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• Re: Dang driver lowbeam and front driver turnsignal
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 2 Jan 2017 23:18:25 -0500
  ...They are after the > switches in the headlight circuit. The turn signal sounds like a bad > ground, probably at the socket itself. The 4...
• Re: Driver's side power Window not working
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Fri, 11 Sep 2009 05:35:17 -0700
  ...area. Visually check each wire and than test with a meter. Switches are a easy test with a meter. Motors too. Check your grounds...
• Re: head lamp relay upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 28 Mar 2004 12:34:10 -0700
  ...Just too much of a load and I began burning up switches again last weekend. I'm going to rewire the hella's today...
• Re: replacing lightbulb for heater control levers AAAK!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 2 Apr 2011 22:55:17 +0200
  ...Bulb socket, heater control, 321 919 039 Bulb, light switches, heater controls, auto trans shifter, 12v1.2w, N 017 751 2 On 2011-04...
• Re: Substitute for aircooled thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Mon, 21 Feb 2011 20:26:39 -0600
  ...So the controller might be nothing more complicated than an oil temperature gauge that switches the step motor. That's the ugly way to...
• Re: Replacing radiator Fan Thermo switch questions
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 24 Aug 2021 09:19:09 -0600
  ...I read an old post from Mark Drillock talking about the several different switches that were available 12 years ago & a problem w/ using...
• Re: Trying to understand starter stuff adding a relay
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 24 Dec 2014 10:16:09 -0500
  ...When it comes to switches not only does voltage and current need to be considered but also inductive and capacitive loads. There are reasons...
• Re: Help! I've got Vanagon Gremlins!!!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Tue, 10 Sep 2013 20:43:44 -0700
  ...I immediately turned all switches off - >> tested the air fro further fumes but there were none. Something fried - >> but no fire, fortunately. >> >> ARGGH! Such...
• Re: 1986 dash/speedo/housing in a 1983?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 7 Oct 2002 20:12:51 -0700
  ...The 2.1 engines have 2 oil pressure switches and a little circuit board in the speedo that monitors one or the other depending...
• Re: SMART Keys and kill switches, fuel pump timer
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 23 Apr 2007 17:26:14 -0700
  What's with the two minute thing? You want the van to stall as the perp tries to turn left in front of a...
• Overcooling Hypothesis--Long
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Thu, 27 Dec 2007 11:43:57 -0500
  ...I'm talking about an '84 1.9 with the twin switches on the throttle body--maybe in later years VW corrected this with...
• Re: Replacing Starter on 85 Vanagon - Jackstands or Ramps ?-The bypass button.
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:51:14 -0500
  ...Yes these things at times can be helpful and that is why test switches and alligator clips are available. > > Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon...
• Re: looking for a dash cluster
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 17 Oct 2010 22:30:52 -0400
  ...is why I need a complete assembly, well evrything but the >switches but I am sure that any would be better than the ones...
• Re: Bleeding Bloody Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Diebolt
  Tue, 24 Dec 1996 06:45:13 -0500
  ...Installing the switches will also give you one less hole to worry about. The push in with your screwdriver where the pedal linkage goes...
• Re: another angle on high-wattage headlight bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Tue, 12 May 1998 23:31:38 -0600
  ...Since you're actually using less current, you needn't worry about such things as bigger alternators, battery drain, burned wiring and switches, etc...
• Melted lightswitch... again!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 28 Aug 1998 21:48:27 -0700
  Anyone experience frequently melting headlight switches? I just went through a second one in two months. This time it was 1am and I was...
• Re: Radiator Fan temp Sensor Failure
  Historical mailing list - Blue Eyes
  Sun, 8 Nov 1998 22:54:16 -0600
  ...Bentley shows the heat value ratings of these thermostatic switches. FLAPS can get equivalents with different heat ranges. Just my opinion, but it worked...
• Re: What Makes a Carat a Carat ??
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 26 Mar 2006 01:26:01 -0800
  ...It also has the identical three switches for controlling the wheel chair lift next to the license plate in the rear panel. Mine is...
• Re: Smart Car..Wow.. NVC
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:32:27 +0000
  ...If a switch went down, the customer expected us to have the part with us, and believe me, back then switches went down OFTEN...
• Re: Volksiebus - 88 Transporter - Rough Running Engine
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 17 Jan 2014 10:56:41 -0800
  ...Throttle body switches out of limits and need adjusting. > > Anyone have any ideas about this? > > Thanks, > > John
• Re: Looking for new TBS # 067906028 (was Idle Surge)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 7 Aug 2013 10:15:12 -0400
  ...started using it inaccurately for our closed-throttle/Wide-Open-Throttle switches. I suspect that's what you were aiming for, but it's...
