What color is the wire for oil temp gauge and HVAC backlight?

[xaeryan@hotmail.com (Ryan Hockenbury)]

grounded the dash light circuit?  well, my instrument panel (speedo, tach, 
etc) is lit, so that couldn't possibly be the problem in my case, could it?


>From: "Erik LaCelle" <lacelle@frontiernet.net>
>To: "List" <Scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Re: What color is the wire for oil temp gauge and HVAC backlight?
>Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 14:29:10 -0400
>
>AFAIK, all dash lights including the oil temp gauge light and HVAC have
>a grey with blue stripe (+) and plain brown (-).  The oil temp gauge
>itself has a black with green stripe wire.  Mine was also cut when I got
>my car (87 16v) because the PO grounded the dash light circuit when he
>installed his radio and began to cut wires when he couldn't figure out
>why he didn't have dash lights anymore!!
>HTH
>Erik L
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ryan Hockenbury" <xaeryan@hotmail.com>
>To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 11:12 PM
>Subject: Re: What color is the wire for oil temp gauge and HVAC
>backlight?
>
>
> > 88 16v
> >
> >
> > >From: "Ken B" <Indiana_Red@hotmail.com>
> > >To: "Ryan Hockenbury" <xaeryan@hotmail.com>
> > >Subject: Re: What color is the wire for oil temp gauge and HVAC
>backlight?
> > >Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 19:11:54 -0600
> > >
> > >I can get a pic of this.  tell me year and model  i.e.   '86 16v
> > >
> > >Ken
> > >1979 Scirocco  "McFly"
> > >16v conversion "...it's working....It's WORKING...!"
> > >tracing electrical gremlins now...
> > >VORTEX:  "Indiana Red"
> > >
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Ryan Hockenbury" <xaeryan@hotmail.com>
> > >To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > >Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 6:09 PM
> > >Subject: What color is the wire for oil temp gauge and HVAC
>backlight?
> > >
> > >
> > > > Previous owner had a nice CD player installed, and I guess to
>power the
> > > > lights on it, he spliced into the factory harness for the AC
>control's
> > > > backlight (and the oil temp gauge - I think they are the same
>wire?).
> > > > Anyway, when he removed the unit, he must've done it the old
>fashioned
> > > > way... *snip*  and now the oil temp and HVAC lights do not work...
>Any
> > >ideas
> > > > what wire to look for?   I lost my good friend Bentley Service
>Manual on
> > >a
> > > > trip I took recently... :-(
> > > >
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