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Subject:Re: Another D15 connector failure example
From:Eric Caron
Date:Sat, 19 Feb 2022 14:32:59 -0500

Wow! 

        this would be a fun project.  Always sad to hear of a loss of a van, But, always good when the van is salvaged to keep others alive and healthy. 

Keep sharing your findings. 

Eric 

> On Feb 19, 2022, at 12:58 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote:
> 
> I recently bought half of a van with my neighbour. Salvage title. A restored 86 westy that had an engine fire. A lot of work went into that van, sad to see it ruined.
> 
> Anyway, I pulled the fuse panel the other week and found a good or is it bad? example of the notorious D15 connector burn. 
> 
> https://shufti.blog/2022/02/19/vanagon-another-d15-connector-failure/
> 
> It’s a bad one, it should have, by rights, stopped the van. I doubt the engine fire shorted the circuit causing this much damage. The corresponding white connector on the wiring loom was really badly burned. Appeared to me to be chronic heat via bad contact .
> 
> Alistair