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Thanks Jim and Russ, I will follow these steps as well. An hour more and I am off work, so I will be able to tackle this tonight. Regards, Petri 71 Notch On 20/1/05 2:42 PM, "Russ Wolfe" <russw@classicvw.org> wrote: > On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 21:30, Jim Adney wrote: >> On 20 Jan 2005 at 12:05, Petri O. Calderon Larjanko wrote: > >> Find the wire that runs from the relay to the steering column. Disconnect >> that >> wire from the relay. Short that relay terminal to ground. If the relay still >> does not click then it's a relay problem. You MAY be able to take the relay >> apart and fix it. Sometimes there is an obvious problem inside. >> >> If the relay clicks when you short that terminal to ground then the problem >> is >> in the switch on the TS stalk or the wire to that switch. Touch the column >> wire >> back to its terminal. If the relay clicks when you do this, then that wire is >> pinched somewhere, and permanently shorted to ground. >> >> Otherwise, either the wire is broken somewhere along its length, or the >> switch >> is not making contact. > > The other side of the dimmer switch on the column is grounded to a clip > that is part of the fuse box mounting. If the fuse box does not have > that screw in it, or is not bolted down, you may not have a complete > circuit. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~