brighter Headlight Bulb 86-91
  Historical mailing list - Dave
  Thu, 4 Jun 1998 20:04:59 -0500
  I recently put Wagner BrightLite Xenon sealed beams on my 88 Fox. They are very impressive, the light is whiter and brigther. I was...
• Re: Fuse Box Blues
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 19 May 2001 17:50:36 -0700
  ...Like my high beam > had a 20 and my other high beam had a 10. They're all new fuses, but I just > put...
• Re: Time to replace headlight
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 2 Dec 2012 16:05:20 -0500
  ...They are common. > > > Both the high beam and low beam headlights have separate bulbs, and > are not > > > sealed beam lights. > > > > > > bob > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Dec...
• Sharp Cutoff Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Mon, 15 Nov 1999 14:34:54 -0800
  ...Cibie made a Z-beam which instead of the tipped up RH beam pattern had a horizontal sharp cutoff LH side with an elevated...
• Re: Headlight hi-beam issues
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Thu, 7 Apr 2016 09:10:00 -0700
  ...Low beams are fine on both > sides. If I turn on high beams, the drivers side turns off completely > and the passenger side works...
• Re: High beam blue light?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:54:00 -0400
  At 07:15 PM 3/11/2009, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote... >yeah.........duh. >if he would have said 'blue hi beam INDICTOR LED in...
• Re: URL for info on LEDs
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Thu, 9 Sep 1999 12:56:59 -0700
  PerL, Radio Shack sells a blue LED that's way brighter than whatever the Vanagon high beam indicator is. I used one for a...
• Re: Led headlamps as auxiliary lights
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 20 Feb 2020 18:35:14 -0800
  ...And I liked the low beam pattern and brightness. The high beams I think lack something, and I noted that in my previous experiments...
• Re: So... what is the answer for these poor lights?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 7 Jun 2003 11:07:21 +1200
  ...Our high beams are ok! But, even our high beams don't >get flashed by people. Living on the Oregon Coast, the blackness + wetness...
• Low beam headlight adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Andre Fiedler
  Sun, 23 Mar 2014 22:03:09 -0600
  Hello All, I have an 89 Westy with the rectangular headlights and want to adjust the low beam angle up a little higher. Can...
• Bus-Boys "Albatross" beam adjusters
  Historical mailing list
  9 Nov 94 16:34
  Hi everyone, Has anyone fitted the Bus-Boys "Albatross" front beam adjusters to a bus before ? I want to fit them to mine but...
• headlights
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Wed, 23 May 2007 06:47:10 -0700
  ...When they don't work, the blue hi beam light on the dash is always lite and the high beam column stalk has no...
• Re: Odd headlights - some on some off
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 18 May 2012 22:24:08 -0700
  ...fwiw ..I recently had a 'new one' ....failure to go from high beams back to low beams only occasionally ..like once every 50 times...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 26 Nov 2002 09:15:00 EST
  ...so, what are you saying..i have four high beams? > > >the Jetts/golf GLX/GTI's have "under > >the bumper" driving lights that you...