All tungsten incandescent lights powered by DC current will grow darker
with age. The filament boils off and some is deposited on the glass outer
envelope, causing them to look  a dark silvery color over time. Nothing
you can do about it except replace it. May as well replace them all while
you're in there.

At 08:18 AM 11/17/99 -0800, you wrote:

>>>>

<excerpt>RE: dim "High beam" indicator light

<bigger>I'm having the same problem.  Is replacing the bulb going to fix
the problem or is there something else that can cause that?  Replacing
the bulb should be an easy job since you only have to remove the
instrument cluster.</bigger>

<bigger>Peter</bigger>

<bigger>90 Syncro Westy</bigger>

<bigger>SF, CA</bigger>

<bigger>-----Original Message-----</bigger>

<bigger>From: Alan J. Flint
[<<mailto:ajflint@ITSA.UCSF.EDU>mailto:ajflint@ITSA.UCSF.EDU]</bigger>

<bigger>Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 6:11 AM</bigger>

<bigger>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM</bigger>

<bigger>Subject: Re: What to do for a dim dashboard light?</bigger>

<bigger>Listers:</bigger>

<bigger>        I have a very dim "High beam" indicator light.  I can't
see if my</bigger>

<bigger>high beams are on until its really dark outside (what's the fun
in</bigger>

<bigger>that).  I was planning to replace the bulb, but I wonder from
some recent</bigger>

<bigger>posts if cleaning contacts at the headlight switch or elsewhere
would be a</bigger>

<bigger>better initial step.</bigger>

<bigger>        If you see a Wolfram Syncro Westfalia driving at dusk
with</bigger>

<bigger>highbeams on, that's me.  If you flick your highs at me, I
probably think</bigger>

<bigger>you are saying hello, and I will wave back.</bigger>

<bigger>Thanks.</bigger>

<bigger>Alan.</bigger>

<bigger>Shrewsbury.</bigger>

</excerpt>

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