Date:         Sat, 3 Dec 2011 09:08:22 -0700
Reply-To:     Richard A Jones <Jones@COLORADO.EDU>
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From:         Richard A Jones <Jones@COLORADO.EDU>
Subject:      Re: rear defogger wiring question
Comments: To: Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
In-Reply-To:  <201112031349.AOO23883@Colorado.EDU>
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> I'm trying to track down electrical fault in rear defogger, '86 syncro (
>>  early prod. before the vin change as noted in bentley). I've repaired weak
>>  spot in rubber boot up at hatch hinge, and I have ascertained that power is
>>  leaving the switch at dash. But no power at the grid.
>>
>>  I can't find the connecter T1a that is part of circuit from switch to
>>  grid. Bentley says it is in the left side of engine compartment, but having
>>  no luck finding it (supposed to have black wire in and out)
>>
>>  Can anyone give me a hint to where it is? Tucked under something back
>>  there?

On my '87 Syncro Westy there was a connector above the closet on the
rear defrost line.  My rear defrost had been rewired under the van.
I'll bet someone pulled hard on the original wire at the rear of
the closet/cabinet area and unplugged that connector and was then
screwed short of removing the closet/cabinet.

Richard