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 baybuscamperkid
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| posted on June 29th, 2004 at 06:18 PM |
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hell is a kombi's electrical system
today i ripped the dash out and began the daunting task of righting my kombi's electrical system. i have since decided that it was designed by
little gremlins, and therefore does not follow any physical laws. before i removed the dash the only issues (besides the huge mess) with the
electrical system were that the emergency switch had been partially disconnected, the fuel pump would occasionally not come on and the wipers only
worked in the central position (as in - the switch worked off/on/off).
after removing the dash i tried all of the switches again. now i had no blinkers!!! i found the bundle of wires that had been disconnected from the
emergency switch, and if i connected the black/white wire to the left blinker output, turned the switch on and the left blinker on i could get a left
blinker, but no matter what else i did with the wiring i could not get either pair of blinkers to operate properly, nor the right blinkers to work at
all. if i switched 2 of the otherwires on the emergency switch however, the fuel pump kicked in (with the ignition off). any guesses how that could
happen!?!
after about an hour i gave up on that and went to the wipers. by playing with what wire goes where i managed to get the following situations;
off/on/on, with both on positions at the same speed; on/on/on, 2 different speeds, but not much good when u cant turn it off; and several different
blown fuses and off/off/offs that were seemignly inexplicable.it occured to me after a while that i had another wiper motor in the shed, one with the
original plug, so if i were to install that one and simply clip the 2 original plugs together i would get a working wioer right? WRONG! i got nuttin,
no responce from the motor at all, started playing with the wires again until i ran out of fuses and didnt get any further then i had with the
previous motor.
WHAT THE HELL SHOULD I DO ABOUT THIS WIRING!?!
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KruizinKombi
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| posted on June 29th, 2004 at 08:28 PM |
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Get yourself a wiring diagram..... you should be able to do a search here and find one, or someone who has one, as I'm sure I recall someone asking
for one in the past.
Kruizin Kol
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mnsKmobi
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| posted on June 30th, 2004 at 09:34 AM |
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Wiring diagrams are here:
http://www.vintagebus.com/wiring/index.html
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PurpleT3
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| posted on June 30th, 2004 at 09:48 AM |
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Just be grateful it's not an Italian car. Speghetti electrics.
Ain't nothin' like the wind in your hair.
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 helbus
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| posted on June 30th, 2004 at 09:57 AM |
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Try looking at a new SAAB or Volvo. There are more wires in the drivers door than in an entire Kombi.
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PurpleT3
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| posted on June 30th, 2004 at 11:09 AM |
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Yeah, so quit your bitchin and get on with it!
Ain't nothin' like the wind in your hair.
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| posted on June 30th, 2004 at 11:15 AM |
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take em all out and start from scratch 
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| posted on June 30th, 2004 at 12:04 PM |
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burn em'.
THe MC Bat Commander's motto: "Never do now, what you could do for 24 hours straight, all night, the night before."
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| posted on June 30th, 2004 at 12:14 PM |
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you think you got issues.
this morning my kombi had short circuit and all electrics cut out and the engine stopped and the cabin filled with smoke.
good old fashioned fun with vw's.
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| posted on June 30th, 2004 at 12:23 PM |
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Yeah, but at least there aren't any of those nasty computers (with minds of their own) inside. Face it - it could be worse!
And some people pay a lot of money to inhale smoke. I reckon you've saved yourself some money!
Best of luck with your bird's nests.
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baybuscamperkid
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| posted on June 30th, 2004 at 04:45 PM |
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thanks guys. went out this morning, took the spare fusebox from the long gone donor bus and set about pulling off every wire on the installed fusebox
that was different from the spare one. that done nothing worked at all, but after some slow and careful connecting i now have headlights, high beams
and fans running. now i just need to get the wipers, blinkers, accessories, aircon..... i thinks i might be at this for a while.
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| posted on June 30th, 2004 at 11:52 PM |
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Some people have jigsaws... What you're doing is at least productive. BOL
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68AutoBug
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| posted on July 1st, 2004 at 08:36 PM |
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I'm having the same problems with the hi low beam and light switch... I know everything works... and My Sons Baja , He wanted toggle switches in the
dash... and they were MUCH easier to wire up than the VW system....
I doubt if the electrics man at VW was an auto electrician at all... 
I'm not sure what He was... but He was a German......
So, I'll perservere for a while, but the toggle switches are close by.....
Lee
- [size=4]Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY--- [/size]
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| posted on July 1st, 2004 at 08:53 PM |
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burn em:blah
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KruizinKombi
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| posted on July 1st, 2004 at 10:09 PM |
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I dunno what you guys are all on, the VW electrical system is just fine. Don't forget to take into account that your dub has 30 years of normal wear
and tear, and has possibly been neglected for the same period.
How many other vehicles of the same period had individual fuses for RH high beam, RH low beam, LH high beam and LH low beam? I'm guessing not
many....
My kombi is 29 years old, and the only (stock) electrical component not working is the heater booster fan in the engine bay, and I choose to live
without it.
Of course, my '76 FI kombi was a bit more complicated, and had the occasional hiccup, but I felt this was justified given its age too. :thumb
Kruizin Kol
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