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My 69 has a light in the switch.It's green. And the relay under the rear seat clicks too. David V.N 1969 T3 FI rmcevoy1@NOSPAMtwcny.rr.com Remove NOSPAM to reply ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russ Wolfe" <russw@classicvw.org> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 9:06 PM Subject: RE: rear window defroster > On Wed, 2004-03-17 at 10:30, Kevin Guarnotta wrote: > > Well when I hit the switch I don't hear any click-so either a bad switch or > > bad relay...or maybe fuse? > > > > I thought it was supposed to light up because it has that little orange mark > > on top, I couldn't tell if was a lens or just an orange mark-I guess it is > > just a mark to let you know when it is on. > > > > Do these things time out...or are they on all the time when on? Does that > > make sense? > > > > We just got hit with a bunch of snow, so this puts off work on my vw's a bit > > longer...once we have some decent weather I'll be testing this out, and post > > what happens...maybe some day I will have a garage....that would be nice. > > > > Thanks for the suggestions... > > > There is no light in the switch. It is just a dobb of red paint. > The relay is under the back seat next to the FI relay, and should have a > fuse holder inline to the positive post on the battery. > After all these years, I would be surprised that the wire was even still > there. > > -- > Russ Wolfe > '66 FB MT > '71 FB AT > '65 Bug (not running) > russw@classicvw.org > http://www.classicvw.org > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > >