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Subject:Re: Hey, it's awful dark out there tonight....
From:Michael Sullivan
Date:Wed, 9 Jul 2008 05:22:29 -0500

To Frank....I have a 91 and no daytime running lights. Can you explain?
Also, noticed that if I leave the headlights on and take out the key,
headlights go off and the side markers stay on. I guess this is to prevent
dead battery, but would like the whole light system to turn off. I like to
drive with headlights on at all times and this would help by just leaving
them on all the time and they would come on when key is inserted. Thanks,
Michael.

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> OK,  here we go again, at least once a week we have this same message.
>  When
> are  all of you on this LIST going to install headlight relays and a new
> headlight  switch ?  And maybe, just maybe, carry a spare switch ?  Do we
> have to
> repeat this message once a week, Maybe I'll put it on auto notification to
> be
> sent to the LIST once a week.  So, one more time - see my _Vanagon Headlamp
> Relay  Upgrade_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/hdltrela.htm)  webpage for
> the
> whole story and how to fix it !
>
>        Greg, as for the switch I  can get you a brand new one from Auto
> Camping.  Headlamp switch, 9383V, 251  941 531 M   -  $29.95.  AND, all
> Vanagon
> headlight  switches 1980 ~ 1991 are about the same and will work for you.
>  The
> '91s  had a different circuit for the daytime running lights but will still
> work for  yours.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Frank  Condelli
> Almonte, Ontario, Canada
> '87 Westy & Lionel Trains (_Collection for sale_
> (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/trainsal.htm) )
> _Frank Condelli &  Associates_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/busindex.html
> )
> - Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley
> _Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust  Systems_
> (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/exhaust.htm)
> _BusFusion_ (http://members.aol.com/BusFusion/bfhome.htm)  a VW Camper
> camping event, Almonte, ON, June 12 ~ 15,  2008
>

--
Michael in San Antonio
91GL AT 'Gringo'