Date:         Thu, 18 Oct 2012 19:56:58 -0500
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From:         JRodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Lights out!
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OK. Just tested and the flash mode on the headlight switch does work.
Looks like I'm going to have to spend some time with the meter and do
some more in-depth trouble shooting.

I've got a show to do this weekend and can't get to it until next week.

Thanks for the input.

John

On 10/18/2012 10:23 AM, Dennis Haynes wrote:
> Unfortunately the headlight relays add additional failure points. Also
> most Kits do not fuse the coils so a bad relay can do other damage.
> Start by checking if the relays are being operated. If so then check the
> power circuits.
>
> Dennis
>
> Dennis
> Who can't type or spell on this Windows Phone!
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> From: JRodgers
> Sent: 10/18/2012 10:41 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Lights out!
>
> Frustrated!
>
> Cruzin' down the road in Ol' Blue last night when the cell phone rang
> and it was a friend whom I have now heard from in two years. 'Course had
> to talk so pulled off the highway and stopped for safety reasons, shut
> the vehicle down and had a nice conversation. When I got ready to go -
> started Blue up, turned on the headlights - no head lights. I fretted,
> tried this and that, checked the fuses - nothing. Had to leave Blue
> parked and catch a ride home.
>
> This morning I picked Blue up - still nothing. but Blue was drivable so
> I came on home. Running lights work - turn signals, flashers, break
> lights, dash lights - but for one. The speedometer light is out.
>
> This van has the SA headlights, has the headlight switch bypass relays
> installed.
>
> Driving home last night I did think I could detect an almost
> imperceptible scent of something electrical. Change in ozone, something.
> Just barely discernible. A molecule or two. So maybe I have a short
> somewhere. The big question is where? And where to start looking on
> this.  Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> John