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• Re: no fuse for fuel pump? Adding fuses.
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 12 Mar 2023 20:13:12 -0400
  ...I do like the idea of having fused circuits though. I hope to add some protections in the 84. Dennis added fuses and updated...
• Blinkers work, no emergency flashers
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Sat, 27 Apr 2013 07:47:26 -0500
  ...Looking at the fuses and wires and stuff, I see a few anomalies. One fuse has some corrosion at both contacts. I tried sandpapering...
• Fuse panel question
  Historical mailing list - JonR
  Tue, 31 Oct 2000 22:22:56 -0500
  ...inside the driver's door, on the back jamb is a small two fuse panel (both red fuses) This runs down into the cabinet...
• enabling flasher lights
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 23 Oct 1994 19:14:49 -0500 (CDT)
  ...4) Remove fuse box. Disconnect the short yellow wire from fuses 3 and 4. (the wire's other end goes to terminal 56b of...
• Re: Repost. Troubleshooting a Circuit
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 23 Feb 2013 12:07:45 -0800
  ...can the fuse itself develop a hair line crack and fail. Neil. On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 6:48 AM, MICHAEL H <vwdash80...
• Re: Fan third stage fuse and relay location
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 20 Jun 2005 16:49:49 -0700
  ...possibly the ground wire for the relay rather than the big fuse or relay itself. The ground plugs into one of the common ground...
• replacement fuse cover for 85 needed
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 30 Jun 2013 11:36:07 -0400
  Hi Listers, Anyone know where I can find the missing fuse cover for my 85 Westfalia? This is the one under the dash. Only...
• German for "fuse"?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 13 May 2012 11:29:18 -0700
  Okay, I've been looking at the wiring diagrams in Bentley long enough to realized that I just have to ask why the fuses...
• Re: Interior light switch
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Sat, 3 Mar 2001 16:32:41 EST
  No fire; blown fuse maybe. You may have to drop the fuse panel out of the way to reach the wires or try fishing...
• Re: update on a/c fuse blowing
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Wed, 16 May 2007 00:18:54 -0500
  ...Tue, 15 May 2007 13:15:41 -0400 > > We are still trying to track down the problem blowing the 50 amp fuse > with the...
• fuse for fuel injection components
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Thu, 4 Feb 1999 09:41:29 -0600
  ...I installed an inline 10 amp fuse between the external connector and the first relay by cutting the wire and soldering in the fuse...
• Re: Electrical questions. Radiator fan circuit from 85 Vanagon into 81 air cooled Westy.
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:07:44 -0800
  ...Mark neil N wrote: > Hi Mark. > > Thanks. > >> Use the relay for sure and make certain to fuse things properly. > > For sure I will. I...
• Re: Starter solenoid current
  Historical mailing list - William Greenamyer
  Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:31:37 -0500
  ...The contacts to this relay are in the solenoid signal leg which goes directly to the battery but through a fuse. It seems that...
• Re: Lighter fuse is blowing
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 1 Nov 2021 12:49:43 -0400
  That fuse should be 15 amp. Yrs, d On Mon, Nov 1, 2021 at 12:35 PM Stephen Edwards <chibicyclist@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi...
• Re: Wiring/fuse question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 18 Jul 2013 15:34:05 -0500
  ...volt at-at-times wire > 16 or whatever feet unfused, then fuse it at the downstream end. > > the entire wire would hot at all...
• Wiring diagram for AC 84/85
  Historical mailing list - A. Hurley
  Fri, 5 Aug 2005 11:21:39 -0400
  ...the steering column for a relay, and above the fuse panel for another fuse. Evidently this old model doesn't have the low pressure...
• Re: Another D15 connector failure example- The fix!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 20 Feb 2022 08:48:57 -0800
  And add to this, vw did move the d15 to d23 in other cars sharing the same fuse box. But didn’t know the...
• Re: Grills, grills, grills
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 24 Aug 2021 19:02:24 -0700
  ...I know we both have >>>> lagged >>>> that pipe, but still. >>>> >>>> There is enough room back there for fuse panel? Yeah I know the USB...
• Re: headlight switch
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Theobald
  Thu, 29 Mar 2018 09:34:54 -0700
  Hi David, Blown fuses indicate a path to ground that bypasses the expected load. The equation is voltage = current * resistance. Given a constant voltage...
• Re: Tracing wires?
  Historical mailing list - joseph Trussell
  Mon, 10 Jan 2000 10:00:31 PST
  ...Apparently that was the problem; I put in a new fuse and have brake lights and interior lights. Good thing I recently quit smoking...
