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Just went out and had a quick look. I SEEM to have found the short. It was on the wire to the starter. I removed the wire and nothing blew. I had a look at the wire and found what looked like a tiny bald patch in the insulation. I put tape over it, and also over the connector, where I soldered it about two years ago. I also rerouted the wire to reduce pressure on it. When I get the time I'll replace that section of wire with a brand new one. When I originally did that wiring I sometimes used bits of old VW wire to keep the right colours. The car started. So far so good, but as this has always been an intermittent problem, I can't be sure yet. After I am certain that I've found the short, I'll see if I need to rearrange the fuse box. As of now, if I did connect up that fuse backwards it seems to have been for the best. If it had been connected correctly it is possible that the first I would have known of it was when I smelt burning from under the dash. Thanks, Daniel. > > > > > When the fuse blows, does this stop the starter from turning over any > more? If > > so then something is wired wrong, because there should be no fuse in the > > starter circuit. > > > > BUT, if this fuse still blows even with your car out of N, then you've got > a > > short somewhere and it's probably a good thing that you're blowing fuses. > > Otherwise you might be burning up wires. > > I agree, I think there are TWO problems. > > I probably won't be able to check it till tomorrow. > > The ignition circuit was the first one I did, and I didn't know as much > about these things then as I do now. It's probably a good thing that I'm > going over it again. > > Daniel > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > > >