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Grumpy Jew Samba Member
Joined: August 27, 2012 Posts: 164 Location: Southern California
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Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2012 12:45 pm Post subject: Man i messed up Help me Please!!! |
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i removed the dash on my 1974 super beetle and didn't label any of the wires, i haves looked at the wiring schematic and it may as well be Chinese. I do not understand it at all. i need to get my speedometer and light switches working do i can at least drive it to another location. currently none of the lights work. all were working properly before i removed the dash. I have order the custom dash for glass-action and will be install it and using the stock speedometer but will be putting in custom switches for the lights and A/C and whatever else is needed, but need to know which wires go where. PLEASE HELP!!! |
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Sportbugger Samba Member
Joined: December 15, 2008 Posts: 216
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Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2012 1:34 pm Post subject: Re: Man i messed up Help me Please!!! |
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Grumpy Jew wrote: |
i removed the dash on my 1974 super beetle and didn't label any of the wires, i haves looked at the wiring schematic and it may as well be Chinese. I do not understand it at all. i need to get my speedometer and light switches working do i can at least drive it to another location. currently none of the lights work. all were working properly before i removed the dash. I have order the custom dash for glass-action and will be install it and using the stock speedometer but will be putting in custom switches for the lights and A/C and whatever else is needed, but need to know which wires go where. PLEASE HELP!!! |
Here's some pictures I took of the wiring going to the back of my Speedo before I removed it.
It's not much but at this point every little bit may help.
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djkeev Samba Moderator
Joined: September 30, 2007 Posts: 32431 Location: Reading Pennsylvania
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Boble Samba Member
Joined: November 13, 2005 Posts: 744 Location: Oslo, Norway
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b1pig Samba Member
Joined: March 06, 2012 Posts: 297 Location: Ray City, Ga
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Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 1:30 pm Post subject: |
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i found the wiring diagram for the beetle to be relatively easy to decipher.
if it confuses you a little....
use a sheet of paper to make a LIST of the wires, color code and what it goes to/from.
next, compare the list to the schematic. draw out a rough sketch of the dash and accessories. in sections if you need to.
label the terminals and corresponding colored wires.
using that method along with photos and other drawn diagrams who have forded these waters before you, and you should slowly have it reassembled. |
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fred69vert Samba Member
Joined: August 17, 2007 Posts: 2200 Location: Home of the US Navy Atlantic Fleet, Norfolk, VA
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Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 4:33 am Post subject: |
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Once you figure out what you're looking at, the late model wiring diagram is not that hard.
That being said, I'm an electronics tech, been reading schematics for almost 35 years and those wiring diagrams are the most screwed up diagrams I have ever seen. _________________ I'm not losing my hair, it's just retired and relocating further south.
1969 VW convertible, "Heidi" |
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NCdad Samba Member
Joined: August 28, 2008 Posts: 1525 Location: South Carolina
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ashman40 Samba Member
Joined: February 16, 2007 Posts: 15975 Location: North Florida, USA
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Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 9:30 am Post subject: Re: Man i messed up Help me Please!!! |
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Sportbugger wrote: |
Here's some pictures I took of the wiring going to the back of my Speedo before I removed it.
It's not much but at this point every little bit may help.
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I thought I'd mention that the trio of lights in this pic are missing a wire. That unused spade that connects to all three bulb holders should have a wire connected to it. Depending on your model year it could be a black or a green wire that is powered from the ignition switch (12v+). Early years may not have been fuse protected. Since this power source is shared by all three indicator bulbs each of the wires that run to the bulb holders goes to a ground source (alternator, oil pressure switch or flasher relay). _________________ AshMan40
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'67 Beetle #1 {project car that never made it to the road }
'75 Beetle 1200LS (RHD Japan model) {junked due to frame rot}
'67 Beetle #2 {2019 project car - Wish me luck!} |
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