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• Re: Aux driving lights question..best easy power source..?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:27:28 -0700
  ...And you get that voltage off the fat wire feeding the fuse box or light switch ......... or even your own dedicated fat wire from...
• Re: Power plans and questions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 10 Mar 2003 18:34:23 -0500
  ...Obviously a custom! > The cab lights and light in the > back of the Westy is actually feed from the front fuse box. Fuse #3...
• Re: Dang driver lowbeam and front driver turnsignal
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 2 Jan 2017 23:12:28 -0500
  ...There are > grounding clusters above the fuse box. It is common for the quick slide > connecters to both corrode and also break just from...
• Re: Arrgh.. Headlights out on 86
  Historical mailing list - Ryan
  Sun, 25 May 2008 23:02:41 -0400
  ...into a single spade terminal at the > grounding post above the fuse box (via a double-male to single female > connector or some such...
• Re: AC 3rd speed fan wiring
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:26:42 -0500
  ...On the AC wiring diagram and in vans wired for AC they call the one in the fuse box #53 the 2nd and refer...
• Re: headlamps
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 22 Aug 2020 16:36:15 -0400
  ...All 4 lights use a common quick slide connector on one of the star wheels above the fuse box. Easy fix is to just...
• Re: Battery almost disaster
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 24 Aug 2014 09:05:04 -0400
  ...It sounds to me, from the list info,this wire with the warn off insolation is the wire to the dash fuse box. I...
• Re: Radiator Fan Swap
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:27:25 -0800
  ...Lower > speeds use a big resistor to reduce the current flow and get their power > from the main fuse box. Look at Bentley page...
• Re: How to deal with short ALT cable
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 12 Jul 2010 08:49:06 -0700
  ...fuse box right by the alternator, like this one http:// shufti.wordpress.com/2010/04/06/aux-fuse-panel/ It might be more bother...
• Re: No brake lights
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Sat, 4 Dec 2010 11:01:56 -0500
  ...Basically folks splice in these two hitch wiring deals and they have a control box that seems to go bad over time. Maybe it...
• Misc. Vanagon parts FS
  Historical mailing list - karl
  Mon, 12 Jul 1999 23:45:56 -0400
  ...parts box, missing a few gears, good R&P), $50 AC condenser, $25 Digijet computer, $50 Radiator+fan, $50 grille, $20 fusebox, $10 Airflow...
• Instrument Panel Lights/ LED conversion.
  Historical mailing list - Phil S.
  Fri, 30 Aug 2002 08:41:50 -0700
  ...to power these, can i splice into the headlight switch?...or do i go to the fuse box, these LEDs use very little juice...
• Re: wet floor
  Historical mailing list - Paul Cooper
  Sat, 26 Apr 2003 19:53:56 +0100
  ...around the > fuse box). Anyone else have this problem? It is a windshield seal in need of > replacement? > > Love, Light & Laughter, > Jay > NEW '87...
• Re: Paint Code Help - 84 Wolfsburg
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Wed, 9 Jul 2003 19:43:02 -0500
  ...Box/under seat area, near the fuse panel and a number of other places with no luck. My van is a two-tone 1984...
• Re: red&white wires, green&black wires, refer madness!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 6 Apr 2001 21:58:16 -0400
  ...Reefer relay (mounts under driver's seat) 2.5 Red from battery to 87 and 1.5 Red from 87 to 8 amp fuse...
• Re: Second Battery Question
  Historical mailing list - Harmon Seaver
  Fri, 19 Jul 2002 08:49:54 -0500
  ...One word of advice. > When you buy the 3 outlet adapter from Auto Zone don't forget to pick up a > fuse holder with...
• Re: Throttle Idle RPM question
  Historical mailing list - Ramon Hill
  Thu, 1 Oct 2009 22:22:35 -0500
  ...Pull each fuse out of the fuse box, clean the contacts on the fuse and push it back into the fuse box. Pull it...
• aux bat. install
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 30 May 2007 09:00:48 -0700
  ...wheel wells and into the second battery box. Into the switch, and out to a fused terminal block, which I mounted inside the cabinet...
• Re: Drive side swivel seat
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Sat, 14 Feb 2015 06:19:54 -0500
  ...fuse box. Do I have to purchase seat brackets that the seat will slide on? I see bolts/nuts to remove the actual swivel...
• Free parts from 1985 Westy-you pay shipping
  Historical mailing list - C. Pius Weibel
  Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:30:14 -0500
  ...think I still have these but they are in an unmarked box. Window wiper motor 2 Brown tables with rotating leg Steering wheel, column...
• turn signal mystery solved!
