![]() I got some useful work done on my '70 Bug this weekend. I just have to be double careful, getting it wrong could mean major burnouts, and it's not as easy to get RHD wiring looms as it is the LHD versions. ![]() It wouldn't be so bad if the looms had been left roughly in place in the body, as you'd then have a rough idea where they went (fewer alternatives) but starting from scratch is rather confusing. Hence the difficulty in avoiding confusion. But the B/W one has things looking a little less organised, but makes for less crossing of wires etc so the actual wiring LOOKS simpler (which of course it isn't). Trouble is each diagram has a different layout - the colour one roughly follows the car layout, with headlamps at left, battery/generator/switches in the middle, and tail lamps at the right - very sensible. I don't know exactly where the colour one comes from (I got it from which has lots of them), but the B/W one comes from the Aussie repair manual I have - printed in B/W only to save money I guess, so each wire has a code on it like gw for green with white trace etc., - so it has all the info but is hard to follow. I'd love to redraw the wiring diagram with BOTH colour and teminal numbers, but it would be quite a task. Odd arrangement, though it obviously works! One odd thing that Speedy Jim has referred to - the headlight switch is a major junction for the thick red wire from the battery - the power comes to the back of that switch and at least two other wires lead off to the ignition and fuse block. I've done some of the electrics, but it's slow work - the colour diagram does not have each terminal numbered, but the B/W one does, and they are drawn to a different pattern, so I have to carefully examine and match the colour wires with the B/W terminal numbers before making each connection. ![]() Just a thought though, if I can find out who provides wiring harnesses in the US (there are one or two places making them) maybe they'd know where to get one. Might have to go with some electrical tape and mastic. He has the WCM catalogue, and they don't have it either. I can't use a generic grommet - the cable travels through the grommet at an angle so it sits flat inside the luggage area. My mechanic friend can't get me the large rubber grommet where the wiring comes through into the luggage compartment - just not obtainable anywhere. I have a coloured wiring diagram, and I took some photos of the wiring mess before I pulled it out, but it's definitely the most daunting task of resurrecting my 1970 Bug. I found out that this was apparently true on the earliest VWs (6-volt maybe?) but on later models the main loom comes through from the engine on the left side behind the rear seat side panel, down to the floor (where the regulator sits on Generator models) and forward along a groove in the left door sill at floor level, then up through the sill (two holes) and up on the inside of the left front footwell (behind the carpet) to a hole through into the front luggage area. I always understood that the wiring traveled up/over the door jamb - past the interior light. Rob wrote concerning the wiring harness - One interesting thing - the wiring loom. Miscellaneous Wires in the Engine Compartment - Discussion.Fuse Layout - 1973 and Later Super Beetles.Fuse Layout - 1967-1972 Standard Beetle.Shorts and Re-Wiring (Dave's Experience).This article includes the following subtopics: For Americans who express wire sizes in gauges, see this Wire Size Conversion Table. Note: You will find excellent wiring diagrams for all makes, years and models of VWs at VW Wiring Diagrams.Īlso Note: Wire sizes on these and most other wiring diagrams are printed on the wire in mm 2.
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