Roy;
        Check the grounds for the headlights. I can not find my Bentley
manual but I believe they are terminated in the ground clusters behind
the fuse box. Even if they are not these are the source of a lot of
problems so some maintenance would not hurt. Since most Vanagons have
leaky windshields they get wet and corrode.

Good Luck and Drive Safely
Ken Lewis
86 Crewcab,60 356
http://Neksiwel.20m.com/

On Tue, 3 Jul 2001 16:04:14 -0500 Roy Olynick <rrh@AUTOBAHN.MB.CA>
writes:
> The headlights on my '87 Westy have been working intermittently for a
> number of
> weeks. Wiggling the headlight switch used to bring the headlights
> back on so I
> replaced the headlight switch with a new one assuming the switch was
> bad. After
> a couple of weeks of working a-OK the headlights (low and high beam)
> do not come
> on at all now. The blue indicator light for the high beams is lit,
> regardless of
> whether or not high beams are selected. So, the culprit is the
> dimmer switch in
> the steering wheel column, right? Not! The dimmer switch in the
> steering column
> was replaced but didn't solve the dead headlight problem. I did
> notice the
> headlight switch was very hot though.
>
> Anyone have any idea why the headlights are not working?
>
> Roy Olynick
> '87 Westfalia GL
> (till death do us part)
> '91 Honda Civic SE
> '01 Honda Civic LX
>
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