[Vwdiesel] Glow plug FUSING ? --(Rabbits 1980 to 1984 )

[Smith, Michael]

I wouldn't recommend it...but back 20 yrs ago when I still smoked, I used
the tin-foil stuff from cigarrette packages to
jumper the 15a and 20a fuses in more than one vehicle.
Just remember to investigate the CAUSE of the fuse blowing in the first
place ;-)

Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [SMTP:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On
> Behalf Of H .  Hagar.
> Sent:	Tuesday, December 28, 2004 10:11 AM
> To:	vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Subject:	[Vwdiesel] Glow plug FUSING ? --(Rabbits 1980 to 1984 )  
> 
>     
> 
> I'll probably catch heck for this but when I last lost a g.p. fuse I
> traced 
> it out on a piece of aluminum house siding and cut it out to get me by. It
> 
> seems similar in gauge and I kept the dimensions correct. It has been
> there 
> for a year or so.  I know I need to get some of the real ones though.
> Hey -3 here Christmas morning and my jetta parked in a unheated garage
> with 
> no block heater (yet) started up. Stalled once or twice but took right off
> 
> again.
> 
> Bart
> 
> 
> Bart Wineland and  ALL  :         I was a bit hasty saying NO SIDING   ---
> the fact is that Bart was on the right track.    What is the most
> practical
> limping on fuse anywhere ?------   yup    BEERCAN  (for me)    POP cans
> for you guys.
> 
> Trace it out like BART suggested ---sand it CLEAN on both sides   and bolt
> in place.
> I shall comme back and let you all know the exact amp rating.  And the
> correct gauge and with of POP can to use.    Cans here are 3 thou. Inch.
> can be cut with ordinary  schissors.  If one thickness burns   double up.
> 
> Great idea Bart  ---that one will go down in my LIMPING HOME  book.
> 
> Hagar.
> 
> PS :    Zinc   foil is good   and some wineland bottles have a cover made
> of TIN 
> Tin is great.   In  Denmark poor peoples fuse during the # 2 War ?
> aluminium foil.
> 
> Sometimes I use Shimstock   --brass.   Let us know if you have good Ideas
> 
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