Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 08:57:32 -0700
Reply-To: neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From: neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Baja trip, no headlights.....
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Yes. That's it. It is good beer!
I too have been putting off the job of relays (mostly intended for
when I upgrade the bulbs in my H4's)
My thinking is that the lowest wattage H4 bulbs won't pull that much
more but maybe they do. Of course getting my meter out and comparing
stock to H4 just wouldn't make any sense. I'm sure someone's already
done that though. Not certain if measuring and comparing voltage drop
or current is the thing to do here, but I'm reading up.
I gather one moral to the story (aside from hints on "how to") is that
even with stock headlights, the ign. switch suffers in the long term.
Electrical parts wear out. One of the first electrical parts I noticed
wearing was the big wire from the battery to the fuse panel. (aka 30)
The white plastic protective sleeve on push on connector was brown.
Neil.
On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 8:05 AM, cesar quiros <cesarquiros@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I need to the add the relays too especially now that it is my daily driver.
> (Reliable car blew up and now Vanagon is my reliable driver)
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> Whale beer, you talking about the big Pacificos know as Ballenas....yum.....
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>> Date: Mon, 2 May 2011 22:00:05 -0700
>> From: musomuso@GMAIL.COM
>> Subject: Re: Baja trip, no headlights.....
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
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>> What a nice surprise after all that effort roofing; such a joyous task.
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>> I carry a spare ign. switch. Possibly two.
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>> Were the headlights stock wattage?
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>> Did you get that whale beer?
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>> On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 8:48 PM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:
>> > I went down south for several days to do some roofing. .....
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>> > No problems,
>> > everything fine, until the next evening when I needed to go get some
>> > beer for a dinner/BBQ I was invited to. Started her up, NO HEADLIGHTS.
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>> > lights worked fine. Good enough to run errands and get me home. Today I
>> > properly installed the switch and added headlight relays so it will
>> > never happen again. Should have done that all along. At least I had the
>> > spare switch when push came to shove.
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>> > Mark
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>> --
>> Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"
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>> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
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>> http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
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Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"
http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
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