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Subject:Re: Westfalia courtesy light question.
From:Matthew C. Huntley
Date:Fri, 3 Dec 2004 13:59:10 -0800

Hi,
I wonder if VW left knockouts in place where the lights would normally be?
Is there a spot for the switch?(hope)?

> My 87 Westfalia does not have courtesy lights in the back that light up
> the
> cabin when the sliding door alone is opened at night. I would like to
> install one above the sliding door in place of one of the vent openings.
> How
> would I go about getting a 12v power line up there? Upon removal of the
> vent
> openings I only found the wiring for the rear speakers. Will I have to go
> through the trouble of snaking a line through the pillars from the front?
> Once I have power line there then I will also install a contact switch on
> the sliding door pillar.
>
> Jean-Woo
>

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