

| Subject: | Proper Bulbs for a Vanagon |
| From: | Tom Young |
| Date: | Thu, 20 Mar 2003 20:39:23 -0800 |
Hi all:
Oddly enough, in the 20+ years I've owned my Vanagon I've not had to change
light bulbs very often. However, the last time or two I've gone into my
FLAPS to get a replacement bulb and quoted the "Trade No." listed in the
Bulb Chart of my Vanagon's Owners Manual the guy behind the counter tells me
that that number is no longer valid and hands me something else. I'm not so
sure he knows what he's talking about and now, after replacing a bulb in my
relatively-new-to-me Westfalia, the left blinker goes a lot faster than the
right blinker, which tells me I've got mis-matched bulbs.
I've looked around on the web for some sort of cross-reference chart for the
"Trade Numbers" listed in my owners manual to current general trade numbers
and haven't had any luck. Does anybody have some sort of list of generic
"trade numbers" for bulbs that fit Vanagon?
Here's what my manual specifies:
Headlights 6014
Front turn signals 1034
Front and rear
side marker lights 1816
Rear turn signal 1073
Stop/tail lights 1034
Back-up lights 1073
License plate light 89
Interior lights 211
Anybody got a more current chart?
TIA.
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Tom Young '81 Vanagon
Lafayette, CA 94549 '82 Westfalia
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