At 10:34 PM 10/22/2003, Mike Collum wrote: >Sometimes (rainy day, remember) I'll start the engine and after watching >the flashing for about a minute .... if I turn on the headlights or the >blower motor (heavy load) the flashing stops immediately. Go figure. >Anyway, that's why I suspect a connector or ground .... it's probably >seeing too high a resistance. You have a leaky cap in the gauge flasher circuit, with also some leakage across the circuit board itself which changes with humidity. Disassemble and repair the gauge or live with it. :) d
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