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Subject:Re: Preliminary...Headlight weirdness? (long)
From:Rob
Date:Sat, 9 Jun 2012 09:57:19 -0700

When I'm having a VW electrical problem my default is to 'add another
ground'. This has worked well since the early 70s on my VWs.  Didn't
always fix it but I don't recall it hurting anything and adding
another ground doesn't take too much time.
The added ground for my headlights is right behind the bulb plug-in
to a screw I put in the body just for this.

Rob
becida@comcast.net

At  6/9/2012 08:48 AM, mark drillock wrote:
>The behavior of the blue LED points more to a missing ground for the
>headlight bulbs, rather than a switch problem.
>
>Mark
>
>Don Hanson wrote:
>>..........
>>     So as I came home around dusk....about 8pm with clouds...my blue LED
>>highbeam indicator came on when I switched from parking lights to regular
>>headlights....Pulling on the stalk dimmer switch caused the blue LED to dim
>>slightly but didn't do the switching it should, I felt no "click" as the
>>stalk was pulled in, no feel of activation.......and my headlights weren't
>>working.............
>>     Suggestions?  Guesses?  Tips?    thanks,
>>
>>    Don Hanson
>
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