Mark,

Your link on www.loam.org doesn't compute.  Please advise.

Charles
'85 Westy

At 01:59 AM 6/20/01 -0700, Boroko wrote:
>Well,
>I knew that if I posted that I'd experienced most of the problems mentioned
>on the list, that I'd jinx myself.....
>
>On the way home today, (luckily, about 1/2 mile from the house) I got behind
>a large truck and started smelling a funny smell.  OF COURSE, IT HAD TO BE
>THE  TRUCK!  Well, the truck pulled off and the smell persisted.   Within a
>few hundred yards, the '87 bucked a few times and died.  I hooked up my
>Digitool (www.loam.org/vw ) to see what was going on and saw everything but
>the fuel pump.  Interestingly, the pump comes on when you turn off the key.
>Upon inspection, I found that the wire from the power steering pump switch
>had given up its life all the way through the engine compartment harness,
>taking a few others with it.
>
>  I decided to repair my diesel's vacuum pump so that I had transport for
>work and will dig into it tomorrow.
>
>The interesting thing about this is that I have seen other vanagons with
>repaired harnesses.  Has anyone else had problems?
>
>I am comfortable with electronics and wiring so I don't expect it to be too
>traumatic, but I sure wish I didn't have to hack up the harness.  Just won't
>look as nice when I'm under the covers anymore.  I guess that's what
>marriage is all about..  :-)
>
>For the good of others, I will post the root cause of the problem when it is
>unearthed.   Maybe save someone the grief.
>
>Mark Rokus
>'87 GL Syncro Westy
>'87 GL Syncro
>'86 Syncro (hanger Queen)
>'81 Westy Aircooled
>'82 Rabbit Diesel