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Re: Kick-down switch and special bolts for torque converter


>From: swaffordvw@juno.com (Christopher J Swafford)
>
>You might beable to help me with a problem. I own a 1971 SB in kill
>condition and the other night we were coming back from a vw show not to
>far away but all of the sudden i think that this one black wire the
>connector broke. 

What black wire?  Where?

And all of the sudden my (G) light would dimly glow,
>but when you turned lights on and stuff it wouldnt get brighter so i
>figure that it isnt a charging problem and then when i turn on a
>turnsignal the G light flashes like its the turn signal light. Ok catch
>this so far?
>Then when i got home i casually turn the car off and when i switched the
>ignition on then the G and the light to the right of it would flash
>together with the turnsignals but after you start the car up it would
>stop but the G light would be dim and go out intermintently and after a
>while it will just stay dim. 
>
>So its like something is activating the relay and the signal lights arent
>flashing or nothing. I dont know. Everything comes back to this wire
>suddenly appearing off and not knowing where it goes!!! 

This really just sounds like a bit of a dash grounding problem, but without 
being there with a voltmeter it is hard to tell.

>Also i was wondering if anyone knew how to take the relay panel and fuse
>box out without pulling out the whole A/c stuff. (I forgot to mension but
>no compressor is hooked up)

If you have no compressor them your best bet is to just remove all the rest 
of the AC stuff and simplify your life.

>71 Squareback Need Quarterpanel work otherwise perfect Cond.

Which quarterpanel do you need?

Jim
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