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• Re: intermittent electrical problem in dashboard and wiper fluid problem
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:31:59 -0500
  ...If the light for the idiot light legends, heater switches, cigarette lighter are working then your trouble there is definitely inside the panel, probably...
• Radiator cooling fan - stuck ON!
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Tue, 1 Jun 2010 10:22:48 -0700
  ...the radiator fan ON but never had one of these sensor/switches fail in the ON position. Has anyone else? Do you think the...
• Re: Water level/temp warning flasher
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Fri, 27 Jul 2001 08:37:37 -0500
  ...able to find a relay or anything associated with these two > >switches and warning lamp. > > David Beierl - Providence, RI > http://pws.prserv.net/synergy...
• Breadloaf bus ducting
  Historical mailing list - Crazed Idiot
  Sat, 09 Dec 1995 22:45:37 EST
  ...I can envision a nice little setup with three little toggle switches mounted on a single panel under the dash to do the job...
• Re: Electric Gremlin
  Historical mailing list - Toma Keller
  Sat, 7 Dec 2002 18:45:21 -0800
  ...For all of you '91 owners, fuse #20 is a 10amp that is for the dash lights including the gauge cluster heating switches, radio...
• Re: Alternater light
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Fri, 8 Dec 2006 20:52:56 -0800
  ...The diodes that are the "on" switches for the output are sometimes a little (!) flakey, and a quick touch at the throttle will be...
• Oil pressure sander/switch anatomy. (explanation)
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Wed, 13 Mar 2002 15:42:46 -0500
  ...engine>Oil Pressure switches & release valves) Why does the light go out at 2000 RPM? While there is a "high" pressure switch and a...
• Re: My A/C Saga Continues...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 6 Jul 2015 00:15:54 -0400
  ...Consider upgrading pressure switches and controls to get full radiator fan operation based on high side pressure demand. Radiator fan on low speed only...
• Re: [Nearly Off-Topic] Seeking Battery Switch
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:45:38 -0700
  ...regulator > units which indicated (to my surprise) that the regulator simply > switches the field current on and off rather than modulating it. This > keeps...
• glad to meet you
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 19:24:55 -0800
  ...are ECU, Cool temp sensor, AFM, Idle stabilizer, O2 Sensor, idle /full throttle switches, Hall control, Hall sender, Fuel pump, pressure regulator, and injectors...
• Re: [vanagon] Sliding Door Switch
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Wed, 9 Apr 2003 22:47:31 -0400
  ...I used a coathanger to > guide the wire, then connected it to the other switches at the dome > light over the drivers' head. > > -- > > > Jon...
• Re: REQ - Dead Idle Stabilizer Control Unit Donation
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 23 Oct 2005 08:59:33 -0500
  ...All > it does besides monitor RPM is watch a couple switches on the AC and > power steering to push the idle RPM up a...
• Re: That oil buzzer
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 5 May 2015 11:23:35 -0500
  ...Basically there are two oil > > pressure switches. The higher pressure switch is looked at when the > engine > > is over 2,000 rpm. That will...
• Re: BRIGHTER LIGHTS: install relays
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 5 Jul 2001 20:19:29 -0400
  ...Those devices draw fairly small currents and are served perfectly well by the existing switches and wiring. The problem with the headlight wiring is...
• Re: dometic pilot goes out when thermostat turned up
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 26 Jun 2006 11:45:34 -0400
  ...I have never ever seen any problems ever with the control knobs and switches on the front of the 182b. Period.None of them...
• Re: Vanagon syndrome...it sucks!
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Mon, 21 Mar 2016 12:32:27 -1000
  ...lots of vans are running with non-working or not-adjusted-right throttle switches and they don't have intermittant loss of power. of...
• Re: Metallic burning smell front of van.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 29 Jun 2014 19:29:01 -0400
  ...The bodies of the various dash/ignition switches are some sort of thermoplastic. If the heater motor seizes and burns most of what burns...
• Re: I Love My New Cruise Control (Long)
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 31 May 2006 07:37:53 -0700
  ...After a lot of trial-and-error testing with the dip switches, here's my best recommendation at switch settings: (Note: I have an...
• Re: Jerks/surges when going from coasting to acceleration
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:05:12 -0400
  ...the wrong connector when I didn't find the two usual switches on top of the throttle body) Checked switch: Switch always open. Checked...
• Re: Tune Up Poll
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Thu, 18 Feb 2016 13:39:41 -1000
  ...However... "It's NOT the parts ! ..it's the adjustments." for sure ...throttle switches fail to make contact after a while. Most that I...
