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• Re: Headlight question (ignition "lock")
  Historical mailing list - George Jannini
  Thu, 7 Mar 2002 12:05:33 -0500
  ...to control the fresh water pump, and wired a pair of switches to control the exterior and interior fans for my fridge. Yes, Virginia...
• Re: fan switch or sensor
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Sun, 28 Sep 2003 13:06:23 -0400
  ...due to failure of the fan ballast resistor than the temp switches in the radiator. The resistor assembly is located behind the drivers side...
• Re: Reverse Lights
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 12 May 2006 17:38:51 -0400
  ...The last time I checked, new switches were somewhere around $10.00. Mike Jeff Lincoln wrote: > Since we are talking about lights maybe someone...
• Re: Bench Testing switches
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:48:16 EDT
  In a message dated 09/04/2007 11:29:40 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: I have been suffering...
• EV toys and projects
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 22 Mar 1996 06:54:12 -0500 (EST)
  ...Well, I popped out the panel, and there is a metal bracket back there which aparently is used to mount an additional four switches...
• Re: 90 Westy - Soft Brakes after driving with E-brake on for 30 miles
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 26 Sep 2010 16:55:14 -0700
  ...We should include the heater valve and maybe the headlight switches..any others? Don Hanson On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 4:16 PM...
• Re: Losing Power (the solution)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 10 Jul 1997 23:36:36 -0400 (EDT)
  ...out-of-date (expansion tanks, distributor cap, rotors, plug wires, temperature switches). It was akin to a house remodeling. I'm now up to...
• Re: Fan switches - THANKS
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 27 Jan 2000 12:31:13 -0500
  At 10:01 AM 1/27/2000 -0400, Malcolm Stebbins wrote: >I want to say a public "thanks" to David B for his post...
• Re: Fan switches - THANKS
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 5 Feb 2000 12:27:44 -0800
  > At 10:01 AM 1/27/2000 -0400, Malcolm Stebbins wrote: > >I want to say a public "thanks" to David B for his post...
• Re: of oil lights and pressure switches
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 26 Sep 2001 10:19:17 EDT
  The 85 Vanagon should only have one oil pressure switch (the one you already replaced). However this wiring system has a known problem, which...
• Re: can't get ignition switch housing off steering column
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Wed, 9 Oct 2002 08:00:50 -0700
  Back when I had an '84, I had to replace two ignition switches. This was five years ago, and my memory is foggy, but...
• Re: Fixed Propane Fridge
  Historical mailing list - Germain Gagnon
  Fri, 29 Aug 2003 19:25:14 -0400
  ...switches) front panel > > (modified) and the controls on the top of the fridge. > > I did NOT change the wiring at all, just the switches...
• Re: Headlight switches.
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 26 Jun 2021 10:51:26 -0600
  Cool,,,, Aint He Just Great ~ > On 26 Jun , 2021, at 9:04 AM, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > I asked Jay to make...
• Re: Electrical puzzle
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Jun 2018 07:09:19 -0400
  ...to Lighten the Load > > on Our Van's Old & Tired Wires & Switches & Connectors is a Good Thing ~ Especially > > in Instrument Cluster & FuseBlock area ~ > > The...
• Re: instrument panel short = no start?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 6 Nov 2014 10:26:21 -0800
  ...The switches are not causing > the problem, neither is the speedo induction sender. > > I'm lost re. the wiring diagram and why an instrument...
• Re: It's 22:26!
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:56:24 -0600
  ...the instrument panel next week to install the new brake light switches. Thanks for the info, David. Warren (trying to get back home ;-) On...
• 78 camper for sale by friend of coworker
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Mar 1996 15:02:25 -0800
  ...Now the "minusses:" Needs work on the front end; you need to start it up using external switches since the ignition is broken; probably...
• Re: Interior Lighting
  Historical mailing list - Steven Cu
  Tue, 24 Mar 1998 18:05:05 +0800
  ...I'd like to have > something rigged to the door switches on the driver and passenger doors > for the cabin area and something triggered...
• Re: erratic running - Help requested
  Historical mailing list - Scott Walters
  Sun, 13 Jun 1999 14:00:56 -0700
  ...Up to '84s have two switches in plain sight, later ones have one switch buried underneath, but either way they make a (single) circuit...
• Re: FW: A modern Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 18 Dec 2002 10:28:27 -0600
  ...trouble getting this to download? > Appears to ask for video, then switches to text file of about 19.7 Meg, > loads forever and ends...
• Re: Vanagon Trivia - where does this go?
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Sun, 17 Aug 2008 07:15:40 -0700
  ...Yellow wire, oil pressure switch, higher pressure switch of 2 switches. Mark Chris S wrote: > But really, if I was 100% sure, would I...
• Re: Syncro Fan!!!
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 30 May 1996 10:08:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...They have a very interesting catalog of radiator-fan switches, that includes units for both American engines (like mine) and imported engines (like all...
• Re: Throttle Switch, Geology, and Happenstance?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 17 Feb 2015 11:39:30 -0600
  ...loss and surging issue, > >>> I thought to look toward the throttle switches. > >>> Here's what we found: > >>> > >>> do you see it? Image > >>> > >>> http://tinyurl...
• Re: fresh water level sensor
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:19:02 -0800
  ...and others who pointed me to a source >>for replacement reed switches for the fresh water level sensor. What a >>really simple job! Soldering...
• Re: how engine oil degrades (was: sysnthetic oils)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 Jan 1997 19:06:31 PST
  You have two oil pressure sensing switches. The low pressure switch (4.4) must open between 2.2 and 6.5 psi. It is...
• Re: Cleaning contacts/Oil light buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:24:02 -0700
  ...more sealed up? > > The two wire connector for the oil pressure switches was in poor condition, cleaned it up some, but really want to...
• Re: Cooling fan not coming on
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 22 Apr 2016 15:56:18 -0400
  ...On the early water cooled vans the common failure point is the fan switch as it switches the full current load of the fan...
• Re: rewiring '87 foil for an '85 single oil pressure system?
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Tue, 26 Jan 2016 17:25:48 -0800
  ...Or resistor "out" so the foil uses the dynamic oil circuit board found in 86-91 vans with 2 oil switches. Here is a...
• Re: 87 westy with wild bucking...reply
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Wed, 8 Jul 1998 01:18:44 EDT
  ...thanks Bill >> I'd start with a carefull look at the throttle switches on the throttle body. The throttle switch shouln't have more...
• Re: Help! No ground to the fuel injectors???
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Tue, 18 Dec 2001 12:08:07 -0800
  ...to spend 5 minutes to clean the connections in my door switches to get the dome light to work. I wish I had known...
• Re: [WetWesties] Brake lights don't work
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Wed, 28 Jan 2004 16:47:53 -0800
  ...someone in the future with this problem): > > > > BOTH of the "stoplight switches" were bad. Good thing they are stocked at > > most FLAPS. Intersting thing...
• Re: AFM issues
  Historical mailing list - Paul Wyand
  Mon, 3 Oct 2005 15:43:29 -0400
  ...accelerator. >> > > Before you do anything else, make sure the throttle positon switches are > set > dead on the nuts. Of course, you should have done...
• Re: shoelace tied
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 21 May 2012 06:06:15 -0700
  ...Oh, and while I'm at it, last year I installed one of those GoWesty pneumatic squeeze-ball foot-operated faucet on-off switches...
• Re: A/C fan and burning smell
  Historical mailing list - sailingfc dslextreme.com
  Wed, 12 Aug 2015 15:47:21 -0400
  ...I found the inline connection of the switches/knobs right on top of the front duct where it connects to the middle duct (the...
• Re: Vanagon Newbie and inop electric windows
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 23 Oct 2010 15:09:09 -0700
  ...the plastic 'panel' or 'surround' that holds the window switches in the door panel.. those break if you even look at them funny. there...
• Re: 1.9 to 2.1 conversion question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:24:17 -0700
  ...m trying to think >>> about what to do with the throttle switches if I use the 2.1 tbody. >>> >> >> Yes, I'm using the...
• Pla-Cool Air Cooler?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 03 Apr 1996 14:46:36 -0800
  ...It has on/off switches for "fan" and "pump" and another switch that flips it from "cool" to "exhaust." It sat unused for years...
• Re: 84 heater prob.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 30 Apr 1999 12:29:45 -0400
  ...A real PITA! I've resuscitated these switches, but I don't think it's worth the effort unless you can't find another...
• Re: 84 Vanagon stops running intermitantly.
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Madsen
  Tue, 18 Dec 2001 15:27:32 -0500
  ...I checked the adjustment of the throttle switches. I swapped out the ECU with a known good ECU. Thanks to VanAgain, Bus Depot and...
• Re: vanagon syndrome-- need capacitor
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Thu, 9 Jun 2005 12:24:42 -0400
  ...early or late model 85. >The early version has two TPS switches, the later version having only >one. > >They had better be adjusted properly...
