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• Starting Issue - Ran for 3hrs, shut off engine, lights fully on, interior lights on, but would not start.
  Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
  Wed, 6 Sep 2006 23:54:54 -0400
  ...I checked to see if the exterior lights were working and they were, then I checked the interior lights � worked, stereo worked, and the...
• Re: fog light wiring questions
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 03 Jun 1997 08:25 -0600 (MDT)
  ...I'm ready to begin the project of installing my new Hella 500 fog lights on the van (snip) 1)Type of installation: independent...
• Re: Head light issue 1986 Syncro Westy
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:07:39 -0600
  ...I hear the relay click then passenger > lights turns from high to low beam mode. > > I hope this makes sense and please ask questions...
• Installed add on back-up lights
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 17 Oct 2006 22:48:55 -0400
  I recently installed two 55 watt add on back-up lights (actually rectangular utility lights), on my '85 Westy, and what an easy job...
• Re: E-code lights/SA grille
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sun, 27 Aug 2000 21:19:03 EDT
  ...If you look at the lights from a distance, you will notice that the square lights have a round pattern which has been cut...
• Re: Backup lights
  Historical mailing list - karl filc
  Mon, 22 Mar 2004 12:37:05 -0000
  I bought a cheap pair of fog lights and installed one of them to my two VW's. Connect to the back up wire...
• Re: Hella Driving Lights for a 1991 GL
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 31 Aug 1999 20:39:26 -0500
  > I am looking into adding Hella (or a similar type) driving lights to the > front of my 1991 GL. I love the idea of...
• Re: Headlight grill.
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:32:52 -0600
  ...What you call "European" lights actually are world-market. The US gets US-only lights. Canada gets halogen lights, even in American cars, and...
• Re: Led headlamps as auxiliary lights
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Thu, 20 Feb 2020 09:31:58 -0800
  ...Worked out well. > > https://shufti.blog/2020/02/18/vanagon-led-headlight-as-auxiliary-lights/ > > Alistair >
• Re: Little blue lights
  Historical mailing list - Blue Eyes
  Wed, 9 Dec 1998 05:27:17 -0600
  KBatzler wrote: "They are call "Xenon" lights and work very nicely. Xenon lamps require a high voltage (hochspannung!!!) transformer and a special gas filled...
• LED Dash Lights?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Tue, 29 Mar 2005 17:20:56 -0600
  Someone posted a while ago about some LED lights they installing or trying to configure to the dash lights. There was a good website...
• Re: Alternator & O2 lights on
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 8 Dec 1995 14:08:48 -0500
  ...Radtke) writes: >Now that I know you mean the idiot lights, I can say that this is perfectly >normal. The alternator doesn't self...
• Re: Lost my dash lights?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Wed, 31 Oct 2001 20:41:01 -0600
  ...Lost my dash lights? Hello, I recently have lost operation of my dash lights. I thought that it was the headlight dimmer switch, replaced...
• Re: oxy. sensor\battery lights and pop top bed weight limit
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 10 Oct 2002 15:08:48 -0400
  ...sensor and battery lights come on, and >sometimes they do not? just curious i suppose. thanks Something's busted. All your warning lights should...
• Re: Instrument dash lights not working
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 23 Jul 2024 14:03:06 -0700
  ...I decided to leave that to the shop and, not ask friends to do it with me! > > Now, the instrument lights don’t work...
• Re: tail lights
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 25 Apr 2000 10:13:58 -0700
  Do you have taillights, brake lights, and back up lights? If so, you're OK. My '84 and '85 both have dummy receptacles which...
• Projector Light - upgrade?
  Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
  Mon, 23 Oct 2006 14:18:59 -0400
  I recently found out the the Projektzwo headlight set comes with a projector light for the driving lights. Has anyone found a way to...
• Re: inspection question for portlanders
  Historical mailing list - Vdub Guy
  Tue, 6 Nov 2007 15:45:18 +0000
  <good morning! does any one in portland (or oregon, or anywhere) know if i can still pass inspection (DEQ) with out my reverse lights...
• Re: SA grills available again
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 19 Dec 2006 23:48:08 -0500
  ...Driving lights are MAINs, and hence the equivalent of HIGH BEAMS, and the other drivers are DAMN RIGHT to flash you if you drive...
