lister Jim King is on the road, and unsubbed from the list, he sent me a
P-mail asking if i could post this problem up to the list for him..  please
respond to all..

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Please excuse my straight forward request for assistance, but I am using my
cell phone as a modem on my laptop from the road.

1986 Vanagon Sycro Westfalia  VIN: VW2ZB0258GG082766

I swapped the low beam lamps a few months back and did not  have any
immediate problems,
but I guess running on the back roads with the high beams on for 3 hours did
the trick, and I cooked the headlight switch. When I got to my destination the
switch was melted in the ON position, and I was forced to unplug the wires to
the switch to shut off the parking lights so I could camp for the night. This
morning I re-plugged the switch, and I'm just getting the parking lights, no
head lights at all.
The front & rear heater blower fans, and the front wiper/washer is also dead,
everything else appears to work.
Oddly if I pull back on the turn signal headlight flasher just the high beams
flash on.
I had a good (pre-tested) spare headlight switch along, and I am getting the
same results with it installed.

All fuses are good (visual & meter tested)

Before I dig any deeper here at the campground I figured to just ask the
group if anyone else has had this happen or has any ideas or work around? I have
the Bently book  along for reference, basic tools & a soldering iron.

I unsubscribed to the list for this vacation and hopefully just reactivated
my subscription. If you can send any replies directly to
terrapincampers@optonline.net  it will make it much easier for me to retrieve msgs at the snail
speed this cell phone connection runs at.

FYI: I'm on the way to the GrassRoots Festival in Trumansburg,  NY via
Cooperstown so any parts sources, or even repair places along the way would be
appreciated.

Thanks,  Jim King

914-582-0272 Cell
    terrapincampers@optonline.net