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• Re: '85 1.9 - fuel issues - UPDATED - Now longer nad with more Frustration and discust!
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 6 Nov 2011 17:29:09 -0800
  ...One stub axle, backing plate, bearings, brake > drum, and all new rear brakes later (a few weeks later) - it's all back > together and...
• Re: It's 22:26!
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:56:24 -0600
  ...pull the instrument panel next week to install the new brake light switches. Thanks for the info, David. Warren (trying to get back home...
• Re: Changing Front Rotors
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 27 Dec 2004 15:33:45 -0500
  ...Tap them off with a hammer (light taps, please) work your way around, and it should come right off. South African Big Brakes don...
• dashboard removal
  Historical mailing list - Mark M. Schirmer
  Sun, 7 Jan 1996 19:08:27 -0500 (EST)
  ...to do with the brakes, must be important...) -remove the for screws holding the panel in place -disconnect the switches and pull the wires...
• Reviewing what's been done
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:43:46 -0500
  ...Brake Pucks - front - (1 van) Rear Brake Shoes (1 van) Headlight Relays Upgrade (3 vans) Starter Relay Upgrade (3 vans) Remote Start Switch Kit...
• Re: It's 22:26!
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:19:55 -0600
  ...pull the instrument panel next week to install the new >> brake light switches.  Thanks for the info, David. >> >> Warren (trying to get back home...
• Re: Proper Brake Pedal Feel/Travel?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:17:19 -0800
  ...required to activate >> >> brake lights. >> >> >> >> I replaced MC not long after buying Westy. I don't recal bleeding the >> >> switch. How is this done...
• Re: Fridge relay technical question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 11 Mar 2003 01:19:57 -0500
  ...I brought a wire from terminal 50 on the emergency brake light >switch back under the seat to the relay. Now the original relay...
• Re: No High Beams
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:37:55 -0400
  ...97.58 (Bentleys) shows the brake light switches fed by a single 18 gauge wire through a 8A fuse (S8). 18 gauge wire is...
• Re: No Start Problem
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:48:42 +0000
  ...keep foot on brake just in case. You can also remove gear shift housing cover and bypass switch to test if it is the...
• Re: No High Beams
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:43:58 -0700
  ...how closely VW cut things. >> >> 97.58 (Bentleys) shows the brake light switches fed by a single 18 gauge >> wire through a 8A fuse...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 18:06:26 -0800
  ...had the headlights on low beam as usual, and the driving lights on. guy started going real slow, then slams on his brakes in...
• Re: Fridge Question - Maybe Aux. Batt. Related
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 28 Jul 2005 21:45:58 -0400
  ...That way all interior lighting, the cigar lighter, the radio and, because of the way the original wiring is, the brake lights use the...
• Re: Hunting and radiator fan
  Historical mailing list - J Roth
  Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:30:47 -0500
  ...The fan not coming on is an indication that the ($6) temperature switch screwed in the radiator housing (driver's side) is fouled and...
• Re: Re-introduction & Dash Removal Question
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 25 Feb 2014 16:16:47 -0500
  ...jet tubes > Lube brake pedal & control cables > Check ground star block (if rusted, replacement available from?) > Relocate power window switches (GoWesty has a kit...
• Re: Re-introduction & Dash Removal Question
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Tue, 25 Feb 2014 16:34:29 -0600
  ...jet tubes >> Lube brake pedal & control cables >> Check ground star block (if rusted, replacement available from?) >> Relocate power window switches (GoWesty has a kit...
• Cruise Control troubleshooting: continued
  Historical mailing list - boroko
  Sun, 8 Jun 2003 22:09:54 -0500
  ...The connections to the hydraulic brake light switches probably works as a backup to the control box. When I got started in fixing things...
• Re: Pulling the Dash (fascia)
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
  Mon, 26 Nov 2001 09:19:02 -0500
  ...A/C control knobs Remove the A/C switches from the fascia Remove the lighter socket from the fascia Remove the 5 Phillips screws...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 9 Mar 2022 to 10 Mar 2022 (#2022-18)
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 11 Mar 2022 13:40:59 -0800
  ...Ground via Remote Switch = >> after Starting so as to >> >> disengage that circuitry while I'm Driving, the Brake Warning Light = >> comes on &,& once the...
• Re: Help-crazy bouncing idle
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 29 Aug 2015 12:39:46 -0400
  ...town with no surging > but at stop lights or stop & go traffic and my foot on brake I can feel a > slight pulsing. Within...
• Re: rising cost of Vanagon parts...
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 3 Dec 2013 22:22:09 -0800
  ...lighting and reflections - not sure if gauge lighting with a flush faced cluster would reflect annoyingly off windscreen 6. accommodation of stock switches - sure...