• Re: Daytime Running Lights
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 11 Jul 2013 14:28:18 -0500
  ...Daytime Running Lights > > > ---- Eric Ley <eric_ley@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > >> In Canada you only day time running lights if your vehicle came with them...
• Re: Brights & lights
  Historical mailing list - J \"Westy\"
  Sat, 2 Dec 2006 20:53:40 -0600
  ...The > other way the outer lights turn off, and the inner (small lamp) lamps > (brights) turn on. I have always found that a little...
• Re: back-up lights
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:57:39 -0500
  ...back-up lights When my backup lights didn't work I first checked bulbs, fuses, continuity in wires, then checked the switch near on...
• '85 Vanagon with alternator problem
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 Mar 97 10:57:05 PST
  ...You are warned of this by the dash lights coming on. The problem I have is that the lights come on prematurely. For example...
• Blinker problems.
  Historical mailing list - Tim Wise
  Mon, 21 Apr 1997 15:43:19 -0500
  ...The symptoms are: - When I turn on my right blinker, the brake lights blink in addition to the right turn signals. - When I brake...
• Re: Fw: no head lights on an '87
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 9 Jul 2006 09:59:01 -0400
  ...no head lights on an '87 > > > Hey list, > A freind of a freind has an '87 Westfalia with no head lights. The parking lights...
• 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...
• Projektzwo (was: Re: projzto
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 3 Apr 2003 01:32:55 EST
  ...headlights and i'll get pummeled by irate drivers > at stop lights? > > i have the Projektzwo ( P'zwo for short) lights on my van...
• Daytime Running Lights
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 7 Jul 2023 12:05:46 -0700
  hi all, I'd like to have Daytime Running Lights on my van. As it is now I have to turn the light switch...
• weirdness of the lights
  Historical mailing list - Dan Pastor
  Thu, 25 Mar 1999 20:27:03 -0800
  Hello group! Can some kind soul help me with this...my turn signals work fine when the lights are off. When the lights are...
• Re: Brighter lights
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Thu, 28 Jun 2001 21:35:02 -0500
  ...I've had the 50 watters in for the running lights, the brake lights, and the turn signals, along with the halogen back-up...
• Re: South African Grille headlight conversion on an 84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 23 Sep 2004 23:43:39 +1200
  ...2 outer lights on >High: all 4 lights on That is the way they are supposed to be. The outers are normal hi/low...
• more reverse lights woes
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 21 Mar 1990 09:39:28 -0500
  spent sunday messing with the reverse light on the blue beast (83 diesel) The ramp phenomenon reported earlier (reverse lights work with back end...
• Re: drool...drool
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 31 Jan 2004 12:21:42 -0600
  ...i've got mine wired so the fogs come on whenever the parking lights are on. :) then the 2nd position on the fog switch...
• Re: Plug in LED dash bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 13 Feb 2006 23:35:33 -0700
  ...LEDs are not dimmable, and he says they are considerably brighter than stock lights. This would be a problem driving out in the countryside...
• eurolights wanted....anyone know who can import these?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 25 Sep 1999 11:17:13 EDT
  as many of you with the '86-'91 Vanagons with the lousy square DOT lights know, the european version of these lights puts out...
• Re: How do I wire up backup lights?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:55:32 -0700
  More important, regardless of wire colors, is do you want to run the power for through those lights directly through the stock back-up...
• Re: Park Lights
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 14 Sep 2000 17:42:16 -0700
  ...However, well meaning people frequently told me my lights were >on ("I left them on deilberately, thanks.") or would tell me my lights >were...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE
  Historical mailing list - Loren A. Busch
  Wed, 27 Nov 2002 18:14:44 -0800
  ...Rear mounted fog lights to make vehicle visible to vehicles behind. Driving Lights: Front of vehicle, mounted just about anywhere, usually very bright, intended...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:26:49 +1300
  ...All 4 lights will work on high; only the outers on low. > > those are FOG lights, NOT driving lights. >> > >no, actually theyre driving lights...
• Re: Turn lights weirdness
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 13 Aug 2002 19:49:24 -0400
  ...Turn lights weirdness I am having a strange problem with my turn lights. - With the headlights off, turn lights are working fine (i.e...
• Re: Brake Lights
  Historical mailing list - Geo
  Thu, 6 May 2010 08:43:09 -0400
  ...Though (I think) if one fails the lights will continue to work until the second one fails. Happened to me in middle-of-nowhere...
• Re: fog lights
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 Jan 2001 18:47:28 EST
  ...get the DRIVING lights, not the FOG lights. chris [text/html]
• Re: vanagon Digest - 27 Jun 2001 (#2001-812)
  Historical mailing list - Dave M
  Thu, 28 Jun 2001 14:42:00 +0100
  ...BETTER BRIGHTER LIGHTS > >Good thing I save receipts. >All the part numbers listed are NAPA >Tail lights, turnsignals, & brake lights-- >#7352970 ( 50 watt , 1056...
• Cigar. and Glove Box light question
  Historical mailing list - Mark Cumnock
  Thu, 6 May 2004 20:13:05 -0400
  I'm trying to fix the lights on my cigar. lighter and the light above the glove box. What turns the light on the...
• Re: dash lights not working
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Sat, 3 Sep 2005 20:16:36 -0400
  ...dash lights not working > > >> Hi guys... my dash lights aren't working. When I turn the headlights >> on, they come of for a fraction...
• Re: Adding Aux Driving Lights Questions
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Wed, 11 Apr 2001 15:18:22 -0700
  ...I mounted my lights using the "molly mounts" on top of the bumper about 9" from the corners. Works great. The lights came with...
• Re: tail lights
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sat, 18 Dec 2010 10:57:07 -0500
  There is considerable information on Vanagon lighting in the wiki: http://www.vanagonwiki.net/wiki/94,_Exterior_Lights
• Re: Dashboard lights
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 16 Nov 2014 10:59:14 -0500
  ...Dashboard lights What about the lights behind the clock and the warning lights? Not the warning indicators but the legends. Also is the light...
• My SA gril - I'll never go back!
  Historical mailing list - andrewbell
  Sun, 10 Mar 2002 20:49:54 -0600
  So with all the talk about grills, lights and relays - I wanted to show you who care the new grill and light set up...
• Re: Quad round headlite grille..and more
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Thu, 23 Apr 1998 09:04:02 +0300
  ...The standard round hi/lo lights and additional spot lights in same diameter. This seems to be an old design and I do not...
• Re: City Lights
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Nov 1999 09:24:12 +0200
  ...All pre-1985 cars >have to use lights on at daytime as well, >one can get fined for not using >lights, with 500 crowns...
• Re: Electrical Circuit Instrument Cluster 85 Vanagon Help
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:34:37 -0800
  re Which circuit on the ribbon connects to the instrument lights? The > lights do not come on. Has the OP turned the dash lights...
• Re: Xenon Lights?
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Fri, 12 Dec 2003 08:46:23 -0600
  ...So, I am considering Xenon lights. Are there >any drawbacks to using these as opposed to stock lights? Specifically, I >am looking at an...
• Re: Driving Lights?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 21 Apr 97 23:26:56 CDT
  ...Silva said: >Has anyone had experience in adding "driving lights" for daytime use to a >Vanagon? I always drive with my headlights on but...
• Re: E-Code Lights - another alternative
  Historical mailing list - Steve Macaulay
  Thu, 25 Feb 1999 11:41:46 -0800
  ...I would have paid the extra money for the $200 E-code lights to save the hassle of installing the auxillary lights and tracking...
• Re: H4 HEADLIGHTS
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 27 Oct 1999 01:42:13 +0200
  ...The Golf A2 has different lights. However, the A1 Golf (Rabbit in the US) has lights that fit your 67-79 type1, 68-79...
• Hella E-Code lights with "City Light"?
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Tue, 9 Apr 2002 10:16:34 -0700
  ...the Bosch lights (like the various list vendors sell) versus Hella brand lights? I really like the idea of the City lights, but I...
• box o stuff
  Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
  Sun, 28 Mar 2004 19:33:48 EST
  ...1 pair of bay window tail lights 1 "" rabbit tail lights 1 pair of good vanagon tail lights 1 pair of vanagon tail lights...
• Re: Killed my dash lights..
  Historical mailing list - Rich Bennington
  Sun, 23 Jul 2006 17:18:08 -0700
  On Jul 22, 2006, at 5:28 PM, Mark C wrote: > I was replacing the lights for the AT 'shift' housing, the heater > control...
• Re: South African quad driving light grille (I'VE GOT 'EM)
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 27 Sep 2000 12:51:12 -0400
  ...Unlike others that have been sold, my kit includes the correct GENUINE VW inner lights, not a pair of cheesy generic lights. These correct...