RE: back to repairs

["Duff, Ian" <iduff@charter.com>]

Isn't there a Big Mama fusible link in there somewhere?

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Ian Duff, 1990 Coupe quattro 20v, Red/Black
quattro Owners Club member P877

Home: New Bedford, MA, USA
Work: Charter Systems, Inc., West Newton, MA, USA
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>From: 	Dan Simoes[SMTP:dans@ans.net]
>Sent: 	Wednesday, 23 October, 1996 09:59 AM
>To: 	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
>Subject: 	back to repairs
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>My latest mechanic works for the phone company during the day and
>has been repairing flood damage on double shifts, so won't
>be able to give me a hand with the timing belt until the weekend.
>I was wondering about (yet another) a booboo I did last week.
>When I was removing the starter, I forgot to pull the negative
>terminal off the battery (it had been off but I put it back on,
>didn't realize it was still on) and one of the wires, insulation
>cracked, touched the block and sparked.  Before I had all lights
>on when I turned the key to on, but now I only have the oil
>pressure light blinking.  I checked all the fuses, so my guess is
>that the load reduction relay kicked in and will reset once the car
>starts.  Is that a valid possibility, or did I fry the relay itself?
>-- 
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