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turkishgecko
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glutamodo 
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Do you mean the back-up light fuse? Originally they used a special clip to secure the fuseholder. You don't see those clips very often these days though. The 74 Owner's manual has a picture: (click on the picture for a full-size view of it)
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turkishgecko
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| thanks.do you know how to find the clip? |
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bon2198
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i'm not sure if they sell that actual clip anymore or not. you may ask your local VW dealer or pay a visit to some junk yards.
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glutamodo
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Another note - earlier bugs had the fuse above the generator, as shown by the black arrow in the middle picture here:
Well I wanted one of those for my 62.
I had added backup lights and had just been using the wiring harness hold-down clip on that side to secure my fuseholder. But it was wearing out, so I wanted some kind of clip. Either style, I think one type requires a small hole in the fan housing to insert the clip, and the other has a 6mm hole to bolt beneath the coil mounting.
I dug around the VW salvage yard I used to work at looking for such a clip a couple of years ago and could not find one.
I should have posted a WTB (wanting to buy) ad on TheSamba Classifieds though, I'm sure one would have turned up. One style just poppped up on a quick search:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=607991
But what I ended up finding though, was a solid metal clip that was big enough to hold the fuseholder after some bending. I then used a step stud (actually a valve cover mounting stud from a VW Golf) and a couple of M6 nuts and washers to mount in place of my top right generator-to-shroud bolt. This is what it ended up looking like:
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glutamodo
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Didn't I post that same link just above?  |
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ScottK
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Crap.... Sorry.  |
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turkishgecko
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| thanks |
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swharris
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Only a 12-year-old thread (;-P ), but I have a '67 (very original) that I pulled the motor out to reseal and clean up. I remember disconnecting the fuse to pull it. Months later, finally, the motor went in but to my "horror" I can only find one side to the fuse holder. I'm hoping I did not bury the other end behind the new tar board...lol. Does one side go to the coil and the other side back around and down to the switch on the trans? Maybe I've just lost the "coil end" of the fuse holder??
Thanks for any help Everett!
ooh, I just found a pic of the motor before I pulled it. Hey, it even has the "clip". Now to find that. Haha.
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Cusser
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The "hot" wire with the inline fuse comes from coil positive terminal #15 and goes to the reverse switch at the front of the transmission.
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swharris
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| The "hot" wire with the inline fuse comes from coil positive terminal #15 and goes to the reverse switch at the front of the transmission. |
Thanks. I must have put the half of the fuse holder with the wire to the coil in a box somewhere. I appreciate the fact you are monitoring 12 year old threads. ;-P |
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ricaroo
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| Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2020 11:01 am Post subject: Re: inline fuse holder |
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Hi everyone,
What amp in-line fuse for #15 wire from fuse block to coil?
Rick
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Q-Dog
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| Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2020 11:49 am Post subject: Re: inline fuse holder |
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Hi everyone,
What amp in-line fuse for #15 wire from fuse block to coil?
Rick |
Did you see this upthread?
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Cusser
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| ricaroo wrote: |
Hi everyone,
What amp in-line fuse for #15 wire from fuse block to coil?
Rick |
8-amp from factory
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ricaroo
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| Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2020 12:32 pm Post subject: Re: inline fuse holder |
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Hi everyone,
What amp in-line fuse for #15 wire from fuse block to coil?
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Did you see this upthread?
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Q-Dog, yes I did however, it doesn’t mention the #15 Wire from the Input side of the fuse block directly to the coil...
I found my answer a few minutes ago in a older post where it indicated to use either 15amp or 20amp in-line fuse for this application.
Rick
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Tim Donahoe
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I’ve been using an 8 amp German fuse in this application for years, and no problems. That’s what my Owners Manual says, anyway.
Tim
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ricaroo
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Tim,
That’s the same size fuse Cusser indicated as well. What year is yours, mine is a 10 fuse block 71 and it doesn’t reference it. I looked at a 12 fuse block 71 and it says un-fused connection
My decision is to try an 8amp fuse.
Thanks to everyone for the help.
Rick
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Tim Donahoe
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Rick, I have the 12 fuse bank. I can’t see why the fuse from the #15 coil connection to the transmission switch would be any different, from year to year, regardless of how many other fuses that one model has, compared to another.
The only fuse I have that is over the 8 and 16 amp varieties is a 20 amp modern fuse that I have at a hard-start relay. Other than that, I follow what the Owners Manual says. It’s odd that yours doesn’t mention the size of the fuse.
Tim
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