Your tape deck needs to have it's own ground. Is there a dash connected light in it? If so, when the deck loses the ground connection, the return path is now fighting its way through the dash lights. Add a direct ground wire the tape deck. There should be a connection for it. Also, the antennae should provide a ground circuit. Dennis
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Wesley Pegden Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 12:17 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: dash lights out when stereo not grounded? I'm trying to decipher a strange ground issue: if I shift my (not original) tape deck so that it's not making contact with the metal around the dash, the back lights for the dash go out. I don't notice any other symptoms. I checked all the wires going into the "star" ground connectors behind the fusebox, and they seem okay. I didn't unscrew the stars themselves, because I couldn't get good access with all the wires to put enough torque on my stubby screwdriver. Do these sometimes need a good sanding? And how can I remove them? (Or: what else might my problem be...) Thanks very much, Wes '84 1.9l manual |
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