Re: ELECTRICAL GREMLINS

[aventari <Aventari@cts.com>]

At 04:24 PM 2/15/97 -0800, you wrote:
>-- Hey, Kevin
>
>That intermittent failure of various electrical components is probably
>rooted in your Scirocco's fusebox or the multi-connector plugs in the
>back of the box.
>
>My '77 Rabbit was parked for months with a leaky windshield and there
>was just enough corrosion on the inside of the female pins (the ones
>that populate the multi-conn. plugs that just wiggling the failed
>component's respective plug would temporarily cure the problem.  I
>finally isolated each problem wire, popped the offending socket out of
>the plug (Special Tool Alert!) and GENTLY squeezed the socket so that it
>would fit a wee bit tighter onto its corresponding male pin (that sticks
>out of the fusebox).
>
>Another problem that I ran into with this formerly soggy fusebox is that
>the fuse would occasionally lose contact with prongs.  I found that
>spinning the fuse in its holders would fix the problem -- temporarily.
>
>For a permanent fix, I bought all new fuses and used the tiny wire-wheel
>attachment on my Dremel to clean up the fuse-mounting tangs.  Before
>installing my new fuses, I ever-so GENTLY bent the bottom tangs upwards
>to provide a better grip for the fuses.
>
>Hope this helps!
>
>Chuck B.
>Gazort@HoTMaiL.com  

Dude, you were exactly right on. My brake lights were out, and i got rear
ended  after i wrote that message. It wasn't bad (not a scratch on my
bumper, score Two for the U.S. bumpers!) and the woman (of course) had a
bent licence plate and bumper a little mess. I told her it didn't matter to
me, and we drove off w/o insurance involvement. Anyways, I got home and took
my car to pacific Auto Electric that day and told them to fix it. 118 bucks
later they say it was the connector at the fuse box. 
I swear i've been under there a hundred times, but there's too many
goddamned wires. 
Thanks for the help though. Next time it happens I know what to do.

Kevin '81 Scirocco S

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