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Subject:Re: Dim Oil LIght, Ign. On Engine Off
From:neil n
Date:Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:27:53 -0700

Good point.

The issue was present before adapting 2 new connectors to harness.
(i.e. work on cluster)

The initial suspects were the bunged up traces where the 14 contact
connector seats. That's what spawned all this:

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ZiDTNXUnu9U/UVNj02xnm_I/AAAAAAAAHVg/rdPEpxq3jgQ/s720/Cluster%2520Connector%2520Hell..jpg

Neil.

On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 1:53 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I recently had this problem with my fox. To add to it, turn on high beams
> and clock would also turn off. Found ground trace on foil itself had a
> problem. Added a jumper on the foil, problem solved. Since you worked on the
> foil I would suspect it. The traces can look good but be NG.
>
> Dennis

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