I never had the door chime on my 87 Syncro Westy but I did install a
Van-Cafe headlight alarm. Works great. No more dead battery.

http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/search?keywords=alarm&x=33&y=22

Jeff

On May 14, 2010, at 10:18 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> Date:    Fri, 14 May 2010 12:50:52 -0400
> From:    Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Re: door chime/seat belt light anomaly
>
> Alistair,
>
> FWIW I actually kind of mis my "mexican hat dance" sounding door
> chime from
> the '90. My "new" '85 doesn't have it - well it might but it is
> ewither
> unhooked or non-operational.
>
> Whoever said they'ed rather have a headlight chime.....I
> wholeheartedly
> agree on that.
>
> --
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff
> '85 GL (Gertie)
> '90 Carat (Grover - the noble parts donor)
> '86 (We call this one Scrap)
> '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus