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Subject:Re: 1986 GL won't start
From:David Beierl
Date:Fri, 14 Apr 2000 20:38:43 -0400

At 19:47 4/14/2000, Marc Theune wrote:
> > Wierd clue: the "buzzer" that goes on when the key is in the ignition
> > and a door is open (actually, none of mine buzz, they all play
> > something that sounds like the start of "La Cucuracha") makes a noise
> > like the engine turning over when I try to start the Van (by turning
> > the key past "on").

Dunno what the '86 fuse panel looks like, but the earlier ones are a
nightmare of wires with fast-on lugs -- I've had one of them come off and
kill the beast.  I forget which one, but it also caused weird behavior with
the panel lights or headlights or 4-ways or something...

david
David Beierl - Providence, RI
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'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"