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RE: Electrical woes & possible new car



my thoughts exactly! Don't know if I could bring myself to break a perfectly 
good car though - I'll take a closer look.

Ewan.

>From: "Neal Tovsen" <sixteen.volt@gte.net>
>To: "Scirocco-L" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: RE: Electrical woes & possible new car
>Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 10:40:16 -0400
>
>Geez...you could make money off that '87 car just by selling the lights and
>bumpers!
>
>Definitely inspect the wiring under the dash to see if you burnt anything 
>else.
>I would guess that you're probably OK, though. If you get a new connector 
>and a
>new switch, you can just splice in the new connector, and you'll probably 
>be
>ready to roll.
>
>Neal
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>[mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Ewan Hopkins
>Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 9:18 AM
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Electrical woes & possible new car
>
>
>Had an interesting experience last night - driving on the motorway around
>8-30pm, switched on the side-lights and hey presto, a couple of seconds
>later mega-smoke coming from the dash - if you've seen the cheech & chong
>film where they're smoking joints in an old beetle, I think, you'll get the
>drift... Switched the lights off pronto and pulled over.    Pulled the
>switch and one of the wires was toast. When I got home & checked the book,
>it turned-out to be the dimmer switch output. Haven't dared look under the
>dash yet but nothing else seems to be affected - think I'll take a day off
>tomorrow to inspect the damage!!!
>Anyone know offhand if the wiring for the dash lighting goes anywhere near
>the main loom? I'm hoping not.
>On a happier note, met someone at the weekend selling a (paprika?) red '87
>GT for £100. Had a quick look as I drove past it - looks pretty clean 
>except
>for the beginnings of the dreaded door handle rot on the pass. door.  Good
>set of euro lights & bumpers - I think I'll take a closer look.
>
>TIA,
>
>
>Ewan Hopkins...
>
>'85 Storm 2.0
>'86 GT 1.8
>
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