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ajbsd
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 Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2016 12:16 pm Post subject: 63 Bus Turn Signal Install |
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| I am in the process of putting together my 63 after a full restoration and fresh painting. I am installing the front turn signals and am not quite sure how they go on. I don't want to scratch the paint in the process however it seems as though to properly do this it may require some finesse. Does anyone have any suggestions and photos for this install? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank Samba Community! |
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hitest
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| Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2016 3:27 pm Post subject: Re: 63 Bus Turn Signal Install |
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I can advise the process very easily as long as the parts you are using are OEM or Wolfsburg West- and you have a fried egg bus. Make sure the cutouts and the screw anchor holes are clean. The reflectors go in first- and they are ambidextrous. The fried egg lenses have a very obvious right and left. The WW units are very good- just like OEM Hella. They "ride up" over the reflectors and the two anchors attach to the reflector. There is a slight concave curve as the nose of the bus curves upward above each headlight housing. The nose skin then re-curves into the convex profile of the rest of the bus nose. This "s" shaped, twisted profile determines which reflector belongs on the left and right. These will be obvious when you hold each one up to each hole- with the screw holes parallel to the ground. Good luck- now I hope you don't have one of the last bullet buses... 
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Alex1976
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| Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 7:30 pm Post subject: Re: 63 Bus Turn Signal Install |
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I'm in the process of adding my lights back on to my bus as well and I'm pretty much a complete newbie to all this.
Thanks for the help on the reinstall but I was needing to know how to ground it. I noticed in the wiring diagram for my '66 it has the ground going to the corresponding side's headlight ground... Or can I just attach it to the inside body on the back? Is it enough of a ground that the metal body of the of the turn signal is attached to the body or do I need to run a wire to ground? If so, where and to where?
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Eric&Barb
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| Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 7:31 am Post subject: Re: 63 Bus Turn Signal Install |
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You really do not need a ground wire. At worse with fresh paint you may need to sand clean a spot where the bulb holder clamps to. Add a dab of grease or dielectric grease to the bare metal to avoid oxygen and moisture to get there and cause corrosion which can limit or cut off voltage flow.
On the other hand headlights do need a grounds wire to be reliable. Our DEC60 walk thru panel camper conversion did not have them and we added them in to improve. Our DEC62 single cab had headlight ground wires from the factory.
Since you have a 66 it should have the factory headlight ground wires. Do make sure the grounding points of the ground wires are clean and greased.
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Alex1976
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| Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 7:53 am Post subject: Re: 63 Bus Turn Signal Install |
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Awesome, thank you!
Both turn signals make good contact with bar metal so I won't do anything additional to ground them.
The headlights have a factory ground wire, so I'll continue to use them. Thanks again. 
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Eric&Barb
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| Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 8:44 am Post subject: Re: 63 Bus Turn Signal Install |
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Glad to help!
Adding ground wires (soldered is best to the bulb holders) to each of the taillights to the battery ground cable grounding point is a must. VW finally did that at the factory in 1970.
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