Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 16:03:51 -0800
Reply-To: Bruce Todd <beeceetee@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Bruce Todd <beeceetee@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Dashboard lights
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So - Dennis scores another 100 points. I took off the top to the
instrument cluster and while admiring the brake / clutch fluid reservoir
(and yes I still have my plastic spill guard) I reached behind the
tachometer and began feeling around and lightly pushing on the back of the
tach and presto...dash lights came on...not sure exactly what was wrong
however the issue seems to be temporarily remedied. I will see how long
this lasts - most likely a clever gremlin lurking behind the tachometer and
waiting to play games with me a few days from now.
On another note - I recently replaced my grill and rectangular headlights
with the SA set-up....and although I cannot provide specifics related to
wattage or foot candles or bulb types...I can say "holy macaroni what a
noticeable improvement". I am very happy with the upgrade especially on
low beam which really illuminates well - I get the sense that some folks
might think the brights are on even though they are off.
Happy days are here again.
Bruce
On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 7:59 AM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
wrote:
> The light in the defroster switch has nothing to do with dash lighting. If
> the heater levers are lighted I would begin with the instrument cluster
> itself. Start with the main connector for it. Reach down under the
> tachometer.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of - Bruce Todd
> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2014 8:01 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Dashboard lights
>
> Thanks Dennis - light behind digital clock is dead, and so are the
> legends, light for heater levels is on as well as the light indicating the
> defrost switch is on. It appears that these are the lights controlled by
> the dimmer and given these are on a separate circuit - I will check there
> first as well as the dimmer itself.
>
> Question...would one dead or non working bulb kill the circuit?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bruce
> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Rogers network.
> Original Message
> From: Dennis Haynes
> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2014 3:54 PM
> To: 'Bruce Todd'; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: RE: Dashboard lights
>
> What about the lights behind the clock and the warning lights? Not the
> warning indicators but the legends. Also is the light for the heater levers
> working? This lights that are controlled by the dimmer are on a separate
> fuse, usually an add on above the fuse panel. Common failures are the
> bulbs, contact with the bulbs sockets, the foil, the connector for the
> instrument cluster, and the dimmer in the headlight switch itself. Get the
> Bentley and a meter and just follow the gray/blue (I think) wire path.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of Bruce Todd
> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2014 6:20 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Dashboard lights
>
> Hi all,
>
> about a week a go I lost the use of the two lights which illuminate the
> speedometer and tachometer from the top of the dash-board - all other dash
> lights work including the "bright headlight switch".
>
> At first the lights went out on an intermittent basis - they would go out
> but then after a few minutes would come back on. They now don't come back
> on even after moving some of the connections around to see if there is a
> bad connection.
>
> Any thoughts on how to diagnose this - I don't think it should be too
> difficult to trouble shoot (maybe so). In terms of fuses, I believe it is
> fuse 3 - which is good. It is a 1986 Digifant - Syncro Westy...I can't seem
> to find my Bentley which sort of sucks at the moment.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bruce
>
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