> My guess is that some PO got tired of watching it stay on all the time

Whatever the reason, I suspect the RESULT was what led to the fairly
recent rebuild of the engine...

> *c.f. the old electronics tech's handy-dandy fuse tester -- Plug into wall
> -- insert fuse into socket; pilot light should light -- press big red
> button; light should go out (and if you used a big enough fuse, all the
> other lights, too...).

Like my old boss' trick for finding which breaker a circuit is on...
just touch the hot wire to ground! bzzzzt-POP!

--
John Bange
'90 Vanagon - "Lastwagen"
'90 Vanagon GL - "Wiesel"