• driving hints and tips/F
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 17 Oct 2003 11:16:04 -0700
  ...The same switch turns them off. In heavy rain; the switch that controls the rear fog lights also controls the full-beam setting for...
• Re: Hella style driving lamp, or else.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 8 May 2007 08:57:00 -0400
  ...built 2 support/brakets just beside my main light, same height, but more >inside, over the grill, so the new light will be in...
• Re: No High Beams
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:06:20 -0700
  ...how closely VW cut things. >>> >>> 97.58 (Bentleys) shows the brake light switches fed by a single 18 >>> gauge >>> wire through a 8A fuse...
• Re: Turn signals Blinking Too fast???????
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 12 Apr 2006 21:39:03 -0400
  ...He asked if I had checked the brake lights. I hadn't had anyone around to look at them while I pressed the pedal...
• Re: Message to Newbies
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:23:10 -0400
  ...The light is re=settable, > and when the mechanic installs a new O2 sensor he sets the light. On the > earlier vans, the light...
• Re: Need Help with Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 9 Jan 2012 14:19:29 -0800
  ...Front > turn signal bulbs, then rear then the brake and backup lights. > In the end it was very simple and now so complicated. > > Thanks...
• FS: CDN 91 Syncro Westy
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sun, 1 Jan 2006 18:40:15 -0800
  ...dash light does not work). Fridge (AC/DC/Gas), stove, sink all work perfectly (AC/DC/Gas switches are non-standard toggle switches). New...
• Re: Third brake lights (tack-free)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 19 Apr 2000 00:35:06 -0400
  ...12.5v >> no light. So you see that the bigger your series string is, the more light variation you will get from different system...
• HOWTO: Audiovox cruise control install experience
  Historical mailing list - Eric Brown
  Mon, 14 Jun 1999 11:19:01 -0700
  ...to find this brake switch? So, I took a short cut. The server is mounted just behind the brake light! So, there's one...
• Any one activated rear fog in back light cluster?
  Historical mailing list - Birkenfeld Jeff
  Mon, 1 Apr 2002 08:31:57 -0600
  ...I too have the dash switch you refer to but elected to just piggyback the taillights and have more taillight than stock. The reflectors...
• Re: EGR/Tankcapacity/oilfilter/rust
  Historical mailing list - vwbillmay
  Mon, 18 Sep 2000 07:15:50 -0700
  ...Dipstick temp switch had spoken to me. It started blinking the > oil light (idiot light) along with the hand brake warning light. I > backed...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 9 Mar 2022 to 10 Mar 2022 (#2022-18)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 11 Mar 2022 19:54:23 -0800
  ...Ground via Remote Switch = >>> after Starting so as to >>> >>> disengage that circuitry while I'm Driving, the Brake Warning Light = >>> comes on &,& once the...
• Re: Starting system quirk - diagnosis help needed
  Historical mailing list - lakersalex
  Sun, 27 Jul 2014 22:11:15 -0700
  ...month? Ironically, the ignition switch. It's failure was evidenced by warning tones and warning lights for a brake system problem, as well as...
• camping/parts list
  Historical mailing list - woody
  Tue, 10 Jul 2001 10:40:33 -0500
  ...marine compass on dash, which I wired it's light to the headlight switch 5) Aiwa c.d./ mp3 player and new speaks 6...
• Re: How to's?? What happened to them?
  Historical mailing list - tonyd
  Wed, 21 Apr 1999 10:07:45 -0600
  ...Wrecking yard locations > Fuel filter & pump > Floppy rear view mirrors > Bad Light switches > Extra Seats in your Bus > Pop top stuff > -seal > -mold > -racks...
• Re: gutless AND unreliable...(C'mon Volkswagen!!)
  Historical mailing list - Baxter
  Tue, 1 Apr 2003 07:05:41 -0600
  ...brake with the Passat. A defective ignition switch (at 51,000 miles?) and what looks like a defective coil pack causing check engine light...
• Re: Weird electricals
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Tue, 4 May 1999 23:18:00 -0400
  ...a bad/burnt out blinker bulb, check front and rear and brake lights. It may be a lens cover came loose and allowed water...
• Re: 1991 Carat w/SmallCar Subie Conversion -
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Tue, 12 Dec 2023 16:21:14 -0500
  ...door window seals > > > > > > New Headlight switch New front door and sliding door locks > > > > > > OTHER > > > > > > Factory leather steering wheel. > > > > > > Lighted, dash mounted oil pressure gage...
• THANKS! --- Was: Elec. Questions. yes... Aux Batt...
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Wed, 11 Apr 2007 18:59:04 -0700
  ...If I can get a male plug for silver socket, I'm laughing! Unfourtunately cig lighter is hardwired to brake light switch wire so...
• oil in coolant... a strange event!
