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Date:         Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:25:36 -0700
Reply-To:     Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
Subject:      Re: intermittent electrical problem in dashboard and wiper fluid
              problem
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <4efcc035.45c3e00a.37ec.ffffd389@mx.google.com>
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Re: nozzle stream, keep in mind that what works in your driveway won't at highway speeds.

Karl Wolz Sent from my electronic umbilicus

On Dec 29, 2011, at 12:31 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> wrote:

>> First problem - I seem to have an intermittent electrical problem in the >> dashboard. Sometimes the light behind the speedometer doesn't go on, and

>> with it several other things - the blowers to defrost the windshield, in >> particular. Wipers work, the light on the clock works. I don't know if >> the light on the tach works because it has been disconnected for ages. > > Manual says panel light fuse is above the main row of fuses, ten > amp. If the light for the idiot light legends, heater switches, > cigarette lighter are working then your trouble there is definitely > inside the panel, probably the lights themselves or their contact > with the panel. The speedo, tach and LED lights are all on top of > the panel (in front of the gauge faces). > > Heater blower is fuse 13. If the wipers work then you're not having > a problem with the load reduction relay. Doesn't seem likely to me > that the blower and the panel lighting problems would be > related. You have the new type fuses though, which don't *usually* > have contact problems like the older type. If the fuse was blown the > blower simply wouldn't work. You could be having a ground problem > with the star grounds up behind the fuse/relay panel. > >> Second problem - the pump that should put out wiper fluid makes noises but >> no fluid comes out. (I just poured a bunch in, so the tank isn't empty. >> Unless it has a leak, but I didn't notice one. And since there's a noise, >> this isn't part of the aforementioned electrical problem.) Could something >> be blocked in the system? > > Either nozzles blocked or the pump is toast (or hose broken or > disconnected, in which case it will pump lots of fluid on the > ground. Get someone to pump while you probe with a fine wire or thin > needle, see what happens. You can drop the tank (maybe can > disconnect the hose without doing that, I forget) and see if the pump > is working. Should put out a very strong stream with the hose disconnected. > >> I haven't tried to use wiper fluid since last >> winter - and for a LONG time I have had major problems trying to get fluid >> to spray in the right place on the windshield. Endless application of a >> pin to move the jets this way and that, but the fluid is always too high or >> too low. Might these two problems even be related, if things are clogged? > > The spray nozzles are very difficult to get just right because > they're at such a low angle to the windshield. The left side one is > particularly infuriating. They'd be a lot easier if they were out on > stalks a couple inches long. > > Yrs, > David


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