• Re: Deep cycle battery problem...95 eurovan
  Historical mailing list - Modl6971
  Wed, 27 May 1998 02:56:11 EDT
  ...One fuse is under fuse box, this is a non VW fuse and the other is by the aux battery on the right, also...
• Re: Horn don't toot
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 14 Jan 2002 17:26:54 -0500
  ...Per 97.214, track 130, wiring is Fuse S16 to pin C13 on fuse panel plugs, 1.0 Bk/Y to horn, 1.0...
• Re: Any Guesses
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 14 Jun 2021 21:56:55 -0700
  Alt to that positive stud in box not fused. Could it be that ? > On Jun 14, 2021, at 8:45 PM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast...
• Re: water leaking from fuse box area
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Tue, 19 Mar 2002 08:26:33 -0800
  >noticed today water leaking from fuse box area in the rain no rust around >windshield seal looks good and vent window ok any ideas...
• Radio inline fuse keeps blowing
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Sun, 9 Mar 2003 18:46:10 -0800
  I thought I had the radio/cassette problem solved by replacing the inline fuse. It lasts about a day or so and blows again...
• wiring a vanagon for towing
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Paquette
  Tue, 26 Dec 2006 10:25:22 -0800
  ...lights from the tow vehicle? I'm wondering if there's a way to pull fuses and/or tap in at the fusebox. Raymond
• Re: Fuse #3 on auxilliary battery
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 3 Jun 2014 18:43:52 -0700
  ...battery + post TO the backside of a fuse at the panel so it would power dome lights, cig. lighter, in dash stereo. Neil. On...
• Re: '87 Driver headlight out...or not?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:11:12 -0500
  ...There are also separate fuses for each. Yes, there are four fuses for the headlights. Most likely you just need a bulb. Dennis -----Original...
• Wanted: Part for '91 Vanagon Carat Wolfsburg
  Historical mailing list - Terrence Clark
  Mon, 1 Sep 2003 16:35:43 -0400
  ...Specifically, I need the bundle from the switch to the fuse box including the red, female multi-connector that attaches to the fuse box...
• Re: [BP] Meep Meep!!
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:53:17 -0400
  ...Once I replaced the fuse, the horn worked fine, at least > for a while. And then it blew the fuse again. And again, and...
• more '89 saga (A/C)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 31 Jul 1995 16:22:24 -0500
  ...New switches, new compressor, new in-line 3A fuse for the compressor clutch. First day: fuse blows. I looked throughout the Bentley manual and...
• Re: Aux light install..sort of (long attempt)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:09:14 -0700
  ...When the fuse blows, the high > > beam no longer works. Replace the fuse and all works right again, until you > > flip the aux light...
• Headlight relays, was: 758227.jpg
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 25 Oct 2005 13:13:06 -0700
  ...From there the 2 wires go to the fuse panel where each splits into 2 more with an individual fuse for each of the...
• Re: '85 vanagon fuse #14 - again
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:42:46 -0500
  ...IIRC there was > no fuse in 13, but one in 14. I was wanting to use that fuse for something, > but realized I couldn...
• Re: problems...fridge on 12 v
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 6 Jun 2008 09:56:11 -0700
  ...P 97.32B Bentley shows a 16 amp fuse (S4) prior to fridge and another 10 amp fuse, (S6) which looks to be on...
• Re: 2nd battery relays & the Hella in particular
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 13 Dec 2001 14:59:02 -0500
  ...Jetson wrote: >I installed exactly like the instructions & when you >turn on the ignition, the fuse pops immediately. Before the engine is running and...
• keeps blowin' fuses
  Historical mailing list - Dave Cromwell
  Sat, 21 Jun 2003 10:22:29 -0700
  ...This works well, except as soon as I shut the fan off the 16amp fuse pops ! I guess I could put the hot wire...
• Dual battery relay blowing fuses
  Historical mailing list - River Clan
  Thu, 23 Mar 2006 20:08:15 -0800
  I've got a GoWesty dual battery kit in my 87, and it keeps blowing the 30amp fuse on the relay. But not consistently...
• Re: What does x mean on fuse/relay panel wiring diagrams?
  Historical mailing list - Karl M.
  Sun, 24 Sep 2000 19:42:41 -0400
  ...Message ----- > Does anyone know what the 15, 30, x, 31 in the fuse/relay panel wiring > diagrams that appear in Bentley? > > TIA > > Tim Marciniak
• Re: The faucet
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 20:57:43 -0800
  ...Now there is not power there and I can't find any fault. > The fuses are OK unless there is another fuse for this...
