Date:         Wed, 9 Apr 2003 22:47:31 -0400
Reply-To:     EMZ <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
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From:         EMZ <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
Subject:      Re: [vanagon] Sliding Door Switch
Comments: To: Jon Kanas <kanas@quality.qadas.com>
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One more note on this switch:  My 92 Jetta trunk switch is the exact
same except it has a notch in the side so you can push it in by hand
and angle the plunger so the notch holds the switch in the off position.
This will prevents the lights from staying on, manually.
  Some times logic from VW kills me: Since the light may kill the battery
just remove the light switch all together?.....go figure.....

            Eric                   86-VW4x4
            vw4x4@fyi.net          86-SS Syncro
            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler
                                   92-Jetta GWC
            www.fyi.net/~vw4x4/vw4x4.htm

On Wed, 9 Apr 2003, Jon Kanas wrote:

> Hello Jerry et al,
>
> Westfalia busses did not have the door switch, but the standard
> passenger vans did.  The switch is the same as any other VW door switch
> of the same vintage.  There should be a plastic plug covering the hole
> on the pillar where the switch mounts.  In order to make this work,
> there was a small plastic spacer which is attached to the door which
> contacts and depresses the switch when the door is closed.  You need to
> hit your local scrapyard and get this plastic piece, or fabricate one.
>  I can take a picture of mine and send it to you if that would help.
>
> I made this change to my Westfalia awhile back.  The biggest pain was
> fishing the wire down the pillar from the roof.  I used a coathanger to
> guide the wire, then connected it to the other switches at the dome
> light over the drivers' head.
>
> --
>
>
> Jon B Kanas
>
> Longmont, Colorado Cultural Center of the Universe
> Home: 303-678-0658
> Email: kanas@qadas.com
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>
>
> vanagon@yahoogroups.com wrote:
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> >   Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2003 00:05:48 -0000
> >   From: "hotdog_from_boulder" <hotdog_from_boulder@yahoo.com>
> >Subject: Door contact switch, Right sliding.
> >
> >Folks,
> >
> >I'm thinking about installing an alarm system in my '87 Vanagon (2.1
> >liter, camper).  The aftermarket alarm uses the door contact switch
> >(interior light) to indicate an alarm condition.
> >
> >Bentley says that years '83-'85 had a sliding door contact switch.
> >Years '86-'89 did not have a switch.
> >
> >Does anyone know if the '83-'85 switch would fit in an '87?  Has
> >anyone installed an alarm in the '87?  Did they/you install a switch
> >on the sliding door?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Jerry
> >
> >
>
>
>
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