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• Re: your opinion please - part 2
  Historical mailing list - Vince So
  Mon, 7 Jun 1999 21:07:30 -0700
  ...My OEM one switches off on either padel. Vince So 1989 Westfalia GL 1993 Miata 1997 LR Discovery > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List...
• Re: digijet FI adjustments
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sutton
  Mon, 11 Oct 2004 11:47:43 -0400
  ...Check operation of throttle switch or switches. Adjust as needed. Start engine, adjust timing to proper mark at idle speed. Check vacuum advance operation...
• Re: water tank pump problem
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 17 Aug 2005 09:25:35 -0500
  ...I've seen new faucet switches fail because of the poor design. Faucets are about $35.00 and you can replace the pump with...
• Re: PS pump switch, engine compartment wiring harness, ECU, starter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 10 Feb 2016 20:41:13 -0500
  ...wiring from the battery and alternator through so many switches with fuses between the switches and the component being protected. Think of your house...
• Re: Compare & Contrast: Diesel Westy vs. 2.1 WBX Westy
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sun, 15 Jun 2003 15:08:56 -0400
  ...The diesel radiator has one major flaw, and that's that the thermo switches are mounted high. If you get an air bubble in...
• Re: Hesitation off idle, throttle body issues?
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Mon, 12 Jan 2015 12:41:28 -0600
  ...If fact, the > adjustment seems to do very little to actually change the location where > the switch switches on and off, which I believe...
• Re: I need left door power window mechanism
  Historical mailing list - Dr. Rainer Woitok
  Thu, 27 May 1999 12:41:14 +0200
  ...Switch off ignition and unplug the various wires on the switches in the door panel, so you can completely remove the panel. Loosen, but...
• Re: Still konking out
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Wed, 14 Nov 2001 10:09:54 -0700
  ...and a set on the left firewall). > > - I replaced both throttle switches, this was expensive and I thought it > > could have been the problem...
• Re: Fridge madness 201 (average temperature)
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 18 Jun 2002 11:46:23 -0700
  ...The temp switches do go bad but not as often as the fans do. Mark Ben huot wrote: > ........... > 3-I did those test in...
• Re: Runaway Starters and Kill Switches
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Fri, 1 Nov 2013 23:30:41 -0700
  Battery switch. In either positive or ground cable side. I put mine, if on the driver's side....near the parking brake ..mounted in...
• Re: Door Chime madness
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:22:58 -0700
  ...in an ideal cirucit all the voltage drop of the circuit occures in the consuming device , and switches and wires leading to it transfer...
• Re: A/C 4-position fan speed selector problem
  Historical mailing list - Ed
  Thu, 21 Feb 2019 17:47:31 -0500
  These combination fan switches / thermostat controls also suffered from current overload failure from the current draw of the ac compressor and the evaporator fan...
• Re: Electrical weirdness
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 2 May 2015 09:01:40 -0400
  ...There is a connector for the two switches in the engine compartment. The contacts corrode and the wires break inside the insulation. Dennis -----Original...
• Re: a/c cutout switch
  Historical mailing list - GMBulley
  Thu, 16 Apr 1998 16:47:11 EDT
  ...a pipe with a high pressure and a low pressure cutout switches. I think I may have discovered why I had some hoses weeping...
• Mechanics Puzzle
  Historical mailing list - Alex Towner
  Fri, 9 Mar 2007 22:05:57 -0500
  ...So while the light may work normally (part of the temperature sensing circuit), the part of the relay that switches the power to the...
• Re: Battery Sages
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:49:43 -0700
  ...For both 6- and 12-volt batteries > * Microprocessor controlled/ fully automatic switches to > float-mode monitoring when battery is at full charge > * LED indicator...
• Re: Neils Brakes: "What Me Worry?" (WAS: pedal feel)
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:47:19 -0700
  ...Pumped > few times, checked, same > > Bled brake switches**. Started engine, felt same as yesterday. > > Detail: my pedal height increases slightly and stays up unless...
• Re: Light switches
  Historical mailing list - Otmar List Account
  Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:21:21 -0800
  > > Has anyone ever had their headlight switch go bad to the point where the > > headlights won't go on but the parking lights will...
• Re: HELP!!!
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Tue, 11 Apr 2000 13:02:26 -0700
  ...These are the gray switches located on the top of the engine adjacent to the throttle cable. They should be closed when you are...
