tkilburn

i have no power to the right parking light fuse. is it common for it to be anything but a failed wire from the light switch to the fuse box?

Peter Zimmermann

'86 Carrera?

tkilburn

yep 86

Peter Zimmermann

There is a diode on that wire, located under the dash near the light switch. That diode has failed - if you order a replacement from your P-car dealer having the new one in hand will help you locate the old one.

tkilburn

thank you. one quick question: does that diode fail and is always failed or can it be intermitant before it totally fails? that power was off one day back the next and then gone since.

Peter Zimmermann

I never had a customer report an intermittent, but then, most of the time we located the problem during the safety inspection part of the minor/major services that we did - the customer never realized those lights had stopped working!

tkilburn

Zim,
the local dealer says that part is discontinued and i have to get it from an aftermarket supplier. i looked online at automotion and didn't see it. any ideas? oh yeah, the diode is the problem, power going in, nothing coming out.
thanks,
tom
t.kilburn@comcast.net