For 85 the fuse panel fuses have 7 different power feed inputs, 15 fuses.
For 84 it looks like 6 feeds, 14 fuses.
The above was just from a quick look at the diagrams.

The wire length is a problem for sure.
Compactness is another consideration.

Mark

Steve Williams wrote:
> Good point.  Because there are switched and unswitched circuits and relays.
>
> But it would be interesting to work out how many different feeds.  If
> it's just "continuous" and "switched" and "alternator is running," then
> there are fuse blocks available with multiple bus bars.
>
> And there are modern fuse blocks with an independent circuits for each
> fuse, so it might be possible to just use the wiring, except none of
> those wires appear to have any slack.
>
> On 7/1/2019 9:38 AM, vw_van_fan_Mark wrote:
>> That kind of fuse panel won't work to replace the stock one. You need a
>> panel that has separate in and out connections for each fuse. That one
>> has only a single power in shared by all the fuses.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> Steve Williams wrote:
>> ..................
>>>
>>> Now I'm thinking it wouldn't be that much more trouble to install a
>>> modern fuse block like this one:
>>>
>>> https://bandc.com/product/fuse-holder-8-20-slot/
>>>
>>> That's available with 12, 16, and 20 slots, so it could provide some
>>> spare fuse positions or allow a few circuits now on one fuse to be split
>>> across multiple fuses.
>>>
>>> It looks like it wouldn't be hard to cut the relay panel off of the OEM
>>> panel and somehow mount both of them.�  Of course, it's pretty tight
>>> down
>>> there, and none of the wires have any extra slack, so I might have to
>>> rearrange things.
>>>
>>> Thoughts?
>>>
>