Speedy Jim > wrote in message >...
> Chuck Townsley wrote:
>
> > Folks,
> > without calling the Bentley book ugly, because it has been great up to
> > this point, does anyone have a decent set of schematic electrical
> > drawings (wiring diagrams) for the 1977 Type 2 Bus? The ones in the
> > book are not clear, and in many cases just not accurate.
> > While I am not an expert, I am in fact very used to reading wiring
> > diagrams for other vehicles. Even with my knowledge (limited though
> > it is), these drawings have done nothing but frustrated me to the
> > point of literally being forced to follow the wires from beginning to
> > end point to make sure they did what I thought they did. But my main
> > concern is with the modules that can be found here and there, and just
> > what their functions are when diagnosing problems.
> >
> > Any help would be appriciated.
> > Chuck
>
> Not flaming in any way, but I have found the Bentley diagrams
> for Buses to be very accurate.
>
> Yes, they take some getting used to because they are functional
> "ladder" diagrams rather than wiring layout diagrams.
> But for circuit tracing in trouble shooting, the ladder type is
> far easier to use since all the components of a particluar circuit are
> for the most part in a straight line.
>
> I don't know of any other diagrams for the late Buses, so spend a
> little time getting familiar with the conventions used.
>
> If it helps, there is a simplified diagram of the Fuel Injection
> circuitry on my web site. I think I've made it a bit easier to
> understand than the one in Bentley <pats self on back>.
>
> Speedy Jim
> http://www.nls.net/mp/volks/


Jim, et al,
I take my hat off to you, you should have flamed me. I did figure out
why I was struggling so much. My van was at one time powered off of
an electric motor and batteries. With the retro fit of a bug engine,
the person who completed this task, simply cut wires not needed back
in the engine compartment, and used others for such things as the
ignition system.

So when I recognized this today by checking continuity of all the
wires behind the instrument panel to see just where their destination
was. It made things much easier. Many where just cut and others were
hijacked for other purposes as I stated before.

So from here, I am going to photo copy the latter diagrams in the book
and restate the colors of the wires etc... The frustating thing was
that some of the rungs were correct and others made no since what so
ever when I was matching colors of the wires, etc...

Thanks for the help...
Chuck