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shiningstar76
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Joined: July 12, 2003
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Location: Savannah
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 Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 6:03 pm Post subject: Gen light issue (solved) |
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Ever have it where you have no oil or gen light in the on position and upon cranking the gen light pops on and swells with rpms? It happened to me years ago but for the life of me can't remember how I fixed it. I tried jiggling the wires back at the gen and regulator to no avail.
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My bus caught on fire and is now on the other coast with someone who gave me money for it.
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Vince Waldon
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Location: Edmonton, Alberta
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| Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 6:29 pm Post subject: |
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| I would recommend checking the connectors at the cluster itself... specifically to the GEN and oil light. If one or more of them drops off very interesting lighting behavior can appear. |
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busdaddy
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Location: Surrey B.C. Canada, but thinking of Ukraine
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Even before doing that have a close look at the fuses, no power to the back of the cluster would do that.
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shiningstar76
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Location: Savannah
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| Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the responses.
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rockerarm
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Location: Los Angeles
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| Agreed with previous posters. But also, as poss, in my case my 74 bug may have slightly corroded bulb holders in the speedo housing due to moisture being present in the front trunk area. |
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shiningstar76
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Location: Savannah
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| Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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It was fuse #12. Solved. Thanks again. Sometimes the smallest details slip right past you.
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SGKent 
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Location: Citrus Heights CA (Near Sacramento)
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| It was fuse #12. Solved. Thanks again. Sometimes the smallest details slip right past you. |
BusDaddy is amazing. No other forum in the world can have people as knowledgeable as what happens here on The Samba. I think a mechanic in a shop would have looked for hours on this one and what does Mark simply say - "check your fuses." Poof and it was fuse 12. Amazing. Absolutely amazing.
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