charge trek VIII -"Scottie, break out the ETM!"

[tim eh?]

Tim... STOP... you have to think of KISS... Keep It Simple Stupid!

First thing to do is the bulb... you said it work, but you never said if it is bright or dim... What would break first in the entire electrical system? Bulbs... so investigate the bulb... make sure you got 12V there.

ok.... i stopped.... kind of...

...did you just call me stupid?

ok, so investigated the bulb. i can't figure out how i would measure voltage in the clusterboard with the ignition on, so i figured the easiest way would be to swap in the spare cluster i have, which i did.

in both clusters the bulb works as it is supposed to, and is bright, just as bright as all the others. it comes on before and during start then shuts off, also flashes (once) on shutdown.

i went for a testdrive with the spare cluster in and had the same poor charging results.

so can we rule out the cluster / bulb / resistorbehindthebulb ?

My next suspect is if you don't get 12V at the cluster, then it has to be the ignition switch... that part is high wear item...

hmmm.... remember this?

here's a better photo



here's the etm again, with the PO's splices marked with caffeine-laden arrows.



what am i doing still in front of the computer?