Date:         Sat, 3 Oct 1998 23:22:27 -0500
Reply-To:     "John H. Rodgers" <inua@QUICKLINK.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         "John H. Rodgers" <inua@QUICKLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: clock light
Comments: To: Joel Walker <JWALKER@UA1VM.UA.EDU>
Comments: cc: Vanagon <Vanagon@VANAGON.COM>

-- [ From: John H. Rodgers * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] --

Sounds like working on an airplane. I used to work on the old piston powered
airliners. On the old Martin 404's the Pratt and Whitney engines had
Stromberg injection carbureters. There was a nut on the bottom of the fuel
bowl that required 16 manhours to change if there was a leak.

John Rodgers
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Date: Saturday, 03-Oct-98 04:24 PM

From: Joel Walker              \ Internet:    (jwalker@tusc.net)
To:   John H. Rodgers          \ Internet:    (inua@quicklink.net)

Subject: Re: clock light

> On the '88 GL I just bought, the light is out for the digital clock, which
> is just below the warning lights panel.
> Any ideas as to how to get light back to the clock?

:) you're gonna LOVE this. it's a dinky little bulb, costs about a dollar
from VW dealer, and you have to take the whole instrument pod off to get to
it. :( yup. pull the cover off, take the four corner screws out, disconnect
the blue/white wire to the brake reservoir, THEN you get to struggle and
disconnect the speedometer cable (it's a squeeze-to-disconnect thingie),
then disconnect the big multi-pin connecor on that printed-circuit foil
thingie.

THEN you get to take the instrument pod off the dash, put it into your lap,
and look down in the middle, where the clock is. somewhere down in the
"valley" of the pod is a dufus little light bulb on the printed circuit
thingie. you turn/twist the bulb 90 degrees one way or the other, and it
comes out. sort of like the bulbs in turn signals, with those little
"bayonet" bottoms.

THEN you get to put it alllll back together again. :)

ain't Vanagons fun??!!! :) joel


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