• Re: 12 Volt + Wire Up Rear Pillar? (vent)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 18 Feb 2013 12:01:21 -0800
  ...really difficult to explain for most > circuits vehicles, home, industry, whatever switches are used to control the > "ungrounded" side. There are number of reasons...
• Re: lets talk about oil pressure issues
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 14 Jan 2004 23:05:31 -0500
  ...The 2200 rpm is critical because that is where the Dynamic Oil Pressure Warning Systems switches to check for adequate oil pressure at the...
• rising cost of Vanagon parts...
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 3 Dec 2013 22:01:02 -0800
  ...readout that wasn't right.....A bank or two of toggle switches and you are there... I used the back of a dish pan...
• Re: "Troll" posting: Rescue Tape still in place...
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 26 Mar 2011 11:09:40 -0700
  ...All without fussing around with milli-volts and resistors and micro-switches to make that 'low coolant level' warning light work without properly without...
• Re: Questions about possible purchase of 91 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 16 Mar 2002 19:03:34 -0700
  ...interior --appliances clean and they work --canvas near perfect --all lights, switches seem to be fine --air conditioning Vehicle is in my garage waiting...
• 2nd Battery Solenoid
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Fri, 12 Jul 2002 11:49:27 -0400
  ...Battery switches > I am not familiar with the VW setup, but my van uses a battery isolator to > automatically charge each battery when needed...
• Battery Charger ?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 7 Oct 2011 08:47:19 -0700
  ...sort of' works but it is old and funky with bad switches and no operating dial....So I want to replace that ,but I...
• Re: New instrument cluster in '84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Wed, 14 Dec 2005 19:02:34 -0500
  ...rpms, below 2000 or so. > Above that rpm it watches both switches and blinks the LED if either has > a bad reading and also...
• Re: Time Delay LED Lighting Circuit
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Mon, 31 Jul 2017 19:05:05 -0300
  ...no doubt >> containing a timing capacitor) to operate a transistor that switches >> battery current on and off. >> >> Yrs, >> d >> >> >> >>> On Mon, Jul 31, 2017...
• Re: drive from Oklahoma to Spokane, WA
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 6 Oct 2014 01:32:33 -0400
  ...drive from Oklahoma to Spokane, WA The fan emits quite a roar when it switches on in my '84. Going up long, hot, slow...
• FW: Help!
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Tue, 11 Jul 2000 10:57:56 -0400
  ...The dimmer switch simply switches the 56 lead from the light switch (which gets its power from the load reduction relay, X terminal on...
• Re: Oil pressure gauge
  Historical mailing list - Richard Stevens
  Tue, 28 Aug 2001 08:36:24 +0100
  ...As a precaution the pressure switches have been changed on two occasions.The circuitry has been checked and is said to be OK. I...
• Re: A Current Question
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:46:44 -0500
  ...As long as you don't screw up > and open both battery switches while it's running, you're fine. > > On a non-swivel...
• Re: Heat handling design error help
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 7 Jun 1996 14:23:17 -0400
  ...I'm still trying to figure out just what you're talking about. > >3) Both progressively staged control switches for the two stage fan...
• Re: headlights (all) - poof! - continued...
  Historical mailing list - Grungy
  Fri, 8 Apr 2011 13:37:20 -0500
  ...off of the fuse block, somewhere between these >relays and the switches and headlights. Haven't found it yet. > >The ignition switch electronics check...
• Re: Happy Camper
  Historical mailing list - Alain Pierre Hovasse
  Mon, 14 May 2001 21:54:25 -0400
  ...will want to get from > it. > I had to set the switches for 5000 pps, not 4000 as per instructions for tach > signal only...
• Dash removal Instruction for all of you ready to fix your heater
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Sat, 11 Jan 2003 14:38:14 -0800
  ...Next pull out the switches by pressing the tabs to release them from the cluster. The cluster should lift out and remove the big...
• Re: Warning light
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 4 Nov 2014 19:45:05 -0500
  ...The switches use the different logic to provide a fail-safe. Defeating the .9bar switch will require connecting the signal wire to a chassis...
• Re: I guess if I'm putting on a tencentlife oil cooler . . .
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 10 Apr 2011 11:37:38 -0700
  ...Two pressure switches and a few electronics. Low pressure switch just like the 1.9. Pressure drops below .3 bar, the idiot light comes...
• Dometic Doings
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 11 Jun 1997 09:16 -0600 (MDT)
  ...Since the unit has an "inside" and an "outside" sensor and switches between the two, I decide to put the entire thing in the...
• Re: Where to aim the headlights? SA grill.
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Fri, 27 Sep 2002 22:22:42 +0100
  ...i have the wires and relays and switches and fuses and > lights and holders and beer and much more stuff. Now so i don...
