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• anyone out there have a flash silver van??
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 1 Dec 1998 04:11:21 EST
  i have 2 cans of flash silver metallic spray paint, and 2 cans of clearcoat spray. OEM VW. new, never used . bought this past...
• Re: flashing temp light
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 4 Sep 2000 23:25:18 EDT
  ...light in the water temp gauge of my 83.5 is flashing constantly, though the gauge does not indicate overheating and the coolant level...
• Re: Water temp warning light flashing
  Historical mailing list - silcarr
  Wed, 12 Nov 2014 18:29:17 -0800
  ...Once enough coolant was in the system, though, the incidents of flashing stopped. > > If the temperature gauge is also going up past the normal...
• Re: 91 Carat w/autotranny - Turn Signal Issue
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 27 Jun 2014 11:51:28 -0700
  ...When turned on - > the light in the signal indicator comes on - but the flasher does not > work flashing the lights. > > If anyone has any...
• flashing temp. light ?????
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 27 May 1997 13:35:18 -0400
  ...The light flashed the whole time. Today, the day after this drive, everything seems fine. The light isn't flashing, the radiator fan IS...
• Re: Blinkers, Flashers, and Brakes
  Historical mailing list - joe trussell
  Thu, 11 May 2006 16:12:54 +0000
  ...Blinkers, Flashers, and Brakes >Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 12:00:28 -0400 > >I had some electrical gremlins earlier this year, and the culprit...
• Re: Blinkers, Flashers, and Brakes
  Historical mailing list - joe trussell
  Wed, 17 May 2006 13:05:28 +0000
  ...I cleaned up the firewall, used a new bolt and connectors, and viola, my blinkers, flashers, and brake lights all work as they should...
• Re: the mysterious flash of the coolant light
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 29 May 2012 09:06:57 -0400
  ...The total flash time will be the controller lock time plus the internal gauge delay time. The gauge is supposed to blink for three...
• Re: painted vans?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Tue, 15 Aug 2000 22:33:58 PDT
  I know what PPG is but what is flash silver??? > >I tried repainting my '87 with PPG flash silver and it turned out pretty...
• Re: Re Stopping the flashing coolant light for good
  Historical mailing list - Sam Conant
  Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:08:13 -0400
  ...Re Stopping the flashing coolant light for good >>>> > >>>> > Mine (84 I-4 conversion faux-Westie) was flashing when I bought it. >>>> > Likely a function...
• Re: Turn signal won't work at all
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sat, 23 Feb 2019 19:21:44 +0000
  Since you removed dash, you also removed the instrument cluster; and to do that, you had to disconnect the emergency flasher switch.  I know...
• Re: Blinkers, Flashers, and Brakes
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Thu, 11 May 2006 12:00:28 -0400
  ...Blinkers, Flashers, and Brakes > Hi Folks, > > I'm wondering if anybody has any additional ideas on a little problem I'm > having: > > My blinkers...
• turn signal mystery solved!
  Historical mailing list - Linda J. Bartnik
  05 Mar 96 17:41:43 EST
  ...1 hazard flasher/turn signal relay -- $12.98 1 turn signal switch -- $78.95 1 hazard flasher switch -- $39.95 1 Box fuses -- $1...
• Blinker problems.
  Historical mailing list - Tim Wise
  Mon, 21 Apr 1997 15:43:19 -0500
  ...Somebody suggested replacing the emergency flasher relay. I don't see how this affects the brake lights unless it's leaking current onto the...
• Blinkers, Flashers, and Brakes
  Historical mailing list - joe trussell
  Thu, 11 May 2006 15:26:01 +0000
  ...My blinkers and flashers only work when the brake pedal is not depressed. When the brake pedal is depresssed, everything freezes. I've checked...
• Oil Light Flashing 90 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Morrell, Edward
  Tue, 4 Mar 1997 09:14:17 -0700
  Suggestions needed! My oil light is flashing on idle after engine is warmed up. Oil level is OK. Has not done this in the...
• Flashing Temp Light
  Historical mailing list - van man
  Fri, 22 Mar 2002 08:35:33 -0800
  Folks, My temp light recently started flashing. The first couple of times it went off after a few miles/after she warmed up. Temp...
• coolant light stays flashing
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Alden Pegden
  Thu, 16 Oct 2003 11:42:10 -0500
  ...but sometimes when I start my car, the coolant light stays flashing for a while---it used to be worse, staying on sometimes for...
• Re: Emergency flasher
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 3 May 2006 19:33:05 -0400
  ...Mike Sean Garrett wrote: > Will a dead emergency relay at the fuse panel stop your flashers from > working normally (left and right hand turn...
• Re: Lehman's Wind-up LED Flashlight
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 25 Jan 2006 12:36:02 -0800
  ...Lehman's Wind-up LED Flashlight > > > > The new 2005-2006 Lehmans Non-Electric Catalog just arrived. Inside the > > back cover is a windup flashlight...
