Date:         Sat, 9 Jun 2012 11:58:42 -0700
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Preliminary...Headlight weirdness? (long) Solved!
Comments: To: Rob <becida@comcast.net>
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I pulled all the wiring down and out of the way, under the dash, removed
the fuse panel and got a sort of access to the two cluster-_____s  (ground
stars)...with some long needle nose and a round wire brush and some
electrical contact cleaner.   A couple of the spade connectors were all
brittle and brownish red, plus quite corroded and I cleaned those all up
(as best I could)...All works fine again.

  I am a real believer in the List Wisdom on things like this...How many
times do you read  "Clean the grounds when you encounter electrical odd
stuff" ?   The gut reaction is "BS, It can't just be a bad ground...." but
Believe It!   People on here know what they are talking about.

   Now back out to add the two headlight grounds while I am in fix
-it mode....And then, patch my broken moto-mirror and I will be back to
where I started yesterday....but once again beholden to the experts here on
the list...
   Thanks to all who responded..
  Don Hanson

On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Rob <becida@comcast.net> wrote:

> That's what I did, each side & I used the same size wire.
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> Rob
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> At 6/9/2012 10:19 AM,Don Hanson wrote:
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>> Thanks Rob,
>>
>>  I think I will try that first...It is quite difficult to access that
>> cluster ground below the light switch and behind the fuse panel...I have
>> also heard it can help the headlight function, though I am happy with the
>> Hella ones I have in there now.
>>
>>    I'll just find the ground wire to the bulb plug and splice a big fat
>> wire in there then drill and tap a huge panel fastener through some frame
>> or body part nearby...should do it....
>>
>>  Don Hanson
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 9:57 AM, Rob <<mailto:becida@comcast.net>be**
>> cida@comcast.net <becida@comcast.net>> wrote:
>> When I'm having a VW electrical problem my default is to 'add another
>> ground'. This has worked well since the early 70s on my VWs.  Didn't
>> always fix it but I don't recall it hurting anything and adding
>> another ground doesn't take too much time.
>> The added ground for my headlights is right behind the bulb plug-in
>> to a screw I put in the body just for this.
>>
>> Rob
>> <mailto:becida@comcast.net>bec**ida@comcast.net <becida@comcast.net>
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