hey, my baja has a short ,SPARKY said it was the generator so i spent$300 getting the generator recond last week,, still the same problem,, it i put my lights on the car stalls if i put my indicators on the car stalls,and i replaced the bulbs in the head lights and they worked till the weekend i put the lights on the car stalled and now one head light doesnt work,,,,if i put my foot on the brakes or lights on or indicate the light comes on the dash , then i stop at lights and she dies,,,,,,,,could that be my ignision,,,,,,,i put new fuses in to,,,,,,,,,thanks colleen
eeek. sounds like a normal 30+ year old fiddled with wiring loom and electrical system -riddled with bad earths, intermittent shorts and dodgy connections.
find someone who knows what they are doing and likes beer (but not too much) and let them go for it. they might find the problem/s quickly or it could be a long and painfull process.....
oh thats not cool. if ur wirings that bad id get a new loom and start again. or make urself a new loom. but its possible a wire has melted or come off a connector etc.
trace the wires from the lights back to the relay etc. and check for obvious shorts. anything that looks at all dodgy. replace it with new connector or new wire or whatever.find which wire in ur loom goes to your coil anc check that nothing is connected to that that shouldnt be.
if u have a tacho check that the coil wire for the tacho doesnt earth somewhere (though i cant seehow that would cause problems with lights) get a wiring diagram off the net and have a look but by the sounds of it ur wiring is probobly molested to the max......just like most VW's lol.
Nick
62/60 model bug eye baja bug, (Full Build in Progress)
1974 Chevrolet Luv
1970 MK2 Ford Cortina GT
1979 Yamaha RX125 Two Stroke tracker project.
2004 Harley Davidson Sportster XL Custom
And get a new Sparky :thumb
Colleen,
Were you getting these symptoms before you installed the new generator???
Who installed the new generator???
Grahame
visit my club site at
www.vwdcqinc.org.auyep thats why it went to the sparkies,, he said it was the generator,, and he fixed my wipers and was suppose to fix my fuel gage but it still doesnt work................colleen
Did he installed the new generator???
Give me a call - 3355 7943 - maybe we can work something out
(I like a good challenge!!! :-)
Grahame
visit my club site at
www.vwdcqinc.org.auYou are lucky colleen that Graham lives in Brisbane too...
Best of Luck...
All cars after approx 20 years old have copper contamination problems at all connections including the fuse foxes....
Clean all connections and notice the difference....
take the battery lead off first though...
Lee
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---
yep sparky re built generator and installed it,, sparky has vws ,,, got head light working all the wires seem to be twisted together not fusing properly,,,with the vin stamp grinded out and wiring,buggar,,, thanks for the help,,,,,going to replace wire by wire,,,,not going to let this old girl beat me,,,thanks again,,,will do the wires first to see how she goes,,,,,cheers colleen
This might be a bit late but just check the wiper motor (switch) on the dash isnt shorting on the radio, just an idea was a problem in my bug :P
-M
