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Subject:Re: Cigarette Lighter
From:Neil N
Date:Wed, 9 Apr 2014 10:07:58 -0700

Hi Woody.

What year Vanagon again?

There should be an OEM connector between wire from fuse box and
various loads. Bentely shows connector having red wires in-out. Maybe
came loose?

Or, PO + wiring to stereo is also a junction to cig socket etc? Maybe
that junction came loose?

Is ground ok? (at "star" near above fuse panel)

Neil.

On 4/9/14, vw woody <vwwoody@hotmail.com> wrote:

> ....Well, the wires are barely long enough for
> me to crimp on the connectors needed to combine the 2 brown wires and the 2
> red wires.I didn't feel like removing the stereo.In pulling the wires out of
> the dash to crimp on the female connectors I must have pulled something
> loose. For the life of me I cannot figure out which connection I messed up.
> This circuit is suppose to be hot at all times, #3 fuse is fine. Replaced it
> anyway. I now have no power to everything on the #3 fuse ( interior
> lights,clock,radio, lighter) Any help would be VERY much appreciated. I
> don't ask for help very often, but this easy fix has been anything but easy
> for me. At this point I could run a whole new wire , but I would rather keep
> it stock. I don't have a good full size schematic and the Bentley schematic
> is hard for me to decipher.
> I have the instrument panel exposed, stereo out, glove box out , and fuse
> box lowered , and I can't find any loose connections.
>
> Thank you in advance !!!!
>
>       woody
> "keep on pushin"

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Neil n

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