At 10:25 AM 6/16/96 -0500, you wrote:
>Thanks everyone for the information on the blinker relay, i opened the bulb
>housing and cleaned connections and everything is back to normal.  That is,
>like it was before, the remaining problem is my rear parking light is always
>off but if i walk back there and give the thing a smack, it will turn on.
>It is a bad connection, i tried using steel wool, baking soda, and silicon
>spray (advice from someone) but it is still agonizing my life.  Any tricks
>to fixing this??  Thanks again.
>
>brad
>
>
If there were no loose wires I would add a ground. 
Me, if it is a vw & it has an electrical problem I add a ground.
Aloha.
Rob