CURSES!!! I pulled and zip-tied a wire for the rear fog down the length
of the van JUST LAST NIGHT!!
And yes, there's that wire staring at me from the black box... jeez, I
even dropped the washer fluid tank to get access to where the wires
come from the dash, so I could do a neat job!

On Thursday, October 24, 2002, at 04:57  AM, Raimund Feussner wrote:

> In European Vanagons this is the wire for the rear foglight.
>
> The wire leads to the black box in the engine compartment. If you find
> the
> same one there, test for continuity and you have the wire ready for
> installation of the foglight.
>
> Raimund
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian and Carol Megas" <bmegas@ISLAND.NET>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 5:43 AM
> Subject: gray/white wire behind fuse box
>
>
>> I pulled my fuse box recently to install headlight relays which
>> arrived recently from Frank Condelli (and yes, they make a huge
>> improvement - thanks Frank). My Haynes manual doesn't show a
>> loose wire hanging down behind the fusebox in our 86 Westy. The
>> gray/white wire has a male connector on it and the connector is
>> covered with a big yellow plastic cover. The metal looks like it
>>  has never been connected to any terminal. I'm pretty sure I
>> didn't pull this off any connection, but I'm not 100% sure.
>> Could you members with a Bently manual and/or more wisdom enlighten me
>> on what is the function of this wire, where it would normally go, etc?
>> And wwhere would the other end of the wire be?
>> cheers, Brian
>>
>> Brian, Carol, Thea, Deverelle and Kelsey Megas
>>    Box 1051, Chemainus, BC,Canada, V0R 1K0
>>       bmegas@island.net    http://www.island.net/~bmegas/
>>           **to make your dreams come true, you have to stay awake**
>>
>