Date:         Mon, 7 Apr 2003 19:53:29 EDT
Reply-To:     AlanCote@AOL.COM
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From:         Alan Cote <AlanCote@AOL.COM>
Subject:      dashboard light games
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There's a dashboard light problem on my '86 Westy -- thought I ask around
first if it's a known genetic issue before I start monkeying w/ the voltmeter
and the wiring diagram.

Problem: start the van, and everything works A-OK in the instrument cluster.
Turn on the headlights, and all gauges (tach, gas guage, etc., not speed
needle of course) and dash lights die. But ... if the headlights are turned
on BEFORE the van is started, all the dash lights/guages work fine. Usually
-- they'll still black-out spontaneously once in a while.

Is this a problem solved by thousands before me ??

Alan Cote
'86 Westy