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• Re: Flashing Light
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 2 Aug 2011 15:25:10 -0400
  Don't tie it into the flasher. Tie it in to the flasher switch. Use a relay and then the flashing light can have...
• Re: L/F, R/F running light/flasher dont flash when lights are on but do flash when no light on ??
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sat, 9 Dec 2006 14:52:45 -0800
  ...L/F, R/F running light/flasher dont flash when lights are on but do flash when no light on ?? > My right front running...
• Re: L/F, R/F running light/flasher dont flash when lights are on but do flash when no light on ??
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Sat, 9 Dec 2006 14:45:02 -0800
  Well I just took the lens off I am runnng P21 Bulbs both turn sginals are flashing :) But there are 2 filaments it flashs...
• Flashers
  Historical mailing list - C Snyder
  Sat, 4 Apr 2015 11:14:59 -0400
  ...My question is, does the emgencey flashers use the same flasher unit as the turn signals or does it have it's own flasher...
• flasher problems
  Historical mailing list - mike riley
  Wed, 16 Sep 2015 22:01:32 -0400
  ...The lights on one side flash rapidly but dimmer. other side is normal. the rapid side has both lights flashing. flasher? while were are...
• Re: Flashing Light
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 2 Aug 2011 15:51:28 -0400
  ...Buying a flashing light unit means the thing will flash >internally, which will conflict with my emergency flashers if I add it to >the...
• L/F, R/F running light/flasher dont flash when lights are on but do flash when no light on ??
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Sat, 9 Dec 2006 14:12:39 -0800
  My right front running light/flasher's bulb socket rusted out because the lens was leaking water I got a new lens & bulb socket...
• Re: Flashers
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 4 Apr 2015 16:22:26 -0400
  At 11:14 AM 4/4/2015, C Snyder wrote: >My question is, does the emgencey flashers use the same flasher unit >as the...
• Turn signal weirdness
  Historical mailing list - John Bates
  Wed, 7 May 2003 11:17:18 -0400
  I also have the "fast flasher problem". It started when I jury-rigged a fix for a corroded turn signal lamp socket. The turn...
• Re: Flashers
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 5 Apr 2015 00:26:04 -0400
  At 12:21 AM 4/5/2015, Mudd 'Not Jack' Sparrow wrote: >My flashers work but emergency flashers only flash one side That will...
• Re: flasher problems
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 16 Sep 2015 23:16:18 -0400
  ...The lights on one side flash rapidly but dimmer. >other side is normal. the rapid side has both lights flashing. >flasher? while were are...
• Re: Flashers
  Historical mailing list - Mudd 'Not Jack' Sparrow
  Sat, 4 Apr 2015 21:21:59 -0700
  My flashers work but emergency flashers only flash one side > On Apr 4, 2015, at 10:39 AM, Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote...
• Re: Re flashing over vans
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 25 Aug 1994 15:18:52 -0400 (EDT)
  Sami asks whether or not the 66 double cab had the flasher installed later (the one for the headlight)....NOPE...it was original equipment...
• Flashing Temp Light!
  Historical mailing list - Charles \"Luke\" Lukey
  Sat, 27 Mar 1999 09:54:01 -0800
  I started the '88 Wolfsburg this (cold) morning and the temp light started flashing. Kept flashing, kept flashing. Checked expansion tank, it's fine...
• Water level/temp warning flasher
  Historical mailing list - Tim Timothy
  Fri, 27 Jul 2001 08:21:34 EDT
  I just got an '84 vanagon which has a flashing Water reservoir level/engine temp warning light flashing continously. With engine cold and reservoir...
• Coolant light flashing
  Historical mailing list - Terry Tan
  Thu, 6 Jun 1996 09:09:52 -0400 (EDT)
  My coolant light started to flash all of a sudden. Normally it flashes only initially during starting and stops flashing after 30 secs. Temp...
• '85 Turn Signal Issues
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Fri, 1 Oct 2010 11:09:11 -0500
  ...Several weeks ago they started to flash really random sometimes at a normal pace and sometimes really fast. When the emergency flashers were turned...
• Re: Flashers
  Historical mailing list - Mudd 'Not Jack' Sparrow
  Sat, 4 Apr 2015 23:52:36 -0700
  ...5/2015, Mudd 'Not Jack' Sparrow wrote: >> My flashers work but emergency flashers only flash one side > > That will be the four-way switch...
• Re: Flashers
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 4 Apr 2015 10:39:12 -0700
  I don't know if model year makes a difference in this regard, but AFAIK, turn signals and emergency flashers share the same relay...
• Rapid Flashing Bulbs WAS: Re: was The Otter Has (CRASH) Landed! Now ... there is much hope to be had
  Historical mailing list - Will Taygan
  Wed, 4 Nov 2009 18:35:47 -0900
  ...Turn signals and 4-way flashers are blinking too quickly. > > Wiring > > issue. A few hours work. > > i would start by replacing the flasher unit...
