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• Re: PS pump switch, engine compartment wiring harness, ECU, starter
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 11 Feb 2016 18:03:25 -0800
  ...fuse in the engine wiring box, in the red wire that goes from the B+ post inside the box to the relay box. That...
• Intermittent no start problem solved
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 18 May 2014 11:40:09 -0700
  ...The heater system has two fuses and a big relay in that box which made the box even more of a rats nest than...
• Re: Radiator Aux Cooling Fan 84 vs. 90
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 22 Aug 2015 16:30:51 -0400
  ...When same switch calls for high speed there is a relay above the fuse box. This relay brings power directly from the battery (own...
• FYI NB TDI FS on Jweltys
  Historical mailing list - Team Degenerate
  Tue, 3 Nov 1998 01:08:24 -0500
  ...SUSPENSION,ALL BOLTED TOGETHER (JUST DROP IN?) NO COMPUTER BRAIN OR FUSE BOX. 2.0 OUT OF NEW BUG... SAME STUFF AS ABOVE BUT...
• Re: headlights are working again
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 7 Oct 2002 10:02:01 -0700
  Try the grounding spots, stock is above the fuse box under the dash on star grounds. Clean and tighten all of them or just...
• Re: More on the radiator fan (85 vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - robert shawn feller
  Sun, 23 Jul 2006 21:17:27 -0400
  ...fan relay in the main fuse box? The bentley either doesn't > show it, or I'm not looking very well. > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Music Unlimited...
• Paint Color for '87 Westy: Pastel White or Alpine White?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Hart
  Sat, 29 Sep 2007 17:00:39 -0700
  ...label on the van (looked in all the usual places, near fuse box, door jambs etc.) and am hence not sure if I have...
• '87 Westy water pump/fridge relay ?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 24 Jun 1995 06:09:36 -0400 (EDT)
  ...in the storage box and it got hit and shorted out frying all the wires to the main fuse box under the dash and...
• Re: 86 Westy Electrical Questions/Problems
  Historical mailing list - K & K
  Wed, 4 Sep 1996 20:24:55 -0400
  ...Note that the 30 and 87 are on the relay >NOT on the fuse box. Just line up the relay and put the jumper...
• Re: Looking for battery box lid for Westy
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 13 Jan 2016 20:56:41 -0500
  ...to short out against that positive cable when someone installs the fuse box feed bolt upside down. Yes the 10mm hex head is supposed...
• Re: Strange place for an identification plate on 91 Vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:19:33 -0500
  ...One is on the metal below the fuse box in front of the driver's seat near the footwell. The second is on the...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Tue, 20 Jun 2000 09:09:30 -0400
  ...Hope that helps Karl. >[...] >Now, to open yet another Pandora's box (hey, it IS Friday after all!), does >anyone have any diagrams, pictures...
• Parts Needed
  Historical mailing list - cz1137
  Sat, 13 Apr 2002 22:12:33 -0600
  ...Grey Rear hatch Insert in Grey Late model Grey Captains Chairs Fuse box cover in black 4 alloy wheel hubcaps Alloy Wheel Lug Nuts...
• sink ques
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Mon, 3 May 2004 22:19:17 -0400
  ...it is not wired yet because i am trying to get a hold of a fuse box which i think i have a line...
• FS: power windows - possible retrofit??
  Historical mailing list - Christian Pelletier
  Sun, 9 Jan 2005 18:24:50 -0800
  ...not all) of the electric wires to go to the relays/fuse box. It came from a 1990 Carat. I do not have the...
• Re: color code for 87 blue van
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 Jan 2007 09:33:30 EST
  ...LH5U sticker is under the dash, left side, above fuse box. only the early '80-'83 vans had the paint code under the drivers...
• Plug n Play headlight harness with relays - almost done
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 30 Jan 2000 10:45:22 -0800
  Volks, I have been working on a plug and play wiring harness for the Vanagon that allows the use of fused relays to control...
• Re: headlights (all) - poof! - continued...
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 4 Apr 2011 20:16:20 -0700
  ...On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Grungy <grungy@grungy.com> wrote: > Found three more relays tucked up above the fuse box...
• Re: paint code location...searches of Gerry returning errors....
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 7 Jan 2005 03:00:54 EST
  ...dash, under horizontal beam fuse box is screwed to. 80-83/84 under drivers seat, in left batt box. 84 they did it both...
• Ever put in one of them wiper delays?
  Historical mailing list - Timothy D.F. Maddox
  Sun, 25 Jun 95 18:56:50 EDT
  ...the delay box get hot and, If I wait, the fuse goes. I've gone through a mess of those fuses today--and they...
