I'll 2nd that.  Big point (for Jim) is - get a nose (or someone else's) in
there and find it!!!  This is a classic bad electrical contact symptom.  A
fire could be next.  //Jack

Date sent:              Mon, 30 Aug 2004 00:18:34 -0400
Send reply to:          Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
From:                   Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
Subject:                Re: Smell of burning plastic
To:                     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM

> May not be the radiator. Or even radiator related.
>
> Check your fuse block (especially the connectors on the back side). If
> you added fog lights or something similar to the system, you may be
> using oxidized connectors that are now overheating.
>
> You alternatively may have incipient need of a headlight switch (one of
> its failure modes is to melt).
> Put your nose to it and sniff. It will be pretty obvious if that is the
> case.
>
>
>
> On Aug 29, 2004, at 10:47 PM, Jim Heissenbuttel wrote:
>
> > Anyone else ever have a burning plastic smell in the cabin when the
> > radiator fan is on? It doesn't seem to be an issue when the radiator
> > fan is not running, so I checked the connections there and I cannot see any
> > problems. Anyone ever experience this?
> >
> > jh
> >
> > 83.5 WBX Westy