Apparently, not as ridiculous as you might think. I just went out and sure
enough, my sliding door has a light switch. Originally it would just light the
light over the driver, but I added one over the passenger side as well and am in
the process of adding a light over the sliding door.

After taking the switch out and examining the wiring connected to it, I figured
out that the DPO must have installed it as part of putting in an alarm system.
Since the wire used is definitely not stock VW wire. The wire goes under the
passenger seat and floorboards and up behind the glovebox.

BTW - the area in the door post where the switch is mounted is easy to get to in
order to route wires - if you take out the plastic grill on the opposite side
(the part that the front door closes on)

regards,

Todd
'88 Westy

Mick Kalber wrote:

> No... it never had one... the hole is covered up in the sliding door and
> there isn't even a hole in the rear door.  Besides, what light would it turn
> on?  There's only one over the driver's door.  It's ridiculous!  Everybody
> says they have just added lights one way or the other.  We've had reports of
> touch lites (own battery operated), flourescent lights (both battery and car
> battery operated), high intensity lights, and additional OEM lights added.
> The options are many.
>
> Mick Kalber
> 89 Syncro Westy "Daddy-O"
> Tropical Visions Video, Inc.
> 62 Halaulani Place    Hilo, Hawaii  96720
> ph. 808-935-5557    fax 808-935-0066
> hotlava@interpac.net
> www.volcanoscapes.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of Todd Last
> Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2000 10:03 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Light Inside Camper/cockpit lighting
>
> On my '88 Westy the slider does activate the dome lights. However this was
> not
> the case when I got the van from the DPO. Seems there is a rubber "finger"
> on the
> slider that activates the lightswitch on the slider door and the rubber
> finger
> had fallen off the door.  You might want to check and see if your van has a
> light
> switch on the doorpost to the slider.
>
> regards
>
> Todd
> '88 Westy