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On 17 Oct 2004 at 21:07, K5Dar@aol.com wrote: > I had a nervous time coming home today. A) The engine would cut out at > 20-30mph. B) The brake lights and rear parking lights put on a show for anyone > behind me when I hit the brakes. C) The new starter switch does not energize > the starter. Per the wiring diagram, I think A) & B) above have something to > do with the wires going to & coming out of fuze #11. As far as C) - I haven't > got a clue. I hate intermittent elect. problems. The birth date of the car > is Aug. 25, 1971. Okay, this is a very early '72, almost the same as mine was. Give us more details on B). If C) how did you get it started? What have you done lately that might explain this? I gather that you replaced the ignition switch; was this the non-type 3 ignition switch? Are you sure it was a good one? Did you test it as you installed it? What makes you think any of this has something to do with fuse 11? -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~