RE: [T3] more fun electrical problems

["Ben Wampler" <webmaster@erupt.com>]

Fixed! Thanks everyone for the help.... After a couple hours of tearing
every light assembly off the car and carefully checking the wiring, I
finally found the culprit: the license plate light was wired backwards!
(which is odd, as the colors matched on the wires)

Btw: does anyone have a rear trunk dome light assembly for a '71
fastback they'd want to sell? (mine broke while I was popping it out to
check the connection)

Thanks!
Ben

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Adney [mailto:jadney@vwtype3.org] 
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 9:43 PM
To: type3@vwtype3.org
Subject: RE: [T3] more fun electrical problems


On 25 Jul 2003 at 18:42, Ben Wampler wrote:

> The wire that runs to the 4 lights is the one that draws too much 
> current.
> 
> It's also kind of strange that the 4 lights do come on when I connect 
> that wire... I'd have though with a short, it would keep power from 
> getting to the lights.

This is with the large fuse, I assume. Yes, this is unusual. I wonder if
there 
is something else that is supposed to be on that circuit.

> Would it be a good idea to just make a new wire
> to run to all the lights or would that create more problems?

I wouldn't just start adding new wires. You'll probably just put in a
lot of 
work and still find that you have a problem somewhere.

If this a 70-3, you should have 2 bulbs in each front running light
housing. Do 
you see 2 bulbs lighting up in each? If not, go in there and pull out
the bulbs 
and see if this makes any difference. Corrosion in those housings is a
common 
problem.

There is also a 3 way connector behind the L headlight. If you
disconnect the 
grey wire from this it should disable all 4 front bulbs. This might help
narrow 
down the problem.

What year is this?

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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