Thanks Eric of course now my turn signals don’t work but at least I solved
one problem.

On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 8:40 AM Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote:

> Oh boy Tom,
>
> Join the club!
>
> So easy to do things like that even when you are determined not to!
>
> Reading over suggestions people made, I’m pretty sure the solution
> recommendation goes to Dennis.
>
> I’m pretty sure he knew this was a likely answer because he has done it a
> few times!
>
> Glad you solved it.
>
> Now for the next question.
>
> How did mouse get in and how do we keep them out!!!
>
> Eric Caron
> 85 GL Auto.
>
>
>
>
> > On May 18, 2021, at 8:31 AM, Thomas Casal <thomas.casal@GMAIL.COM>
> wrote:
> >
> > 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?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
>
>