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• Re: Mechanics Puzzle
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 9 Mar 2007 18:36:00 -0800
  ...Jon? Listers? On 3/9/07, jon <jon@kenneke.com> wrote: > > > glow plug relay (can't remember correct part name) stuck "on"? > > Yup, you...
• On -the-road request for help-84 Westy 149,000 miles
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Sun, 16 Mar 1997 12:13:18 -0500
  ...It had been parked, on a hill, in light rain, for two days after a trip of 2,000 miles The muffler glowed red...
• Re: transporters by the...?
  Historical mailing list - dave
  Tue, 21 Jul 1998 19:45:19 -0700
  ...Everybody who wants Glow-in-The-Dark Buses, raise your hand!! :) Yeah, but will this make my bus any faster? db www.sparkplug.com
• Brake Warning Light Stays On
  Historical mailing list - Jerome Perkins
  Mon, 24 Jun 2002 08:19:41 EDT
  ...There is low brake fluid level indicator fitted and when I disconnect the lead to the hand brake switch the light still glows but...
• Re: Glow Shift Tachometer - what shift RPM?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:59:52 -0800
  ...Glow Shift Tachometer - what shift RPM? Hello all - just got in a Glow Shift tachometer from ebay - it looks pretty cool. External mounting, digital...
• Why didn't that VW use his signal?!
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 14 Apr 1996 19:24:08 -0700
  ...When activated the indicator on the dash just glows and doesn't blink. Bad relay? Bad switch? The signals don't work up front...
• Re: broken spark plug removal?
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Foltz
  Tue, 21 Jul 1998 09:06:04 EDT
  ...when trying to remove any bolt from aluminum, it doesn't glow and then melt like iron, giving you a gentle warning. I didn...
• Re: Solar panel wrap-up
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Fri, 3 Jan 2003 09:09:37 -0700
  ...So I doubt > we'll be seeing any glowing solar panels in the campground at night.
• troubleshooting Westy Fluorescent light
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Wed, 26 Dec 2007 20:38:52 -0500
  ...The ends glow, but it doesn't come on. Is there a way to test the output of the fixture or the bulb with...
• Re: More Engine Woes =(...
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Sun, 21 Mar 1999 00:29:24 -0500
  A glow red in the exhaust system is a very good sign of to much fuel in the fuel/air mixture. What reason did...
• Electrical mystery
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 3 Jul 2014 22:18:45 -0700
  ...it.� A short while later , I noticed the battery level light glowing red, and the Heidleberg radio fake alarm light flashing-and the battery...
• Re: FW: Many things
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 22 Mar 1999 21:00:32 -0700
  ...lights with the van still running and could see the >> slightest glow from this light. I am confused. > >I guess you have accidentally pulled...
• Re: Back on heating
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 5 Feb 95 09:54:53 gmt
  ...And after a fast run the J tubes glow red! Andy E. A.C.Erskine@lut.ac.uk
• Re: Vanagon gas heaters
  Historical mailing list - Chris Turner
  Wed, 22 Oct 1997 21:39:13 -0400
  ...Is this feasible? Should I just part it out to a Diesel owner? >> just change the glow plug to a spark plug. chris
• Re: Buddy heater
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 3 Nov 2000 22:03:27 -0500
  ...Bloss wrote: >gas comes out the holes, burns at the surface of the ceramic and the whole >surface glows after a while and radiates...
• Help--Non-vanagon charging question
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Wed, 27 Feb 2002 09:41:38 -0500
  ...The LED is just barely glowing� not enough to be visible in the day. My first thought was brushes on the alternator. I pulled...
• Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 6 Sep 2017 21:49:31 -0700
  ...Gauges >>>> >>>> http://www.glowshiftdirect.com/Gauges.aspx >>>> >>>> http://www.glowshiftdirect.com/MaxTow-Oil-Pressure- >>>> Gauges.aspx?sitelink=LeftNav >>>> >>>> http://www.glowshiftdirect.com/MaxTow-Oil...
• Re: I want this license plate!
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Fri, 26 Apr 2002 17:45:24 -0700
  ...I personally am for it but only if it glows in the dark. Mike > From: Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU> > Organization: Shitbag.com > Reply...
• TD coolant circulation pump
  Historical mailing list - Robin Oomkes
  Thu, 9 Dec 1999 10:43:56 +0100
  ...Same for the pre-start glow sensor: when the engine's cold, the glow light is on for longer than when the engine is...
• umm, Muffler was glowing red? What could be wrong.
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Fri, 25 Feb 2000 13:04:55 -0600
  ...Muffler was glowing red. So what is your diagnosis? Seems as though something just kinda "broke". Distributor? I did check connections, condition of rotor...
• Re: Starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Robin Oomkes
  Mon, 11 Dec 2000 18:55:32 +0100
  ...1 & 2 should be easy > to check and fix. > > With 4 the car would crank for ages, giving the glowplugs repeated > warmings, and eventually...