• Re: oil pressure buzzer
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Fri, 3 Jul 1998 10:43:15 -0400
  ...I ran the wiring tests for the .3 and .9 bar switches as indicated in the > Bentley and the wiring to the dash tests...
• Re: Shower Pump Question
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
  Wed, 19 Apr 2006 19:50:58 +0000
  ...Seems like the handles that have switches are way more expensive than a $10 dish sprayer and then I have the hose and a...
• Re: Sure Power 1315 question
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:44:58 -0800
  ...Great when I have 'shore power', no switches to worry about and all interior accessories are wired to the aux battery and it stays...
• Re: Thought problem for Friday
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 16 Mar 2018 10:01:56 -0700
  ...Brake light switches have not been >> replaced. Whine was there with the 1.9 engine and is unchanged with my '93 >> Subaru 2.2...
• Re: Vanagon oil pressure switches,or the lack thereof!!
  Historical mailing list - Jim DiGennaro
  Wed, 6 Oct 1999 19:08:06 -0400
  I pulled my hair out on friend, Julie Olsens, Syncro camper just after I installed a new engine in her bus. First a brief...
• Fwd: Re: Ignition Switch..HELP NOW PLEASE!
  Historical mailing list - j dunne
  Mon, 6 May 2002 11:33:59 -0700
  ...Then I > got > one of those $10 all purpose 3-position keyed > ignition > switches, wired it up appropriately, and mounted it > to > the right...
• Re: PIAA bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 14 Dec 2002 07:29:10 EST
  ...The voltage at the headlamp is being restricted by the main and dimmer switches. See my <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/hdltrela...
• Re: Oil Pressure Light went On...Abort Trip?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sat, 21 May 2005 17:26:16 -0400
  ...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: Attn: Electrical Gurus! (I searched archives)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sun, 1 Apr 2007 17:49:21 -0700
  ...If the switch tends > > to break mechanically, you're SOL. > > > > I have also seen ready-made remote switches that might work. These have > > a...
• Re: Front Heater Fan Just stopped working last week, Any ideas? Need some parts....
  Historical mailing list - Darren Lastfogel
  Sat, 8 Dec 2007 16:32:55 -0500
  ...Those switches run notoriously hot and aren't all that> inexpensive.> > Thanks,> > Mike> > > > Darren Lastfogel wrote:> > I have seen and heard of this problem...
• Re: Blinking oil pressure light
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 6 Dec 2020 16:51:31 -0800
  ...thanks On Sun, Dec 6, 2020 at 4:10 PM Stacy Schneider <vwcrewman@gmail.com> wrote: > Did you happen to keep your original switches...
• Re: A/C fan and burning smell
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 10 Aug 2015 17:18:30 -0400
  ...Do I drop the front > overhead plastic plenum or do the switches come out through the plastic? > > -Dick- > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Larry Alofs <lalofs...
• Re: Volksiebus - 88 Transporter - Rough Running Engine
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 17 Jan 2014 18:11:51 -0500
  ...Throttle body switches out of limits and need adjusting. > > Anyone have any ideas about this? > > Thanks, > > John
• Dometic discoveries
  Historical mailing list - George Nahrebecky
  Thu, 12 Jun 1997 12:52:24 +0000 (ADT4AST)
  ...After my 15th and last attempt, disheartened, I went back into the house without shutting off the gas or switches or any of the...
• Eurovan gage fix
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Mon, 9 Jun 97 12:51:00 -0500
  ...Disconnect and remove the steering column switches. 6. Remove the screws holding the cluster bezel (two screws under cluster overhang) 7. Remove the bezel...
• Euro-Drive: UPDATE 85 Volkswagen Vanagon, Surge
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 3 Nov 2000 17:53:06 -0800
  ...We swapped air flow box, ECU, checked idle switches, and did a pin out test at the computer. If anyone has any more suggestions...
• Re: Cleaning contacts/Oil light buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Elliot Kane
  Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:02:36 -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: Hey, it's awful dark out there tonight....
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Wed, 9 Jul 2008 05:22:29 -0500
  ...AND, all > Vanagon > headlight switches 1980 ~ 1991 are about the same and will work for you. > The > '91s had a different circuit for the...
• Re: Windows, Electric, Failure
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 29 Mar 2017 13:26:43 -0400
  ...They have a switch relocation > kit to put the switches on the dash and the Spal kit for manual window > conversion only, which won...
