>
> I am thinking of pulling the wires to the dimmer and connecting them
> together to bypass the switch and see if that stops the fuses from
> blowing.  Is that going to cause other problems?  Will I lose my headlights
> if I do that?  Does anyone know a better way to test if the problem is the
> dimmer switch?
>

It won't do any harm, but your problem is almost certainly not in the
dimmer rheostat.  Somewhere in the dash one of those gray/blue wires is
shorting to ground.  Fortunately for the harness, VAG added an afterthought
fuse in '85.

Yrs,
d