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Subject:Re: Electric window inop (syncro westy)
From:Tyrone L. Greene
Date:Thu, 1 Jul 1999 09:56:08 +0000

Sure. Two years back when I was replacing the ignition switch about every two to
three months for about 3/4 of a year, and before the good Vet. listee (Robbert)
from N.C., told me about having too many keys or thing-a-ma-bobs hanging from my
key chain killing the switch. I culled down the weight from the key ring and
haven't had a problem since. But going back to your inquiry, one of the varied
symptoms I incountered was intermitent operation to eventual total loss of electric
windows (though this was on both sides and not just one side, if I recall
correctly). It was from all that experiance that lead me to write up the proceedure
for changing the ignition switch that can be found in the archives.

Tyrone
Big Pine Key, FL

87 GL Syncro
85 Westy
etc....

Ari Ollikainen wrote:

> >Scott and Listees,
> >
> >Beleve-it-or-not, look at the ignition switch as a possable source of the cause
> >of your ire. Been there - done it!    : )
> >
>
>         Would you mind expanding on this?
>
>       OLTECO                    Ari Ollikainen
>       P.O. BOX 3688             Networking Architecture and Technology
>       Stanford, CA              Ari@OLTECO.com
>       94309-3688                415.517.3519

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