The mysterious behavior of our beloved Vanagons...  Though you were moving
wires around in the engine compartment, the instrument problems sound
unrelated and coincidental.  I would look at the ribbon connector at the
back of the instrument panel.  This one connector carries all of the wires
for the panel and is sort of a fragile connection.    Best to yank the
instrument panel to check this. Another thought.  Are any other bulbs in
your van out?  Could your messing in the engine bay have temporarily shorted
the alternator's voltage regulator?  Could you have sent a high voltage
spike through the whole system blowing weak bulbs and the temp guage?  Just
a thought.   Hope you have a Bentley!

Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott McDonell" <rancidx420@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 7:39 PM
Subject: Temp Gauge Not Working

> Could anyone give me some advice on diagnosing why my
> temperature gauge stopped working?  I was organizing wires
> in the engine bay and now the temp gauge doesn't show any
> reading.  The two wires that attach near the thermostat are
> still connected, so that doesn't look to be the problem.
> The other weird thing is that the dash lights on just the
> right side binnacle (tach/temp/fuel) have also stopped
> working.  The fuel gauge works, the tach is fine, the red
> temp light flashes a couple times when I start the engine.
> Just the temp gauge and the right-side dash lights are out.
> Any help the list can give is much appreciated.  Venturing
> off across the Mojave next week (LA to Utah) and would
> really like to keep an eye on the water temperature!
> Thanks again!
>
>
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