well I did put a whole different cluster in the van and that didn't
help... so i don't think in this case it is that stabilizer .

i just went out and took the ground spiders of and they are perfect,
not a spot of corrosion screwed them back on nice and tight.. still no
good tho

it seems as if it is sending power to my ignition somehow???

On 14-Jun-10, at 6:38 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:

> hey good suggestion.
> didn't think of that one myself this time, but ....'anytime there is
> gauge
> weirdness' you think about that voltage stabilizer there. Easy to
> change as
> you say, and not expensive.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "pickle vanagon" <greenvanagon@GMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 6:21 PM
> Subject: Re: HELP ;)
>
>
>> If stuffs going all the way on and off I agree with others that the
>> grounds
>> are a likely culprit.
>>
>> Another trouble part is the little voltage stabilizer on the
>> circuit board
>> on the back of the dash.  It's easy to replace and not too
>> expensive.  It
>> sends a constant 5volts to the instruments, and when it goes bad the
>> voltage
>> gets all out of whack.  Don't see how you could test it without
>> replacing
>> though.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 8:01 PM, Jay lefstein <jleftbrane@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Sorry guys
>>> It's a 1984 full westy ,with 65,000 kms on a  bostig coversion
>>> Jay brown headlight relays
>>> Cluster is from californian 1991 ..
>>> I am out picking up the GF, but Snagged a visual of the ground
>>> spiders
>>> up under the dash and no corrosion to be seen, when i get back i'll
>>> take them off anyways and check them more hands on
>>> Thank you,
>>> Jay Lefstein.
>>> Sent from my mobile device.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jun 14, 2010, at 4:47 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> At 07:33 PM 6/14/2010, Jay lefstein wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> when i turn my head lights on my tack drops , the coolant light
>>>>> flash's, temp drops etc
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> And you're driving a what exactly please?
>>>>
>>>> Yrs,
>>>> David
>>>>
>>>