Long time lurker, first time poster...
I've got a '69 Transporter, originally imported into Central America. In trying to sort out some wiring problems, I've discovered that the wiring runs in this bus are different than the ones shown on the wiring diagram in Bentley. I'm assuming that the wiring follows some non-USA standard, and can't find the appropriate diagram for this year even on vintagebus.com. Or perhaps the PO just royally screwed everything up.
One question: what's the correct wiring setup for the tail-lights? I have a dual bulb set-up...one big dual-filament bulb (with two leads, obviously) and one small bulb on each side (one lead on this one). I can find wiring diagrams for this set-up, but for each side they all show a brake wire, a turn-signal, and a parking light wire coming from the front of the vehicle. I only have two wires for each side...one from the turn-signal and one for the parking lights.
And speaking of brakes, how does the brake-light circuit work? Mine doesn't seem to match any available wiring diagram. I have a red and black wire coming off the brake light switches, but this is not near long enough to run to the back of the vehicle. I'm assuming that this needs to connect to the flashers or turn-signals at the dash and this signal gets to the back of the bus via the turn-signal wires.
Using trial-and-error and wiring diagrams from other years, I've managed to get the turn signals and parking lights to work. But I still have no brake lights and the hazards now only flash on one side (?).
Does anyone have any insight onto the correct way to wire this sucker? If I can get everything hooked up correctly, then I'll feel a lot better about checking grounds and continuity and searching for other electrical gremlins.
-Guatebus