You are looking in the wrong place. The right wires are inside a black
sleeve and are thicker wires of the exact right color.

Mark

Mark A Kippert wrote:
> I purchased a headlight relay kit several months ago and finally had
> the time to install it today. The directions seemed clear and the job
> didn't seem like it would be difficult. However when the directions
> indicated that I needed to locate the Yellow and White wires coming
> from the dimmer switch I can't find them.
>
> As directed, I pulled the cover off the steering column and located
> the connector for the dimmer/turn signal switch. There are 7 wires
> coming off the connector and none were Yellow or White. I looked
> through the Bentley and confirmed that there should in fact be a
> Yellow and White wire.
>
> I confirmed that the BK/G & BK/W wires are for the turn signals (per
> Bentley) but I can't figure out what the other 5 wires go to. One of
> the 5 is for the turn signals which leaves the other 4 for the
> headlights. Unfortunately I can't identify any of the 5 wires.
>
> Here is a picture of the connector with the colors called out (sorry
> it's a bit blurry, all I had was my iPhone).
> <http://kippert.com/vanagon/misc/dimmer_signal_wiring.jpg>
>
> So am I looking in the wrong place or do some Vanagons use different
> wiring colors?
>
> Mark K
> 1986 GL/2WD/4SPD
>