The fact that there are no responses since your posted timestamp disheartens
me.  This sounds like a great mod and I'm in,BUUTTTT busy eatin shrimp. Will
try this and screw it up and then ask for help later, IF you don't mind. :-)
Michael in San Antonio
91GL Weekender AT 2.1L 'Gringo'
73 Beetle

On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> Instead of doing yard work this morning, I've successfully installed
> a headlight warning chime circuit. All I  used was a stock chime, a
> short length of 14 G wire (female spades both ends) and an additional
> relay socket.
>
> Oh, instructions I posted only apply to '86 and up vans, those with
> the earlier style relay panels are out of luck :) (its easy enough to
> figure out though)
>
>  pics on my blog, (http://shufti.wordpress.com) but this is what i
> wrote
>
> "Just for a lark, I thought I'd try and repurpose the seatbelt/key in
> ignition warning chime to make it work as "lights left on' chime.
>
> Funny thing is my van does not have a complete seat belt warning/key
> left in ignition circuit:
>
> -it does not have a switch on drivers side seat belt latch for seat
> belt warning light
>
> -warning light unit only has handbrake light and logo, seat belt
> space blank
>
> -warning light unit does not have wire into connector for seat belt
> switch (yellow/red)
>
> -door/seat belt warning relay missing
>
> -relay socket  on top of fuse panel), has some wires to it, but not
> all. Missing black wire from fuse S18. only one grey wire from door
> switch the missing grey is for seat belt switch. Missing grey/red
> wire that is also part of seat belt switch.
>
> So I thought I would use that incomplete socket to make a "lights
> left on chime" circuit. Turn out it is easier just to take another
> socket and slip it onto the relay panel, less fussing with pulling
> wires out of the relay socket, which is a bit of a pain.
>
> Anyway, this is what I did... I had a 99 chiming relay, the "do-do-
> do, do-do-do" annoying tune, a spare socket, and a short length of 14
> gauge wire with female spade connectors at each end.  I pulled the
> single grey wire from the incomplete seatbelt/key in ign socket
> (those of you with two wires there, you will have to cut the right
> wire, the one that leads to door switch, and put on a new female
> spade on) and this will connect to 86 on the chiming relay. See how
> the relay fits in the socket so you can get the spade connection into
> the right hole so it will connect with 86.
>
> This is the switched ground, grey wire will connect to ground when
> door open,  drivers door only.
>
> Now we need power to the 85 terminal of relay. But we only want power
> when lights are on, right?
>
> I choose terminal G9 on back of relay panel. Its on the right hand
> side as you look at the panel, a group of 10 spade terminals. G9 gets
> power when license plate lights get power, so it will supply power to
> chiming relay when light switch is on.
>
> So that's pretty well it, get the female spades of both the grey door
> switch wire and the new wire to G9 in the relay socket so that the
> grey wire goes to 86, and the newly installed wire goes to 85.
>
> When installed, the obnoxious chime will sing out whenever driver's
> door is opened and the lights are on."
>
> alistair
>