• Flashing Light
  Historical mailing list - ed donnen
  Tue, 2 Aug 2011 06:48:49 -0400
  ...Buying a flashing light unit means the thing will flash internally, which will conflict with my emergency flashers if I add it to the...
• Re: Fw: Flashing Coolant light on a diesel van.
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Sun, 8 Apr 2001 16:01:57 -0700
  What lamp is flashing? If you don't have level sensor there shouldn't be light either. Leon 85 Subwagen Westy Torrance, CA stephen...
• Re: LED lights
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 18 Jul 2017 12:04:21 -0400
  The OEM flasher is electronic. It has an internal current shunt so it can sense the load current and adjust the flashing rate. Yrs...
• flasher relay on '78
  Historical mailing list - Dan Geer
  Wed, 05 Jun 1996 09:14:55 -0400
  ...my turn signal flasher began to die. the symptom was it would flash for 10 strokes and then hang. then it would only work...
• Re: It's not the bulbs after all....
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Fri, 21 Mar 2003 22:05:31 -0700
  Same flasher flashes both sides, so that would not account for the problem. Start checking grounds in the sockets and from the lights to...
• Re: flasher problems
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Wed, 16 Sep 2015 19:42:03 -1000
  ...The lights on one side flash rapidly but dimmer. >> other side is normal. the rapid side has both lights flashing. >> flasher? while were are...
• Re: Turn signals
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
  Fri, 27 Dec 2002 09:23:31 -0800
  Hi Dave, The emergency flasher relay is indeed also the turn signal relay, but keep in mind the wiring for the turn signals goes...
• flashing coolant light
  Historical mailing list - radish150
  Sun, 8 Apr 2001 12:50:19 -0700
  ...Flashing Coolant light on a diesel van. > > To elorabate more ... > > Mine is an 82 van ...no coolant level sensor ... > > So I don't understand...
• Turn Signal flashing
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 Sep 1999 19:18:46 -0500
  Oh great Vanagon Gurus- My right turn signal flashes (inside on the dash) really quickly compared to my left turn signal, which flashes normally...
• Re: '85 Turn Signal Issues
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Sun, 3 Oct 2010 22:45:50 -0400
  ...Several weeks ago they started to >flash really random sometimes at a normal pace and sometimes really >fast. When the emergency flashers were turned...
• Fw: Flashing Coolant light on a diesel van.
  Historical mailing list - stephen de la salle
  Sat, 7 Apr 2001 19:45:21 -0400
  ...Flashing Coolant light on a diesel van. > Hi ...more problems! . > > ..the coolant lamp has just started flashing ....I key on and it starts > flashing...
• Re: was The Otter Has (CRASH) Landed! Now ... there is much hope to be had
  Historical mailing list - B
  Wed, 4 Nov 2009 18:31:01 -0800
  Doesn't rapid flashing mean one or more of the bulbs is burned out? B&S '87 Westy 'Esmerelda Blanc' SoCal On Nov 4...
• Re: Spotlight
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:58:59 -0800
  ...High end CREE LED flashlights > Al has been snooping around in my rig! �I added a 550 Lumen flashlight to my > kit about a...
• indicators & lights
  Historical mailing list - stephen de la salle
  Mon, 12 Mar 2001 00:15:16 -0500
  well, here's the puzzle.....when I use my turn signals, I get two indicatotr lamps flashing alternately in the instrument console - the flasher...
• Flashing Coolant light on a diesel van.
  Historical mailing list - stephen de la salle
  Sat, 7 Apr 2001 19:03:19 -0400
  Hi ...more problems! . ..the coolant lamp has just started flashing ....I key on and it starts flashing ...it never stops ...then engine is stone...
• Re: '85 Turn Signal Issues
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 1 Oct 2010 16:57:09 -0700
  ...Several weeks ago they started to > flash really random sometimes at a normal pace and sometimes really > fast. When the emergency flashers were turned...
• Coolant Level Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Charlie Swanson
  Thu, 12 May 2005 10:15:06 -0700
  My 85 GL coolant level light flashes sometimes and it's driving me nuts. On startup, it flashes a few times as usual, then...
• Re: cluster swap from 85 van to 86 van
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 27 May 2006 19:16:06 -0700
  ...the gauge stays at > the bottom but the light keeps on flashing. Coolant is not low, and it > doesn't flash with the 86...
• Re: Quick review of front turn signal light
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 21 Jan 2023 18:38:12 -0500
  ...first of course you have to have an electronic flasher unit fitted. Don’t bother fooling with resistors and the stock flasher. Is this...
