Electrical Woes (long dialogue)

[jlagnese at massed.net (John S. Lagnese)]

Now that you mention that, check all of the grounds. I had a bad ground on a
91 Jetta that did something similar. Just put a jumper from the lighting
cluster in the taillight to a good ground.
John
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kent McLean" <kentmclean@mindspring.com>
To: "W.Hawker" <willhawk@shaw.ca>
Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 3:21 AM
Subject: Re: Electrical Woes (long dialogue)


> W.Hawker wrote:
> > With the 4 way flashers on (hazard) AND the headlight/running lights on,
> > all four lights flash, except the front flashes out of sync (aka like a
> > cop car) alternating between left and right. The rears flash in sync.
> > If the lights are turned OFF ) they flash in sync as they are supposed
to.
>
> I recall something on the Audifans list of similarly
> odd behavior if the grounds are reversed.  That is,
> one headlight is grounded normally while the other
> has the hot lead and ground reversed.  Turning on
> the headlights causes the ground to change, causing
> the odd behavior. Unlikely, unless the wiring is not
> original.
>
> Kent
>
>
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