• 82' Diesel 4sale
  Historical mailing list - Shaggy
  Mon, 16 Sep 2002 09:27:17 -0700
  ...owner, tune up done the degining of this year, including new glow plugs only using Bosch parts, it runs like a top. $3,600...
• Electrical Gremlins
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Auch
  Mon, 25 Aug 2014 20:23:33 -0400
  ...Turn the key with the previous situation and the emergency flashers stop working and has a steady glow. Any help would be appreciated! Jamie...
• RE: Correct idle speed for 60's engine?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Mon, 01 Apr 1996 12:59:08 -0500
  ...I have found, especially on 6v systems, that setting the idle = at a point where the gen light glows dimly is a good guide...
• Re: On -the-road request for help-84 Westy 149,000 miles
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 16 Mar 1997 18:31:21 PST
  ...Hanlon" <hanran.inc@internetmci.com> writes: >-- [ From: * EMC.Ver #2.3 ] -- > >Listees, > >I am in San Francisco, broken down, > The muffler glowed red. >Tom...
• Re: ya say ya can't see at night? blind as a bat?? ..
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 03 Nov 96 12:50:28 CST
  ...which is why cars run around down here with ONE headlight that is glowing dimly in the night. (b) it says on the box...
• Diesel westy 4sale
  Historical mailing list - Shaggy
  Thu, 1 Aug 2002 12:04:18 -0700
  ...140,000 miles on it, clean runs like a top(New Bosch Glow Plugs, Air and Fuel filters). Brown, and has the tan velour...
• Re: 91 fridge not lighting
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 16 Jun 2006 15:13:06 -0400
  If the LED glows dimly and then goes out, you may have 1) weak battery (not enough voltage and it can't spark 2...
• RE: 87 Vanagon: installing VDO oil pressure and temperature
  Historical mailing list - Dirk Wright
  Thu, 30 May 1996 08:32:52 -0400 (EDT)
  ...gov "I speak for myself and not my employer" 1974 Porsche 914 2.0 "A real hifi glows in the dark and has horns" *******************************************************************************
• Dimly Glowing Alternator Light...Suggestions? Help??
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Tue, 20 Mar 2001 18:54:57 -0500
  Awhile back, the alternator light began glowing on my 87 Westy....so I took the alternator out and dropped of at the local alternator...
• Re: It's Friday- West coast radiation readings
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:41:26 -0700
  ...They still measure radioactivity in Madame Curie's (ci) :>) PZ glowing in the dark -------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:59:45 -0700 From...
• glowing oil light
  Historical mailing list - Richmond Mike
  Sun, 23 Feb 2003 02:53:15 -0500
  In the past month I've had it come on three times. Each time in really cold weather. I pulled over shut her off...
• Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 7 Sep 2017 04:46:24 +0000
  ...Gauges >>> >>> http://www.glowshiftdirect.com/Gauges.aspx >>> >>> http://www.glowshiftdirect.com/MaxTow-Oil-Pressure- >>> Gauges.aspx?sitelink=LeftNav >>> >>> http://www.glowshiftdirect.com/MaxTow-Oil...
• Take II-'91 Bucking and Digitool Readings-solution?
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Merrill
  Thu, 18 Mar 1999 08:39:45 -0800
  ...The Throttle position switch indicator LED (digitool) starts to glow slightly even after it goes off when the throttle is applied. It starts to...
• Garage Terminology
  Historical mailing list - Jon B. Kanas
  Fri, 28 Apr 2000 14:59:10 -0600
  ...The voltage is The bulb DOES NOT light 0 - 1 volt The bulb MIGHT be glowing 1 - 3 volts The bulb BARELY GLOWS (or...
• courtesy light flickering 89 westy
  Historical mailing list - Bill MacLachlan
  Thu, 23 Nov 2017 11:51:23 -0800
  ...As well, there is a faint glow in the light when the headlights are turned on. Before I dive into the wiring diagram, or...
• Re: TDI or TDD? (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Berkemer
  Wed, 5 Feb 2003 06:45:22 -0600
  ...I presume you wire up a glow plug light > for the dash too, right? > > kevin
• Re: 10 year anniversary
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 29 Jun 2004 09:03:48 -0700
  ...Elder knights awaken to the distant glow and instinctively reach for dull swords and tarnished armor. A new generation may soon learn how deeply...
• Re: aux heater blowing smoke
  Historical mailing list - Rob Wright
  Mon, 26 Oct 1998 10:19:25 -0600
  ...this.When you cleaned the heater did you clean the spark/glow plug? they get dirty and mat not be firing correctly.Also something...
