Re: just curious

["vernon chand" <vychand@ihug.co.nz>]

you guys wont believe this!!the problem i have been having with my
electrics was due to a missing fuse!!yeah...yeah..i know,i should have
checked that 1st....
this fuse is on the rh side at the end of the fuse box(mines rh drive).i
found the fuse on the floor and when i was leaning over to pick it up,i saw
the empty section of the fuse box.i must have knocked it out when getting
into the car or while driving.
anyway,the wipers are working perfectly now and everything is back to
normal for the time being.i will most certainly be checking to see what is
happening with all those strange wires hanging down from the dash!!i
acquired this car about 3mths ago and every week i find out more and more
about it.

about a week ago some of you kindly replied to my request for more info on
the exact year of my car.
i know the info i provided wasnt much at all,but now i have stronger
evidence that this notch is in fact sitting on the original pan.
well here goes;

1.spoke to the previous owner who told me that  he  had welded in irs arms
etc
2.the car does not have sway bars front or rear(i used to have a '71
fastback 3 yrs ago and im pretty surethat it had sway bars)
3.the floor pan and body seemed to have aged together(i cant think of any
reason why anyone would have wanted to swap to a late model floor pan in
the '70's)
4.my ownership papers say that the car was registered in new zealand in
1965 but the year of manufacture has been put down as 1963.
5.there are no indications that this may have originally have been a lh
drive car.does anyone know if any states in canada had rh drive??

so,now i am still completely baffled about these things;

1.the car has a 'ts' badge on the rear trunk lid.what does mean??
2.the chassis#0274187(under the front trunk)is very similar to the
chassis#310274187 on the floor pan.could this have been a stuff up at the
factory or did the canadian models have a different numbering system???
3.there a perfect circle(4-5 inches in diameter)cut into the left side of
the front trunk(passenger side(mines a rh drive-sorry to repeat),between
the fuel tank and the rear of the dashboard.this cut looks factory to me as
there are no surrounding flaws etc.what is this for???this cut can be seen
from the cabin if you lie with your head on the floor facing the underside
of the dash on the passenger side.

sorry this is so long volks.

thanks for your tips on the electrical problem.sounds like i might have a
very very strange car here so im saving quite a few messages!!!!!!

see ya
vern
'63 notch
'57 oval
/67 beetle

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> From: Melissa & Jim <jadney@vwtype3.org>
> To: type-3@umich.edu
> Subject: Re: just curious
> Date: Tuesday, 11 November 1997 15:17
> 
> On 11 Nov 97, vernon chand wrote:
> 
> > -red light flashed brightly when indicators were turned on
> > -at the same time fuel gauge needle lost all power and regained
> > power intermittently,when incators were flashing -wipers would not
> > work -all lights and indicators were working
> 
> Sounds like a problem of a bad ground connection in the dash.
> 
> > -i had set the point gap and done the timing during the night
> > -i had also washed the car 
> 
> Almost certainly unrelated
>  
> > the has been converted to 12volt but the wipers have remained at
> > 6volt.recently i have discovered the speed adjusting knob for the
> > wiper speed control on my pushbutton dash and i have been leaving
> > the wuper button on the 'on' position and reducing the speed to the
> > lowest possible selection.i did notice that if i selected the wiper
> > speed this way then the red light would come on faintly.
> 
> Keith is ABSOLUTELY right about the effect of the 12 V system and the 
> 6 V wiper motor on the rheostat.
> 
> > also when i got home,i turned the car over and it started ok.when i
> > had the key on the 'on' position both the green,red and both
> > indicator(dash)lights came on faintly.my left front indicator doesnt
> > work at the moment(possibly a blown bulb)
> 
> Sounds like you have a number of problems all related to the 
> electrical system.  Do you own a voltmeter?  You should start by 
> verifying that the charging system is regulating at the proper 
> voltage (14.1-14.4V.)
> 
> Jim
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