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Re: [T3] blinking (or the lack there of)


On 3 Jan 2001, at 16:51, Lyles, Chad wrote:

> funny thing happened yesterday i was in the parking lot at work and i
> could see the reflection in the glass and i was checking lights well
> first off as soon as i turned the key my parking lights came on , and
> the switch was off! but i turnd them on and the headlights came on ok
> , i turned them off and the parking light were still on. so i turned
> the car of to just check to see if i was not crazy and they came on
> again , this time i turned the dimmer and i was dimming my parking
> lights!!! whats the deal? other than the obviosly shotty wiring,
> should i just get a new style harness and re wire the whole car or
> what?

Don't get carried away thinking to just replace everything. It sounds 
like your speedo light has fallen onto the terminals of your 
headlight switch where it can short some things out. Get it out of 
there. If its not that, then maybe something melted in the switch so 
that parts are shorted together that shouldn't be.

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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