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rustbus Samba Member
Joined: June 18, 2009 Posts: 2078 Location: alberta
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Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 9:29 pm Post subject: fuse covers |
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Boys!
I have these two, what years are they for? i hope one is a '72 - sorry, my bentley is far right now....
thanks _________________ May of '72 Deluxe. 2.0L L-Jet CS & 091 trans conversion
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busdaddy Samba Member
Joined: February 12, 2004 Posts: 51121 Location: Surrey B.C. Canada, but thinking of Ukraine
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Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 7:12 am Post subject: |
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The top one looks right for a 72. _________________ Rust NEVER sleeps and stock never goes out of style.
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rustbus Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 8:25 pm Post subject: |
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busdaddy wrote: |
The top one looks right for a 72. |
Thanks Boss! _________________ May of '72 Deluxe. 2.0L L-Jet CS & 091 trans conversion
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RIOMX Samba Member
Joined: September 30, 2005 Posts: 1234 Location: La Crosse, WI
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Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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Rustbus if that's the case, let me know if you'd sell the bottom one. Looks like I just ordered the wrong fuse cover this week...
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rustbus Samba Member
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Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2010 10:08 am Post subject: |
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RIOMX wrote: |
Rustbus if that's the case, let me know if you'd sell the bottom one. Looks like I just ordered the wrong fuse cover this week... |
sure thing! - fire me a PM - I dont know what years its for, but i swear it may have come from an earlier bus - sure its the one for you? yours looks like mine....ha! _________________ May of '72 Deluxe. 2.0L L-Jet CS & 091 trans conversion
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RIOMX Samba Member
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Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2010 10:14 am Post subject: |
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I'm wondering if the top one is actually the correct one for later buses. Here is the fuse configuration for a 75, and it seems to match the top cover you have (and the one i ordered)
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RIOMX Samba Member
Joined: September 30, 2005 Posts: 1234 Location: La Crosse, WI
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Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2010 10:16 am Post subject: |
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Here's the answer! peep the photo of the fuse cover to the left. This is from a 1972 manual.
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busdaddy Samba Member
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Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2010 12:43 pm Post subject: |
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Don't always trust photos in VW manuals, they often recycled pics from previous years. Notice the pictured one shows the right fuses as dome lights but the text says they are signals and horn
IIRC the dome light was at the very end on a 70 or 71. _________________ Rust NEVER sleeps and stock never goes out of style.
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RIOMX Samba Member
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Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2010 12:45 pm Post subject: |
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busdaddy wrote: |
Don't always trust photos in VW manuals, they often recycled pics from previous years. Notice the pictured one shows the right fuses as dome lights but the text says they are signals and horn
IIRC the dome light was at the very end on a 70 or 71. |
Good call. I didn't go through the fuse listing on the 72 manual as much as I did for the 75
So help me out - am I OK to use the cover that I bought? |
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busdaddy Samba Member
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Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2010 12:51 pm Post subject: |
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Looks pretty close to me, print a copy of that page you posted and keep it with your spare fuses if you're worried. _________________ Rust NEVER sleeps and stock never goes out of style.
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RIOMX Samba Member
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Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2010 12:57 pm Post subject: |
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busdaddy wrote: |
Looks pretty close to me, print a copy of that page you posted and keep it with your spare fuses if you're worried. |
It's ok. I keep a Bentley under the driver seat. I just don't like my fuses being exposed and I liked the idea of having a cover to make it more "complete."
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airschooled Air-Schooled
Joined: April 04, 2012 Posts: 12721 Location: on a bike ride somewhere
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Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 12:41 pm Post subject: Re: fuse covers |
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What are you folks using to clean these plastic covers? Five years ago I bought one from jtauxe in excellent condition (thanks jtauxe!) and I just found it cleaning out my storage unit. It’s yellowed a bit, and last time I cleaned something like this it faded and cracked...
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Terminatez Samba Member
Joined: June 07, 2015 Posts: 340 Location: Sun Valley, CA
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Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 4:22 pm Post subject: Re: fuse covers |
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asiab3 wrote: |
What are you folks using to clean these plastic covers? Five years ago I bought one from jtauxe in excellent condition (thanks jtauxe!) and I just found it cleaning out my storage unit. It’s yellowed a bit, and last time I cleaned something like this it faded and cracked...
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Try Hydrogen Peroxide. I haven't tried it on a clear plastic, but I tried it on a few white plastics that turned yellow. Sure enough, they went back to turning white. I got the idea online. _________________ 1972 Westfalia P30 hardtop Campmobile [On-going Restoration]
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telford dorr Samba Member
Joined: March 11, 2009 Posts: 3551 Location: San Diego (Encinitas)
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 11:41 am Post subject: Re: fuse covers |
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Or just get some plastic polish (like used to polish plastic headlight lenses). Locally, ePlastics, aka Ridout Plastics, 5535 Ruffin Rd, San Diego (Kearny Mesa). http://www.eplastics.com/ _________________ '71 panel, now with FI
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