When the bulb behind my heater controls burned out, I replaced it with a
white LED.  Had to experiment with the resistor value in a darkened garage.

Larry A.

On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 9:15 PM, Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu> wrote:

> Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> writes:
>
> > on the dash light bulbs..........they so easily don't make contact.
> > next time it happens, rap on the top of the instrument cluster - that
> > often will make the light come back on.  The 'next level up' is to
> > remove the instrument cover, and wiggle the dash light bulb holders -
> > those white things.
>
> Had this problem with my tach illumination just tonight.  I smaked the
> top of the dash, and the tach light came on and the speedo light winked
> out!  Hit it again and it swaped back.  Third time was the charm and
> they both stayed on.
>
> I agree that flexible plastic "circuit board" wiring for the instrument
> lights is just a classic VW "economy" design.
>
> Is there supposed to be any illumination of the HVAC controls?  Mine are
> totally dark and I'm not familiar with them enough yet to be able to
> know by feel what is what.
>
> Allan
> --
> 1991 Vanagon GL
>