[T3] Wiring?!

John L. Morgan IV emailjohnmorgan at gmail.com
Sun Oct 9 07:25:06 PDT 2011


On the wiring diagram, it shows that fuse 5 is to the wiper motor.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/info/wiring/68type3fuses.jpg
sooo, I think I can fix this, but where/how does this plug in

On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 10:14 AM, John L. Morgan IV <
emailjohnmorgan at gmail.com> wrote:

> i took the fuse out to show where this thing is plugging into...
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 10:13 AM, John L. Morgan IV <
> emailjohnmorgan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> here is a link to the mysterious 3 wires.
>> note: one photo shows where these wires go into the fuse box.  on the
>> plastic fuse cover, i thought the image looked like a motor, but could it be
>> that it is simply a speaker image?
>>
>> http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/sharing/shareRedirectSwitchBoard.jsp?token=720180157408%3A1710215804&sourceId=533754321803&cm_mmc=Share-_-Personal-_-shareCopyLink-_-Sharer-_-Top
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 9:08 AM, Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On 9 Oct 2011 at 7:46, John L. Morgan IV wrote:
>>>
>>> > yanked out the radio (wasnt original) yesterday because it wasnt
>>> working.
>>> > now, i have a problem.
>>> >
>>> > I have three wires, and I have no clue what is going on.
>>>
>>> Did these 3 wires previously go to the now removed radio? If so, just
>>> disconnect them at their other ends.
>>>
>>> > *Wire 1=red*
>>> > This wire is hot and is a direct power wire.  I followed it and it goes
>>> to
>>> > the fuse panel to the wiper motor fuse (more on this later).
>>>
>>> The direct power wire probably kept the digital clock alive in your
>>> radio. You don't need it now.
>>>
>>> > *Wire 2=red*
>>> > Does nothing.  When I hook it up to the hot wire it powers nothing.
>>>
>>> Well, it probably does something, you just haven't figured out what
>>> yet. If it actually went to the old radio, just remove it now.
>>>
>>> > *Wire 3=orange and white*
>>> > When this is connected to Wire 1 (red) the fuel pump comes on and the
>>> oil
>>> > and gen lights come on in the dash, like they do before you start the
>>> car
>>> > and first turn the key.
>>>
>>> This wire must come from the circuits that become hot when you turn
>>> the key on. This would have powered the actual radio. You don't need
>>> it now, so disconnect its other end.
>>>
>>> >  One problem, though, the wipers aren't working at all!
>>>
>>> Unless you accidentally disconnected a wiper wire, this is probably a
>>> separate problem. In most years, all the wiper wires run in a
>>> separate cable, so disconnecting one while removing a radio is not
>>> likely.
>>>
>>> > The rear defrost also isnt working, but I dont need that hooked up,
>>> never
>>> > worked correctly.
>>>
>>> And that's a completely separate problem.
>>> --
>>> *******************************
>>> Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
>>> Madison, Wisconsin, USA
>>> *******************************
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