  Historical mailing list - chris Moyles
  Tue, 22 Nov 2005 17:50:34 -0500
  ...throttle valve switches $206.23 6/9/1998 rotor 6/9/1998 temp sensor 8/17/1998 "71,345" replace front brakes $246.95...
• Re: Phrydae Question: Who drives a TDI?
  Historical mailing list - Pete O
  Fri, 2 Nov 2012 11:51:01 -0400
  ...Switching over now to B50 for > the winter. > > (This is not related to Grease conversion, home cooked or WVO use. > Biodiesel is Diesel -- Certified...
• Re: tiico conversion vs. other I4 conversions, ?GTI vanagon (long)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 5 Jan 2002 15:52:50 +1200
  ...brake. Blue for VW emblem; will give an overall purple cast to the light (as in hotrods with Blue Dots inserted in their lights...
• Re: diff lock woes
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:07:23 -0700
  re Even with the plug disconnected the green dash light was still on." That to me indicates a wiring problem. 'the switch' is 'the...
• Pooh's on the mend
  Historical mailing list - Woodcock, Frank
  Mon, 23 Mar 1998 12:07:16 -0000
  ...last week had the following work done:- Brake Light switch replaced - the old one was not switching until my foot was to the floor...
• Re: Overcooling Hypothesis--Long
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Thu, 27 Dec 2007 14:39:45 -0800
  ...When you're coasting downhill, you're using the engine as a > brake. This means that above 1500 RPM, with the idle switch closed...
• Major light upgrade (long)
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Mon, 29 Jul 2002 18:14:29 -0700
  ...The driving lights come on with the high beams, but only if the new switch is on. If the new switch is off, they...
• Re: Proper Brake Pedal Feel/Travel?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 23 Mar 2010 23:40:55 -0700
  ...required to > activate > >> >> brake lights. > >> >> > >> >> I replaced MC not long after buying Westy. I don't recal bleeding the > >> >> switch. How is this done...
• Bug O Rama Report
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 3 Sep 1995 11:39:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...set of bubble tailights, good condition, $300 reflector and bulb holder for center brake light, $75 sunroof latch handle, (crusty) $65 Now get this...
• Re: Re-introduction & Dash Removal Question
  Historical mailing list - Nathan Wood
  Tue, 25 Feb 2014 13:41:09 -0600
  ...Blower Fan Heater Core Heater Core Valve Heater Box Clips Ignition Switch Brake Master Cylinder (no clutch MC since it is an auto) Wiper...
• Re: Hard/no start story, '86 2.1, AT, mostly removed AC
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 18 Dec 2015 21:26:12 -0500
  ...For those adding relays there is also a > connection to the brake warning light system and for westys with the > fridge relay. Both use...
• Re: B-r-r-r-a-a-a-k-e-s
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 16 Sep 2007 00:22:41 -0700
  ...the red warning light, way over on the left, for parking brake or low brake fluid ( if there's a switch on your master...
• Re: Another Vanagon Throttle Question ('87 Wolfsburg)
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Tue, 3 May 2005 14:33:08 -0400
  Among other causes, both problems *may* be caused by sticky or mis-adjusted throttle switches. There's a switch that signals the ECU that...
• Re: Switch circuit to Aux Battery ??
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 18 Jul 2004 08:19:15 -0700
  ...One other important point to note is that fuse #8 also runs the BRAKE lights on pre 86 models. Not a big worry as...
• New Vanagon Owner!
  Historical mailing list - Khyle Hamilton
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 00:02:53 -0400
  ...the switch in place and working properly I'm still getting the problem. Neither the temperature gauge nor the temperature warning light comes on...
• Re: Re-introduction & Dash Removal Question
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 23 Feb 2014 16:10:34 -0800
  ...Blower Fan > Heater Core > Heater Core Valve > Heater Box Clips > Ignition Switch > Brake Master Cylinder (no clutch MC since it is an auto) > Wiper...
• Rough/nonexistent idle
  Historical mailing list - Danny Fuller
  Mon, 17 Jan 2000 13:29:32 -0800
  ...It drives OK until I come to a red light , then it stalls, unless I shift to neutral and keep it revved slightly (auto...
• RE: Why didn't that VW use his signal?!
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Mon, 15 Apr 1996 09:11:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...when you stepped on the brake, both front turn signals lit up as well as the brake lights in back! The wonders of modern...
• Re: No Start Problem(one More Thing)
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Tue, 30 Nov 2010 19:41:58 +0000
  ...keep foot on brake just in case. You can also remove gear shift housing cover and bypass switch to test if it is the...
• Radio fun...
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 15 Jul 2007 15:13:09 -0400
  ...Main connector (multipin) between the pioneer units, and a cable to the emergency brake switch. All connected, all happy. Went to reconnect the accelerator...