Not so smug!

[boxer]

Whenever I check this part of the forum. I realise that i may have bought something that is going to be a lot more hassle electrickery wise than the Defender.

[MidLifeCrisis]

You just need to convince yourself that the word 'hassle' can be replaced by 'challenging' and 'interesting'!

[boxer]

No no Other peoples problems are the challenging and interesting ones. Witness how keen everyone on here is to jump in to solve them.

[kevtherev]

I chose a pre 90 camper because the electrics are to put it mildly..simple, compared to something just a little older.
You can use old wiring diagrams from bays as it hasn't changed that much.
the only things technical on the T25 list are for me
relay 43
the pronged water sensor.
the complex warning and guage circuitry
I'm sure others will say "but that's the easy stuff", so I guess it's all subjective.

[1664]

I chose a pre 90 camper because the electrics are to put it mildly..simple, compared to something just a little older.

So our vans wiring is different Kev?
I'd always assumed that the wiring only altered (in essence, rather than the occassional up-grade to include more up to date equipment) when they swapped from Aircooled to watercooled. I've always (so far) found my wiring tallies exactly with the Haynes manual wiring diagrams when I've been fiddling and that covers vans from 1982 to 1990.

[kevtherev]

I think what I was trying to say is the wiring is simple but you are starting to see electrical components not previously seen on VW vans.
like R43 and the PCB in the dash, which are complicated to me

[1664]

What's relay 43 do?

[kevtherev]

What's relay 43 do?

It can land a small craft on the moon.

[kevtherev]

It's not a relay I know that, it is to do with water temp management

[1664]

What's relay 43 do?

It can land a small craft on the moon.

I can see why you struggle with it then

I don't have a relay 43

It's not a relay I know that, it is to do with water temp management

Ah, if you mean the one in position 3 then I have a 42 'relay' in there Probably looks after me water but won't get me to the moon.

[jamesc76]

Ok im a mechanic but the wiring on these vans is sooooooooooo simple , like Kev put anything after about 2000 it starts to get tricky! Canbus wiring is a night mare as its basicly one big computer!