My experience was that it's so crowded behind the fuse box that you can
knock lots of stuff loose when you push it back it.

Mike

On 10/5/02 4:15 PM, "Karl Ploessl" <ploessl@SUNMAC.SPECT.UPENN.EDU> wrote:

> last weekend I put in a new headlight switch.
>
> This weekend I tried to upgrade with the relays. This is a '81 Westfalia
> model.
> Got two 40 Amp relays and connected one to fuse #4 (lowbeam), the other one
> to fuse #6 (highbeam) . The hot wires were attached to fuse #7 and #9 which
> supposed to be permanent hot. Attached the ground. Reattached battery and
> cheched out headlights: headlights came on, highbeams came on. Disconnected
> battery again and squeezed all wires back and reattached fusebox.
> Reconnected battery and checked out lights:
> NO headlights, no highbeams (highbeam indicator  light is alweays on).
> Disconnected the relays and put everything back "as it was". Still no
> lights, but funky business (tried again with relays but still the same
> funkiness):
> with headlight switch off:
> turnsignal work, emergency flasher work, door buzzer is intermittent
> (sometimes on after putting ignition on, sometimes not). Fan not working.
> with headlight switch on:
> highbeam indicator light always on.
> No headlights. No highbeams. use of the  the highbeam switch turns on both
> turnsignals. No turnsignal, nor emergency flashing lights!
> The color of the wire I put the relay in were yellow/black for fuse #4 and
> white for fuse #6.
> Somehow I must have created a short??!! when I reattached the fusebox?
>
> How do I get out of this mess?
>
>
> Karl
> '81 Westy "Jenny"
> Wilmington, DE
> http://homepage.mac.com/karlploessl/album.html
>