James
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| posted on 3/7/08 at 03:47 PM |
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OT: Old VW Camper Question
Bit OT I know but my girlfriend's sister has just bought a 1960 Split-screen camper. It's the single cab pickup truck type.
I've been looking at it today and trying to help out with the electrics... currently the only working lights are one headlight mainbeam and one
brakelight on the same side! 
Anyway, in the cab, next to the clutch pedal is a large switch with 3 large wires connected to it. It's presumably a foot switch..... any idea
what it is?
Can find no mention in the workshop manual...
Thanks,
James
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"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."
- Muhammad Ali
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Fatgadget
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| posted on 3/7/08 at 03:53 PM |
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Dip Switch. Lots of old cars had foot operated dip switches.
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James
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| posted on 3/7/08 at 04:01 PM |
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Ah, nice one! Thankyou.
6 minutes for an OT reply.... not bad!  God I love this site!
Any idea where the fuse box is while you're "in the zone"? Manual says behind the dash and a 2nd one by the fuel tank ( ) but
can't find either!
Cheers!
James
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"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."
- Muhammad Ali
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Dusty
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| posted on 3/7/08 at 04:01 PM |
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Very simple circuit. Battery tofuse to headlamp switch to dip switch. Dip switch is a single input to alternate outputs. One goes to main beams one to
dipped beams. No relays.
Does the glove box drop down to reveal the fuses?
[Edited on 3/7/08 by Dusty]
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mcerd1
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| posted on 3/7/08 at 04:02 PM |
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https://www.europaspares.com/ELECTRICAL/SWITCHES/FLOOR_MOUNT_HEADLAMP_DIP_SWITCH___322100__4462.html
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 3/7/08 at 04:06 PM |
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Best place for the switch, leaves you hands free when going round a corner at night and you come across another car. You can get new ones at
EuropaSpares. Same goes for wing mirrors on wings, totally stupid to have them on the doors, just creates blindspots which you don't have with
wing mounted ones.
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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MkIndy7
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| posted on 3/7/08 at 04:19 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
Best place for the switch, leaves you hands free when going round a corner at night and you come across another car. .
Not so good if you manage to switch it off when in a foreign country at the dead of night on an unlit road, when you change gear in and unfamiliar
car tho! TR3a's tut
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philw
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| posted on 3/7/08 at 04:21 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by James
Anyway, in the cab, next to the clutch pedal is a large switch with 3 large wires connected to it. It's presumably a foot switch..... any idea
what it is?
Thanks,
James
Exhaust brake
Must try harder
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James
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| posted on 3/7/08 at 05:27 PM |
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Thanks for all the help everyone!
Found the fuses behind the wooden panels in front of driver/passenger's knees.
As everyone said, the foot switch is for dip and it works (on the side the headlight works!).
I put the multi-meter across the headlight connections.... +12v on the working light and nothing on the dead one so presumably that eliminates the
bulb and means it's the power from the foot switch that is the problem where it branches out left and right.
Or, thinking about it, the fact that the rear light doesn't work on the same side.... does that mean it's the headlight switch itself
that's duff?
The wiring's been well bodged before... with just wires twisted together and taped! Glad to say my Locost wiring was done much better!
Cheers,
James
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"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."
- Muhammad Ali
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darrens
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| posted on 3/7/08 at 06:06 PM |
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you have a 1960 split screen camper pickup, so wish I had one...........
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 3/7/08 at 06:51 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by darrens
you have a 1960 split screen camper pickup, so wish I had one...........
You wouldn't want the one I used to have ! gutless, thirsty, crap performance , crap electrics but it had a nice bed in the back!
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iank
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| posted on 3/7/08 at 08:25 PM |
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As an OT post to an OT thread, when I was a kid (7 or 8) they brought a fire engine in to the schoolyard and let the kids crawl all over it (before
H&S obviously). My mum and dad had a MkI Mini with a floor mounted dip, so I pressed the one on the fire engine as the other kids wrestled with
the steering wheel - it's a floor mounted siren switch on a fire engine apparently. Much excitement ensued
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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kendo
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| posted on 3/7/08 at 08:30 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by James
Thanks for all the help everyone!
Found the fuses behind the wooden panels in front of driver/passenger's knees.
As everyone said, the foot switch is for dip and it works (on the side the headlight works!).
I put the multi-meter across the headlight connections.... +12v on the working light and nothing on the dead one so presumably that eliminates the
bulb and means it's the power from the foot switch that is the problem where it branches out left and right.
Or, thinking about it, the fact that the rear light doesn't work on the same side.... does that mean it's the headlight switch itself
that's duff?
The wiring's been well bodged before... with just wires twisted together and taped! Glad to say my Locost wiring was done much better!
Cheers,
James
More likely to be 6V I'd have thought.
[Edited on 3/7/08 by kendo]
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 3/7/08 at 09:12 PM |
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Probably been converted to 12v ? the 6 v lighting was a joke
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