Date:         Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:18:53 -0700
Reply-To:     Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Bentley Wiring Diagrams, was other stuff.
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
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I just had an experience where the left rear tail light and the right front
parking light went out.  No voltage.  The wiring diagram was completely
wrong, and finally I found the spade connector had fallen off the fuse
panel, which is what I should have seen right away. The wiring diagram
doesn't show this circuit coming off the fuse panel, but off a different
light circuit.

I was looking for connectors that didn't exist, and tracing the wires.  They
are not completely useless, and maybe the later diagrams are better, there
were a lot of changes in '85.

Stuart
'85 Westy

---Original Message-----
From: David Beierl [mailto:dbeierl@gmail.com] On Behalf Of David Beierl
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 5:04 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM; Stuart MacMillan
Subject: Bentley Wiring Diagrams, was other stuff.


>   And don't get me started on those
>useless wiring diagrams.

Now that's a conversation I'd be interested in, because leaving aside the
errors and the lack of detailed physical diagrams of the harness, I think
they're very well done (especially the 2.1l ones with the fuse-relay panel
at top), actually somewhat of a pleasure to use.  Perhaps you're not getting
the full benefit from them?

It would be good to have this conversation on-list, as no doubt others could
benefit from it; I'm sure there are more people with your view of them than
mine.  What do you dislike or find confounding about them?

Yours,
David

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David Beierl -- dbeierl@attglobal.net