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On 9 Jul 2003 at 22:06, Parker-Durost wrote: > Anyway w/in a 1/4 mile of home the car lurched once, then twice, no > power. Pushed in the clutch and restarted while holding speed, got > going for a second and then dead again. Rollled over to the side, and > noticed smoke coming from behind dash! Couldn't see what it was under > there, voltage regulator was HOT! How come your VR is under the dash? > The electric choke wire was fried down to the wire, so I electrical > taped it, flipped the bracket to the good side, bolted it back > together and was on my way in 20 minutes! Good side? Both sides are supposed to be bolted down. That will keep it from breaking in the first place. > What's the most likely thing smoking under the dash, all the big > red wires look fine, ignition switch works, etc. Where should I look? Since your +12V ignition wires shorted to ground, the most likely things are the ignition switch and the wires leading to/from it. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org