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Subject:Re: Sunday afternoon questions
From:Jack R
Date:Mon, 12 Jun 2023 16:25:57 -0400

Provided you change your flasher relay... great plan!

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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
OlRivrRat
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2023 3:10 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Sunday afternoon questions

        My 1/2cent is to replace all of the bulbs in the TailLight Fixtures
with the

appropriate LED bulbs ~

> On 11 Jun , 2023, at 3:17 PM, John Lauterbach <john@JHL.MGACOXMAIL.COM>
wrote:
>
> I finally got some time to work on my 1991 Vanagon.  I had parking light
and
> taillight assemblies to install as well as a pair of new power mirrors
from an order
> I had placed two years ago.  When I had the right mirror loosened from the
door, I
> realized that I could not do anything without removing the inside panel
from the
> door.  Also, I had not checked the fuses.  I got my Bentley out but could
not find
> anything in the electrical diagrams that covered the 1991 model that
showed me what
> fuse I would need to check.  So, first question is what fuse protects the
power
> mirror circuit.
>
> When i put the new taillight assemblies on, I apparently scrambled which
bulbs went
> where.  The left-hand side went perfectly, but on the right-hand side, I
found two
> single-filament bulbs and two double filament bulbs.  Bulbs were Osram,
but I could
> barely read the writing on the base of the bulbs.  I put the two
double-filament
> bulbs in the taillight and directional light sockets.  The
right-directional signals
> flash quickly, instead of at the normal rate. I suspect the answer here is
to make a
> trip to the FLAPS in the morning and get all new bulbs.
>
> John

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