Dunno about the rest, but I have modern plug-in fuses in my '85 Westie
(except for the auxiliary fuse box for the camper stuff, those two fuses
are still porcelain).

At 12:52 PM 9/22/2004 -0500, Al and Sue Brase wrote:
>George, others:
>I'm pretty sure that along with the 4 headlights in 86 came the
>completely new fuse box with the modern plug in fuses instead of the
>porcelin ones. Not sure what else, but I'd not be surprised if there
>were more headlight fuses.
>That's as much as I know, but perhaps someone that knows more will speak up?
>Al Brase
>69 doublecab
>
>George Goff wrote:
>
>>is stupid.  Connect them as any other 4 headlight setup is connected and as
>>VW did with the '86+ vans: outers - high/low beam; inners - high beam.
>>
>>If the gauge of the headlight wiring is the same in the '84 as in the '86 and
>>newer vans, just daisy chain the hook-up for the new inner high beams.
>>Changing the wiring to a monster size is a foolish waste of time and
>>effort because
>>the difference in voltage drop is calculable only if you use enough decimal
>>places.  A lighting relay will spare you the trouble of eventually
>>replacing an
>>overtaxed lighting switch, but contrary to a popular hallucination, it will
>>not produce a palpable difference in the light output.
>>