I have a MK4 and my heater packed up. The fault was a very poor[cheap] way of earthing the armature. A piece of wire is "jammed" between the plates. I drilled a hole in the body and soldered on a solder tag and screwed it together. Worked great.
Jim Walker
April 2010
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