Re: HELP! - electrical gremlin

["Ewan Hopkins" <ewanhopkins@hotmail.com>]

Thanks for that - I'll check the grounds at the relay plate end when I leave 
the office tonight. I think pulling the cluster will need to wait 'till the 
weekend.

Ewan.
P.S. It's a MKII


>From: "Chris DeLong" <green536@hotmail.com>
>To: ferret100@juno.com, scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: HELP! - electrical gremlin
>Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 02:53:12 -0000
>
>
>Do a resistance test on the ground connection for the cluster. You didnt
>specify if it was a MKI or MKII. I know that both use similar grounding
>techniques. There is a round ground station with many male spade connector
>ends secured by a phillips screw. Check these for corrosion.
>
>
>about once a year, my Jetta does the *exact* same thing.  No clue what
>causes it or why.  It seems to happen after I pull the dash apart and do
>some rewiring.  I've tried swapping the light switch and the gauge
>cluster to no avail.  The only thing that seems to solve the problem is
>patience.  After a few days of it, it will start working properly on
>occasion.  withing 4-7 days, it's all back to normal.  Then a year later,
>it does it again...
>
>B.
>
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>
>On Mon, 26 Mar 2001 13:21:14 -0000 "Ewan Hopkins"
><ewanhopkins@hotmail.com> writes:
> > My scirocco has just developed an interesting electrical problem -
> > anyone
> > like to hazard a guess before I haul the dashboard apart?
> > Was driving home the other night, noticed the console backlights
> > flickering
> > and the rev counter jumping slightly. A few miles later the console
> > went
> > completely dark, the high beam lamp came on and the rev counter
> > dropped to
> > about 1/2 what it should be. This was with the backlight dimmer
> > switch set
> > to lowest setting. Increasing the brightness setting makes the
> > high-beam
> > lamp glow brighter and the rev counter drops. Switch the lights off
> > and
> > everything returns to normal.  Funnily enough, the indicator led
> > still works
> > as normal. It was wierd as hell driving in the dark with no light
> > inside the
> > car except this single blue dot glowing!
> > I haven't had a chance to look at the circuit diagrams for any clues
> > yet but
> > I'm guessing short or cracked track in the flex-strip  tracks on the
> > back of
> > the instrument cluster, or maybe short in the fusebox. Anyone like
> > to
> > positively nail it down further.
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Ewan Hopkins
> >
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