In a message dated 4/1/00 1:04:22 AM, vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG writes:

<< The "indicator" is a white LED with a blue cover over the top of it. >>

That must be the LED from Hell in order to operate continuously at a forward
current of over 80 mA.  The attendant dropping resistor for the high beam
indicator light on the 1984 Vanagon with which I am familiar is only 120
ohms; the light source is a miniature incandescent lamp.
Rich