• Re: Vanagon aircooled - too high idle speed
  Historical mailing list - Dirk Wright
  Wed, 22 May 1996 09:01:32 -0400 (EDT)
  ...gov "I speak for myself and not my employer" 1974 Porsche 914 2.0 "A real hifi glows in the dark and has horns" *******************************************************************************
• Archives/Subaru Eng. swap
  Historical mailing list - Jay Fitzgerald
  Sun, 4 Apr 1999 10:31:37 -0600
  ...that have been discovered- or glowing reports for that matter. I drove a local '86 syncro with a subaru legacy engine swapped and was...
• Re: cold start problem
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 30 May 2000 12:54:46 EDT
  Glow plugs, relay should keep them on for around 8-10 seconds (maybe longer it is OK). Also check your small, rubber return hoses...
• oil pressure system
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Sat, 4 Apr 1998 15:35:08 -0500
  ...When pressure gets below about 12 psi, mine faintly glows until it's on steady. Tap the gas pedal to get some pressure out...
• Re: List of grounds
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 29 Jul 2002 14:50:23 -0400
  At 02:35 PM 7/29/2002, Tobin Copley wrote: >My alternator light almost always glows: sometimes very dimly, >sometimes brightly, usually just bright...
• Re: Dimly Glowing Alternator Light...Suggestions? Help??
  Historical mailing list - Mark Upton
  Tue, 20 Mar 2001 20:19:34 -0500
  ...Dimly Glowing Alternator Light...Suggestions? Help?? > > > Awhile back, the alternator light began glowing on my 87 Westy....so I > took > > the alternator out and...
• Wonky temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sat, 2 May 2015 13:44:19 -0500
  ...The LED doesn’t flash, but glows softly. The plastic cluster is barely holding itself together. Any thoughts on the gauge? thanks Jeff
• Re: Fright Night!!!
  Historical mailing list - Paul M. Hillbish
  Wed, 7 Mar 2001 22:46:25 EST
  ...went around in back of the vehicle, and there in the glow of the streetlight was a dark streak.......comeing straight down the street...
• VERY hot exhaust issues
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Tue, 7 Sep 2004 08:25:15 -0700
  ...all four exhaust pipes (where they come of the heads) were glowing red hot when we held the RPMs around 2500 RPMs for a...
• Re: Diesel - too much oil saga
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 6 Aug 2010 13:07:21 -0700
  ...I doubt glow plugs can foul very easily from oil.. they don't need to arc or anything like that like a spark plug...
• which wire goes to which coolant sensor? + parting out a bus
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Fri, 30 Apr 2004 14:57:09 -0700
  ...The > one on the end of the head will have two coolant > temp senders, one for the > gauge, one for the glow plug relay...
• Diesel Vanagon Tachometer-Yes!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 23 May 2000 19:36:51 -0700
  ...I used the pin position for the OX led to connect the wire that used to connect to the GLOW plug led. The red...
• Re: interesting way to add back lights
  Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
  Mon, 6 Mar 2006 14:22:09 -0500
  ...Check my website, I believe the 3rd photo on the left. " Vanagon Silver Glow Tape:Magnet System" http://homepage.mac.com/rmstewart/PhotoAlbum20.html...
• Re: Parts ID for 82 Diesel
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Wed, 21 Jun 2000 06:03:14 -0700
  ...Thanks Daves! in reference to where in relation to the http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/jag/vw/engine/glowplugs/glowplugs.html the part...
• Re: lighting the fridge
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 18 Sep 94 10:03:12 EDT
  ...I look for the green LED (below the water > level LEDs, has an * beside it) to begin to glow.... Me too. But my wife...
• Re: Pentosin Antifreeze ?
  Historical mailing list - John McLean
  Fri, 28 Dec 2001 08:36:11 -0800
  ...strong which caused the coolant temp LED on the dash to glow until I diluted it a little. John McLean 87 Vanagon GL > Has...
• Re: Dometic drain plug removal; 86 Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Rich Durant
  Thu, 6 Aug 1998 09:43:55 -0700
  ...If you are >lucky and the "*" light starts to glow, release the gas starter valve. If the >glow begins to diminish, push the gas...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 14 Jan 1999 - Special issue
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Fri, 15 Jan 1999 14:52:06 -0500
  ...Leaving the temp sensor terminal open gives you a 1 min time delay on the std VW fast glow relay. > exhaust gas temps) and...
• Re: LEDs
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 25 Nov 94 16:36:38 EST
  ...On the water pump - if the red glows there is a auto shut off to the pump.... -- DC ---------------------------------------------------------------------- David Carment School of International Affairs...
• Re: 91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Thu, 9 Oct 1997 22:40:52 -0700
  ...to the Vanagons!!!! >> watch out for those flourescent pink distributor caps!!!! ;<) >> >How 'bout neon lights glowing under the car & as a license plate frame???
• 82 Diesel Van
  Historical mailing list - GREEN-DANIEL ALLAN
  Wed, 14 Oct 1998 22:23:25 -0400
  ...After a lot of hard starting I finally couldn't get it going and the battery was draining, so I found two shot glow...