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Subject:Re: Dashboard lights
From:Roy Nicholl
Date:Sun, 16 Nov 2014 07:16:35 -0400

Michael,

Surprised?  Why? Where else would you mount the brake fluid reservoir?  ;-)

On 16-Nov-2014, at 02:46, Michael Richardson wrote:

> Bruce Todd <beeceetee@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>> about a week a go I lost the use of the two lights which illuminate the
>> speedometer and tachometer from the top of the dash-board - all other
>> dash lights work including the "bright headlight switch".
> 
> Same thing happened to me two weeks ago, only lost the speedometer though.
> It was intermittent, and last week it was consistently off. (Only driven
> twice in the past month).  I was planning to debug this over the winter, so
> please post your final diagnosis.
> 
> As a new owner of a 91' multivan, I pulled the dashboard hood off to fix a
> rocker switch (the hazard switch) which seems too weakly attached and pushes
> in when you throw it... and I was amazed to find a liquid container... I
> haven't read the Bentley to learn what is in there...
> 
>> Any thoughts on how to diagnose this - I don't think it should be too
>> difficult to trouble shoot (maybe so).  In terms of fuses, I believe it
>> is fuse 3 - which is good.  It is a 1986 Digifant - Syncro Westy...I
> 
> I'm assuming the connector and/or wire on mine just go lose/frayed or
> something.
> 
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