Date:         Tue, 28 Aug 2018 11:46:20 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Running Lights Dark
Comments: To: "kenneth wilford (Van-Again)" <kenwilfy@comcast.net>
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>
> 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.
>

The very first repair I ever did on a Vanagon, on the second day I ever
drove one, was fixing one of those rheostats on my sister's kitchen table
in Edzell Scotland.**  I've fixed several with poor contact internally
(been too long to remember precise details).  If the resistance wire is
broken/melted you can't do anything though in principle the entire rheostat
is replaceable.

**'84 Westy with ~85k at the time.  During that three weeks I experienced
can't crank when hot, genuine flutter-induced Vanagon Syndrome, and the 3-4
synchro hub crack.  And I'm here to tell you that you can drive a 1.9l
Westy forty miles through Scottish countryside and small towns in fourth
gear, if you're willing to burn up your clutch.

Yrs,
d

Yrs,
d