Date:         Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:07:53 -0400
Reply-To:     Wesley Pegden <wes@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU>
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From:         Wesley Pegden <wes@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Electrical Riddle (my dash...)
Comments: To: Jim Felder <felder@knology.net>
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Thanks for the tip.  I actually did this just 2-3 months ago, when I had
to change my voltage regulator.  Maybe I'll take another look, though...

-Wes

Jim Felder wrote:

> I had similar behavior recently, though with a different set of
> culprit lights.
>
> Several on the list suggested pulling the fuse block and removing the
> "crown" connector bases behind it (there are two, shaped like crowns)
> that all the ground wires plug into. Unplug and clean them all.
>
> I did this and it did not help--immediately. A few days later I
> started the car and everything has been fine since.
>
> Jim
>
> On Oct 10, 2005, at 4:58 PM, Wesley Pegden wrote:
>
>> After enjoying a brief few hours of functioning behavior, my dash lights
>> are once again not functioning.  However, my dash is displaying activity
>> worthy of a car-talk puzzler.
>>
>> The little indicator light on the rear defrost switch will not always be
>> on when the switch is on.  It will come on with the switch if EITHER
>>
>> the key is in the on position and the headlight switch is off
>> or
>> the key is in the off position and the headlight switch is on.
>>
>> If either both the key and headlight switch are turned off, or on, the
>> light on the defrost switch is unaffected.
>>
>> So, any ideas?  I'm totally stumped.  None of the other dash lights
>> appear at all out of the ordinary.  Turn signal indicator, high beam
>> indicator, hazard switch indicator, gauges, etc., are all fine.
>>
>> Thanks for any help!
>>
>> Oh, and when the defrost light is not working, it displays the same
>> behavior as the dash lights, coming on for a brief moment and then going
>> off.  However, with the defrost switch, there is a middle point where it
>> will stay on.  With the headlight switch, there isn't.  Puzzling!
>>
>> -Wes
>>
>
>