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Subject:Re: Dash control lights question
From:mike
Date:Sat, 10 Jul 1999 11:15:22 -0400

Check out "Unca Joels' Page"  at
http://silverstone.fortunecity.com/jaguar/270/joel.htm

deals directly with this issue, which I believe is height related.

mike
87 westy

Richard Ferguson wrote:
>
> does anyone else find a reflection at night of the dash lights onto the
> front windshield? is there a way to get rid of this? also the cover for
> my autotransmission is gone...just the part with the letters, etc. as a
> result the light from inside the housing reflects off of the passenger
> sideview mirror which is kind of distracting at night...where can I
> find a replacement cover?
> Thanks,
> Rick
> 85 Westie
>
> --- S Sittservl <Ssittservl@AOL.COM> wrote:
> > Just for the sake of completeness: the automatic
> > transmission
> > "PRND21" indicator is also lit.  Oddly, it's wired
> > into the circuit
> > for the backup lights, rather than the dash lights.
> > It's always
> > lit, whether the other lights are on or not, and
> > it's not affected by the
> > instrument panel dimmer.  Mine does dim a bit when I
> > shift into
> > reverse, though, presumably because of the extra
> > current draw
> > of the backup lights.
> >
> >                                        -Steven
> > Sittser
> >
> > >  Date:        7/9/99 3:17:08 AM Central Daylight
> > Time
> > >  From:        ohalloran@IATRONET.NET (Richard
> > O'Halloran)
> > >
> > >  I waited until nightfall to check for sure which
> > lights on my 90 Westy
> > > dash
> > >  actually light up.  And they are...
> > >
> > >  Speedo gauge,
> > >  Tacho gauge,
> > >  Digital clock,
> > >  Idiot lights panel for turn signals, battery,
> > oil, and high beam,
> > >  Demister rocker switch,
> > >  Hazard lights rocker switch,
> > >  Rear heater fan,
> > >  Ventilation slide controls,
> > >  Front heater fan,
> > >  Cigarette lighter.
> > >
> > >  My headlight switch does not light up at all and
> > nor do my two air con
> > >  rotary switches and nor does the dimmer switch.
> > And the dimmer switch dims
> > >  everything except my radio panel (original
> > Heidelberg).  I can't remember
> > >  for sure but I don't think the red pilot light on
> > the emergency hazard
> > >  rocker switch dims.
> > >
> > >  Cheers
> > >
> > >  Rich  90 Westy
> >
>
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