On my 1981 Westy, that dimmer rheostat failed while I was driving. Smoke came out of the dash. A wire on the 58b dash light circuit had shorted to ground (dash metal). AFAIK, 1980 - 1984 Vanagons do not have a fuse on that 58b dash light circuit. From 1985 and on, it is fused. I took apart the headlight switch and for "fun", soldered in a piece of solid #14 bare wire to bypass that rheostat. The dash lights are always "bright" but they're not that bright so thats ok for me. I also wired in a fuse to that 58b dash light circuit. Link to image of my switch taken apart, showing the "ball" Ken wrote of: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1673667.jpg And here's more of the switch repair: https://tinyurl.com/y7hz838e On 8/28/18, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote: >> >> on, then yes you can repair that. If it is a problem with the dimming >> part >> of the switch that controls the interior and instrument lights, as far as >> I >> know, there is no way to easily repair that. >> >
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