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• vanagon airco switches (mounting panel)
  Historical mailing list - Raf Knockaert
  Fri, 20 May 2011 23:03:48 +0200
  Hello, In the late Vanagon the airco switches (AC temperature control and blower fan switch) are mounted in a little panel between the radio...
• Re: Scored brand new Behr AC but missing switches
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 16 May 2010 19:30:38 -0700
  ...The Behr unit need three switches. 2, one for each fan motor and the > rheostat for the temperature controller. Either fan switched on runs...
• Well, I chickened out
  Historical mailing list - Robert Crawford
  Mon, 5 Aug 1996 20:50:28 -0700
  ...with manual fan switches use them? any other comments, and does the fan come on with the lower temperature switches? One more, How ofthe...
• Re: Wasserboxer cooling (was:Re: aftermarket instrumentation)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Jul 1996 00:37:05 -0400
  Jim Davis (SyncroHead) writes: << All VW needed to do is determine the proper engine coolant operating temperature, and choose a radiator mounted switch with...
• Re: '85 A/C Question
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 22 Jun 2001 10:15:28 EDT
  ...The inner knob is for fan speed the outter ring around this knob is for temperature control. You need to not only turn the...
• thermostat:
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 30 Nov 94 20:57:46 CST
  ...an ambient temperature switch. which bentley says "switches A/C compressor OFF when outside temperature is under 38 degrees F" (the thermostat "switches A...
• Re: vanagon airco switches (mounting panel)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Fri, 20 May 2011 20:37:58 -0400
  ...telenet.be> wrote: > Hello, > > In the late Vanagon the airco switches (AC temperature control and > blower fan switch) are mounted in a little panel...
• Re: Scored brand new Behr AC but missing switches
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 16 May 2010 21:44:32 -0500
  ...The Behr unit need three switches. 2, one for each fan motor and the >> rheostat for the temperature controller. Either fan switched on runs...
• Re: Scored brand new Behr AC but missing switches
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 16 May 2010 22:10:27 -0400
  The Behr unit need three switches. 2, one for each fan motor and the rheostat for the temperature controller. Either fan switched on runs...
• Re: LED Panel Switches for Dometic Exhaust Fan
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Perry
  Wed, 11 Sep 2019 14:49:13 -0400
  ...Anybody know where to source these? >> > > You should find one here to suit: > https://www.digikey.com/products/en/switches/toggle-switches/201?k...
• '86 Westy A/C Switch (Again)
  Historical mailing list - Ray Reinhard
  Sat, 22 Oct 2005 23:26:20 -0700
  ...This switch has concentric knobs to control fan speed and temperature -- it is specific to Westies of this era. Switches from non-Westies will...
• Re: junkyard alert
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 13 Feb 1995 09:28:20 -0500
  ...of popout windows, guages, switches >n stuff. Those gauges wouldn't happen to include a oil pressure and temperature ...would they? --------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Williams CANMET...
• How to find a particular three-way electrical switch.
  Historical mailing list - Luke Bakken
  Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:33:28 -0700
  Hello vanagon crew, I'm in the process of wiring up three VDO oil temperature senders to one gauge (one on my pan, and...
• Re: AC Thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 10 Jul 2006 23:14:44 -0400
  ...The low pressure switches on our Vanagons should prevent that from occurring. However, if the ambient air temperature isn't very warm but has...
• '86 Westy A/C Switch Desperately Needed
  Historical mailing list - Ray Reinhard
  Thu, 25 May 2006 09:38:13 -0700
  ...This circular, black switch controls on/off and fan speed (inner) and temperature (outer ring). Note that these switches are UNIQUE TO WESTIES of...
• Re: '85 A/C Question (better components)
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Fri, 22 Jun 2001 07:39:54 -0700
  ...The inner > knob is for fan speed the outter ring around this > knob is for temperature > control. You need to not only turn the...
• Re: Climate Control Help
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 1 Dec 2004 18:36:10 -0500
  ...The Behr unit I have has 3 switches. 2 are identical and control the fan speed and whether it is on or off (there...
• Re: I need a suggestion for a 60C thermostatic switch
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 17 Jan 2005 05:56:23 -0600
  ...electric switch << > >>This switch will sample the temperature << David, Hmmm. I thought sensors do sensing, and switches do ..... er,....umm, ...switching?? LOL!!! How's...
• Re: How to find a particular three-way electrical switch.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:38:20 -0400
  What are you trying to prove by having three oil temperature senders? Why the complexity? Best option is really in a location where oil...
• AW: How hot is HOT?
  Historical mailing list - Conrad Schimke
  Tue, 4 Aug 1998 14:50:23 +0200
  ...working due to high temperature. Bevore I've converted my AC, I checked all these stages by shorting the switches and all worked as...
• Re: Let's Talk Oil....
