Jim:

Is this the light you're describing?

http://www.dorcy.com/41-1011.htm

Pete
'87 Westy
"Joe's Van"

> If you're wanting a really simple but effective light, and you have a
> westy so there is a bar right over the door, you can go to home depot
> or similar and get a light called A Dorcy (the manufacturer's name,
> there's no model number or name that I know of). It runs on 4 D-cells
> so it has a very long life. It has a built-in hook that hangs it on the
> top bar, and can be turned so that the slide switch on the side adjusts
> from spot to flood. It can be aimed into the fridge or cabinets, and
> it's very bright. It can serve as a reading light for several people
> outside. It has a built-in stand that makes it a good camping light
> when not hung from a limb. The stand allows it to be positioned through
> 360 degrees. When it's traveling in the westy, you won't even know its
> there.
>
> Jim
>
>
> On Dec 3, 2004, at 4:21 PM, jimt wrote:
>
>> Even though there is no wiring in my 82 westy there is a rubber plug
>> where
>> the switch would have been.
>> jimt
>>
>> On 12/3/04 2:59 PM, "Matthew C. Huntley"
>> <matthew.huntley@STRATHBOGIE.NET>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> I wonder if VW left knockouts in place where the lights would
>>> normally be?
>>> Is there a spot for the switch?(hope)?
>>>
>>>
>>>> My 87 Westfalia does not have courtesy lights in the back that light
>>>> up
>>>> the
>>>> cabin when the sliding door alone is opened at night. I would like to
>>>> install one above the sliding door in place of one of the vent
>>>> openings.
>>>> How
>>>> would I go about getting a 12v power line up there? Upon removal of
>>>> the
>>>> vent
>>>> openings I only found the wiring for the rear speakers. Will I have
>>>> to go
>>>> through the trouble of snaking a line through the pillars from the
>>>> front?
>>>> Once I have power line there then I will also install a contact
>>>> switch on
>>>> the sliding door pillar.
>>>>
>>>> Jean-Woo
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>