Re: Elec Problems

[Ryan Schuermann <ryan@nwpros.com>]

> 
> The A/C compressor is kinda weird, It usually means that there is little to
> no freon in the system, but you said it was OK.  Check the wiring, it will be
> tedious just go through by the Bentley and check continuity- sorry no good
> answer there.

Yeah, thats what i thought too, thats why i had the freon checked..but it 
holds like a champ. I'm too afraid to actually try to runthe compressor 
knowing it'll prob lockup on me if i try. bleah guess i'll spend next 
weekend on it..no rush, winter is here =]
 
> The horn could be a connection at the fuse box, the fuse (I hope you checked
> that first), a burnt wire, a corroded connection, or the second relay.  Maybe
> you don't have a second (what year car again) but I had an '82 rabbit that
> had 2 relays, I have no clue why but when it broke I went crazy trying to fix
> it but I only checked one relay while the other was broken.  You said you
> checked your horn itself, right?  I have even once seen wires going to the horn
> and the fan eaten away by battery acid.  If none of that works check your
> button on the steering wheel and then check wiring again, sorry it is the only
> way.  One last thing to keep in mind is that many of those relays are the same
> so you can swap them between one you know works to check them easily.

ya fuse good, bent doesnt mention a 2nd relay..hrm wires all look good and
yes horn(s) work.
 
> As for the upshift light, WHO CARES?  sorry I just hate those things.  If I
> wanted my car to tell me when to shift I might as well have gotten an
> automatic to do it for me.  I drive my car not the other way around.  But, if
> you like it check to see if someone unplugged the vacuum sensor or removed it
> entirely.  That happens to be the first thing I do to each of my cars.

well all 3 seem to have broke around the same time i was installing my 
car stereo..maybe thought they shared the same wire or something? looks
like i'll be probing around the back of my fuse panel later *shiver*
I hate the light too, but its a broken item that wasnt when i got the car.

thanks
ryan
'87 16v Scirocco
 
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