question???

[jadney@vwtype3.org (Melissa & Jim)]

>Hey fellow IIIers....I have what should be an easy quetion.  I 
>need to get my back-up lights working.  I have a Bentley Manual
>and that stuff is like chicken scratch to me.  I need to know 
>locations.  I gather that there are contacts in the shift console
>(auto by the way) and they go to a fuse in the engine compartment.
>Then there is a two-way connector and they all end up at the coil???
>Is this about right???  I've hooked this wire and that wire and
>they just won't work (bulbs are new and brake/turns work).

The 14 VDC for your AT backup lights starts from the + terminal of your coil.
There should be a short wire running from that terminal to an inline fuse 
holder and then forward over the transmission, into the car, past the 
battery along the right side of the hump and up to the white plastic neutral 
safety/backup light switch mounted to the right of the shift lever (under 
the carpet.)  The wire them doubles back (actually paired with "itself") to 
the engine compartment where it splits off and ends at the front plane of 
the engine.  It ends in a 1/4" spade connector that plugs into a splitter 
(three way joint) so that one goes in and two lead out, one to each side.  
Each of these lead to the backup filament on their respective sides.

Troubleshooting requires some basic ideas about electricity.  If you have 
these, do it.  If not, learn about it or find someone who already has.

Jim
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       Melissa Kepner                                    Jim Adney
       jadney@vwtype3.org              jadney@vwtype3.org
                             Laura Kepner-Adney
                             Madison, Wisconsin
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