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Subject:Re: Need help for forgetful Son -- leaving the lights on -- 84 Vanagon 1.9L engine, automatic transmission
From:Jim Felder
Date:Mon, 16 Jan 2017 19:03:44 +0000

I was gonna say, the best reminder is the cost of a battery. Works like a
charm.

Jim

On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 12:30 PM Dave Weaver <busboy-nh@comcast.net> wrote:

> John,
>
> Personally, this is the best fix I've ever found.
>
> Let your ADULT son deal with a dead battery on his own a couple of times -
> does wonders for the memory...
>
> Dave
>
>
> On 1/16/17, 11:28 AM, "sailingfc" <sailingfc@DSLEXTREME.COM> wrote:
>
> > Go Westy has a wire kit that will do this, assuming you still have your
> > warning relay.
> Good Luck.
> -Dick W.-
>
>
> Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S7 active,
> > an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
> -------- Original message --------From: John
> > Lauterbach <john@JHL.MGACOXMAIL.COM> Date: 1/16/17  07:47  (GMT-08:00)
> To:
> > vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Need help for forgetful Son --
> leaving the
> > lights on -- 84
>                Vanagon 1.9L engine, automatic transmission
> My
> > Son (18 last June) is now the main driver of my Vanagon.  He woirks
> the
> > graveyard shift at a local grocery store restorcking the shelves.
> When he gets
> > home just after 7 a.m. in the morning, he turns the van
> off, sees that the
> > headlights go off, and goes to bed.  Of course, the
> parking lights are still
> > on.  Unlike more contemporary vehicles, there
> is no buzzer that goes off when
> > the key is removed and the lights are
> still on.  How do I rig up something
> > that sounds a buzzer when the
> lights are on, but the engine is off?
>
> Thank
> > you,
>
> John
>