Date:         Thu, 16 Jul 2015 09:05:47 -0400
Reply-To:     Dennis Jowell <dennisjowell@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Dennis Jowell <dennisjowell@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Bus depot headlight upgrade "Vision Kit" for 1988 vanagon GL
Comments: To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com>
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Just started to install the kit. I always ( well most/some times anyway) read and try to understand the instructions before committing to the project. Saves a lot of mistakes and time = (frustration and throwing things)
No wires have been cut.or new relays installed. The 4 bulbs are still in he carton. If all goes well today and I get back home I'll try again to sort this problem out.

Dennis Jowell
Scotch Hollow Farm
Newbury, Vermont 


> On Jul 16, 2015, at 7:31 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> OK, I'm not sure, but... did you cut the wires into individual wires? Sounds like the designer of the kit doesn't want the headlight grounds served by double wires through a single terminal. There are better ways to do this, like relaying the lights and/or running grounds to the frame near the lights instead of all the way back to the star.
> 
> You might ask BD directly, they are pretty good at helping with stuff like that.
> 
> Jim
> 
>> On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 5:15 AM, Dennis Jowell <dennisjowell@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Jim
>> The basic problem on the headlight install is step one of the instructions. " unplug the double ground wire from ground star and cut them into 2 singles wires. Check to make sure you have the correct ground connection by noticing with the ground wire unplugged that the existing Headlights go out" sounds good- I disconnected all the ground wire one at a time from both stars and the headlights don't go out. I will try again this afternoon.
>> 
>> Dennis Jowell
>> Scotch Hollow Farm
>> Newbury, Vermont
>> 
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