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On 15 Dec 2005 at 8:13, Dave Sanderson wrote: > I am working on my wiring harness and need the dimmer relay. I have a > couple of wiring diagrams from The Samba that show either a 4-pin or > a 5-pin relay. I went to my local FLAPS and they could not help me. > Can anyone suggest the appropriate relay for the headlight dimmer, 12 > volts, please. I don't recall how many pins they have, but there are just 2 different 12V dimmer relays that I'm aware of. The early one is a large box that snaps up under the dash and was used 67-70. The later one plugged into the late fuse box which had relay sockets and was introduced in '71, I believe. I'm pretty sure I have both versions. The early ones are harder to find, bigger, and more expensive, but you'd have to install the late style fuse box to use the late relay. If you installed the late fuse box that would also let you use all the other late relays, as well as, because it has 2 extra spaces, add an extra relay to remove the extra load from the ignition switch. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~