Date: Tue, 18 May 2021 08:40:09 -0400
Reply-To: Eric Caron <ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Eric Caron <ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Instrument cluster light issues
In-Reply-To: <CAPb9TKw8SXOaB69Z6FBhko94nx=enYbn-Ds-0e+0tvp=UbFXhA@mail.gmail.com>
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Oh boy Tom,
Join the club!
So easy to do things like that even when you are determined not to!
Reading over suggestions people made, I’m pretty sure the solution recommendation goes to Dennis.
I’m pretty sure he knew this was a likely answer because he has done it a few times!
Glad you solved it.
Now for the next question.
How did mouse get in and how do we keep them out!!!
Eric Caron
85 GL Auto.
> On May 18, 2021, at 8:31 AM, Thomas Casal <thomas.casal@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> figured it out fellas my dumba$$ self put the dang connector in the wrong
> port on the light switch.
>
> On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 7:05 AM Thomas Casal <thomas.casal@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have an 84. I’m reading about how the instrument cluster lights ground
>> is daisy chained to the radio and other things in the dash. Maybe that’s
>> where my problem is? My radio started acting funny when the mouse was in
>> the dash it would turn on randomly. I checked the power wire and it was all
>> good no damage. ThAnks for any and all comments.
>>
>> On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 11:37 PM Thomas Casal <thomas.casal@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Could my ignition switch have gotten fried?
>>>
>>> On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 11:29 PM Thomas Casal <thomas.casal@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks guys,
>>>>
>>>> I thought of the switch being roached so I used my spare switch that is
>>>> known good. It’s really crazy I simply replaced the two blue grey wires
>>>> just the way they were. The wire that melted was daisy chained to the other
>>>> blue grey wire to the female connector that goes to the heater lights. I
>>>> replaced the white male female connector with a current male female. The
>>>> wire from the switch to the instrument cluster was collateral damage.
>>>> Didn’t change a thing except the inline fuse. If the short was still there
>>>> wouldn’t the fuse blow? Just don’t know how I could have wired into
>>>> constant power. I just replaced the two wires. No fuses are popping and no
>>>> wires are melting luckily. A couple wires were ever so slightly damaged so
>>>> I electrical taped them just in case.
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 10:22 PM Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Eighter you connected to the wrong terminal, of your bridges to power
>>>>> elsewhere, or most likely the short toasted the headlight switch.
>>>>>
>>>>> Dennis
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> On Behalf Of
>>>>> Thomas Casal
>>>>> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2021 9:48 PM
>>>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>>>> Subject: Re: Instrument cluster light issues
>>>>>
>>>>> No key in the ignition either.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 9:02 PM Thomas Casal <thomas.casal@gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hey everybody,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The blue grey wire going from the light switch instrument cluster
>>>>>> adjuster to the blue grey wire that connects near the rear defroster
>>>>>> switch and the heater adjuster lights shorted out on me and melted
>>>>>> damaging the blue grey wire going to the instrument cluster as well.
>>>>> A mouse ate it on me.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So I finally got the 2.8mm open barrel connector to fix it so I wire
>>>>>> everything up and put an inline fuse near the switch 1.5 amp to
>>>>>> protect it so it doesn’t happen again. So now when I hook the ground
>>>>>> up on the battery bang the instrument cluster lights and hater panel
>>>>>> lights go on and won’t go off no matter what I do with the switch
>>>>> they are on. Wtf did I do?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
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