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| posted on January 3rd, 2006 at 02:33 PM |
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adding a starter switch to a type3?
ok, i had this odne to my kombi whilst i was travelling, as the key needed to be turned right to the end and jiggled to engage the starter motor. now
i want to do the same thing to my type3 for the same reason. anybody knwo which wire to cut and move to the switch and which to splice back into? i
assume it is an earth switch, in which case i would assume it is the black wire that i should be splicing back into, but what colour is the starter
wire? i dont think its the red one like the manual says as that seems to provide all the power up front. which one is it?
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| posted on January 3rd, 2006 at 02:40 PM |
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look at the wires on the starter itself, trace back to where you want the switch, theres a big fat red one, an big fat black one then another, thats
the one you want i think...
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| posted on January 3rd, 2006 at 02:48 PM |
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cool, mine is sheathed at the starter so i cant tell.
so you think other wire to switch then switch to ground?
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| posted on January 3rd, 2006 at 02:58 PM |
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If you have a test light, and the key switch is still just working. poke the test light into wires one at a time until one lights up the test light at
the same time the crank starts.
Then run a wire from IGN power on to the button and the button to the wire you located with the test light. That's how the two buses we have owned I
did.
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| posted on January 3rd, 2006 at 03:01 PM |
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other wire to the switch then big fat red one, leave the ground where it is, doing it that way got mine to turn over, carful of sparks if anything
touches it tho, almost started a fire when i first did it
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| posted on January 3rd, 2006 at 03:05 PM |
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hehe, no worries about starting fires, i am well practiced at electrocuting myself.
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| posted on January 3rd, 2006 at 03:11 PM |
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definitely not the other thick one (black with yellow stripe) will have to try to find my test light and go over the other wires.
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| posted on January 3rd, 2006 at 03:51 PM |
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ah ha. wire was hidden away from the others. found and fitted, woohoo, one less problem to worry about.
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| posted on January 3rd, 2006 at 03:51 PM |
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thanks guys
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