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Re: Brake lights went out
Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
Sun, 6 May 2001 15:26:43 -0600
...Don't know what year your Vanagon is, but the typical wiring for the brake lites is from a fuse to the switch to...
Re: Headlight wiring problem
Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
Thu, 16 Aug 2001 07:49:56 -0700
Check fuses. Rotate them(i assume you have old type) to make better contact. If this turns out to be a problem clean fuses...
Re: Short in Electrical System
Historical mailing list - jbange
Mon, 16 Aug 2004 09:56:25 -0700
...pull a fuse, connect the leads of an ammeter in place of the fuse, see if there was any significant draw on that circuit...
fuse request
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Sat, 8 Aug 2015 19:49:37 -0400
Hi Folks, Assuming I may have blown the fuse for my sink water pump can someone tell me if that is one of the...
Re: Lovin' my new GPS!
Historical mailing list - William Monk
Fri, 19 Jun 2015 12:50:26 -0400
...Make sure it's fused. Doesn't draw very much. Use a low amp fuse. Bill
Re: 87 Central Locks
Historical mailing list - Lawrence Cortright
Tue, 1 Jul 2003 16:15:07 -0400
...Is it truly attached to the main fusebox area somewhere > or is it normally found elsewhere in the dash? I can take a photo...
Re: wiper problems
Historical mailing list - Jim Wheaton
Wed, 10 Jan 2001 14:40:44 -0800
...It caused the same symptom as a blown fuse without actually blowing a fuse. Jim '91 Westy MV (p.s. my local repair guy...
Quick and dirty headlight buzzer for 2.1l
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 9 Apr 2015 01:34:17 -0400
...Pull fuses S20 and S19. Insert the copper on the positive lead partway into the S20 socket and plug the fuse back in so...
Re: 86 Syncro dies again
Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
Tue, 25 Apr 2000 13:21:11 EDT
...The culprit was the fuse block...actually the multi plug behind the fuse block. The plug is yellow in color (block # C ) & I think...
Re: Mystery Fuse?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 22 May 2012 16:46:43 -0700
was this on the 86 or the 87 ? what it sounds like to me is the fuse for the breather hose heating element. It...
Re: Hot A/C Wire
Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
Sun, 22 Aug 2010 21:00:18 +0200
Am 22.08.2010 20:45, schrieb David Beierl: > > If the terminal is hotter than the fuse, or if it's hotter than the...
Re: door chime/seat belt light anomaly
Historical mailing list - george jannini
Fri, 14 May 2010 14:52:38 -0400
...My "you left the lights on dummy" alarm is a 12 volt piezoelectric buzzer connected between fuse # 11 (wipers) and fuse #20 (license plate...
Re: Fuse for Dash Lights.. Where?? '91 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
Sun, 30 Dec 2001 22:20:09 EST
In a message dated 12/30/01 3:12:32 PM Eastern Standard Time, mr_epicfoto@YAHOO.COM writes: << I looked at the fuse...
Oil press. buzzing
Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
Thu, 8 Sep 2011 17:55:07 -0700
...But someone asked me on the phone if there is a fuse that can stop that. They are on vacation and they don't...
Re: Ground Stars
Historical mailing list - JRodgers
Mon, 2 Jul 2012 18:43:06 -0500
...And with more > modern spade type fuses too of course. The ceramic thing with metal > strip type fuses are weak and archaic. > > > On 7...
Re: Headlight upgrade issue
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:02:34 -0700
Check fuse number 4. VW used four fuses for the headlights, 2 for highs 2 for lows. A blown fuse will only affect one...
Re: Hot A/C Wire
Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:02:37 +0200
Yes, 50A sound good in comparison to the fuse on the D-Pillar. But 60A is the official Ford-rating for 6sqmm wire. 50A...
Re: 12V Circuit Breaker
Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
Wed, 1 Jul 2015 12:02:28 -1000
...The plug has a > Buss 10 amp fuse in it. My limited electrical knowledge results in a lot > of blown fuses. Is there a...
Auxiliary Battery Installation II: Hawker Odyssey battery, Hella relay, Chargetek AC charger (v. long)
Historical mailing list - Chris Earl
Wed, 2 Jul 2003 22:14:38 -0400
...In this installation I connected the aux fuseblock to the loads on Fuse 3 on the main fuseblock via the yellow wire in the...
Re: Battery Woahs Part II
Historical mailing list - Jeremy Stovin
Fri, 3 Jul 2015 19:07:06 -0700
...I will have to check all the fuses. The previous owner jumped the fuse for the aux items such as radio, light, etc. instead...
