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Subject:Re: Can't back up
From:Mike S
Date:Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:55:11 -0500

At 08:37 PM 11/14/2008, Rob Rubin wrote...
>Well I can but my reverse lights do not come on.Recently had the dash
>out
>for a front blower motor/heater core replacement and am confident
>something
>did not get reconnected. But there is so much crap under the dash I
>know not
>where to begin to look for "this end" of the backup light circuit. Can
>anyone tell me where she would be located? It is an 83.5 vanagon
>westfalia
>1.9

There should be a black w/blue stripe wire connecting to fuse 12. That
provides power to the b/u light circuit. Does your horn work? It gets
power from the same source.

(this is based off an '81 wiring diagram, I doubt the '83 is different
in this regard)

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