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On 24 Jul 2003 at 19:20, Daniel Baum wrote: > Jim wrote: > > > > I think you just need to move your ignition switch wire to the other end > > of the fuse. I could be wrong, ... > > Jim, I'm guilty as charged. My fuse box needs rearranging. I'm afraid that > when I started working on this a couple of years ago, I was a bit naive. Now > I have to tidy everything up. Okay, I like it when things start to make sense. ;-) > The hot side of the fuse is the one with the metal bridges connecting groups > of fuses together, right? This allows various wires to be connected together > without going via a fuse, and to others via a fuse. This is the way it is > shown in the manual. Exactly right. > My car is in for a couple of days downtime while I get it sorted out, but > should end up a lot better for it. I suspect you'll have it fixed much faster than that. It's really not that much work if all you're doing is just setting the fuse box wires straight. I'd just start at one end and work my way along one fuse at a time. BTW, the safe thing to do here is to remove the battery ground strap FIRST. This will prevent any current from flowing anywhere in case you touch something to ground accidentally, which you will. When you're done, turn the interior light off and quickly tap the ground strap against the battery (-) post a couple of times. You may hear the clock wind up, but there should be no other spark after the first time. This just tests to make sure you don't have a short somewhere that would damage something if you just connected the battery solidly. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org