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• Re: Ghost lights
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 30 Apr 2003 21:52:55 -0400
  ...After starting the bus and kicking the gas to turn off the alternator and oxs light, I get a ghostly glow from both of...
• Re: They said it couldn't be done....
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Thu, 28 Aug 2014 18:59:44 -1000
  ...TURBOVANS.COM> wrote: > > >> I have one of these flanges with 3 glow plugs in it .. >> and 'one of these days' I'll bolt it...
• Re: Dead Turn Signals, Hazards OK
  Historical mailing list - P. Stanhope
  Sat, 1 May 2004 18:42:19 -0700
  Maybe Turn signal relay switch gone bad? --- 80 Westy Pokey <pokey@VANAGON.ORG> wrote: > The turn signal light in my 86 Syncro glows a...
• Re: converting gasoline heater (BA-6) to Diesel?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 16:45:42 -0800
  I don't recomend this as the Diesel has two fuel pumps and a solenoid damper and different glow /spark plug than the gas...
• Re: FW: Dash removal - how long
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 23 Oct 2010 17:58:06 -0400
  ...The resistor is cooled by the fan air stream, end even though it won't instantly glow red like the free-standing metal Toyota...
• Re: Turn signal
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 2 May 2000 07:45:12 -0700
  ...Putting the correct flasher in cured the LED glow and was a lot quieter when it clicked. Mark "Keith & Lynn C." wrote: > > My turn...
• Re: Spring Cleaning an Air Cooled Engine
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 21 Mar 2003 21:51:21 -0600
  ...I noticed my shirt was glowing, like it was under a black light. Burning magnesium does give off a significant amount of ultraviolet light...
• Help troubleshooting minor diesel running issues
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 8 Nov 2011 10:48:35 -0500
  ...None of these problem existed with the previous engine which would start up at the touch of the key once the glow plug light...
• Friday short
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 3 Dec 1999 22:34:00 -0600
  ...Mention 15 inch Audi wheel conversions, or VR-6 installations, or South African Bull Bars, or whatever, and you can see the eyes glow...
• Re: Later Model Tach cluster into a Diesel
  Historical mailing list - karl
  Thu, 9 Dec 1999 14:21:19 -0500
  ...As for the glow plug LED, I just plugged in one more (yellow, from an old Rabbit dsl. cluster) and a resistor (from same...
• Re: the '82 Diesel Westy Rolls again....
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright, IS Manager
  Sun, 16 Feb 1997 21:30:49 -0800
  ...Do you know the inner two glowplugs are bad? You can usually remove the busbar to test them and maybe prolong the job a...
• Later Model Tach cluster into a Diesel
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 Dec 1999 13:03:42 EST
  ...getting the tach to work and also how they setup a glow plug light. I have read that you use the "W" terminal from...
• Oil Pressure Light
  Historical mailing list - Chad G
  Wed, 26 Dec 2001 14:12:51 -0500
  While starting my 85GL late last night (after sitting for most of the day) the oil pressure light let off a very faint glow...
• Re: glowing oil light
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 23 Feb 2003 07:44:00 -0600
  Richmond Mike wrote: > > In the past month I've had it come on three times. Each time in really cold > weather. I pulled over...
• Re: Oil temperature sender
  Historical mailing list - C. Abney
  Sat, 14 Jan 2017 06:44:13 -0800
  ...climb12@gmail.com> wrote: > I just recently took delivery of the Glowshift oil sender adapter along > with their oil temp gauge and oil pressure...
• Fwd: 91 fridge not lighting
  Historical mailing list - William Manley
  Fri, 16 Jun 2006 15:30:06 -0600
  ...If it is the LED (which usually won't glow much until the flame has been on for several seconds anyway) then you could...
• diesel engine not start when cold but great once warm
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Mon, 8 Oct 2007 00:39:10 -0700
  ...I turn the key on to warm glow plugs no less than 6 times ... Pull handle on dash (which reminds me of a decompression...
• Re: Martha's (Kool Seal)coating ~nonvw
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Jun 1996 12:23:54 -0700
  ...was **SO** white when new, that the house seemed to literally glow from 1/4 mile down the street! It must have saved him...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 23 Feb 2001 to 24 Feb 2001 - Special issue(#2001-262)
  Historical mailing list - Radish150
  Sat, 24 Feb 2001 11:05:18 -0800
  ...I = tried turning it over again, very weak glow from idiot lights. waited a = few seconds, tried again, Click, nothing, a Dude, check and...
• Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 6 Sep 2017 21:53:38 -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: Ignorant glow plug question
  Historical mailing list - Sue Booth
  Sat, 16 Nov 1996 01:48:48 +0100
  ...turn on=20 key and wait till glow plug indicator goes out, start engine, pull=20 out timing advance knob till the engine idles...
