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jenz58 Postal Menace

9,121 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#213226
OK I'm about to run outside and disconnect the wiring to my hazard light switch...

The light in the switch has been on all day....I've fiddled with it to try and get it to stay off but it comes back on!!!!

This is the light in the switch not the hazard lights/indicators themselves....

I'm getting worried my battery will be dead in the morning even though it's a tiny globe....

Any ideas what might be wrong???

Back soon...it's getting dark and I want to see the wires...
"All you need is trust and a little bit of pixie dust!"

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barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,473 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#213228
the switch is stuffed replacement is the only option. its ether that or take the bulb out
“We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.” Bill Hicks
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jenz58 Postal Menace

9,121 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#213230
How do I get the bulb out.......:jesus

I've just had a fiddle...the light went out when I giggled the wires....I think water may have gotten in..it's been pouring and there's a bifg pool of it under that area of Dr L..Could it leak down from the vents in front of the windscreen?

Without unscrewing the fuse box I couldn't feel where the wires connected to the Hazard Light thingy/switch box...behind the dash...

The light is out now...but will check in a minute as it hasn't stayed off for long when I've only fiddled with the knob....

My fingers are crossed for now..

....the light's still off!!!😎

[Edited on 7-8-2004 by jenz58]
"All you need is trust and a little bit of pixie dust!"

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=22473
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=56558#pid535643

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barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,473 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#213233
it could have come in under the washer jet cause thats where it came in on my bug. try unscrewing the knob
“We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.” Bill Hicks
the chaos project - click me

jenz58 Postal Menace

9,121 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#213235
OK.....🙂

I'll go do it now ......

Is it OK to leave the knob off until I have it seen to?

......hmmmm...that was easy!!! :blush

It's in the glovebox incase I actually need to use it sometime...gotta get the Dr serviced this week anyway...I'll have it checked then 😎

[Edited on 7-8-2004 by jenz58]
"All you need is trust and a little bit of pixie dust!"

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=22473
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=56558#pid535643

...so I don't loose the links to my rides again hehehe

barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,473 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#213237
the knob holds the switch on centre if the switch is dicky it could cause problems. it might be better to lift the battery terminal
“We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.” Bill Hicks
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jenz58 Postal Menace

9,121 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#213240
?...disconnect my battery under the seat?

I know in the manual they were talking earth wire to hazard light and disconnecting it forst before other wire...or wires...

I can't feel where they actually connect to the sitch box...

Do you reckon it's OK until the morning as is without the switch on....it's dark out there now...

I can unscew the fuse box and get to it all better in the day light....
"All you need is trust and a little bit of pixie dust!"

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=22473
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=56558#pid535643

...so I don't loose the links to my rides again hehehe

barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,473 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#213241
if you take the terminal off there is no chance of the battery draining over night. at the worst you will lose the memory in your stereo if that.
“We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.” Bill Hicks
the chaos project - click me

jenz58 Postal Menace

9,121 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#213244
The stereo has it's wiring by passing something....cos it was draining the battery.....so no memory.....I have to start fresh every day....scanning ...scanning.....

I need a really good electric mechanic to sort all this out once and for all!!!!!

The guy I bought Dr L off had people looking at him....I've had my mechanic look at him.....I need the absolute guru of auto wiring....:sandrine
"All you need is trust and a little bit of pixie dust!"

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=22473
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=56558#pid535643

...so I don't loose the links to my rides again hehehe

barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,473 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#213247
sounds like the one im driving at the moment but its stereo is hard wired so that it stays on after the ignition is off
“We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.” Bill Hicks
the chaos project - click me

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#213284
I would just leave the knob in the glovebox... Jenz...
The lights didn't flash before, so they shouldn't now...
Its a pain to have to disconnect the battery...

and water shouldn't be getting in behind the dash...

if the windscreen rubber isn't sealed properly, there are small holes in either side under the rubber for the water to run.... I have sealed these holes... and fish oiled under the rubber so the metal won't rust... or You can use windscreen sealant or silicon to seal the rubber...
this water can rust down behind the door hinges...
I would fish oil everywhere... [well I have in My Car]

Lee
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#213293
jenz58 wrote:The guy I bought Dr L off had people looking at him....I've had my mechanic look at him.....
Is this the Beetle or the Guy You bought Dr L from?? 🙂🙂

I hate scanning the stations.... I have to do it every time I go to Sydney etc...
My Brother in Law's Magna , had a flat battery....
He had the CD player in it replaced with a better one.... when He bought the car in Darwin...
Now it doesn't work.. and He doesn't know who has the security code to make it work again...

Lee
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

jenz58 Postal Menace

9,121 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#213332
....nah...everyone's been looking at Dr L's wiring...the Type 3....something really wrong is happening but no one has been able to find it????:jesus

lol....not looking at the guy I bought him off of....but he was kinda cute....😀

The guy I bought Dr L off of had people looking at Dr L's wiring, I have as well....Having the radio the way it is has helped, but not solved everything....my horn is disconected cos it was shorting light fuses...?

I don't word things well at times :blush
"All you need is trust and a little bit of pixie dust!"

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=22473
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=56558#pid535643

...so I don't loose the links to my rides again hehehe