Yep, you're right. Bentley's clearly shows individual R and L turn circuits with a separate brake light circuit. Looks like WM are the folks to visit. Luckily, I have one 5 miles from here. -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") KG6RCR
On 6/17/2006 12:59 PM mark drillock wrote: > Most trailer lights use the same bulb filament for brake lights as for > turn signals. Since our Vanagons have different filaments for each, > you need a tail light converter so the separate signals from the > Vanagon can be combined. The big WM retailer sells these for about > $15, in the trailer accessories section. These convert the 5 wire > Vanagon setup to a 4 wire trailer plug. > > Mark > > Mike Elliott wrote: > >> Mellow Yellow's sidekick, Lady Bug, has been transferred from storage >> duty to be reallocated to the camping division. >> >> By this I mean that I've unloaded all the crap from our little 50'' >> teardrop utility trailer and plan to clean it up so I can haul camping >> gear in it. The wiring needs to be replaced, along with the rear lights. >> I reckon West Marine can provide those, along with fiberglass patch kits >> and trailer wiring bits. >> >> I am looking for a typical wiring diagram showing how to connect the >> trailer to the rear lights of Mellow Yellow (84 WBX). >> >> I will be using the simple, conventional flat, four-pin connector and >> wiring conventions. Just need operate the trailer's running lights & >> turn/brake lights. >> >> -- >> >> >> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott >> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus >> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") >> KG6RCR >> >> > > > |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.