Last week I replaced the so-called "relay" that controls the blinking
temp gauge light under Mark Drillock's guidance. The wild swings that
the temp gauge was making upon starting up on freezing mornings were
gone right away, only to be replaced by flaky bizzaro-world blinking
that I won't rehash. But in the past week, the unwanted erratic
behavior has morphed into some very positive behavior, namely that my
turn signal indicator started working again for the first time in
three years. At first, it only worked with the headlights off. Today,
on a 250 mile drive, they began working with the headlights on. I
still get the occasional weird blinking light after warmup, but a
flick of the key off and back on will cure it.

It's obvious that the vanagon gremlins, while very powerful, aren't
really intelligent enough to know if they are being destructive or
helpful. Like my two year old grand-devils, they simply try everything
they can without considering the consequences.

I'm sure what's going on now is a ground issue, and that improvement
will be tackled next. I have to say that it is nice to have turn
signal indication again. Thank you, gremlins.

Jim