Yep. No battery even installed right now -- all testing done with battery on ground and jumper cables hooked to appropriate places. When I do the fuel lines today I'll scoot forward and get an ohm-meter on the reverse switch and have someone wiggle the shifter. On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:56:33 -0600 "Bergman" <bergmanfamily@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > You do know that the back up lights get their juice from the hot side > of the coil. So with out having the motor in, you are going to have > to run a jumper off the battery. > > -----Original Message----- > From: tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Gerald Livingston > Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 10:48 PM > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [tcb] Re: Front turn signal housing? > > The sockets are a bit loose and one of the welded in nuts is missing > on the right base. I think I can clean and tweak to get them in better > working order. I just wanted to be able to replace them with repops > while I work on the originals. I have the same problem with the > back-up light housings. I can find lenses and seals all day but no > bases and the sockets are very twitchy. It may be fairly easy to cut > the sockets out of the back-up lights and put in replacements though. > > All the outside lights are working now except the back up lights. > Looks like I need a new reverse switch. Should be stabbing the motor > tomorrow. Have to replace the fulke hose while it's out. Sucks that no > local shops carry 7mm hose. I bought 1/4" but it "feels big". > > G2 > > On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:37:39 -0500 > theresabuckner@xxxxxxx wrote: > > > Hello Never know I might have a good turn signal base ??? > > Terry > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Sent: Tue, Jan 12, 2010 7:42 pm > > Subject: [tcb] Re: Front turn signal housing? > > > > > > > > > > Surely as many of those things that are sitting around in salvage > > yards there should be some good used ones out there. Will check > > with Oakhill Auto if you want to see if they may have some laying > > around. > > > > --- On Tue, 1/12/10, Gerald Livingston <gerald.tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > wrote: > > > > > > From: Gerald Livingston <gerald.tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: [tcb] Re: Front turn signal housing? > > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Date: Tuesday, January 12, 2010, 6:23 PM > > > > > > Lenses and seals only. > > > > On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:44:25 -0800 (PST) > > sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > Have you tried Wolfsburg West? > > > > > > --- On Tue, 1/12/10, Gerald Livingston <gerald.tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > From: Gerald Livingston <gerald.tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Subject: [tcb] Front turn signal housing? > > > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Date: Tuesday, January 12, 2010, 12:58 PM > > > > > > > > > So, no one makes a repop front turn signal housing for the 68 - 72 > > > or is it some generic Hella that fits other Euro vehicles and is > > > therefore not commonly listed at VW parts sources? > > > > > > Gerald > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >