I had the same problem on my 81 Westy.  It turned out
that the ground connection form the lights was dirty.
I removed and wire brushed the connection and
connector.  I also used a spray electrical cleaner.
Once back together, the lights worked fine.

The ground was located behind the fuse panel.  I
removed the fuse panel, and there were two 'star'
ground terminals.  While I was at it, I cleaned all of
the grounds.

Good luck,

Tony

--- Brien Dews <vwvanagon@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> When this happened on my van it was the ignition
> switch located under the
> ignition module  you insert the key into.
> Info in the archives.
>
>
> On 7/20/06, Benjamin Beasley <h2omofo@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Got a curious electrical issue that y'all may be
> able to help me with.  My
> > 1987 Syncro Vanagon suddenly lost headlights the
> other night.  Neither hi
> > nor low beams work.  The fuses are fine and the
> light switch on the dash
> > turns the console lights on and the running lights
> on.  The curious thing
> > is
> > that the blue high-beam indicator light on the
> dash is stuck on.  No
> > amount
> > of clicking the stalk on the steering column will
> get the high beam
> > indicator to go off.  Any thoughts?  Thanks in
> advance.
> >
> >
>
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> 89 Vanagon 'Bluestar'
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