Yes, Jack. When I replaced the alternator, the flickering problem went
away immediately

I do take good care of the connections, and it's a clean southeastern
car... no rust, no obvious corrosion. I took a lot of care while then
engine was out recently (and while the dash was out when I did the air
flaps earlier this year) to go through all the connections I could
find.

Thanks,

Jim

On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 11:15 AM, Jack R. <jack007@comcast.net> wrote:
> Jim,
>
> Did you ever resolve this problem below?
>
> If not... your electrical problem may be causing your current (no pun
> intended) situation.
>
> Check ALL your grounds, connections near fuse panel etc.
>
> Disconnect, clean and apply di-electric grease on as many of the connections
> as you can.  Also, good to do with the sensors.  It would be best to do it
> one-by-one, but adds time to the project (however when you try more than one
> thing at a time, and the problem goes away, you really never know what the
> actual cause was if the problem resurfaces years or miles down the road).
>
> Jack
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Jim Felder
> Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 10:37 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Strobe lights on my vanagon--why?
>
> My 90 carat has developed an unwanted feature. When the engine is
> running the lights in the car--all of them, dash, tail, headlights,
> interior lights--pulse several times a second. It's barely noticeable,
> but it's there.
>
> Is this a sign that the alternator is going? The pulsing stays the
> same no matter the RPM, as far as I can tell.
>
> Thanks for any advice.
>
> Jim
>
>