Date:         Mon, 6 Nov 2006 11:55:20 -0500
Reply-To:     Don in North Carolina <vanagondon@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Don in North Carolina <vanagondon@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Lights out last night.
Comments: To: chris Moyles <chris@fauquierhousing.org>
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On 11/6/06, chris Moyles <chris@fauquierhousing.org> wrote:
> 86 vanagon GL
>
> Last night about 2 miles from home I made a left  and lost the
> headlights and the heater blower fan at the same time...
> Luckily- If I hold the high beam/low bram switch I get high beams.  The
> taillights work fine.
>
> Full moon last night and living in the middle of nowhere made the drive
> easy.
> I haven't had time to check anything or crack open the Bentley wiring
> diagrams yet.
>
> Anyone have any suggestions,
>
> Thanks,
>
> chris

Chris,

The X-Relay (load reduction relay) is no longer working.  BTW, you
don't have windsield wipers either.  Two probable component failures
will cause this - the ignition switch or the headlight switch.  Test
both.

And when you replace the defective component, add one of the headlight
relay kits available from our friendly online vendors, or you will be
replacing it again, and again, and again...

--
Don in Reidsville, NC
1986 Kawasaki Concours - 4 Sale
1988 Vanagon GL (Sylvia) - 4 Sale
1999 Kawasaki Concours
2001 Subaru Outback (H-6)
"I reject your reality and substitute my own." - Adam Savage