Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 11:15:22 -0400
Reply-To: mike <mayfly95@PAONLINE.COM>
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From: mike <mayfly95@PAONLINE.COM>
Subject: Re: Dash control lights question
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Check out "Unca Joels' Page" at
http://silverstone.fortunecity.com/jaguar/270/joel.htm
deals directly with this issue, which I believe is height related.
mike
87 westy
Richard Ferguson wrote:
>
> does anyone else find a reflection at night of the dash lights onto the
> front windshield? is there a way to get rid of this? also the cover for
> my autotransmission is gone...just the part with the letters, etc. as a
> result the light from inside the housing reflects off of the passenger
> sideview mirror which is kind of distracting at night...where can I
> find a replacement cover?
> Thanks,
> Rick
> 85 Westie
>
> --- S Sittservl <Ssittservl@AOL.COM> wrote:
> > Just for the sake of completeness: the automatic
> > transmission
> > "PRND21" indicator is also lit. Oddly, it's wired
> > into the circuit
> > for the backup lights, rather than the dash lights.
> > It's always
> > lit, whether the other lights are on or not, and
> > it's not affected by the
> > instrument panel dimmer. Mine does dim a bit when I
> > shift into
> > reverse, though, presumably because of the extra
> > current draw
> > of the backup lights.
> >
> > -Steven
> > Sittser
> >
> > > Date: 7/9/99 3:17:08 AM Central Daylight
> > Time
> > > From: ohalloran@IATRONET.NET (Richard
> > O'Halloran)
> > >
> > > I waited until nightfall to check for sure which
> > lights on my 90 Westy
> > > dash
> > > actually light up. And they are...
> > >
> > > Speedo gauge,
> > > Tacho gauge,
> > > Digital clock,
> > > Idiot lights panel for turn signals, battery,
> > oil, and high beam,
> > > Demister rocker switch,
> > > Hazard lights rocker switch,
> > > Rear heater fan,
> > > Ventilation slide controls,
> > > Front heater fan,
> > > Cigarette lighter.
> > >
> > > My headlight switch does not light up at all and
> > nor do my two air con
> > > rotary switches and nor does the dimmer switch.
> > And the dimmer switch dims
> > > everything except my radio panel (original
> > Heidelberg). I can't remember
> > > for sure but I don't think the red pilot light on
> > the emergency hazard
> > > rocker switch dims.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > > Rich 90 Westy
> >
>
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