no one has mentioned re-seating the large plug on the instrument cluster, T
14 .....
that's always worth doing, and you can even do it engine running, or even
driving down the road , not that one should !
But I find a lot of glitches there.
I seldom find a bad ignition switch though, but that's a real possibility
for sure.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jake de Villiers" <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 6:07 PM
Subject: Re: Electrical Anomalies

> I'd start with a new ignition switch and go from there.  The sudden loss
> of
> power sure sounds like a marginal switch to me.
>
> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Stephen Cebula <sfcebula@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>> My dash warning lights are acting strange.  The Alt and OX light come on
>> sporadically for no apparent reason. Sometimes they go out when I shut
>> off
>> the engine,  restart and rev it up.  Sometimes it take 10-15 minutes of
>> driving.
>>
>> Also, every now and then my temp warning light flashes while idling,
>> after
>> the initial flash at start-up, even while the engine is relatively cool.
>> When I turn off the engine and re-start it does its initial flashing and
>> goes out.  I've double checked my connections and everything looks fine..
>>
>> Another thing that happens from time to time, my engine stalls.  No
>> shuddering, no power loss.  It just shuts off like a switch.  It's
>> happened
>> 3 times now and once it took about 10 minutes before it would start
>> again.
>>
>> Everything else seems to be running really well.  Am I missing something
>> here?  Is this just the nature of the beast?  Can anyone tell me what
>> might
>> be going on?
>>
>> One more thing...  :)
>> Is the green light on my refridgerator, the one for the LP pilot light,
>> supposed to come on when I use the 12v setting?  'cause it does, but not
>> when I use the 110V.
>>
>> Thanks a bunch
>> Steve
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Jake
>
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