No oil , charge light,

sprintex · Post by **sprintex** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 4:17 pm

On my new to me 88 Blue Paso the oil and charging lights do not work. I cleaned the contacts on the back side of the instrument panel. I am not getting any voltage to them, I check with a meter.
I got all the other lights to work with a good cleaning. Any Ideas,those are the two lights I would like to have.

ducapaso · Post by **ducapaso** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 5:26 pm

I happened to have the +12v "line" broken in the circuit in the backward of the instrument panel.
Anyway, you can try to put the plug pon the oil bulb in contact straight to the frame (12v ground). This will tell you something about bulb and ground wire

Finnpaso · Post by **Finnpaso** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 6:25 pm

That printed circuit behind dashboard can broke quite easily, but all contact surfaces in it must be out of all oxygen and totally clean. U can use multimeter in resistance scale to check continuty. Remember to clean well those bulb contact areas and easy to check also those bulbs in resistance scale.

Desmo_Demon · Post by **Desmo_Demon** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 11:56 am

Finnpaso wrote:Remember to clean well those bulb contact areas

An easy way to clean the contact areas is with the eraser from an eraseable ink pen. Those erasers are more abasive than one for a pencil. I cleaned mine that way....

Clean one on the left, next to a corroded contact on the right...

Connector contacts...corroded on the left, clean on the right....

sprintex · Post by **sprintex** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 12:41 pm

I cleaned the light conectors with a s Scotchbrite pad (green).Diidn't think of doing the connecters, thanks.

PaulD · Post by **PaulD** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 12:05 am

The charge light does not work because that voltage regulator does not have a provision for it. That regulator was recommended to me by BCM in Laconia when the stock one failed. I figured it was a small sacrifice for a more dependable unit. Sorry, I had forgotten all about the light.

sprintex · Post by **sprintex** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 1:46 am

Thanks Paul. I forgot you had mentioned that.
You would have gotten a good chuckle when the Paso started, it blew sunflower seeds like a confetti gun out of the mufflers. Guess you have a couple of mice in the garage. :laugh:

PaulD · Post by **PaulD** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 12:37 am

I learned my lesson when a mouse got into the glove box of the AMX.

I now have traps loaded and ready to prevent further damage.

No oil , charge light,

No oil , charge light,

Charge light