Our local Wal*Mart and FLAPS have the "Plastic" VW fuses which I'll use
in a pinch.  The ceramic ones are better, though.  My experience with
the plastic ones has been that if and when the fuse is running hot, the
plastic will melt before the metal strip on the fuse blows.

Mike
Houlton, Maine

Slloth wrote:
> I'm too tired to write the whole story on my search for these "funny
> looking" little plastic fuses but let's just say I had a helluva time
> tracking them down.  I still love my damn van!
>