Go to your local FLAPS and look for a trailer wiring conversion kit.
Vanagons run separate bulbs for turn. brake, and running lights.  Most
trailers use one bulb with two filaments on each side.  The kits
electronically convert one to the other and the instructions (at least in
ours) were very clear.

Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: Marshall Ruskin <mruskin@pangea.ca>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2000 10:34 PM
Subject: Simple Question about trailer wiring

> My Trailer lamp kit has some instructions I would like the list to
clarify,
> if possible.
>
> The illustration shows: From the vehicle  - the brake and LH turn signal
> power are on *one* wire to the LH trailer lamp, and same thing on the RH
> side.
>
> To me, I can only interpret that as meaning that I basically have to
connect
> the high side of each turn signal and the brake light to the wire leading
to
> each sides trailer lamp.
>
> This "gives me the willies". (How does turn signal work during braking,
> exactly?)
>
> Am I correct - is this the correct way to wire up a trailer lampset - or
> should I do something else?
>
> TIA
>
> Marshall Ruskin
> 84 Westy "Leader of the Pack"
> Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
> Founding Member of "Vanagon's Anonymous"
>