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Subject:'85 Westy Wiring question about the S9 fuse
From:Mike South
Date:Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:27:37 -0600

Hi,

I have been putting in an auxiliary battery kit and unfortunately I cut the
wrong wire.

I was supposed to cut the red-and-white wire on the S9, (top of the fuse),
but I cut the plain red wire instead.

By the time I realized what I had done, I had already gathered the wires to
put into the connector, so I could no longer rely on proximity to tell me
which wire was originally connected to which "stump".

There are four cut wires.  I can already eliminate two, one which is fatter
and goes to the cigarette lighter, and one which is darker than the other
two and goes to the interior light at the top of the driver's door (verified
these with a continuity tester).

I am trying to read the diagram on p 97.64 of the Bentley.  From what I
assume is the top end of the S9 fuse, I see one wire coming off, the
red-and-white one.  Would the .5 red wire coming into the junction below
that represent the wire that I cut?  That wire goes to the radio if I
understand the diagram correctly.

So, having eliminated those two mentioned above, there are two wires that
are both the same thickness and color.  One goes off toward the passenger
side, running horizontally behind the steering column and into a black tube
with one other wire (I think the other wire is brown)  There is no radio in
the car, so I can see that black tube through the "radio hole".  I think it
turns toward the front of the vehicle, but it was hard to see.

The other candidate for reconnection goes up into a thick bundle of wires
directly over the fuse panel.  There are so many together there it is hard
to follow.  It's right next to the cigarette lighter wire in this bundle.

Does anyone know which of these should be connected to the top of the S9
fuse?

Thanks in advance.

mike

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