• Quantum Turbo Diesel FS. Drive it or convert your Vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Fri, 21 Jul 2000 14:18:34 -0400
  ...Fits with VW stock Vanagon D motor mounts (unlike Jetta/Golf and later B3 Passats) * 4x Power window motors, mechanisms and 6x switches * Cruise...
• Re: Van Died @ 70 MPH. Why? (Jetta conversion)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:55:30 -0700
  ...If your 'died' was sudden and abrupt...I think "wires or switches or > connections"...something electrical... > > � Welding with the ECU in the vehicle IS...
• Re: Installing Volvo Front Seats
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:41:36 -0800
  ...Got all the switches and wiring harness for it right out of the donor Audi car. They're 'kinda cool' .... but I don't...
• Re: throttle switch
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 11 Jan 2021 09:30:31 -0800
  ...Does anyone know > if the switches are under the throttle body and if I need to remove the > throttle body to get to them...
• Off topic Friday question on switches...
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 16 May 2014 07:59:29 -0700
  I have an induction-motored thickness planer, running on 220 single phase power...It came with a magnetic switch that has broken now 3...
• Re: D.I.Y. R-134 Kit AC Recharge advice
  Historical mailing list - Charles Hokanson
  Thu, 31 Aug 2000 19:16:04 EDT
  ...quickly -- Like there is a rule on high pressure cut off switches, but I dunno if it is applicable to vanagons). If you need...
• Re: starting but running
  Historical mailing list - Justin B. Jensen
  Sun, 17 Sep 2000 21:02:52 -0600
  ...While you are at it clean the throttle body and the bypass air regulator and make certain that the throttle switches are adjusted according...
• Re: Which Switch Mystery
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 30 Nov 2004 13:21:04 -0700
  ...I forget the whole story now > but it was the one and only time I could not use the standard M switches I > get...
• Re: sluggish on take off
  Historical mailing list - Mark Magee
  Mon, 24 Oct 2005 18:42:13 -0500
  ...sluggish on take off I Have an early 85 with dual switches. the switch is either open or closed with a helper. im not...
• Re: Ignition/starter switch failures
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 14 May 2015 16:04:49 -0400
  ...Speaking of these ignition switches, we currently have the OEM German ones on sale for $14.95: http://www.busdepot.com/171905865 > Regardless of...
• Re: Dashboard fan in 86 syncro vibrating badly...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 3 Jul 2009 12:54:30 -0500
  ...This is also a fine time to clean the grounds on the circular ground block above the fuse box and replace any old switches...
• '83-'85 hunting idle
  Historical mailing list - Rocko Flamefart
  Tue, 4 Feb 97 08:56:48 -0600
  ...idle stabilizer (which regulates speed thru timing changes), and the throttle switches. all must be in balance and adjusted in the proper sequence per...
• Re: Vanagon Vent Control Positions
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 14 Apr 1997 13:54:37 -0500
  ...To answer your specific question for maximizing your AC comfort, I do the following for the Dallas hot months (April - Oct): -Fan switches off...
• 3 little things and 1 big thing
  Historical mailing list - Aaron F. Waxman
  Mon, 15 Nov 1999 21:38:45 -0500
  ...First off, is there any way, in '80 westy's, to shut off the battery and water indicator LED's? I've seen switches...
• Re: '86 Westy A/C Switch Desperately Needed
  Historical mailing list - Ray Reinhard
  Thu, 25 May 2006 18:01:09 -0700
  ...Note that these switches are UNIQUE TO WESTIES of roughly > the > > '85 to '87 vintage; a switch from a non-Westy vanagon will not...
• Re: pcm controller for heater fans
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:23:55 -0500
  ...The circuit generates electrical noise when it switches, but because it's essentially a switch rather than a variable resistance, it doesn't heat...
• Re: Fuse for light for gear identification?
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Mon, 9 Dec 2002 07:17:41 -0500
  ...night. >> >>check the other lights on the dash ..like the fan >>switches and the heater levers. if they still light up, >>it's the...
• The winner is Mark Drillock, was: Hmm. Headlights don't ...
  Historical mailing list - Zolly
  Sun, 14 Nov 2010 19:53:09 -0800
  ...short it to bare metal nearby while the key and headlight switches > are on. If that makes them come on, fix the end of...
• Re: Maybe now is the time to fill the tank of your extra car or "parts vanagon"
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 1 Sep 2005 14:31:46 -0600
  ...it would be months after the water was cleared before such a facility could probably even turn on the first switches or open any...
