The new pin was needed for 90 and 91 vanagons.  A look at the bently wiring
diagrams shows a major rework of how the dimmer section of the light switch
worked and also the associated areas of wiring in the fuse box were redone.

jimt

On 11/30/04 3:57 AM, "Frank Condelli" <RAlanen@AOL.COM> wrote:

> 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
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> camping event, Almonte, ON, June 09 ~ 12, 2005
> '87 Westy, '90 Carat &  Lionel Trains
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> (http://www.bcn.net/~limbo/) , _IWCCC_ (http://www.westfalia.qc.ca/)  &
> _CCVWC_
> (http://www.ccvwc.ca/)
> Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in  the Ottawa Valley
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> (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/stebro.htm)
> _Frank Condelli &  Associates_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/busindex.html)
> or  http://frankcondelli.com
> 
> 

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