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Date:         Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:00:41 -0800
Reply-To:     BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: No low beam on driver's side '85 GL
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On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:


>
> the high beams are on,
> but one isn't working............
> while the circuit was energized, I sprayed a shot of WD-40 at the corroded
> end of the pertinent fuse.....
> there was  a puff...........and the high beams came on ......it fixed it
> that fast, right before my eyes, and I didn't even *touch* the car. !








Ya gotta be careful with that WD40 spraygun. If it can conduct electricity
that way, an errant shot
at the nearby fuses might create more than a small puff of smoke. In fact,
you can theoretically
short out the entire fuseblock.




Cheers,


BenT
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