Re: 90 Multivan auto locks problem
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:39:14 -0800
It's been a while since I had to get at the locking system fuse on a 90 Syncro Westy..... and it's 'way...
Re: wiring and fuses for 80/100w bulbs
Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
Sat, 28 Apr 2007 16:10:20 -0500
...It also adds a little redundancy - if one of the two wires shorts to ground, probably only one of the fuses will blow, leaving...
Re: So... what is the answer for these poor lights?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 5 Jun 2003 17:57:24 -0400
...VW fused the feeds individually but they all combine, I'm too lazy to look up which side of the headlight switch. But since...
power source for new "air" horn advice on power source
Historical mailing list - Edward Barger
Sat, 20 Jun 2020 16:39:44 -0700
Now perhaps more confused Mark says it’s by the fuse box behind the dash and that is the area I was gonna to...
Re: No High Beams
Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:11:01 -0700
...The fuse can > handle the brief turn-on surge. > > When I doubled the load by adding a pair of 21W trailer lights, the fuse...
Re: Fuse Size: Aux battery to fuse block
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 10 Aug 2017 14:03:35 +0000
...Aux battery to fuse block So for an Aux Batt SetUp, Is this the ACR to get or is there something Better &or More...
Re: Front Heater wiring *REVISITED*
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:06:10 -0500
...What fuse should the power source to the front blower come from? On the 1.9l it originally comes from the 16 amp fuse...
Re: Loss of heater blower motors and wipers
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sat, 31 Dec 2011 08:12:21 -0500
...Fuse number 10 is still good as are the two fuses under the >steering column. Where do I start looking for the problem? 84...
Re: halogen wisdom please
Historical mailing list
Sun, 19 Jan 1997 04:09:48 -0500 (EST)
...The fuse is there to protect against electrical shorts only. Often fuses are rated for 5 time the current draw of the protected circuit...
mystery connector coming off rear heater circuit on my '84
Historical mailing list - tolga
Sun, 9 Jan 2005 23:57:44 -0500
...It orginates on a 2 fuse panel to the right of my row of relays, ie not with the rest of the regular fuses...
'88 GL - Rear heater and ACJ
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Fri, 12 Dec 2014 17:43:16 -0600
...It somehow blew the fuse to the heater motor AND the AC. Now, it blows both fuses even when new ones are put in...
Re: Where is fan fuse?
Historical mailing list - TBill
Wed, 15 Oct 1997 23:58:15 -0700
...Figure > fuse might be the problem, so... Where IS it? > Someone answer quick before I unsubcribe for a couple of weeks, please. > > TBill > > ***Things...
82 vandiesel hard cold start 2
Historical mailing list - Rolf Pechukas
Thu, 19 Aug 1999 14:24:32 EDT
GMBulley was right glow plug fuse WHY do they use that cheesy little piece of resistance metal is that better than an ATC? it...
Re: Wanted - Brown Fuse Cover
Historical mailing list
Mon, 27 Dec 2004 18:25:45 EST
In a message dated 12/26/04 8:54:08 AM Eastern Standard Time, rdgabert@PEOPLEPC.COM writes: > I need a brown fuse cover...
Re: Melted ground wire
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Wed, 30 Sep 2020 10:28:47 -0700
...The fuses 20,21(low beam) are OK, the >> casing >> of the fuses 9,10(high beam) were melted but the fuses are not...
Re: PS pump switch, engine compartment wiring harness, ECU, starter
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Wed, 10 Feb 2016 14:34:19 -0800
...http://www.powerwerx.com/fuses-circuit-protection/crimpable-inline-atc-ato-blade-fuse-holder.html#desc . On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 3:52...
update on a/c fuse blowing
Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
Tue, 15 May 2007 13:15:41 -0400
We are still trying to track down the problem blowing the 50 amp fuse with the 90 Westy a/c. We have fed power...
Re: 87 Central Locks
Historical mailing list - Lawrence Cortright
Tue, 1 Jul 2003 20:18:03 -0400
...Is it truly attached to the main fusebox area somewhere > > or is it normally found elsewhere in the dash? I can take a photo...
Re: Signal flasher problem
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sun, 15 Jul 2001 20:11:42 -0500
...pulled each fuse one by one and found that > fuse > number 6 made it stop. > > Of course, now I do not have turn signals...
Re: Fuse Size: Aux battery to fuse block
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Wed, 9 Aug 2017 23:32:38 -0600
...Aux battery to fuse block >> >> Thanks again Dennis. >> >> Though the solar panel was intended solely for charging the 2nd larger group >> 27 house battery...
