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On 30 Jul 2003 at 12:54, Daniel Baum wrote: > Today I opened up the fill plug again. I couldn't see any sign of the > oil being pink. What did happen was that the oil started to drip out > of the fill plug when I opened it up. I squirted some more in and > closed it up again but there was a puddle of oil on the floor when I > finished. I hope that's OK 'cause I have no intention of opening it up > again, unless there is some really good reason. No problem, check it again in 6 months to a year. > Also, I finally found what the reason for the short in my ignition > switch is. I was actually in the middle of changing the switch, when I > realised that there is something metallic on the inside of the > steering column that juts down and touches the 50 connector of my non- > original ignition switch. I taped the connector and that has fixed the > problem as far as I can see. I'll get some fatter shrink tubing and do > it properly. In the long term I want to replace my non-authentic parts > with the proper ones and rewire parts of the car to conform to the > Type 34 wiring diagram (most of it already does). That's those 71 switches with their lugs sticking out the back. Sell them to someone who needs them and get the proper switch, which comes with no lugs, wires connected right out the back, and seem to be available. > Does anyone have a '69 fuse box in _really_ good condition? I think I have > the rest of the proper parts, but I'll have to check the diagram proerply > again. I'll check. Starting in 71 the fusebox includes 5 relay sockets, so you need an earlier one. I think 68-70 were all alike, and 67 may have been also. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org