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• Re: South African Grille headlight conversion on an 84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 23 Sep 2004 22:24:10 +1200
  ...ie > >-outers low beams & inners high > >or > >-outers both low and high and inners running lights > >How are stock SA's set up? How...
• High-roof tailgate wanted
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 1 Dec 2007 22:18:51 +1300
  An acquaintance here in NZ has somehow found a high-roof T3 he thought about wrecking, but it turns out to be too good...
• High top?
  Historical mailing list - Geneva Saint-Amour
  Sun, 24 Feb 2013 22:23:40 -0700
  Anyone out there have suggestions for high top suppliers, installers, tips or suggestions? And what is the market for the pop top if/when...
• Re: 85 AC problems...pressure too high with small amount of refrigerant
  Historical mailing list - Mark Cumnock
  Thu, 9 Jun 2005 15:30:02 -0400
  also spray cold water on the front grill, this will drop your head pressure which is higher with 134a , than R-12....just another...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 12:50:09 -0800
  ...I >> thought the inner lights were high beams. >> >> > > no - theyre driving lights. the high beams are the stock outer 7" round high > beam. the...
• Re: Oil Pressure System Confusion...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 1 Jul 2007 09:47:27 -0400
  Once the high pressure warning is activated, it remains on until the system see the high pressure switch satisfied or the ignition is reset...
• Re: Converting to R134
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Thu, 5 Jun 2003 12:16:47 -0700
  ...The '86+ vans A/C refrigerant high pressure switch will switch the radiator fan to a higher speed when the high side pressure goes...
• Re: AC conversion quirks
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 2 Jul 2004 00:31:31 -0400
  ...The high speed is due to excessive high side pressure. The R134 does operate at slightly higher pressures than R12. The replacement expansion valves...
• Re: Headlight Operation
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 13 Apr 2014 12:16:53 -0600
  ...In '86-91 Vanagons the outside headlights have both low beam and high > beaam filaments > > > There is no application for H4 bulbs where both...
• Re: High Idle, Fuel Pressure Test Results and Advice Needed
  Historical mailing list - Tracy Bonin
  Mon, 9 Dec 2002 06:04:03 -0800
  ...Does this seem like a good step? High fuel pressure would seem to match most of my symptoms (all except the high idle when...
• Re: AC converted to 134
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Tue, 19 Jul 2005 15:32:24 -0700
  ...The post '86 systems, although they have a high pressure switch, are not *legal* to convert either, in that the high pressure switch must...
• High Top Progress
  Historical mailing list - John Dillon
  Sat, 18 Jul 2015 15:33:44 -0400
  So almost ready to startup the hightop. It's got new brakes, new fuel system, new suspension, apparently the radiator is NLA so Rolf...
• Re: mpg?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 23 Apr 1997 15:20:46 EDT
  ...17-19 on the highway at 65-70 mph, depending on wind conditions. When following a long line of splitties, however, highway mileage jumps...
• Re: Wanted - High top
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Thu, 13 May 2004 15:34:04 -0700
  I can get brand new, old stock Westfalia high-tops in Germany, but the shipping is a bear. Cheers, Jeff www.vanagonparts.com On...
• Re: square headlight upgrade kit
  Historical mailing list - KBatzler
  Wed, 13 Jan 1999 07:50:44 -0800
  ...square headlight upgrade kit >Okay, I admit it; I am confused. > >Does the e-code headlight fit in the 4" square high beam location...
• Re: square headlight upgrade kit< ooops
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 12 Jan 1999 05:02:23 +0100
  Per Lindgren wrote: > > As I have mentioned earlier, the H1 Highbeam unit <snip> > Of course, the highs are fitted with H3 bulbs, not H1s...
• High-performance ignition coil??
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 29 Jan 2003 00:12:50 -0500
  Has anyone ever installed a high-performance ignition coil in a WBX Vanagon? Any obvious problems with doing this? Thanks, Chris S. '85 Westy...
• anyone ever bypassed the 2.1L high oil pressure sender???
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 13 May 2003 21:42:38 EDT
  has anyone ever bypassed the high oil pressure sender on the 2.1L? the buzzer/light keeps coming on above 2000 rpm. changed the...
• Re: 87 Westfalia headlight issue
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Thu, 1 Dec 2016 21:04:52 -0800
  ...Pulling the turn signal lever to toggle high beams on/off does not alter the high beam indicator: it stays on. The 'fog' lights...
• Re: high lift jack?
