On earlier buses, a #8 wire from battery + post connects to "back" of
fuse panel supplying power to quite a few loads.

This image: http://tinyurl.com/p7dsrf3  shows a 1985 "Transporter"
fuse box positioned as installed in Vanagon. The lower arrow points to
"backside" of panel, which is closer to vehicle front. #8 B+ wire is
close to upper arrow and in this case, has white tag.

I don't know how common this is but on my bus, though that B+
connector still worked, it was showing signs of overheating.

I was lucky to have a good spare same connector/wire pigtail so cut
and soldered that in.

Neil.

On 3/13/15, John Goubeaux <john@ucsb.edu> wrote:

> I did finally find the "definitive thread" on the topic:
>
> "D15 Connector revealed"
>
> http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind1111a&L=vanagon&D=0&F=P&P=5168
>
> While I have not had time to pull the fwd main fuse panel and inspect, I
> will be surprised IF this is NOT the source of the problem.

--
Neil n

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