Damn, David!  I'm sure glad you're on our side!

Dave in KC
85 Westy
http://members.fortunecity.com/davebaker1

----- Original Message -----
From: David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 1:51 PM
Subject: Re: Vibration induced electrical failure

> At 01:56 PM 6/14/2001, Scott De Santi wrote:
> >Oh great and wise list....HELP!
>
> Beg some more...maybe grovel a little?
>
>
> >ruts.  At this time, the headlights extinguished, the overhead fan, and
> >the wipers all quit (YIKES!).
>
> Lights, fan, wipers -- classic combo (also the rear defroster) because
> those are the circuits served by the load reduction relay in position 8
(#2
> in row closest to fuses -- #3 is empty) of the fuse/relay panel.  Look
> there, grasshopper.  That relay is driven from the X terminal of the
> ignition switch which also feeds the X terminal of the light switch --
> double bk/y wire from light switch (2.5 to ign, 0.5 to panel).  The X
> terminal is ON with ignition but OFF when cranking.
>
> david
>
>
> David Beierl - Providence, RI
>   http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
> '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
> '85 GL "Poor Relation"