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Interior Light Delay unit - Golf III - Where is it?
Hello - Having problems with the interior light on my Golf III - does not
come on when either door is opened - and suspect the delay unit may be at fault. Where can I find it? p |
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gremalkin wrote: > > Hello - Having problems with the interior light on my Golf III - does not > come on when either door is opened - and suspect the delay unit may be at > fault. Where can I find it? p On A2 cars it is a very small circuit board (~2 cm x 3 cm) mounted inside the dome light at the switch end of it. Perhaps yours is the same? |
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"Randolph" > wrote in message
... > > gremalkin wrote: >> >> Hello - Having problems with the interior light on my Golf III - does not >> come on when either door is opened - and suspect the delay unit may be >> at >> fault. Where can I find it? p > > On A2 cars it is a very small circuit board (~2 cm x 3 cm) mounted > inside the dome light at the switch end of it. Perhaps yours is the > same? what a2s had a delay light? (mine doesn't) |
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"Matt B." wrote: > > On A2 cars it is a very small circuit board (~2 cm x 3 cm) mounted > > inside the dome light at the switch end of it. Perhaps yours is the > > same? > > what a2s had a delay light? (mine doesn't) I can't tell you what models and years got the delay. I only know the location because I picked the delay unit out from an A2 Jetta at the junk yard a year or so back. I meant to install it in my GTi, but ended up making my own, integrated with the keyless entry system I added. |
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Randolph wrote:
> gremalkin wrote: > >>Hello - Having problems with the interior light on my Golf III - does not >>come on when either door is opened - and suspect the delay unit may be at >>fault. Where can I find it? p > > On A2 cars it is a very small circuit board (~2 cm x 3 cm) mounted > inside the dome light at the switch end of it. Perhaps yours is the > same? Should be the same, but from the op's description I doubt this is the culprit. The delay module is - kind of - wired in parallel to the door contacts, so if it fails you should just lose the delay. To the op: - Check with all doors if no luck: - Check fuse, check bulb try to apply ground to the - from memory - brown wire with the white stripe at the light assembly. Ingo |
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Matt B. wrote:
> "Randolph" > wrote in message > ... > >>gremalkin wrote: >> >>>Hello - Having problems with the interior light on my Golf III - does not >>>come on when either door is opened - and suspect the delay unit may be >>>at >>>fault. Where can I find it? p >> >>On A2 cars it is a very small circuit board (~2 cm x 3 cm) mounted >>inside the dome light at the switch end of it. Perhaps yours is the >>same? > > what a2s had a delay light? (mine doesn't) As no real "base" models were sold in the US: Maybe you got an westmoreland electrified golf? My european 85 A2 Jetta with GL trim-level had the delay from the factory. Ingo |
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Ingo Braune wrote:
> Matt B. wrote: > >> "Randolph" > wrote in message >> ... >> >>> gremalkin wrote: >>> >>>> Hello - Having problems with the interior light on my Golf III - >>>> does not >>>> come on when either door is opened - and suspect the delay unit may >>>> be at >>>> fault. Where can I find it? p >>> >>> >>> On A2 cars it is a very small circuit board (~2 cm x 3 cm) mounted >>> inside the dome light at the switch end of it. Perhaps yours is the >>> same? >> >> >> what a2s had a delay light? (mine doesn't) > > > As no real "base" models were sold in the US: Maybe you got an > westmoreland electrified golf? > My european 85 A2 Jetta with GL trim-level had the delay from the factory. > > Ingo > Not true, my mom has a base model '86. Actually it will be mine as soon as I can go get it. I kind of like the lack of accessories, the only options it has are air conditioning, rear defog, and rear wiper (I'm not sure, were the last two even optional?) Wouldn't mind having power windows, but it's narrow enough it's not too painful to reach over and roll down the pass. side. Electric mirrors would be nice too, but if it's a one-driver car it's a non-issue once you get 'em set. I believe it does not have the delay, neither did my '84 Scirocco (German) or '84 GTI (Westmoreland.) My '89 GTI 16V (Westmoreland - I think? don't recall) did have the delay, but the little capacitor was very toasted, so it didn't work. nate -- replace "fly" with "com" to reply. http://home.comcast.net/~njnagel |
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"Ingo Braune" > wrote in message
... > As no real "base" models were sold in the US: Maybe you got an > westmoreland electrified golf? No - mine's a Mexican-production '91 8V GTI and it hasn't been messed with 'cause I'm the original owner. We did have "base" models from 1988-1989 (we had Golfs badged as just "Golf" and were lesser equipped compared to their GL counterparts). |
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Nate Nagel wrote:
> Ingo Braune wrote: [...] >> As no real "base" models were sold in the US: Maybe you got an >> westmoreland electrified golf? >> My european 85 A2 Jetta with GL trim-level had the delay from the >> factory. > > Not true, my mom has a base model '86. Now, that may be what you in the US call base model... > Actually it will be mine as soon > as I can go get it. I kind of like the lack of accessories, the only > options it has are air conditioning, rear defog, and rear wiper (I'm not > sure, were the last two even optional?) Don't know for the US spec A2, but a european "base model" A2 would have a 55HP engine (just 45HP for Italy and IIRC Portugal), no center console no middle air outlets in the hard plastics dash (that's right there were different kinds over here and the ones without padding have one benefit: they never crack), neither light in trunk nor glove box and of course like 99% of the A2s over here no AC. > Wouldn't mind having power > windows, but it's narrow enough it's not too painful to reach over and > roll down the pass. side. Electric mirrors would be nice too, but if > it's a one-driver car it's a non-issue once you get 'em set. > > I believe it does not have the delay, neither did my '84 Scirocco > (German) or '84 GTI (Westmoreland.) My '89 GTI 16V (Westmoreland - I > think? don't recall) did have the delay, but the little capacitor was > very toasted, so it didn't work. Ok, so it's not a strictly US - europe thing, but maybe the delay module took some time to get over the pond. ;-) Ingo |
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Matt B. wrote:
> "Ingo Braune" > wrote in message > ... > >>As no real "base" models were sold in the US: Maybe you got an >>westmoreland electrified golf? > > > No - mine's a Mexican-production '91 8V GTI and it hasn't been messed with > 'cause I'm the original owner. Ah, yes I forgot about the fact that production for the US moved to Mexico while the A2 was still in production. But AFAIK the mexican A2s share the electrical differences to the european A2s that the US-built had - like individual bulb holders in the tail-lights and something with fusible links at the battery. > We did have "base" models from 1988-1989 (we had Golfs badged as just "Golf" > and were lesser equipped compared to their GL counterparts). Now this might have been what you call base model, but as I already wrote in my other posting you could go way more "base" in europe. How do you like this instrument cluster for instance? <http://i24.ebayimg.com/03/i/03/29/05/1b_1_b.JPG> Ingo |
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