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• Missing a high-beam... suggestions?
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Tue, 12 Sep 2006 22:07:18 -0400
  Noticed the other day that the passenger high-beam would come on, then almost immediately go out. Wait a little while and try it...
• Re: Time to replace headlight
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 2 Dec 2012 20:23:11 -0800
  ...We all know there are round sealed beam >> headlights. but I suspect that most of us have never seen an >> aftermarket >> rectangular sealed beam...
• Re: No High Beams
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:03:53 -0400
  ...For those of you that talked about > the 'no > lights, some lights if I hold up the high/low beam stalk' I've BTDT...
• Re: Hella E-Codes vs. Vision Plus?
  Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
  Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:08:13 -0800
  ...To keep the high beam properly aimed, you must > raise the low beam above the 'dazzle' level. What to do? What to do? > > The...
• Re: road greetings
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 24 Aug 1994 18:46:48 -0500 (CDT)
  ...you all use the flashing headlights to greet on- >coming Type IIs, or is that passe'? > Well, I tried, but my high-beams only...
• Re: High beam switch needed.
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Thu, 26 Sep 2013 22:51:30 -0700
  ...High beam switch needed. Hi all. My headlights sometimes will. Ot come on till I click the high/low beam column arm/switch.� Most...
• Re: headlights problems
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Fri, 27 Jan 2017 17:33:35 +0000
  ...recently when I turn on the headlights, these symptoms appear: - headlights are dim - high beams are on at the same time as low beam...
• Re: High Power Headlight Kit (SA): melting connector
  Historical mailing list - Michael Hart
  Sun, 7 Jun 2009 21:05:51 -0700
  ...Whilst checking fuses today, I found that one of the relay connector blocks (high beam relay) had melted pretty badly and the wires were...
• Re: No High Beams
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Fri, 2 Oct 2009 11:38:32 -0700
  ...One other reason is that the archives become totally useless when you go through such emails, when you are looking for the High Beam...
• Re: Torque wrenches
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Mon, 23 Mar 2015 10:21:00 -0400
  ...I prefer the beam type for all 3/8" drive items now. -craig > On Mar 23, 2015, at 2:54 AM, Karl Mullendore <tdiguru...
• Re: Hella E-Codes vs. Vision Plus?
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Tue, 2 Dec 2008 14:33:01 -0400
  ...High beam is 6000K (pure white) I believe the closest to pure white is either 4300k and 5000k (the ones I'm using). 6000k...
• Re: F.S.: Hella XL Auxiliary Halogen Low Beam Headlamp Kit
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Wed, 6 Mar 2002 18:04:59 -0800
  ...PN 74700, made in Germany, complete Hella XL auxiliary > halogen low beam headlamp kit includes the headlamps, bulbs, harness, relay, > -Dana-
• Re: Xenon kit from Sylvania
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 16 Dec 2003 22:01:53 +1300
  >LHD low-beam ? >I am mechanically pretty sound, but lighting >technology is a new forum for me, please let me know >what this is...
• Re: headlight emergency!
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Mon, 6 Sep 1999 09:21:22 -0700
  ...I have the double high beams when I hold >the high beam switch on, but once released I have neither high beams nor low...
• HID headlight kit available for 7 inch round lights
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Berchin
  Tue, 19 Mar 2002 11:21:20 -0800
  ...The HID portion (low beam) of the 7" lamps are a sealed beam-type unit - the whole thing is the light, no filament, so...
• Re: queston on H4 55/60w bulb to fit stock bulb socket
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:47:34 -0800
  ...You can at least partly address the high vs low beam > pattern incompatibility by going to a 4 headlight system, where you can > aim...
• Re: High Power Headlight Kit (SA): melting connector
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 7 Jun 2009 22:26:59 -0600
  ...I also have Hella 550 "high beam" lights on my bumper, which really turn night into day out in the desert night. They automatically...
• Re: HIDs on a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:06:53 -0800
  From the picture it looks like the high beam halogen bulb is about 10mm from centre in the horizontal plane. Indeed that will change...
• Re: High beams not working
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Fri, 15 Nov 2013 18:01:42 -0600
  ...My low beams >> work as do my fog lights. I have the relays and 4 100 watt bulbs >> when they >> work. I checked all...