• Re: Turn Signal flashing
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 Sep 1999 23:32:06 EDT
  ...Gurus- My right turn signal flashes (inside on the dash) really quickly compared to my left turn signal, which flashes normally. >> bulb out. chris
• Coolant temp warning light won't stop flashing - is my diagnosis correct?
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Thu, 10 Aug 2000 12:26:54 -0400
  ...Any flashing I refer to is not the self-test flashing when you start the engine - that occurs normally. I performed the following troubleshooting...
• Re: 86' temp gauge light flashing...
  Historical mailing list - Vance
  Wed, 17 Jul 1996 21:56:33 +0000
  I am reeeaallly skiddish about this light flashing. I've lost one engine because of my overconfidence. I have, however, found two occasions where...
• It's not the bulbs after all....
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 21 Mar 2003 17:18:20 -0800
  ...I guess that leaves me with the flasher itself. I also noticed that the emergency flashers aren't working; when I try them the...
• Re: Water level/temp warning flasher
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Fri, 27 Jul 2001 08:32:42 -0500
  Don't know if this is causing your problem, but I once induced a flashing temp light by accidentally sticking a key into the...
• Re: Flashing light
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 3 Sep 2003 18:00:56 -0500
  ...My '91 did the same thing for a while about a year ago; tank full, not hot, light would flash for a while after...
• Re: Coolant light flashes until warm, sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 2 Sep 2005 08:51:11 -0700
  My 84 flashes like that when it is damp out or has been sitting for a few days. Scared the crap out of me...
• Re: Turn Signal Flasher Replaced-Wipers NG
  Historical mailing list - Richard Schmittdiel
  Wed, 29 Jan 1997 19:09:22 -0800
  ...put the new flasher unit into the correct socket, reinstalled the wiper relay into its socket, and both flashers and wipers now operate properly...
• 84 coolant light.
  Historical mailing list - Ian Allan
  Tue, 1 Sep 2009 23:06:46 -0400
  Hi; I just got my daughters 84 on the road and have a pesky flashing coolant light. Coolant level is fine. Operating temp is...
• Re: Re flashing over vans
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 24 Mar 1990 15:50:08 -0500
  i dont think you got the 'flash to pass' feature until the vanagon came along - i dont recall my 71,2,3,4 having...
• Re: Re Stopping the flashing coolant light for good
  Historical mailing list - *****************
  Thu, 14 Jun 2007 23:31:41 -0500
  This flashing light save my Inline 4 this past weekend. It even got me to a stop before I lost must of the fluid...
• Re: Signal light flashing too fast.
  Historical mailing list - Tom Neal
  Sun, 19 Nov 2023 05:31:38 -0500
  ...Signal light flashing too fast. Some months ago I was doing body work and removed the right, front signal light. When I put it...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 26 Mar 1999 to 27 Mar 1999 - Special issue
  Historical mailing list - Stu Schwartz
  Sat, 27 Mar 1999 16:57:56 -0500
  ...Flashing Temp Light! > >I started the '88 Wolfsburg this (cold) morning and the temp light started >flashing. Kept flashing, kept flashing. Checked expansion tank...
• flashers and blinkers dont
  Historical mailing list - john silverman
  Wed, 2 Jun 1999 21:22:21 -0600
  ...Now the emergency flashers come on but will not flash, and the turn signals don't blink. Any ideas...? > >Thanks >John >90 Syncro Westy...
• Strange electric problem!!!
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Wed, 15 Dec 2004 01:00:23 -0500
  ...Parking light ON, rear left flasher goes ON???????????????????? Any other way, everything is fine with the flasher, but if i put the parking light...
• Re Stopping the flashing coolant light for good
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:53:14 -0700
  Mine (84 I-4 conversion faux-Westie) was flashing when I bought it. Likely a function of it being converted to the I-4...
• Re: No Headlights or Turnsignals but Markers OK Update 4
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 27 Oct 2016 00:23:26 +0000
  Just a wild shot in the "dark"......I was having blinker issues recently.  I removed Emergency Flasher switch from instrument panel, sprayed into the...
• Re: Flashing Coolant Light Sensor Test
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 19 Jun 2006 13:08:03 -0400
  First, the flashing light due to improper coolant mixture is a Vanagon myth. In a properly working system the light will not flash if...
• vanagon flashback
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Wed, 1 Nov 2017 19:20:24 -0400
  http://www.motortrend.com/news/1986-volkswagen-vanagon-syncro-feature-flashback/
• Flashing Temperature LED
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Tue, 3 Feb 2004 07:13:04 -0800
  ...I was on the freeway (California), looked down and saw that temperature led flashing. Started to slow down and and the LED stopped flashing...
• Re: flashers and blinkers dont
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 3 Jun 1999 18:58:27 +0200
  ...Now the emergency flashers come on but will not flash, and the turn > signals don't blink. Any ideas...? > John, I would start by...