Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2016 11:13:06 -0700
Reply-To: Neil2 <vidublu@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Neil2 <vidublu@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Another one of those grounding issues
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For months I've had an intermittent open symptom/s in my dash. The clock
and now the tach lights work when they choose. If I slap the dash cover it
has caused them to assert but unless it is humidity (likely) I don't know
what to look into. I tried to remove the tach lamp holder from the mount a
few weeks ago and was unsuccessful (paranoid about the film circuit and
plastic in general). I suspect I caused one 'open' when screwing with the
lamp but perhaps a second and root cause of both a ground crown.
On Sun, Oct 30, 2016 at 10:11 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
> Whoops, sorry John, lack of coffee, misread your post. Behind, or rather
> infront , of my glove box is a big audio amp. Ya makes yer choices :-)
>
> Alistair
>
> > On Oct 30, 2016, at 10:02 AM, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > A suggestion - and a project! Behind the fuse and around the grounding
> crowns is a virtual rats nest. An addition space for another fuse block or
> grounding crowns is behind the glove box. Unhook the hinges of the box and
> there's lots of room to work.
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> >> On Oct 30, 2016 11:29, "Alistair Bell" <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
> >> Couple of weeks ago I was mucking around behind the fuse panel trying
> to reset the left hand fresh air vent on the dash. It wasn't fully seated
> and I had to get behind it to get it into place.
> >>
> >> You know how it is when you drop the fuse panel, it's tight back up
> there and I always fear the worst, that I might dislodge something
> electrical.
> >>
> >> And it seemed that I did, for afterwards my instrument panel acted
> differently. The coolant gauge needle read higher, the coolant warning
> light flowed dimly, the tach read high. And these three things acted even
> more differently when the head lights were turned on.
> >>
> >> Yup, I had dislodged a ground on one of the grounding crowns. Back in I
> went and found the loose ground.
> >>
> >> Just one of those things, not much of a message here that you all don't
> know already. :-)
> >>
> >> Alistair
>
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Neil2
'82 Diesel Westfalia (Ducky)
'86 Vanagon (SaVannah)
'08 170" 2500 Mega Roof Sprinter (Moby)
'90 Westfalia Subagon (SaL)
Fulltiming since August 2008
Nunquam Pendite Divendium
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