> > I am thinking of pulling the wires to the dimmer and connecting them > together to bypass the switch and see if that stops the fuses from > blowing. Is that going to cause other problems? Will I lose my headlights > if I do that? Does anyone know a better way to test if the problem is the > dimmer switch? > It won't do any harm, but your problem is almost certainly not in the dimmer rheostat. Somewhere in the dash one of those gray/blue wires is shorting to ground. Fortunately for the harness, VAG added an afterthought fuse in '85. Yrs, d |
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