Sounds as though the right taillight ground is corroded, if the backup lights are using that path to ground. Maybe pull that cluster and remove, clean & replace all the bulbs and sockets On Dec 3, 2007 12:05 PM, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > first thing I'd check are connectors. Like the ones at the instrument > cluster. > > Cheers, > > Neil. > > On 12/3/07, mordo <helmut.blong@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm no genius when it comes to wiring diagrams - I think it's somehow > > related to math aversion. I have an electrical gremlin that makes me > chuckle > > a little that maybe someone can shed light on: > > > > When I use the right turn signal, the reverse lights flash along with > the > > turn signal. This doesn't happen when I use the left turn signal. > Likewise, > > when I put the van in reverse, the right turn signal lights up, solid, > not > > flashing. This morning I noticed that when I move the auto trans > selector > > from D to N, I can hear the turn signal flasher relay click. Or maybe > it's > > not the signal relay? That seems the most likely. > > > > Do these lights share the same circuit? If so, what and where is the > most > > likely fault? > > > > -- > > mordo > > 1990 Carat > > > > > -- > Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - > "Jaco" (Bustorius) http://web.mac.com/tubaneil > > Engine swap beginings: http://musomuso.googlepages.com/home >
-- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" Crescent Beach, BC www.crescentbeachguitar.com http://subyjake.googlepages.com/ |
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