figured it out fellas my dumba$$ self put the dang connector in the wrong
port on the light switch.

On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 7:05 AM Thomas Casal <thomas.casal@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have an 84. I’m reading about how the instrument cluster lights ground
> is daisy chained to the radio and other things in the dash. Maybe that’s
> where my problem is? My radio started acting funny when the mouse was in
> the dash it would turn on randomly. I checked the power wire and it was all
> good no damage. ThAnks for any and all comments.
>
> On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 11:37 PM Thomas Casal <thomas.casal@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Could my ignition switch have gotten fried?
>>
>> On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 11:29 PM Thomas Casal <thomas.casal@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks guys,
>>>
>>> I thought of the switch being roached so I used my spare switch that is
>>> known good. It’s really crazy I simply replaced the two blue grey wires
>>> just the way they were. The wire that melted was daisy chained to the other
>>> blue grey wire to the female connector that goes to the heater lights. I
>>> replaced the white male female connector with a current male female. The
>>> wire from the switch to the instrument cluster was collateral damage.
>>> Didn’t change a thing except the inline fuse. If the short was still there
>>> wouldn’t the fuse blow? Just don’t know how I could have wired into
>>> constant power. I just replaced the two wires. No fuses are popping and no
>>> wires are melting luckily. A couple wires were ever so slightly damaged so
>>> I electrical taped them just in case.
>>>
>>> On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 10:22 PM Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Eighter you connected to the wrong terminal, of your bridges to power
>>>> elsewhere, or most likely the short toasted the headlight switch.
>>>>
>>>> Dennis
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> On Behalf Of
>>>> Thomas Casal
>>>> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2021 9:48 PM
>>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>>> Subject: Re: Instrument cluster light issues
>>>>
>>>> No key in the ignition either.
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 9:02 PM Thomas Casal <thomas.casal@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > Hey everybody,
>>>> >
>>>> > The blue grey wire going from the light switch instrument cluster
>>>> > adjuster to the blue grey wire that connects near the rear defroster
>>>> > switch and the heater adjuster lights shorted out on me and melted
>>>> > damaging the blue grey wire going to the instrument cluster as well.
>>>> A mouse ate it on me.
>>>> >
>>>> > So I finally got the 2.8mm open barrel connector to fix it so I wire
>>>> > everything up and put an inline fuse near the switch 1.5 amp to
>>>> > protect it so it doesn’t happen again. So now when I hook the ground
>>>> > up on the battery bang the instrument cluster lights and hater panel
>>>> > lights go on and won’t go off no matter what I do with the switch
>>>> they are on. Wtf did I do?
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>