Do Vanagons "really" have a common ground to the rear speakers?
At the wiring in my 1988 Van, and in Bently the rear speaker grounds are
separate. Different wires and different color stripes.
Was this a change that was made during production?

regards,

Todd
'88 Westy

Kent Tunks wrote:

>   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: common speaker wire to rear Vanagon speakers
> Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 09:25:58 -0700
> From: Kent Tunks <ktunks@earthlink.net>
> To: jlsnyder1@juno.com
>
> Quite a few car radios(most in fact) will not tolerate a "common" wire
> for both speakers.
> Usually,the final power amp transisters will burn out in the radio.
>
> The solution is to run an another wire to the rear speakers,so each
> speaker has two
> wires.Also,I would make sure that none of the speaker wires are
> connected to the
> Vanagon's chassis.In other words,make sure that none of the speaker
> wires is grounded.
>
> I have been through this myself.Why VW choose to wire Vanagons this way
> is anybody'
> guess.
>
> good luck,
>
> Kent Tunks