Date:         Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:25:05 -0600
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Where does this relay go?
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
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Alan and David,

Either way I'm covered... I've got two more clusters. This sounds a
little outside my soldering skills, david!

Thanks,

Jim

On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 7:06 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:
> At 06:28 PM 2/20/2009, Jim Felder wrote:
>>
>> It's the Level Control relay and I'm hoping it's what's causing my
>> temp gauge to go nuts on really cold mornings.
>
> Jim, if it still "goes nuts" with the controller out, then it's an internal
> gauge problem.  It's fixable if you're up to some reasonably delicate
> soldering.  You have to drill out the face rivets, desolder the fine leads
> to the heater coil, desolder and remove the circuit board from the mounting
> posts, then replace the large capacitor, preferably with a tantalum,
> observing polarity.  Then put it all back.
>
>
> --
> David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
> '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage," '85 GL "Poor Relation"
>