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Subject:Dash Lights
From:Blake Thornton
Date:Tue, 3 Sep 2002 07:30:33 -0500

Well, I had a weird thing happen yesterday, my dash lights failed.  What I
think happened is, I took a ferry across the Mississippi for fun and a big
wave splashed into my van (my windows were open).  Got it a bit wet
inside, but I just continued on my trip.  Well, later last night, I
finally turned on my lights and all of a sudden a ton of smoke started
pouring out of the dash board -- around the instrument cluster and from
the vent controls.  I immediatly turned off the lights and pulled into a
parking lot and carefully tried it again.  This time, no smoke and the
dash lights worked but only for a few seconds.  Now my dash lights do not
work (but my heatlights work without anything smoking).

Any ideas?  I'm thinking that perhaps the switch somehow got fried.  I
checked the fuses and they all look OK (but I'm not 100% sure which fuse
is responsible for the dash lights).

Thanks for any ideas,
Blake
84 Westy
St Louis

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