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VW-Upfitters Samba Member
Joined: November 21, 2018 Posts: 4 Location: UTAH, USA
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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2023 9:30 am Post subject: New Wiring Harness Questions - 1973 Thing Dash |
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We have just installed a Thing Shop wiring harness and somehow ended up with a pair of wires that have no place to go. The Thing Shop seems baffled by this as well. Has anyone seen this before?
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Dougster43 Samba Member
Joined: May 11, 2018 Posts: 182 Location: Texas
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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2023 11:25 am Post subject: Re: New Wiring Harness Questions - 1973 Thing Dash |
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I installed a new Thing Shop harness a few years ago and also noticed that there were a few extra wires in the front harness. I don’t recall if they were the same color as your picture and if they were bundled together. One of them came out underneath the car in the same location as the two wires going to the horn - there are 3 wires total in my harness at that location - the switched 12v+ for the horn and the ground wire from the horn button circuit, plus the extra wire. I would guess this would be good for fog lights?
I don’t recall where the second extra wire ends up - probably at one of the light harness connections. I remember tracing them back then and confirming that they were extras. They really aren’t hurting anything and could be useful in the future so I left them there.
Hope that helps. I can look more closely at mine when I return home if needed. |
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Semper_Dad Samba Member
Joined: May 14, 2005 Posts: 3506 Location: Indiana
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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2023 5:58 pm Post subject: Re: New Wiring Harness Questions - 1973 Thing Dash |
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I installed a Thing Shop harness about a year ago and had 2 additional wires as well. A red and a green wire if I recall. They are not on the wiring diagram. I called the Thing shop and was told that they were added to support either fog/driving lighting or dual horns. You can use them pretty much as you wish. I repurposed one for an electric washer pump. _________________ Walküre Restoration Thread: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=737492 |
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jehlan Samba Member
Joined: April 02, 2007 Posts: 28
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Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2023 6:43 pm Post subject: Re: New Wiring Harness Questions - 1973 Thing Dash |
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Semper Dad got it right. Just installed my harness from thingparts.com Had 2 extra wire blue and green, which came out up front with the head lights, blue on one side, and green on other. thingparts told me right away what they were for
Fog lights. I used mine for electric window washer pump and other for day time halo ring lights on new led headlights! |
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