SO I did have a bad ground, and it was because of my stereo
exchange.... it took some help from DB mostly and some other listers...

the ground was a werid one and I had to follow it from the cluster
after realising that the cluster had no ground ( which i thought it
did because it work at all) i am still a bit confused to why this
ground wet to the stereo and why i didn't need it when i hooked up the
stereo.

but i have learned a lot about the wiring in the dash of a vanagon

thanks
to all
JAy

On 14-Jun-10, at 4:36 PM, mark drillock wrote:

> You have a bad ground. What year Vanagon?
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> Jay lefstein wrote:
>> anyone out there good with electric problems?
>>
>> when i turn my head lights on my tack drops , the coolant light
>> flash's, temp drops etc
>>
>> anyone have a good suggestion?
>>
>> i have pulled out the fuse's 1 by 1 and tried to see if anything
>> changes.
>>
>> #5 seems to have some very slight effect but very minimal.
>>
>> Help please
>>
>> thanks
>> J
>>