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Subject:Re: Headlight Upgrade Eilemma
From:mark drillock
Date:Sat, 10 Sep 2011 20:21:48 -0700

No, 84 is like every other year with respect to the switches and the
current path for the headlights. Someone misread the diagrams, probably
due to the poor way the hi/low switch is illustrated in the Bentley for
84 and others.

Mark

John Rodgers wrote:
> A word of caution----
>
> I cannot agree or disagree with this statement.about an erroneous note,
> I haven't actually tried to check it out one way or the other. BUT -
> this single relay writeup was originally written for a1984 Wolfsburg
> Weekender. So in fact - it's possible there were little differences that
> made the difference for that year. It's worth investigating.
>
> John
>
> John Rodgers
> Clayartist and Moldmaker
> 88'GL VW Bus Driver
> Chelsea, AL
> Http://www.moldhaus.com
>
>
> On 9/10/2011 7:42 PM, mark drillock wrote:
>> The erroneous note says:
>> "> A high beam relay instalation was planned, but since the high beam
>> > current path doesn't go through the headlight switch, it really isn't
>> > necessary."
>>
>> This is simply false. In stock wiring all of the normal headlight
>> current goes through the headlight switch, as well as the ignition
>> switch and hi/lo beam selector switch.
>