VW Baywindow Bus - Fusebox Layoutby Richard Atwell |
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The owner's manuals aren't clear which fuses are 8A and which are 16A and it varies from year to year. Bentley is even less clear and there is a mistake in the manual but the color wiring diagrams explain which fuses protection which circuits.
16A fuse locations are indicated in red at the top of each table.
Wiring diagrams from Vintage Bus are hyperlinked.
Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
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1976 1977 1978 1979 |
Tail light left, Sidemarker rear left |
Parking light left, Sidemarker front left and right, Parking light right, Sidemarker rear right, Tail light right, License plate light |
Left headlight | Left high beam | Right headlight, High beam warning light |
Right high beam | Fresh air fans | Interior lights front and rear, Emergency flasher and warning light, Turn signals |
Accessory | Windshield wipers, Rear defogger and warning light |
Horn, Brake lights, Brake warning light, Parking brake control light |
Oil warning light, Alternator light, Turn signal warning light, EGR warning light, Gas gauge |
Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
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1973 1974 |
Tail light left, Sidemarker rear |
Parking light left, Sidemarker front left and right, Parking light right, Sidemarker rear right, Tail light right, License plate light |
Left headlight | Left high beam | Right headlight, High beam warning light |
Right high beam | Fresh air fans | Interior light front, Emergency flasher and warning light, Turn signals |
Accessory, Interior light rear, Door buzzer |
Windshield wipers, Rear defogger and warning light |
Oil warning light, Alternator light, Turn signal warning light, Gas gauge |
Horn, Brake lights, Brake warning light, Parking brake control light |
Note: 75 only differs by the wiring of the interior lights
Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
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1975 | Tail light left, Sidemarker rear |
Parking light left, Sidemarker front left and right, Parking light right, Sidemarker rear right, Tail light right, License plate light |
Left headlight | Left high beam | Right headlight, High beam warning light |
Right high beam | Fresh air fans | Interior light front and rear, Emergency flasher and warning light, Turn signals |
Accessory, Door buzzer |
Windshield wipers, Rear defogger and warning light |
Oil warning light, Alternator light, Turn signal warning light, Gas gauge |
Horn, Brake lights, Brake warning light, Parking brake control light |
Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1972 | Tail light left, Sidemarker rear left |
Parking light front left and right, Tail light right, Sidemarker rear right, License plate light |
Right headlight | Left headlight | Right high beam | Left high beam, High beam warning light |
Fresh air fans | Interior light front, Emergency flasher, Turn signals |
Accessory, Door buzzer, Interior light rear |
Windshield wipers | Rear defogger Oil warning light, Alternator light, Turn signal warning light, Gas gauge, |
Horn, Brake lights, Brake warning light |
Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
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1971 | Tail light right, Sidemarker rear right, License plate light |
Tail light left, Sidemarker rear left |
Right headlight | Left high beam | Right high beam | Left headlight, High beam warning light |
Fresh air fans | Interior light front, Emergency flasher, Turn signals |
Accessory, Door buzzer, Interior light rear |
Brake lights, Horn |
Rear defogger, Windshield wipers |
Parking brake control light, Alternator light, Turn signal warning light, Fuel gauge |
Note: the fusebox in the schematic is backwards.
Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
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1970 | Tail light right, Sidemarker rear right, License plate light, Parking lights front |
Tail light left, Sidemarker rear left |
Right headlight | Left headlight | Right high beam | Left high beam, High beam warning light |
Accessory | Windshield wipers | Parking brake light, Alternator light, High beam warning light, Turn signal warning light, Fuel gauge |
Horn, Brake warning light | Interior light front, Door buzzer, Emergency flasher, Turn signals |
Interior light rear |
Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
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1968 1969 |
Emergency flasher, Brake warning light, Horn |
Windshield wipers | Left high beam, High beam warning light |
Right high beam | Left headlight | Right headlight | Parking lights front, Tail light right, License plate |
Tail light left | Emergency flasher, Interior light front and rear |
Accessory |
04/10/04 - Created
01/08/05 - Added some fusebox part numbers courtesy of Karl (r.i.p)
09/07/11 - Fixed broken photos, added translate button, updated footer
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