

| 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 >
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