• Re: Volksiebus - 88 Transporter - Rough Running Engine
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Fri, 17 Jan 2014 20:18:46 -0600
  ...Throttle body switches out of limits and need adjusting. >>> >>> Anyone have any ideas about this? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> John >> >
• Re: Carburettor Set Weber 44 IDF VW Wasserboxer 2,1
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Tue, 31 Jul 2012 11:14:10 -0400
  ...The captain reached over and flipped both smile heaters switches > to the solenoid valves that routed heat from the turbine compressor > sections into the...
• Re: '80 Westy: My headlights stopped working
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 19 Nov 2001 16:25:25 -0700
  ...Ign switches are inexpensive and you can buy one for $10.00 or so and wire it in and start up your VW without...
• Re: Where to aim the headlights? SA grill.
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Fri, 27 Sep 2002 13:58:56 -0400
  ...i have the wires and relays and switches and fuses and >lights and holders and beer and much more stuff. Now so i don...
• Re: Oil pressure ?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 23 Nov 2014 09:40:19 -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...
• FW: Help!
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Mon, 10 Jul 2000 23:33:42 -0400
  ...The dimmer switch simply switches the 56 lead from the > light switch (which gets its power from the load reduction relay, X > terminal on...
• Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 6 Sep 2017 22:37:18 -0600
  ...wrote: > Hi, > > I made a manifold and relocated the two pressure switches plus added a pressure gauge sender. Pics etc here > > https://shufti.blog...
• Re: Greetings
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:51:07 -0400
  ...exhaust > system, tires, engine part replacements, heating parts replaced, a few > switches, running lights suss'ed out, water pump, brakes, etc. I'm > still...
• Re: WBX Recommendations Sought
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 28 May 2014 19:01:31 -0700
  ...Also, you may consider installing an oil pressure and temp senders/switches... Also, no mention of your fuel lines.... it goes with our saying...
• Re: How to's?? What happened to them?
  Historical mailing list - A. Kimmons
  Thu, 22 Apr 1999 18:34:43 +0000
  ...yard locations > > Fuel filter & pump > > Floppy rear view mirrors > > Bad Light switches > > Extra Seats in your Bus > > Pop top stuff > > -seal > > -mold > > -racks > > > > yadda...
• brake lights, propane and auxiliary batteries
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Jul 1994 23:21:12 -0800
  ...brake light switches - hadn't thought of the clutch being involved. Hydraulic clutch eh? Well, I don't see fluid level dropping so I...
• Re: Euro-Drive: 84 Volkswagen VANAGON, No-start
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 5 May 1999 14:19:48 -0400
  ...OK Airflow shows a smooth sweep coolant temp in range throttle switches OK Ignition system ,hall generator,Idle stabilizer ,hall control unit , coil, wires...
• AC causes engine reduction in performance and stalling
  Historical mailing list - Gregg Carlen
  Thu, 17 May 2012 17:05:43 -0400
  ...The AC will ONLY turn on (AC compressor clutch kicks in, fan blows cold air) when the two AC switches (fan speed and thermostat...
• Re: Voltage leak found
  Historical mailing list - sailingfc dslextreme.com
  Tue, 1 Sep 2015 19:49:16 -0400
  ...I did tap into the 'key-in buzzer' circuit to power a relay that switches 12V to accessories of my choice. I then made...
• Forwarded: Re: oil leak from crankcase vent?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 23 Oct 1996 17:52:58 +0000
  ...On the FI problem I've ohmed out all the connections from the ECU (temp sensors switches etc), tested fuel pressure and replaced the...
• Just unearthed some goodies............
  Historical mailing list - Vic Ahmed
  Fri, 15 Sep 2000 01:17:55 EDT
  ...OEM blower switches. 30. OEM skylights. 31. OEM external camper fittings (water/electric etc.) 32. Pop-top seals. Aside from this, I have tons...
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  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Mon, 23 Aug 2021 14:18:46 -0700
  ...story is that depressing > > the > > > stalk, or pulling back on it, switches between front wash and rear > wash ( > > > and wipe). > > > > > > > > Neutral position between two...
• Re: Which battery terminal off first?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 16 May 2017 21:39:00 -0400
  ...For most all circuits disconnect devices (switches, relays) open the circuit on the "ungrounded" side. If you were to install a battery disconnect switch...
• Re: H4 led bulbs, trying out another pair. Late headlight LEDS
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 18 Oct 2017 22:23:16 +0000
  ...Eliminates need for relays and stuff if the wiring and switches are good. However, they still are a bit voltage sensitive so there may...