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Mines been rewired by someone at the fusebox so I'm not exactly sure how it should work.
Try tracing the wires from the switch back to the fusebox and see where they end up. I think you'll probably find three wires going to the fusebox from the switch something like this:
Grey/Blue - Illumination for the switches
Brown/Red - Power to the switch
Brown - Ground for the illumination
The switch should be in the centre consol like yours is. I think all UK models came with an electric hood around 1990.
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Failing that, maybe crazyquiff?
As you say ebay is normally the place but they do go for stupid money. I have seen one in my local paper in the past!
There is a difference in the boots off a car with a manual hood and a powered one. The one off a powered hood car has extra tabs on the sides that popper on to the plastic just inside the rear side windows. There is actually a wire inside the boot connecting the poppers on either side. It makes an electrical circuit so the hood cant be raised when the boot is on.
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Looking at Etka it looks like the powered hood was produced from August 89.
If you still have stickers in your boot you may have the inspection sticker that has the date the car was inspected before leaving the Osnabruck factory. Maybe it missed out on getting an updated handbook :dontknow:
Handbooks should still available from VW for under ?3 if you want a later one.
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yea
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Thats the sticker I mean. Mine's next to the main sticker with chassis no. etc.
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