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• Woody's wiring problems solved, he hopes
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Tue, 29 Feb 2000 09:14:39 -0500
  ...7) Changed the switches on the throttle. Definitely eliminated the floor-it-no-response syndrome at stop signs. Will keep spares on hand. 8...
• Re: WAS: Starter Motor... Failure: NOW: 50 Circuit Weirdness. ECU Related?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 15 Dec 2012 12:30:27 -0800
  ...again after battery is fully charged. > > FWIW, I have swapped ignition switches yesterday. This was with a used > switch but it made no difference...
• Copy of: Re: Tiny orange switch right of steering column below dash?
  Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
  18 Jan 97 23:08:11 EST
  ...The switch that you were describing in your previous post was one of the safety switches for the gas heater. It had nothing to...
• Re: Buzzer of Death (2.1)
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Thu, 2 Nov 2000 06:32:34 EST
  ...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: (Symptoms) No Start, Hesitate at Start
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:42:46 -0500
  ...one and putting them on the new one without actually swapping switches first. That way you could see if it operates normally before doing...
• Re: 87 Cruise Control--followup
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 28 Dec 2010 07:50:35 -0500
  ...first several >> checks, including the tests for the clutch and brake >> switches.� Since I passed those tests, obviously the >> fuse is fine and the...
• Re: Are Today's Young People Mechanical Nitwits?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:46:40 -0400
  ...The testers were about the size of an open briefcase on a stand, big meter, bunch of dial switches, sockets for quad, octal, 7...
• Re: electronics rant, (don't read it if you don't want to)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 16 Sep 2013 16:56:39 -0500
  ...means of controlling the AC, heater, audio, and is how one switches among various informational readouts.  Mine failed, it will no longer take any...
• Re: Choked starting?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 27 Mar 2013 21:23:11 -0700
  ...I would guestimate that about 60 % of 2.1 throttle body switches do not these days, due to wear. I have to fix most...
• Re: a CRAZY story involving my westy
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Wed, 6 Jul 2005 16:53:10 -0400
  ...that it was all charged and > ready to go, but the switches won't turn the compressor and blower on. > however, on the way...
• Re: Dometic
  Historical mailing list - Robin Oomkes
  Thu, 25 May 2006 20:56:56 +0200
  ...Dometic >I dont think the switches will let you run electricity and propane at the > same time. Dont know, never thought of trying it...
• Re: Update on AFM testing procedure
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Sat, 5 Jul 2014 09:53:28 -1000
  ...I've never had to replace or even be concerned about Throttle Position Switches, ever, like in 30 yrs of full time car repair...
• Re: Reinstalling Front Side Glass
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:09:26 -0800
  ...VW really screwed up as far as the metal just behind where the >> electric window switches go, there is a strip of metal that...
• Re: To test a Thermo time switch, air-cooled
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Sun, 11 Dec 2016 16:22:05 -0800
  ...The switches rarely fail. I think the operation of this circuit may rely on a contact on the starter solenoid itself. There are many...
• Re: Tune Up Poll
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Sat, 20 Feb 2016 18:22:25 -0800
  ...s NOT the parts ! ..it's the adjustments." > > > > for sure ...throttle switches fail to make contact after a while. > > Most that I have seen...
• Re: [Nearly Off-Topic] Seeking Battery Switch
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 20 Sep 2012 20:18:14 -0400
  ...regulator > units which indicated (to my surprise) that the regulator simply > switches the field current on and off rather than modulating it. This > keeps...
• Re: Oil light and warning
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 18 Nov 2015 23:54:24 -0500
  ...The oil pressure switches are readily available, but the circuit board that goes in the dash pod is not. It seems to be NLA...
• Re: Audi 5000 - no vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 19 Apr 1999 03:05:35 EDT
  ...window switches and regulators, doorhandles, heater blower motors, and other misc electrical parts. it has not "nickle and dimed" me more than any other...
• Re: Did a silly thing, white elephant acquired
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 9 Sep 2022 17:16:45 -0500
  ...plus a screen that is more or less an oscilloscope. > Plus > > button switches and wood grain face!> > Wires and leads … attach to the > > engine...
• Re: 88 GL Newbie Needs Direction
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 14 Mar 2002 21:21:05 -0600
  ...Dynamic oil warning system buzzers and lights, blow-out of the coolant level sensor, broken oil pressure switches, coolant woes, holes in pistons, tranny...
• Re: Front Heater Fan Just stopped working last week, Any ideas? Need some parts....
