WOW!!! Thank you all for sharing your suggestions and experience.  I'll add
this to my list Saturday Vanagon projects.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Demarest" <tim.demarest@POBOX.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 7:42 AM
Subject: Re: Reverse Lights not working - 88 GL

> At 01:05 AM 9/28/2004 -0400, Kim Brennan wrote:
>>Replacements no longer use the same connector, so you'll have
>>to get a replacement connector too and splice in the wires (I detailed
>>this in the archives recently).
>
> ...and if this splicing has already been done on your van, don't forget
> the
> possibility that one of the splices has gone bad. The crimp-on
> butt-splices
> sold at most FLAPS are not weather sealed, and will corrode internally. My
> '85 had a bad switch (verified with a meter after replacement) *and* a bad
> splice... but at least the bulbs were good.
>