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I had the same thing happen in my fastback, at least superficially. There is a littele silver box with "Bosch" stamped on it inder your back seat on the opposite side from your battery. Mine shorted and the mentioned symptoms occurred. Check it out, because it's a cheap do it yourself fix. Good luck. Kenik Hassel 71 fastback On Thu, 17 Jul 1997, Cooper N. Melton wrote: > Hey guys- > I'm back from a long hiatus! > > Upon returning for the store, my '72 Squareback, about 100 feet from my > house, began emitting smoke in the interior. Smelled like burning > plastic. ZFortunatekly it stopped when I turned off the engine, and > there was no fire. Can I assume a wire short? What can I do to track it > down? Help! (snif) > > Brooding, > Cooper > > > Cooper N. Melton, Esq. > 1522 Virginia Ave. #1 > University of Virginia > School of Architecture > coop@virginia.edu > http://palladio.arch.virginia.edu/~cnm4x > _________________________ > > "I could never sleep my way to the top, > `cause my alarm clock always wakes me right up." > -They Might Be Giants > > > "On the counter by your keys > was a book of numbers and your remedies. > One of these surely will screen out the sorrow, > but where are you tomorrow?" > -Steely Dan > > > "The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire." > -C.W. Westfall > >