• Re: Rad fan testing
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 9 Aug 2015 19:12:17 -0500
  ...these motors to completely give up the ghost but the wiring, switches, and > control relays are a whole different story. On the early vans...
• Re: PS Re: Headlight Switch
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:15:52 -0500
  ...cross-post reference =(:D) mike Since we're talking about getting into these switches -- they tend to have three things in common: a) a...
• Re: Front defroster
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 31 Oct 2003 10:03:46 -0500
  ...I may not > need. Any thoughts on this would be appreciated. Switches are identical, except that in junkyard Vgons the front one will be...
• Re: Headlight Upgrade Eilemma
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 10 Sep 2011 17:42:06 -0700
  ...This is why the typical relay kit includes 2 relays, so as to protect all three switches rather than only two of them. The...
• Re: Electric windows
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Sun, 16 Oct 2016 22:42:24 -0700
  ...And while I was at it I installed the GW window switches kit. > Oh, where did the window regulator fail? Just as I pulled...
• Re: Hesitation off idle, throttle body issues?
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 12 Jan 2015 13:21:27 -0800
  ...If fact, the > adjustment seems to do very little to actually change the location where > the switch switches on and off, which I believe...
• Re: High Power Lights bad! (was HiPo lights)
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 24 Apr 1998 21:38:19 -0700
  ...This is why there are light switches and common sence when to turn them on. I do have to say they are VERY safe...
• Re: .5 Bar ? VDO oil pres Sender okay?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Fri, 22 Oct 1999 06:17:41 EDT
  ...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: 87 GL Intermittantly Not Starting
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 12 May 2003 10:04:41 -0700
  ...New switches are ~$15 and easy to find as so many VW cars use the same one. Remove the 2 screws holding the bottom...
• 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: Head Lights - 85-86
  Historical mailing list - joe trussell
  Wed, 10 May 2006 13:08:30 +0000
  ...Tue, 9 May 2006 14:59:53 -0700 > >yeah you can > >the grill just switches over and there are certainly archived threads >on this...
• Re: Overcooling Hypothesis--Long
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:54:49 -0800
  ...PM Dennis Haynes wrote: > What wonderful idea as compared to adding switches and other good stuff. > Yep, just crack the throttle. I also do...
• Re: Bentley wiring diagram. Questions on how to read.
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 23 Feb 2008 20:49:41 -0800
  ...control > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > SWITCHES > ----------(Break-contact and changeover switches)---------------------- > 81 Input > 81a 1st output, break side > 81b 2nd output, break side > ----------(Make-contact switches)-------------------------------------- > 82 Input...
• Re: The Vanagon cooling system.. it's counterintuitive.. (long post)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 7 Sep 2015 09:09:22 -0700
  ...I lose patience and get quite frustrated after a few times digging around under the dash pod, messing with brittle tabs of those switches...
• Re: Light switches
  Historical mailing list - Marc Theune
  Tue, 16 Nov 1999 09:16:37 -0500
  Have you checked the headlight ground? On my 85 GL it is located up behind the dash inside the front fender on the driver...
• Parts for Sale
  Historical mailing list - CC
  Fri, 8 Dec 2000 16:28:48 CST
  ...Other items like tail and turn signal lens, interior mirrors, alternators, gauges, switches, handles, glass,heatercores,etc., mostly from mid-80's vans. Please...
• Re: Odometer stopped
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 15 Oct 2001 20:53:45 -0300
  ...Be VERY careful when replacing these screws and the plastic may crack! Disconnect the speedo (mine just slides out) take out the switches (squeeze...
• Re: Help-Alternator bad, battery boiling
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Sat, 11 Oct 2003 07:29:09 -0700
  ...Fuze box, switches, relays.
• Re: Overhead Westy light
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 28 Jun 2006 08:40:12 -0700
  ...My relay is mounted next to it and switches from starting battery to small gel cell house battery. The starter cable is not switched...
• Re: What Makes a Carat a Carat ??
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 27 Mar 2006 00:00:27 +1200
  ...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: Shore power indicator light ?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:55:35 -0700
  ...purpose >> well. >> >> >> http://web4.automationdirect.com/adc/Shopping/Catalog/Pushbuttons_-z-_Switches_-z-_Indicators/22mm_Metal/Non-Metallic_Monoblock_Indicators/LED/ECX2052-127L >> >> Todd...
• Re: headlight switch
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 10 Feb 2025 16:04:31 -0500
  ...Has anyone had a similar problem with new headlight switches? >>>> >>>> -Mark