Date:         Sun, 4 Jan 2004 11:12:27 -0800
Reply-To:     Son Of A Vanagon <sonofavanagon@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Son Of A Vanagon <sonofavanagon@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Dash lights kaput
In-Reply-To:  <17d.250c3acc.2d27fc11@aol.com>
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Hi All-
The dash lights in my 91 Carat died also, on xmas eve in the snow of northern Ohio.  The interior-light fuse is healthy, the headlights and all other lights work.  The day after the initial failure I pulled the fuse panel down, checked evrything, replaced a few unrelated fuses and still no dash lights.  Frustrated, I remounted the fuse panel and then just for kicks turned everything off and on again.   The dash lights came on, dimmer worked, everything was normal.  The next morning the dash lights didn't work again. Rechecked the fuses, all are ok.

My guess is that something is loose or improperly grounded.  But my electical knowledge is minimal...

Any suggestions?
-Tyler

1991 Caravelle
Columbus, OH

Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM> wrote:
In a message dated 03/01/2004 12:07:41 AM Eastern Standard Time,
writes:

Need some help I think. My dash lights stopped working today. I've =
replaced them fairly recently and the odds of them both failing at the =
same time seem remote. Everything else electrical seems to be working =
ok. Any suggestions? Maybe the dimmer switch? After looking at the =
owners manual I'm still not even sure what fuse I'm looking at (it is =
cold and dark out, please forgive my laziness).

Jeff, it could be the dimmer switch or the fuse. Somehow I don't believe
the dimmer switch is at fault as I've never seen that part of the headlamp
switch go bad but there's always something new with these vans. The dash lights
have their own fuse on the '86 ~ '91 vans, earlier vans I'm not sure. You
need to check all the fuses and see if there's a dead one.
Happy Holidays !


Frank Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
_BusFusion_ (http://members.aol.com/BusFusion/bfhome.htm) a VW Camper
camping event, Almonte, ON, June 10 ~ 13, 2004
'87 Westy & Lionel Trains


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