David,

I actually have, stashed away in my instrument spares, a Vanagon temp gauge
with the capacitor repair performed by none other than you. I got it from
you when I was having similar troubles which, unbeknownst to me at the
time, would be magically solved as a by-product of my finally fixing my
faulty turn signal wiring and the system's grounds.

Now I guess it is finally time to install!

Jim

On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 8:26 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:
>
> At 09:04 PM 12/12/2014, OlRivrRat wrote:
>
>>         I have had 2 encounters recently with Vanagons that
>> displayed the BlinkingCoolantLight@StartUp & Quite ByAccident on
>>
>
> This is a common experience when the timing cap inside the gauge is
> leaking but not quite enough to fail hard and just blink all the
> time.  Both the key on, wait, key off part and the sensitivity to
> temperature and especially to humidity.  Given the symptoms it's not
> likely to be anything else.  Van Cafe has the gauges for
> tach-equipped vans and in a pinch I can fix them if you can't, or
> can't get it done nearby.
>
> Yours,
> David
>