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Schmoburger Baywindow Mafia Godfather and Cement-Shoe Fitter

2,185 posts · joined Oct 2005 ·

#627978
ANybody able to take a pic or gimme a diagram of where the bunch of wires go behind the speedo of an L beetle?

I just got my speedo off joel the other day but upon going to pu i in I found a biger salad of wires than I bargained on and I'm buggered if I know what to do with them.🤪
1976 Kombi Trakka camper, "Buttercup"... driver.
1976 Beluxe Microbus, "Saphir"... resto.
1974 Kombi panelvan, "George"... shed.
1974 Superbug, "Schmeetle"... resto.
[img]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b366/c

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·

#627986
damn i wrote them all down for u on a piece of paper and forgot to send it 😊

easy

starting from top
fuel gauge vibrator (square box thing) black
other fuel guage connector is yellow marked G i think
2 illumination lights are grey with red trace
hi beam is blue with white trace
charge light Blue
turn signal blue/red trace
and oil is green/red trace
and the tabs at the very bottom which power the idiot lights is a green and a black wire splice toghether

HTH

heres some pics that may help





Schmoburger Baywindow Mafia Godfather and Cement-Shoe Fitter

2,185 posts · joined Oct 2005 ·

#628050
Ta Joel! Now I can go out and connect it all up this arvo when it cools down... 👍 😎
1976 Kombi Trakka camper, "Buttercup"... driver.
1976 Beluxe Microbus, "Saphir"... resto.
1974 Kombi panelvan, "George"... shed.
1974 Superbug, "Schmeetle"... resto.
[img]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b366/c

greedy53 Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,062 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·

#628137
now thats service
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vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#628141
great pics there if yr not sure aboutt he oild or alt wires
turn the ignition on and ground the il wire in the engine bay then the light will come on the speedo and you will know if you have the correct one hooked up
I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true


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