At 06:46 PM 12/12/2008, Matthew Snook wrote: >How did you know about the burnt spot on the cover? I thought 'AHA!' when I >saw that, but the fuse underneath was intact.

They come that way from the factory. Just like the melted innards of the blower switch, though that takes longer to show up. <g> See my remarks on overloaded circuit...

>I did use the rear window defroster this morning, to no effect. I thought >it was defective. Then the heater wouldn't blow. Then when it started >snowing, the wipers wouldn't wipe. Another 'aha.'

So check relay 3 on page 97.10 -- then the X terminal on the ignition switch. And if by evil chance you haven't got a Bentley -- you have to have a Bentley to become intimate with the beast, and intimate is what you'll be after you've had it a while, unless you're independently wealthy *and* have a good Vanagon mech. nearby. The wiring diagrams are actually very good, tho' it's unfortunate that they don't also have a physical map of the harness.

The key to the diagrams is on 97.4, 97.5, and for the '84, 97.54.

-- David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage," '85 GL "Poor Relation"

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