• '86 Westy Fuse Number to Attach wire for Dual Battery?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Occhipinti, DVM
  Wed, 20 Oct 2004 21:09:08 -0700
  Dear Vanagon Folks, I am wondering if any of you might know the best for which numbered fuse to remove, and which to bridge...
• Re: Circuit For Light Over The Drivers Door
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:43:30 -0800
  ...wizards out there, what circuit/fuse is > the light over the drivers door on? Apparently not on the Fuse 3 aux > circuit but where? >
• Re: No High Beams
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:03:53 -0400
  ...Both fuses 9 and 10 were > blown. > I guess those little 10 amp fuses don't like the bigger lamps I have > in both...
• Re: No High Beams
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:47:34 -0700
  ...Both fuses 9 and 10 were blown. I guess those little 10 amp fuses don't like the bigger lamps I have in both...
• Re: PS pump switch, engine compartment wiring harness, ECU, starter
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Wed, 10 Feb 2016 16:18:46 -0800
  ...It isn't the alternator wire(s) to the stud that gets the fuse. It is the wire from the stud into the engine...
• Re: D15 connector revealed
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Mon, 7 Nov 2011 16:51:00 -0800
  Do vanagons have spade type fuses?? I have a baywindow, so am wondering if this would be useful in my continuing draw problem I...
• Re: Ideas about wiper problem.
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Fri, 26 Oct 2001 16:56:53 EDT
  ...I hate to ask this, but did you check the fuses? Fuse number S17 specifically. If the fuse is good, you should have voltage...
• Re: I fried something (front heater blower)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 3 Dec 2001 21:00:14 -0500
  ...Solution is to use the high position as control lead for a relay fed by a new fused circuit. > Luckily, the $20 dollar fan...
• Re: 12 V. Position Fridge problem (120 V. solved)
  Historical mailing list - Melvin Mudgett-Price
  Thu, 28 Sep 2000 15:46:30 -0400
  ...problem and sure enough, the fuse had blown. I can't believe it, a problem that has an easy solution in an accessible place...
• more aux diesel heater info
  Historical mailing list - - Jeff & Kim Prudhoe
  Thu, 21 Sep 2000 17:11:10 EDT
  ...Does that mean I can rule out the overheat fuse, b/c as there was no fan operation? Should I concentrate on the main...
• Re: Another D15 connector failure example- The fix!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 20 Feb 2022 08:50:39 -0800
  ...As the circuit for the ignition is not fused the only value on the power going in and out of the fuse box was...
• Re: D15 connector revealed
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 3 Nov 2011 22:55:37 -0400
  ...So, how does this >burn the wire junction? Same way a fuse blows. A fuse is a deliberate high-resistance spot in a circuit...
• Re: guage wiring question.
  Historical mailing list - Randy Charrette
  Tue, 6 Nov 2001 19:10:06 -0500
  <html><div style='background-color:'><DIV> <P>When I installed my oil pressure gauge I just took a test lite to the fuse box...
• Re: Auxillary battery alternative
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Thu, 15 Jul 1999 11:53:19 -0700
  ...Anytime i went camping and used much aux battery power, the fuse would blow when i started the vehicle. I now have a 40...
• Re: Where to start when signal lights don't work?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 27 Oct 2022 19:35:04 -0400
  ...I met my wife at the door with my fuses and off we went to the van. She pulled fuse 11 and it fell...
• Re: Wiring 2nd Battery Into Non-Westy (sorry)
  Historical mailing list - Tracy Bonin
  Wed, 26 Mar 2003 12:52:07 -0800
  ...The hella kit does come with it's own fuse, if you choose to fuse everything up, then I guess that's up to...
• Fresh air fan and A/C stuff
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 23 Jun 1995 11:26:36 -0500
  ...The vanagons tend to fuse electrical components closer to the ground side of the circuit than I'm used to. For instance, on my...
• Dead Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Vlach Family
  Mon, 30 Nov 1998 13:55:36 -0500
  ...I checked all fuses in the fuse box for continuity . . .all's fine. I reseated all of the relays in the fuse box. Current...
• Re: 5 amp fuse?
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Fri, 26 Feb 2021 19:27:52 -0800
  ...And the 5 amp fuse for the crankcase heating element. OK - I think that solves that. Thank-you very much. Bruce On Fri, Feb...
• Re: Finding a slow battery drain
  Historical mailing list - Paul Borghese
  Mon, 14 Feb 2000 19:01:45 -0500
  ...I'll bet it's the fuse which controls your dash clock, radio and interior cab >lights. >(I think its the 4th fuse from...