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On 28 Jul 2005 at 15:29, Matthew Jones wrote: > > From: Jim Adney > > > > The original was stranded wire, started at the coil, went > > thru an in-line fuse, to the front of the engine > > compartment, passed thru a bulkhead w/grommet and up > > to the switch and back. The up and back wires were cabled > > together in an overall black vinyl jacket. Once back in > > the engine compartment, the return wire from the switch > > connected to a Tee connector which split the wire out to > > run to each side. > > OK. I have that Tee. How should the cable run past the > gearbox be supported - mine is hanging in free space. There's no real support. Just run it along the right side of the tranny, so that it sits between the tranny and the starter. Don't let it fall down and rub thru the CV joint boots. > > That whole assy is one special part which you might find on > > any 67-73 MT type 3 in the scrap yard. > > I may even have one myself - I stripped the loom out of a '72 > parts car, but there's so much there one black wire is much > the same as another. Now I know they're sleeved together I > stand a chance of finding it! Just 2 wires sleeved together. At the nose end of the tranny these take a rather sharp 180 bend, so that harness usually looks pretty specific. > >AT cars used a different system, however. > > From the shift lever, I would guess. Exactly. ;-) -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~