• Re: silver socket / aux. 12 volt outlets
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Myers
  Wed, 8 Feb 2006 10:32:59 -0500
  ...http://tinyurl.com/ce4x9 I ran it off a 5 amp fuse form a small rear fuse box I installed under the rear seat...
• Idiot light...alternator one
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 3 Aug 2002 23:52:26 EDT
  ...Anybody been through this before? Got any ideas where I should look for the short? (I pull the instrument cluster and fuse box and...
• Wiring/testing of VDO oil pressure gauge (dual sender)
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Mon, 24 Jun 2002 23:24:22 -0700
  ...Power for the gauge is supplied from behind fuse 10 on the back of the fuse box, which is hot only when the ignition...
• Re: Need help on color!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:48:40 -0700
  ...just over the pedals, under that big beam close to the fuse box. Driver side. It's an 85 Wekender Wolfsburg. Thanks, Ben -- No...
• Need help with blinking coolant overtemperature light
  Historical mailing list - George Averill
  Mon, 25 May 1998 19:05:04 -0400
  ...I removed the fuse panel and unpluged every little box one by one. The light still continued to blink. I never could find anything...
• Radio causes buzzer to go off
  Historical mailing list - Frederick M. Wasserstein
  Wed, 27 Jul 2011 08:27:58 -0500
  ...a campground) on the drivers door post and the - to the fuse box mounting screws for the ground. I get power just fine but...
• Re: Best Wire Selector -- Voltage Drop Charts Mayhem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 22 Jan 2022 15:14:20 +0000
  ...So for example you run a fused at 40 A #8 to a distribution fuse box and can have multiple branch circuits at 20...
• Re: Lighter fuse is blowing
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Mon, 1 Nov 2021 19:44:58 -0700
  ...Recently I had to replace the fuse, which was a 25 amp. A few >> days later it blew again and this time I heard...
• Re: re What tools do you carry in your Bus on a daily basis?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 26 Oct 2000 22:20:44 -0700
  ...For trips out of town I have a NATO ammo box that is designed to hold something like 1000 rounds of 7.62mm ammo...
• Re: fan blowing fuse
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 9 May 2000 13:39:21 -0400
  ...First you take the dashboard out, then you take the heater box out, then you split the heater box in half (the resistor is...
• Re: Wire Leaked it's smoke
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 20 Jun 2001 10:36:55 -0400
  At 07:52 AM 6/20/2001, Boroko wrote: >Is there a circuit that you have seen that could be fused that would save...
• Re: Intermittent door chime - something's brewing?
  Historical mailing list - Joel VanderKwaak
  Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:49:56 -0800
  ...beeping .........drop down the fuse box, find that mutha, > and jerk it out of there ! > Save in glove box for the next owner. > At...
• Fridge wiring
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Wed, 1 Oct 2014 09:21:22 -0500
  ...My question is can I cross wire the fuses in the little box behind the drivers seat to supply juice to both those inputs...
• Re: 1991 Vanagon Electrical Problem
  Historical mailing list - Michael Vickey
  Thu, 19 Dec 2002 14:37:13 -0500
  ...There are 2 large clusters of ground wire connectors under the dash, above the fuse box. Pull the connectors off one at a time...
• Re: Leaky front end
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 21 Dec 2006 18:53:03 -0600
  ...The water runs down from the > front frame cross-member and drips from the area below the fuse box, NOT > from the fuse box...
• Re: Weird headlight problem
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Thu, 7 Sep 2000 19:09:18 -0700
  ...Then, I started juggling the fuses > and relays on the fuse box and somehow the light turned back on. I actually > think I had...
• Re: Temp gauge problems too
  Historical mailing list - Rus
  Wed, 28 Sep 2005 18:13:23 -0700
  ...no power there.....all fuses ok and so i guess ill see if power is coming from the fuse box and start there for...
• Re: battery questions
  Historical mailing list - Paul & Becky Oliver
  Wed, 31 Mar 2004 22:21:00 -0600
  ...The long and short of it (previous posts), I found a jumper wire had melted and many of the connections in the fuse box...
• Cruise Control on '90 Westy Not working
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Feldstein
  Tue, 04 Mar 1997 09:56:00 -0800
  ...After taking care of a couple of problems ( clock and glove box light disconnected, after market stereo not hooked up nicely), I notice that...
• Re: door buzzer
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 3 Jun 1999 02:55:59 EDT
  ...just a black square relay above the fuse box. just pull it right out. i promptly removed the "Mexican hat Dance" door buzzer from...
• Re: HELP!!!! does anyone on this list have a '89 Blue Wolfsburg Edition?????
