[Vwpickups] Lost Battery light, seat belt light, glow plug light in dash 1982 diesel

[ken1]

Thanks to all for your thoughts. I awoke this morn and refreshed the batteries in my flashlight, got on my knees and checked every fuse. I was able to see that besides the 4 amp fuse for the instrument cluster, I also burned out the 5 amp fuse for the radio. How this relates to the lights that I lost, I have no idea.....But at least the lights function again. Went to local Autozone and could not find any 4 amp replacement fuses. I found 3 amp and 5 amp, but no 4 amp.
ken
----- Original Message -----
From: xx1y2z3 <xx1y2z3 at att.net>
To: ken1 <ktzkarz at embarqmail.com>
Sent: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:12:51 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: [Vwpickups] Lost Battery light, seat belt light, glow plug light in dash 1982 diesel

There is a voltage regulator in these instrument clusters, maybe it  
got spiked, don't know if it specifically applies. IIRC Bentley  
mentions it. It is the little box with 3 legs soldered to the board.  
A bit short on time here right now to get out the wiring diagrams and  
trace it out. Having to replace my C152 due to a hailstorm totaling  
it, and I have a hot prospect I am preparing to fly out to (near)  
Phoenix to check out and fly it back to Ft.Worth if it passes muster.


Konrad
'81 VWPU/GTi
'89 P944S2
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On Jun 22, 2008, at 11:33 PM, ken1 wrote:

> I am a klutz when it comes to electrical wiring, and was trying to  
> check to determine if a wire had power.