[T2] my '74 bus tailight wires

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some days when working on my bus I suspect it was designed during 
Octoberfest and the engineers were running out for a few while designing 
the electrical sysem (and a few other things. Rube Goldberg would be proud 
of the auto tranny installation)

Bob



On Wed, 16 Jul 2014, Jamie wrote:

> Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 16:23:38 -0400
> From: Jamie <jrivers at globalserve.net>
> To: Max Bronsema <max.bronsema at gmail.com>
> Cc: Type 2 List <type2 at type2.com>
> Subject: Re: [T2] my '74 bus tailight wires
> 
> From: "Max Bronsema" <
>>  entertaining read too.
>> Max
>
> hmmm,,, entertaining eh?  you obviously lead a shadowed life....  ;)
>
>
>>> Syd
>>> these wires that are [could be] all black...
>>> reverse lights , should be obvious as the fuse holder is attached to the
>>> ignition coil, goes to the trans nose cone switch, then returns to the 
>>> lamp
>>> holder
>>> ignition power to coil, power should go on and off with Key,,
>
> I forgot to add.... if you mix up these 2 wires... your back up lights will 
> come on with the key,, and your ignition will only run the engine when you 
> have the stick shift if reverse...
>
> seen that happen once.. guy always backs out of the garage,, after doing some 
> fiddlin on wires,, he gets in, selects reverse... turns key,, engine starts, 
> runs, he backs out,, and then pulls shifter into N looking for 1st,, and the 
> engine quits! ... weird eh? ... 
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