  Historical mailing list - Darren Lastfogel
  Sat, 8 Dec 2007 15:01:46 -0500
  ...Those switches seems prone to failure> so I always grab a few from the yard. Perhaps with a repaired ground and> motor my switch...
• Fw: 88 Westie: Intermittent "Level Indicator" Lights
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Sun, 22 Nov 1998 11:08:08 -0800
  ...Well, it turned > out that one of the little 12 legged component critters was blown on the > panel AND the switches in the long...
• Re: Battery Charger ?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:47:57 -0400
  ...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: Rear Window Wiper/Washer
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 12 Apr 2014 09:52:08 -0400
  ...the steering column, I drilled two holes, where I installed two switches, one a small momentary push button and the other a small toggle...
• Re: engine dying while driving
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 27 Mar 2011 18:37:19 -0700
  ...most of the vanagons I see do not have their throttle switches making contact at idle.. and they often have too advanced igntion timing...
• Re: Need Suggestions for Craftsman Tool Set (NO Vanagon Content)
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Thu, 16 Apr 1998 07:23:39 EDT
  ...Rare size, but works well for those oil pressure switches and the steering wheel nut. One of the best tools I have ever bought...
• Re: 88 GL - Failure to start - The Saga Continues
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 16 Jun 2014 10:02:12 -0600
  ...I also have a supply of OE ignition switches for $29 > each (they are actually not easy to get at the moment). > > I look...
• Re: Considering sale of Syncro Westy
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Fri, 28 Feb 2014 14:51:40 -0800
  ...These are about > 40% worn. > > > Incidentals which are included: > > * Some spares, including fair amount of stuff for the > instrument panel (switches, flexible circuit strips...
• Re: Refrigerator cooling: Do extra fans help?
  Historical mailing list - Brian Kelly
  Fri, 24 Aug 2001 20:57:25 EDT
  ...Prices aprox, Fan 1 $15 Fan 2 $15 2 micro-switches. $5.00 Thermometer. $20.00. Well worth the effort in my view. Brian...
• Re: How do you replace the electical switch on the bottom of the lock cylinder?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 3 Mar 2006 19:11:02 -0800
  ...pull the steering wheel, unplug the wiring, pull the paddle switches, remove and replace the ignition switch. Easy as pie David! :-) On 3/2...
• Re: Slight over run popping from exhaust..84 (inline VW with Digifant )
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 3 Aug 2009 22:28:27 -0700
  ...I've never had to mess with one much, but billet aluminum sounds very nice. 'old tech' throttle switches that I have seen .... usually...
• Re: Electrical puzzle
  Historical mailing list - Julianna Thoennes
  Thu, 14 Jun 2018 15:01:33 -0700
  ...on this year, these > are 2-pole switches and there is no connection to the brake warning light. > it goes only to the brake...
• Oil pressure light and buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Steven Sittser
  Wed, 4 Apr 2012 20:13:21 -0400
  ...I could try replacing the two oil pressure switches. From what I've read this sounds fairly difficult (or expensive, if I have a...
• Re: 87 Cruise Control--followup
  Historical mailing list - David Vickery
  Tue, 4 Jan 2011 12:30:32 -0800
  ...first > several > > checks, including the tests for the clutch and brake > > switches.� Since I passed those tests, obviously the > > fuse is fine and the...
• Re: My Eurospec conversion problem
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 14 Oct 1999 17:26:57 -0700
  ...the folks > who did the conversion by tweaking some adjustments and switches. > >2) The intake manifold was hitting the frame when I decelerated and...
• Re: tiico conversion vs. other I4 conversions, ?GTI vanagon
  Historical mailing list - VW Caravelle
  Thu, 3 Jan 2002 22:09:42 +0800
  ...Can anyone help me source the necessary? I also need the column switches for indicators and wiper as well as the plastic shroud for...
• Re: Hella H4s and relays
  Historical mailing list - Fryday
  Thu, 25 Jul 2002 18:45:46 -0700
  ...power from the battery, through the entire wiring > harness, through the switches, and then eventually to the headlamps. > > There is a significant voltage drop...
• Re: Question about Transmission Stutter
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Perry
  Tue, 21 Mar 2017 01:20:52 +0000
  ...Did you clean the throttle body and adjust the two micro switches? See > Bentley 24.33, note last paragraph on that page. With the...
• Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 8 Nov 2015 14:09:51 -0500
  ...In the dynamic system there are 2 oil pressure switches. The first switch is just the same as the basic system has. Then there...
