David, You may be in for a surprise, there is no winding in the rheostat, that's what Marv was trying to say. Once you get into the rheostat, which is really a variable potentiometer, you will find no wires. Everything is fixed to a plate, much like the fuel sender, but on a much smaller scale. I've had like 5 apart and had no "zero" success at making them work. That's why, and I speculate, DMCH will give you a $50 core value, you can't fix the inards, but the case is valuable!!! Mike --- David Teitelbaum <jtrealty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > You can, as Mark points out, just bypass the > rehostat and connect all > 3 wires together. You lose the ability to dim the > dash lights. The > dimmer doesn't work all that great anyway. When you > dim the lights, > just when you get to about the spot you like it, the > lights go out. > When I first got my car I thought the dimmer was > bad. I bought a new > one (not cheap) and when I put it in I was very > disappointed that it > did the exact same thing! One day I may rewind the > element in it or > try a different one. > David Teitelbaum > vin 10757 > > > --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Marc Levy > <malevy_nj@...> wrote: > > > > Yes. I have been running 1860 this way for 4 > years. > > > > > > --- Marv Hein <marvhein@...> wrote: > > > > > > A final question: I found an old DML post that > > > suggests the rheostat > > > c > > > > > > > > > > To address comments privately to the moderating > team, please address: > moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx > > For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for > sale see www.dmcnews.com > > To search the archives or view files, log in at > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/