WOW!!! Thank you all for sharing your suggestions and experience. I'll add this to my list Saturday Vanagon projects. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Demarest" <tim.demarest@POBOX.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 7:42 AM Subject: Re: Reverse Lights not working - 88 GL
> At 01:05 AM 9/28/2004 -0400, Kim Brennan wrote: >>Replacements no longer use the same connector, so you'll have >>to get a replacement connector too and splice in the wires (I detailed >>this in the archives recently). > > ...and if this splicing has already been done on your van, don't forget > the > possibility that one of the splices has gone bad. The crimp-on > butt-splices > sold at most FLAPS are not weather sealed, and will corrode internally. My > '85 had a bad switch (verified with a meter after replacement) *and* a bad > splice... but at least the bulbs were good. > |
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