Date:         Tue, 1 Jul 2003 20:18:03 -0400
Reply-To:     Lawrence Cortright <cortrigl@ERAU.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Lawrence Cortright <cortrigl@ERAU.EDU>
Subject:      Re: 87 Central Locks
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If that's the case then I've invented at least 10 to 12 new words that
should be added!  I did find the fuse, it was disguised as a 25-amp fuse
instead of the regulation 20-amp.  Unfortunately, pulling it didn't have the
effect that I had hoped for and it looks like I'll have to hasten my search
for a pair of lock motors.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeffrey Schwaia" <jeff@TSSGI.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 5:17 PM
Subject: Re: 87 Central Locks


> Hey, it's American english.  Use a word often enough and it'll show up in
> the dictionary.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of Lawrence Cortright
> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 1:15 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: 87 Central Locks
>
>
> Thanks, I'll check it out... as for lockedness, just don't tell my
> newspaper editor wife or my english professor mother that I'm making up
> words again :P
>
> Thank You,
> Larry
>
> On Tue, 1 Jul 2003, Jeffrey Schwaia wrote:
>
> >
> > Larry,
> >
> > I don't know if this will help much, but it's worth a try:
> >
> > http://www.vanagonparts.com/fuse_panel_86to91.html
> >
> >
> > BTW: is "lockedness" really a word??
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> > Of Lawrence Cortright
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 12:43 PM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: 87 Central Locks
> >
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I am a recent owner of a 1987 GL Wolfsburg ed.  Initially, the passenger
> > door lock actuator was blown but the driver door was OK.  I could use
the
> > key on the driver door and hear the motor lock/unlock the door, the
> > passenger door behaved as if it were a manual lock.  A few days ago the
> > driver actuator stopped working but did not act at all like the
passenger.
> > Turning the key yields nothing, as a matter of fact the key cannot
really
> > turn at all.  The door is in a perpetual state of lockedness, one cannot
> > even pull up on the knob (forcing the driver to egress from the
passenger
> > or cargo door.
> >
> > I know replacing the motor(s) is the best option, but in the meantime
> > (until I find said motors) I'd like to cut power to the whole lock
system.
> > This is where the question comes in, most manuals (owners and haynes,
> > namely) tell me the fuse is just above the main fusebox (with no
picture)
> > and the Bentley manual shows a rudimentary picture but I still cannot
seem
> > to find the fuse.  Is it truly attached to the main fusebox area
somewhere
> > or is it normally found elsewhere in the dash?  I can take a photo of
the
> > fusebox and provide a link if needed.
> >
> > Thank You,
> > Larry Cortright
> > 1987 Vanagon GL
> >
> >
> >
>
>