Don't these cars have a master relay or something similar that can die? Back in the day some folks would carry a spare.
On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 10:51 AM, WILTON <wilt...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > Something loose in fuse box? All those inop systems on same fuse? Ya > SURE the fuse is good? > > Wilt > > ----- Original Message ----- From: <dsereta...@yahoo.com> > > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 12:32 PM > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] A bit OT: ARRRGH, stupid Jetta! > > > Did you disconnect the negative battery terminal when you welded on the >> car? Could you have fried some circuit somewhere? >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Sep 13, 2013, at 12:04 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> You may remember my buying a '98 Jetta last week. At first everything >>> was happiness and smiles. I got a new battery, fixed some rust, figured out >>> the sunroof and internal light problems but now a real challenge has arisen. >>> No headlights, daytime running lights, high beams, turn signals, >>> emergency flashers, wipers, or washers. >>> Strange no? Common wisdom seemed to indicate that this was the ignition >>> switch, the electrical part behind the lock. Easy enough to replace EXCEPT >>> the screw is hidden until you take the lock portion out. I won't go into >>> details but suffice to say this led me to a junkyard for a new steering >>> column and lock assembly... Anyway today dodging thunderstorms (we had some >>> real corkers yesterday) I managed to get everything installed with the new >>> ignition switch and nothing has changed... >>> >>> Car starts fine, has power, turbo spools up. >>> >>> I *think* my fatal error came when I was troubleshooting the blowing of >>> fuse #21 (sunroof et al) which led me to mess around the fuse box and now I >>> hope I haven't screwed myself. >>> >>> Why do I play with old cars? >>> >>> -Curt >>> ______________________________**_________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives >>> http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> >>> >> >> ______________________________**_________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives >> http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> >> > > > ______________________________**_________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives > http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
