Re: [T3] Red Wire

["Gary Gamboa" <gary_gamboa@hotmail.com>]

<x-flowed>Confusion mostly solved.

The black wire that was coming from the left side of the kickdown switch was 
misconnected to the red wire going to the firweall, (this red wire was 
paired in a sleeve with the green wire coming from the oil pressure switch). 
I removed the black wire and connected the unattached red wire from the AAr 
to the red connector going to the FW.

The black wire coming in from the the FW, backup light switch, was 
misconnected to the black wire coming from the left side of the coil, with 8 
amp fuse. I reconnected this to the unused connector for the backup lights 
and rear window defogger. Viola! My backup lights are now working!

The black wire coming  from the left side of the coil, with 8 amp fuse, was 
now open to connect to the left terminal of the kick-down switch. Kick-down 
does work.

I did discover a single black wire in the main harness on the left that was 
cut and hiding under the sleeve. I will need to trace this.

P.S. If I'm not mistaken, the wiring for my car seems to straddle both 
diagrams. The door jamb date on my car is 05/71. Is it possible to have 
characteristics from both wiring diagrams?


Thank you,

Gary Gamboa





> From: Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org>
> Reply-To: type3@vwtype3.org
> To: type3@vwtype3.org
> Subject: Re: [T3] Red Wire
> Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2003 10:16:18 -0500
>
> On 3 Jul 2003 at 10:12, Gary Gamboa wrote:
>
> > I'm a little confused. I disconnected the red wire from the black lead 
> that
> > goes to the terminal block and attached it to the AAR. But that leaves 
> the
> > black lead coming from the terminal block unattached. Where does this 
> go?
>
> I'm not sure. What can you tell me about the other wire feeding out of it?
> Where does that lead?
>
> Things to check: Do your backup lights still work? Does your AT kickdown 
> switch
> still work? Did they work before you made this change?
>
> If this "terminal block" is an opaque plastic piece bolted to the left side 
> of
> the intake air distributor then this is the kickdown switch. It should have 
> a
> arm that the throttle lever pushes when you push the pedal down all the 
> way. It
> SHOULD have it's own 12V supply via a fused wire from the + side of the 
> coil. I
> MAY have one of those cables if you need it.
>
> --
> Jim Adney
> jadney@vwtype3.org
> Madison, WI 53711-3054
> USA
>
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