  Historical mailing list - Linda J. Bartnik
  05 Mar 96 17:41:43 EST
  ...1 hazard flasher/turn signal relay -- $12.98 1 turn signal switch -- $78.95 1 hazard flasher switch -- $39.95 1 Box fuses -- $1...
• preventing theft
  Historical mailing list - Kedar Warriner
  Wed, 18 Jun 1997 15:22:44 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I wired up a simple circuit and connected it to the fuse box. Now I have a flashing red light (that the ignition kill...
• Grounding Vanagon electronics in general
  Historical mailing list - Dana Showers
  Thu, 16 Jan 2003 13:32:19 -0500
  ...He also de-corroded my fuse box. I believe this was the cause of my accessories (heater blowers) staying on after I shut the...
• Re: Low beams blink off when hitting hard bumps - 87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Tue, 27 Mar 2007 22:12:02 -0400
  ...Check the ground connection above the fuse box. Better yet, make another ground point for each light right at the mountings. Dennis -----Original Message...
• Re: Paint Color for '87 Westy: Pastel White or Alpine White?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 29 Sep 2007 18:51:00 -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...
• Re: Dang driver lowbeam and front driver turnsignal
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 1 Jan 2017 20:19:43 -0800
  ...There are grounding clusters above the fuse box. It is common for the quick slide connecters to both corrode and also break just from...
• Re: Electrical Fire in the Engine Bay
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:46:57 -0400
  ...electronics box on the left side of the engine bay that has the two relays in it. The insulation was melted and fused on...
• Re: PREPING FOR PAINT JOB ON 87 WESTY
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 6 Mar 2015 13:24:04 -0800
  ...boxes just behind the drivers side > door this is to accommodate a 12 volt plug to plug in the solar panel > the controls fuse...
• Auxiliary Battery Installation
  Historical mailing list - Michael Amato
  Mon, 3 Apr 2006 15:17:25 -0400
  ...Is there an auxiliary fuse box? If not, how to isolate and power those components that you want? 3. Wouldn't heavier gauge wire...
• Re: Ignition Switch "Su" Power
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 26 Jan 2013 19:56:01 -0800
  ...and jettas have those relays in their fuse box .. 'not as convenient' that's for sure .. so I tend to 're-do' stuff like...
• Re: Intermittent no start problem solved
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 18 May 2014 12:06:48 -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: Water Cooler System Design Flaw Workaround?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 25 Apr 2010 11:36:30 -0700
  ...The fuse box and wiring was under designed for heavy rad fan use. I have measured start-up current on the later 450 watt...
• The Hot EV has cooled down : )
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 8 Aug 1998 18:03:50 EDT
  ...My husband opened up that black box by the headlight and sure 'nuf the metal fuses were both cracked. The resistors still look pretty...
• Re: headlights are working again
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Mon, 7 Oct 2002 13:06:28 -0400
  ...At 10:02 AM -0700 10/7/02, Mike Miller wrote: � Try the grounding spots, stock is above the fuse box under the dash...
• Re: Help- looking for my paint code sticker.
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 8 May 2003 12:21:01 -0400
  ...It is located right under the fuse box. You would have to be blind to miss it. That's why I've never seen...
• Re: Second battery in Westy
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:45:53 -0700
  ...path between the two front boxes. The weak method tries to use a wire from the dash fuse panel to charge the aux battery...
• Re: Headlight Upgrade: New Circuit and Switch?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 15 Nov 2010 13:12:34 -0800
  ...simply" tap into 30 where it enters pre fuse at >> the fuse box? (adding inline fuses of course) What gauge wire for the >> next...
• Hissing relays-solved!
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Sat, 18 Jun 2011 11:47:30 -0400
  ...What happened was the battery shifted in the battery box and crushed the glass in-line fuse that goes to the headlight relay setup...
• Re: '80 Westfalia, Electrical problems; need answers, like, really.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 19 Apr 2004 09:02:44 -0500
  ...Wouldn't it be better to run to the fuse box and have a fused power line? > > 2. Is there a problem on air...
• Re: interior lighting, or leaving the key on
  Historical mailing list - Dieter Dworkin Muller
  Mon, 20 May 1996 07:24:25 -0600
  ...circuit on the fuse box that is hot all of the time and reconnect the : circuit there. One good place is the horn circuit...
• ring around the dizzy and other questions
  Historical mailing list - Chip & Co.
  Wed, 10 Jun 1998 13:04:40 -0500
  ...I hope to check out the grounds under the fuse box later today, of course if it isn't raining. Thanks.. -Chip
• Question: starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Ssittservl
  Tue, 28 Apr 1998 02:52:46 EDT
  ...light over glove box is falling out of position. It gets jiggled at some point, and the radio/accesories/etc. fuse blows. - Van is...