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 3 Mar 2004 04:21:24 EST
  ...starblue-metallic" > > The german Vanagons have the M-sticker under the fuse box, too. But AFAIK on > the painted metal plaquette under the driver...
• Re: '86 Westy cranking trouble
  Historical mailing list - Dan Hall
  Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:39:10 -0500
  ...I >>> would >>> check the connectors on the back of the fuse box. You can jump where >>> the >>> power goes in and then comes out...
• Re: Replacing antenna?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Thu, 30 Mar 2006 21:01:19 -0800
  ...I'll remember the fuse box trick for next time though, as I hate to stress the delicate cluster if I don't have...
• Re: Shade tree wiring of a cold start valve on a 2.1?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 5 Jan 2009 13:08:47 -0800
  ...I'm sure a 25 amp fuse is plenty. Or start with a 16. I would get the power from the fuse box area...
• Re: headlights (all) - poof! - continued...
  Historical mailing list - Grungy
  Fri, 8 Apr 2011 13:37:20 -0500
  ...headlights (all) - poof! - continued... > >Found three more relays tucked up above the fuse box. > >All three are Bosch 0 332 209 150, which appears...
• Re: alternator upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Jose R. Moscoso
  Tue, 26 Jan 1999 10:17:44 -0400
  ...net> writes: > >I thought this had to go up to the fuse box? It is my >understanding > that the existing wire cannot handle the...
• Re: Radiator thermo switch
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:29:40 -0400
  ...Low speed is on the fuse box. High speed is above the fuse box under the dash. It gets a fusible link and a...
• Re: Fog light set up and switch used.
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 1 Dec 2008 12:07:37 -0500
  ...the switch power and inner illumination light power came from the fuse box. My lights were on top of bumper. On 12/1/08...
• Re: Trouble starting in rain/coolant leak
  Historical mailing list - Chip & Co.
  Thu, 11 Jun 1998 21:30:56 -0500
  ...I am thinking it is the box of relays that Bjorn suggested, but we'll see tomarrow. Thanks to all...... -Chip Joel Walker wrote...
• Re: '80 '84 westy beige color? what is the color code??
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 14 Nov 2002 19:50:05 -0500
  ...chris No -- but I could look at the beam below the fuse box -- L567. The Deutsch call it "elfenbein" or ivory. cheers d -- David...
• Re: temp gauge not working right...
  Historical mailing list - levi hawkins
  Mon, 13 Aug 2018 00:48:29 +0000
  ...wire going to blue/green; inside wiring box on the firewall; broken wire, bad contact on fuse/relay panel pin K5 (pinout on Bentley...
• Re: need lots of help!
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Fri, 12 Apr 2002 15:39:22 -0700
  ...I'll see if I can answer a couple of your questions below: > actually i have all the fuses in the case except by...
• Re: Cooling fan not coming on
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 22 Apr 2016 15:56:18 -0400
  ...The next common failure is the power/control fuse and the fuse box-wiring itself. As simple test unplug the connector to the fan...
• Re: Elec. Questions. YES it's about Aux Batt. NO, please don't shoot me.... ;^)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 11 Apr 2007 10:26:35 -0700
  ...If I'm > not misreading, Bentley shows a 16 amp fuse there. > > Is "can" instead of relay ok? > > What amperage fuse should be inline...
• moving sale
  Historical mailing list - Shaggy
  Sat, 18 May 2002 11:12:48 -0700
  ...blower motor, good used transmission, wiper motor and arms, mirrors, ECM, fuse box, air flow meter. make offer. 3) anyone need any parts from...
• re head repair/ ? rear defoger
  Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
  Thu, 12 Feb 2004 22:41:21 EST
  ...the mirrors. Fuses ok. Wiper and mirrors work just no heating. Any suggestions ? Jim Morgan 86 Gl 210,000.0 "bread box" Westlake,Ohio...
• Re: Something strange on dash.....
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Mon, 11 Sep 2006 17:54:09 -0700
  ...It lives above Gas heater temp regulating > switch. (timer w/green knob) > > The red lead from it goes to #7 on fuse box. Can...
• Re: common electrical problems in vanagons
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:09:06 -0500
  ...Ground Cluster - under dash, left/driver side, above fuse box. push-on connectors become corroded/dirty and fail to make consistent electrical contact. 2...
• Re: A/C info on 85 front mount Update
  Historical mailing list - A J
  Sun, 4 Jul 2010 00:35:56 -0400
  ...I did spend some time looking over the fuse box today and there seems to be an extension added to the original fuse panel...
• Re: Immobilise the van?
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Fri, 1 Jun 2007 22:39:09 -0700
  ...It's a black wire, on the bottom connector to the fuse box, and having a female spade connector, went happily into the relay...