• Re: Onboard water tank level
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 7 Nov 2015 20:35:20 -0500
  ...If it got bent the slightest bit in the wrong direction it will ahve smashed one or more of the reed switches, which at...
• Westy Interior Lighting
  Historical mailing list - Paul Connelly
  Mon, 21 Mar 2011 08:52:39 -0600
  ...I tried fitting 4 CCFL 12" tubes with two matching brown/gold rocker switches all neatly set up in and on the bead on...
• Re: Head lights
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:10:46 -0500
  ...However, as with the above switches, the lighting pattern is so > much better you won't regret the switch. > > > On Jan 9, 2010, at...
• Re: Radio Install
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:16:38 -0500
  ...does not have provision for > vehicles with non switched accessory ignition switches so you will need to > switch the red wire or else expect...
• Re: Brake MC ?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 14 Dec 2008 10:49:12 -0800
  ...One comes with all the > > switches and says"German"..the other is ''economy''.. So > > would I regret not spending the extra $ ? Why the large...
• Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Mon, 23 May 2016 14:04:46 -0700
  ...As for the switches many of the aftermarket ones are not reliable. > > Go to the dealer and pay the $$$. Also make sure the oil...
• Re: Oil pressure ?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 23 Nov 2014 09:08:03 -0500
  ...I tried 2 different OP blue pressure switches with the same results happening. Dennis Jowell Scotch Hollow Farm > On Nov 23, 2014, at 12...
• Re: Sliding window idea
  Historical mailing list - Vincent Dow
  Thu, 19 Mar 2015 12:31:18 -0400
  ...I have friends who were afraid to replace plugs and switches in an aprtment, for fear their insurance would get cancelled. This might be...
• Re: Is it time for a Tiico list?
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Fri, 7 Jun 2002 09:23:15 -0700
  ...for tires,(The Tires List) one >for cupholders, one for throttle switches, and one for every thread we >don't like.. >Robert >1982 Westfalia...
• Re: Fw: SOS - Vanagon ignition switch R & R - update
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sat, 1 Apr 2006 12:54:09 -0800
  ...Now I may have a real problem.....Comparing my 2 ign. switches: > Original: 6 male wire terminals, 2 marked "S" and "P" > New: 4...
• Re: Replacing radiator Fan Thermo switch questions
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 23 Aug 2021 12:19:16 -0400
  ...I read an old post from Mark Drillock talking about the several >> different switches that were available 12 years ago & a problem w/ using...
• Re: Idle Surge
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 5 Aug 2013 14:45:50 -0400
  ...Power-steering and A/C idle switches on the 1.9l are bypass valves that allow extra air in. PS is from a pressure...
• Valves down under, toggle switches
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 Apr 1996 13:52:45 -0800
  So what happened with the guy in Oz who got three different results from three consecutive valve adjustments? Were you not setting valves with...
• Re: Gas and temp gauge QUIT
  Historical mailing list - Charles D Earl
  Wed, 7 May 1997 15:46:50 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Remove the instument panel cover, unsnap all the switches and disconnect the speedo. Lift out as unit, stabilizer on back. Carefully bend the leads...
• Re: oil leak
  Historical mailing list - Tom Brunson
  Fri, 5 Sep 1997 00:53:08 UT
  ...Oil pressure switches do sometimes start to leak too, and the '87 Vanagon has 2 of them - one on the lower back near the...
• Re: 10 Year Anniversary; A Vanagon Love Affair
  Historical mailing list - Donna Stewart
  Tue, 13 Mar 2001 11:04:44 -0800
  ...out of the factory? (This vintage van had the two micro switches on top of the throttle body.) Even worse, neither the dealer in...
• Re: What about heated seats? NOT for westy swival seats
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Sun, 21 Oct 2007 07:14:21 -0700
  ...COM writes: > The only challenge is to have them > wired properly, switches put in logical places, and still allow full > functionality of seat swivels...
• Re: Electrical Nightmare?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Michal
  Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:25:44 -0500
  ...switch. > The procedure is detailed on www.vanagonauts.com > These ignition switches go for around 7.00 at Bus Depot. I mention > them because...
• electronics rant, (don't read it if you don't want to)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 16 Sep 2013 13:11:40 -0500
  ...This unit has a touch screen which is the means of controlling the AC, heater, audio, and is how one switches among various informational...
• Re: Hunting idle, jerking bucking Vanagon woes!!!
  Historical mailing list - James Cook
  Mon, 11 Apr 1994 14:52:39 -0700 (PDT)
  ...other thing that I was wondering about was those stupid throttle > switches... I tested them a while back, and at that time they were...