Mike-

Actually, I have the big, thick Bentley Vanagon manual; I've looked at the
diagrams, but it's all Greek to me, bus... I'm an art director, for crying
out loud! ;) Guess I need to bone up and get intimate with the wiring
section. BTW, is it possible that a short in the dash could've blown the
starter solenoid, resulting in the "always on" condition?

JJ

>From: mike boland <westy@mvboland.com>
>To: ok artguy <okartguy@HOTMAIL.COM>
>Subject: Re: HELP! '81 cratered on the way to work this morning...
>Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 13:59:30 -0600
>
>JJ
>starter ALWAYS HAS POWER   the line runs directly from the battery to
>terminal on starter  you'll see about 4 or 5 wires on your starter terminal
>  one of these comes from alternator (power from when engines running)
>another runs to fuse box.. master power supply for all other systems on
>fuse boxes.
>
>get a Bentley manual  and look..
>
>http://www.vintagebus.com/wiring/   use a 1991-vanagon pretty much same as
>far as fuse box starter / battery
>
>Mike

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