Date:         Thu, 27 Jan 2005 09:48:17 -0700
Reply-To:     jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
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From:         jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
Subject:      Re: model year differences?
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On 1/27/05 12:12 AM, "David Marshall" <mailinglist@FASTFORWARD.CA> wrote:

> I'll beg to differ on this one.  In 1990 VW started "Central Electric II" so
> all fuse panels midway through 1990 on the A and B Series VWs are the same.
> A 1991 Golf Fuse Panel will interchange with a 1998 Jetta fuse panel.  The
> Golf A4 series and Passat B5 series there was a switch to the yet newer
> style setup.
> 
> There is NO WAY that a 80-84 Jetta fuse panel interchange with a Golf 16V or
> a Vanagon for that matter.  They may physically fit as they are
> dimensionally the same, but he plugs on the back and the relay locations are
> entirely different.
> 
> David Marshall
> 
> Fast Forward Automotive Inc.
> 4356 Quesnel-Hixon Road
> Quesnel BC Canada  V2J 6Z3
> 
There were two fuse panels in the 80 to 84 jetta as well as the up to 91
jetta.  It had to do with the origin of the vehicle.  One was german built
jetta, one was mexican built jetta,  the repair manuals had quite a few
differences between the two vehicles wiring and they were sneaky.

  You had to watch your wiring diagrams very carefully on those vehicles.
Also you had to watch distributor caps and rotors.  The german shipped with
the german distrib but the mexican could ship with either the mexican or
german distrib.  At the parts counter the caps looked the same until you put
them sided by side.  One was about 2 mm higher than the other. I think it
was 88 to 91 that had the two distrib.
 

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