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On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 21:30, Jim Adney wrote: > On 20 Jan 2005 at 12:05, Petri O. Calderon Larjanko wrote: > Find the wire that runs from the relay to the steering column. Disconnect that > wire from the relay. Short that relay terminal to ground. If the relay still > does not click then it's a relay problem. You MAY be able to take the relay > apart and fix it. Sometimes there is an obvious problem inside. > > If the relay clicks when you short that terminal to ground then the problem is > in the switch on the TS stalk or the wire to that switch. Touch the column wire > back to its terminal. If the relay clicks when you do this, then that wire is > pinched somewhere, and permanently shorted to ground. > > Otherwise, either the wire is broken somewhere along its length, or the switch > is not making contact. The other side of the dimmer switch on the column is grounded to a clip that is part of the fuse box mounting. If the fuse box does not have that screw in it, or is not bolted down, you may not have a complete circuit. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~