[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [New Search]

Re: [T3] electrical problems.


On Thu, 2002-07-18 at 10:40, Jim Adney wrote:
> On 18 Jul 2002, at 5:08, Jacob Hoffman wrote:
> 
> > Now, maybe I'm being overly simplistic here, but don't early cars route the
> > brake lights through the turn-signal switch in order to make so that the turn
> > signals still flash when the brake lights are on?  
> 
> That's the way American cars do it, but I believe VW has always used a 
> separate filament for brakes and TS, so the VW TS switch can be simple, 
> unlike the American style.
> 
VW didn't do that until 1962 on the type-1, and IIRC 1968 on the type-2.

-- 
Russ Wolfe
'66 FB MT (It drove)
'71 FB AT 
'65 Bug (not running)
russw@classicvw.org
http://www.classicvw.org



------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org>
For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [New Search]