Aha ... that DOES make a big difference.
My bet is that you washed away something that was sitting in the way of
hiding what has turned out to be an electrical scavenging problem, read
short somewhere. I'd suggest checking very closely, all your wrapped wires
especially any place that you did some "power" washing either to apply
water, or rinse.

I did that to a Pathfinder years ago. It locked the doors, engine running,
hood up, in the car wash. I had to walk to a parts store, then call a lock
smith to
break into my car. I had created an electrical connection with water in
the engine compartment that locked the doors.

What a cluster - - - -!

bob

On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 7:20 PM, mordo <helmut.blong@gmail.com> wrote:

> Okay, good, sensible suggestions but, I forgot to add that I've done over
> 400 highway miles since the rough, insensitive bath I gave La Vana. I'd
> have
> thought that heat would've dried her out well enough, no?
>
> mordo
>
>