Date:         Fri, 27 Feb 2004 14:58:22 -0500
Reply-To:     Connor McBryde <connor.mcbryde@MED.VA.GOV>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Connor McBryde <connor.mcbryde@MED.VA.GOV>
Subject:      Electrical gremlins

Fellow listees:
I have been a longtime list lurker for the past 4-5 years, but fortunately
have not had need of advice from the list until now.  My 85 Westy Wolfsburg
Weekender now has a 2.5L Subaru transplant thanks to the extensive list
discussions of engine swaps over the years, and I absolutely love it.

My question is this: yesterday I noticed that my turn signals and emergency
flasher had malfunctioned overnight.  The green LED in the dash is dimly
lit whenever the ignition is on, but when I toggle the turn signal, the LED
gets bright and stays lit continuously without any relay noise or markers
lighting outside.  The emergency switch lights the LED up as well but does
not light itself or the exterior lights.  All fuses are intact.
Additionally the backup lights and horn are not functioning but I do not
know if this occurred in temporal relation as these are harder to miss
unless looking for function daily.  Could this be a failure of the flasher
relay?  Looking at the Bentley I am hard pressed to identify a failure mode
which would affect 3 different fused circuits (horn/backup lights, turn
signal, and emergency flasher).

Thanks in advance for any advice you all might have.

Connor