• Re: Help with coolant light flashing randomly - no leaks
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 15 Sep 2007 20:37:55 -0400
  ...Mike David Clarkson wrote: > Has anyone had this same flashing coolant light symptom only during cold > weather? My van has done this the past...
• Vanagon Temp Warning Light Flashing
  Historical mailing list - Marty Wallace
  Sat, 10 Oct 1998 18:04:08 -0700
  ...The temp warning light flashes if (1) the temp is too high OR (2) the composition of the cooling solution is incorrect and/or...
• Re: red light flashing
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 21 Oct 2000 11:53:53 -0400
  ...Applying 10v to each from the bottom right (facing gauge back) terminal to the small ground terminal, one of them flashed for six seconds...
• Re: Blinking temperature light
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 29 Jul 2013 12:50:55 -0500
  ...Also the temp gauge flashes 6 or > 10 times before starting and I thought it should only flash 3times. > > On Monday, July 29, 2013...
• Re: Flashing Temperature LED
  Historical mailing list - sam.cooks
  Tue, 3 Feb 2004 15:36:57 -0500
  My 84's light flashed intermittently for years and it had nothing to do with the cooling system. It was a short somewhere in...
• Coolant LED flash 87 Vanagon GL Synchro
  Historical mailing list - Evelyn Mitchell
  Tue, 11 Jan 2000 18:36:20 -0700
  During highway driving, the LED in the coolant temperature indicator periodically flashes (1-5 times). The guage reads in the middle of the range...
• Re: Turn signal puzzle
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Mon, 2 May 2016 16:56:36 -0400
  ...If the emergency flasher switch gets bumped or contacts get a little corroded, that will do it. Ken On Mon, May 2, 2016 at...
• Flashing oil light and buzzer problem SOLVED
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 27 Jan 2007 11:20:46 -0600
  Oil light flashes and buzzer comes on above 2200 rpm. Problem was solved by cleaning the terminals on the double connector (near the thermostat...
• Re: 91 Carat - Turn Signals and Flasher
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Wed, 25 Jun 2014 16:37:20 -0500
  Dennis, thanks a whole bunch! John On 6/25/2014 4:05 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote: > For the turn signals, the correct flashers for...
• Re: Trip report Busses By the Bridge
  Historical mailing list - Pete Sicilia
  Sat, 21 Jan 2023 09:18:16 -0800
  ...as a Flasher the White shuts down & Amber LEDS do the Flash,,, Makes for > a very distinct > > difference between Running & Flashing ~ Here is a...
• My red coolant light is flashing
  Historical mailing list - Craig Charles
  Fri, 13 Nov 1998 17:01:33 EST
  I was going over the Fox River when my red coolant light started flashing. 87 Westy gl. Had to drive another mile or so...
• Directioned Lights
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Tue, 27 Dec 2005 02:54:37 -0800
  ...ve tried a bright flashlight, but it reflects back at you from the glass if you're holding the flashlight while inside the car..,
• Re: Where to start when signal lights don't work?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 27 Oct 2022 20:08:07 +0000
  Better solution?  Slide off Instrument Cluster Housing; remove the 4 corner screws.  Disengage Emergency Flasher switch.  On workbench, spray electrical Contact Cleaner into switch...
• Re: 1980 Vans and color
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 13 Feb 1997 13:19:54 -0500 (EST)
  ...Pastel White, Flash Silver Metallic, Dove Blue Metallic, Titian Red Metallic, Wolfram Grey Metallic. Not all colors were available on all models. Note that...
• Re: flashing coolant light purpose
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:21:13 -0700
  ...There have been numerous cases where the flashing led got the > attention of the driver and likely saved the engine. Sometimes the > flashing was...
• Re: turn signal indicator weirdness
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 15 Nov 2010 07:01:56 -0800
  ...During flashing, when the dash bulb blinks -on- the outside bulbs blink -off-. If you have an 86+ try pulling the flasher relay. Then...
• I-4 rough idle question....
  Historical mailing list - MacLachlan, Bill
  Mon, 1 Mar 2004 09:22:57 -0800
  ...flashes regularly, then cuts out for a second or two , then flashes again. Has improved since I replaced rotor, cap, leads and put another...
• Re: '88 westy water temp light flashing..... what to check first
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 24 Apr 2005 16:48:11 -0700
  ...Put the cap back, start the engine and check for flashing.. If the light flashes continuously even when the engine has just been started...
• Re: flashing temp light when cool
  Historical mailing list - Rennie Wible
  Wed, 12 Jul 2000 16:19:18 -0700
  ...But every now and then, it decides to > continue flashing until the needle is up to half way mark. It has never > come back...
• Re: Darn it, blinkers still not working. Help?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 22 Mar 2003 19:26:09 -0800
  The flasher only has one circuit and so should not be a factor. The turn signal lever switch determines whether the left or right...
