The fusible link is the most likely issue, common problem. On some MKIII's it's just a special piece of wire and later models used the fuse like assembly (they're interchangeable). It's bolted in on the underside of the panel in the fuse box, you can;t just pull it out.... Did you replace the right thing?
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