• Re: Window Trick Works!
  Historical mailing list - Charles Michaux
  Mon, 15 Sep 1997 17:28:04 -0000
  ...That's why I had to pull the high beam switch two times. Charles Michaux ---------- > From: STEVEN G WACKER <s_j_wacker@JUNO.COM...
• Re: Headlights Out
  Historical mailing list - Steven Min
  Thu, 12 Nov 1998 16:59:49 -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: H-4 lights
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Mon, 3 May 1999 13:26:02 -0700
  Yep, the low beams are original DOT spec (and are very dim). They have the DOT symbol cast into the glass lens. The high...
• advice needed for '90 Weekender Carat
  Historical mailing list - Greg Kriss
  Sat, 15 Jun 2002 10:48:31 -0400
  ...Is there an easy way to improve the low beams? The high beams are teriffic but the low beams are as bad as the...
• Re: Headlights Not Working!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 20 Jul 2006 22:33:15 -0400
  ...Each fuse operates both high beams on one side. 15 amps if using proper bulbs. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon...
• Re: HIDs on a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 8 Dec 2008 21:27:28 -0800
  ...How with high beam lamps HID is a whole different story.� The Golf Country had Hella 500s (H3) for the high beams so I...
• Re: Fuse Box Blues
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Fri, 18 May 2001 23:55:27 -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: rusty front axle
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 24 Apr 1996 23:07:37 -0400
  ...I got out and looked underneath and realized >that the support on the drivers side of the front axle beam was totally >rusted out...
• 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...
• Headlights Not Working!
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Beasley
  Thu, 20 Jul 2006 11:12:23 -0400
  ...Neither hi nor low beams work. The fuses are fine and the light switch on the dash turns the console lights on and the...
• Re: Missing a high-beam... suggestions?
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Sun, 8 Oct 2006 14:18:29 -0400
  Dug into the missing high beam today and here's what I found: - grounds on both sides appear OK. Tested left high-beam on...
• Re: WTB: Round Headlight assembly from '85 and older
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Tue, 28 Jan 2014 16:03:05 -0600
  ...low beams issue that John is experiencing has nothing at all to > do with the SA Grill, since it typically doesn't come with...
• Re: Any German Translators? Some VC
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Sun, 7 Jul 2002 22:08:58 +0100
  Spruce layer plate (Schicht platte Fichte ) sounds like it might be what we Brits (and maybe yourselves) know as gluelam - as in gluelam beams...
• Who has the SA Grilles for sale?
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Thu, 26 Nov 1998 18:56:04 -0800
  ...IMNSHO the original lights are comparatively poor in beam pattern and evenness of illumination even with higher wattage bulbs installed. Fashionable perhaps, functional, not...
• headlights again
  Historical mailing list - Shawn
  Sat, 4 May 2002 13:03:56 -0500
  ...Low beams only (I guess they are the high beams, the blue light on the dash doesn't stay on). Based on the responses...
• High beam switch needed.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Greiner
  Thu, 26 Sep 2013 20:26:53 -0700
  ...Ot come on till I click the high/low beam column arm/switch.� Most likely the worn contacts in it or something. I have...
• Re: headlight bulb question...
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 3 Mar 2003 16:56:21 -0700
  All 4 of mine are "on" when on high beam, or "driving light" mode. When on low beam, only the outer 2 are on...
• Re: Headlights Still Out
  Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
  Mon, 15 Oct 2012 23:46:17 -0700
  Thanks for the diagnostic tree! Cunegonde has 2 Bosch 7" Euro sealed beam buckets (same as vintage BMW twin motorcycles) courtesy of a PO...
• High beams won't shut off?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Mon, 28 Jun 2004 23:31:23 -0500
  I was driving my 1985 Westfalia tonight, when I noticed the high beam indicator light on. Tried to turn it off, but no go...
• Re: Cheap infared gun
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Tue, 5 Jul 2011 03:19:04 -0700
  It does have a lazer beam! PS - my brother is the one who passed this lead to me - he'll be happy to hear...
• Re: Lightbulb for instrument panel
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 WBXs
  Thu, 16 Jan 2003 09:47:20 +0000
  Hi Marla, The high beam indicator is #867 919 062. As an aside you should feel fortunate that your high beams are "noticed" by...
