Date:         Sun, 8 Nov 2009 22:30:20 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: '85 Westy Wiring question about the S9 fuse
Comments: To: Mike South <msouth@gmail.com>
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Hi Mike --
At 08:25 PM 11/8/2009, Mike South wrote:
>in my car the connection at the top of fuse 9 has a red-white wire
>and a red wire.  My understanding is that what you're saying is that
>the diagram doesn't show that, it perhaps is outdated or something
>they did in my car was after that was printed or whatever.

Is it a doubled wire (i.e. two wires crimped into one
terminal)?  That would suggest, but not prove, it's a factory
wire.  Take a look at the 30 terminal of the flasher switch.  If it
*doesn't* have a doubled wire (r/w and r) then I'd be pretty sure
that's the radio wire.  If it does, then I'd suspect your red wire is
an add-on by the DPO.

>Anyway, I agree that the way forward is to connect stuff up and see
>what works or doesn't, it's just that, for example, many of the
>interior lights have never worked so I'm not necessarily going to be
>able to tell.  It appears that neither of the wires I have hanging
>loose actually appear on the diagram--I wasn't sure if I was just
>reading it wrong, but what you describe makes me think there is just
>a discrepancy.

Is there a radio?  Did it work?  Does it work now?  Whether or not it
does you can check continuity from your cut end to the radio power
terminal.  Also, if it's a factory wire you can guarantee that it's a
feed of some kind, not a ground.  So ohm it out to make sure it's not
grounded, then put 12v on it and see if anything lights up/makes
noise etc that didn't before.

All the interior lights except the map light (but including the Westy
kitchen light) should be powered from a single 0.5 red coming from a
second terminal at S8.  I *believe* the map light is at track 70, fed
by a 0.5 red doubled into the radio power lead at the four-terminal
radio connector T4.

All of the dimmable panel lights are fed by gray/blue wires from S13
(tracks 44-50), and S13 itself is fed by a gy/bl wire from the dimmer
rheostat on the headlight switch, tk 44.  Note that the rheostat at a
hasty glance appears to be fed by a 30 terminal on the switch; but
that actually feeds the clock via a 0.5 red and the apparent
connection is a result of an injudicious choice of spacing by the
draftsman.  The rheostat is fed by the internal connection going to
the 58 terminal.

Yrs,
D