Steve Macaulay wrote:
>
> Thanks for the info Ralph.  I do remember seeing an empty hole in my rear
> lamp assembly when I put in some higher-powered backup lightbulbs.  I am
> somewhat confused by what you mean by "socket".  Is that just the extra hole
> that I saw, or is that an electical part I would need to get to place in
> that extra hole that I would then put a bulb in?  Also, when you wired up
> your rear lights, was there a rear fog light wire already in the wiring
> harness attached to the rear light assembly, or did you have to run a new
> wire up to the front of the van?  If there was an existing wire, any idea
> where the "other end" is located that I would tie into the switch?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Steve
>
Steve,

The socket is the electrical part.  I got the socket out of a VW in a
wrecking yard.  If I remember correctly, the rear fog light bulb is a
smaller (size-wise) bulb, but it is brighter than the regular tail light
because of the reflector in the lense.  I ran a separate wire because I
was pressed for time, so I'm not sure that a wire exists in the
harness.  If there is a "factory" wire in the harness, it may be tied
with the headlight wires because, in Europe, the factory fog lamps are
tied to the dipped, or low, beams.  They turn off when the brights are
activated.  Hopefully, this helps.
The British VW dealer had the microfiches for ALL vanagons; we cross
matched many parts by verifying part numbers because VW did not change
part numbers of common parts when their vehicles were made for different
markets.  Ask your local VW dealer to look through their microfiches, if
they still have them.  Possibly this could show where the fog light
wiring ran and give you an idea if it exists in your vehicle.

To any of our Canadian friends:  do the Canadian spec vanagons have
factory front and/or rear fog lights?

Ralph
1985 GL/194000mi.
Spokane