  Historical mailing list - Randy Charrette
  Tue, 4 Mar 2003 04:20:25 +0000
  ...Looking to pick up a high lift jack for my syncro as well. Anyone use one yet??</P> <P>Randy</P> <P>87 Syncro...
• Re: 89 Vanagon westy with AC my front blower fan runs only on high speed
  Historical mailing list - C. Abney
  Sat, 8 Oct 2016 11:15:49 -0700
  ...Often it takes the higher current of the high setting to overcome that. On 10/8/16, Larry Alofs <lalofs@gmail.com> wrote: > There...
• Re: No High Beams
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:48:53 -0400
  ...I >appears that when I pull up on the lever for high beams I'm getting >nothing, >all four ('90 Westy) lights out, not...
• Re: High Speed Fan
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 5 Jul 2004 12:46:15 -0700
  On 86+ models with A/C the radiator temp switches only connect to speeds 1 and 3 (low and high). Speed 2 (medium) is...
• Re: Who has the highest mileage?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Fri, 17 Jan 2003 11:13:13 -0500
  ...Who has the highest mileage? Just out of curiosity, who has the highest mileage on their veedub on the list? (the van/bus must...
• article on A/C retrofit to R-134a (new freon)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 26 Aug 94 00:09:25 CDT
  ...As part of a retrofit, have the shop install a high-pressure cutout switch that disengages the compressor if system pressures get too high...
• Re: Vanagon grilles and lights
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Sat, 22 Jan 2000 15:04:47 -0700
  ...In normal high beam postition (when you let go), only one filament is lit. These bulbs wouldn't last very long with two filaments...
• no fan, big fan, fuse blow, no fan
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Mon, 19 Sep 2005 21:15:22 -0700
  ...I was driving slow in the city and the high speed stage fan came on. It was loud, never hear it before come on...
• Re: MODERATOR Trimming replies was Re: temp sensors?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 5 Aug 2009 22:07:04 -0600
  There is a high probability this is going to sound condescending and it's not intended that way but here goes.I bought a...
• Re: Eurovan seats into Vanagon Westy? Thanks!
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:02:53 -0800
  ...She finds herself too high, relative to the floor. I find myself just higher than I am used to, relative to the rest of...
• Re: An upgrade for a more efficent A/C system?
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Thu, 3 May 2007 12:19:40 -0700
  Roger, Your thoughts are interesting, but to say the high speed is very noisy is an understatement. And if you live in Arizona or...
• Re: G60 in a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 04 Jun 1996 17:10:11 -0500 (EST)
  There is a major issue in putting "high performance" VW watercooled engines in Vanagons, etc....and that is the rpms and torque production. HP...
• Re: Desperate for a High Top!
  Historical mailing list - rpc
  Wed, 1 Nov 2006 18:00:09 -0800
  ...A Popular Mechanics issue from 1971 has an article on home building a high top camper van. It features the construction of this "adventurewagen...
• Re: How tall is a Syncro Westflaia 'Joker'
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Thu, 30 Jan 2003 02:44:24 -0500
  i would think that you could fit it into a iso high cube container, but that is a guess. a high cube is 9...
• Re: AC and engine temps
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Sun, 26 Jul 1998 08:36:54 -0700
  ...There should be a high and low speed for the fan. The high speed should kick in as the needle creeps up past the...
• Re: higher octane needs
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Fri, 28 Dec 2001 16:22:27 -0600
  ...Still has original heads @ 186k on it.As it was explained to me and i took the pleadge higher octane Lower combustion temps, higher...
• 1991 Vanagon 2.1L auto: failed DE emission test: CO (high)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Wed, 31 May 2023 17:41:50 -0400
  ...low high HC (ppm) readings 145 88 limit 220 220 result PASS PASS CO (%) readings 3.39 2.48 limit 1.20 1.20...
• Re: AC and rad fan connection
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 27 Jun 2012 12:33:17 -0700
  ...When the rad high temp switch kicks on highest speed fan it also signals the A/C clutch relay to TURN OFF the A...
• Re: Highway paint
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 03 Jun 1996 07:45:47 -0800
  >For a while I have been formulating the possibility of adding the >little glass spheres that are in highway paint to the paint >on...
• Re: A nagging question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 20 Dec 2002 00:11:50 -0500
  ...Dunno if there are/were such -- maybe not because in old tube circuits an A battery was for filaments (low voltage high current), B...
• Re: Sudden High idle
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Thu, 11 Nov 2004 06:39:34 +0000
  ...Sudden High idle >Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 17:11:01 -0800 > >Last week my 87 2.1L engine started idling high. I turned...
