In a message dated 29/11/2004 1:33:06 PM Eastern Standard Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

In  replacing the headlight switch in my '90 Westfalia I've encountered  a
curiosity, maybe even a mystery for the list  wizards.

You have uncovered yet another VW Vanagon Mystery  !  I have noticed this
over the years and have NEVER been able to come up  with any reasons !  That
switch must fit other applications and they must  keep changing it around for that
purpose yet still keeping it Vanagon compatible  is the only reasoning I've
been able to come up with.  I did run into one  case on a '91 US model I
"think" that the M switch would not work on.  The  connector required another pin or
a pin or two were in different  orientation.  I forget the whole story now
but it was the one and only time  I could not use the standard M switches I get
from my supplier.

Cheers,

Frank  Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
_BusFusion_ (http://members.aol.com/BusFusion/bfhome.htm)  a VW Camper
camping event, Almonte, ON, June 09 ~ 12, 2005
'87 Westy, '90 Carat &  Lionel Trains
Member: _Vanagon List_ (http://www.vanagon.com/) , _LiMBO_
(http://www.bcn.net/~limbo/) , _IWCCC_ (http://www.westfalia.qc.ca/)  & _CCVWC_
(http://www.ccvwc.ca/)
Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in  the Ottawa Valley
_STEBRO/Vanagon Stainless Steel  Mufflers_
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