Wow, legit new problem.

[scirocco81 at vwmail.net (Eric S)]

Hmmm, according to the diagrams, this is how it should work:

Power gets to the headlight switch via a black/yellow wire coming from the load reduction relay.  Power then goes out from the headlight switch via a white/black wire which heads to the high beam/low beam switch.  When in the load beam position, the power heads out a yellow wire to the fuse box to pin E10.  This wire internal to the fuse box powers fuse 1 and 2 which are for low beams.  When the high beam switch is in the high position, power goes out a white wire to the fuse box to pin D10.  Internal to the fuse box that wire powers fuse 3 and 4.

So, it makes NO sense that you don't have high beams when you get now power to fuse 1 and fuse 4 (is this true no matter what position the high beam switch is in?).  By your testing at the fuse box I would expect that you would have no left low beam and no right highbeam!!! (fuse 1 is for left low, fuse 2 for right low, fuse 3 for left high, fuse 4 for right high).

I suspect, that either the fuse box is not an 82 rocco (however, it looks like from all the older diagrams, that all the "ceramic fuse" type fuse boxes have the same internal routing...so this is not an issue)....

So...you have hacked ass wiring or a partially toasted fuse box.  The circuit as you see is pretty simple *outside* the fuse box...only a couple of wires involoved.  Most of the "routing" of power is done internal of the fuse box.

Good luck Shawn!  If you need more help, let me know, I've gotten pretty good with the Bentley wiring diagrams.

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Eric
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79 VW Iltis
81 Scirocco S (*TDI* swap and complete restoration in holding pattern)
81 Rabbit Truck LX Diesel (Waiting for BAE Turbo Install)
83 Scirocco Wolfsburg
91 Cabriolet (2.0 Crossflow 8v swap and mechanical rebuild in progress)


--- Shawn c Meze <skerocdriver@juno.com> wrote:
>Ok,  this 82 Scirocco I picked up from Mike VanAmberg has some electrical
>issues. Some ive already fixed. I still have a non working tach, not
>important at this point in the game. What im after is the highbeams.
>Yeah, bright lights. My gut feeling is that someone hacked into the
>fusebox. 
>
>I replaced the high beam switch and headlight switch hoping this would
>cure my lack of lights issues. Nope, didnt fix anything. 
>
>Im trying to use my dead 82 as a reference to what im looking at, or,
>should be looking at. Ive already noticed that my dead 82 has a Motometer
>cluster in it while Ruflus has a VDO cluster in it. That figures. So this
>tells me I might have comparison issues with the fuesboxes too. 
>
>These are pics of both fuse boxes. 
>http://scirocco.dhs.org/vw/list/meze/bluebox.jpg
>
>http://scirocco.dhs.org/vw/list/meze/Ruflusbox.jpg
>
>I noticed that the relays are in different locations. Ugg. I have no
>power to the #1 thr #4 fuses either. Where does the power come from to
>the fuse panel for the high beams? I looked at the diagram... I hate
>German diagrams...
>
>Ideas? 
>
> 
>Shawn Mze
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