• maybe bad ground L/R turn signal
  Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
  Tue, 1 Apr 2025 08:40:49 -0500
  ...At start up the dash green light is faintly glowing but then goes away. While holding the removed bulb housing the bulb blinks normally...
• 1982 Diesel Engine starts slow after fluid changes...
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Tanner
  Wed, 6 May 2009 22:00:55 -0400
  ...I follow the usual pre-glow/choke procedure that always worked fine before when starting. Anyone have a clue what's up? How to...
• Reward your mechanic
  Historical mailing list - Roger Brant
  Wed, 15 Jul 1998 23:58:30 -0800
  ...While you're at it, send a brief glowing recommendation to Karl's web-page: http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw/vwshops/usa.html...
• Re: Title Check (Carfax) Question
  Historical mailing list - Mel Miller
  Sun, 8 Jun 2003 23:50:32 -0500
  ...He had the > glowplugs replaced and it didn't help much. The > car was bright yellow. I'm going to go check out > the...
• Alternator question
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Wed, 3 Feb 1999 00:04:06 -0800
  ...They tend to glow real dim when the rpms drop below 1500 or go above 3800. Sometimes they kind of flicker brightly (near to...
• Re: coolant IS a poison
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Thu, 3 Apr 2003 11:22:07 +0200
  ...Of course for a few hundred years you will have some interesting new mutations of glowing green or blue earthworms up there, and possibly...
• Re: Warning Lights Audible Buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Tue, 25 May 2010 19:12:06 -0400
  ...alarm guys use them all the time, for example to run glow plugs first when remote starting a diesel car. 528T available at any...
• Re: anyone have an 1984 Vanagon owners manual?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 7 Dec 2003 14:19:41 -0600
  ...adjust air outlet vents as desired. >Then there is another switch beneath the rear window defogger---looks like a glowplug symbol on it----that...
• 81 diesel rabbit for sale(min. vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Brian McClure
  Sat, 17 Mar 2001 23:04:37 EST
  ...4 new glow plugs and the fast glow relay conversion kit. water pump. timing belt.exhaust from the head back. 4 new tires.valve...
• Re: [Syncro] Fridge burner indicator light bright, then dim?
  Historical mailing list - Loren A. Busch
  Tue, 7 Jan 2003 10:36:59 -0800
  ...I'd have to go out and double check, but my recollection is that the LED only glows when using propane, not on 12v...
• Re: Gas Heater Newbie
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 16 Dec 2000 14:53:56 EST
  ...If you hear the fuel pump clicking but no heat within 3 minutes, then turn off the heater-the glow/spark plug may have...
• Re: Diesel Caveat: Case in point!
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Mon, 5 Nov 2001 20:59:01 -0800
  ...I found this out one morning at -15C after neglecting to check my glow plugs a few years ago.Shawn & Janis Wright swright@sls...
• Re: Solar panel wrap-up
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 3 Jan 2003 11:43:38 -0600
  ...So I doubt > > we'll be seeing any glowing solar panels in the campground at night.
• Re: Spring Cleaning an Air Cooled Engine
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Fri, 21 Mar 2003 11:11:49 -0500
  ...I noticed my shirt was glowing, like it was under a black light. The trees in the distance were lit up like daylight. Then...
• successful push starting
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Arbaugh
  Sat, 13 Jan 2001 07:44:39 -0800
  ...Before I could afford a real battery for it, I'd be able to get one good glow and crank, after that it was...
• Re: Oil pressure cures.
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:59:14 -0500
  ...That &*%# glow occasionally or intermittent glowing just will worry you. Get a good 20-50 dinosaur oil and forget about it. If you are...
• RE: Blown Fuse Indicator
  Historical mailing list - Wagner Michael
  30 Jun 1995 09:27:22 -0800
  ...When you blow a fuse -- and even when one is just loose -- you peek under the dash and there's this LED glowing back...
• gaskets
  Historical mailing list - DSTEVENS
  Fri, 28 Aug 1998 12:16:33 -0400
  ...1.8 1.6d blocks ON difficult/important/expensive I highly recommend german ( HG clutch TO bearing Timing belts Glowplugs) Daniel Stevens Operations Specialist
• Re: Power loss when engine wet and cold
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Thu, 11 Oct 2007 21:01:46 -0400
  ...between spark plug wires and ground (might see sparks outright, or glow around wires, at night), or, even if not root cause, fouled plugs...
