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Subject:Re: Westfalia courtesy light question.
From:jimt
Date:Fri, 3 Dec 2004 15:21:20 -0700

Even though there is no wiring in my 82 westy there is a rubber plug where
the switch would have been.
jimt

On 12/3/04 2:59 PM, "Matthew C. Huntley" <matthew.huntley@STRATHBOGIE.NET>
wrote:

> 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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