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Date:         Wed, 15 Feb 2006 08:41:04 -0800
Reply-To:     Michael Diehr <md03@XOCHI.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Michael Diehr <md03@XOCHI.COM>
Subject:      Instrument Cluster Woes
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My instrument cluster (85 vanagon with auto tranny, with tach) recently began exhibiting the following symptoms:

Engine running. Headlight switch off: All is well.

Headlight switch on (either Parking lights or Headlights): Parking and/or Headlights turn on as usual. Water temp gauge drops to zero. Tach drops to zero. Clock turns off. High beam LED glows dimly. (if i turn on high beams, the LED goes OUT, ironically) Cluster illumination lights off.

If i rotate the cluster illumination dimmer control, the tach & water gauge will flicker to life briefly.

Headlight switch back to OFF: Everything goes back to normal. The water temp gauge blinks for a few seconds (as if you'd just turned on the ignition).

Is this more likely a headlight switch failure? Or perhaps ground problems in the fuse box? Or the voltage regulator issue?

thx!


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