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PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 12:32 pm    Post subject: weird elec. problem Reply with quote

when i hit the brakes the turn signal indacator comes on Shocked
its a 65 bug
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 2:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Get a hold of a wire diagram and be sure you've connected everything right. We all make mistakes Cool
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 2:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

When I switch on the turn signal, the wipers come on Smile .

OK, they dont Confused . But it sounds like someone got something crossed.

Here's the wiring diagram for '65

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/info/wiringt1.php

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 2:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sounds like a ground feeding back.......check your taillight grounds.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 4:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sounds like a bad ground. Its called the rental trailer sydrone. Hook up a u-haul trailer and if the ball and hitch don't have a skookum connection, the lights will do all kinds of weird stuff. Grab the trailer and rock it back and forth and as it gets a good ground, things start working correct.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 4:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Umm... when have you seen a '65 bug dragging around a U-Haul trailer?? Eh?
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 4:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Believe it or not, I was a lot boy for U-Haul---my first real job after being asked to "leave high-school" and never return. That was the most common problem hooking up trailers---had to shake the bejeezez out of them to get a good connection. You'd turn on the left blinker, the right would come on, etc. It was a good lesson as I owned a baja that had horrible grounds. And then there was my 73 Monte Carlo--what a yacht. Evey time it rained out, the grounds would go crazy. I'd shove in the cigarette lighter to fire up a joint and the damned horn would honk. Turn on the headlights and the dome light would go out. Geez I'm rambling....old age....
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 4:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mmmkay. I still dont see the correlation between a uhaul trailer and the guy's '65 bug. Think

Should he go out and shake the beejeezez out of his car? Razz
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 4:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

A bad ground is a bad ground. Whether a bad connection between a trailer and hitch or a eletcrial connection on a car, it can cause a ghost problem such as what he described.

That or his damned car is possessed by the ghost of my ex wife.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 4:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I see. So he should shake the beejeezes out of his car! Laughing
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 4:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ah kent, you're a regular John Muir! Or he could drive down those cobble streets of that rich neighborhood you live in. That'll shake loose all teh wiring connections!
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 4:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Have you been driving by my house again??
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 2:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

still cant find the problem. now turn signal indactor stays on all the time, no brake lights, no turn signals.
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 10:50 am    Post subject: electrical issue Reply with quote

I had the same issue, my turn signal switch had a short. I replaced the signal switch with a good used one. I have a 61 rag
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 12:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's the ground. I just fixed the same exact problem on my 65. Hit the brakes and the front passenger side turn signal would come on. Did a little exploring and found I wasn't getting good ground to the passenger side rear taillight assembly. Clean up the connection and it's good as new. Wink
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 12:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ended up being a short in the dome light.
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