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Date:         Mon, 25 Nov 2002 20:09:08 EST
Reply-To:     Rvantill@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Roger VanTill <Rvantill@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Smoke from dash
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Need some help for my brother-in-law who's driving my old Westy. He could get
it to crank slowly and start last week(it's getting colder up here). Went out
to start it today to go get the 20-50 summer oil out. Wouldn't start. Cranked
slowly. Hooked up jumper cables correctly, hit the key, no crank. Smoke
starts coming out of the dash ashtray area. Now he's got no power anywhere,
and tears running down his face.
Got any ideas before he submits to the mechanic ?
It's an 85 manual westy 140,000 miles no prior elec problems  TIA


Roger VanTill
89 Westy "The Moose Lounge"
86 Syncro "HUMMVW"
92 Escort "The Turd" (sorry,it runs)
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