• Re: Head Lights - 85-86
  Historical mailing list - monte merrick
  Tue, 9 May 2006 14:59:53 -0700
  yeah you can the grill just switches over and there are certainly archived threads on this. although i've heard some say that the...
• Re: Volksiebus - 88 Transporter - Rough Running Engine
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 17 Jan 2014 09:36:24 -0700
  ...Throttle body switches out of limits and need adjusting. " >>>> >>>> is it making contact at idle or not ? >>>> it either is, or it isn't...
• Re: Finding and Accessing the Brake Light Switch
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Mon, 26 Dec 2005 11:38:45 -0500
  ...not volts) on the switches the one towards the driver seems to be functioning, it does not drop quite to zero with the pedal...
• Re: Running Lights Dark
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Wed, 22 Aug 2018 16:12:05 -0400
  ...It's the T (10-pin), not M switches that rarer > than gold. > > Thanks for the pointers, David. I'll check it out. > > > -MB...
• Re: Galley lighting addition
  Historical mailing list - William Monk
  Wed, 2 Jul 2014 07:43:10 -0400
  ...Using a wiring set up similar to what you would find in your home that turn a light on/off from two separate switches...
• Re: Throttle Valve Stop Screw Adjustment.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 5 Jul 2012 12:36:57 -0700
  ...I am very familiar with Chris and his work, have even installed one of these Pneumatic Idle Switches of his ... just never heard of...
• Re: heater vs fan
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 15 Nov 94 20:45:21 EST
  ...the two vents that are parallel to the facia and have open/close switches are fresh air only. The consensus is that is that...
• Re: oil buzzer on after temp wire fix
  Historical mailing list - karl
  Mon, 23 Aug 1999 22:52:18 -0400
  ...under the manifold, two brown wires feeding from both oil pressure switches. Check for good connections both places, as well as a broken wire...
• Euro-Drive: 88 Volkswagen Vanagon, Poor-idle
  Historical mailing list - "Paul Huffman (by way of Derek Drew )"
  Tue, 12 Dec 2000 08:37:50 -0500
  ...Throttle switches were bad so we replaced them. Idle controll motor and controll unit have been replaced with known good unit. The ECU has...
• Re: Throttle switches
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 6 Jun 2002 11:46:21 -0400
  At 11:37 AM 6/6/2002, joe@cedar.net wrote: >I understand, so then at idle the switch is to be closed and...
• Re: Ignition switch repair-advice needed
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Wed, 17 Jan 2007 15:38:33 -0800
  ...you'll need > to pull in order to get the stalk switches off. You can use a battery > puller or just a gentle touch...
• Re: Running rich.....me too
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 18 Oct 2007 07:59:18 -0400
  ...Both my '87 GLI and > '85 Westy had these types of switches, but I didn't have fuel-related issues > in either vehicle. > > Chris...
• Fwd: Ongoing saga: Dometic and Multimeter . . .
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Jefferson Kitts
  Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:40:29 -0700
  ...You need to >> remove ALL AC power, switches off, etc. Then test the ohms through >> the >> heater rod. If it shows infinite, or very...
• Re: 88 Vanagon with Power Windows, No Power to Switches - HELP!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Tue, 2 Aug 2011 11:03:29 -0400
  ...88 Vanagon with Power Windows, No Power to Switches - HELP! >> >> Robert, what Ken said ! OK, so here's my trick for getting access to...
• Re: master brake light misbehaving
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 18 Jul 2010 21:10:20 -0700
  ...like low brake fluid, pressure failure warning coming from the brake light switches, or parking brake handle switch acting up .. and I would check...
• Re: Fan noise?
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Miller
  Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:06:40 -0600
  ...The other 2 switches are close to what VW > fitted originally. The 1.9 as well as 1.6NA diesels use the highest temp...
• Re: Water level sensor in camper tank
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 6 Aug 2010 20:05:09 -0700
  ...But that being said, it looks like the system works via a ring type float with magnet in it activating reed switches in rod...
• Re: fog light switch
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 7 May 1998 11:31:48 -0700
  ...yeah, there is a fits-perfect-looks-like-all-the-other-switches that you >can order from the parts department at the local vw...
• Re: back heating fan??
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 27 Nov 1999 00:31:29 -0700
  The fan switches have a nasty habit of melting. I've had three do it! You drive around for a year or two (or...
• F.S. - Vanagon rear Air Conditioning system
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Mon, 5 May 2003 09:55:24 -0400
  ...The system has all hoses, clamps, dryer, relays, front coil w/dual fans, all relays, all switches, etc. You will need to replace the...