Mark A Kippert wrote:
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 > It sounds like VW made several color changes to those wires. My '86 had
 > two white wires.
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 > I looked at Bentley and while 86/87 are white (which mine were), '88
 > shows R/W & W/Y wires (page 97.125). 1990 shows the same as '88 (I
 > didn't look at other years) on page 97.207. This being said, I'm not
 > sure what brown wire Mike is referring to.
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With Vanagons being such as they are ... I was obviously wrong to
"Generalize" when it came to wiring colors.

I've seen the power steering pump switch wires on two '85 models and
they were both brown.  Other years, it seems, are different.

Mike