hey ...when you need a part ..
and it's there in your stash ..
that's like finding money.

and you never know...
you could need the tiniest weird screw, or some odd small part ..
ones you can't even get new or individually .  Having spare parts pays off.

----- Original Message -----
From: "David White" <sirgrumpsalot@gmail.com>
To: "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
Cc: <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 2:06 PM
Subject: Re: What's the connection between the temp and fuel gauges? Why the
voltage stabilizer of course!

Many thanks to Bill and Scott. The spare instrument cluster from the
basement yielded a replacement voltage stabilizer. And to think there
has been talk of moving all that "stuff" from the basement to the
curb.

On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 1:15 PM, Scott Daniel  - Turbovans
<scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
> when gauges act weird I think about the voltage stabilizer gizmo on the
> back
> of the instrument cluster.
> the other symptoms make me think of ground/s or poor contact at the main
> instrument cluster wire connector.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David White" <sirgrumpsalot@GMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 12:49 PM
> Subject: What's the connection between the temp and fuel gauges?
>
>
>> Driving down the road, in the rain, both the coolant temp gauge and
>> fuel tank gauge go to zero. Can't say they did it at the same time
>> because sometimes I need to look where I am going. Coolant tanks are
>> both fine and I know I have at least a half a tank of fuel. Everything
>> else on the dash seems to work (cat converter, oil pressure, etc).
>> Fuses look good but I looked pretty quick. The main harness is
>> plugged in behind the dash. When I turn the key to on but don't
>> start the engine the coolant temp light blinks forever but it's
>> pretty faint. When I start the engine sometimes the coolant blinks
>> for the three seconds, other times it never blinks. The rest of the
>> lights on the dash are bright. What's the deal? 1984 Vanagon GL
>
>