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Help: location of flasher can 76 L Bug
Dazz - June 21st, 2013 at 07:53 PM

I need help, I can't find my flasher can. Maybe it's not there. Where should I be looking as I want to get the electrics sorted.

57 oval - June 21st, 2013 at 07:59 PM

Reckon its behind the fuse box in the centre of the dash

Bizarre - June 21st, 2013 at 08:07 PM

That is correct if its an L bug - curved screen.
If its 1976 standard I am not so sure

Bizarre - June 21st, 2013 at 08:15 PM

You need to take the cover off the fuse box thing then lay on your back and slide in under the dash

AA003 - June 21st, 2013 at 09:16 PM

Ls finished in '75.

Joel - June 21st, 2013 at 10:06 PM

If it was a standard 76 he would have found the flasher by now, they are staring you in the face in a 76.

Theres a few later 75 Lbugs out there people have been calling 76s often gets passed on from owner to owner but yes they finished in mid 75.

To find the relay on an Lbug you need to drop the fuse box down, there are 2 screws recessed in either side.
The relays are all slotted in along the back

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd191/boostedbug/LBug/intermittentx011.jpg

68AutoBug - June 22nd, 2013 at 12:30 AM

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Originally posted by Dazz
I need help, I can't find my flasher can. Maybe it's not there. Where should I be looking as I want to get the electrics sorted.


it won't be a common old flasher can... though... lol

Lee

beetleboyjeff - June 22nd, 2013 at 07:36 AM

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Originally posted by 68AutoBug


it won't be a common old flasher can... though... lol

Lee


They are pretty common - I bought one easily enough from Autobarn about 18 moths ago.

TorxKiwi - June 22nd, 2013 at 10:48 AM

Joel's photo is a bit misleading because he has twice as many relays as others to run all his toys!!! :)

Joel - June 22nd, 2013 at 11:07 AM

:lol:
Well yes, the 2 on the right are the only stock relays.
Outer right one is indicators and the aluminium one is high beam dip.

Middle and left 2 are intermittent wiper and headlight upgrades.

68AutoBug - June 22nd, 2013 at 01:19 PM

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Originally posted by beetleboyjeff
Quote:
Originally posted by 68AutoBug


it won't be a common old flasher can... though... lol

Lee


They are pretty common - I bought one easily enough from Autobarn about 18 moths ago.


Hi Jeff
well the common ones I know and have are little and large round plastic or aluminium ones with 2 or 3 pins..lol

I had a problem with My VW flasher relay [wires came off] lol in My beetle which is a large rectangular shape so I'm just using a small elctronic 2 pin flasher at the moment..
until I get the fusebox wired up.. using circuit breakers also..lol

cheers

LEE

Dazz - June 23rd, 2013 at 09:29 PM

Thanks guys. It is an L bug, curved screen and the vin apparently shows a 6 that someone in the know told me makes it a 76. Not being as familiar as the Penrose family, who am I to question it.

Dazz - July 5th, 2013 at 11:44 AM

Finally got it out today,
will chase one up over the weekend.
Thanks guys

andrewmurphy - July 6th, 2013 at 12:38 PM

Give a vw dealer with a parts department a go. I was after a set of wheel bearings kits for my car (69 bug)and shopped around and was driving past a vw dealer and they had them in stock and were about half the price that the after market vw shops were telling me. That was a few years ago but you never know.

Joel - July 6th, 2013 at 02:38 PM

You would pay through the nose buying one from a stealership, when the quality generic ones work perfectly fine from somewhere like Autobahn and are 100x cheaper.

You just need the right pin layout for a Euro car which is positive on the right.

Dazz - July 8th, 2013 at 12:12 PM

Joel, photos were a huge help, located it straight away (once I had time to look).

Autopro had a Hella one for $25 or could get a genuine for $84 on a very old price listing.

Put it just now and have working indicators.

Thanks for the advise guys, I will need more as the build progresses.