"The correct wires are inside a black plastic sleeve in the area nearest the
dimmer switch."

Thanks Mark. That's what got me off my butt at this computer and now all is
wired as prescribed. I won't even try to explain why I thought I had done it
correctly the first time, or for that matter, why I thought they were
working. I can say, to the best of my recollection, I had not heard/read the
quoted sentence above prior to reading it here. The Volks Caf� online
instruction, identical to Frank's, says to locate the white and yellow wires
leading from the switch, which for most volks would be enough information,
but apparently not this volk.

Anyway, nice to have this done correctly now, despite my fumbling. Progress,
not perfection.

Bob

> Ok Bob, you did yours wrong also. That explains why you are burning up
> headlight switches now that you have added more lights. Frank needs to
> make the installation instructions clearer I guess. The correct wires
> are inside a black plastic sleeve in the area nearest the dimmer switch.
> That makes it less obvious which wires to use though I don't understand
> why 2 guys would think it ok to splice into wires that are clearly the
> wrong colors and way too small to be the headlight wires.
>
> I also own an 87 Syncro and the headlight wires are white for high beams
> and yellow for low beams, just like Frank says. I just removed the
> steering column cover to make sure. Bentley wiring diagrams show the
> same colors for all 1986 and newer Vanagons.
>
> Mark