Many thanks to Bill and Scott. The spare instrument cluster from the
basement yielded a replacement voltage stabilizer. And to think there
has been talk of moving all that "stuff" from the basement to the
curb.

On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 1:15 PM, Scott Daniel  - Turbovans
<scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
> when gauges act weird I think about the voltage stabilizer gizmo on the back
> of the instrument cluster.
> the other symptoms make me think of ground/s or poor contact at the main
> instrument cluster wire connector.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David White" <sirgrumpsalot@GMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 12:49 PM
> Subject: What's the connection between the temp and fuel gauges?
>
>
>> Driving down the road, in the rain, both the coolant temp gauge and
>> fuel tank gauge go to zero. Can't say they did it at the same time
>> because sometimes I need to look where I am going. Coolant tanks are
>> both fine and I know I have at least a half a tank of fuel. Everything
>> else on the dash seems to work (cat converter, oil pressure, etc).
>> Fuses look good but I looked pretty quick. �The main harness is
>> plugged in behind the dash. � When I turn the key to on but don't
>> start the engine the coolant temp light �blinks forever but it's
>> pretty faint. �When I start the engine sometimes the coolant blinks
>> for the three seconds, other times it never blinks. The rest of the
>> lights on the dash are bright. What's the deal? 1984 Vanagon GL
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