Re: Interior dash lights and paranoia :-)

[llevitt@idcresearch.com]

Jim Healey writes about dash lights. Been there, done that.


We all jump to conclusions with certain things. I heard a strange hissing noise 
coming from what I thought was my baseboard heat (hot water), got the furnace 
guy on the phone, had him on the way over, and found my son's toy cellular phone
stuck in the sofa next to the baseboard heat, with a key jammed on :)

Caught the furnace guy before he left the shop, too :)

Similarly, many, many years ago, when I was doing tech support at ComputerLand, 
I stepped a user through a problem with a computer. After 10 minutes of 
telephone diagnosis, I said "Let's take a look at the big fat black cord. Is it 
plugged into the wall?" Answer was no.

Weeks later, my field service guy came in, collected a bunch of parts, and 
headed off for a call. Before he left, I suggested that he call the user and ask
if the durn thing was plugged in. Didn't. Came back an hour later saying I was 
right :)

So think about the obvious, trivial things before you remove the 
dashboard...Sure, reassembly *is* the opposite of disassembly, but that's before
you drop that **&*&%%^ nut down the vent.

Oh, and to make this even slightly Audi related, I thought I'd mention this to 
you folks.

Last week we took the kids to see their grandparents. First time they saw the 
new car. When we got to the house at about 10PM, both kids were asleep in their 
carseats in back.

When I opened the front door, the rear map lights came on. Two perfect little 
spotlights for that precious cargo sitting directly underneath. Should be an 
Audi ad!

And I can honestly say my V*lv* never did that <g>


Lee Levitt
llevitt@idcresearch.com
1990 Audi 200T 60K
1988 Volvo 745T 107K