• Re: Headlight low beam failure
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 4 Dec 2016 10:48:50 -0800
  I wonder what condition your high/low beam switch is in? You'd think the stock fuses would blow if the load was too...
• not so sealed beams
  Historical mailing list - Edward
  Mon, 7 Dec 2009 22:00:26 -0500
  ...Lately I noticed one of the Sylvania brand sealed beams had water in it but was still working. The reflector was totally dull gray...
• Re: Odd headlights - some on some off
  Historical mailing list - Bill MacLachlan
  Fri, 18 May 2012 20:49:13 -0700
  ...There are actually 4 fuses for the headlights, high and low > beam, each side. > > Dennis > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry...
• Re: Time to replace headlight
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 2 Dec 2012 18:51:24 -0600
  ...We all know there are round sealed beam headlights. but I suspect that most of us have never seen an aftermarket rectangular sealed beam...
• Ignition Switch Mystery Continues...anybody out there????
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Wed, 23 Jun 2004 09:05:10 -0700
  ...Next day the high beams/low beams were working ok...could switch between the two...and I noticed one of the small (high beam...
• grease beam
  Historical mailing list - Stan Shapiro
  Wed, 15 Apr 2020 15:35:15 -0700
  I am going to grease my front beam/torsion bars with a general all purpose Lithium grease. Should I use a product that has...
• Broken Headlight Lens
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Thu, 12 Jan 95 8:36:50 PST
  Well, a couple of weeks ago my drivers side high beam inner lens got broke. How, I don't know. I never heard a...
• Re: High Beam Indicator
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Fri, 17 Nov 2000 09:11:07 EST
  ...bulb' is actually an LED. >> Once and for all, the high beam indicator is NOT an LED, it IS a miniature INCANDESCENT LAMP. Also...
• High Beam #
  Historical mailing list - Joel Sell
  Sun, 2 Dec 2001 07:13:21 -0800
  ...The inner headlights (I have the square ones), the ones that only come on when you switch on the high beams, what part # are...
• Re: Headlight low beam failure
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 4 Dec 2016 12:48:36 -0800
  ...Anyhoo, complete low beam failure caused by bad connector on back of fuse panel. https://shufti.blog/2016/12/03/vanagon-headlight-low-beam...
• VA - Free Seminar on Front Axle Beam Installation ;-)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Jun 1996 08:22:08 -0400
  ...I need some help switching out the front axle beam on my bus. Why: Well, I just took the '73 in for it's...
• Re: Headlights Not Working!
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Thu, 20 Jul 2006 18:13:18 -0700
  ...When the lights don't work and the blue hi beam indicator is on it's a bad ground, usually at the cluster behind...
• Re: grease beam
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 15 Apr 2020 22:42:21 +0000
  ...grease beam I am going to grease my front beam/torsion bars with a general all purpose Lithium grease. Should I use a product...
• Re: High beam blue light?
  Historical mailing list - Zolly
  Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:36:49 -0700
  ...High beam blue light? >I would try a blue LED with a resistor of about 700 to 900 ohms. > > Larry A. > > > On Wed, Mar...
• Re: High beam indicator
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Wed, 4 Jun 2003 17:13:42 EDT
  ...The blue lense and the tiny bulb for the high beam indicator are VW part # 357 919 062 and lists for about $9.00...
• Re: H-4 Headlight questions
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:39:16 -0700
  If you have sealed beams now, you don't need electrical adapters. For aiming I use the European 2% dip, so find a flat...
• Re: Aux driving lights question..best easy power source..?
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:47:51 -0700
  ...So, if I want the aux lights on, I have to >> run >> the high beams..and if I dim the high beams, the aux...
• Re: Headlight's wont come on (relay bad?)
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 9 Feb 2010 15:42:02 -0800
  ...But when I pull up on the turn signal switch the high beam light on > the dash comes on and so do the lights...
• Discontinued -- Low Beam Horizontal Headlight Adjuster
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Sun, 4 Dec 2005 10:23:24 -0500
  In late Sept, I ordered a few items from Bus Depot and the headlight adjusters for the low beams were backordered. Early last week...
• Re: No low beam on driver's side '85 GL
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:00:41 -0800
  On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans < scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: > > the high beams are on, > but one isn...