Jim,

        >Also is there any simple way to stop the warning buzzer from buzzing?

I put a piece of electrical tape over the buzzer grille. The sound is very
tolerable now. It's located in the fuse block, top row in my '91.

        >I can only start my 90' GL if either the parking or
  >headlights are turned on.I'd like to know if this is a normal situation,

AFIK this is waaay not normal. I have never seen a Vanagon like this. Sorry
I have no idea what the cause would be.

John Meeks
Top of Lower Michigan
91 Westfalia MultiVan

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  >-----Original Message-----
  >From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
  >Of hosel
  >Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 5:47 AM
  >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
  >Subject: Starting issue
  >
  >
  >Can anyone help?
  >
  >I asked this question before but got no response. So I don't know if
  >this is even a normal situation or not. The manual for the van is vague
  >on this point. I can only start my 90' GL if either the parking or
  >headlights are turned on. This is crazy, even for Germans to do, if in
  >fact, it's engineered into the van. It's much to easy to forget to turn
  >the parking lights off during the day, and so, in the interest of
  >safety, you're stranded because of a dead battery. I like options in my
  >life.
  >
  >I'd like to know if this is a normal situation, and if so, can it be
  >undone? Or does everyone just put up with it? On the other hand, what
  >mankind has created, mankind can uncreate.
  >
  >Also is there any simple way to stop the warning buzzer from buzzing?
  >That's almost as bad a sound as those backup warning noises on
  >trucks..... Again it's a issue of freedom of expression - to make an
  >obnoxious noise or not...
  >
  >Thanks for any consideration and/or information on these two subjects.
  >Jim
  >90' GL
  >