Denis claims it was designed by Gunter.He was the major designer on the
early busses.
ole blue
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerald V. Livingston II" <gvl2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 2:04 PM
Subject: [tcb] Re: electrical issues
Which can be accomplished by going from battery to fuse panel -- then from fuse panel to switch, like every other car out there. That reduces the number of big wires connected to the light switch by 1 and stops passing ALL of the electricity required by fused stuff from passing through an extra connector at the switch. Ever worked on a Bug with a loose wire at the headlight switch that had a stock radio installed? Dangerous.
That's what confuses me about why VW did it that way.
G2
On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 06:13:56 -0700 (PDT) Mark Sawyer <mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The reason they have the main electrical wired thru the headlight switch first
is to allow you to have the lights on without having the ignition turned on.
Brian Denning <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
well i know this much i am 4.5 hours way from dallas and about 4 hours away
from denis' house. i don't know where athens is but i am guessing 4 or more
hours. Gerald is right though that is what the diagram shows it is weird i
know i am still thinkign the same thing but that was the factory wire with
the factory grommet attached to the factory switch. i am still scratching my
head on it but that is what the diagram even shows.
>From: "Chuck Blue"
>Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To:
>Subject: [tcb] Re: electrical issues
>Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:48:11 -0500
>
>Better do some more checking.The main wire from the battery should go to
>the Ing. switch and then on to the headlight switch.
>That's just my .02.Have fun.How far away are you from Athens?
>ole blue
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Denning"
>
>To:
>Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 11:53 AM
>Subject: [tcb] electrical issues
>
>>wierd...i know. so i pull the column again, pull the fuse panel again, >>and
>>pull the light switch. hmmm. i hook the battery up and nothing no >>lights.
>>i turn the lights on and nothing, no lights. but i hear a bit of a >>noise
>>commign from the dash every time i touch the column. AHH HA!!! the
>>positive wire that goes from the solenoid to the light switch was loose
>>the entire time and that is what was causing the damn thing to die when >>i
>>flash my lights to signal truckers over. well problem was fixed on >>friday
>>and today, maybe, i will button everything up and start working on >>heater
>>cables.
>>
>>it's absolutely amazing that a wire going to the light switch would >>cause
>>the damn thing to die and not run sometimes as well.
>>
>>thank god for the bently book that helped me out 100%