• Re: erratic heater blower
  Historical mailing list - James Creech
  Thu, 26 Oct 2000 22:09:11 -0400
  ...You can get at all the relays easily (one screw out of the fuse box to drop it down to access the relays which...
• Re: 758227.jpg
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Tue, 25 Oct 2005 09:23:20 -0500
  ...to the battery, then to the fuse box, ignition switch, headlight switch, back to the fuse box for each filament makes for a lot...
• Re: Bad ground. WAS; Hmm. Headlights don't ...
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 14 Nov 2010 23:03:37 -0800
  ...Now I'm looking in behind the fuse box on those >> crowns and they look quite nice but there is a very little corrosion...
• Re: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 22 Jun 2021 15:50:00 -0700
  ...On the Vanagon the high lever is > powered > > directly from the fuse box, battery connection. So operating the lever > > bypasses the ignition and headlight...
• Re: Electric confusion
  Historical mailing list - Richard Lumb
  Wed, 5 Feb 1997 18:31:10 +0200
  ...I subsequently rewired the 'house' electrics (fridge, strip lights, heater, fresh water pump etc) onto the aux battery via an additional fuse box put...
• Saw a Vanagon Transporter(?)
  Historical mailing list - Mixon, Marlin
  Sat, 3 Jun 95 15:13:29 -0800
  ...Extended roof / | | | | <--- Roof stay/post /--+---+ |-------| \# | <--- Small pickup-like box \__/~~~\_________/~~~\__/ \___/ \___/ It seemed like most of the fuselage was devoted to passenger/stuff space, but there...
• Re: Big Alternators
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 12 Apr 2002 22:06:57 -0400
  ...wiring from the alternator to the battery, and then to the fuse box. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon...
• Re: HELP!!!! does anyone on this list have a '89 Blue Wolfsburg Edition?????
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Wed, 3 Mar 2004 10:09:54 +0100
  The bluestar color is named...: "starblue-metallic" The german Vanagons have the M-sticker under the fuse box, too. But AFAIK on the painted...
• Re: HELP!! No Headlights - 87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Michael Vickey
  Sat, 29 Oct 2005 01:31:06 -0400
  ...Both lights are grounded on a single terminal, attached to a ground cluster above the fuse box, attached to the left. You will see...
• Re: FS excellent 1987 GL, blue, Florida
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Fri, 15 Jun 2001 00:02:26 -0400
  ...He also nicely installed a fuse block behind the glove box with separate power fuses to run cig. lighter plug in appliances. Very nicely...
• Re: Wire routing
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 21 May 1998 23:08:25 CDT
  ...the cross brace metal thingie behind the glove box and mounted the relays and fuses for the lights on the sheet. that got it...
• Re: [Syncro] Help! Igintion Won't shut off!
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Sat, 21 Oct 2000 11:50:50 -0700
  ...Though you also must have been playing around the black relay box and that also has both track 15 and 30 in it... Basicly...
• Re: Refridgerator Relay Wiring Confusion
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Thu, 6 Apr 2000 12:34:19 -0700
  ...Then >tie in the aux battery between the relay (#30) and the "refridgerator heater" >fuse. I would upgrage this short section to 4 or...
• That Pesky Dometic Refrigerator...
  Historical mailing list - Marty Wallace
  Sun, 30 Aug 1998 09:58:18 -0700
  ...Both of the fuses in the little box behind the driver's seat are fine, and there is 12VDC at that point (both tested...
• Electrical upgrades
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 31 Jan 2002 19:12:01 -0500
  ...My fix is to install#6 or #8 from the alternator to the feed on the fuse box. This makes a noticeable difference in...
• Re: Help with coolant light flashing randomly - no leaks
  Historical mailing list - benoit
  Sun, 16 Sep 2007 00:43:22 -0400
  ...DIFICULT STARTING.... >> men ho men, all that trouble for a coroded +. >> The main red + wire that goes to the fuse box on the battery...
• Electrical weirdness on '74 bus
  Historical mailing list - John Breitenbach
  Wed, 17 Apr 1996 09:19:26 -0400 (EDT)
  ...The fuse box has lots of rust on the contacts - I plan to clean that up next. One fuse is blown, although I have...
• Stereo Install - Replacing Speaker Wires
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Tue, 11 Mar 2003 13:09:14 -0800
  ...Looked fine. #2 - drop the fuse box, follow the wires. Looked fine. #3 - pull gently on speaker wires. Didn't look fine. I ended...