• High tops- removal/trade
  Historical mailing list - Geneva Saint-Amour
  Tue, 26 Mar 2013 22:49:43 -0600
  Hello there-Has anyone had experience they can share with the process of removing a high top from a van and replacing it with...
• Re: Looking for LED Equivalent High Beam Indicator Bulb
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:58:09 EST
  ...2:37:27 PM Eastern Standard Time, robertmstewart@MAC.COM writes: > I am Looking for an LED Equivalent High Beam Indicator Bulb. > > radio shack..
• ANYONE????? High-performance ignition coil??
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 29 Jan 2003 22:48:39 -0500
  Has anyone ever installed a high-performance ignition coil in a WBX Vanagon? Any obvious problems with doing this? Thanks, Chris S. '85 Westy...
• Re: just heard on the news
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 13 Sep 2010 12:40:09 -0700
  yeah, heard the same, from CBC website: "The Sea-to-Sky Highway, which connects Vancouver and Whistler was been closed in both directions because...
• Re: Vanagon Westfalia high top dimensions?
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Fri, 13 Jun 2014 09:04:38 -0300
  ...Roy On 13-Jun-2014, at 08:56, William Monk wrote: > It really depends on the brand of the high top,the > suspension,wheels...
• Re: EZ way to test rad fan?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 11 May 2012 15:23:14 -0400
  ...There are hot, low speed, high speed. Have no fear for your fingers as the high speed circuit is actually powered by a relay...
• Re: Heater fuel pressure question
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Fri, 7 Feb 2003 15:40:48 -0500
  ...I'm thinking >>that I may be able to raise the fuel tank high enough >>to get the pressure I need. Assuming the fuel...
• Sad and depressed
  Historical mailing list - Michael
  Wed, 30 Mar 2016 20:18:29 -0400
  ...It revs really high. Like 3500 high before it moves. It feels like it's stuck in a high gear. Usually it clunks a...
• New sensors -now running hot
  Historical mailing list - chrisadubs
  Thu, 13 Sep 2001 18:55:05 -0700
  ...gage read higher than it used to. Lastly, by the time the fan kicked on, the needle was just under the line indicating the...
• Sizes for T3 (Vanagon) tires
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Wed, 8 Oct 2008 17:19:18 -0700
  ...LT195/75/14 Load C / 6PR --Must be Load C or higher! Rated for 50 psi or higher! 185R14C Load C /6PR --Must be...
• Help with A/C High/Low pressure sensor requested
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Wed, 16 Jul 2003 13:11:30 -0700
  ...This is located on the High-pressure metal line right above the high-pressure service valve. Bentley shows two sensors: one low; one high...
• Re: First road trip
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Jun 1996 18:35:08 -0400
  In a message dated 96-06-17 00:31:37 EDT, you write: > >>On the highway segments I moved along easily at 55 to...
• Re: Highway driving
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 11 Sep 2015 08:23:44 -0700
  1990 Carat - rebuilt WBX - 27x8.5 R14 General AT2 - 40psi Front, 45psi Rear fully loaded for long trip - average 20 mpg on highway - 18...
• Radiator fan High Speed
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sun, 12 Jul 1998 19:56:37 -0700
  When my radiator fan goes on high speed, I midly vibrates the dash and steering wheel. I was wondering - is this normal? Is there...
• exhaust systems....
  Historical mailing list - Rob Rubin
  Fri, 28 May 1999 01:45:42 EDT
  ...with either after-market exhaust systems or in particular the high flow / high performance system thru Van- Again???????? Help Me Help Me help Me
• alt light at high RPMS
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Rueb
  Wed, 25 Jun 2003 22:58:11 EDT
  my ALT light and OXS light is coming on at high rpms and sometimes lower flickers or solid. voltage is exactly the same at...
• Westfalia decals in high reflective material
  Historical mailing list - vanagon
  Tue, 23 Mar 2004 11:13:56 -0800
  Anybody know where I can get a hold of Westfalia decals in the high reflective material? I have heard there was / is a guy...
• Re: '84 value?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:13:43 +0100
  Another nice feature of 85's is they have a higher suspension (springs). This was the highest suspension height for 2WD Vanagons AFAIK. Nice...
• Re: Missing a high-beam... suggestions?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 8 Oct 2006 15:09:27 -0400
  ...Look OK >- voltmeter shows 12v on left side, and that or slightly higher on >the right (why would it be higher??) >- meter I have...
• Re: Manual or AT?
  Historical mailing list - SStones
  Fri, 12 Sep 2003 09:55:55 -0400
  ...I've been behind those things on the highway. I don't think I've seen a differential back there, aren't they front...