Likely bad connections for the dash lights. Common problem, especially in the winter. Remove the three (I believe) lights, clean the contacts and re-insert. Turn signal blinking faster - you have a burn light bulb, either the front or rear. Replace it and you're good. The last one seems almost like low pressure. The added strain of the lights causing a slight drop in the RPMs that causes the light to go on. Could be something else, but that would be my first guess. Have you checked the oil pressure? Z --- john runberg <jrunberg@MAC.COM> wrote: > Jumped in the diesel Vanagon last night for a spin > and noticed quite a few > things not working right in the instrument > cluster... > > - last night the speedo light didn't work, this > morning the clock light > didn't work, either. > - right turn signal blinks quicker than the left -- > if the lights are on > then it blinks twice as fast as before. > - with the car running, when I turn on my lights the > oil pressure light > starts blinking until I tap the gas. > > I'm guessing a bad ground, but where's be best place > to start? Are there a > few grounds under the cluster? > > Thanks! > > John > 90 Carat > 82 Diesel
__________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.