Re: What causes intermittent dash lights? 5KTQ

[JordanVw@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/8/99 12:44:11 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
mizutanit@mindspring.com writes:

<< Did you check the relay box above the glovebox, as someone suggested
 to me?  >>

i did.  the problem im having is just with my console dash lights on my '86 
5kT (heated seat switch lites, foglite switch lite, ciggy lighter light, cc 
backlit lites, cc LED (tho the LED would light up when i turned the 
headlights off, go figure?) i removed the right side console panel (it holds 
the glovebox) so the glove box would flop all the way down out of the way, 
then removed another piece of trim above the glovebox that holds the glovebox 
light, then i removed that double relay. i carefully pried the cover off it 
(take it inside where its warm - plastic cracks when it gets cold) and 
inspected the solder connections that bridge the two pc boards together. 
couldnt see any breaks.  i shoulda re-soldered it just for the hell of it, 
but i didnt.  i put it all backtogether.   it worked fine until once last 
week, while i was driving. i flipped the headlight switch off and back on 
quickly, and the console dash lights came back on, and have been ok the past 
few days.....  

one thing to note - this summer i had been troubleshooting my cc system, and 
i drove around w/ no glovebox on the car, for a few weeks.  naturally, the 
glovebox light would come on whenever i turned the headlights on, because the 
glovebox door wasnt there to shut the light off.  during the time i had no 
glovebox door to shut the light off, the console dash lights would go out 
nearly all the time, and only come on briefly.   since i put the glovebox 
back in there, i haven't had the problem as much....

who knows....??

chris
'86 5kT, TQ