• Re: More Tailight Glow
  Historical mailing list - Caston/Payne
  Mon, 20 Sep 1999 10:09:18 -0400
  ...Since I would like more tailight glow, I opened up >the tailight assembly and with some quick testing realized I >could power a bulb...
• Re: 82 ex-Diesel Starter Trouble
  Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
  Fri, 20 Mar 1998 15:50:29 EST
  ...There is a fuse that diesels have on the fire wall for the starter and glow plugs. It is usually a little black box...
• Re: RedHot Pipes???
  Historical mailing list - James Cohen
  Fri, 18 Sep 1998 23:50:38 -0400
  ...Turned out I was running on 3 cylinders! The engind was overheating, and that caused the pipe to glow orange. Apparently a mouse had...
• Re: stereos that fit
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Thu, 27 Sep 2001 07:42:57 -0700
  ...It turns out the many of the feature packed radios have colorful glowing displays that can't be seen in the high and bright...
• Re: [vanagon] bosch ve fi pump
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Sun, 7 Mar 2004 09:03:55 EST
  ...You didn't mention glow plugs but I assume they are all good? Tom Illinois
• dometic question
  Historical mailing list - David Ruppe
  Tue, 01 Jul 1997 09:57:42 -0400
  ...wait a few minutes, remove airstation, release start button and it's still glowing. Tip toe out of garage ready to celebrate... check LED...
• Re: No High Beams
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:35:50 -0700
  ...resistance so there is less left over for the headlights to glow. The total current draw of a worn circuit is in fact lower...
• Re: [Re: Vanagon List Hat]
  Historical mailing list - Joe Fortino
  Wed, 23 May 2001 12:49:00 MDT
  * glow in the dark *? put me down for some boxers.. LOL Chris Stann <ChrisS@INFORMS.com> wrote: Lynn can also embroider other items. I...
• Re: Some good info about E-code headlamps & "City Lights"
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Tue, 9 Apr 2002 17:45:23 -0500
  ...yet people can easily spot your car because the headlights are glowing. Once out of the street lights you turn your regular headlights back...
• diesel compression testers
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Sat, 19 Mar 2005 20:12:07 -0500
  ...an adapter that screws in place of the injector and one that screws in place of the glow plug. is this correct? additionally what...
• headlight problem - intermittent - 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - Mike Kozak
  Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:17:59 -0400
  Greetings one and all, Sometimes upon first starting the van the high beam indicator light glows brightly but the headlights won't go on...
• Re: Diesel Instrument Cluster Blue Ribbon: Glow Plug Light Wiring Confirm Please?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 21 Aug 2017 20:16:58 -0700
  Ahhh. Ok. Thanks. Interesting. All sorted. Now I'll have an orange CEL light! Neil. On 8/21/17, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net...
• Re: NEED: Front passenger side turn signal and propane fille
  Historical mailing list - Jackie DeVries
  Mon, 21 Sep 1998 13:04:32 -0400
  ...PS, we haven't solved the glowing exhaust yet, we are checking out the suggestions slowly as there are several other projects that became...
• turn signals don't work
  Historical mailing list - Jeff K
  Tue, 20 May 2003 14:32:59 -0700
  ...The light on the dash emits a constant dim glow, and goes bright when the signal lever is moved, but doesn't flash, and...
• Re: Billy Bones at 100 - dumbest thing I've ever done
  Historical mailing list - "Phil Zimmerman "
  Mon, 20 Nov 2006 23:29:05 -0500
  ...At 93 the whole front end began to glow a bright orange - eventually becoming white hot. That one second at 100 seemed like an...
• Re: Odd engine smell?
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:33:18 +0000
  ...If it is glowing a cherry red, > >you might have found the problem. > >Ken Lewis > >http://neksiwel.20m.com/ > > > > > >
• FS 82 Westy diesel: Update
  Historical mailing list - Joerg Rieger
  Mon, 1 Apr 1996 10:18:45 -0600 (CST)
  ...All new belts. > > New starter (Fall 95) > > Invested about $3000 since January 95 (tires, cylinder head, injectors, > glow plugs, starter). Have all receipts. > > Right...
• Re: All the wires are brown!
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:31:19 -0700
  One thing I learned from the "water hose in the engine compartment trick" is that you may get a dull glow at the oil...
• Re: Diesel Caveat: Case in point!
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Sun, 4 Nov 2001 17:05:40 -0700
  ...needs a new engine > > No, that's when it needs new glow plugs. Maybe you are living at sea level but at this altitude...
• Re: Alternator light glows dimly at idle... Need new brushes?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 20 Sep 2005 08:55:58 -0600
  On 9/19/05 11:06 PM, "George Goff" <THX0001@AOL.COM> wrote: > a message dated 9/20/05 12:18:36 AM, xtabe...