Wow, legit new problem.

[green536 at hotmail.com (Chris DeLong)]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Eric you sucker!! LOL now he doesnt have to read a book 
LOL!!!


Chris DeLong
Fine Tuning
206.367.5503
www.finetuningperformance.com
Seattle, WA USA





>From: Eric S <scirocco81@vwmail.net>
>Reply-To: scirocco81@vwmail.net
>To: Shawn c Meze <skerocdriver@juno.com>, scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: Wow, legit new problem.
>Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 10:07:39 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
>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.
>
>--
>Eric
>www.VintageWatercooleds.com
>
>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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> >
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