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It is all coming back to me from the dark recesses of my wilted mind! Yes...Yes, it's almost there...Got it! That little box, if my mind doth do me well, is a part of the fuel injection(?) system. I remember talking to my mechanic and just pitching the thing because I had gone to carbs LOOONG ago. I repeat, this memory has been dredged up after 7 or 8 years of dormancy, so please, get a second opinion before slashing and burning your way through a project. Good luck! Kenik Hassel 71 fastback On Tue, 29 Jul 1997, Cooper N. Melton wrote: > Hey all- > I finally had the chance to figure out the source of that short I suffered > a while ago in my '72 Square. I removed a heating duct under the back > seat and... sure enough! there was a wire which had burned its insulation > off almost entirely. Now I need to know what this wire goes to and if > this device was the cause of the short. It is one of those little silver > boxes under the back seat, of which there are three. There is the big > papa box, which is all the way on the right (facing towards the rear), > which is the voltage regulator. To the left of that is the little > baby box, which is like a little 1" cube with "Bosch" stamped on the top. > It is neither of those. The one with the shorted wire coming out of it is > the medium-size mama box. It has a rounded top to it, and like the baby > box, is mounted to the forward part of the seat frame. My questions are: > -what is this, is it likely i need to replace it, where can i find them, > and what should i know about wiring, splicing and all that? I've never > done any car wiring before and am a bit intimidated. The Idiot book has > a diagram out of a '61 6 volt T1, which helps me about as much as would a > map to Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Rosie and I would greatly appreciate any and > all input. > > thanks! > > Cooper Melton > coop@virginia.edu > Rosie, the Indomitable '72 Squareback > > Cooper N. Melton, Esq. > University of Virginia > School of Architecture > coop@virginia.edu > http://palladio.arch.virginia.edu/~cnm4x > _________________________ > > >