Date:         Wed, 9 Sep 2009 12:37:44 -0700
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Use for the key left in buzzer
Comments: To: mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net>
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Thanks, Mark. I'm planning to give the Bentley wiring diagram a good
look-at before cutting any wires anyway.
--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
Bend, OR
KG6RCR



On 9/9/2009 9:47 AM mark drillock wrote:

> There prolly isn't a blue/white wire there behind the switch, but that
> isn't the color you want. What you want is the gray wire. It goes from
> there to the back of fuses 1 and 2 so you can pick it up in either place.
>
> There is a blue/gray wire on the switch but it comes from the rheostat
> and thus depends on the brightness setting for the instrument lights.
>
> I am going by the Bentley colors only.
>
> Mark
>
>
>
>
> Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>> Just out of curiosity, can this be done w/o removing the dash? The buzzer
>> wiring (my socket is empty, have to get a new buzzer) is accessible
>> behind
>> the fuse panel, and the headlight switch up in the instrument panel pod.
>> I'm wondering if the blue/white headlight wire is also within reach
>> behind
>> the fuse panel.
>>
>> --
>> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
>> Bend, OR
>> KG6RCR
>>
>>
>>
>> On 8/13/2009 1:00 PM Dug Smith wrote:
>>
>>> I've seen a couple of posting where people remove the key left in
>>> buzzer, as
>>> it's just annoying.  I decided to get some use out of it, so I
>>> clipped the
>>> gray/black wire going in to it, and Scotchlocked it to the blue/white
>>> from
>>> the headlight switch - tada, lights left on alarm :o)
>>>
>>> toodle pip,
>>> --
>>>        Dug Smith         | Terry Pratchett: It's almost
>>> (mailto:dug@dugbert.com) |  impossible to ride a rock and roll
>>> (http://www.dugbert.com) |  motorbike and stay on for three verses.
>>>
>>
>