At 01:31 PM 5/9/2002, Stones wrote:
>Mine's exactly the same...
>I traced it through on the wiring diagram once to make sure it was
>intentional and not some wacky wires touching each other in a dirty
>way.  The wiring diagram agreed with it...  And My buddy's vanagon does the
>same, and in fact, my girlfriend's cabriolet does the same thing...  So you

That's fascinating!  Which diagram?  97.57 ('83-'84), 97.64 ('85),  97.192
(1986), 97.196 ('87-'89) and 97.198 ('88-on with amplified spkrs) all show
the radio connected directly to an always-live fuse -- S9 in the early fuse
panel, S3 in later ones.  In fact S9 is also the fuse that supplies the
flashers on the early ones.

david

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David Beierl - Providence, RI
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