• Re: Starter related question.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 18 Jul 2016 15:42:32 -0400
  ...My experience with the T3 is limited, however, I am somewhat familiar with relays / remote switches in the context of automation control systems (building...
• Re: Blinking oil pressure light
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 7 Dec 2020 09:20:36 -0800
  ...vwcrewman@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Did you happen to keep your original switches? > > > > > > > > On Sun, Dec 6, 2020 at 10:01 AM Dan N <dn92610...
• Re: .................... and vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:45:16 -0800
  ...a micro switch in the shifter switches a vaccum valve ( got that part too ) that disengaes the conventional clutch. Then you put it in...
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  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Mon, 23 Aug 2021 15:06:05 -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: Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 5 Oct 2020 10:26:52 -0700
  ...It's been a while, but as I remember the vacumn switches down under the > >> > >> steering column which are activated by the brake pedal...
• Re: PS Pump switch high idle question
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Engel
  Thu, 5 Jan 2017 18:05:52 +0000
  ...After some time I finally obtained another used unit (there were no new or better engineered switches available at that time) it had the...
• Re: '84 1.9: 3/4 power and running ugly
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Tue, 24 Aug 2004 14:28:57 -0400
  ...After ~5minutes of running (after the thermostat opens > up?) power drops off dramatically, and the engine switches from smooth hum to > throaty purr. In...
• Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 6 Sep 2017 21:53:38 -0700
  ...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: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
  Thu, 14 Nov 2013 17:24:56 -0800
  ...valve faster using switches than it would using > > engine RPM drop as a reference? Interesting question though. > > > > Mark: Thanks. The guts of the ICU...
• Re: Oil pressure light in 1.9l at idle
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Sun, 27 Nov 2011 21:39:48 -0800
  ...I've ordered one of these switches anyways just in > case my current switch is bad, but the behavior I'm seeing rules out...
• Re: do vanagons ever get stolen???
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 17 Aug 2002 10:57:18 -0500
  ...Heres some nice kill switches, scroll down to the > >>bottom one: > >>http://www.magnumforceracing.com/ > >flaming_river_battery_switches.asp > >> > >>Phil Stanhope 84' Westy...
• Re: Vanagon Starter relay kit
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 9 Dec 2015 14:41:41 +0000
  ...Making the switch do all the work of starting the car is a well-known way to wear out the switches, which I have...
• Re: Loss of head lights, wipers and rear heater blower
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 26 Dec 2013 09:57:03 -0800
  ...The replacement switches fit > just about every VW made 60s,70s,80s so it is cheap and easy to get one. > > You can get...
• Re: Carburettor Set Weber 44 IDF VW Wasserboxer 2,1
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Tue, 31 Jul 2012 09:58:07 -0500
  ...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: Headlight improvements IMHO
  Historical mailing list - Bolliver
  Wed, 1 Nov 2000 19:14:45 -0600
  ...t believe this until I burned up a couple of $50 switches in >my Corrado after adding Euro driving lights and decided to try...
• Re: A/C wiring warning
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Markett
  Sun, 7 Jun 2015 18:51:03 -0700
  ...somewhere > on a relay board -- left pillar?), always supposing that one or both > radiator switches are closed. > > > Yours, > David > > -- > David Beierl -- dbeierl@attglobal.net
• master brake light misbehaving - fixed
  Historical mailing list - brett rueff
  Mon, 2 Aug 2010 04:13:08 +0000
  ...ha ..cruise control ?cruise control is involved with brake and clutch switches or vacuum valves..if there is cruise control I'd explore that...
• Re: Hot Foot well
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Wed, 30 Jun 2021 19:31:30 -0500
  ...They last about as long as cheap CV boots and junky ignition switches. If you can, get the gowesty replacement ($$$ but lifetime guarantee) or...
• Re: Sliding door hinge update
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 23 Jul 2018 18:31:07 -0700
  ...But I added a switch into the circuit that disables all the door activated switches. Turn it off when camping, just that little bit...
• Fwd: Continuing saga of Oil Pressure light...
  Historical mailing list - Ben S
  Wed, 13 Jul 2005 22:28:40 -0700
  ...unless both switches failed at the same time or your oil pressure was really low enough to set off the low switch, too (in...
• Re: Headlight switch for '91 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 20 Jan 2013 11:54:55 -0800
  ...problem and > after all the pointers to possible sources of new switches turned up > nothing, this fool rushed in. > > I am on vacation in...