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 7 Oct 2000 02:31:39 -0400
  At 02:25 10/7/2000, Scott De Santi wrote: >average temperature around 45 degrees F.... Why does my oil buzzer/lite go on...
• '84 A/C temp switch question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 3 Aug 2001 01:27:24 -0400
  Hi all, I have the dealer installed A/C with the fan and temperature switches in the overhead. The system wasn't working when...
• Re: 87 Wolfsburg persistant hesistation problem (confusing)
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:04:17 -0400
  ...It will run fin until operating temperature is obtained and the brain switches to closed loop, where it sees a ground. A ground equates...
• Re: junkyard alert
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Mon, 13 Feb 1995 08:48:12 -0800 (PST)
  ...of popout windows, guages, switches >>n stuff. > > >Those gauges wouldn't happen to include a oil pressure and temperature >..would they? Sorry, just stanard...
• temp and leak
  Historical mailing list - .
  Fri, 26 Apr 1996 21:58:41
  ...why is the temperature gauge only going a quarter up instead of halfway? 2. had the heads replaced a a few months ago and...
• Behr A/C Controls
  Historical mailing list - Jon Kanas
  Tue, 18 May 2010 13:11:09 -0600
  ...contacts in one of the switches failed. The second control is a rheostat (low-ohm) which "regulates" the temperature by cycling the compressor. 0...
• Re: '86 Westy A/C Switch Desperately Neededpecial issue (#2006-445)
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Thu, 25 May 2006 16:04:27 -0700
  ...This >circular, black switch controls on/off and fan speed (inner) and >temperature (outer ring). Note that these switches are UNIQUE TO WESTIES >of...
• Re: gauge recommendations
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 22:08:13 EST
  ...G-tech accelerometer, recording on road dyno. (in the mirror) digital compass with exterior temperature monitoring, switches with sensor in refrigerator. (additional sensor warning...
• bad idle during warmup
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Wed, 22 Nov 2000 08:04:54 -0500
  ...This happens intermittantly until the engine it all the way up to normal operating temperature. My first guess is the temp II sensor. Next...
• Re: engine compartment temp?
  Historical mailing list - kW
  Tue, 16 Feb 1999 20:09:48 -0800
  ...In order to avoid false alarms, I need to know the MAXIMUM temperature that will occur in the engine compartment under normal operating conditions...
• Re: '84 A/C temp switch question
  Historical mailing list - John Y. Hung
  Fri, 3 Aug 2001 09:24:13 -0500
  ...I have the dealer installed A/C with the fan and temperature >switches in the overhead. > >The system wasn't working when I got...
• Re: '86 Westy A/C Switch Desperately Needed
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 25 May 2006 19:27:00 -0400
  ...This > circular, black switch controls on/off and fan speed (inner) and > temperature > (outer ring). Note that these switches are UNIQUE TO WESTIES of...
• heating issue on 85
  Historical mailing list - Martinez
  Sun, 11 May 2003 20:26:34 -0700
  ...The van runs hot and the temperature gauge runs close to maximum in stop and go traffic and cools down at highway temperatures (just...
• radiator thermoswitch question...
  Historical mailing list - Grungy
  Fri, 14 Mar 2003 15:14:22 -1000
  ...The Bentley says 95C and 102C are the temperatures for the switch (on the wiring diagram). I see two other temp range switches at...
• Re: How to find a particular three-way electrical switch.
  Historical mailing list - Luke Bakken
  Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:52:44 -0700
  ...Just for reference in the archives, I found a couple good rotary switches on www.grainger.com and they have a branch in town...
• Re: test for radiator fan working?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 8 Oct 2003 09:03:50 -0400
  ...You should buy or borrow an infrared temperature gun (~$50 at Radio Shack, I think), or install a calibrated temperature gauge to find out...
• Re: Head gasket FIX!!
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Mon, 14 Jul 1997 18:59:16 -0400
  ...guage runs at about the point where the radiator fan switches on (around 85 deg. C?) I have stopped the van after a short...
• Re: How to find a particular three-way electrical switch.
  Historical mailing list - Luke Bakken
  Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:14:59 -0700
  ...How to find a particular three-way electrical switch. > > Hello vanagon crew, > > I'm in the process of wiring up three VDO oil temperature...
• Re: '86 Westy A/C Switch Desperately Needed
  Historical mailing list - Ray Reinhard
  Thu, 25 May 2006 13:01:24 -0700
  ...This > circular, black switch controls on/off and fan speed (inner) and temperature > (outer ring). Note that these switches are UNIQUE TO WESTIES of...
• Temperature Gauge - Hot Desert Conditions - LONG
  Historical mailing list - Jack Newton
  Tue, 10 Apr 2001 11:40:03 +1000
  ...temperature gauge is that it normally sits about 1 or 2 needle widths to the right of the LED and the cooling fan switches...
