Hi guys.
Problem number #574.
I need to replace the front end of my loom. RHD variant 1970 chassis number is beginning with 360
I have found a guy called vwlooms. Has anyone had much experience with him? He sounded pretty decent.
He has a 68 fastback front end on US spec. Will this fit my square? Or should I be looking more for Euro spec?
Thanks.
Wiring loom front end.
Re: Wiring loom front end.
There is a company based on the Lincolnshire east coast somewhere. They bought a complete 71 fastback wiring loom from me as a pattern. They were in the business of re manufacturing wiring looms. Might be worth a google.
In the mean time ill try and remember who they were
According to this https://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/info/wiringt3.php
There isnt a USA spec 68
In the mean time ill try and remember who they were
According to this https://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/info/wiringt3.php
There isnt a USA spec 68
The sultan of swing
Re: Wiring loom front end.
I may have misheard him? He said the Us spec looms were a couple of years behind the Euro versions? So maybe a 71 loom would be ok on US spec. Registration on mine is 70 so its more of a 69 I think. I may well Have all this backward. Ha
Re: Wiring loom front end.
I guess it depends which bit you need, is it just front lights, horn, fuel sender? or all the under dash stuff too?
You probably wont have V2 as that's the dash fan
To be honest these looms are stupid simple, If it were you id just use that diagram above, take your time, buy a second hand loom from someone breaking a late car and just pull each colour out and add it into your current loom. Beetles, campers and type 3s of the same era all have the same colour wiring, so find any one breaking something and offer them a few quid for the loom so you've got some original colour wiring.
i can see how it seems complex but I rewired a beetle and felt like a rabbit in the head lights, once I had the colours memorised it wasn't that painful
You probably wont have V2 as that's the dash fan
To be honest these looms are stupid simple, If it were you id just use that diagram above, take your time, buy a second hand loom from someone breaking a late car and just pull each colour out and add it into your current loom. Beetles, campers and type 3s of the same era all have the same colour wiring, so find any one breaking something and offer them a few quid for the loom so you've got some original colour wiring.
i can see how it seems complex but I rewired a beetle and felt like a rabbit in the head lights, once I had the colours memorised it wasn't that painful
The sultan of swing