Well, maybe not. Didn't read all the way to the end. And I thought ALL Vanagon (US model) had OXS lights.... Good luck. What I sent an minute ago was what was wrong on my '84 w/ '86 cluster. Jim On Apr 4, 2013, at 3:47 PM, kenneth wilford (Van-Again) wrote: > I have a customers 86 Westy that has an instrument cluster from a > later > model installed. I have been trying to troubleshoot the battery light > staying on and I am bumping my head against a brick wall. The cluster > seems to be seeing around 13.5volts when the van is running and all > of the > other lights, etc. on the cluster seem to be working fine. Yet the > battery > light won't go out. > > I think originally this van used to have the oxy light and box, but > the box > is no longer there and the newer instrument cluster doesn't have the > oxy > light in it. I guess what I need to know is exactly what the light is > looking for as an input to turn the light out. I have never been > completely clear as to exactly what I should be seeing from the blue > wire > that goes to the alternator since this is also the wire that is > controlling > the light. Should I see a voltage from this wire? Is it a ground > instead? If someone could explain what this blue wire does that > would help > me out a lot. > > Sincerely, > Ken Wilford > John 3:16 > www.vanagain.com |
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