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Re: [T3] strange electrical problems


On Sat, 2003-04-19 at 10:36, Garret Trask wrote:
> >From Russ Wolfe:
> 
> >That wire should go to the fuse box. My Bently shows it going to the 4th
> >fuse from the right. This fuse is hot with the key "ON".
> 
> Ok, so that one is hot, that means the rest must just be ground, right?  But 
> the one that connects to the turn signal is hot.  Does this mean my turn 
> signal flasher is bad?
> 
> I was able to restore normal functioning of the cluster by removing the wire 
> that attaches to the turn signal indicator bulbs, and providing power to the 
> black wire that attaches to the generator bulb socket (normal, that is, 
> except for the turn signal indicators...).  I noticed that there are little 
> wires connecting all of the bulb sockets, so the black wire effectively 
> provides juice to all of the sockets.
> 
Yes, that wire supplies power to the generator, oil, and gas gage. I
don't remember whether the TS indicators should be hot or not. They are
a seperate circuit I think.

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



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