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Date:         Thu, 4 Apr 2013 17:45:43 -0700
Reply-To:     Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM>
Subject:      Re: Question about battery light
Comments: To: "kenneth wilford (Van-Again)" <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <CANEuo0hJBtsQyu_szxqsvs9Jc5r2RioWUdWVtBSspy=pm1SeCA@mail.gmail.com>
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I KNOW! I KNOW!!!!!!

The OXS and the alt wires are swapped in the instrument cluster plug (one's lt blue and the other's gray(?)). Crawl under the driver's side front and press the reset on the magic box. Betcha the light starts working properly. I rewired the alternator field to figure that out....,

Jim

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. --Albert Einstein

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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