At 05:03 PM 7/27/2002, Vanagon man wrote:
>I pulled it up on ramps to check some other stuff, and I go back in to
>start it, and nothing. NOTHING.  no LIGHTS, NO POWER AT ALL IN THE
>FUSEBOX..........NOTHING.    i THEN CHECK THE BATTERY, AND IT HAS 12.5v,
>and the connections are tight.

Use meter, test-light, whatever -- find out if the open is on the hot side
or the ground side.  Battery grounds to battery box -- see if you have 12v
from battery neg post to chassis. If yes,

Then make sure you have +12 from battery pos post to chassis.  Then from
pos terminal clamp to chassis.  Then on the 6 mm^2 red wire that goes from
battery to terminal P on fuse/relay panel (see 97.119).

Sorry I haven't got any more time than that now...once you locate a place
that has voltage and one that doesn't, the problem is between those points.

gd luck
david

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