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Electrical Fault PLEASE HELP
VolksFolks - July 4th, 2004 at 01:36 PM

hey here the deal

my notch has no:-

1 fuel guage
2 indicators (dash indicators stay illuminated no flash)
3 hazards (red button stays illuminated no flash)
4 radio (light comes on, no sound)

YES i has checked and changed all the fuses 5 times

everything else works just fine

ran outa fuel other day and ppl are getting rearly pissed with me for not indicating, any sugestions please you good ppl


Andy


VolksFolks - July 4th, 2004 at 02:19 PM

no worries guys, solved the problem, the live from the battery was touching the frame of the rear seat, very weird eh, when i removed the rear seat was all oky, so a rubber matt does the trick,

Andy


KruizinKombi - July 5th, 2004 at 12:00 PM

Well, that was an easy one! :)


68AutoBug - July 6th, 2004 at 03:30 PM

You were lucky,
Many VWs Burn when someone kneels on the rear seat to get something... usually in a Beetle or type 3 Variant... OR
A Large person sits on top of the battery,,, the seat springs touch the terminals of the battery, and You have a seat on fire..... followed by the rest of the Car...
I used to use an old truck mud flap on top of the Battery...
or You can buy the Genuine VW type battery that has covers over the posts...

Lee --