Headlite wiring & adding Euro style grille & small driving lites to my 84 Westy
Historical mailing list - bueses
Mon, 5 Dec 2005 12:09:15 -0700
...The current flow from the alternator through undersized wiring to the > battery, then to the fuse box, ignition switch, headlight switch, back to the...
Loss of heater blower motors and wipers
Historical mailing list - David White
Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:26:34 -0800
...Fuse number 10 is still good as are the two fuses under the steering column. Where do I start looking for the problem? 84...
Re: Unused Fuse #14
Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:01:43 -0700
Mike S wrote: > At 11:15 AM 6/23/2010, Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" wrote... >> Fuses #1 through #13 are shown in Bentley's...
84 Electrical-Fusible Link?
Historical mailing list
Sat, 20 Jul 96 13:18 CDT
...above the fuse box. So I removed the fuse box assembly, even pulled the instruments off the top. (need to fix the odometer anyway...
Diesel engine help needed (little or NVC)
Historical mailing list - Ben T
Mon, 17 Sep 2001 22:19:07 EDT
...One relay WAAAAAAAAAAAY up did have a fuse on the end of it, a 25A fuse, and I assumed this to be #16. It...
Re: Rad fan testing
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 9 Aug 2015 19:47:09 -0400
...On the early vans the common failures beside the radiator switch are the fuse, fuse box, relay for high speed and wiring. On the...
not a fuse--wipers/heaters still not working
Historical mailing list - kurt stoppkotte
Fri, 15 Feb 2002 15:11:00 -0500
thanks to everyone for their help, but i triple checked and it is definately not a fuse...any ideas? someone had mentioned the ignition...
Re: South African Grille headlight conversion on an 84 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
Wed, 22 Sep 2004 12:28:00 -0700
--- Jim Thompson <jim@KARMANNGHIA.COM> wrote: > Wonder why they didn't put the "modern" Fuse box in the Syncro? FWIW: My CDN 1991 Syncro...
Re: Low Beams out, Where to Look?
Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
Thu, 25 Nov 2004 22:23:48 -0700
Loren, Just happened to have the fuse list on the PC. There are separate fuses for left and right, both hi and lo beams...
Re: Weird headlight problem
Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
Fri, 8 Sep 2000 06:13:15 -0500
Amnon, Check the gounds up under the fuse and relay panel whic is mounted on the wall to the upper left and above the...
Re: Another naive battery question
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 24 Aug 2011 21:22:45 -0700
...it's one of those two fuses ... if your van has kitchen fuses there behind the driver's seat. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Mcneely...
Re: No High Beams
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:16:16 -0700
...The fuse can > handle the brief turn-on surge. > > When I doubled the load by adding a pair of 21W trailer lights, the fuse...
Coil terminal "+ and -" leads switched by mistake!
Historical mailing list - Michael S. Nichols
Wed, 19 Jun 2002 21:50:49 -0400
...No fuses blown in the fuse block. I replaced points and condenser in sick van.... Questions: Is there some form of fusible link wire...
fuse box replacement
Historical mailing list - Donald Long
Mon, 16 Jun 2003 20:51:19 +0000
...Westminster Vt</DIV> <DIV>They diagnosed it as needing a new fuse box.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I'll pick it up tomorrow...
Re: High beam short?
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Mon, 9 Jul 2007 12:41:28 -0500
...I switch back to low beams and the low > beams are still working---get home and both 10 amp high beam fuses > are blown...
Re: Battery Drain
Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
Wed, 28 Feb 2007 19:27:38 +0000
...I have a new 1000 W Zantrex inverter and every time I replace a blown fuse for it (30Amp I know it should be...
Re: Help! Electrical issue I need to solve in <3 hours!
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:39:53 -0500
...On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 7:59 AM, B Feddish<bfeddish@netreach.net> wrote: >>> No fuses blew, I pulled every fuse and still...
Re: New Westie (to me) in Indiana
Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
Mon, 17 Jan 2000 15:14:30 -0500
...Check this fuse and then check the camper fuses on the LHS door column. > Other than that it appears to be in excellent shape...
Re: Fog light wiring
Historical mailing list - Bolliver
Sun, 29 Oct 2000 10:55:10 -0600
...The fog light switch gets its power from the "G" single connectors on the back of the fuse panel. The relay gets its main...
Re: Strange electrical problem: Headlights don't work (among other things)
Historical mailing list - jon
Tue, 24 Oct 2006 16:04:47 -0700
...I noticed some fuses missing. I replaced the > fuses, and several things started working. I checked all the other fuses > as well. > > So, the...