Date:         Sun, 17 Aug 2003 21:31:25 -0400
Reply-To:     "Rob S." <iH8myISP@SUSCOM.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Rob S." <iH8myISP@SUSCOM.NET>
Subject:      help!  wiring diagram...
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got my new 82 westy home, after driving it 1900 miles from New Mexico.

my ambitious neighbor comes over and REALLY wants to "hook it up"

so I let him replace the non-working Audio Bahn  cassette player with
an old Alpine CD player I had laying around.

in the process,  he caused a small dash fire. okay I didn't see any
flames, but there was a LOT of smoke and burnt rubber smell.    A red
wire that goes from the headlight switch to the radio area is now
without insulation, and has burned itself to other insulation.
And for some reason the right side parking lights are now always on.
What color wire would that be?  I guess that hot wire burned itself to
the right side parking light wire.

So I could sleep tonight, I pulled the battery cable.

Does anyone have the resources to get me a wiring diagram tomorrow?
I'll try the dealer, but they don't like to share.   Nobody locally
carries old Bentleys, however I will order one very soon.

I guess i'm going to have to replace that harness with a junkyard one?

Is this a big job?   should I just snip that wire off and run a new one?

with the dash cluster,  ash tray, and stereo removed, Its not real hard
to get at,  however the entire harness is intertwined with all sorts of
other wires.

I may try just snipping it off and seeing if its drivable tomorrow.

I won't let my neighbor do any more "help" to my poor van.

-Rob
82 Vanagon