• Re: My Dometic is nuts!
  Historical mailing list - coyote
  Tue, 28 Jul 1998 10:03:23 -0700
  ...I'm not sure why it stopped cooling, but I do know that the fan will run anytime the temperature reaches a certain point...
• Re: gauge recommendations
  Historical mailing list - Allan Bagley
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 22:48:32 -0800
  ...G-tech accelerometer, recording on road dyno. (in the mirror) digital compass with exterior temperature monitoring, switches with sensor in refrigerator. (additional sensor warning...
• Re: How to find a particular three-way electrical switch.
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:54:14 -0400
  ...I went all over town today > (Radio Shack, West Marine, some local places) to find something and > everyone has on-off-on SPDT switches...
• Re: a/c cutout switch
  Historical mailing list - SyncroHead
  Fri, 17 Apr 1998 14:22:15 EDT
  ...The alloy melts at a very specific temperature: a temp > attainable only at very high pressure. There are both high and low pressure switches...
• Re: gauge recommendations
  Historical mailing list - Mike Moery
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 22:50:15 -0900
  ...G-tech accelerometer, recording on road dyno. (in the mirror) digital compass with exterior temperature monitoring, switches with sensor in refrigerator. (additional sensor warning...
• thermoswitch
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Clay
  Wed, 14 Oct 1998 16:04:07 EDT
  ...Listees suggested looking at type of oil, filter, the pressrue switches, and the cooling system. Since my 88 water cooled runs a weee bit...
• Re: headlight switch
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sat, 1 Feb 2025 18:40:37 +0000
  My current frustration:  reinstalling Instrument Cluster.  More specifically:  the Rocker Switches.  About a year has elapsed with all wires dangling via gravity....and with...
• Re: Substitute for aircooled thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Mon, 21 Feb 2011 20:26:39 -0600
  ...So the controller might be nothing more complicated than an oil temperature gauge that switches the step motor. That's the ugly way to...
• Re: '86 Westy A/C Switch Desperately Needed
  Historical mailing list - Stephen DeMocko
  Thu, 25 May 2006 09:54:51 -0700
  ...This circular, black switch controls on/off and fan speed (inner) and temperature (outer ring). Note that these switches are UNIQUE TO WESTIES of...
• RE: A/C electrical shutoff by pressure...??
  Historical mailing list - Tom Brunson
  Wed, 2 Jul 97 02:43:32 UT
  ...if the ambient temperature is too low. Hmmm... that doesn't really sound like your problem either - but the switches are easy to get...
• Re: A/C useless when over 100 degrees
  Historical mailing list - Randy Herd
  Thu, 28 Jun 2001 07:04:14 -0600
  ...When the outside temperature is over 100, the inside temperature is cool enough to turn the AC down just about the time I pull...
• RE: Vanagon temperature problem(new thremostat)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 11 Aug 97 02:06:21 UT
  ...I carry low temp fan switches that will turn the fan on earlier which is what you need. 80C (172F), is a little on...
• Re: '86 Westy A/C Switch (Again)
  Historical mailing list - Tony Thompson
  Mon, 24 Oct 2005 19:04:39 -0400
  ...This >switch has concentric knobs to control fan speed and temperature -- it is >specific to Westies of this era. Switches from non-Westies will...
• Re: why 2 oil switches (was: how engine oil degrades) oils)
  Historical mailing list - James Cohen
  Thu, 2 Jan 1997 19:53:05 -0800
  ...ve concluded that it was because I was >using too > > thin oil for the temperature outside. When I use 20-40 it rarely happens.
• Re: A/C compressor not turning
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 13 May 1996 19:51:57 -0400
  In a message dated 96-05-13 16:31:47 EDT, you write: >Outside temperature was 70F so the temp sensors should have allowed...
• cooling fan noise
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Mon, 18 May 1998 14:29:17 -0300
  Hi, fan has two speeds, 83C and 95C temperature settings. low speed is 'quiet' little vibration in my '87, but high speed is like...
• Re: 87 Westy questions
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  18 Sep 1995 08:38:32 -0700
  ...The electric cooling fan is usually powered through two temperature controlled switches, a "slow" speed and a "high" speed. The slow speed puts a...
• Re: Blinking Temp Light.
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 09 Jul 94 10:55:12 CDT
  On Sat, 9 Jul 94 09:40:21 CDT Gerald Skerbitz said: >My temperature light has just started blinking too long after I start...
• Re: Substitute for aircooled thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Mon, 21 Feb 2011 18:38:44 -0800
  ...the controller might be nothing more complicated than an oil > temperature gauge that switches the step motor. That's the ugly way > to do...
• Re: 84 Vanagon A/C
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Thu, 15 Oct 1998 21:42:03 -0500
  --------------------------- Hi Karl, You are not the only one with no switches. My 86 westy had no high or low switches either. There were some...