That's the way I *thought* mine worked too... but undergoing a wiring change
after melting a switch, I've found that when I pull the stalk to turn the
brights on, one outer light remained on and one turned off resulting in 3
lights on when in bright mode.

This made me question my wiring AND whether it was right to begin with.

--
In "V"anagon "W"esty Love, Light, & Laughter,
Jay
'87 Westy

On 12/2/06, John Rodgers <inua@charter.net> wrote:
>
> The lights in my 88 GL don't work that way.
>
> One way the outer lights come on as dims, the inner lights are off. The
> other way the outer lights turn off, and the inner (small lamp) lamps
> (brights) turn on. I have always found that a little strange, but thats
> how they work. I always thought that the inner and outers should be on
> simultaneously for at least one setting - Brights.
>
> Regards,
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver
>
> Jake de Villiers wrote:
> > The outer lamps have high and low beams, so they switch up as the inners
> > come on.
> >
> > On 12/2/06, J Westy <rbluewesty@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hey '86+ Vanagoneers:
> >>
> >> When you pull the turn signal stalk for bright lights, do your original
> >> lamps stay on OR do they go off and only the brights come on?
> >>
> >> --
> >> In "V"anagon "W"esty Love, Light, & Laughter,
> >> Jay
> >> '87 Westy in Springfield MO
> >> 345K miles
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jake
> > 1984 Vanagon GL
> > 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> > www.crescentbeachguitar.com
> >
>