Pictures of engine compartment wiring

[easyriderknucklehead]

f?ckin eh guys thanks too you all and Bus daddy I owe you a beer I got the beast charging and all hooked up, grounded the brown ,hooked up the blue and red and getting 13.5 to 14 volts running. yeh!!

Sure feels great did take longer than it should have but the beer tastes better and saved the $100 an hour the mechanic would have charged and the butcher job that existed maybe he soak me for 2 hours

[Tom Powell]

[beetleman217]

[Tcash]

Is the yellow strip at the bottom of the diagram Ground?
Yes it is ground.

[beetleman217]

Thank you.

Does anybody know what the little yellow squares with the numbers are? For example, in the light switch, the red/white wire that has the cluster lights on it (circuit 26) ends in such a square marked 52, or the brown wire to its right has one marked 60.

Also, is there a good bus reference guide (perhaps the purple Haynes?) that has good explanations on wiring, and maybe a good diagram? Every diagram I was able to find online is very small and I can barely make out the numbers and letters. Printing in the highest resolution still comes out small and blurry.

Thanks
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[Tcash]

[beetleman217]

That makes sense, wow it is much more clear now. Thanks Tcash!
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[busdaddy]

[Tcash]

[DJNWST]

I found this small black wire that must have come loose somehow and was grounding out and sparking inside the engine compartment.

The posts below indicate that it may not go to anything... but I'm really struggling to find what it fell out of. It comes out of the wires that start from the alternator and go to the voltage regulator -- but this one is just hanging.

If it's not needed I can cap it off but if anyone knows I'd love some feedback, thanks!!

Picture below. This view is from the top deck looking down and the battery is on the right. 78 VW Bus.

[busdaddy]

Welcome, that was once part of the diagnostic wiring back when the dealers had a machine to plug the bus into, now it's redundant so tape it up safely.
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[Wildthings]

It is probably the wire shown in Current Track #3 that once plugged into T1a which went to the factory diagnostic plug. The other end is probably attached to the big B+ lug on the starter. You can either just remove the end from the starter or tape the exposed end off carefully.

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[Busstom]

[telford dorr]

[Busstom]

Thanks telford, without your reply, I might just be hearing crickets.

What I don't get is 12 volts on both sides of the alternator lamp...two positives make a negative??? I'm not questioning bartnik, but the statement in some sense seems contradictory (even though I'm sure it works).

I will study the schematic s'more and chat with some smart electrical people at work...if anyone is so bold and knows this inside-and-out, please feel free to type up a play-by-play and explain the wiring for a box, I'm all ears

[BayCreamPuff]

[Wildthings]

[Busstom]

Okay, yes, it’s starting to make sense: so if I’m interpreting correctly, the bulb is isolated from chassis ground, and instead is grounding through the blue wire from the voltage regulator; then when power comes through the blue wire, the lamp goes out. Correct?

Thanks guys.

[R.C.N. Bugs]

Can some one be specific about the blue wire coming out of the plug on the regulator which blue wire does it hook to because i have two blue wires coming out of the harness

[Wildthings]