[T3] A little more about my '71 column problem

Mike Fisher fisherfarms at gmail.com
Fri Sep 12 09:20:59 PDT 2014


My FI/AT '70 square has 6 wires, but only 5 pins on the connector.

On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 7:38 PM, Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:

> On 6 Sep 2014 at 22:46, Phil Hof wrote:
>
> > I posted some pics on the Samba about my problem with my ´71 steering
> > column housing and ignition switch.
>
> > http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=606340
> >
> > Anyone know what year the left-hand column housing is for?  I have a
> > couple of them that aren´t going to do me any good, and I´m happy to
> > share with someone who needs "it"... but I don´t `now what "it" is for!
>
> John Logli just sent me a photo of his '70 steering column. It has
> the ign sw connector that I thought was unique to '71s. That's also
> consistent with '70s also having a unique housing. Since it has that
> connector, it must also use the ign sw which we all thought was
> unique to '71s. Actually, it looks like they are different unique
> switches: Only '71 got the extra contact for the buzzer, but they
> should both have the short wires with the male contacts attached.
>
> The VW parts list doesn't show this correctly. It shows the same
> switch being used from '68 thru '70, then the "unique" '71 switch
> being used for 1 year only.
>
> So the left housing in the photo, the one with the insulated bearing,
> is from a '70, and the right one is from a '71. Both are one year
> only designs.
>
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