You might check with your manual to check that you actually have the right
fuse in there.  The PO of my vanagon had replaced one of my fuses
incorrectly and I had the exact same thing happen to me as you have
described.

-patrick

On Sat, 1 Sep 2001, van man wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a short somewhere in the wiring for my tail,
> parking, and side marker lights (left).  I keep
> blowing the fuse every few days.  I have removed all
> of the light casings and inspected the area of wire
> that is visible, but all of that wire seems to be in
> resonably good condition.  Ive swapped out all the
> bulbs.  I cant seem to tell what exactly what I do
> that shorts it out, because it doesnt happen when I
> test all the lights, blinkers, etc.  The short always
> occurs at somepoint when I am driving.
>
> My problem is that I dont have the slightest clue as
> to how to go about finding where the short is.  My
> electrical skills and knowledge are nill.
>
> Can one of you electricle gurus give me some pointers
> to finding out where the problem exists?  Speak to me
> as if I know nothing about electrical stuff.
>
> Thanks a million,
>
> jeff
>