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Date:         Thu, 29 Mar 2018 15:10:21 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: headlight switch
Comments: To: David Boan <dboan@outlook.com>
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>
> 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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