Date:         Thu, 6 Aug 1998 15:57:11 PDT
Reply-To:     Sean Bartnik <bartnik@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Sean Bartnik <bartnik@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Intermittant Dome light Activation?
Comments: To: maxjoyce@IPA.NET
Comments: cc: vanagon@vanagon.com
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>Don't notice this during the day, but at night, my 90 GL's domelights
will
>start flickering, especially rounding a sweeping curve to the right.
>Without going through all three switch positions on all three lights,
is
>there a simple wire loose, or is this a switch problem.

Probably a switch problem, from any of the switches.  What is happening
is that you have a loose wire on the switch that is shorting to ground,
especially around right curves.  This makes the light come one (because
all the switch does is ground the light when you open the door).  If all
of them come on, then it is a switch problem.  If only one comes on,
then it is instead a short to ground in that particular dome light
assembly.


Sean Bartnik
Fairfax, Virginia
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'81 Vanagon L Westfalia
'74 Karmann Ghia convertible
http://www.type2.com/bartnik/tech.htm


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