

| Subject: | Re: 85 Westy radio connection |
| From: | Jake de Villiers |
| Date: | Tue, 31 Oct 2006 12:41:48 -0800 |
If you want to find the buzzer wire, just open the door and feel for the buzzing relay. That's the one I remove right away. :-) That could be your power supply. On 10/31/06, joel walker <jwalker17@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > 85 West doesn't have accessory position on ignition. > > Does it hurt ignition etc. to play radio with key on > > and motor not started? > how can radio be connected to power when > > key is off. Move connection on fuse panel? > > someone i know got sneaky in his rabbit ... he found the power wire to > the ignition switch key-left-in buzzer (the one that goes off when/if > you leave the keys in the switch AND open the door) and used it to > power the radio. that way, he could just leave the key IN the switch > (but not turned to any position) and listen to the radio. take the key > out, and the radio goes off. :) neat, eh? > > now the not-so-neat part: i don't know which wire it is. so i'm > assuming you'd have to backtrack the color from the little door jamb > switch and find out which relay it goes to and piggy back power from > the relay. he just showed me how it worked, not how he wired it. :( > > hope it helps. good luck! > unca joel > -- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" www.crescentbeachguitar.com
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