Thanks.  The relay will be installed.  The burnt switch is the original
switch that came with the van.  It lasted 21 years. No bad.
cheers

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Frank Condelli
Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2012 4:43 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Urgent help: fried head light switch and connector

        James, I'll bet that the headlight relay upgrade has never been
installed in your van <www.frankcondelli.com/hdltrela.htm>  Therefore your
best course of action is to install this headlight relay upgrade and install
a new switch.  A used switch may be all right if you can find one that has
not been abused due the headlight really kit not being installed.  The
connector for the switch is going to be hard to locate.  Hopefully someone
on this list has one from a dash harness they are hoarding !

On 2012-10-05, at 10:05 PM, Automatic digest processor
<LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> wrote:

> Folks last night as I was coming home smoke started to come out of the
> = left side of the dash. This morning I looked and the back of the
> switch = was melted where the 2 large prongs are and the corresponding
> sockets on = the connector were melted also.  I have looked and there
> seems to be no = new replacement for the switch.  Does anyone know
> where I might find a = used switch and a connector? My Vanagon is a
> 1991 model.=20

Cheers,

Frank Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
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Trains (Collection for sale) Frank Condelli & Associates - Vanagon/Vanagon
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