• Re: Turn signal issue now
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Wed, 19 May 2021 06:57:21 -0700
  I got my emergency flashers working again just by activating the switch back and forth numerous times, the contacts were likely slightly corroded or...
• Flashing Coolant light when cell phone plug into cig lighter
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Fri, 19 Aug 2005 08:03:14 -0700
  ...If and when I plug my cell phone charger into the dash board cig lighter = my coolant light starts flashing... sometimes irregularly and sometimes...
• OXS and battery light on intermitant
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 13 Oct 2005 08:27:02 -0700
  ...They flash simultanieously and the flashing seems to have become more consistent over the last couple of weeks. Changed O2 sensor and Cataylst about...
• Re: Blinkers, Flashers, and Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Thu, 11 May 2006 14:31:01 -0400
  ...Blinkers, Flashers, and Brakes Hi Folks, I'm wondering if anybody has any additional ideas on a little problem I'm having: My blinkers...
• Re: Waving Vanagon drivers (again)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Sep 1995 02:05:43 -0700
  ...Elliot You wrote: > > >>I have stopped waving, noone usually notices...usually i flash my high beams >>twice at oncoming busses of all types. and...
• Wonky temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sat, 2 May 2015 13:44:19 -0500
  ...Not too long after that the red LED refused to stop flashing. Feedback from the list suggested it was the temp gauge so I...
• US Westfalia version gallery flash guard / drainboard trip tray wanted...
  Historical mailing list - Devin van Tongeren
  Thu, 3 Sep 2009 20:42:42 -0700
  Anyone out there in Vanagon Westfalia land - especially US Vanagon Westgalia land - help me out in trackng down the US version of the flash...
• oil light flash
  Historical mailing list - Cliff Bellows
  Thu, 17 Apr 2003 13:24:01 EDT
  ...rods,leaking oil bad i replaced it the oil light still flashes but no buzzer.when we had those warm days here in the...
• Re: Wonky temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sun, 3 May 2015 17:21:45 -0500
  ...When voltage at the sender pin gets low enough it starts to flash. > > If it does not flash for 2-3 seconds when you...
• Re: Help! Flashing Temperature LED
  Historical mailing list - Philippe Oudot
  Tue, 14 Jan 1997 22:51:16 +0100
  ...Starting my 88' Westy >(water-cooled) was no problem however the Temperature LED would not stop >flashing. > >This was with the engine still cold...
• oil light flashing
  Historical mailing list - Chris D'Amico
  Thu, 5 Apr 2001 12:46:43 -0700
  ...once i stopped at a light the engine oil light began to flash. but once i started driving again it went off. next stop...
• Re: census
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Madsen
  Tue, 5 Jun 2001 19:14:53 -0400
  ...87 Vanagon GL, flash silver, blue interior (Flash) 87 Golf Diesel, grey (Smokey) 95 Jetta GLX black, black leather interior (Black Beauty) Previous vehicles...
• Pre-state insepction repair - somewhat URGENT
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Blong
  Wed, 27 Sep 2006 13:20:48 -0400
  ...My assistant was riding behind my 90 Carat today and noticed that when I put on the right turn signal, both reverse lights flashed...
• Re: Dang driver lowbeam and front driver turnsignal
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 2 Jan 2017 23:12:28 -0500
  ...The 4 way flasher is not an > independent circuit. The flasher will not flash unless it sees enough > current being drawn for two bulbs...
• Re: Erratic temp LED and gauge needle
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 15 Oct 2019 23:04:19 +0000
  ...With key turned to "on", normal flashing of temperature LED for 3 seconds. With key turned to "start", motor fired up just fine; but...
• Re: the mysterious flash of the coolant light
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 28 May 2012 16:29:00 -0700
  ...Keying my CB would cause the coolant LED to flash on. Neil. On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 4:02 PM, mark drillock <mdrillock...
• Re: Re Stopping the flashing coolant light for good
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:51:59 -0400
  ...Re Stopping the flashing coolant light for good >>> > >>> > Mine (84 I-4 conversion faux-Westie) was flashing when I bought it. >>> > Likely a function...
• Re: 84 temp. gauge and idle stabilizer electrical problem
  Historical mailing list - Mark Gajewski
  Fri, 11 Sep 1998 10:44:42 -0400
  ...Suddenly > the light stopped flashing and the gauged lowered into a normal > position. My '85 gave me these symptoms twice - both times were when...
• Re(2): how engine oil degrades (was: sysnthetic oils)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 3 Jan 1997 10:31:02 -0500
  ...You said that the 13.1 switch must close with RPM greater than 2000, and if not the flashing LED and buzzer occurs. Does...
• Re: The Vanagon Wave
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 29 Jan 2003 10:04:31 EST
  ...I double flash and wave. No, ben, just the lights. >> I never thought about flashing to wave, Al. That is until some young lady...