Hi Andrew, Perhaps it's a bad ground or broken wire or maybe the switch that you put in was a dud. I suggest you take this query to this forum: http://www.vwdieselparts.com/forum/ The folks there are super helpful... Good luck, Jimmy Wilmington, NC
On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 10:40 AM, Andrew Philbrick <philbrickvw@gmail.com>wrote: > Friday related question - I have a 1981 Rabbit Diesel with the same problem > and I'm running out of ideas to fix it. Same symptoms of no wipers/blower > motor/radio but everything will work if the high beam switch is held up. > > When the problem happened to me, I looked at the X Relay and it was a bit > corroded so I replaced the X relay with no luck. Then I saw this thread > and replaced the ignition switch. No change. > > Is there anything else to investigate? I've looked under the dash and > don't see any disconnected or damaged wires. > > Thanks, > Andrew > > > On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 9:18 AM, Jim Johnston <inmytree1@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Just to follow up for the archives.... > > > > My issue was indeed the ignition switch...I had one on hand as I carry a > > new switch as a spare...took about an hour to replace...not too bad of a > > job.... > > > > picture here... > > > > > > > https://picasaweb.google.com/104110054373682507279/VanagonIgnitionSwitch#5927334803955106178 > > > > > > > > Jimmy > > Wilmington, NC > > > |
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