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Hi all, My home-made electrical system has had one persistent but intermittent problem for a very long time; sometimes a fuse blows immediately when I turn the key to start the car. The fuse is the one that in the Haynes diagram is fourth from the right. The "30" wire from the ignition switch goes there, and the smaller "30" wire to the lights switch. The problem is not with turning on the igntion, but with turning the starter; I can turn the key one notch and everything works OK, at the second notch it blows. Today I decided to tackle the problem, as it seemed to be getting worse. I followed the wires, improved some of the insulation, soldered a couple of conections that until now were only crimped, and all I have succeeded in doing is making the problem consistent rather than intermittent. In other words the car now won't start because every time I turn the key it blows a fuse. I doesn't seem that this should be terribly hard to trace now that it always happens. Could a dud ignition switch do this? Or would this happen if the big "50" wire to the starter were grounding against the steering column? (This is only a suspicion, it is the next thing I'm going to check) One thing is certain; it's nothing to do with the starter, because it happens when the car is not in neutral and the starter inhibitor is disconnected. Any ideas? Daniel Any ideas? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org