Jim,

Did you ever resolve this problem below?

If not... your electrical problem may be causing your current (no pun
intended) situation.

Check ALL your grounds, connections near fuse panel etc.

Disconnect, clean and apply di-electric grease on as many of the connections
as you can.  Also, good to do with the sensors.  It would be best to do it
one-by-one, but adds time to the project (however when you try more than one
thing at a time, and the problem goes away, you really never know what the
actual cause was if the problem resurfaces years or miles down the road).

Jack

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Jim Felder
Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 10:37 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Strobe lights on my vanagon--why?

My 90 carat has developed an unwanted feature. When the engine is
running the lights in the car--all of them, dash, tail, headlights,
interior lights--pulse several times a second. It's barely noticeable,
but it's there.

Is this a sign that the alternator is going? The pulsing stays the
same no matter the RPM, as far as I can tell.

Thanks for any advice.

Jim